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Chapter 20: Lily Evans is back!

James' POV

I woke up at about 12:00 on Sunday. I've always been a late sleeper.

After I showered and brushed my teeth and got dressed and everything, I went downstairs where my friends, along with Lily's, were sitting.

"Nice of you to join us, James," said Ylan.

"Hey, Sirius usually sleeps as long as I do! Why are you saying that to me?" I asked.

"Because Sirius was the first one down here," said Andrea.

I looked at my best friend, shocked.

"Are you kidding? Sirius? He wouldn't wake up before noon on a weekend if an elephant was stomping all over him," I said.

"Shut up," Sirius mumbled and threw a pillow at me. I grinned.

"I know you have something to tell me," I said in a teasing voice. "And I'll get it out of you later."

"Yeah, I'm sure you will," said Sirius sarcastically.

I nodded.

Even though he knows I will.

And he knows I know I will.

And I know he knows I know I will.

And he knows I know he knows I know I will.

But whatever.

"Hey, where's Lily?" asked Remus.

Jenna rolled her eyes.

"She's just like your two moronic friends over here," she said, pointing at me and Sirius. "She sleeps until, like, lunch time."

"I do not!" said a voice from the stairway. We all looked up and saw Lily standing there. She was wearing black boots, about halfway up her calves, a black miniskirt, and a white shit with three-quarter sleeves. Her hair was in a messy bun of curly red hair.

"Sure you don't," said Jenna, rolling her eyes again, slightly. Lily put on a small frown.

"Did you guys already have breakfast?" she asked.

"Lil. It's 12:00! We were about to go to lunch!" said Andrea.

"Proving my point, exactly," muttered Jenna.

Lily shot her a sarcastic glance.

"Well I'm not hungry yet. Let's hang around here for a while."

"But I'm hungry!" protested Ylan.

"You can eat in Hogsmeade tomorrow," said Lily impatiently. Everyone else looked at each other as she began biting her perfectly manicured nails.

"Is something wrong?" asked Sirius.

"No," said Lily distractedly. James grinned.

"Oh, come on, you can tell us," he said and sat down next to her. He even went as far as to put his arm around her. Surprisingly, Lily did nothing. She just began fidgeting as his arm touched her shoulders.

"What's going on?" asked Remus. Lily looked at him strangely. Her gaze flickered over to his hair. There was a strand of hair that was sticking out and caught her attention. She stared at his head for a while. "Um. What are you doing?" asked Remus, feeling uncomfortable.

"Nothing," said Lily and looked away. "I'm going to lunch. See ya." She got up and left, leaving seven very confused teenagers behind her.

Lily was walking down the corridor towards the Great Hall. She was thinking about James and Sirius being animagi. She couldn't figure out how they had managed to do it, alone and undetected. They were only fifteen! And it must have taken a while…

It was lucky that Ricky walked out of the Great Hall at that moment and nearly hit her in the face with the door. Otherwise she'd have never realized that the door was actually there. Until she crashed into it, of course.

"Oh!" Lily exclaimed, jumping back in surprise.

"Hey, Lily," said Ricky. "Can I talk to you?"

Lily's POV

"Sure…" I said suspiciously. He looked really nervous. What did he want? Oh my god! Was he breaking up with me? He was breaking up with me! Bastard! Oh well, I was just going to have to break up with him first. Ha! Take that, Ricky! "But, are you breaking up with me?" Wait, what? I didn't mean to say that! Damn my uncontrollable mouth!

"No," Ricky chuckled. "It's kind of the opposite."

Hmm, what's the opposite of breaking up…?

"Are you proposing?"

"What?"

I guess not.

"Well, that's kind of the opposite of breaking up…"

"Oh. Well, yeah, I guess, but that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. Come here," said Ricky, taking my hand and leading me into a corner where we wouldn't be overheard. I waited for him to speak, but he seemed at a loss for words.

"Ricky? What's going on?" I asked.

"Ok," he said as he turned to face me. "I'm sixteen."

"Yeah…" I really didn't see where this was going.

"And as a sixteen year old man, I have…needs."

Um. Ok.

"So, I think it's time we – ahem – took our relationship to – to the next level," he said.

How much farther could we go? We'd basically gotten to third base already. Well, you know, almost. And after third was fourth. But…OH MY GOD! MY BOYFRIEND WANTS TO HAVE SEX! WITH ME!

Ricky started to turn slightly pink as realization dawned on my face. He looked at me, waiting for me to say something. When I didn't, he cleared his throat, again.

"So, uh, do you think so too?" he asked.

Well, yeah, I'd thought about it. But I thought it would happen when I was sixteen or seventeen. I mean I know people like James, who was turning sixteen, like, tomorrow or something, had done it. But me? Lily Evans? When I was still fifteen?

And to tell you the truth, when I thought about it, I sort of imagined it happening with – well, not Ricky. A couple of times I even thought about doing it with James. I know, I know, but that was mostly during the time we were going out. If you can call it going out.

"Um. Well, I don't know if I'm ready yet. I mean, I'm still fifteen," I said. Ricky dropped his head slightly.

"Oh," he said dejectedly.

"Yeah. I'm sorry. Maybe when I'm sixteen?" I said, trying my best not to make him feel so bad.

"When's that?" he asked hopefully.

Um, hello? You're my boyfriend of like four months. You should know when my birthday is!

"April…" I said.

"Damn," he said. This made me slightly mad…

"Is the only reason you're going out with me to sleep with me?" I asked angrily.

"No! Of course it's not," he said. "But you know, I'm not going to wait forever. I mean, I know Gina would have done it in a second, if I'd asked her to. But I'll wait for you until April. After that, I'm out the door."

What the hell?

"Excuse me? If you're going to talk to me like that, you might as well be out the door right now, jackass!" I said. I started walking away but turned around and added, "And Gina would only have done it in a second because she's such a slut!" His mouth fell open as I walked out of our little corner. To see the faces of a third of Hogwarts, all of whom had just walked out of the Great Hall. I guess I missed lunch.

"How dare you? I am not a slut!" Gina stepped out of the crowd, holding a plate of french fries covered with ketchup.

"Yeah, sure," I said. "Who's that food for, anyway? I thought you didn't eat?" She gave me a sarcastic look.

"It's for Megan. She's sick." She pronounced it like "Maygen."

"And what is 'yeah, sure' supposed to mean?" she said.

"Just that you actually are a slut. You probably just haven't noticed because of all the guys you're with taking up your time."

"Yeah, well, at least I can actually get guys," said Gina and smirked.

"Oh yeah, you're right. I'm just so unappealing to guys. I'm sure that's why Ricky picked me over you," I said. The crowd went "Oooh."

"God, you're such a bitch," said Gina.

"Yeah, maybe," I said, walking up to her. She looked at me suspiciously, watching my every move. I got right up close to her and looked in her eyes. We stood like that for a couple of seconds, and everyone around us was quiet, including the Marauders and my friends, who had just joined the crowd. Then, I reached down and grabbed her plate of french fries. Before she realized what was happening, I dumped it down on top of her head, ketchup and all. "But I'll just have to live with it."

Gina shrieked as I walked away.

"You bitch! I'll get you for this!"

Oh yeah. Lily Evans was back!