Lily and James: Their Summer of Love

Authors Note: Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I know it was short but I thought it should be in there. You will see some Remus/Payton and maybe some Sirius/Riley. I will change this chapter to 13 since my authors note will be gone. Okay I hope yall like this one! Oh and by the way: Sorry it took so long to get up! I haven't been busy just lazy and brain-dead! Lol. The next two should come rather quickly though!

xoxoxo

Riley

Disclaimer: No, I'm not J.K.R.

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Chapter 13: The Pensieve and Disappointments

"What the hell?" yelped James as Remus pulled him by the ear back to the bed, closely followed by Payton who was carrying a sort of silvery bowl.

"OW!" he yelled again as his best friend twisted his ear, before letting him go and pushing him so that he was sitting.

"Damnit, Moony! That hurt!"

"Oh, shut up!" Payton started looking irritated. "And you!" she added firmly as Lily opened her mouth as if to say something. Closing her mouth, and settling grumpily on her bed (as far away from James as possible), she grabbed the diary and threw it under her vanity.

"Now." Remus said briskly as Payton set down the large basin.

"Wait! I thought you two went to visit your parents!" James accused, casting a glare at Remus.

Payton rolled her eyes. "We did," she snapped. "We went to pick this up." she said, nodding her head towards the silvery substance in the basin that was unmistakably—

"A pensieve? Why d'you need one of those?" asked Lily, curiously peering into it.

Payton groaned. Lily was a little slow. "We don't need one, you do!" she cried exasperatedly.

Lily glared at her, pointedly not looking at James. "No I don't. And I'm not going in that thing either." she said, jutting her chin out defiantly.

It was Remus who spoke this time. "Yes you are, Lily—Just listen. Payton and I saw everything that happened between James and Sarah Jordan. And obviously we knew that you wouldn't believe it if he told you, so we took it upon ourselves to help him along." he stated.

Lily grudgingly looked over at the pensieve, seeing pictures of James and Sarah swirling around in it. " I am not going in there." she stated simply.

Remus and Payton looked at each other for a moment, before they strode over to Lily, grabbed her by the arms and forced her over to the pensieve.

"Okay Lils—now either you willingly go in, or we will make you." said Payton, with a touch of impatience.

"You two will not threaten me! Anyways, I doubt either of you could honestly make me do anything!" said Lily, scathingly.

With another look between them, Payton and Remus pushed Lily head-first into the basin, towel and all (emitting a loud shriek from the latter). Turning back to James, who had a rather horrified look on his face, Payton let out a deep breath.

"James, I think you should go in there too. I think it might help her."

Closing his mouth, he nodded, stood up and walked to the pensive. Leaning hesitantly down, he took a deep breath before plunging into the silvery substance and disappearing from the room.

With nothing but a sigh, Remus flopped back on the bed, followed by an annoyed Payton. "What now?" she asked, turning to look at him.

Rubbing his tired amber eyes, he shrugged. "Now we wait, I guess."

Payton sighed and turned on her side, her elbow on the bed and her head laying on her hand. "I hope they get back together soon. I don't really care to see the pair of the moping around like someone just died for the rest of the summer."

"Yeah, I know. In the meantime anyways, we should occupy ourselves." he said with a tiny glint in his eye.

Payton grinned. "I believe you're right Mr. Lupin.." Leaning slowly down, her hand rested on his cheek, before her lips were an inch away from his—

"Moony! In Miss Lilykins bedroom? I am surprised at you!"

With a groan Payton tore her lips away from his, shooting a deadly glare towards the rooms new occupants—of course none other than Riley and Sirius.

Plopping down on the bed, and pulling Riley down on his lap (not without a loud squeal), he grinned cheekily at the irritated pair before them. "Aww c'mon Moony, why are you making that face?"

"What face?" he asked angrily through clenched teeth.

"The one that says, 'I want to kill you right now, cause I was just about to get some until you came barging in'. That face."

Without another word, Remus promptly smacked Sirius over the head, who gave a dog-like whimper.

With a soft laugh, Riley turned round to face him. "Aww, are you okay?" she teased in a baby voice.

"I got a boo-boo!" he cried loudly.

Grinning, Riley (who was clearly enjoying this) said, "D'you need me to kiss it better?"

Sirius made a low sniffle and nodded, puckering up his lips. Riley leaned down and gave him a soft peck on the lips.

Payton arched a brow. "Guys, don't make me gag."

Sirius turned his head to look at her. "We weren't the ones in Lilykins bed about to get it on!"

Remus made an indignant noise as his face slowly turned red. "We—nothing was going—" he sputtered, next to an unabashed Payton.

"Oh shut up, the pair of you! It's not as if you two don't snog all over the place, every chance you get!" she said with a pointed look.

Riley grinned, holding her hands up as if being arrested. "We don't deny it Payt—but still. We don't snog in Lily's bedroom or on Lily's bed. We do it on mine or Sirius'." she finished with a smirk.

"Oh Merlin, please spare us those details!." groaned Payton, overdramatically acting as if she'd be sick.

Rolling her eyes, Riley turned back around on Sirius' lap. "Anyways, I thought you two went to you parents house?" she directed questioningly towards Remus.

Sitting up, he laced his fingers with Payton's and nodded. "We did. I just borrowed my fathers pensieve. Payton and I saw what happened with James and Sarah. We were in the shop just across from theirs. So, we are hoping that if we show Lily our memories, she'll forgive him and they can both stop being in their whole 'woe-is-me-my-life-sucks' mood." Remus concluded, with a slightly weary look. "They should be out any second now." he murmured, looking around Riley at the basin.

No sooner than he finished his sentence, they appeared in the room beside the bed, James looking apprehensive and Lily looking slightly shaken.

All four of them stood up, looking hopefully at the pair.

James raised a nervous hand and ran it through his hair, ruffling it messily as he turned cautiously to Lily.

"Er...Lily?" he started, softly as he watched her fidget nervously.

Lily took several deep breaths before answering. "I-I'm sorry James. I was so stupid. I shouldn't have assumed—"

"No, Lily...honestly I'm not surprised that's what you thought at first though. It...it did look pretty bad."

Payton pinched both Sirius and Remus, both of them emitting soft squeaks.

"C'mon!" she whispered tersely, taking them both by the arm and glancing at Riley also. She led them quietly for the most part, despite Sirius' low wails. Shutting the door gently behind them, they left the two alone.

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"I'm just so sorry...I didn't know.." Lily said, her voice strangely high. What she'd seen in there...it was completely different from what she'd though happened. Why did she still feel so hurt? Why couldn't she look at James without feeling betrayed?

James gave a small smile. "It's alright Lils—this does mean I'm forgiven though, right?" he asked, needing to be reassured.

Lily returned the smile, nodding. "Yeah. You're forgiven. I should be the one apologizing though..." she said her eyes raising apologetically.

Shaking his head, he shrugged it off. "No. You had every reason to think that I was...y'know. Cheating on you..." he said, looking at her again. Seeing how Lily looked nervous, he raised a brow. "W-we are going to be okay right? We're still together aren't we?"

Lily bit her lip, her breathing becoming shallow. "J-James, I...I can't."

James stared at her, non-plussed. "You can't what?" he asked, his whole body freezing.

He could see those striking emerald eyes filling with tears. "I can't be with you." she stated, swallowing a lump in her throat.

He opened his mouth indignantly. "I thought you forgave me! You know I didn't do it, you saw it for yourself!" he yelled, his voice shaking slightly with anger and confusion.

Tears slipped down her cheeks, once more. "I know James! I do forgive you and I do know you didn't do it! I just—I can't do this right now! Please don't be like this! I really need you to just be calm about this for me!"

James sat down, running a hand angrily through his hair. "I just—I thought everything would be okay after this." he said quietly, hiding his face in his hands.

"We are okay! I—I just need more time to get over this." she finished, wiping her tears away. She was just so confused. She didn't know what she could do. She couldn't just go out with him again and act like everything was just fine when she felt so weird around him. When she still felt as if he'd betrayed her.

James sat there for a while more before her voice knocked him out of his thoughts. "Er—James?"

Looking up, he raised a brow questioningly at her.

Looking down at her towel, she blushed deeply. "I...I kind of need to get dressed..."

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Authors Note: I'm so mean! Mwahahahaha! But they will of course be together soon but there will be some twists along the way. I just didn't think Lily could pick right back up where they left off with no problem after everything that happened. So review PLEASE! And I hope yall like this one! The next two chappies should be good! I AM going to erase my authors note now!

xoxoxo

Riley