A/N: Okay, so here's the eleventh chapter! I hope you enjoy it. As one of my reviewers mentioned I've been mainly focusing on Lily and James, so this chapter is mostly about their friends. Also, it's kind of about everyone getting dates for Hogesmeade so it's rather fluffy. Hope it's okay.
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"…I think you are mighty fit."
"For heaven's sake, stop."
"…You're fit but my gosh don't you know it…"
"FOR THE LOVE OF MERLIN, PETER! STOP SINGING TO YOUR REFLECTION!" Remus bellowed, flinging his quill at him.
Peter cowered and backed away slowly from the mirror. He then caught sight of Remus' quill and jumped out of the way of the flying utensil and stared at Remus sadly, he had thought he was rather good at singing.
Remus, Peter and Sirius were seated in their dorm, finishing up a few assignments before it was time for bed. It was Thursday night, and the Hogesmeade weekend was the following Saturday.
The door abruptly swung open just as Remus got up to retrieve his fallen quill.
"Prongs, mate, what's wrong?" Sirius asked carefully, rising from his bed to get a better look at the fuming James.
"Nothing," James said, his voice cracking slightly.
"You sound like a little boy," Sirius noted, taking in the high pitched tone of James' voice.
James shot a very unappreciative look in his direction and stormed into the dorm, slamming the door shut behind him.
"James, what is it?" Remus asked.
"She said no," James said, flinging his arms up in exasperation. "She said bloody no."
"That's nothing new though, right? I mean, at first when Lily said no it was kind of harsh but now it's become a way of life." Sirius said.
James shot a second unappreciative look at Sirius and sat down on his bed.
"Yeah, but we were getting along…or at least I thought we were." James moaned.
"James, you can't just wait until you have one friendly moment, then ask her out again. Wait until you really feel you're both ready." Remus said, watching Peter closely, seeing as he was itching close towards the mirror again.
"I don't know if she'll ever be ready!" James cried.
"She will be, I know it. Just lay low for a while," Remus said, feeling as if they had had this conversation one too many times. "Peter, back away from the mirror." Remus scolded as his friend had just reached the mirror that perched in the center of the dorm room wall.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Peter said defiantly, although a blush was now taking residence in his cheeks.
James was about to laugh when he noticed the color of Remus' face.
"It's soon isn't it?" James asked.
"The next full moon is Tuesday," Remus said, his face distorting slightly.
"I'm sorry Remus, I was so caught up in my own problems I didn't even stop to think about yo-"
"It's fine, James," Remus interrupted.
James nodded, knowing better than to pursue the subject farther. "Oh well, I just need to forget about her…it's never going work and I've just been so set on her that it was hard to let go, but I think I'm ready no-"
A loud noise interrupted James for a second time, it sounded like an angry bear, or at least, a bear that had had too much firewhiskey.
"What is that noise…?" Remus began before he caught sight of Sirius, sprawled across his bed, drool plastered down one of his cheeks.
"Oi, Padfoot!" James called, picking up a pillow and throwing it at Sirius with surprising strength.
"Wha-?" Sirius asked blankly.
"Here I am, spilling my heart to you and what do you d-?" But James never got to finish for another loud noise interrupted him.
He looked around the room and saw Peter, in almost the same position as Sirius, except he was on the floor, and he had drool down both sides of his cheeks.
James shook his head in bewilderment and cursed. "I have got to find myself normal friends."
"Hey!" Remus said defiantly.
"No offense, Moony," James apologized before leaping into bed.
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"Hey, ladies," Sirius said, sliding into a seat besides Lily at breakfast the next morning.
"Hi, guys," Lily said, looking hopefully at James, but it seemed as though she was invisible to him.
"How are you doing Lils-ka-boo-"
"Sirius…" Lily said, looking at him tiredly.
"It's too late, it's your new name." Sirius announced.
"Whatever happened to Pretty Lily Flower?" Lily asked.
"Lils-ka-boo has more of a ring to it," Sirius said, "Plus Pretty Lily Flower is so…ordinary."
"Sirius, there is absolutely nothing ordinary about the name Pretty Lily Flower," Lily pointed out.
Sirius chose to ignore her as he turned to Sara who was seated across from him. "Hey Sara!" He said happily.
"Hey…" She said, looking at him awkwardly before grabbing at the food that was seated before her.
"So um…as you know there's this-" But he stopped and shook his head.
"This what?" Sara questioned him.
"Oh nothing…" Sirius began but Lily brought her hand up and thumped him on the leg. "Bloody hell!" He screeched, rubbing his sore leg.
"Excuse me?" Sara asked, looking at him closely.
"Nothing." Sirius said, looking at Lily worriedly to see if she was about to kill his leg again.
"Ask, Sirius," Lily hissed out of the corner of her mouth.
"Did you say yes to James?" Sirius asked.
"No…but…" Lily began.
"Then the day I go out with Sara is the day you go out with James." Sirius announced.
"Never?" Lily asked.
"Hardy har-har," Sirius said, "You just wait you'll get married soon and have cute little babies and-"
"Ugh, Sirius, please," Lily said, giving him a disgusted look, "I just started eating!"
"Once again…hardy har-har," Sirius said dryly before helping himself to some breakfast.
At the end of the table Remus was talking to Katherine who was seated across from him.
"So, whatever happened to you and what's his name?" Remus asked in what he hoped was a conversational tone.
"We broke up in the beginning of summer," Katherine dismissed.
"Oh…" Remus said, taking a bite of toast. "So how is quidditch going?"
"Oh good," Katherine said, her eyes lighting up almost at once at the mention of her favorite sport, "Sara's a slave driver, but we're going to have a good season, I'm sure of it."
"That's good," Remus said.
"Yeah it is," Katherine agreed, until she noticed his paleness, "Are you sure you're okay?" She asked again.
"I'm fine," Remus reassured her.
"Okay…" She said uncertainly.
"I'm done," Remus declared, standing up and pushing away his plate.
"Me too," She said.
"Would you like to walk to Charms together?" Remus asked.
Katherine blushed and nodded.
They exited the great hall without bothering to wait for anyone else.
Once in the empty corridor Remus and Katherine began walking to Charms.
"So…" Remus whistled, racking his brain with topics to talk about.
"So…" Katherine repeated.
"The Hogesmeade weekend is coming up," Remus noted.
"Why yes it is," Katherine smiled.
"Do you have anyone to go with?" Remus asked, feeling his heart begin to thump in his chest, as if trying to break free.
"Remus Lupin, if you are trying to ask me to Hogesmeade just ask," Katherine laughed.
"Okay," Remus breathed. No turning back now, he told himself firmly. "Would you like to go to Hogesmeade with me?"
Katherine smiled broadly and tilted her head to one side, allowing her hair to sweep across her face. "Why yes, I would love too."
"Really?" Remus croaked.
"Really," Katherine confirmed. "Come on, let's get to charms."
Remus nodded and began walking to the Charms classroom with Katherine at his side before he did something unexpected and reached down to grab Katherine's hand. She looked up and opened her mouth to say something before a voice prevented her from doing so.
"Oi, lovebirds!"
Remus and Katherine dropped hands abruptly.
"What, Padfoot?" Remus asked with more than slight annoyance in his voice.
Sirius pretended to pout at Remus' tone. "I came to tell you that Charms is thatta way," Sirius pointed in the complete opposite direction Remus and Katherine were going.
"No it's not," Katherine noted.
"I know," Sirius laughed, "Okay, well just go back to your…well whatever you were doing and I'll be on my way…"
And with that Sirius bounded ahead of them to the Charms classroom.
"He is so odd," Katherine laughed.
"I know," Remus agreed, "But that's why we love him."
"You, him, James and Peter are really close, huh?" Katherine asked conversationally.
"They're my brothers, I've never had anyone like them. Sure they can annoy me to no extent but I can do the same to them. We get each other like no one else ever has."
"You sound like lovers," Katherine laughed.
Remus chuckled and pretended to blush, "How did you know?"
Katherine giggled and they both found themselves at the Charms classroom.
"That was fast," Remus said, holding open the door for her.
"Time flies when your lovebirds!" James called from inside the Charms room.
Remus gave him a menacing look. "How did you get here so fast?"
"Oh I have my ways," James said.
Everyone began filing in, including Lily and her friends.
"Ooo, look at Katherine!" Sara squealed, pointing excitedly at her friend who was talking to Remus and laughing.
Katherine looked over at the sound of her name in time to see Sara pointing and Lily shoving her arm down forcefully and waving as if nothing had happened and they had just seen her.
Katherine shook her head and began laughing again.
"Oh, aren't they the sly ones?" Katherine asked.
Remus, having just been glaring at his fellow friends who were now making smooching noises looked back at the sound of his name "Huh? Yeah, yeah."
Meanwhile Peter was watching them and then suddenly made up his mind. He felt his hands begin to sweat and he tried wiping them on his sweater to no avail. He began inching his way towards Marlee. Watching her laugh and smile, he felt his stomach do several flips.
"Uh…M-Marlee?" Peter asked timidly once within over ten feet of her. Since he was standing so far away she didn't here him so he began inching closer, smoothing his hair down over and over with his sweaty hands.
"M-Marlee?" He asked again once he was within five feet. Suddenly a pair of hands shoved him forcefully towards her. He looked around and saw Sirius and James snickering.
"Hey Marlee!" He squeaked and she turned to him with a smile.
"Hey Peter," She greeted.
"Can I um…talk to you after class or something?" He asked, feeling his hands being to shake as he wondered faintly if he was spraying her with the sweat that was now soaking his hands.
She smiled and nodded, "Sure, Peter."
Peter nodded and turned around but before he got very far she spoke again.
"Or you can just talk to me now!" She called.
Peter stopped moving and turned around to face her.
"Since class isn't going to start for a while." She explained.
"Okay," He gulped, took a deep breath and spoke very quickly, "Do you want to go to Hogesmeade with me?"
Her smile widened. "Sure, Peter, that'd be great."
Peter smiled, "Great, I'll see you tomorrow." He said.
She nodded and waved and he took his seat right before class started.
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"Remus and Peter got dates." Sirius whined the following morning, "And here we are, James, moping for ourselves."
"Only you're moping," James said, slouching his back even more as he tried to smooth down, then finally throwing his hands up in exasperation and crumpling to the floor.
"Whatever you say James," Sirius laughed.
"Let's go to The Three Broomsticks and Zonko's," James suggested, heaving himself off the floor.
"Sounds good to me," Sirius agreed.
"Okay, have fun you guys, I need to go meet Katherine in a little while," Remus informed his friends while slipping on a pair of shoes.
"And I need to meet Marlee," Peter said almost arrogantly. He had had one girlfriend before and she was at least three years younger.
"Have fun," Sirius said in a tone that really meant that he didn't intend for them to have fun at all. "Without us."
"You always go to Hogesmeade without us!" Peter pointed out accusingly.
"Bye guys," Remus sang and hustled to the door.
"See you," Peter said, skipping to the door and flinging it open before springing out.
Sirius let out a breath of disappointment.
"What are you whining about?" James wondered aloud to Sirius, "You didn't even ask someone out!"
"Yeah well one, I knew she'd say no and two, I'm not stupid enough to ask because I know she'll say no," Sirius countered.
"Who?" James asked cheekily, raising an eyebrow and allowing a smirk to play across his lips.
"No one," Sirius said quickly, patches of pink appearing on his well structured cheeks, "I just meant that if I were to ask someone, they'd probably say no."
"You're a down right liar, you know that right?" James said as more of a statement. "You're talking about Sara."
"Yeah, so what if I was?" Sirius asked, but before James could answer he spoke again, "Come on James, let's get going."
They exited the dorm room and descended the stairs, seeing mostly first and second years with their noses deep within books or buried in their arms in an attempt at sleep.
"They look thrilled to be staying here, huh?" James asked sarcastically as he and Sirius exited the common room with the last of the students who were going to Hogesmeade.
"Ecstatic." Sirius said dryly, "Come on."
The two boys wound their way out of the Hogwarts castle and out into the breezy day.
"Merlin, it's cold," Sirius said as he felt the wind swipe at his bare cheeks.
James zipped up his jacket further and nodded.
They checked out with the caretaker and began their walk to Hogesmeade, watching the last of the leaves fall to the ground, patches of ice surrounding the twigs that were perched among the trees.
"Okay, where to first?" James asked as rubbed his hands together in an attempt at friction.
"Mm, how about Honeydukes," Sirius asked James, and when he nodded they both set off for the candy shop.
"Hi, James!" called a voice and James' mouth fell open slightly when he recognized it.
"Padfoot!" James shrieked as he kept his head straight forward, not daring to look behind him, "Padfoot what do I do?"
"Say hi, you prat!" Sirius cried, grabbing James by the shoulders and turning him around forcefully.
"Hi." James said, gazing into the flushed face of Lily Evans who was flanked by Sara. He then turned around and continued to walk faster than before.
"For Christ's sake, Prongs!" Sirius shrieked, sticking his foot out suddenly and causing James to smack into and fall into a heap on the ground.
"James, are you all right?" Lily asked as she hurried forward, kneeling next to him.
"I'm quite all right," James dismissed, staring at Sirius murderously, "Just had a bit of a tumble."
"A bit? You flew!" Sara laughed once she had caught up.
"Why thank-you, Sara for that lovely update." James said dryly, heaving himself off the ground and trying desperately to ignore the smirks of Sirius and Sara.
Lily suppressed a giggle and glanced at James nervously. "Look, James…about the other day…"
"Forget about it," James said, holding up a hand to silence her, "It's alright."
Lily looked unconvinced but didn't get the chance to pursue the topic for James had seized Sirius' arm and was now dragging him with some difficulty away from the girls.
"What are you doing?" Sirius hissed, "That was our chance to not look like complete prats on our own."
"No," James said sternly.
"No?" Sirius repeated angrily.
"Whatever we do we are not going to give in to them," James repeated confidently.
"Do you boys want to go to The Three Broom Sticks with us?" Sara offered from behind them.
"Yes!" James cried desperately, dropping Sirius' arm and gliding towards them, "As a matter of fact that was exactly where we were headed."
Sirius snorted and gave James a disbelieving look.
"Okay," Lily said warmly, "Let's go."
They nodded and set off towards their destination.
They reached The Three Broom Sticks and gratefully shuffled inside, breathing sighs of relief as the warm air reached their bitterly cold cheeks.
"You three find seats, I'll go get the drinks." Sirius offered.
"I'll go with you," Lily announced, leaving Sara and James to find the tables.
"Thanks Lils-ka-boo."
Lily gave him an exasperated look but said nothing, figuring it was no use to argue with him.
James followed Sara towards the back of the crowded pub.
"Here looks okay," Sara said, referring to the small table seated by the window.
James nodded his agreement and took a seat.
"So…" James began awkwardly.
"You still fancy Lily." Sara said.
"I…um…what?" James asked, obviously taken aback by her sudden change of topic.
"I know you do, and she fancies you." Sara said in the same attentive tone.
"Did she tell you that?" James asked eagerly, leaning forward in his chair.
"No," Sara said with a tone of regretful ness in her tone.
"Oh," James said, not bothering to hide his disappointment.
"But I know for a fact she does," Sara added quickly.
"Yeah…" James said tonelessly and with more than a little doubtfulness buried beneath his words.
"Hey," Sirius greeted them when he and Lily and spotted their table.
"Hey, where are the drinks?" Sara asked, looking at Lily and Sirius' empty hands disappointedly.
"Madam Rosemerta says she wants to serve us herself," Sirius said boastfully.
"Why?" Sara asked curiously.
"She knows us." James said.
"But how does she remember you?"
"We're the type of people you cannot forget easily," Sirius teased, sliding into a set between Sara and James.
"I'm sure," Lily laughed before taking a seat.
"Hey, look who's here!" Sirius said excitedly, pointing towards Peter and Marlee who had just entered the pub.
"Over here!" James called and Peter looked over at the sound of his friend's voice.
Marlee was looking at her friends curiously. "Are you here with Sirius and you James?" She asked Sara and Lily.
"No, no definitely not!" Sara laughed as though the idea was completely absurd.
Marlee turned to Lily and Lily shook her head vigorously.
"Of course not!" She said, "We just met each other on our way here."
Marlee and Peter pulled up chairs and squeezed in between their friends with some difficulty.
"Why hello!" Madam Rosemerta exclaimed, walking over to the six people seated in the back. "What may I get you?"
"Six butterbeers." James asked, and when everyone nodded she wrote it down and departed.
"So how has your day been?" Lily asked Marlee and Peter.
"Great!" Peter and Marlee said as one, resulting in a blush creeping up their necks.
"Ah, young love, isn't it beautiful?" James snickered quietly, so only Sirius could here.
Sirius nodded, his eyes never leaving Sara. "Yes, beautiful…"
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A/N: There's chapter eleven! Hope you liked it. I'll try to update soon, within the next week or so, but I'm sorry if it's any longer. This chapter was awfully fluffy but it was nessecary for the story so bear with me. Please read and review, they mean so much to me and help me write even more, so thanks to all those who have so have, and those who have just read, also. Thanks and love you all, Lilly.
P.S.: Who saw the Goblet of Fire? I did, three times, and i loved it!