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Author's Note: Okay, I haven't updated All Because of a Bludger in about three weeks now. Here are my lame excuses for excuses:
1) I am lazy.
2) Too lazy to type out a chapter.
3) Have been avoiding fanfiction altogther for the past week or so because I feel guilty about being too lazy to type out a chapter.
4) Scared of virtual computer mice and keyboards being thrown at me for not updating in so long because I am too lazy to type out a chapter.
Right, well, there are my lame excuses for excuses. Sorry everyone. I really don't blame you if you gave on my stories because I'm taking so long to update.
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Chapter Thirteen
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Oh. Merlin.
She could hear them.
"I thinking the whole throwing up thing is about over for me. What about you, James- Ugh. Gross."
Lily could hear that James had not yet gotten over the "whole throwing up thing". She held her hand on the doorknob, her face scrunched up in disgust. The Headgirl had decided to give the Marauders till lunchtime the next day before giving them a nice yelling session for being complete idiots. She'd already had to do some damage control because half of the Gryffindor boys, it seemed, had not heard her say not to say word about what had happened last night.
"I'm glad your feeling better, Sirius." She heard Remus' voice. He sounded tired. Lily wondered if he and Peter got any sleep last night.
"Really? Thanks, Remus."
"Yes, I'm glad your feeling better because now you can help clean up James' puke." Remus' voice sounded bright now.
"What? No!"
"Oh, come one, Sirius." Peter's voice.
"You're always saying you're James best friend, Sirius. What are best friends for, after all?" Remus asked. Lily could hear Remus' grin.
"No cleaning up their best friends puke, that's what!" Was Sirius reply.
A sounded of someone throwing up was heard.
Sirius' "Gross!" followed.
"Sirius, Peter and I took care of you two idiots last night while you made fools of yourselves. We also missed three of our classes to clean up after you, and now, we're missing lunch." Remus.
"We're missing lunch?" Peter asked quickly. "Thanks, Sirius!" He blamed harshly.
"Ugh, don't bring up lunch. . ." Lily could barely hear James' weak voice through the door. ". . .Or food in general, if you know what I mean. . ."
"Sirius, we're going to lunch, you watch James- and yes, clean up up his puke." Remus instructed. There was a sound of footsteps walking towards the door. Lily had to walk in now. Just as she began to turn the knob, the door was opened. Remus and Peter's relaxed faces became anxious as they laid eyes on Lily.
"Er, hello Lily." They greeted nervously. Lily crossed her arms and an eyebrow rose. "Hello, boys. Mind if I drop in for a moment?"
"Well, er. . ."
"Thanks." Lily said shortly as she pushed the door open further and walked into the seventh year boys' dorm. It looked the same, except for the fact that the odor was much, much worse now. Lily tried not to throw up, herself, as she scanned the area.
"Evans! What a surprise! It's so nice to see you, today." Sirius sat atop what Lily supposed was his bed, smirking at her. Smirking as though he wasn't up till the wee hours last night intoxicated. Honestly. Could he be any worse?
"Yes, and how lovely it was that I saw you last night as well." Lily replied to Sirius.
"I didn't know you enjoyed our company so much, Evans." He plowed right on.
"I don't."
"You just-"
"Black, stop acting as if you tutored a first year then promptly went to bed at 9:00 last night so you could be fresh as a daisy for class this morning. Because I know. I know exactly what you did last night. And believe me, what I saw-" Lily cut off for a moment, shuddering at the image of stark naked Sirius once again,"-what I saw. . .I am scarred for life. And for it, you're going to suffer the consequences-" Lily had moved slightly forward to the center of the room as Remus and Peter stood by the still open door, Sirius and James at their beds. Unlike Sirius, James was lying on his bed, looking pasty pale and having a pained expression on his face.
"Lily, listen, we're sorry. We didn't mean for things to get so out of hand last night-"
"Why are you apologizing, Remus?" Came James' voice snapped as he sat up from his bed slightly. "You shouldn't have been being nosing around in our business, Evans." He, obviously wasn't in the best of moods.
Sirius let out a "oooh". Peter looked nervously between James and Lily, feet edging towards the exit. Remus looked a bit taken back. He gulped,"Now, James, let's not snap at-"
"Nosing about in your business?" Lily asked sternly in rage, turning towards James, her eyes flashing. "Excuse me, but I am headgirl and," She realized James didn't remember their, er, intimate moment in the bathroom last night,"it is my job to stop people like. . ."
Despite the fact that James looked like a total wreck in general with puke splattered here and there, Lily couldn't help but remember the way he looked last night.
"Like what, Evans?"
Lily was spacing out. She was freezing up. Oh, how embarrassing! She couldn't stand in front of someone she'd just kissed in a shower last night, whether they remembered or not. Lily turned her gaze to anything other than James Potter. She hated James Potter at this moment. He was making her feel this way. He was the reason for it all. When was he not?
Lily snapped from her phase slightly, straightening up. "Like you." She paused, her voice rushed and definitely not as stern as it was a few seconds before,"Now. . .all of you, you have detention. Don't- um, don't do that again." With that lame finish, Lily began to hurridly walk backwards, toward the door. She stumbled over a dirty sock, cursing loudly. She stopped for a moment, knowing all four Marauder eyes watching her curiously. "Er, pick up this smelly sock too!" She added, before just about running out of the room.
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Lily didn't stop until she was safely locked away in the girls' bathroom in her dormitory.
She took a deep breath, turning to look at her reflection in the mirror. It seemed so hot all of a sudden.
Her face was red.
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"Miss Evans, please remember all heads and prefects are to help escort the students towards the quidditch pitch tomorrow." Professor Mcgongall reminded Lily as she passed Lily's desk in transfiguration. "For the quidditch match. Make sure the corridors don't get too. . .chaotic."
"Of course, Professor." Lily replied.
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"Hey, you want to know what I just heard?" Emma asked Alice and Lily later on in the library. Classes had ended and they needed to study for an exam in transfiguration. Remus and Peter had shown up for the classes after lunch, trying their best to stay as far from Lily as possible. Although Lily knew they knew she was mad at them, she could still feel their curious looks on the back of her head. She ignored them.
She had acted so. . .out of character in the boys' dorm.
It was all James' fault though- and how dare he say she was the one who did something wrong last night! How dare he? She didn't go and get intoxicated in Hogsmeade and do Merlin knows what. She didn't go and act all nice to someone she usually acted as if she hated. She didn'tgo and kiss someone in the shower. Honestly. The giant berk.
"Not really, Emma. The last time you asked if we wanted to know what you just heard, it was that Professor Slughorn and Professor Mcgongall were snogging in the astronomy tower. Not only was that complete and utter nonsense, it left me with nightmares for weeks." Alice stated, shuddering. Lily laughed.
Emma scowled. "No, this isn't about Slughorn and Mcgongall snogging. Actually, it's about the Marauders and what they might or might not have been doing last night."
Lily perked up. She told those stupid Gryffindor boys to be silent. To not say a word. Oh, Merlin. She was beganning to wish she'd just gone to bed last night and not even bothered with the Marauders.
"Oh?" Lily asked quickly. "What were they doing?"
Emma grabbed a chocolate frog that sat on her bedside table, stuffing it in her mouth before continuing,"I overheard one of the third year Gryffindors talking about it-"
"Those dirty traitors." Lily muttered.
"-It turns out they snuck to Hogsmeade last night and ended up coming back wasted. And you won't guess what else I heard." Emma said, glancing slyly at Lily.
Lily stared at Emma in horror. She didn't know, did she? Lily bent her head down, covering her face, in embarrassment, waiting for Emma to spill the whole thing.
"What?" Alice asked in curiosity.
"I heard that Sirius Black was running around arse naked!" Emma let out a laugh,"Isn't that funny?" Her and Alice continued laughing. Lily could only shudder. She tensed as Emma let out a deep breath and continued,"And he was singing."
"I knew I heard someone singing the Hogwarts song last night. They woke me up!" Alice cut in.
Emma again looked at Lily, smirking,"And while Black was running around like a lunatic, his friend Potter was shouting how much he enjoyed shagging Lily here senseless. Ha-ha!" Emma and Alice burst out laughing. "Isn't that funny?" Emma asked Lily as the two watched Lily sit rigidly, red in the face.
"No, it really isn't. It's. . .it's embarrassing."
Emma snickered and grabbed another chocolate frog,"Well, maybe to you, but to us, it's funny."
"But it can't be true. Because Potter'd never want to shag me." Lily added hastily.
"I dunno, Lily. . ." Alice trailed off.
"Yeah, those Gryffindor boys' can be truthful when they want to be, you know."
"Yes, the part about Black running around naked, sure, I can believe that. He's dafted enough to do that. But Potter saying he wanted to shag me? No, way." Lily tried to reason with them.
Emma raised an eyebrow,"But they were drunk, Lily. Anything could have happened. Anything. Potter could have said he was a mermaid for Merlin's sake. . .of course. . ."Emma trailed off slyly, smirking again.
Alice and Lily looked at her curiously,"What?"
Emma snatched up another chocolate frog,"Oh, well. . .it's just. . .Potter might actually want to shag you senseless, Lily."
"What?"
"Have you forgotten the fact that he despises me?" Lily asked.
"He didn't despise you when he was Mr. Memory-Be-Gone. He was practically in love with you then. Everyone could tell." Emma stated mattter-of-factly. Lily wonder just who "everyone" was.
"So?" Alice asked. "That was then, this is now. He has his memory back. I doubt he remembers what happened."
Before Lily could stop herself, she blurted out something she knew she'd regret,"Yes, he does."
. . ."What?"
"He remembers what happened while he was memory-less?"
"Er. . .no, I didn't say that." Lily said quickly.
"Yes, you did! We both heard you!" Emma exclaimed. She grinned,"This changes everything."
"No, it doesn't!" Lily said, laying down on her back, covering her head with a pillow.
"Yes, it does!" Emma said. She walked over to Lily's bed, taking the pillow covering her face,"Don't you get it?"
Alice walked over to Lily bed as well, sitting down on the end. "Do explain, Emma."
"This is fits in perfectly with the theory that Potter fancies her. He remembers what happened while his memory was gone. He's obviously still in love with you! Secretly!" A pause while Emma sighed. "Isn't that romantic? Excluding the fact that Potter is a daft git and all, but still. . ."
Lily wouldn't say it outloud, but she kind of. . .agreed with Emma on that. That it was romantic, sort of. But was it true?
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"Potter."
"Evans."
"You actually showed up."
"Yes, I did."
"I'm surprised. I'd think you'd be in your dorm throwing up."
James rolled his eyes,"I'm just fine now."
"That's good."
The two were leaving the common room for patrol that night. Lily really didn't think James would show up. Oh, well.
"Right."
A silence followed James' "right" allowing Lily time to realize that she was going to spend an hour walking around alone with James. The boy who had kissed her last night.
She slowly inched away from James as they walked on down the corridor.
"So. . ." She started, James glancing over at her,"you had quite a night, last night."
James groaned. "Evans, do you have to bring last night up? I know you want me punished. I've been waiting for Mcgongall all day."
"I didn't, er, tell Mcgongall."
"What?"
"You heard me."
James looked over at Lily in disbelieve,"Is the world ending or did Lily Evans cover for me- again?"
Lily's eyes narrowed,"Just be grateful, Potter, alright? The first time I covered for you was only so you wouldn't lose your heads position-"
"Oh, that would horrible."
"-and last night, well, you four would have been expelled last night on the spot if I told anyone."
"Oh, and you wouldn't want to get me expelled, would you?" James asked sarcastically while he looked into a classroom for anything suspicious.
"Just because your a git with an ego larger than Hogwarts, does not mean I want to get you expelled, Potter." Lily explained dryly.
"This is news to me." James muttered closing the classroom door behind him as he started walking alongside Lily once again. Lily edged away slightly. James noticed this,"What? Do I still smell like crap? I took a shower just before patrol."
Lily rolled her eyes,"Yes, Potter. You smell."
"Well, just be blunt why don't you." James snapped back irritated.
"You asked."
"But I didn't actually mean you had tell the truth."
"Why didn't you say that then?"
"Say what?"
"That you didn't mean for me to tell the truth."
James stared at Lily exasperation. "You are so loony, Evans."
Well, it was now obvious that Emma's "theory" was wrong. "Your a git!" Lily snapped back.
"Good one, you've only said that, oh, about every another day since we've met!"
"You know, considering I stood around last night making sure you didn't do something stupid, you could at least be a bit nicer." Lily suggested.
James stopped abruptly and stood looking at Lily like she was crazy. "I didn't ask you to watch over me. See, you're always doing that. You're always around. You're always in my business. Honestly."
"You didn't seem to mind last night!" Lily exclaimed before she could stop herself. Wonderful. Things just couldn't get better.
James' face paled, it seemed. "What?"
Lily and James' heart-to-heart discussion was interrupted by Snape, holding his wand out at a fifth year Hufflepuff.
"Potter, Evans."
"Snape." James said with a scowl as he turned from Lily.
"Severus, what's going on?" Lily asked warily.
Snape looked cooly at the two heads,"While you two were arguing, this fifth year was sneaking around. Everything is under control now. Although, if you two would pay attention to your surroundings, and I wasn't here, he most certainly would have gotten away."
James, Lily noticed had his hand quite close to his wand. He stepped forward,"Let's all praise, Snape!" He said sarcastically. "He's so wonderful!"
Snape waved the Hufflepuff boy off, saying briefly something about detention. then turned back to James. "You never cease to be a arse, do you, Potter."
"Only for you, Snape." James said sarcastically.
Snape brought his wand up higher, pointing straight at James. James, by reflex grab his as well. Lily hastily came between the two. "Okay, you two. That's enough. Let's stop now. What if a professor comes along?"
"Evans, get out of the way. Snape and I would like to have a chat, can't you see that?" James asked,"See, this is what I mean. You're always interfering in my business-"
"Your so arrogant, Potter. The world doesn't revolve around you. Evans noses around in everyone's business. I suppose it might have to do with the fact that she's a-" Snape cut off, looking haughtily at James.
Lily blinked and looked down at the floor. It was all of a sudden very, very quiet. James seemed to have froze along with Lily.
How dare he? Snape was just as bad as James!. . .Except, James was a little better. For a second, Lily's fingers touched her wand, but she instantly drew away. She wasn't going to go and do something stupid.
"Snape," She said in a clipped tone, lifting her gaze to Snape. "I think you had better-"
"What," James cut in slowly,"is Evans, Snape?" He asked stepping closer to Snape. His wand was still pointing dangerously to Snape. Snape scowled at James.
"Potter, it doesn't matter. Just. Leave it." Lily said quietly.
"No, I want to know what you are, Evans." James said in mock curiosity. He turned back to Snape,"What is she, Snape?" He asked, his wand inched closer to Snape until it poked him in neck.
Snape stood stiffly, his own wand rising slowly.
James pressed his wand harder into Snape's neck. "You don't know? What a shame." James sighed in mock disappointment. He then lean his head even closer to Snape and hissed in a icy voice, "No one messes with Evans, Snape."
Wow. That was. . .that was kind of sweet of James to stand up for her like that- even though he shouldn't have and she could take care of herself anyways.
"Yes, she can be a bit of pain a lot, but you don't mess with her. Because if you do, you're going to have a chat with me. Do you understand?"
Well, nevermind him being sweet.
Snape rolled his eyes before shaking James' wand off and shoving past the two heads,"Whatever, Potter."
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"You really didn't have to do that. Actually, I would have preferred you didn't." Lily started as they continued their patrol several minutes later.
"Oh, for Merlin's sake, Evans! Everything I do is wrong, isn't it?" James asked, running a hand through his messy hair.
"Thanks." Lily went on, ignoring him.
"It's not as though I actually dueled him or. . .what?" James asked in bewilderment as he stared down at Lily.
"Thanks." She repeated quickly, "for, you know, standing up for me back there. Although, I didn't appreciate your comment on me being a pain."
James shrugged,"That was the truth, you know. You need to stop being so, uptight. Break some rules or something." He suggested.
"I did. With you. Remember?" Lily asked innocently.
James looked away.
"Yes, you got me landed in detention too." She reminised.
"Whatever, Evans. Keep telling yourself that." James muttered. He was having a bad case of denial, James was.
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"James, my friend! Glad your back from patrol, I've got something to show you in the dorm!" Sirius exclaimed with a grin as James and Lily returned from patrol later that night. Sirius was alone, Remus and Peter, Lily presumed,
Lily rolled her eyes, not even wanting to know what it was.
"Hey, Evans, been looking at my pants lately?" Sirius asked suggestively.
"No, Black, I think I saw enough of you last night. You know, as you ran around naked as a hippogriff. It was quite a scary sight."
Sirius chuckled weakly before running off towards the boys' staircase. Lily chuckled and she could have sworn she saw James smirk, but he started towards the boys' staircase also, before she could confirm this. She sighed and began to walked towards the girls' staircase, but was stopped at James' voice.
"Hey, Evans."
Lily spun around,"Yes?"
"I won't be here to help escort everyone to the quidditch pitch tomorrow morning since I'm going to be playing in the game. It's Gryffindor Vs. Ravenclaw."
Oh. That's all he was going to say. What else did she expect him to say?
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A/N: I really hated this chapter. Really. I could not get it written. It seems crappy to me. The words wouldn't work for me today. Nothing worked right together. Not very happy with it. Anyways, there's either one or two more chapters left in the story, not sure which yet. Thanks for reading, even though it might have been a bit painful to read.
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