Chapter 8: Last First Week
Monday morning came too quickly. And little did the seventh years know that it was going to be a long day which would began the longest week ever. Lily and her friends met James and his friends in the common room before heading down to breakfast. Everyone was still very groggy so not much talking was going on. As they sat down at the Gryffindor table, they noticed that they weren't the only ones who were half asleep in their food.
"I hate when the first of September falls on a Sunday. It makes the first week even worse" Sirius said and then yawned.
"Hear hear" everyone seemed to mumble at the same time.
Each person very clumsily put food on their plates and Peter even fell asleep on his plate. Someone probably would have moved his head off of his food, but no one noticed seeing as they were trying to keep themselves out of their own food. Breakfast went by slowly and the only thing that seemed to wake people up some was when teachers began handing out schedules. Professor McGonagall approached the seventh years and handed them their schedules.
"Mr. Black, Miss Evans, Mr. Lupin, Miss Macdonald, Miss O'Shea, Mr. Pettigrew, Mr. Potter, and Miss Smart, here are your schedules. I expect that you all are still interested in the career choice you chose last year?" they all nodded and she continued. "Very well then, see you all in class this afternoon" and she continued down to the next set of students but stopped before she reached them.
"Oh, Miss Evans, Mr. Potter I almost forgot. I would like to see you in my office after dinner tonight."
"Yes, Professor" James and Lily responded.
Everyone in their group looked at their schedules and groaned almost simultaneously.
"Why do they insist on torturing us? Double Charms" Emily groaned.
"And what makes it worse is that today is Monday" James added.
"Eww, look at Thursday" Lily said "we have every class that day."
Schedule of Classes for Seventh Years Interested in Becoming Aurors or Healers
Monday
8 am – Double Charms
10 am – break
11 am – Transfiguration
12 30 pm – lunch/break
2 pm – Defense Against the Dark Arts
3 30 pm – Herbology
5 pm – Classes over for the Day
Tuesday
8 am – Double Potions
11 am – Care of Magical Creatures
12 30 pm – lunch/break
2 pm – Double Defense Against the Dark Arts
4 pm - Charms
5:30 pm – Classes over for the Day
Wednesday
8 am – Double Transfiguration
11 am – break
12 30 pm – lunch/break
2 pm – Defense Against the Dark Arts
3 30 pm – Herbology
5 pm – break with dinner
9 pm – Astronomy
Thursday
8 am – Charms
9 30 am – Transfiguration
11 am – Defense Against the Dark Arts
12 30 pm – lunch/break
2 pm – Potions
3 30 – Care of Magical Creatures
5 pm – Herbology
6 30 pm – dinner
9 pm – Astronomy
Friday
8 am – Transfiguration
9 30 am – Double Herbology
12 30 pm – lunch/break
2 pm – Charms
3 30 pm – Potions
5 pm – Enjoy your weekend
They compared schedules and found that they were in the same classes. Apparently, they were all going to be Aurors or Healers when they graduated. Seeing how classes started in fifteen minutes, the Great Hall began emptying. The group got up and made their way to Flitwick's class.
During Charms, Professor Flitwick lectured them on the importance of N.E. . Of course this was a double period so the lecture only lasted half of the period and the rest was filled with everyone getting mounds of homework. Most of them listened to his lecture but others didn't because they knew it would be a very similar speech to the speech they got as fifth years. When the bell rang, they had a free period and then after headed to Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall gave the seventh years the same lecture as Flitwick and then began class and gave them a huge essay for the next time they met which was Wednesday morning. After class they headed to the great hall for lunch where everyone seemed to be livelier.
As usual, Emily and Sirius were back to their normal bantering which made for an interesting meal.
"Hey!" Emily shouted as Sirius stole a chicken leg off her plate.
"Hey" he said back as seductively as he could.
"No, I mean hey get your own damn leg!" she said and ripped the chicken leg out of his mouth.
"Oy! I was eating that!"
"Yes, but now I am." and she stuck out her tongue which held her chewed food.
"Ew, Em, I'm trying to eat and keep it down at the same time." Lily said disgustedly.
Emily just laughed and continued to eat. She and Sirius continued throughout the meal to push each other and steal food from one another's plate. The rest just ignored those two and talked about the newest rumor circling the school.
"What?" Lily laughed.
"I know that's what I said when I heard it but a lot of people think it's true" Alice told them.
"Wait, wait, wait" James said "People think that Lily and I, are married, living together in our own house, and she is pregnant?"
"Yeah, that's what I heard. Oh, don't forget that Lily is due next month." Alice laughed.
"Well, then, that is the most absurd rumor I have ever heard" Lily laughed trying to understand how she could look eight months pregnant. "Do I look eight months pregnant to you?" Lily asked leaning back to look at her stomach.
"No, of course not" James said quickly.
"Lily, no, not at all. You are the skinniest person I have ever met. Plus, I have seen my mother eight months pregnant a couple of times and she is usually huge by then." Alice laughed turning back to her food.
"Good, then all I have to say is people are daft and will believe anything. Do you realize that if I was eight months pregnant, that we would have had to have shagged sometime around the end of January?" Lily asked James with a little twinkle in her eye.
James didn't answer. He seemed to be daydreaming. Unknown to Lily, he was thinking about what it would be like to really be with her. The way she looked in that bikini during the summer…
"James?" Lily asked breaking him out of his daydream.
"Oh, sorry. Er… I think we should get to class?"
Lily looked around to see that most of the Great Hall had emptied out and they all quickly grabbed their stuff and hurried off to Defense Against the Dark Arts.
They made it just in time but were unhappy to see that the only other people they had class with were the Slytherins. Just like in Charms, Professor Goldman lectured them on the N.E. and this time everyone just looked like they were taking notes because they had heard it all before. But just like Charms they got a ton of homework. After Defense, they went down to the green houses for Herbology.
By the time dinner rolled around, everyone was exhausted. The seventh years had been given an insane amount of homework and almost all of it was due the next class. Lily and James joined their friends a little while after dinner had started. They earned a lot of quizzical looks as they entered. Most were probably trying to see if the rumor was true which it wasn't.
"Where were you two?" Sirius asked raising his eyes suggestively.
"Sod off" James said while throwing a biscuit at his head.
"Well, aren't we a bit touchy this evening" Sirius said sarcastically.
"Sirius, if I were you, I wouldn't push James any further" Lily warned giving James a squeeze on his hand.
"Why? What's got his knickers in a twist?" Sirius asked earning a glare from Lily. Neither of them answered but Lily gave him an "I'll tell you later look" and he dropped the subject deciding to bug Emily.
"Em, why won't you go out with me?" Sirius asked giving her a puppy dog face.
"Really Black? Shall I point out the reason?"
"Yes, I honestly want to know."
"Okay, first you're obnoxious. Second, you're always stealing my food. Third, you have just a little something there" Emily said pointing her finger at the corner of his mouth "which leads to my fourth point, you're disgusting."
"Okay, okay I get it. You don't need to rub it in" Sirius said turning back to his food.
"I think I'm going to go to bed" James said as he got up.
"Wait, James we have to go meet with McGonagall" Lily reminded him.
"Oh, that's right. Can we go now?"
"Sure, let's go."
James and Lily made their way to McGonagall's office. Neither spoke but each silently wondered why she wanted to talk to them. Lily knocked on her door and heard a soft 'enter' from behind the door.
James held the door for Lily and followed her in. They waited for McGonagall to look up.
"James, Lily, how was your first day back?"
"Busy and very homework filled" Lily responded with a smile and James nodded in agreement.
"I'm sure you are wondering why I asked you here. Well, there is a special Heads' Room in the castle. Each year the two heads are permitted to stay in the room if they wish and if there is no major disagreement between the two. Normally, the two heads move in the first day of term but seeing as you two are now dating" she paused with a knowing smirk on her face "the teachers and Professor Dumbledore were concerned about you two staying in the room together."
"We decided that you shall be permitted to stay there, if you wish. We trust you two otherwise we would not have made you heads. We just were skeptical about letting two seventeen-year-olds, who are dating, live together. The password is pepper imps. You may change the password as often as you like."
"That is all I have for you. You have until the end of the week to decide whether or not you will stay there. Let me know as soon as you decide. That is all. Have a good evening."
"Er, Professor?" Lily asked.
"Yes?"
"Where is the Head's Room located?"
"Oh, right. There are actually five Head's Room in the castle. Four if both heads are from the same house, as is your case and one if they are not from the same house. The ones for those who are in the same house are located very close to the actual houses. The one for those who are not from the same house is located near Professor Dumbledore's office. But in this case your room is just to the left of the house. It is behind the portrait of Godric and Lady Gryffindor."
"Thank you Professor" the two responded and returned to the Gryffindor common room
Once they reached the common room, James proclaimed he was tired, whispered to Lily that they can check out the Head's Room tomorrow, kissed her, and bid her and their friends good night. As soon as Sirius knew he was out of earshot, he descended on Lily and asked her what was wrong with James.
"Okay, well you know how there have been disappearances all summer long?" they all nodded urging her on.
"In the Daily Prophet this morning, they reported a disappearance of a Ministry employee and his wife. Well, they didn't say who it was. But before dinner, James received a letter from his parents saying that the Dark Mark was over their friends the Wilkinson's house. They are really good friends with them and James was really close to them since he doesn't have any aunts or uncles."
"Oh my, now I feel bad for dinner" Sirius said solemnly.
"Is he okay?" Emily asked.
"I think he will be but it's going to take a while. He wouldn't speak to me after he read the letter so I had to read it myself and I just barely got that information out of him."
"Well, let us know if we can do anything." Alice offered.
"I will, thanks" and then Lily thought of something. "Sirius, Remus and Peter do you think you could do something to pull him out of this? I want him to enjoy his last year."
"Like what, Lily?" Remus asked.
"I don't know, but aren't you Marauders?" Lily said giving them a smirk.
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Sirius asked with a huge grin on his face.
"Depends, what do you think I'm saying?" Lily laughed.
"Okay, but if we do this, will we get in trouble?"
"I'll make you a deal. If you do this and pull James out of his sorrow, I won't do anything to stop you and I won't punish you. But I can't say that for the rest of the teachers."
"Okay, deal." Sirius said shaking hands with Lily.
"Oh, Lily what did McGonagall want?" Mary asked.
"Apparently, there are Head's Rooms. Each set of heads gets the opportunity to stay in the various Head's Room throughout the castle." She told them the rest of what McGonagall said to them. They all got a bit excited because if there was a smaller common room in there they could all hang there without all the other Gryffindors bugging them.
After that, the friends finished as much homework as they could stand and then went to bed. It was going to be a long week. Sirius and his friends did manage to pull James out of his sadness which made Lily very happy. James and Lily didn't get to spend too much time with each other because they were either in class, doing homework, or with their own friends.
Every day they got more homework in their classes. In potions they had to brew Amortentia and they got a two foot essay on its properties and why it can be dangerous. They had to turn in a vial to Professor Slughorn and then he vanished the rest. They also had to brew Elixir to Induce Euphoria that same week plus write essays everyday on something different and if they didn't have class one of the days they got two essays.
In Charms, they had to write essays on a different spell that they learned in class and then work on it for the next class. The same went for Transfiguration but including essays and practical work they had questions to answer. Herbology was the only class they couldn't take things out (besides potions) but they had essays in there too.
The only class they didn't seem to mind was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Yes they got essays and yes they had practical work to do but the teacher was the best they had ever had. Professor Goldman was funny and very interactive and he seemed to bring the best out of everyone. He really knew the subject and really knew how to teach. They even thought that maybe he would last more than a year but they would never know because it was their last year.
Finally, it was Friday. They started their day with Transfiguration then they went to double Herbology. Lunch was next, followed by Charms and then Potions. It was a long day to say the least. They had a lot of homework to do over the weekend. But the day got better once dinner came around. The whole Great Hall seemed to have this excited mood about it. It was the first weekend of school and everyone had plans. But there was something else in the air as well but only few knew what was coming.
"So boys," Emily began "the first week of school is almost over and no one has seen a welcome back prank. What's the deal?"
"Oh, my dear Emily. Just wait and see. And I would advise against using your wand through the rest of dinner" Sirius laughed giving Emily a sly smile.
"Oh, really. And why should I refrain from using my wand? Because personally, I would love to give you the proper attire to match your lovely girl hair."
"I-what? You think I have girl hair?" Sirius asked confused.
"Why yes I do. I mean look at it. It's long and silky and… and" Emily stopped and got this weird look on her face. She turned away from Sirius and stared with a little too much enthusiasm at her food.
Everyone just looked at each other with the same confused expression but shrugged it off. Emily had started to do those kinds of things lately and she wouldn't tell anyone why.
Dinner was almost over seeing how dessert had just showed up. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Frank (they recruited him for extra help) all muttered the same thing under their breaths but no one noticed them. Soon after the first of the students started to get up but they couldn't. They seemed to be stuck to their seats. Then everyone started to notice they couldn't get up even the teachers. Like planned, people pulled out their wands and muttered a counter curse but as soon as they did pudding filled balloons popped over their heads drenching them in various flavors.
Almost half the people in the Great Hall, including a few teachers, were covered in pudding. But all around people were laughing even if they were the ones covered in pudding. Just like the boys advised, the girls didn't use their wands. Eventually, people realized that trying to use their wand was a bad idea. Dumbledore spoke up and the Great Hall silenced almost immediately.
"It seems that we have been pranked this evening. So I would advise the rest of you not covered in pudding, to not try anything." He paused and chuckled then continued. "I will not punish those responsible if they lift the charm… now."
James muttered something and at the same time half the Great Hall stood up. As people tried to vanish the pudding on their heads they realized that is only made it worse. They would have to take a shower after all. Sirius and Emily were laughing so hard they were almost on the ground. The rest were laughing hard but not that hard. Their faces and sides ached by the time they managed to calm down enough to walk back to the common room.
"Boys, I can't believe you did that." Lily smiled disapprovingly.
"Hey, now, Lily you promised you wouldn't punish us" Sirius said.
"I know and I won't but still, you could have warned us a little more than don't use your wands. When I tried to stand up, I almost fell backward off the bench."
"Oh, I'm sorry Lily, I guess I should have warned you not to. But wait, how did you almost fall off? Your bottom was stuck to the bench." James laughed.
"Yes, but that was the one of the reasons I didn't fall off. That and the fact that there were many others sitting on it. If I had been the only one on the bench, I would have fallen backwards."
"Well, good. I'm glad you didn't hurt yourself" James said kissing Lily on the cheek.
"Ew… I would like to keep my dinner down, thank you very much" Emily said.
"Oh, it was just a kiss on the cheek. Would you rather James and I full on snog right here and now?" Lily laughed.
"No, no. I'm good" Emily spat back quickly. They all laughed and placed themselves in front of the fire talking lively about the teachers and how they are bonkers.
Saturday morning came and the whole castle woke relieved. No classes, no homework (because it could be put off until Sunday), and the whole day to spend doing whatever you wanted.
James woke up early and decided that there was no use going to sleep again. He got up as quietly as he could because if he woke his roommates they would kill him. Once he was dressed, he headed for the door but jumped a little when he opened it. Lily was standing there looking as if she was about to knock on the door. She smiled at him and pulled him with her as she headed down the stairs.
"I was just about to knock but then I heard footsteps so I stopped" she whispered.
"Well, I'm glad you are up. I wanted to have breakfast with you, just the two of us."
She smiled and leaned up to kiss him on the cheek. "You are too sweet, James. Let's go to breakfast."
"So why are you up this early?" James asked as they walked down the corridor.
"Oh, Emily was snoring really loudly, Alice was muttering in her sleep, Mary kept trying to hit me with her pillow, and Shelia, well, she wasn't doing anything but the rest are the reason I'm up." Lily laughed. "Why are you up?"
"Well, Sirius was snoring, pretty much shaking the whole dormitory and that's about the only reason" James laughed.
"I see we have very similar roommates. Maybe we should move into the Head's Room. Give us some more privacy and maybe we could actually sleep."
"Oh, I'm sorry we didn't go check it out earlier this week. It was kind of a busy week."
"It's alright. How about we check it out after breakfast?" Lily asked and James nodded in agreement.
"You know I really think that Emily fancies Sirius but is too stubborn and proud to do anything about it."
"I think you're right. I know Sirius fancies Emily but he is too stubborn and proud to do anything about it just like Emily. Do you see how Emily will be bashing him and then stop and get this weird look on her face?"
"Yes, I have noticed that a lot lately. I think she sees it herself but doesn't want it to be true."
"Should we do anything about it?"
"No, if we try something we will get nowhere and Emily would never forgive me."
Just then they entered the Great Hall and saw that only a few other students were up this early and sat down. Gradually, the Great Hall filled up with more students and Lily noticed that almost all the girls who came in were glaring at her.
"Lily? What are you looking at?" James asked trying to get her attention.
"Oh, er… I think a lot of girls are either jealous of me or mad at me."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, while we have been sitting here and people have come in for breakfast, almost all the girls seem to be glaring at me."
"Just ignore them Lily. It will go away soon enough once they realize that I have no intentions of letting you go." He leaned over and kissed Lily on the lips.
She smiled and blushed and asked "What do you want to do today?"
"Oh, I don't know. This and that. I say we try to avoid our friends for a little while and have a little date. What do you say?" James asked getting up from the table.
"Sounds perfect, but don't forget that we have patrol tonight. Which I might add, will be eventful." Lily added with a laugh.
"Why do you say that?"
"Think about it. Astronomy Tower, first Saturday back at school, boyfriends and girlfriends, nighttime. They all add up to snogging couples."
"Oh, you think it will be that bad?"
"Yes, yes I do. I had to do this day last year, let's just say it was awful." Lily said with a shudder.
"Then why did you assign us this spot?" James asked confused.
"Because they are more likely to listen to Head Boy and Girl than prefects. Plus I wouldn't want to damage anyone too much on their first Saturday patrol. That's just too cruel."
They headed up to the seventh floor corridor in search of the portrait of Godric and Lady Gryffindor. Lily spotted it first and dragged James over. Godric and Lady smiled down at the two and James said the password. The portrait opened inward and they stepped through. Once inside, the portrait closed and they noticed that they had a common room that was very similar to the Gryffindor common room.
Comfy chairs and a sofa, a desk for each, bookshelves, a table and a fireplace without the fire adorned the room. They immediately noticed three doors. One door said 'Head Boy' and another said 'Head Girl' and the door in between was the bathroom. Each went into their separate rooms. They each had a full sized bed fitted with curtains and the posts, a dresser and closet. There was another door which led to the bathroom so that they wouldn't have to go out to get to it.
The bathroom was quite large for two people as were the bedrooms. As soon as James and Lily met in the common room they had the same look. They decided that they wouldn't move in because they would miss spending time with their friends too much. They quickly sent a note to McGonagall and she wrote back quickly saying that is was fine and that they would still have access to the room if they needed it for something.
Lily and James spent the rest of the morning walking around the castle grounds. Every so often they would snog a little but not too much at the risk of getting caught. After lunch they made their way to the common room thinking about catching up with their friends. When they walked in, they noticed that no one seemed to be around. So they sat in front of the fire and played a game of Exploding Snap.
"YES! I WON!" Lily shouted gleefully then started to dance around him.
"Alright, you don't have to rub it in."
"Oh, I think I do. This is the first game I have ever won against you" Lily laughed.
"Okay, keep rubbing it in, I dare you." James grinned evilly at her. She stopped and looked questioningly at him.
"I won and you lost" Lily said testing the waters.
Then in one swift movement, James stood up and threw Lily over his shoulder and started running about the common room.
"Say it again, I dare you" he laughed trying to keep a grip on the squirming Lily.
Lily was laughing so hard she was crying a little. "James… put… me down" Lily gasped between laughs.
"No" he said simply.
"Fine, then I won't regret what I do next" Lily threatened.
"What-" was all he managed before Lily started tickling him. Lily was tickling him so viciously that he fell down dragging Lily on top of him. They lay like that laughing for the longest time. Then someone cleared their throats and they stopped and looked over to see Remus, Sirius and Emily standing with their eyebrows raised and a smirk on their faces.
"Er… this isn't what it looks like."
"Sure it isn't, but don't let us interrupt your fun." Sirius smirked and walked over to the couch.
Lily and James just looked at each other and started laughing again.
"James, this is all your fault" Lily said getting up off of him but James wouldn't let her move.
"How, my dear?"
"This all happened because I beat you at Exploding Snap."
"Whoa, James lost a game of Exploding Snap! Unbelievable" Sirius exclaimed "I have been trying for over six years and haven't succeeded."
"Well, I guess I know his weakness" Lily laughed.
"And what may I ask is my weakness?" James asked.
Instead of responding, Lily just gave him one long kiss.
"Oh, yes that is my weakness."
"Now, will you please let me up" Lily demanded. James unwillingly helped her up and they walked over to their friends.
"So where are Alice, Frank, Mary and Peter?" James wondered.
"Well, Alice and Frank are presumably snogging, Mary decided to work in the library and I don't know where Peter is. Probably getting more food from the kitchen" Remus told them.
The rest of the afternoon, the friends spent playing games and talking. Every once in a while, a group of girls would come in and glare viciously at Lily and she ignored it though noting every time it happened. Once dinner came, Alice and Frank were finished doing whatever it was they were doing and Mary showed up looking extremely exhausted. But Peter was still nowhere in sight. They all shrugged it off and began eating.
"Sirius!" Emily shouted suddenly.
"What? I swear I didn't do it" he defended himself.
"Nothing, I just thought if I shouted your name you might confess to something. Sadly, I was let down."
"Oh, well nice try. But I think I would rather hear you shout my name if it were in a different context. If you know what I mean" he said wagging his eyebrows.
"Unfortunately, I do get what you mean, so no I will not shag you."
"Aww, come on Em, you'll never know what you're missing if you don't try" Sirius said as he stood up.
"I think I do know what I'm missing considering I'm looking right at it" she said standing up as well.
"Ouch, that hurts me really bad Em."
"I'll show you what hurts" she mumbled and kneed him in the groin. He fell over in pain and Emily walked away. Everyone who saw the scene just stared in awe and turned back to their conversations. Sirius and Emily's friends just stared as Sirius slowly got to his feet and gently sat back down.
"Are you okay?" James asked.
"No, I bloody am not. I just got a knee into my groin" he groaned, his voice a little bit higher than normal.
"Sorry, mate but you should have known that you shouldn't talk to her that way. Emily has resisted you since the beginning" James said.
"I know, but I never thought she would knee me in the groin."
"Emily has a temper and it might not be shown very prominently but it is there and you just saw it" Lily added.
They all left dinner after that, Remus helping Sirius along because he still couldn't walk very well. It was only about seven and James and Lily had three hours until patrol started so they decided to work on some homework so there was less to do the next day. The others decided to start some as well. James and Lily had shown their friends the Head's Room earlier that day and they were all studying in there because it was quieter. Sooner than they wished it was patrol time. James and Lily made their way to the Astronomy Tower.
"So, how is patrol?" James asked.
"Er… well long, boring and exhausting, to tell you the truth" Lily laughed.
"Oh, joy" and just as he said it they caught a snogging couple right at the top of the stairs.
"Oy, how daft can you get? Right at the top of the stairs. Ten points each now go" Lily said.
"Wow, Lily, don't you think that was a bit harsh. I mean they were only fifth years."
"Sorry, James but you have to be tough otherwise we'll catch them again in fifteen minutes. Taking ten points off was actually a fairly light punishment."
"Okay, I understand. But that was a light punishment?"
"Yes, trust me as the night goes on we will find more couples in even more revealing situations."
James just laughed and they kept patrolling.
By the time they were done, about one in the morning, they had caught ten more couples and only one, to their delight, were Gryffindors. The teachers took over then and James and Lily headed back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Amazing, I thought you were joking about how many couples we would find" James laughed.
"I wasn't. See girlfriends and boyfriends meet back up after a long summer and they have to make up the time lost so the first Saturday of the year is when they do it."
"Well, seeing as we have only been together about a week but we act like it has been a lot longer, what do you say to making up for lost time?" James asked wagging his eyebrows.
"Alright, but wait until we are out of the corridors so we don't get caught, plus we'll have a common room all to ourselves" Lily giggled.
Once the portrait hole closed, James swiftly pushed Lily against the wall and pressed his body against her. Their faces were an inch away and then Lily closed the distance kissing James. It was very slow and deliberate, very passionate. James lifted Lily up and she wrapped her arms and legs around him. He moved his lips down her throat, glad that they could patrol in normal clothes. She moaned softly and he moved his lips back up to hers. Their lips moved perfectly together, fitting together likes puzzle pieces. James held Lily against the wall for several more minutes until Lily moved in a way that James let her down, never breaking their kiss. Finally, after about ten minutes Lily broke away breathing heavily and smiling one of the biggest smiles she ever gave.
They were still pressed against each other, backed up against the wall. James had his head on the wall over Lily's shoulder breathing heavily and she had her head on his shoulder. They stayed that way until their breathing returned to normal. Lily pulled her head from his shoulder and James did the same. They looked at each other and just smiled and laughed softly.
"Why don't we go lay on the couch?" James whispered in her ear. She nodded, took his hand and started pulling him with her into the room but stopped suddenly when she heard some giggling that didn't come from her.
James and Lily looked at each other and crept quietly toward the larger part of their common room. When they glanced around the corner they almost gasped aloud. Lying on the couch were Sirius and Emily, snogging the life out of each other. James pulled Lily back around the corner so they wouldn't be seen. They silently laughed and looked at each other amazed. They couldn't believe their eyes. Emily and Sirius horizontal on the couch, snogging.
"What do we do now?" Lily whispered in his ear, laughing silently. James shook his head and silently laughed with her. He leaned in closer to her to whisper in her ear.
"We could interrupt them, sneak around them, or do a little more of this" and he began nibbling on her ear and then proceeded to kiss her neck and moved his way to her lips. They began kissing again but for not as long this time. Lily pulled back and whispered in his ear.
"As much as I would love to do this more, I don't think I will be able to keep as quiet much longer. I think we should try and sneak around them."
"I agree, but what about when we see them tomorrow. I don't think I could keep a straight face."
"I think we might have to try and act normal when everyone else is around but if we could talk to them alone we might be able to get things straightened out."
James nodded and slowly glanced around the corner. They were still on the couch and luckily their faces were covered so neither one could see. James took a step forward but then Lily pulled him back. He gave her a questioning look and then she leaned up to his ear.
"What if we put muffliato on them?"
"No, that has been used on Sirius before. He would recognize the buzzing plus the room is quiet except for the fire crackling."
"Okay, it was just a thought. I think we should go one at a time and then when one gets to the stairs they beckon the other." James nodded and went first.
He tiptoed across the room keeping his gaze on the two snoggers just in case they looked up. He made it to the stairs to the dormitories and told Lily to come. She did the exact same as James and made it there. They quietly went up the stairs and stopped at the top before going their separate ways. They kissed good night and went to bed, waiting for the next day.