Don't worry, as you can see Lily is starting to warm up to James. R,E&R (Read, Enjoy and Review)

Girlfriends and Going Home for Christmas

All the people in the common room heard a loud shriek from the girls dorms. However, since the only people left there were the Marauders, only they heard it.

"What was that?" James asked.

"ER…that was most likely Lily and Melissa. Len probably just confessed to them." Remus said, blushing.

Sirius eyed Remus. "And just what would she have to confess for? You didn't kiss her did you Moony?"

When Remus didn't answer, their eyes widened.

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"He kissed you? I can't believe he did that!" Lily yelled.

Melissa smiled. "So, is he a good kisser?" she asked the furiously blushing girl.

"Well, you see, it was sort of my first kiss." Len said shyly.

Both girls stared "What? You've never been kissed before?" Melissa shouted.

"Well, you know that my family would never let anybody near me…"

"And just how is Remus going to be any different?" Lily asked.

"Because I really like him. I think I can convince them to give him a chance." Len said.

"Well, good luck with that. Now, go to bed, and no dreams about a certain Marauder!" Lily scolded.

Len blushed, but climbed into bed, not promising anything. After they were sure that she was asleep, they headed down to where the Marauders were still sitting.

"We'd like to speak with Remus for a moment." Lily said politely, while Melissa dragged Remus off.

"Whats the matter?" he asked, hoping something wasn't wrong with Len.

"We just wanted to warn you, we are her friends, and if you do anything to make her miserable, you wont want to see us for a very long time." Melissa warned strongly. There was no doubt about who 'her' was.

"Don't worry, I have no intent of it." Remus said.

Lily smiled. "Well then you might want to know a little bit of info she shared with us."

"No. If she told it to you guys, then she probably wanted it to be kept secret. I wont violate her privacy." Remus said strongly.

Both girls smiled. "Good. See you tomorrow Remus. Goodnight." And they went over to the girls dorms.

Remus contemplated what had just happened, and realized that he had just passed their test. Then he went over to see James and Sirius and explained what happened, afterwards they went back to planning the prank of the year.

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That morning when Lily woke up, it was no surprise to see Len gone from the other bed in the dormitory. She always walked around the castle on the last day before she went home for the holidays. Which she always did. She got dressed and went to the common room. James had asked her to meet him there, and she had agreed. He was there when she got there, and he told her that he was sorry in advance, and that she might want to be at breakfast. Then he left her very confused.

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As Lily went to breakfast, she found a seat with Melissa and Len. Len was having a bowl of oatmeal and Melissa was having a piece of toast. Lily sat down in the seat they had saved for her, and saw Remus heading their way. However, before he could get far, the other Marauders pulled him over. But they weren't very far away. If you looked a little, you could see them clearly.

Lily kept looking over at the Slytherin table, expecting something to happen. Finally, it did. The Slytherins all stood up, and started singing a perfect verse of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" and after that, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Even Lily had trouble keeping the laughter in.

Remus looked down the table to see Len laughing hysterically. That made him extremely happy. Even Lily was trying to hold in laughter. Melissa was laughing her head off. The Slytherins had all evacuated the Hall a long time ago, but people were still able to hear the stragglers, since the dungeons echoed.

Len was walking around the lake, not caring about the snow falling on her hatless hair. She was so lost in her thoughts, that she didn't hear someone coming up behind her.

"Hey Len!"

She turned around and saw Remus jogging through the snow. It was quite a funny sight, and she was in silent giggles by the time he reached her. It was funny since the snow was knee-deep.

"Listen, Len, I didn't get a chance to talk to you last night." He said, catching his breath. She nodded. He continued, "And I was just wondering if you'd consider being…my girlfriend?"

She saw the look of hope in his eyes. She smiled, and said, as she flung her arms around him, "Of course I will. I would be glad to."

Remus smiled and got caught up in her eyes again. They still had their arms around each other, and he bent his head to hers. In Len's opinion, this kiss was better than the other one. It wasn't light and fluffy, but it was wonderful. His hands moved to her waist. Her hands moved to his neck. They stayed like this, until someone cleared their throat beside them. They both jumped apart, blushing like mad, and found Lily, James, Melissa and Sirius all laughing at them. The couple reluctantly let go of each other, and faced their friends. Len smiled sheepishly and Remus scratched his neck.

"Well, we just came to tell Len that the train will be leaving in two hours and to make sure that she has everything that she needs. But we'll try not to er… disturb you again." Lily said through fits of laughter.

"Very funny. (she turned to Remus) I'd better be going. In case I don't get to see you 'till the end of the holidays, I am going to say goodbye now." Len said, and glared at the others to leave. They left, and Len quickly put her lips to his and they started where they left off.

Fifteen minutes later, she was double checking that she had everything, when Melissa came in.

"So, Len, are the rumors true? Did Remus ask you to be his girlfriend?" Melissa asked teasingly.

But Len answered with a strong and excited response, "Yes he did, and I accepted. He is now my boyfriend. And I'm his girlfriend."

"YES! Haha! Lily owes me five sickles!" Melissa shouted.

Just then, an announcement came out over the school, "Would all students planning to go home, please get to the carriages immediately."

Len said goodbye to Melissa, and levitated her trunk downstairs. She said bye to the people that she knew, but was disappointed not to see Remus there. She was heading out and saw him waiting by the carriages.

To her and her friends, the carriages had not been horseless for long. Len had seen her dog die when she was 13, Melissa saw a squirrel dye at night when they were on a GN, and Lily had never told them who had died, and they didn't push the matter.

"I'm going to miss you." He said, as he pulled her into a hug.

"I think I'll miss you more. At least you have your friends here to comfort you." Len said, smiling that he said something so sweet.

"I doubt that. (he kissed her quickly on the cheek) Write me when you get there, okay?" As she climbed in to the carriage.

"Will do. See you when I see you!"

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Remus sighed. She had only been gone for a day, and already he was depressed. The others tried to cheer him up, but no one could replace her. Little did he know, that he was now being described to her family for the umpteenth time.

James and Sirius planned prank after prank to try and cheer him up. But he just wasn't in the mood without her to laugh at them.

The day after she went, he looked up excitedly as her owl landed infront of him at breakfast. (no, its not her herself!) She had a very large box that looked to heavy for her, and a letter. He took the letter and read it:

Dear Remus,

I really miss you. From the way I described you to my family, they really like you. In the box is everyone's Christmas presents. No looking before Christmas!

Not much has happened, other than the 'occasion' of my entire family learning that I'm a witch. My mother's side is huge, because she had two brothers. Anyway, enough about that. Their all coming up in a few days, and I have a feeling that they'll all ask me to do little tricks like levitating stuff. I cant wait (note the sarcasm). Write me back, things are so… boring here, despite my family.

Sincerely, Len

P.S. tell the others not to peek at their presents please.

Remus smiled. He took the owls other burden from him and told her to rest, he had a reply but it won't be ready for a while.

The others noticed that he had cheered up, and asked him about it. He told them about Len's letter, and the presents. Sirius perked up at the word 'presents'. Remus decided to tell her what was going on in his letter.

Dear Len,

I miss you a lot. But you're last letter cheered me up. It was quite funny. I was telling the others about the presents, and Sirius perked up at the very word. I had to seal the box with a charm that Lily helped me with, because he tried to peek every hour.

I didn't realize you're family was so big. Good luck with you're relatives.

With this letter are the Christmas presents from all of us. No peeking! I hope you like the one from me… anyway, I thought I should let you know what has happened here in the short time you've been gone. Well the answer to that is that Lily actually agreed to go to Hogsmead with James! You can imagine everybody's surprise! Plus, something may be going on between Melissa and Sirius. They haven't argued since November!

Sincerely, Remus.

P.S. Lily just asked me to include a letter from her and Melissa.

P.S.S. Beware Sirius's gift. I heard him talking about it just now.

And with that, he walked over to the owlery.