A/N: oh my loves, im so sorry it's taken me so long to update. tests, soccer, and more tests just kept taking up my time. I sincerely hope you like this chapter, it's not that humorous, but it's a nessecary step in Lily and James' relationship. Because, after all, James doesn't kiss mops for the rest of his life. ;D
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Harry wiped his eyes with the corner of his sleeve and took a deep, steadying breath. It felt so good, so refreshing to just let go of everything and smile. He grinned even wider as he saw Ron and Hermione cling to each other. Everyone began quoting things from the tapes and soon Mr. Weasley wandered over to where Harry was seated on his box.
"We were wondering where you'd run off to," Mr. Weasley said with a smile, "I hope you didn't mind that I watched part of that tape."
Harry shook his head, "Not at all."
"Harry, you are a brave soul, mate," Fred said with a grin.
"Why?" Harry inquired curiously, inwardly hoping they wouldn't bring up the topic of his parents death again. He didn't think he could stand it if everyone was here to see him break down.
"If I ever," George began, his expression turning to immediate disgust.
"And I mean ever," Fred added.
"Saw my parents straddle each other-"
"Or sleep on each other-"
"I think I'd vomit my entire insides out."
"Thanks, boys," Mr. Weasley said with a frown.
Fred and George shuddered, "No offense dad, but it's really weird to think of you and mum-"
"Okay! I think we're done here." Mr. Weasley interrupted, quickly striding away towards Ginny.
Fred and George looked at each other curiously, "What's up his knickers?"
"I was going to say kiss-"
Suddenly they both broke off and cringed. "Parents have dirty minds…"
"That's just disgusting."
Harry chuckled softly as the pair wondered away.
"Harry," Remus said quietly, clamping a hand onto his shoulder, "You okay?"
Harry nodded, "I'm fine, thanks."
Remus shook his head, "So it wasn't awkward for you at all to see your parents straddling each other?"
Harry laughed, "Well, it's the only way I'm going to see them, so whatever these tapes may hold I'm prepared."
Remus bit the inside of his cheek, "Listen Harry, I'm not sure how much these tapes reveal, and I don't want you to see something you aren't supposed to. If James ever knew you saw something like that…"
"Remus," Harry interrupted, "How far do you think these tapes go?"
Remus shrugged, "Not past snogging, I'm sure. Nevertheless, I still think snogging would be too awkward. These are your parents, and they loved you. I'm just not sure they'd love to have you see something like that. Nor would they like to have all these people watching."
"Be honest, Remus, do you think my parents would be upset for all of us watching these?"
Remus shook his head, "If they were upset about anything, I'm sure it'd be about the fact that you are watching these tapes and they're only causing you despair."
"That's not true!" Harry interrupted, "I think they are amusing, just like you do."
"Sometimes amusing can be worse." Remus said softly.
Harry continued to look defiant, but inside he knew Remus was right. It was hard, all of it. But he knew this was what he wanted to do. He had never been more certain about something in his life. He only wished that after he was finished watching these he could turn right around and hug his parents. He knew that would never happen, however, so watching them on a screen seemed like the closest he could ever get to them.
"Don't contradict me on this one Remus," Harry said firmly, "But…I'm embarrassed. Not about the tapes, but about how I break down from them."
Remus opened his mouth but Harry waved his hand impatiently.
"I can't change how you feel, Harry." Remus said, "But if anyone else here was in your place, they wouldn't be holding it together nearly as well as you."
Harry shrugged, "Maybe, but hopefully no one else will be in my place."
Remus nodded as he checked his watch, "It's getting late, we'd better continue watching these."
After agreeing, Harry walked over to the pictures and pulled out his wand. A small hand grabbed his arm gently. "I've never really gotten to talk to you since school got out," Ginny said softly.
Harry looked away, "I've been busy."
"I've been with you, Harry. The busiest you've ever been is locking yourself in a room with my brother and Hermione."
"That's busy." Harry said.
"Maybe," Ginny admitted, "But I know what's going on. I can help you."
Harry shook his head, "Don't do this to me, not now."
"Harry," Ginny pleaded, "Why won't you talk to me, or even…even look at me?"
Harry hesitated, "Let's watch another one."
"Harry…"
"Ginny," Harry said, somewhat sharply, "You aren't going to be able to help me when I chase after Voldemort, so please…just stop."
"If I can't help you chase after him, then for now…" She took a deep breath, "At least let me help you through these tapes.
Harry said nothing as he enlarged the sixth tape. After plastering it to the wall, he spun around to face the red head before him. "I'd like that." He said quietly.
She grinned and took his hand, "Well, come on then. I'm looking foreword to seeing how bad your mum beat up Sirius…"
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"Here's the sixth tape of-"
"Why do you always get to do the introduction?"
"Because I'm the best at it."
"We don't know that, you're the only one that's ever gotten to do it."
"Yeah, well…"
"Sirius," Remus interrupted, "Just let Peter do the introduction."
Sirius glared at Remus, but allowed Peter to shove him out of the way.
"Hi," Peter said quietly, "Here's tape number six."
"What did I tell you?" Sirius shrieked, poking his head in front of the camera, "He's horrible!"
"You are," James admitted to Peter.
Peter pouted and slumped down on his bed with his arms across his chest.
"Here is tape six of Pursuing Lily Evans!" Sirius said proudly. "It's at the end of our sixth year, and James still has had no luck with the desired lady."
"Hey!" James said defiantly, "She laid down on top of me."
"That's only because she was stuck in small confines with you. Trust me. It was not voluntary." Remus pointed out.
"Please," Sirius begged, "Don't bring up that…"
James, Remus, and Peter burst out into hysterical laughter. "She attacked you…"
Sirius flinched and turned back to look at the camera, "I could have won. I'm just not supposed to hit a girl."
"Yeah right Sirius!" James laughed, "She had you pinned down. You couldn't even hit her if you tried."
Sirius glared at his three cackling roommates, "Anyways, we have nothing on the agenda today. So I say we leave the dorm."
The boys nodded and threw the invisibility cloak over the camera. They swung open the door and descended the stairs. It was Saturday afternoon, and a few people were lounging about in the common room, but others were outside, considering it was getting a lot warmer.
"Let's go outside," James suggested, and the others nodded.
They headed out of the common room and passed empty classrooms and not-so-empty broom closets. Finally, they emerged out into the warm air.
"Hey Prongs, look who's by the lake." Sirius said cheekily.
James flicked a stubborn strand of hair out of his eyes and searched around the outside of the lake. He spotted a patch of fiery red hair a mist all the other colors. His brow furrowed as he saw her stand up abruptly and march over to a small group.
Curiosity getting the better of him, James stood up and broke out into a light run, the camera following him. Once the camera was close enough, you could begin to hear what was going on. James didn't seem to be paying attention, he was too busy looking at what was going on before him.
Lily was still marching over to three boys wrestling on the ground. Two were obviously ganging up on one. The two were Slytherin fourth years, the other was a Gryffindor third year. James' eyes widened with fury, this wasn't fair.
Lily quickened her pace as she saw one of the large Slytherins throw a punch into the Gryffindor's jaw line. She was almost there to demand what was going on, but someone brushed past her.
She stopped in surprise to see James storming over there in anger. Finally, she seemed to recollect herself. She was not going to let James beat up the Slytherins; that was just sinking down to their level.
She finally reached them, but James was already there. He marched right up to them, and one of the Slytherins, the one with sandy hair and a large jaw line, saw him. His small eyes widened before he clambered to his feet and scurried away.
When the other one saw James, it was too late. Lily froze in her tracks just feet away as she saw the Slytherin try to scramble away.
James grabbed him and shoved him to the ground, his eyes blazing. The Slytherin's eyes grew round as his body landed with a thump on the ground, his blonde hair plastered to his face.
James leaned over him and grabbed his shirt viciously, pulling the shaking blonde closer to him.
"What the hell do you think you were doing?" James growled.
The Slytherin shook his head, "He's a Gryffindor." He said in the strongest voice he could muster.
James tightened his hold on his shirt as his nostrils flared slightly, "If you ever touch him again I will beat the shit out of you. Do you hear me?"
The Slytherin pursed his lips and attempted to wrench himself out of James grip, but James just yanked him closer, "Do you hear me?" James asked again, his voice dangerously calm.
The Slytherin finally allowed himself to nod slightly. James used his tight hold on his shirt to shove him to the ground angrily.
James strode away, his hair flowing behind him slightly in the warm wind. His eyes were cold with fury, and his face was a deep pink.
"Go away," James said to the camera.
The camera stopped following James and spun around once more to Lily and the Gryffindor. The Slytherin had sprinted away with as much dignity as he had left.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked gently, extending her hand to the Gryffindor.
The small boy nodded and took Lily's hand. Once he was on his feet, he wiped his bloody mouth with the backside of his hand.
"Why were you muggle fighting?" She asked.
He shrugged, "I don't know why we were fighting in the first place."
Lily nodded, "Go see Madam Pomfry," She said suddenly, watching as the boy clutched his ribs. He nodded and limped away.
Lily swung her head around and watched as James' angry figure slowly faded away. She could feel herself grow a soft shade of pink. James didn't beat anyone up, he gave a warning. Granted, he could have done it in a better way, but to be honest, she was completely surprised. This wasn't like James to break up a fight, he usually started them. She could feel herself grow even more red as she remembered how red his face was. His eyes seemed like they were on fire and his figure was so tall and proud.
"I know." Said an understanding voice from beside her.
Lily rolled her eyes as she looked up to see Sirius standing next to her, his hands stuffed in his pockets. "Know what?" Lily inquired.
"You're strangely turned on." Sirius said simply.
Lily choked on her spit.
"W-what?" She gagged.
"Don't deny it, Lils," Sirius said, "You found James irresistible when he was angry."
Lily shook her head vigorously, "He threw a kid to the ground. He could've handled it better."
Sirius shrugged, "I saw you watching him. You liked that he broke up the fight."
Lily nodded reluctantly, "That was unexpected. I've never seen Slytherins run away like that before."
Sirius shrugged again, "James is actually really frightening when he's scary. Kind of like you."
Lily laughed, "Why did he break up the fight? Did he know that boy?"
"Nope," Sirius sighed, yanking a hand out of his pocket to run it through his dark hair, "I think James is starting to feel sympathy towards people."
Lily's eyes widened, "Not towards Snape."
His eyes darkened, "That's a lot to ask of him, though. He's doing the best he can, Snape is a lot more difficult than Slytherins he doesn't know."
Lily rolled his eyes, "That is so typical of him."
"But breaking up the fight wasn't," Sirius argued, "Maybe you don't know James as well as you thought you did."
Lily looked away when she felt herself blush.
"Ah," Sirius said suddenly, nodding towards Lily, "You want to see him angry again. You like him feisty."
Lily cringed, "Don't say feisty like that Sirius."
Sirius rolled his eyes, "I knew it, though. You were blushing the whole time he was teaching that boy a lesson."
"I didn't like it." Lily said defiantly.
"If you didn't like it you would have put a stop to it," Sirius contradicted.
Lily sighed, "I guess I kind of liked the fact that he stood up for someone he didn't even know. It shows maturity."
Sirius nodded, "He has it. Somewhere very deep inside him kept in a tiny box, he has maturity."
Lily laughed, "Sirius?"
"Yes?"
"Why am I talking to you like you're my conscience?"
"Ah," Sirius grinned, "That is because I am your conscience."
Lily snorted, "If you were my conscience, I think I'd go crazy."
"It's too late for that my dear."
Lily's mouth dropped open as she playfully slapped Sirius in the arm.
"Anyways," Sirius laughed, "I better go see James to make sure he didn't kill a passing Slytherin."
Lily nodded, "Bye, Sirius."
Sirius waved goodbye as he walked away. He wondered throughout the grounds until he found James leaning against a tree, staring out across the lake.
"Hello beautiful," Sirius laughed, plopping down next to him.
James rolled his eyes, "You're lucky I get your humor, Sirius. Someone who didn't might question-"
"Why did you break up that fight?"
James shrugged, "Two against one isn't fair."
"We go against Snape four on one." Sirius pointed out.
James said nothing but crossed his ankles in front of him.
"You know," Sirius said suddenly, "I think Lily found you gorgeous when you were angry."
James swung his head around so fastSirius wondered faintly whether he tore any muscles in his neck. "Did she say something?"
"She didn't deny it."
James grinned broadly, "I knew she liked me."
"She denied that," Sirius said sadly, "She thinks you may have maturity deep inside you, but sometimes I think she wonders if it truly exists."
James suddenly looked in a state of complete concentration.
"Uh oh," Sirius smiled, "I know that face. Are you planning a prank?"
James shook his head slowly, "Not this time, Sirius."
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A/N: I know it wasn't very humorous, but it was nessecary for the chapters to come to show that James is more than meets Lily's eye. the chapters to come will be way more amusing. please read and review!
Ohh, and did you hear they cast alot of charactors for HP5?
