Title: Change is Sometimes Good

Summary: Lily can't stand James; James has a thing for Lily another version of the Marauders and of coarse Lily and her friends in their last years at Hogwarts and beyond. Starts in 6th year.

Disclaimer: Everything that you recognize belongs to J.K. Rowling, everything you don't is all mine, so please don't sue me!

Chapter Five: Quidditch and Swim fun

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Teachers seemed to pay no attention to the fact that they were all caught up in their own affairs, and they had more homework then ever. On top of that James had been made Quidditch captain, and had to go through vigorous practices all the time.

When ever Lily had extra time or she just wanted to watch she would bring a book or some homework and watch them at it. James was seeker, and he was one of the best that Hogwarts had ever seen. Sirius was beater, and he was quite good at it. Sienna was an excellent chaser, as well as Kat who played beater along with Sirius. There was also Jeff Spinet who played chaser, Shelby Williamson who also played chaser, and finally there was Greg Jackellby who played keeper. Together they made up an outstanding Quidditch team, who had won the cup ever since James had been made seeker, in other words his second year.

The first match of the season was coming up and Gryffindor was going to be playing Slytherin. The air around them was tense the day before the match, they were all anxious, even if they didn't have doubts about who was going to win.

The next morning Lily walked into the great hall and looked around for the marauders and her friends, she spotted them and quickly walked over to them, she rounded on James and gave him a quick kiss. Sienna, Kat, Sirius, and James were barely eating anything out of nervousness.

"Come on guys eat up, you need the nutrition" Lily said in a stricter tone "Yes mother" they all chorused together. "You know Lily, you really will make a great mom someday, with the way you treat us, and you'd think that we were your children" Sirius said with a wink "especially to Prongsie's child" he added in an undertone with a wink. Lily laughed; leave it to Sirius to lighten up the mood.

James kept running his hand through his hair making it look even messier then it already was. With the amount of times he was doing it you would think that he had already played Quidditch that day. "Why do you do that?" asked Lily "Do what?" it was such a habit that he didn't even realize he was doing it. "Run your hand through your hair all the time, you know it just makes it messier, but I think it also makes it look handsome" he blushed "I guess it's just a nervous habit" he said with a laugh. "Maybe that's why he does it all the time when he's around you Lily" Sirius said with a whisper, Lily laughed and James turned a slightly deeper shade of pink.

All the Quidditch players got up from breakfast about ten minutes before the game was about to start and headed for the locker rooms. The others followed suit just moments later.

They quickly changed into their Quidditch robes of blood red and brilliant gold and got ready to go out.

"I want a clean game from all of you, I don't want to see any hurting other people on purpose, with the exception of the beaters of course." James said with a wink, and then continued "You know our strategy, and the Slytherins really want to win if anything, but we are NOT going to give them that satisfaction. Is that true?" Everyone replied with a yes or a grunt. "Now let's go kick some serious Slytherin butt, not you Sirius!" he said with a laugh, it was an old and much over used joke, but Sirius looked smug when he said it. And with that they all mounted their brooms at set off around the stadium.

They circled around everything a couple of times, met by both cheers and boo's. Chris Jordan was doing the commentary this year, he did it last year as well, and he was quite good. He was a Gryffindor, and he loved pranks, it was also really hard for him not to show favoritism. But he was good at it all the same.

When James flew by the Gryffindor's on his Comet 130 he thought he saw a glimpse of red hair, and sure enough Lily was standing there beaming up at him. He sent a genuine smile her way and a wink and then went down to the ground to shake hands with the Slytherin captain. Madame Hooch gave her normal speech about how she wanted a good clean game and then she threw the quaffel into the air, then unleashed the bludgers, and finally the snitch which gleamed in the sunlight briefly then disappeared.

The Slytherins flew out and Chris called each by name Nott was keeper, Crabbe was beater, Travers was also beater, Lestrange was chaser, Snape was chaser as well, Bellatrix Black who was also chaser (AN: I couldn't just say Black because there was also Sirius, Andromeda, and Narcissa Black) and Malfoy was seeker.

Games went oblivious to the world around him and concentrated on finding the snitch.

Alice, Natasha, Remus, Lily and Peter sat in awe, watching the game. Natasha who wasn't really interested in Quidditch got really confused, so Lily and Remus kept having to explain to her what was going on.

The Slytherins were barely leading at 50 to 40 when James saw something sparkle in the light. And funnily enough it was right next to Malfoy's ear. He didn't notice it though because he was paying attention to a bludger that was heading his way. James started rocketing for him and Malfoy looked at him in horror and started to go the other direction to get away. Right then, did Malfoy see the snitch though and start going after it.

"And Potter has seen the snitch, he saw it just before Malfoy, and has a little bit of a lead. But Malfoy is catching up! GO JAMES GO!" Chris yelled into the microphone. Professor McGonagall glared at him "Sorry Professor, it won't happen again." Chris said apologetically.

James reached out his hand, he was so close when suddenly something hit him hard in the wrist. He saw that it had been a bludger that had been sent to him from Travers. He cringed in pain, it was his wand arm that had been hit, the one that he always used to catch the snitch. Malfoy was laughing, and speeding up, but James was really determined. "Shove off Malfoy" he said with disgust.

Shakily he switched hands and reached out, when he felt something round and fluttery come right at him, he closed his hand.

"AND POTTER HAS THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR WINS AT 190 TO 50!" The crowd erupted into cheers except the Slytherins who were all booing or looking quite depressed.

He was smiling but it was a smile that was filled with pain. He flew to the ground and was greeted by all of Gryffindor congratulating him. Lily gave him a big hug, and then a nice kiss. Then her smile faded when she saw James's face. "James what's wrong?" she asked "I think I broke my wrist, can you take me to the hospital wing?" He asked "Sure thing."

Lily pushed through the crowd of cheering fans and they walked up the grounds to the castle. "Oh James, I'm so sorry what happened?" she gushed "When I was reaching out for the snitch I got hit in the hand by a bludger, but it was really quick so I don't think that many people saw."

They walked into the hospital wing to find it empty. Madame Pomefry had been watching the game as well because she hadn't had any patients that day. They sat down in some plush chairs and waited.

About five minutes later she came in and inquired what had happened, they explained everything. And then Madame Pomefry muttered something and instantly the pain, swelling, and bruising was gone. "Now it's healed, just be careful with it during the next twenty four hours and you should be fine." And she sent them off.

James and Lily went separate ways because James still had to change from his Quidditch robes into his normal ones. After he had changed he headed up to Gryffindor tower, and was greeted by enormous cheers. Everyone was celebrating. Sirius, Remus, and Peter had managed to sneak into Hogsmeade and steal some butterbeer from The Three Broomsticks. They drank and ate until mid afternoon when everyone started to do their own thing.

The marauders and the girls headed towards the lake with swimsuits in tow. Lily had a green bikini that accentuated her curves perfectly and really brought out her eyes. Kat wore a white one with rainbow polka-dots, Natasha wore a bubble gum pink one that had cute little ties, Alice wore a yellow one with a sun and a rainbow on the top part of the bikini, and Sienna wore a sky blue one. When the marauders and Frank saw the girls their mouths dropped open, they knew that they were pretty and everything but not that pretty.

The guys each had a hott six pack with the exception of Peter, who was quite chubby and had plenty of rolls. The girls were amazed at how sexy they looked. Sirius lunged for Sienna then picked her up with shrieks of protest and threw her into the lake. "It's freezing!" she sputtered "Oh Sirius you better watch your ass, or you won't know what hit you." She said with a laugh then ran towards him, only to be pushed back into the lake.

James gave Lily an innocent smile and with a "Don't you even think about it James Harold Potter" and threw her in. Unfortunately for him though, she was quite strong, and was also a quick thinker. Just as he was about to throw her in she kissed him passionately then held his hand. When he was stupid enough to throw her into the chilly water, she pulled him in too.

He laughed then dunked her. And she splashed him in response.

Natasha was eyeing Remus, and he was eyeing her in return. Then suddenly he sprinted in her direction and pushed her in, they were all laughing. Alice, Frank, Kat, and Peter all jumped in, in return. And they spent the rest of the afternoon laughing and playing in the lake, when suddenly James and Remus disappeared under the water, something had been pulling them.

Authors Note: DUN DUN DUN! Ooooh the suspense. I hoped you liked it. Please review, I'll update as soon as I can! I know there are shy people out there who are reading this so please review, I promise its not that bad! The fact that I only have three people that review is just so sad to me!

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Us Two Squbs- I'm glad you like that as how they got together. I just thought it worked; I definitely wasn't planning for it to happen like that, but it just made sense. Thanks for your review! By the way I love your penname.

BoOkWoRmof2005- Thanks! You do need to update though, lol. I really like your story so far!

Pinocchio- Sorry I don't have beta or anything and I really don't feel like fixing my mistakes so sorry. I'm glad you like it though!