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A/n: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I was real busy, high school tests and such! Well, this whole chapter I'm trying to make it all Lily's POV. So bear with me!
"How Could It Be?"
I tried stifling my laughter, but a giggle escaped. James looked at me trying to stop laughing himself. He placed a finger over his lips motioning for me to sustain it for a moment longer.
"Come on, stop moving, Padfoot!" muttered Remus who was next to me.
"One…," whispered James to us.
Allie stopped fidgeting and smiled.
"He stopped," Peter pointed out.
"Two…"
"Three…!" James cried. He flicked his wand that kept the bucket up in the air.
"ARGH!" screamed an outrage and rather wet Sirius.
All five of us emerged from the trees and laughed hysterically at Sirius. His usual perfect hair was matted against his face covering his eyes. His robes were soaking at were beginning to drip. Next to him Alice face was in shocked, but then she too began to laugh. Sirius wiped his hair out of his eyes, stared at us, and scowled.
James and I were laughing so hard we had to lean on each other for support. Sirius growled at us and I stopped laughing, but I notice a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Prongs, you're dead!" he cried sprinting after James. James ran for his life, screaming in fright, but I knew it was all an act. There was a hint of laughter in his eyes.
"It was only a joke, mate!" cried James still running.
"Come back here and face me like a man!" Sirius yelled.
James started to laugh and so he began the chain of laughter from us standing there watching the two boys chase after each other.
"I give!" surrendered James, putting his hands up in the air, but Sirius tackled him anyway. They fell back onto the ground wrestling each other. Amused, the rest of us sat down and watched.
…
"B. e. a. u. tiful day!" Alice exclaimed spinning around where she sat. I laughed at her. She wrapped her arm around mine and Allie's and began walking to get some butterbeer, the boys trailing behind us.
…
"Rock," I said.
"Paper," James responded, "and it beats rock."
"No fair!" I protested. "You cheated!"
James laughed at me. "Lily, I won, accept it!"
"Never!" I giggled.
We were back at Hogwarts, and James and I were waiting for the rest of the group to come down to go to the Halloween feast.
"Again," I said getting ready. My face was itched with concentration. James shook his head at my stubbornness.
"Ready?" he asked me. I nodded.
"Rock, paper, scissor says shoot."
James looked down at our hands.
"I win," he stated a triumph grin on his face. I crossed my arms over my chest and pouted. "I hate this game!"
"Sore loser," James teased me.
"Am not!"
"Am too!"
"Am not!"
"Am too!"
"Would you two shut up!" Sirius said.
James and I turned to see that Sirius and the rest of our friends were waiting for us. James and I looked at each other and smiled.
"Never!" we cried together and we laughed.
…
"Their as close as you and Prongs," Remus whispered to Sirius.
"Like I don't know," Sirius answered.
I couldn't help but smile. Who would have thought James and I friends?
…
I was eating a piece of chicken when I saw Frank's eyes dart back from Alice back to his plate. I swallowed and turn to face Alice.
"Someone has his eyes on you," I said smiling.
Alice looked uninterested and dully said, "Really?"
"Who?" Allie piped in.
"I can't say," I said, "besides, Alice is uninterested."
"I want to know!" Allie complained. I shrugged, a smirk threatening to creep onto my face. I knew how to get Frank to woe Alice!
"You're up to something," whispered James jokingly into my ear. I recoiled from him because his breathing tickled my ear.
"No I'm not," I lied.
"Don't lie," James told me smiling.
"I'm not!" I said denying his contradiction. His right eyebrow lifted itself in obvious amusement. I laughed and went back to eating my chicken.
…
"Damn, Frank you look like shit!" James exclaimed as Frank walked into the Common Room.
"Like I don't know," Frank mumbled. He looked at me and the Marauders sitting in the couches. Then he looked up towards the stairs at the girls' dorms.
"Where's Alice?"
"With Allie," I said slyly. He looked at me and sat besides me.
"I'm in some deep shit," he told us.
Remus looked concern.
"I like this girl, you see, and she used to like me, but I didn't like her back then. Now, I'm scared she won't have me."
"He means Alice," I blurted out.
Frank and the Marauders stared at me.
"Well, it is," I said.
"We know that," Remus said. "We're using a coded language just in case she comes walking in."
"Oh!" I nodded understanding.
"Lily, you're so loud," Sirius said. "I bet Alice already heard you."
I shrugged. James put a hand over my mouth, but not before winking at me.
"Hey!" I mumbled from behind his head, but I sat quietly listening to them discuss ways for Frank to get Alice. I could have possibly rolled my eyes a couple of times at the very stupid ideas they had. Finally, I could no longer stand it.
"Lesdfnsdnfglsgn," I cried out from under James' hand. He looked at me confused.
"fjnbsdkjfbowrnho," I said again. He didn't understand! I glared at him hoping he would understand that I wanted him to take his hand away. No luck! I then tried moving his hand, but James is so thick, he still wouldn't move his hand. So, I bit him.
"Argh!" he cried, "what you do that for?"
"I wanted you to let go," I said laughing.
"You could have told me!" he exclaimed. "You bite almost as hard as Sirus!"
"Hey!" Sirius and I said at the same time.
Remus and Peter laughed.
"It isn't funny!" Sirius and I said at the same time again. We looked at each other.
"Stop copying me!" we cried together.
James, Remus, Peter, and Frank laughed at us. I glared at them, and they quit laughing, fearing to fire up my infamous red head temper.
"I have a plan," I told them finally.
They looked at me with unsure looks on their faces, but no matter they gathered around me eager to hear the plan. I then began to explain.
…
I woke up to a delightful squeal. I groaned and cuddled deeper into my blanket. I was never a morning person.
"Lily!" Alice cried.
She threw open my curtains and tossed my blanket to the floor. I groaned some more not only because I was tired, but cold too.
"Look," she told me, "I have a secret admirer!"
A/N: Okay, I want some opinions here. Did you like or was it bad? Should I go back to writing like I use to? Any thoughts greatly appreciated!
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lurv2boogie- Sorry I couldn't email you. Well, heres the answer to your question. If you reread chapter one Lily wears a sweater over her halter. OR she wore it because she wants to look nice even if she had to wear a sweater to cover he bruise.