Chapter 22: The Weekend
The following Sunday they made their way back to school riding the bright fire-engine red train all the way back to Hogwarts. They were sharing a compartment with Laura, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. All of who rode in the small compartment peacefully at first.
"Laura, we need to talk." Sirius spoke abruptly and stood up, holding out his hand and smiling. Lily bit her lip as Laura stood to leave the compartment in a mournful fashion. Clearly Laura thought that Sirius was going to end their somewhat-relationship. They hadn't ever gotten back together they had only hooked up over holiday and began to snogg constantly.
"Oh god, please don't be brutal" Lily whispered and leaned her head on James's shoulder. She began to doze off but was interrupted as the compartment door slammed open a pain of glass shattering Remus quickly fixed the glass—Lily looked up in time to see Sirius and Laura kissing, Laura looking bewildered.
"So what happened?" Remus asked not looking up from his book.
"Ugh-not much." Sirius was lying and it was evident by the dumb founded smile that played happily across his face.
"Ha-Not much? We the on-again-off-again couple of Hogwarts are officially on again. But Sirius, don't do anything stupid or we're threw for good." Laura didn't even look at him when she said this, but Lily noticed that he flinched as she said this.
"Look Laura, I'll try not to do anything stupid!" Sirius spoke in Ernest and so from that moment on the two of them was snogging.
"Get your own compartment love birds" Remus spoke without a hint of emotion to his voice; he didn't even look up from the book he was reading.
By the end of the train ride they were all dressed in their school robes, and sitting all peacefully next to eachother. During the trip Laura and Sirius went off for two hours coming back seemingly all-snogged-out.
"Lily come here" James spoke softly and pulled her into a deep kiss on the middle of the platform.
"Nice Evans" she heard Molly Prewet laugh and flash her a quick smile, "You two make the best couple." She smiled again and clambered into her carriage with Author Weasley and Edgar Bones.
"She's right you know" James whispered as he helped her into the carriage they shared with Remus, Sirius, Laura, and everyone including Arthur, Molly, and Edgar. Needless to say it was one crowded carriage ride, Lily practically had to sit on James's lap in order to fit in the carriage. "Good job mate, finally got the courage to ask Laura out again?" James smiled at the two of them, Laura sighed and rolled her eyes while Sirius completely ignored James.
"Laura we need to talk tonight deary," Lily smiled at her best friend, "And Laur, someone needs to tell me everything." She smiled brightly.
"Hey how do you all feel about this, being our final year in Hogwarts?" Edgar Bones asked but Lily didn't really seem to be listening, and still she was. The question already sat heavily in the back of her mind, final year, final year was all she thought for a moment and then all of the things that came with that final year came to mind in forms of questions, thoughts, and dreaded fears. In the back of her mind she was re-playing the night of the ball in her mind, she especially thought of how Emily had acted and the coldness she had thrown her way.
"Lily, Hey its your turn babe, how do you feel about this being our last year at Hogwarts?" James asked encompassing his arm around her and pulling her closer into him.
"Oh well, its going to be interesting" Lily began and she forced a quick smile, "A little odd I think." She sighed inwardly what would happen between she and James? Was he the one? The question resonated in her mind all the way through dinner, getting ready for bed, and even throughout her dreams.