Okay, I'm going to focus a bit more on Lily and James now, OK?

Ch. 15, Sentimental Stuff, and Notices.

After all the celebrations, Greta stood up on a box and said a little speech.

"Well, I'm sure we all know who the Birds are, but like Dumbledore said, they wish to remain unknown. Since no one had bet on a tie during the betting pools, no one wins! All proceeds go to the new joke shop Zonko's. Sorry people!" Greta announced happily. Complaints were heard throughout the room.

"Oh come on, I want my money back!" Melissa shouted.

"Sorry Mel, you know the rules. G'night everybody!" Greta shouted back as she hopped off her box.

"You gambled Mel?" Sirius asked.

"Well of course, I knew we would win, so I bet ten sickles." she responded matter of factly. She laughed at the surprised look on his face.

"These two on the other hand, can you believe that Len gambled?" Melissa said.

Remus and James looked at Len questioningly. She nodded with a sheepish smile, and sent them into fits of laughter.

"Well Remus, looks like your attitude is rubbing off on Len!" James teased, which made them both blush.

"Still, Lil got you James! Remember that day with truth or dare? She said that she'd dump you in the lake!" Len said.

"Well, I say we all get to bed. We have classes tomorrow, and we'll all be really tired. G'night girls. See you in the morning Len." Remus said, giving her hand a squeeze before he left for the stairs.

"When'd you get so sensible Moony?" Sirius said in a complaining voice.

"I've always been the sensible one Padfoot." Remus said in a voice as if he was talking to a little kid. This sent the girls into a fit of giggles. He gave Len a quick kiss and headed up the boy's dormitories. After a little discussion, Len and Melissa went to bed too. Soon after Melissa left, Sirius claimed that there was nothing left worth staying for (awww!) and went to bed too. Then James and Lily were left alone.

"It's funny, you know?" James commented.

"What do you mean?"

"Every time I wanted to go to talk to you, Sirius hauled me back and said that you might try and jynx me for prank ideas, or claimed I was a traitor." he responded with a smile.

Lily smiled too. " I missed you you know." he added.

She gave him a hug, and whispered in his ear, "I missed you too." They kept on talking about how much they missed each other, and soon James found himself with Lily's head on his shoulder, and she was fast asleep. He smiled and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. She stirred at his touch, but didn't wake up. He thought about how beautiful she was when she slept. He then found himself thinking how nice it would be if they were to have a future together. He imagined a wonderful house, and he saw Lily and himself on a porch swing, a small, quiet baby with messy black hair in her arms.

Then he was ripped from his daydream, by Lily waking up.

"Jaaaamesss? Hello? Was I not the only one sleeping?" she said with a hint of laughter in her voice.

"Hm? No, just daydreaming." he responded with a smile.

" 'Bout what?"

" Just the future. Come on, we'd better get to bed." James helped her up off the sofa, and escorted her to the girls' staircase. He kissed her goodnight, and she left. Then he went to bed too.

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The next morning, Lily was the first one up, not surprisingly. In third year, the other two birds voted that it was Lily's responsibility to wake them up. In fourth year, Lily quit because it was too much trouble. It took her ten minutes for goodness sake! In fifth year, they had convinced her to continue her job, and in sixth year she decided to use magic to wake them up. At the end of the sixth year, the girls announced that they preferred waking up late without time for a shower as opposed to Lily's methods. So she let them be, and got to be the first in the shower. She stepped out just as Len was waking up.

" 'Morning Lil. Say, I didn't remember you coming to bed last night, nothing happened between you and James did it?" she teased, already awake thanks to the steam from the shower.

Lily blushed. Len laughed, and Melissa was putting her pillow over her head. Len got into the shower, and came out just as Melissa was acknowledging consciousness. The two girls walked downstairs and met their boyfriends.

"Morning James, how are you?" Lily asked as she sat down on his lap.

"T-t-tired." he yawned.

"You know, I'm always the first one awake. Then James, and about an hour later, Sirius usually wakes up." Remus said, as he kissed Len.

Lily laughed. "Well, I'm always up first, then Len decides to join the conscious world, and well, Melissa still isn't up yet." They laughed.

"Come on, we better get to breakfast. Melissa and Sirius can come down when they fall out of bed." Len said, in the middle of a yawn. She and Remus went down, hand in hand, and Lily and James followed. Just as the latter of the couples rounded the corner, they found that Remus and Len weren't at the end of the long corridor.

"Where d'you suppose they went?" Lily asked.

"Probably just stepped out to be alone. Come on, we want to get to the great hall before Sirius wakes up." James said with a laugh.

Just then, Sirius came down the hall, and complained, "Prongs, why didn't you wake me up? I don't have enough time to eat now!"

However, he had obviously abandoned all else in his rush for food, because he was still in his pajama's, and his hair was in a bed-head style. People were giving him stares as they passed. He couldn't care less. So then he barged into the great hall, still PJ clad, and everybody stared at him as he sat down at the Griffindor table and started stuffing his face. Even the teachers were staring at him. James and Lily sat down a few places from him, where all food within reach was not devoured. Then Melissa came into the hall, and stared at her pj-clad, stuffing his face boyfriend. Remus and Len came in after, and Remus described that they usually wake Sirius up, because when he didn't get up at the proper time, he went on a ravenous eating spree, and nothing could stop him. Then the warning bell sounded, and Melissa turned to the others.

"Just curious, but will he get to classes like this?" she asked. They were heading out the door on their way to double HofM.

"He'll go when the food disappears, usually." Remus replied.

"And one more thing. I didn't get to eat anything!"

She cheered up when Lily gave her a piece of toast.

"So, parchment everyone?" James asked.

"Only if we all know what-" Len started.

"-the goblin war crazy professor wants to teach us." Melissa said exasperatedly. Sirius came up to them and complained that they had taken the food away.

"Um, Sirius, are you going to get changed before classes or not?" Melissa said awkwardly. She was also blushing. Also, she wasn't looking at him, and you could see her eyes darting back and forth to him.

He smiled at the expression on her face. "Actually, I think I'll go around like this all day." he said, glancing in her direction, only to see her eyes widen, and her face blush even more. But she was saved by the group, in silent fits of laughter, entering the History of Magic classroom. They all sat down and took out their parchment and a quill, and looked like they were taking notes. (Lily, Len, Melissa , James, Sirius, Remus, All except the person who said the last sentence.)

Come on guys, can't I take just a little nap for this class?

Yeah, can't we?

No

No.

No.

No, you can't because I have something to tell you. Listen, during the summer, do you guys want to come over to my house for a few weeks? My parents are out of town, so we'll have the place all to ourselves. Who's commin'?

Sounds great.

Always.

Don't have anything better to do.

Okay.

I'll convince my mom to let me come. Consider me there!

Great. How about after the first week? That's one day before my parents leave. Then, for two weeks, the house is ours!

Fine with me.

No prob.

Sounds good.

Second week? Fine with me.

Like I said above, I'll convince my mom to let me come.

Well, now that that's over with, I'm bored.

How about we play Questions One Reprieve?

Huh?

It's like truth or dare, without the dare option. I'm in.

Okey-dokey.

Why not?

Great.

... Okay.

One more thing. In case something embarrassing comes up, everything admitted here is not to be used for blackmail, or any kind of profit. Also, we cant tell anybody what one of us says. Deal?

Deal.

Okay, my idea, my turn. James, what are you scared of?

Can I use a reprieve?

Go right ahead, but this is Questions ONE REPRIEVE. As in, only one reprieve, hence the tittle.

Oh, s---. Okay, I'm scared of spiders.

Ha!

Alright, my turn. Lily, what are YOU scared of?

Ooooh, good one James. Even we don't know what she's scared of.

Remember, nothing leaves the six of us. Okay, I'm scared of fire.

That's what your scared of us finding out?

Shush. Your turn Len.

Well, I don't really know what to ask. Can you guys come back to me when I have a question?

Okay. Remus, you're turn.

Um... Melissa, what are you scared of?

What, doesn't anybody have any other idea? Fine, I'm afraid of wolves. They give me the creeps.

I want a turn! Melissa, when I was in my pajama's, why did you keep blushing?

I..er...

You thought I was hot, didn't you?

So sorry to interrupt, but Binns is coming your way Mel and Sirius.

(They both look up in surprise)

Uh, Len, he's nowhere near them.

Yeah, but it got them off topic didn't it?

Nice try Len, but he is nowhere near us. He's heading over to Lily and James' area.

Got to go!

See you guys after class!

Well, we should start taking notes Remus. Those two'll never pass their tests without us.

Yeah, alright.

So Melissa, your answer?

ARGH! I'm using a reprieve, and now I'm going to put this parchment away!

(Sirius grins. They are assigned an essay and dismissed.)

" How can they expect us to study when we get all this homework!" James shouted.

"Hey, after lunch we all have a free period!" Lily said, looking at her schedule.

"Well, I'm not that hungry. I think I'll get a start on that essay. Coming Remus?" Len asked, glancing in her boyfriends direction.

"I'm there." and the two walked off.

"They sure do go to the library a lot, don't they?" Lily said, looking suspiciously in her best friend's direction.

"Oh come on, do you really think their studying?" Sirius said.

They all had a good laugh, and then Melissa and Sirius headed to the great hall. James and Lily were left alone. (that's happening a lot, isn't it?)

Lily slipped her hand into his. They decided to take a walk around the lake. At the far end, James stopped and turned to Lily.

"So you can meet my parents when you come over this summer." he commented.

"Yeah. After the two weeks, maybe you'd like to meet my parents?" she agreed.

"I'd like that."

After their little discussion, they ended up kissing, and now the setting is going to move to the library.

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Actually, Sirius was wrong. Len and Remus were studying. But it was more like studying the librarian's shifts around the library. They had gotten sick of her walking in on them. So they decided to find the longest amount of time that she was away from their favourite place at the back of the library. They quickly bent over their half-done essays as the self-proclaimed librarian's assistant, Irene Pince, came into the room. After she sat down at a table close to theirs, they decided to go and join Melissa and Sirius in the great hall.

They didn't find them there, so they quickly ate something and headed back to the common room. They found a new notice on the board.

To all students fourth year and above:

It has been decided by the headmaster that the student's moral

would be improved by a new event taking place in the great hall

on April 15, at 10:00 p.m.. This new activity will be an all-school

pillow fight. All participants must be wearing pajama's. We suggest

that you don't bring your own pillows, as un breakable ones will be

supplied. No wands. We suggest that ladies don't wear nightgowns,

as you will not be very agile in them. Muggle pajamas will suffice.

Professor M. McGonnagle.

Remus glanced at Len. She happened to glance at him at the same time. This sent them into laughter, but they agreed that they would each attend. After the other members of the group showed up, they saw the notice, and agreed to go too.