Same old routine, I don't own anyone! Plus, if this is a bit confusing, pls go and read its prequel. It is still in progress. Thanks. If any questions need be asked, A/N: hmm, I sound like Dumbledore! review and ask. For heavens sakes, don't email, unless it's THAT important…plus, ignore the spelling errors in the first chappie. I never was good at it. ENJOY!
That night, after their goodbyes and hugs, James and Lily apparated to Sirius' house. Lily knocked on the door. "Oi! Siiiiriiiiii! Come out and let us in!" She called through the door.
They heard the sound of someone slamming into something and cursing loudly. Then they heard another voice interrupt his curse, "censored!" James and Lily grinned. Remus was there.
"Yupp." Said Sirius through closed eyes.
"Siiiiiiriiiii!" whispered Lily. Sirius jumped backwards startled.
"What the bl-"
"Censored!" said Remus. All of them grinned except Sirius, who simple glared.
"oody hell are you two doing here!" he continued.
"We had problems with her sister. She tried to make out with me" James shuddered, "and attacked Lily. We had to get out of there. You mind?" he asked. Sirius and Remus shook their heads.
"Nope, not at all!" said Sirius.
"It's been boring without you." Added Remus. James grinned. They were really like his brothers.
"Come on in!" invited Sirius. "Had dinner?" he asked. Both James and Lily shook their heads. "Ok, fine, um, Moony, what did we plan for dinner?" he asked.
"I dunno." Said Remus shrugging.
Lily grinned and sighed. "You guys have no idea how to cook, do you? How the heck did you survive?" she asked.
"Um, for one night we had, um, paste, I think, then another night, McDonalds. Then, um, Bacon, then, ya. That's it." Said Sirius.
"Sirius, you do know that it's been two weeks since school ended? Why have you had only three meals?" asked Lily concerned.
"Lily, chill, they are good at that sort of thing. They can manage for ages without food. Like me, my record is, um, how much Padfoot?" he asked.
"4 weeks. Yeah, beat us all." Said Sirius.
Lily looked horrified. "God, men, you could have died of malnutrition you know? You idiots, why do you always do that? I mean, why do you bother so much about honor? Its plain stupid!" she lectured while taking out pots and pans. Looking into them, she gasped. "What the hell is this?" she asked, pointing to mould on the sides of the pot.
"We dunno? I don't think I cleaned it after making chocolate cake."
"You made chocolate cake in a pot… Are you insane!" she roared.
"No wonder it tasted so bad. Moony thought it had burnt." Said Sirius.
"There is a reason why you take Muggle studies, you know?" she said. She was scouring the pots and pans with magic. Pretty soon, she was done. "What food do you have in the house?" she asked.
"We dunno." Shrugged Sirius.
Lily sighed and started looking through the cupboards in hope of finding food. All the cupboards were bare. She groaned and used her wand to pour creamy white sauce into a pan. She cried out "Accio Potatoes!" and set her knife to peeling them.
"Won't somebody notice stolen potatoes?" James asked.
"Dunno, don't care." She said turning back to the stove. Sirius catcalled. "Oh sod off Siri!" she said, but she looked pleased. She made long spaghetti flow out of her wand and put it into the sauce. She began stirring up some brown batter. "Oi! Siri, go to the nearest shop, and but butter, whipped cream, onions and ham, ok? Don't dare touch the ham! Or anything else! I'm warning you, I was always better at hexes than you," she warned. "Do you need a list?" she asked and Sirius shook his head.
Soon, he was back from his expedition. When he gave her the packets, she felt them wet. "Black, what did you do?"
"What? I just wanted to be a dog for a while, so I tried putting them on my back, but the fell off, so I held them in my mouth." He said, as if it was normal.
Lily groaned and said, "Socrifigy!" and the packets cleaned up. All this while, James and Remus were watching with interest.
Suddenly, "Lils, the white stuff is getting a bit black!" James warned.
"Shit!" lily swore and spun around, stirred the sauce and it bubbled down. "Ok, guys, I need your help. Prongs, watch the sauce. If you smell something wrong or see it going black, stir it! Moony, watch the knife. Make it chop the onions, not the potatoes. Padfoot, come here and grease this pan." She instructed.
Both Remus and James got to work, but Sirius stood there and asked, "Huh?" James and Remus sniggered.
Lily said, "Use your fingers to smear the butter around the pan, ok?" Sirius nodded, and James could have sworn he heard Lily say, "God save me!" He grinned. Soon enough, the spaghetti was done, and the potatoes were mealy inside out. She ordered them to go and set the table. James took the butter, onions, ham, and sour cream into the kitchen. Lily came behind with the spaghetti and potatoes.
At the table, Lily asked, "Does everybody here know how the eat potatoes?"
Sirius nodded eagerly and took a bite of the potato, skin and all, then he chocked. Lily doubled over in laughter, as did Remus. James didn't seem to get the joke. "Look, black, you cut the potato open, and then put in toppings, like this," she demonstrated, heaping her potato with ham, sour cream, and onions. "You can add the butter if you want too." She said.
Suddenly, they were struck by the same idea. "Lets compete!" they said. Lily and Sirius started shoving food into their mouths at top speed. Lily was way ahead of Sirius, then suddenly, she said, "Pause!" she sniffed around, then screeched. She ran into the kitchen and the guys distinctly heard a dull thud. All of them rushed into the kitchen, to find Lily propped against a cupboard, laughing so hard that tears were running down her cheeks. When she had calmed down enough to say something, she said, "My cake! Take it out of the oven!" she said between gasps of breath.
Remus realized what she was saying, as did Sirius. He opened the oven door and with his bare hands tried to take out the cake. At the first touch, he yelped and dropped the cake. Luckily, James said, "Wingardium Leviosa!" and the cake made it way to the platform top, where Lily, still giggling, had put a large plate.
Sirius was hopping around, fingers red. Lily tried to control her laughter, but was unsuccessful. She went up to him, dragged him to the sink and washed his hands in cold water. She gave him a few ice cubes and sat down.
"What the heck happened?" asked James.
"Well, I ran into the kitchen, then slid and slammed head first into the closet. I tried to get up, but my socks made me slip even more, then managing to get hold, I just found it so weird!" she ended off. Sure enough the rest of them grinned, Sirius laughed. James stood up and put him finger on her forehead, and felt a bump there. "Ouch! That has really got to hurt." He commented.
"It did, but it stopped, I guess I forgot it. Let's continue with our competition!" she suggested brightly. James felt proud. She was not like most girls, who would shed tears, and make a lot of fuss. She was strong, independent. She was his love, for ever.
A few days passed in bliss and peace. One day, James asked Lily, "Want to go for a walk?"
"Sure." Piped up Sirius.
James glared. "Padfoot… I meant Lily."
Sirius blushed. "Oh, ok, sorry."
"No problem Padfoot." Laughed James.
Lily grinned and nodded. Slowly, they made their way to a deserted area. "Lils, I want to take you somewhere. Someplace which I have never shown anyone, ever. Not even The gang. Side apparition?"
"Sure." Nodded Lily. She wrapped her arms around James put her head on his chest. He closed his eyes, and she heard a pop. Looking around, she saw that it was a place on great natural beauty. It was green and there were little streams of crystal clear water. She saw birds all over, clearly not afraid of them. She turned back to James and said, "It's beautiful."
James nodded. He kissed her passionately, his hand around her waist possessively. She kissed him back. She turned around and he held her. "Go on, explore. I'll set up lunch."
"I'll help." She said.
"No, you go." He insisted flatly. She grinned. That was what she loved about him. He was damn considerate.
After a bit, she came back, and the sight that awaited her made tears come to her eyes.
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA! CLIFFIE! WHOOPEE! I love myself! I always hated cliffies, but, they're so fun to put up! But, I can't be so mean. So, the next chappie will be uploaded with this.