One or the Other
Chapter 2: Hogwarts!
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Lily woke up and got dressed. She was surprised that James hadn't came over already. She yawned as she walked down the hall in a loose t-shirt and some jean shorts. James' voice could be heard coming from Petunia's room. Lily was suddenly alert and wide awake. She remembered that a couple days ago, when Petunia had been a emotional wreck, because she had walked in on her crush and her little sister snogging like there was no tomorrow, James had promised her that he would talk with her.
"I'm sorry Petunia, but I can't think of you more than anything but a friend." She heard James' voice say. She heard Petunia burst into tears.
"You like my Sister, don't you? I saw you snogging her! I'm not stupid!" she yelled.
"I'm sorry, Petunia, that you had to see that." He said and Lily saw him walk out of her room. He looked relieved.
Lily giggled. James looked up at her and smiled.
"Vous semblez soulagés." (You look relieved)She told him, taking his expression in.
"Je suis." James told her, sighing. (I am.)
"You guys are talking about me! I know it! Just because I can't understand French!" Petunia cried. James looked at Lily.
"She can't understand French?" Lily shook her head, grinning.
"Nope. Or speak it." She said with a giggle.
"Hou la." (Wow.) He said, astonished. Lily nodded.
"Je sais." (I know.) Lily shrugged. "Well… I'm hungry!" She said as she skipped down stairs. (A/N: The 'Evans are rich and have a Mansion, btw) James followed her, chuckling under his breath.
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"You're gonna love Hogwarts." James assured her, as they got into the Evans' limousine on their way to King's Cross Station. Lily stifled a yawn.
"Whatever you say-y-y-y-y…" She said trying to stifle another yawn. James chuckled and tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear. Lily's parents waved them goodbye from the mansion. Lily put her head down on James' shoulder and began to snore. James chuckled again, and in a few short minutes they were at the train station.
"Lily… we're here." James said, slightly pushing her off of him.
"Encore cinq minutes, Maman." (Five more minutes, Mum.)She replied. James laughed.
"Vous devez vous réveiller, maintenant. Nous sommes à Hogwarts." (You have to wake up now. We're at Hogwarts.) James said, lifting her head off of his shoulder. She looked up sleepily at him.
"If you say so." She got out of the car, grabbing her luggage. A lot of on lookers looked at the limousine with excitement. Lily put on her sunglasses. James looked at her weirdly.
"Why do you do that?" He asked her, curiously.
"Publicity." She answered simply. Muggles were gasping and pointing at her. Lily's Mum was a famous Lawyer and her Dad worked in the Government. "Keep your head down low." She warned him. James did as he was told. People were whispering and yelling at her now. Lily sighed.
"How do we get there?" She asked him.
"We go through the Platform dividing Platforms 9 and 10." James told her a little worried.
"Oh, well this is just great! Hey! There's Sirius, Remus and Peter!" The three boy were waving her over to them. The two walked quickly over.
"OMG! IS THAT TINA TURNER!?!?" Lily cried, pointing to the entrance of the Station. All the muggles turned around eager to catch Tina, but when they turned around, seeing nothing, Lily and the boys were gone.
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Sirius laughed at Lily.
"Tina Turner?" He asked, as he started laughing. "That was bloody brilliant!" He cried, still laughing.
"Thank you." Lily said, stiffly.
"What was with the crowd?" Peter asked.
"Oh.. that. My Mum's a Famous Lawyer and my Dad works for the Government." Lily said simply. They nodded to show that they understood. A big population of Hogwarts was watching them and they went looking for a compartment. It turned out that there wasn't a empty one, so they ended up kicking a kid out of one. Lily gave him an apologetic smile and he stared at her, forgetting his thoughts momentarily. James glared at the kid, shutting the compartment door in his face. Sirius and Remus looked at James with a raised eyebrow. Peter tried to imitate them, but failed.
"What? I could tell he was thinking about my girl!" James said, watching Lily reading a magazine in her hands. She turned the page, uninterestedly.
" Your girl? You mean…?" Sirius asked, trailing off. James nodded, grinning.
"Congratulations, Mate!" Remus said, enthusiastically. Peter looked confused. Lily set down her magazine and James read the cover.
"Quidditch?" He said, disbelief coloring his tone.
"Yeah, what about it? Oh no, please don't tell me you're one of those guys who doesn't like Quidditch!" Lily begged him, her eyes wide. James shook his head.
"Of course not! I play Chaser!" James said, with a grin.
"I play Beater!" Sirius added.
"And I'm Commentator." Remus informed her dryly. Lily laughed.
"Good. Because I can't live without Quidditch! I don't play, but I love to watch and read." She said, with a fond smile.
"Well, James…you picked the best out of the whole sea! I daresay you'll be having yourself a nice little feast with the fish you caught." Sirius said with a wink. They all laughed, Peter laughing a bit too late. James picked up Lily easily, and set her on his lap. She smiled at him, and they looked at the Magazine together.
"Ludo Bagman's definitely gonna win it for the Wasps, I tell ya! The Chudley Cannons have no chance." Lily told the boys in the Compartment.
"Hear, hear!" Sirius agreed.
"That's about right." Remus said, nodding his head.
"Definitely." James said, kissing Lily lightly on the lips. She grinned sloppily at him, then turned back to her magazine. A couple minutes later, and they heard voices giggling and snorting from outside the compartment door.
"Ah! Our Fan Club has arrived!" Sirius said, with a grin, getting up. Lily pushed him down.
"I thought you'd be the girl-user type." Lily said with a sigh. "If you get a girlfriend, you have to stay with her for over two months." Lily told him, matter-of-factly. Sirius stared at her, his mouth gaping.
"NO." He said.
"Yes." Lily told him, dryly.
"I said n-" Sirius started to say, but he was cut off with a hard slap on his face.
"Well I said yes." Lily told him icily, finally losing her patience. They glared at each other, until Sirius sighed.
"Fine." He said, admitting defeat.
"You'd better choose reasonably." Remus said, thoughtfully.
"Why didn't you back me up?" Sirius demanded to James.
"Hey! The woman gets what the woman wants, when she wants it." James told Sirius, in a tone that said he was out of the conversation.
"Whipped." Sirius muttered under his breath. James glared at him.
"Yes he is! That's why he's getting the newest broom from me!" Lily said sweetly with a grin.
"What's so bad about being whipped? When you get a young lady like this!" James gestured towards Lily. "And the newest broom available!" He pumped his fist into the air. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Yes. What's so bad about getting a new broom, that will eventually go out of style, the price being her personal slave for life?" Sirius muttered sarcastically.
"Exactly!" said James, missing the sarcasm. The compartment door opened, and a bunch of girls with lots of make-up came in.
"You guys didn't answer the door when we knocked." One girl said, seductively. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Yeah. If snorting like a pig is knocking." Lily muttered. The guys tried to stifle their laughs. The girl turned her attention to Lily.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think we've met before." She told her, icily.
"You're right. We haven't." Lily said, in a high girly voice, not unlike theirs. James snorted. Peter looked on with wide eyes. Remus watched, amused. Sirius examined them, his lips twitching.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, cocking her head to one side.
"Nothing." Lily said dryly.
"Anyways, ignoring the Raggedy Anne in here-" The other girl said, getting cut off.
"Excuse me? Raggedy Anne? Look at you! Dyed blonde Barbie, and her Pep Squad!" Lily said incrediously. The boys all burst into laughter. They glared at her.
"Take that, like, back!" A girl from behind the other girl said. Lily sighed, and rolled her eyes.
"Oh my god! Is that, like, Ludo Bagman out of this compartment, and in the one you guys were in, out the window, looking for you?!?" Lily asked, sticking her head out of the Compartment door. The girls all screamed and ran out of the Compartment door, excitedly. The boys all laughed harder, and James pulled Lily back onto his lap.
"Stupid idiots." She murmured under her breath. James chuckled one more time, before calming down.
"You are the funniest." He told her, in his ear. She smiled. "But you didn't have to add out the window. One of them might jump." He said, thinking about the idea…
James Imagination…
"She said out the window!" Amelia screamed at Janet.
"I'm going first!" Darcy told everyone, and she jumped out of the window. The other girls all hurried to look out.
"AHH! MY MAKE-UP GOT MESSED UP!!!!"
Reality Again…
James didn't seem so upset by the idea. The compartment door opened again.
"Hey! What's going on in here? The girls just ran by us, screaming about Ludo Bagman-" he stopped once he saw Lily. "I'm sorry, my name's Amos Diggory, what's your name, pretty lady?" He said with a charming smile. James growled at him. Amos took a step back.
"Sorry, but I'm taken." She said, faking an apologetic expression. He glared at no one in particular.
"By who?!" he said, angrily. Lily stared at him.
"By James, duh. I'm sitting on his lap." She said, pointing to James, who was glaring at him.
"O-oh. I-I d-d-didn't k-know." He said, hurrying out quickly.
"NEVER MESS WITH A MARAUDERS' GIRL!" James yelled after him.
"YEAH!" Sirius agreed, calling after him. Lily snuggled into James' chest, and his heartbeat accelerated. Lily heard it.
"Hmm." She said. She leaned her head towards his face, and his heartbeat went up, when her lips touched his, it stopped abruptly. (Sound like someone we know?) His lips moved with hers, until Lily pulled away. "Seems we're going to have to be more careful with you." Sirius laughed at James, and James blushed. "I wonder…" Lily said, leaning forward, but moving to his side instead. She placed her lips onto his neck, and he fainted.
"This is too funny!" Sirius said, falling onto the floor from laughing so hard. Remus, too, was laughing hard. Lily took her lips from his neck.
"Oh, Amos! You're such a great kisser!" Lily cried. James shot up from the ground with his wand, pointing it at Lily.
"Where is he?" He growled. Lily looked at him in amusement, one eyebrow raised. His friends laughed even harder. James blushed and placed his wand back into his robes.
"Wow. You're more whipped than I thought." She said, examining him. "You'll be a great boyfriend!" She said hugging him tightly. James' heartbeat raced, at the feeling of her body pressed against his like that. She had hugged him before, but he had never been more aware of her body than right now.
"I can do better, try again." He demanded.
"Are you sure?" Lily asked, making sure that he wouldn't pass out on her again. He nodded confidently. "Okay then." She said, bringing her lips towards him. She got closer, and James' heart beat accelerated, once again. She placed her lips to his neck, and he took a deep breath. She slowly moved her lips against it, and he froze.
"You're right. You are stronger." She said, pulling away, impressed.
"But are you?" He asked, bringing his lips to her neck. She stood there, not moving, but not nervous, but just enjoying the feeling. He pulled away.
"Are you not irked by my lips?" James, asked, slightly offended.
"No. I just have better control." She said with a smirk. Everyone was quiet. James and Lily looked at each other, curiously. "I have to change!" She suddenly screeched. Everyone jumped.
"Alright then! James and Lily need some alone time!" Sirius announced. Lily smacked his head, and he glared at her, holding where she hit it. The others were laughing.
"I need to change, now leave!" She said sharply. The guys all ran out. Lily changed into her clothes. "Ready!" she called out. The boys all walked in, and were flabbergasted.
"Lily! You look beautiful!" James said, still startled by his girlfriend's appearance.
"Wow! If you weren't taken, I'd date you!" James glared at him, with tight fists. "I-I mean, you look wonderful!" Sirius chuckled nervously.
"Yeah, yeah. Go change." She said, walking out.
"Guys… I have a feeling that something's gonna happen…" Remus said, thinking. They heard yelling from outside the door, and then the door slammed open, and Lily walked inside, looking frustrated, annoyed, and angry.
"What happened?" James asked, walking towards her.
"Boys," Was all she managed to get through her clenched teeth.
"Boys?" James asked, imitating her stance. She nodded her head once and sat down.
"Where are we gonna change?" Sirius whined, Lily glared at him fiercely. "We'll find a place. Lets go, guys!" Sirius said quickly, ushering the two boys out. Lily and James relaxed once they left.
"I thought they'd never leave!" He said, walking over to Lily.
"I know!" She said, bringing her lips to his.
Five Minutes Later…
"Did you notice that James wasn't even with us?" Remus asked the boys.
"Where's James?" Sirius asked, appearing to not have heard Remus. "Did you notice that James wasn't with us?" He asked the boys. Remus stared at him. He opened his mouth to say something, and then closed it, muttering under his breath.
"Well, lets go in." Remus told the other boys.
"Well, lets go in." Sirius told the other boys. Remus stared at him. "Do you have something to say, Remus?" Sirius asked him.
"No." Remus said, and knocked Sirius on the head, and stepped into the compartment. This is what they found: James and Lily, Lily sitting on James' lap, her arms wrapped around his neck tightly, their lips pressed together and moving passionately. They broke away a couple seconds after they stepped in, though, blushing.
"Wow, James! That was pretty intense." Sirius said, chuckling.
"Ha, ha, ha." James said, sarcastically. "Speaking of intense… who'd you choose, Sirius?" James said innocently, though his eyes said otherwise. Sirius glared at him.
"For your info, I haven't chosen yet, and I don't plan to until I find someone worthy enough to date." Sirius huffed. Lily glared at him.
"Worthy enough?! Sirius! It's most likely the other way around!" Lily screeched. Sirius put his hand over his heart, playing offended.
"Oh… how you wound me, Flower! Like piano's falling on m head, like dogs catching cats, like water put out fire-"
"Will you shut up?!?!" Remus asked. "What you were saying didn't even make sense!" Sirius sat back down in a huff.