Chapter 9: Newfound Attractions

Lily, Alice, Amelia, and Emmeline were sitting in their History of Magic class a couple of weeks after the Halloween Ball. The ghostly Professor Binns was currently lecturing on the War of 1713. As usual, only the over-achievers were paying attention to anything we was saying.

"Amy, can you pass me my quill? It fell near your foot," said Emmeline. Amelia didn't answer, for she was staring intently in another direction.

"Amy, did you hear me?" By this time, Alice and Lily were listening in.

"Amy…" No answer. "Melia…" No answer again. "Mia…" Still no response. "Amelia…"

Finally, Alice poked Amelia's side, "Amelia Elizabeth Bones!"

"Eek!" squeaked Amelia.

"Are you alright?" Lily asked her. "We called you about five times."

"Oh, I'm sorry," she said, glancing back at the way she was looking earlier.

"What were you looking at so much?" asked Alice.

"You mean who was she staring at so much?" said Emmeline. The girls turned to where Emmeline was motioning. It was Remus, who was sitting across the room with James, Sirius, and Peter. Remus seemed to be writing or drawing on a piece of parchment, while chatting with his fellow Marauders. He looked up and saw Amelia, then quickly looked back down, blushing.

"Did you see that?" Lily asked Emmeline and Alice.

Meanwhile…

"Wormtail, heads or tails?" Sirius asked Peter.

"Hm…tails," he replied.

Sirius flipped a coin, "Heads. Hand over the sugar quill."

"Damn."

"You're playing with a coin?" James asked them, amused.

"What else is there to do?" said Sirius. "This class is bloody boring!"

"Well, Moony seems to be taking notes." Peter pointed out the obvious.

"Moony, what are you taking notes for?" asked James. "Lily doesn't even take notes in this class."

"Let me see that," said Sirius, taking Remus's parchment.

"Hey!" replied Remus.

"What's this? What's this?" teased Sirius with a playful smirk on his face.

James and Peter also had a look at it. It was a nearly finished sketch of a familiar looking girl with shoulder length hair and bangs. The initials A.E.B. were at the top right-hand corner of the paper.

"Is that Amelia?" Peter asked Remus who nodded.

"This is really good, Moony," said James. "It looks just like her."

"You fancy her, Moony?" asked Sirius. Again, Remus nodded.

"Since when?" asked James.

"Halloween Ball," he answered going back to his drawing. "After the ball, we stayed in the common room and talked for hours."

"Really?" said Sirius.

"Yes. I never noticed how much we have in common. I've always thought of her as just a good friend, but after our long conversation, I see her as someone more."

"Wow," said Peter.

"You should tell her how you feel," Sirius said.

"I don't know," Remus replied, "What if she doesn't feel the same way?"

"Then I would know how you feel," said James.

"I think, no, I know she feels the same way," said Sirius.

"How do you know?" asked Remus.

"Because," Sirius answered, "She has been staring your way for, more or less, the past fifteen minutes, and she still is." Remus turned around and, as Sirius, stated, she was intensely looking at him. He nervously turned away, red-faced.

"Amy, do you fancy Remus? And if so, give us details." said Lily.

"Yes, I do fancy him," said Amelia, finally looking away from the said Marauder, "A lot. It started at Halloween Ball. He was such the perfect gentleman and I had the best time. Afterwards, we talked for hours after you all went to bed. I always thought he was attractive, but before that night, he was just close friend."

"That is absolutely adorable, Melia!" Alice gushed.

"I bet you and Remus are going to be together before Lily and James," stated Emmeline.

"What is that supposed to mean?" exclaimed Lily as class ended.

"You know perfectly well what I mean, my dear friend."

Lily let out a frustrated sigh and followed her friends out the door.

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"James!" called a frightened Lily. "James where are you? Come out this instant! We are supposed to be patrolling, not playing Hide and Seek! James?"

All of the sudden, James jumped out from behind a suit of armor and yelled, "Hi, Lily!" causing the Head Girl to scream and jump a mile.

"James Potter! That was not funny at all!" she scolded as her fellow Head fell on the floor, laughing his ass off, "You know that I'm scared of this bloody corridor!"

"I'm sorry, Lily," he said, still laughing. "I just couldn't help it. It was the perfect opportunity. Forgive me?"

Lily just crossed her arms and put on a sad puppy face, looking utterly adorable in James' opinion.

"Aw, come on. Don't be like that," he nearly whined. "I promise I won't leave you alone here."

"Do you really promise?"

"Of course. I could never leave you, Lily."

"Alright. I forgive you," she said blushing.

"Now let's finish our patrol and get out of here," James said as he took a hold of her hand. This motion caused Lily's heart to beat faster and her cheeks warmer. "What's happening to me?"