A/N: I hope you like this chapter, sorry about not updating for so long, but my account was locked.

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Chapter nine.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." Lily groaned, as James pulled open the curtains, her head was pounding furiously, and the light was burning her bloodshot eyes, "Light, too bright, shut now… please."

James sighed and pulled them shut,

"Dark, good. Headache bad." Lily said, putting a pillow over her head, "It hurts James."

"I know, I have experience in hangovers, believe me." he said, handing her a potion, "I told Remus about your er… excessive consumption of alcohol, and he gave me this. "He said it'd cure your headache, and make you feel a lot less crappy."

"Gimmee." She said, snatching the potion and downing it fast, "It's not working, tell Remus his potion sucks.

"He also said it'll take a few minutes to come into effect."

Lily groaned and fell out of the bed with a thump, "Ow! I don't like that bed anymore." She grumbled, "I'm going to sleep on your bed. Remus' potion isn't working."

"It'll take a few minutes, be patient."

"No, I think I drank the entire fire-whiskey population of Hogsmeade."

"I wouldn't be surprised." James muttered,

"What did you say?"

"I said, I just won a prize."

"For what? This fucking potion won't work."

"Lily! Do not swear! There is a child in the room!"

"That never stopped you. It's not working." She grumbled, closing her eyes and

trying to sleep. James tripped over a pile of Lily's clothes and landed on the ground

with a thud.

"James! I am trying to sleep, would you like me to castrate you with a butter knife?"

"Sorry." He said, trying to get out of the room, only to find that the door was jarred,

Lily groaned again as her hair turned green.

"Oh my god, Sirius spiked the potion!" James said, thankfully Lily didn't hear, because she was curled up asleep under his bed covers. James ran over to the window, pulled it open and jumped out.He ran around the outside of the cottage and ran in through the front door and he picked up Elle "Elle, it's so cold out there, we must wrap up!" he said to her as he grabbed a coat and wrapped it around himself and Elle, "There we go, all nice and warm." He said, and then he walked out the door again.

"Sirius!" he shouted, as he banged on the door of Emma and Sirius' cottage it was locked, unlike his own, which was almost always open

"James?" Emma asked, as she walked into the living room in her dressing gown with Ryan in her arms, he had a bib on, so obviously Emma was in the middle of feeding him.

"Where's Sirius?" he asked, as they went back into the kitchen and sat down,

"He went out to find Ellie, she stole his secret stash of Zonkos and Honeydukes products." Emma explained,

"Oh, okay." James said, not really sure what to do.

"So?" he said, "How are things between you and Sirius?

"What do you mean?"

"Well, are there any developments in your relationship?" he asked frankly,

"No, our 'relationship' has never actually been that much of a 'relationship' anyway." She said, as Ryan dribbled some mashed up banana on his bib.

"Really?"

"Yep, Sirius spends too much of his time womanizing the entire population of female students to even notice me. What about you and Lily?"

"Not sure. She keeps sending me mixed messages. It's bugging me. I really like her, you know?" James said, "But she just wants to be friends, I think."

"We all know how much you like her James. She thinks you just want her because she's the only one who refuses to go out with you or whatever."

"This sucks. Anyway, I have to go and find Sirius." James got up from his seat and made for the door.

"Okay, bye James." Emma said glumly, wiping the food off Ryan's mouth, James sat down again and pulled his chair closer to hers,

"Hey, don't worry about him. He'd be lucky to have you, but if he can't see it, then don't bother."

"You think?" she asked, brushing away a tear,

"Yeah, of course, don't worry, he's not worth it."

"But why would you say that? He's your best friend."

"Yeah, but I'm not a girl and I know Sirius can do dumb things." James reasoned,

"He's being stupid."

"Thanks James." She said,

"It's alright." He said, giving her a hug. After a few minutes she reluctantly let go, their faces were millimeters apart. Before they knew it, they were kissing each other passionately. As quickly as the kiss had begun, it had ended,

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry." Emma said,

"Yeah, I have to go." James said, turning around and walking out, not daring to look back at her.

a/n: hope that was good! please review, major cliffie i know.

signing out,

pinocchio