I'm sorry about the short chapie last time, but as I said, I wanted to post before the night was over. Anyway, R,E&R!

Ch.28, Plans and Fairs

When the group portkey-ed into Headquarters, they were fortunate that there were other people there. The Order members saw that Lily and James were unconscious, and rushed to help.

Soon both Lily and James were settled on sofas, with blankets on them. Remus and Sirius explained what happened, while Len and Melissa watched their two friends. Then, MP entered, and examined the pair. She said that Lily's body was in shock from being tortured by the Cruactis Curse (can someone please tell me how to spell that properly?) but should wake up soon. But James was another matter. She said that his mind had been under so much strain from resisting the Imperious curse for so long that it might take him a few days to wake up.

"Personally I'm surprised that he was able to resist it at all. You-Know-Who has to be good at the Unforgivable curses. But I suspect that he will have quite the headache when he wakes up." she had said. The others were just happy that both their friends would wake up.

"You know, we haven't even started planning." Len said, as she and Remus watched the breathing bodies of their friends.

Remus put his arms around her. "We didn't get engaged a week ago, and you want to start planning the wedding. What will I do with you?" he asked playfully.

"Oi! Lovebirds, stop flirting! Len, Professor McGonnagle sent over these papers, she said that the seventh years were getting curious about their marks!" Sirius said as he came over with a large pile of papers.

Len groaned and buried her head in the side of Remus' neck. He laughed and started teasing her.

"Come on Len, do you're homework like a good girl!" he said in a teasing voice. She sat up properly and playfully hit him on the forehead, receiving a fake and very childish, "Owww..."

"Aww, do you want me to kiss it better?" she asked in a baby voice. Remus grinned and nodded.

Melissa rolled her eyes, and shoved the papers into Len's stomach, getting a glare of annoyance. But soon her eyes went wide, looking at a spot behind her.

Lily was just opening her eyes, and trying to sit up. Both Melissa and Len pushed her back down onto the sofa.

"Ow! What was that for?" she asked irritably.

"Lily! You're back!" both girls cried, after making sure she wouldn't have time to get up again, and gave her hugs.

"When did I leave?" she asked sarcastically. Both girls scowled at her.

"What happened anyway? And where is James?" Lily asked, suddenly curious.

"Well, Voldemort took you and tortured you with the Cruactis curse. You're body was in shock from being hurt so many times." Len explained.

"Ok, but that doesn't tell me where James is." Lily said calmly.

"Er... Lily, while we distracted Voldemort, James got you out. But then, while we were trying to leave, Voldemort put the Imperious curse on James." Melissa said.

"We don't know what he tried to get him to do, but the strain put on his mind from resisting the curse for so long made him pass out as soon as we were far enough away for it not to take effect anymore. (Len moves aside so Lily can see James on the couch across from her) (Lily gasps) And, as you can see, you woke up first." Len concluded.

Lily was pale. She lay down on the sofa, and tried to let it sink in.

So the rest of the evening passed, but then the group decided to help Len mark the seventh years' textbook questions.

"Boy, this person isn't too bright. In an answer to "Explain why the Dissolution charm is often used by Aurors". He answered "Because they like charms with long names."" Remus said, looking at a paper.

"That would probably Malory Macktinson. She spends most of her time gazing at the back of Mark Parker." Len said as she completed yet another paper.

"And this person. "In detail, explain what a werewolf is." and he put "Bad." boy, that kid has got to be thick." Lily said as she looked at the person's name. "I can't read his name."

"Ben Toene. He's a Slytherin, gets into trouble, doesn't pay a hint of attention in any of my classes, and is so thick that if a broom came crashing into him, he would still be standing without a scratch." Len said, not even looking up from Carter Spinnet's paper.

Everyone laughed. They kept on marking papers, even when new ones arrived fresh from Hogwarts. Len continually amazed the group with the fact that she remembered all her student's names.

Soon, they got to the third year papers. This reminded Len of something. "Hey guys, I never got a chance to tell you why I disappeared at Hogsmead. Guess which students I found to have followed us?" she said.

The response was unanimous. "The Junior Marauders."

"Yep. I got them into the Honeydukes passage and made them promise not to tell anyone what they saw. Luckily the DE that caught me thought I had just gone in there to hide, and they didn't discover the passage. Oh, here is Zach Smithson's paper on the Impediment jynx. It's funny how much they resemble you guys when you were at school. (she looks at Remus and Sirius) Zach and Cody copy all their notes from Rob, while Rob never gets caught so that he's a good candidate for a prefect. Meanwhile, Zach and Cody are in a competition to see who can beat Sirius and James' detention record first." she said with a laugh.

"Starts memories up, doesn't it?" Melissa said.

They kept on marking and reminiscing, until, at about one am, James started to stir.

"Uh..."

However, he was cut off from 'uh...' ing anymore, as Lily flung her arms around him.

"James! You're okay!" she yelled, giving him a kiss that kept them occupied for a few moments.

"What happened? The last thing I remember was getting out of that building in Hogsmead..." James said, holding Lily close to him.

The others explained how he passed out. After insisting that he was okay, he got up, and after disappearing with Lily for a few moments, came back out to join the marking party.

WARNING: The upcoming part contains subject matter that is not suitable for children.

With all six of them working on it, they finished much quicker. Half an hour later, each group returned to their homes. When Lily and James got back, he turned to her.

"You worried me back there. At Hogsmead, I mean." he said, putting his arms around her.

Lily lightly kissed his lips. "You worried me too. Not many people can resist the Imperious curse for long without suffering sever mental damage. It just shows how stubborn you are." she said.

They started kissing quite passionately, and soon both realized exactly what the other wanted. James got sad when Lily broke away. But then she whispered in his ear, "It's late. If we do this now, then we'll be to tired for Auror class." she then gave him a mischievous smile, and walked off, swaying her hips a little for James' viewing pleasure.

James did have to admit, he was disappointed at the fact that Lily wouldn't be with him tonight, but her emphasis on the word 'now' indicated that she was indeed willing, but tired. Just like he was. So, he walked off to bed, in a separate room, opposite sides of the hall, and looking forward to the weekend. He knew that when Melissa took her shopping, she got Lily to buy some... nice clothes.

Warning over.

When Len arrived at Hogwarts the next day, she immediately went over to where the JM were sitting in the Great Hall.

"Would you three mind coming to my office?" she said.

All three boys looked at her. They knew that this would be about what they had seen the other day, so they got up without an argument. They followed their teacher to her office, and stepped inside.

They had expected to be alone. But Dumbledore, McGonnagle, and several other teachers were crowded in the newly decorated office. The walls were mostly bare, except for the large bookshelf in the corner. The desk was covered in pictures of her and her friends. It seems that Dumbledore had conjured up a chair for everyone, including the JM. They knew this because they had been told to sit down in three chairs in front of the desk.

"Welcome boys. I assume you know why you're here?" Dumbledore asked.

The boys nodded.

Dumbledore smiled. "And then I can assume that no one has been or ever will be told about what you saw?"

The boys nodded yet again.

"Good. Have a nice day." Dumbledore said as he and all the other teachers, except Len, swept from the room.

"Now boys, that's not the only reason I asked you here. (She looks at the boys' startled looks) I have been told that you have been seen using hexes a lot. And improperly." Len said, inwardly smiling at their nervousness.

"Professor we didn't mean to turn all the Sly-" Zach started.

"Hexing Slytherins? No no no, that's not what I'm talking about. But I was told that you couldn't even do a simple disarming spell properly. Let alone a colour hex. Now I'm adding an extra two inches to you're essay on the proper wand techniques for a normal hex. Oh, and off the record, (she turns her head to Zach) you need to work on you're lying skills. You three are dismissed. (Cody's stomach growls loudly) And I suppose that since it's my fault you missed breakfast, here." she said as she conjured up a stack of toast.

"Well, that went better than expected." Zach said, munching on a piece of toast.

"Yeah! I can't wait until the year when we're taught to conjure up food. I would conjure up cake, brownies, bacon,..." and so the boys went to their first class while Cody rambled on about all the food he would conjure up, if only he knew how.

As Zach lied about the reason for their lateness, after they got a detention for attempting to lie to a teacher, Rob whispered to Zach, "Professor Lupin was right. You're a terrible liar."

Days passed, and finally, after what felt like forever on James' part, it was the weekend. The most I'll say is that the couple slept in a lot.

Meanwhile, Len had purposely not assigned any homework because she and Remus were planning on working on wedding plans. Of course, they didn't let Lily or Melissa know this, because it would get them hyper again.

They decided that since Len said her family was very happy for her, and even if they tried a small wedding, they all would come anyway. So, it would have to be outdoor. They spent the next hour counting and Len remembering the names of all of Len's uncles, aunts, great uncles and aunts, grandparents, cousins, and by the end of it, Remus was very glad that his family was very small. The overall number was: 10 on her dad's side that was an absolute must to invite, and a good 50 on her mother's side. Then, there were close family friends. And, close relatives' friends that she would feel guilty if she didn't invite. Then, there were her friends. It was going to be a big wedding.

At about three pm, (they had started about 9 ish) they finally finished all the invites for Len's side of the family. Remus' didn't take nearly as long, as most of his family had disowned him after he was bitten. But then, Lily and Melissa popped in, and saw the invites.

"Aww... I was hoping that we would be able to help with the planning..." Melissa said sadly.

Len caught Remus eye. Remus cleared his throat and said, "Well, there is a way you can help with the planning..."

Both girls perked up "Yay! What can we do?" Lily asked, excited.

Len grinned her evil grin. So did Remus. They simultaneously pushed about 100 envelopes towards the girls and said, "Start sealing."

Within ten minutes both girls were complaining about their tongues being dry.

"It weels wike a wesert." Lily attempted saying as she prodded her tongue with her finger. (translation: It feels like a desert)

All the while, Remus and Len are turning red with holding in laughter.

"What's woe wunny?" Melissa asked. (translation: what's so funny?)

"Well, I hate to ruin you're fun, but why don't you just use magic?" Len asked, and then both she and Remus started laughing hysterically.

The girls scowled and took out their wands. They re-moisturized their tongues, and started to seal the envelopes with magic.

"You know, that's a good detention idea. Making students seal a hundred envelopes without magic." Len pondered aloud.

"And here I thought you didn't like detentions..." Remus started, wrapping his arms around her.

"Oh, I don't. But that doesn't mean I can't suggest it to the other teachers huh?"

Over the next few days, many students at Hogwarts (mainly members of the JM) were drinking a lot of water. March came and went with Melissa's birthday, and a huge celebration. But rumor has it, that Sirius had a nice romantic dinner for her when she got back from the party.

But when the warmer weather came around, Remus and Len had almost all the planning done. It was going to be in mid August, around the 15th. They had their cake and everything set, and thanks to Dumbledore, they would be allowed to have it on the Hogwarts grounds. The only thing left to do was to get their clothes.

But one day in May, at about 4pm, Lily apparated into Len and Remus' appartment and said loudly, "LEN! THE FAIR IS IN TOWN!"

Len came out of the kitchen with a gleeful expression on her face. Of course, it would have to be a muggle fair, wizards didn't have any. Remus came out to find his fiance and her best friend laughing and jumping up and down. Then, Melissa came in and asked what all the fuss over this 'fair' again.

While Lily tried for the umpteenth to explain what a fair was to Melissa, Len tried to explain what it was to Remus.

"It's sort of like a big playground, there are rides and games and stuff, and candy-"

"Candy? Why didn't you tell me there was candy Lily?" Sirius said as he apparated in. She had spent a repetitive Auror class trying to explain to the group with her. Since she was the only muggleborn there, she had to try.

"So, where is this 'fair'?" Remus asked.

Len looked to Lily, who said it was being held in a vacant lot. Then, both muggleborn got some mugglemoney, warned the others for no magic, and dragged them out.

They went to the lot, and the purebloods got their first sight of a fair. The faris wheel and roller coaster got their attention.

So the girls dragged everyone else to the ticket stand and bought those bracelet thingys. They then dragged their friends over to the roller coaster.

"Uh, Lily, are you sure this is safe?" James asked as they got seats in the back row.

"Look at it this way, if we start to crash, we can just apparate out." Lily whispered in his ear so that no muggles would here. This didn't exactly brighten James' mood.

As they started to climb the first hill thingy, the boys and Melissa seemed all right. But then at the fall, when everyone started screaming, they lost it.

"Ahhh! Lily, we're going to crash!" James shouted.

But Lily continued laughing her head off, at her boyfriend who was currently thinking that when a roller coaster went down, it was bad. Soon, Melissa and Sirius joined the yelling. They looked at Lily and Len like they were crazy when they started laughing and having a good time.

Then, they went to the horrid loop. When they were upside down, the boys were all screaming like little girls.

By the end of it, James was holding the bar so hard his knuckles were white, and Remus looked slightly green. But it was Sirius who got most attention because he was still screaming like a girl, even after the ride was over.

Meanwhile Melissa had grasped what Len had told her about roller coasters, and was not nearly as scared, but she still got out of the seat as soon as it let her. Sirius was seen to kiss the ground.

Then, after Len quietly explained what the bumper cars were, Melissa agreed to go on them. So, the girls dragged their still green and screaming boyfriends to the bumper car pit, ignoring the stares they got.

Each person got their own car, and explained the point of it to the boys. James' car was blue, Sirius' was black, (get it?) Remus' was grey, Lily's was red, Melissa's was green, and Len's was yellow.

The boys still didn't fully get it, until Lily's car came crashing into James'. The girls declared a truce, and teamed up on the boys.

The girls' team did have a definite advantage: it contained the only two people who knew how to drive. The girls explained what the different pedals did to Melissa, and told her that the wheel was a steering device.

Soon the boys were so bumped up, that Remus did the smart thing, and asked his fiance if he could call a truce with her and Lily, since they were the ones with most driving experience.

So, James soon followed Remus' lead and called a truce with the girls. But Sirius would not go 'groveling' to girls so easily. Then, the other five ganged up on him, since there was no one else left to attack. The different coloured cars circled the black one, like a bunch of vultures. Sirius must have decided to get out of the circle, so he went after Melissa. he broke free, and so it then looked a bit like an old fashioned car-chase. Sirius drove around, but then realized something:he was heading straight for the wall, and had forgotten which pedal was the brake.

He went for the bigger one-- it was logical. A bigger pedal would surely be the brake so it would be easier to access.

Unfortunately for him, he never did pay any attention in Muggle Studies. As his car sped up, he hit the wall, hard.

"What the heck do you think you're doin'? You look old enough to have a driver's license, and you don't know which pedal is the brake!" the owner exclaimed.

The group quickly got Len to make up a lie for him. As she whispered in his ear, he nodded, an understanding and sympathetic look on his face.

"Well that's quite all right I suppose. No harm done." he said and walked away.

"What did you tell him Len?" Remus asked.

"That Sirius had been visiting his cousin lately, but then he died and that he only just got out of MH, and therefore didn't have time to get his driver's license."

This made Lily crack up with laughter. Len joined her. The other's just looked confused.

"Um, do I want to know what an MH is?" Sirius asked.

(AN: this next part could cause slight offense to anyone who has been in, is, knows someone who has been in or is. No offense intended.)

"Um... it means that you just got out of a Mental Hospital." Len explained with a sheepish smile. She spent the next five minutes cracking up with the others, except for Sirius.

So, they came to a bunch of rides, and then games. James won Lily a big stuffed unicorn by throwing rings over some jars. She had quickly popped back home to put it away so it didn't get dirty.

Hours passed, and the boys did several things that got the group strange stares. While Melissa was smart enough to keep her mouth shut, Sirius shouted about how magnificent Cotton Candy was.

"I mean it's wonderful! It's all whispy and sticky! And the way you can just bite it off the stick is simply amazing! It's quite the skill!" he had complemented the cotton candy lady. Who was looking at him like he was crazy. So, throughout the day, Len kept using the same lie about Sirius' cousin.

At the very last point, the girls insisted that they go on the faris wheel. The boys grudgingly agreed, scared of what these muggles might try to do with something like that.

But it ended up very romantic. Each couple got their own carriage, and it was very nice. But then, before they went home, the girls just had to introduce Sirius to the Caramel Apple.

"Oh wow! An apple covered in caramel! I wonder where these grow..." he said loudly as the vendor who was selling them looked at Sirius as if he were something in a zoo.

But finally, with a ride down that strange plastic slide (you know, the one that makes a ripping sound as you go down it, the inflatable kind that can't fit in most indoor buildings.) during which the boys, except for Remus, all screamed as they slid down. It was quite the hilarious sight.

But then, when they got back to Len and Remus' place, Len took off the hat she had been wearing for the whole trip. There, recording out of a small whole in her hat, was her trusty camcorder. Shrunk, of course. Len spent the next ten minutes running away from her friends and fiance.

Okay, though I think it's really easy to see, I am very hyper right now, and that's why I wrote the fair part. Please tell me if you think it was funny. Sorry it took so long, see my profile for a more detailed explanationR,E&R!