A/N – if NE1 cared….sry for not updating 4 a while. I had block.
James loves Lily.
Lily is annoyed.
James is happy.
Oh the irony of it all.
James is happy for two reasons: 1. "Other" girls won't bug him anymore and he has a LOT more free time. 2. The reason for #1 is because everyone thinks Lily is his possessive girlfriend.
Lily is annoyed for THREE reasons: 1. Everyone thinks she's James' possessive girlfriend and keeps shooting "death-glares" at her. 2. She cant reveal the truth because a) no one will believe her and b) that's just mean…he was being tortured to death. 3. YCRC (see 3rd chappie) had not responded as of yet.
Teusday
She had followed his instructions carefully, and during lunch had left a note there that would remain invisible until 11pm. The following morning, she had awoken (at 6:45- Wednesday) and without bothering to get dressed, ran down the stairs, anxious as a little kid to see if there was a return letter. There wasn't one. She had sulked back up the stairs and tried to get back to sleep.
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James was having problems too.
Dutifully and honorably, at precisely 10:59:00, (Teusday) he trekked down the stairs to see if a letter had been left there. He looked anxiously at the small table and to his disappointment, it was empty.
10:59:27-He had fallen into the chair across the comfy one, and put his head in his hands.
10:59:31-He had resigned himself to the fact that Lily did not appreciate secret admirers.
10:59:49-He thought that it would have been smarter to have just come down at 11 and spared himself the extra minute of agony.
10:59:53-He sighed dramatically.
10:59:57- He got up from the chair and stretched.
11:00-The clock sounded the first toll, and he heard a faint glimmer behind him.
11:00:01- He whirled around and saw a folded piece of parchment glimmer into view on the table.
11:00:02-11:00:15- stare dumbstruck.
11:00:16-11:12- Do a silent little dance about how smart "his" Lily is…la la la.
11:15:37- take the letter and sneak away through the Portrait Hole (PH) (getting his invisibility Cloak 1st of course) to the Room of Requirement.
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In the Room of Requirement (RoR) (Still Tuesday Night)
James threw himself eagerly onto a couch nearby, and unfolded the letter. He took a deep breath, and began to read:
Dear My Common Room Confidante,
Since when is this "YOUR" chair? Hove you been here longer than me, or have you just made it a practice to sleep in chairs during your time here? By your handwriting and choice of words, I am assuming you're a guy, right?
You sound like you know me a bit…or see me a lot. Why me?
I'll "talk" to you like this…for a while at least, and by the way, nice system for leaving messages!
However, I don't think it's very fair for you to know MY name, but I don't know YOURS. The "name" you left is kinda long.
Sincerely,
Lily
James' breath caught. She would hold this correspondence? YES! The only thing(s) HE needed to do, was hold his identity secret, NOT blow it, and NOT lose his nerve.
Easy…right?
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James needed parchment, and, of course, therefore a small stack of parchment, quills and ink appeared beside the couch on a desk with enough room to write comfortably.
He chose to begin with the easiest question:
Dear Lily,
Yes, I AM a guy…whoa that would've weird. And what's wrong with my handwriting? I don't TRY to sleep in chairs, but one of my room mates was snoring indecently loudly last night, so I chose to sleep in a much quieter space.
I realized later that leaving you a note may have been creepy, but you responded so…I'm glad I did.
It's MY chair. I always sit there…(when I can). I've been here, in the world of magic for a much longer time than you.
Thanx for responding,
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Thursday
James read, and re-read this note. He had (in his opinion) tactfully ignored questions that he preferred remained unanswered.
He hoped she wouldn't be mad at him.
At 11pm, he left the note on the table for her to find Friday morning.
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Lily woke groggily and dressed neatly before going to the CM.
FINALLY there was a note there…in an envelope. Her last note was there, as well as a new one.
She sat down to read.
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When she finished, she was fuming slightly. He had avoided her questions and even took one of them out of context!
She Summoned parchment, her favorite quill, and ink and began to write:
So…Question Mark,
Your handwriting is choppy and not exactly straight.
Now, to the point.
You avoided my some of my questions; IGNORED them actually, and you KNOW that I what I meant by asking how long you've been here! All you told me, is that you're not Muggleborn.
…like me.
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THIS TIME!!
-Lily.
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Dear Lily,
AHHH SORRY!!
Ok, ok. Answers galore!
I DO see you regularly…can I keep it at that? As to why you…That may erase my confidentiality.
I haven't been here MUCH longer than you…though you are right…I'm not Muggleborn.
As a peace-offering, in apology to taking a while for my last answer, enclosed is a parchment that has been enchanted to transmit messages from it's copy. So what you write will appear on my copy, and vise versa.
-YR6
A/N Before reading the section below- know this: before each message is who the messege is being sent TO (not who's writing it) and the italics are the messages and the straight beside it is James' or Lily's thoughts of their own message or the one just received. (sry if it's confusing…if you have a better format, tell me)
Lily chose to try it out immediately
YR6- This makes things much easier, how'd you get the idea?
Lily- Something else I've made. James grinned to himself. He loved that map.
YR6- Your still awake? Why would he be?
Lily- I thought you may want to try it right away. And I was right! HA HA Lils!
YR6-….you're in my year then? Let's change the subject then…
Lily- yeah.
YR6- Well then, that limits it to one of 5 guys: Bill Stevens ,Abe Restol, Frank Yerdow, James Potter or Sirius Black. (See A/N at bottom)
Lily- yup! DUH.
YR6- "YR6" is a pathetic thing to call you, how 'bout…Jasbf? Brilliant…if I do say so myself!
Lily- ? Wha…?
?- It's one letter from each boy's initials. And I thought it was brilliant…
L- niiiice.
YR6- can I use it then?
L- sure.
Jasbf- now that I've got that straight, I think I'll go now…. It IS 12 you know.
L- there aren't any classes tomorrow.
Jsabf- So? I need sleep. Bye.
L- 'night.
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James was very proud of himself. He'd been very genteel and mannered. He glanced at Sirius, sleeping in the four-poster next to his.
Quietly, he placed the parchment into the bottom-most drawer on his bedside table and went to sleep.
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Sirius turned over and grinned. James quill-scratching had gone on for 10 WHOLE MINUTES. He'd find out why…and where that parchment was…yawn in the morning.
A/N - For the guys in their grade, I split up the Marauders (I know, it contradicts the books): Remus is a grade above in 7th and Peter is two grades below in 4th.
PS. Sneaky Sirius…mwahaha!
PPS. Review please…suggestions? Flames r welcome as well ya know!