Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Author's Note: I'm going to be doing some major editing in my stories over the next few months or however long it takes. None of the plot lines will be changed, just spelling errors, etc. Especially Fooled Around and Fell in Love. That is in major need of editing.
Anyways, here's the next chapter of All Because of a Bludger
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Chapter Twelve
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"Potter, are you going to stare randomly into space or are you going to help redo the prefects' patrol scedules?"
The two heads were currently sitting at a table in the Gryffindor Common Room trying to redo the prefects' patrol scedules, as Lily just said. Apparently, one of the fifth year prefects handed in their badge because there was too much pressure on them with the O.W.L's just around the corner. Lily wished she could just drop her position as Headgirl with all the pressure of N.E.W.T's just around the corner. But there was too much to do, the professors- Hogwarts- was counting on her. Besides, if she quit, who would take care of her duties while they looked for another Headgirl? Potter?- Pfft. Please. Like he'd ever do his heads duties.
Speaking of James, he really wasn't helping Lily much. As was previously said, James was staring into space thoughtfully. Like-well, like he was thinking. That was impossible though. James Potter didn't think.
"What?" James asked, startled. Lily was starting to wonder that maybe James did have a brain and once and a while (like now) he was using it to think about something. She wondered what he was thinking of. Or possible, who he was thinking?
Lily rolled her eyes and continued to look over the current prefect scedules. "Oh, I was just wondering if you were going to be helpful at all today. But- nevermind, I am perfectly capable of redoing their scedules on my own."
James frowned,"I can handle doing that just as well as you can, Evans. Probably better, actually."
Honestly! He had to compete and argue about everything with her, didn't he? "Potter, I'm not going to argue about who can do better at redoing prefects' scedules. That's just stupid."
"Why is it that everything I say and do, is stupid?" James asked.
She groaned,"I never said everything you say and do is stupid!"
"But you were implying it."
Lily began to shuffle all of the papers with the scedules and etc. into a small pile, stuffing them overdramatically into her bag, standing up. "I'm going to the girls' dorm and work on this alone. I'll never get this done with you bothering me!" With that she stood up. She almost expected James to call her back and apologize, showing a somewhat nicer side to him that she had seen while he was memory-less.
And he did.
"Evans, come on, wait a second. Don't get your knickers in a twist just over some arguement. I swear, you are so sensitive." Well. That wasn't exactly a nicer side of him. He just insulted her. But, on the other hand, he did seem to want her to come back to help her finish the prefect scedules together.
She stood staring at James with a raised eyebrow. He scoffed,"Ah, Evans, don't give me that look. Just come back over and I'll-" He sighed, as if the next words to come out of his mouth would kill him,"-I'll help you with the prefects' scedules."
Oh. How generous of him. Giving his wonderful help to her.
Lily huffed and rolled her eyes, slowly dragging her feet back to the table. She slapped the pile of papers on the table.
"That wasn't so hard, was it?" James asked sarcastically. Lily sighed. "Whatever, let's just get this finished. Melissa Dodson's in Hufflepuff, so why don't we put her with. . .Edgar Harris? He's in Slytherin-"
"Merlin, are you trying to get her hexed or worse, killed?" James asked quickly snatching the papers from Lily hands, where she was writing Melissa Dodson neatly next to Edgar Harris.
"What are you talking about?" She asked in bewilderment.
"A Hufflepuff and a Slytherin! That's what! Honestly, you might as well transfigure Dodson into a mouse and Harris into a cat!"
Lily stared at him for few seconds trying to figure out what James was trying to say. She sighed after finally understanding him,"We need bring these students together, Potter. The houses are getting tighter and closer together than ever before. . .especially during these times." She meant of course, the war at hand with Voldermort or, as many called him, You-Know-Who. "Before long, this school won't be Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry- it'll be Ravenclaw School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Gryffindor School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, etc, etc. Their pulling apart from each other."
James looked like he was considering her side of the arguement. "Okay, sure. I get what your saying. In a few years, there will be four school's: Ravenclaw School of Brains and Nerds, Gryffindor School of Courage and Bravery, Hufflepuff School of Ninnies and Chickens, and finally, Slytherin School of Deatheaters and Evildoers-"
"That's a very biased opinion, Potter-"
"Oh, come on, Evans, don't be so blinded. You try to see the good in everyone- except me, it seems- anyways, you try to see the good in everyone. But, let's face, you can't find anything good in some. Like the Slytherins-"
"That's sterotype."
"Evans, are you friends with any Slytherins? Any at all?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am."
"Really."
"Yes. Really."
"And they don't seem evil in the least? They don't even hang around with other fellow Slytherins?"
"Well, of course they have friends in Slytherin, they live with the other Slytherins for nine, almost ten months a year, Potter. They have to talk once and awhile, which eventually begans a friendship."
"And this talking, it's about what they made on their history essay, right? It has nothing to do with dark magic-"
This offended Lily. She really did have friends from Slytherin. And sure, they had friends from Slytherin too, but just because they hung out with them, didn't make them evil. "You are so prejudice against Slytherin. I bet if I told you I had friends from Hufflepuff, you'd crack some stupid joke about how low their intelligence is. And if I said I was friends with someone in Ravenclaw, you'd call me a prude or a bookworm-"
"Now, hold on, I never meant-"
"And if I said I had friends from Gryffindor you'd probably say I was just fine and dandy because that's your house. That's James Potter's house!" Lily breathed out deeply. She was feeling pretty good now. She had left James Potter almost incapable of speaking, it seemed.
"You know just as well as I know that I don't have anything against Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. It's just Slytherin. They have this, I dunno, vibe around them that just screams, "We're evil!"."
Lily was quiet for a moment, than she began to speak, slowly,"You know, Potter, I saw you were associating with a Slytherin in potions. You were partners."
"I got to class late. Us being partners was not my choice. We got stuck together. There was no one else to have as a partner-"
"No, no. You associated with a Slytherin. Your evil. You discussed dark magic, I'll assume." She tilted her head some, eyebrows raised.
James turned slightly red at this statement, in anger, Lily realized,"Evans, you know very well, that I would never have anything to do with that- that filth."
"Do I? I don't know you all that well. I just assumed." She replied smartly.
"You assumed wrong then."
"Yes, I suppose I did. What's to say that you assumed wrong, too? What's to say if, while you just assumed because of the house they were in, that they were evil. They were put in the same situation as you. They got stuck together. It wasn't their choice to be put in Slytherin-"
"-I bet some wanted to be put there-" James tried to interrupt; Lily ignored him.
"-They just happened to have the traits for Slytherin-"
"Yeah, evil traits-"
"No, cunning-"
"-Power-hungry traits."
"Argh, Potter! Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Lily snatched back the papers he had taken from her before. She looked like she was about to rip the papers into tiny, microscopic pieces at the moment. James sat without speaking for a while, gazing at the papers clutched in Lily's hands. He looked up towards Lily's face and smirked.
"What are you smirking about?" Lily asked.
"Your one to talk, being just as stubborn as I am. I bet we could go on like this for hours, without stopping. Just arguing."
Lily had to grudgingly admit that James was right. She knew she could easily argue with him for a long, long time. James snatched the papers back while she was thinking. "Okay, let's get back to the scedules, eh?" He said.
"Fine." Lily muttered.
"I guess I'll go along with your "house unity" theory." Oh. How gracious of him to give his consent of her "theory". Right.
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"Bighead Boy! I was wondering where you were at dinner! I see now that you were spending some alone time with Bighead Girl." Sirius joked as he and Peter walked through portrait hole. The two heads were about finished, having just six people to pair up and fit their time slots.
James and Lily both turned an interesting shade of red. Of course, the two both had tempers, so maybe, it wasn't from embarrassment, but actually, just because they were angry at Sirius. Yeah.
"Sirius, why don't you shove it-" James started.
"Black, why don't you shove it where the sun doesn't shine!" Lily finished. They both seemed to have moved their chairs about two feet further than where they previously were.
"Oh. That was good, Evans. That was real good. Anyways, Remus is at the library doing whatever you do in the library."
"Read books?" Lily helped out. Sirius patted her on the head as he and Peter walked up to the table. Lily pushed his hand away. "You're just so smart, Evans." James snorted while Peter laughed. Lily cursed and turned back to the table, pretending to ignore any of the conversation going on less than three feet away from her.
"-said he'll be back by 8:00, so we can bust out of azkaban after getting James' pumpkin and the caramel apple out of my pants."
Now Lily just happened to overhear the last part of the conversation that was taking place and she could have sworn she heard "bust out of azkaban", "James' pumpkin", "the caramel apple", and "out of my pants" come from Sirius' mouth. Her head discreetly, snapped in the Marauders' direction. They had serious expressions on their faces. Either those idiots had a secret language or they were just even weirder than Lily thought.
Her eyes shifted to Sirius pants. They didn't look like they had a pumpkin or a caramel apple in there. No. They looked like normal, every day pants.
"You looking at my pants, Evans?" Sirius said suggestively.
James laughed,"Yeah right. Like Evans would look at your pants." Peter snorted.
"Who's pants would she look at then, James? Your's?"
Before James could reply, Lily spoke,"Actually, I was looking at your pants, Black." The three boys jaws dropped. "Did I miss something here?" Peter asked. "Evans' was looking at my pants." Sirius filled him in out of the corner of his mouth. ". . .Right."
"I was looking for James' pumpkin and the caramel apple in your pants. But- I'm not finding anything." Lily turned around completely to the papers in front of her, a smirk on her face. She just barely heard a "We'll talk later" from James before Sirius and Peter were gone; James turned back to the papers too.
"Didn't know you felt that way about Sirius, Evans." He said, a smirk on his face as he looked down at the papers. Lily looked up across the table at him. Emma's "theory" came to mind as she watched him. It didn't look like he was seething with jealously. He didn't look angry. He looked amused.
He didn't like her. No. He was just amused at her. He thought her nothing but a joke. A bookworm with nothing to do but boss people around. It was obvious.
She didn't care what he thought of her. It wasn't as if she was a bookworm anyways. She wasn't bossy either.
"I'm not bossy."
James looked and met Lily's eyes. He raised an eyebrow. "Right, Evans. Keep telling yourself that."
"And I'm not a bookworm."
He looked at her weirdly. ". . .Right." His eyes darted back down to the papers.
"So stop saying that I am." Lily replied, her eyes on James' jet black hair that was so annoyingly messy.
"I didn't say that you were. Geez, your one paranoid girl, you know that?" He glance back up at her. Lily looked down at her papers. She wasn't paranoid either. She didn't care what he thought her. She didn't care if Emma's "theory" was wrong. She didn't care if James didn't care for her. She didn't care.
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James glanced up at the clock. Again. It was 7:56. He sat up and stretched his arms, yawning. "Evans, I'm going to have to call it quits."
Lily looked at him suspiciously. Sirius had mentioned someone being back by 8:00. Probably Remus. And what was with the secret language going on between them? Lily didn't know, but she had an idea that it had to do with what the Marauders would do when Remus got back. She decided to try and wait around for a while; just to see if they did anything. Of course, it wasn't very often that the Marauders didn't do anything and turned out innocent.
James stood up,"I'll take the scedules and, you know, finish them tomorrow morning. You can go to bed, if you want, since there's no patrol for us tonight."
Alright. This was definitely suspicious. The only time James Potter was ever nice to Lily Evans was when he wanted something like. . .to get out of trouble. Or to copy her homework. Or to get rid of her at 8:00 so he and his friends could get "James' pumpkin" and "the caramel apple" "out of Sirius' pants" and "bust out of azkaban". He was being way too nice and considerate. She would find out what they were up to if it was the last thing she ever did.
"Alright, thanks Potter. I've been needing the sleep." Lily said, also yawning and standing up. She grabbed her bag and turned towards Potter. He was watching her. He seemed to have the "something's definitely suspicious" look on his face.
The fact was, the only time Lily Evans was ever nice to James Potter was when she wanted to get a confession out of him. Or to get him in trouble. Or to find out why he wanted to get rid of her at 8:00 so he and his friends could grab "James' pumpkin" and "the caramel apple" "out of Sirius' pants" and "bust out of azkaban".
Lily nodded her head and began to walk towards the girls' staircase. She could feel James' eyes scrutinizing her back as she walked. He was just as suspicious of her, as she was of him.
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It was now 8:45 and Lily was beginning to wonder if she imagined the whole secret language earlier. There had been no sign what's so ever of the Marauders'. No suspicious movement. No "James' pumpkin". No "caramel apple". No caramel apple or pumpkin of James in Sirius' pants. No one "busting out of azkaban".
Lily had walked up to the girls' dorm, set her bag down on her bed and walked straight back out, careful to shut the door quietly, so if James was still down in the common room, he wouldn't hear. He wasn't down in the common room by the time Lily had snuck down the girls stairs and hid on the side of the wall along the girls' staircase.
"Where are you, Potter?" She whispered to herself.
Her question was answered as she heard voice coming down the boys' staircase. Four voices. Four familiar voices. Four familiar, suspicious voices.
"See anyone, Peter?" That was Sirius.
Silence. "No. No one." That was Peter.
"Careful. I got Evans to leave." That was James.
"So? That's good, right?" Sirius.
"Think about it. I got Evans to leave. It's just. . .it was too easy. She just left. No arguments. No hexes. No yelling. No nothing. I think she suspects something." James.
"Did you three say something?" Remus.
"Well, we were talking to James while he was spending some alone time with her-" Sirius.
"Shut up, Sirius." James.
"-You know you want some alone time with Evans. Just admit- ow. Fine. Moving along, we used the Marauders code. I don't think she got it, but she did seem to suspect something. She was looking at my pants." Sirius.
"She was looking at your pants? Why would she do that?" Remus.
"She was looking for James' pumpkin and the caramel apple." Peter.
"Ah. I see now. It makes much more sense. For a second there, I thought Lily was really looking at your pants." Remus.
Lily caught herself as she almost snorted. She'd never look at Sirius Black's pants. Ew.
"Why does no one think that Evans could actually look at my pants?" Sirius.
"Because she's smart." James. James said that? He thought she was smart?
"Yeah. All the daft ones look at your pants, Sirius." Peter. Snorts.
There was a sound of someone being pushed. "I could have died, Sirius!" Peter.
"I would have caught you with a spell." Sirius.
"Which spell?" James.
"The one you use to catch people who fall down the stairs." Sirius.
"Right." Remus.
They were at the bottom of the steps- Lily could see the tips of their shoes.
"Which passage are we going to use?" Remus.
"How about that one on the third floor by the Merlin statue?" Sirius.
Sirius pulled something out of his pocket. It was a piece of parchment from what Lily could see. They were all huddled around it. What was it? Was this "James' pumpkin" or perhaps "the caramel apple"?
"No, Filch caught us just as we came out of it a few weeks ago, remember? He'll patrol around there more for a while." James.
"What about the passage here?" Remus pointed to something on the parchment.
'We haven't been through there for a while." Sirius pointed out.
While they agreed on a passage, Lily was trying to piece together the puzzle. They were going to a passage. Probably a secret passage. Where would that secret passage take them? Where would they go? The Dark Forest? No. The quidditch pitch? Possibly. Hogsmeade? Oh, most definitely. What would they do there? Lily wondered. Most stores and shops were closing soon and the only places that stayed opened till the early morning were the Hog's Head and The Three Broomsticks.
"Get your invisibility cloak out, James." Sirius.
"I'm getting it, I'm getting it." James.
Invisibility cloak? James had one? Was that "James' pumpkin"? It was making more sense. The invisibility cloak wass "James' pumpkin" and the parchment was "the caramel apple". But what in the world was "Sirius' pants"?
The next thing Lily knew, the boys had gone, invisibility cloak in James' hand. Out the portrait hole. She smirked. They had "busted out of azkaban".
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Lily decided to wait around for them to get back. She, at first, thought about following them, but decided against it; they would have the invisibility cloak on and would see her first off, letting them have a chance of finding a way back to the common room without her knowing it, therefore letting them off the hook.
She yawned and laid down on the couch, her arms hugging a pillow to her chest as she stared at the portrait hole, waiting for it to open. Lily looked at clock. 10:15. It had been half an hour. They couldn't have gone all the way to Hogsmeade or where ever they were going already. It'd probably be an hour or so.
Lily slowly closed her eyes, thinking about snoozing for a few minutes; she had the time. Just for a few minutes. . .
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Dong. . .Dong. . .
Lily woke with a start. The clock had chimed two, signaling that the boys had been out four hours, fifteen minutes. Signaling Lily being asleep three hours, fourty-five minutes. She sat up quickly, twisting around, expecting to see all four Marauders sneaking up the boys' staircase. Nope.
"Bloody clock. It's 2:00, wonder if they snuck past me while I was asleep." Lily thought aloud, standing up and slowly making her way to the boys' staircase to investigate the Seventh year boys' dormitory.
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She slowly turned the knob. It was quiet. There wasn't any light coming under the door. They weren't back yet. What could they possibly be doing? Whatever it was, they would be in big trouble.
Lily walked hesitantly into the room. It was pitch black inside. She lifted her wand from her pants front pocket, pointing it at any candles she make out around the room. Just as Lily started to move towards a candle that was too far away, she tripped over what looked like a sock. Her head fell on something soft. A pair of pants. Maybe that's what they were talking about. Maybe "James' pumpkin" and "the caramel apple" were in those pants. Not the ones Sirius was wearing. But still, that's ridiculous.
Lily stood up and carefully manuvered around the room, lighting all the candles she could find. She walked to the window, avoiding a few pairs of boxers, books, candy, empty butterbeer bottles, already-chewed gum, and other clothes items. It was quite disgusting. She wondered briefly if anything was living in here. Anything other than the Marauders.
Opening the window, Lily leaned out some, breathing some fresh air. It was so quiet. They had a fairly nice view of the grounds, they did. They had a view of the lake, part of Dark forest, and even a glimpse of the outline and lights of Hogsmeade. The seventh year girls had nothing but a view of some trees, the herbology green house roof tops, and part of the lake.Well, she guessed the girls' dorm was better than the Slytherin dungeons. They didn't have any windows. No fresh air, probably. No light. It was always dark when she was down there.
She looked over her shoulder for a clock, finding it, for some reason, on the floor. It read, 2:15. Fifteen minutes. Where were they? She wasn't getting real worried. The Marauders had a history of staying out all night long sometimes. Everyone (or at least everyone in Gryffindor tower) knew that.
Lily sighed and yawned again. She wished they get here soon; some of the students around this castle would like sleep.
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"Peter, watch out. Sirius looks like he's going to fall over."
"He's looked liked that since that last firewhiskey was finished off."
"I knew we shouldn't have gone to the Hog's Head."
Lily spun around quickly at the voices of Peter and Remus. This sounded worse than she thought. Firewhiskey? Hog's Head? They'd been drinking. She had planned on turning them into Professor Mcgongall safe and sound, not intoxicated! They'd get into so much more trouble for drinking. Now she was doubting whether she should turn them in. James could lose his heads' position (although he would deserve it, abusing the position half the time).
"Remus?" James' voice was extra loud it seemed.
"James, tone it down, will you? Everyone will hear you!" Remus' voice hissed.
Lily watched as the door knob turned, opening quickly, making a loud bang against the wall it hit. "Merlin, Sirius, you just about fell on top of me that time."
"I was in bed the entire night, McB-no, wait a minute, I meant McG." Lily shook her head as she watched Remus and Peter basically drag Sirius and James to their beds. They laid them down. Lily wasn't noticed. She could see the supposed invisibility cloak and parchment in Remus' hands.
"Hey, Jim!" Sirius called over to James.
James laughed and rolled of his bed with a thud. "Ha-ha-ha. . .hey. . .where'd the bed go? It was just there and then- pop. Ha-ha-ha." James seemed a bit preoccupied.
Lily crossed her arms as she watched the two drunken idiots laugh and fall off their beds. Her lips pursed. Remus and Peter were looking around anxiously, wondering what to do next. It was then that Peter noticed Lily. "Oh. Evans." He gulped. "Hi."
Remus spun around to Lily, eyes wide. "Er, Lily! This-this really isn't what it looks like- Sirius, put your shirt back on!" He rushed over to Sirius, trying to get his shirt back on. Lily stood still watching them.
"Remus, you have a twin. Huh. Ha." Sirius chuckled, tossing his shirt across the room. It landed at Lily's feet. She was looking pretty ticked off now.
"Er, Remus? James is trying to flush his glasses down the toilet!" Peter called from the bathroom.
Remus sighed, beginning to push Sirius towards the bathroom. "Okay, we'll be there in a minute-"
"Evansly! What are you's doing here? Hey, Jim! Your friendgirl's here!" Sirius yelled to James. Remus pushed him harder towards the bathroom, trying to smile apologetically to Lily over his shoulder.
"James! No! Your going to clog up the toilet!"
Flush.
"Oops. There goes my- uh, my somethings!" James called while his glasses flushed down the toilet.
"Oh, for Merlin's sake!" Lily exclaimed, beginning to walk towards the bathroom,"I swear, this is ridiculous! This four are the most immature boys I have ever seen!"
Just as she reached the bathroom, she heard Remus shouting,"Sirius, put your clothes back on right now!- No. No! Don't go out there!" That was the last she heard before Sirius Black ran stark-naked out the bathroom door.
"Hogggggy, Hoggggggy, Hoggy Warty Hogggy,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scary knees,
Our heads could do with butterbeer
With some interesting, er, things,
For now they're full and bare with air,
Something, something, something flies, and bits of flllllllllllluff,
So learn us things, er, something- knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll, er, not do the rest
And teach until our brains all, er, do something!"
Lily was scarred for life. Sirius Black singing, or at least trying to sing the Hogwarts School song naked is deafening and blinding. "Sirius, come back!" She heard Remus yell, his footsteps running out the bathroom door after Sirius, who had ran out of the dorm room by now. Lily noticed that Remus had a pair of pants, boxers, and a shirt in his hands, thankfully.
"Where'd. . .er, what's his name. . .Sears! Yeah. Sears. Where'd Sears. . .er, you know, go?" She heard James asking Peter back in the bathroom. She walked closer to the door. James seemed to be sitting in the bathtub holding a shoe while Peter stood over him, watching the door anxiously.
"Er, he's, uh, singing." Peter answered. They all jumped as there was a loud crash from one of the other boys dorms. Peter stood up,"James, I've got to go, er, help Remus. . .er, sing with Sirius." His eyes found Lily standing outside the bathroom, a Way-Past-Ticked-Off expression on her face. "Evans is going to, er, sit with you for a while, alright?" He didn't wait for answer from either Lily or James, instead he ran out, past Lily, and through the dorm door.
"Pettigrew! Get back here! I'm not going to "sit" with Potter while you look for some stark-naked, intoxicated lunatic!" He must have not heard her or just ignored her. Lily had a feeling it was the second one.
"Livans!"
She slowly turned her head to James in the bathtub. He was watching her, still holding the shoe.
Lily sighed deeply. "Potter, when will you grow up?" She asked, walking into the bathroom.
"Been wondering where you went off to." He said try to stand, but staggered back into the tub. He dropped the shoe. "Guess where I've just been." He said taking hold of the edge of the tub and pulling himself up, instantly staggering into the wall.
"In the bathtub?" Lily asked.
"No, er, wait a seconds. . .Nope. Guess again."
"The common room?" She asked, taking the shoe from the tube and setting it on the toilet lid.
"Yeah!- wait. Nope." He said, reaching out to grab the shoe back.
Lily pushed him back to the wall,"Hmmm, Hogsmeade?"
"Yeah! How'd you guess?" James said, reaching out to grab the wand in her left hand.
Lily pushed him back to the wall again,"Good guesser, I suppose. Do you like water, Potter?"
James seemed to consider. He tapped his forehead with his forefinger, which ended once he accidently poked his eye. "Yeah." He looked around distractedly, "Where's Sears? I-. . .er's, haven't seen 'im in a while."
"He's singing, remember?" Lily said, turning on the shower.
James jumped back in surprise, almost stumbling out of the shower. "It's cold."
"It's suppose to be." Lily replied. "Maybe you'll wake up some." She explained. James stumbled into the wall once again. ". . .Maybe not."
"I like my Lily hot."
Lily stared at him, startled, then cleared her throat, "Er, I think you mean, I like my water hot." She said going a bit red.
James looked bewildered for a moment, like he forgot the whole conversation. "Oh!" He said with dawning realization. "Right."
Lily left the water running while she leaned out of the bathroom to see if Remus and Peter were back with Sirius yet. They weren't, but she could definitely hear Black singing. And he wasn't singing the school song anymore. She couldn't really understand what he was singing, actually.
Remus could also be heard yelling for Sirius to put his clothes on, so she supposed he was still naked. Lily hurriedly closed the bathroom door and locked, not wanting to see Sirius Black again until he had something on.
She turned back to James to see him staring at her with water pouring down his face. He seemed not to mind the water now.
"You know, Potter, your different when intoxicated." Lily brought up, grabbing the shoe and tossing it by the door. She sat down on the toilet lid.
Lily got up, studying the counter next to her. She spotted a comb. She looked towards James' unruly hair, sticking up everywhere. Lily took the comb in her hands, walking to James, who was still standing in the shower.
"You have to messiest hair I've ever seen, Potter."
"And you have the reddestest hair I've ever seen, Lily."
She didn't know if that should have taken as a compliment or not.
James watched warily as Lily hesitantly brought the comb up to his hair, combing through it slowly. . .only for it to stick up seconds after. She snorted. "It's also the most stubborn I've ever seen."
She knew he was looking at her. Lily avoided his eyes as much as possible. This close proximity was a bit awkward.
"Your, er. . .your eyes are green." James said, momentarily forgeting what the eyes were called.
"I know. Yours are hazel." Lily said, glancing at his eyes.
She felt James' right hand go to her hair, stroking it softly. "I've never seen such reddish hair."
Lily blinked in shock at his touch, before turning red. She cleared her throat. "You've already said that."
James sighed,"Have I mentioned your eye is green, too?"
She laughed nervously as James' hand moved slowly to her cheek; caressing it,"Yes."
"Hmmm."
"You are, er, very different when your intoxicated, Potter."
"I know. Molly told-said I was a, er. . .what's the word? Jerk. Jerk to you." He was grinning lazily at her.
Lily kept her eyes on James' hair and the comb. She was liking this Molly already. "Who's Molly?"
James tilted his head as he stared at Lily for moment. He seemed to have forgotten who Molly was. "Er, she's, uh- ah. She is this crup thing. This awfully annoying crup thing."
Lily raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Ummm. . ."
"And the owner of her is a droop-face." James' fingers moved to touch Lily's lips lightly while his other hand went to Lily's hand holding the comb in his hair. She dropped the comb as he brought it down between them, kissing it, eyes still on her. Lily was turning redder by second. She cleared her throat again,"Droop-face?"
"Mmmm-. . .er, wait a minutes. I meant to say drool-face."
"Ah." Lily simply said, having no idea what he was talking about and too flustered to say much at all.
James stood straight again, letting go of Lily's hand, finding Lily's waist instead, pulling her closer, even though she really couldn't get any closer with the bathtub edge in the way.
"You have- er, those. . .things." He meant to say freckles, but James forgot. Lily swallowed as James leaned down rather quickly, then abruptly stopped just above her lips. "And did I, er, mention that you 'ave green, er. . .things." He also meant to say eyes, but forgot what they were called too.
Lily understood,"Yes. Yes, you have."
"Righ'. I'll try to, er, remember that next time." James said.
Lily was vaguely aware that while James' lips finally touched hers, Sirius' singing was getting closer and closer. Closer till it was just outside the door. She put her arms around James' neck.
"Oh, come and stir my cauldron cake,
And if you do it right,
I'll boil you down some cold strong love,
To keep you cold tonight!"
She could vaguely hear Remus saying "Alohamora" and unlocking the door. As he opened the door, Lily was vaguely aware of Sirius staggering into Remus, causing the domino effect.
Everything was so vague right now. Her and James seemed to be the only ones around.
Remus bumped into Lily, which made her bump into James, which made him bump into the shower wall behind him. That was when every became very, very real. Especially when James pulled Lily into the shower with him. They pulled apart as Lily shrieked from the shock of cold water pouring down her body. James staggered a bit next to her.
"Jim!" Sirius called stupidly at the doorway of bathroom. Lily noticed he had his clothes back on, thank God."I say-see your spending some alone time with Evansly!"
"Jim" grinned lopsidely.
Lily quickly got out of the shower, soaking wet. Remus hastily stood up in front of her. There was only the sound of water dripping off Lily and James (and the occasion snicker from Sirius or James) until Sirius opened his mouth-
"Hey, Evansly!" He said snickering again. "Jim said he wanted to snog you! And what do you know? He did Ha-ha-ha." He fell backwards.
James stumbling out of the tub. He clumsily slung an arm around Lily's shivering shoulders. She shrugged him off,"You two are wasted!" She was obviously embarrassed by everything that was and had happened in the past few minutes.
Remus rolled his eyes at the now unconcious Sirius before turning back to Lily. "Er, sorry about all of, er, this, Lily." Lily sighed,"I'm going to bed, Remus." She said rigidly. Giving one last look at James, she began to walk out of the dorm. She was stopped by a fairly large group of bewildered, sleep-deprived, irritated Gryffindor boys. Lily closed her eyes for a moment before groaning.
"Alright, go back to bed, there's nothing to see-"
"Lily, Sirius Black just ran in our dorm arse-naked singing some bloody song-"
"He was singing the Hogwarts song. I'm lucky to hear anything right now-"
"Black pushed me off my bed-!"
"Was I having a nightmare or did some lunatic come running through the sixth year dorm?"
The head girl hastily closed the seventh year door behind her, "Go back to bed. Nothing's going on. Just go back-"
The door swung open. It was Sirius. "Hey-Hey, Evansly, guess what Jim just told us!"
She groaned. "I don't want to know-"
"He wants to shag you senseless! Ha-ha-ha-" Lily slammed the door shut again, holding the door knob.
Silence.
She breathed deeply, face red as her hair. In a low voice, Lily began to speak. "Nothing ever happened tonight-"
"-It's morning-" Someone interrupted. Lily's eyes narrowed.
"Nothing ever happened this morning. Forget it happened. Because it didn't happen. If I hear one word from anyone- it's detention."
Silence.
"Well, go on now! We have class tomorrow, remember?" She shooed them back to bed.
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As Lily laid in her bed later that night- morning, actually- she wondered about James. He had kissed! And she let him! She became flustered just thinking about James. Lily shook her head, deciding that she needed to calm down. Forget it happened. James would. He wouldn't remember anything that happened tonight. It reminded her of him when he was memory-less.
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"Ah. Remus. I kiss her." James said as Remus pushed him onto his bead, still soaking wet.
"I noticed." Remus replied in amusement.
"Maybe I can go see her- er, Lily right now!" James said starting to get out of bed. Remus pushed him down again. "Hold on, Lover Boy."
They had been able to get Sirius to lie down until he fell asleep. Peter dropped onto his own bed shortly after, leaving James to Remus.
"I've been washing- no. I've been wanting to kiss her again for a long. . .long. . ." James trailed off.
"Time?" Remus asked helpfully.
"Yeah. Time."
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A/N: LoL. James and Sirius are drunk. Sirius is running around naked, singing (horribly). James is kissing Lily under a cold shower. What's a girl to do? The Hogwarts school song, along with JK Rowling's, Celestina Warbeck song. I don't own them. Their both JK's. The lyrics were changed up a bit because of, er, Sirius situation. LoL.
We'll be finding out more about "James' pumpkin" and "the caramel apple" in Sirius' pants next chapter.
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