Flower Tears and Marauder Fears

For anyone who was wondering this story began at the beginning of Lily, James, and company's 6th year)

Chapter 8: Surprises

Sunlight filtering through the window lit up Lily's red hair spread across her pillow. Shifting slightly she brought her hand up to her eyes to block the sun and got out of bed. Looking out the window she saw that some students had made their way to the lake with their breakfast before the first classes of the year began. Groaning slightly Lily put a hand on her head.

Amber and her had spent Sunday laughing and talking. Amber had wanted to be assured that Lily was in a happier mood than she was the day before, Sunday seemed to fly by. Wincing a little at the thought of what had happened Saturday night Lily headed to the bathroom.

As she passed by the couch in the common room a voice called out –

"Good Morning flower" Sirius said from his comfortable spot on the couch.

Lily put a hand to her heart in a half hearted attempt to stop the thundering it had made when she jumped about a foot in the air from surprise. "You scared the living daylights out of me" Lily replied scowling, she crossed her arms over her chest "Don't call me "flower"".

"But it suits you so well" Sirius said with a grin "As much as I enjoyed this morning chat with you if I don't get James moving he'll sleep through the day"

Rolling her eyes Lily watched as Sirius in nothing but boxers moved toward James door. Soon after there was a loud thump and yell. Shaking her head Lily slipped through the door and went to the sink laid with various soaps and creams. Picking up her shampoo and conditioner Lily jumped into the shower.

"I could have sworn I left the light on last night" Lily thought groggily as she rubbed raspberry shampoo into her long hair "must have been the house elves."

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Amber stood impatiently waiting for Lily outside the door to her dormitory. Lily had said she'd be out at 7:30 so they could make it to Ancient Runes on time and manage to drop by the Library. Looking down at the slender watch her mother had given her she saw it was now almost 7:40. They'd barely manage to make it to class if they didn't hurry.

She was just about to knock on the wall when a door appeared and it opened from the inside revealing all the marauders except Peter.

"I hope Peter didn't break his arm again" Remus said to James and Sirius who were both listening very intently to what he said. None of the boys seemed to realize that Amber was only a foot away from them and unless they realized she was there would probably cause a collision.

"If he hadn't been trying to get away when…" James broke off when he noticed Amber waiting impatiently by the door.

"What are you – "Sirius began to say but was cut off when they heard a small noise behind them.

Lily had come out of the small Library that she had discovered that morning (located on the far wall of the room), she was dressed in plain blue jeans and a red tank top with her Gryffindor robes over top.

"Good Morning" She said avoiding James eyes and making an attempt to act cheery. "Sorry to keep you waiting Amber I found what I was looking for in our common room, but if were going to make class we better get moving." Lily passed the marauders and stepped out into the hall with amber.

"Bye guys" Amber called over her shoulder as she and Lily disappeared around a cornerAs soon as the marauders were sure the girls were out of ear shot Remus and Sirius turned to James.

"All you did was kiss her?" Remus asked seriously, concern creasing his face.

"Well…" James said guiltily, looking away from Remus "I remembered what you said about showing her who I really was – "

"Ha!" Sirius interrupted loudly causing James to be cut off "See what you lecturing us did?" Sirius cried triumphedly.

"What else happened?" Remus asked ignoring Sirius.

"I may have been a bit arrogant…" James said finally looking up at Remus, his unruly hair as messy as ever was hanging over his eyes slightly making them unreadable.

"Maybe you should – "Remus started.

"I can't apologize she'll just get mad at me again." James said cutting him off and running a frustrated hand through his hair.

"… Go talk to her" Remus finished as if James hadn't spoken. James didn't say anything for a while. Sirius stood tapping his foot impatiently and looking at his watch "The charm is going to show up sometime soon. I don't want to miss it." Sirius thought gleefully.

"Alright, I'll talk to her after her Ancient Rune period. Everyone has that time to study for N.E.W.T.S."

"Good, we better go or we'll be late for class" Sirius said quickly while attempting to heard Remus and James down the hall.

"When have you ever been worried about being late for class?" Remus asked curiously albeit a little suspiciously.

"It's a new year" Sirius said off handedly.

"A very interesting one it seems so far" James said quietly thinking about Lily; While Remus nodded his head in agreement thinking about a certain raven haired girl.

"It's about to get a lot more interesting" Sirius thought with a grin.

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(Cliff hanger! Well review and tell me what you think)

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