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The potion…

James' POV

I curled in 'pain'. In reality, I'm so used to being kicked there (usually by the same girl who did it now) that it didn't really hurt. However, when I had curled she was thrown forwards and we hit foreheads. She looked down, worry in her brilliant emerald green eyes (What can I say? They're gorgeous!), only to be met by my laughing brown ones. She frowned and for a moment I thought she was actually gonna kill me, but then she started laughing. Phew!

I think she was terrified she'd hurt me, so the fact that she cares is good, right? I smiled up at her, deliberating whether or not to kiss her (Pros: I have her on top of me, and we have been having a brilliant day, cons: it may jeopardize our new friendship.) when my friends made their presence known.

"Prongs! Lily Flower! Please get a room!" that would be Padfoot. Loud and flirty would be a good way to describe him. Right now 'inconvenient' is another way to describe him.

"Sirius, maybe we should you know- grunt- leave- grunt- them alone-grunt?" sounded like Moony was trying to pull Padfoot away. Because I was under Lily, I couldn't move my head to the right angle in which to see them. Moony is the 'sensible' one (yeah right, a sensible Marauder!). The prefect… the werewolf. So because Remus is a werewolf, Sirius, Peter and I all became animagi. I'm a stag, thus 'Prongs'. Sirius is a dog (a big one), thus 'Padfoot', and Peter is a rat (A/N literally!) and has a long tail, therefore 'Wormtail'. Oh and Moony becomes a werewolf on the full moon, so that figures. Anyway, so Remus was attempting to drag Padfoot away when Lily and I had been just fine alone!

I felt a dull thud on my chest and opened my eyes (I had closed them when I heard Padfoot) I grinned at the sight: Lily was banging her head on my chest! She so loves me!

"You right there?" I ask, laughing. She mumbles something which I get her to repeat.

"I said I was until they came along," she says, still with her head buried in my chest. I put my left arm around her waist and leant on my left elbow.

"I'm sorry… I'll see if I can get rid of them if you like" I said slowly. I'm gonna kill Padfoot! Lily looks up slowly at me.

"I have a better idea" now she has a really evil look in her eyes. I love seeing Lily mad, but only if it's not at me. She didn't really look that angry, more annoyed.

"Lily," I say in a- if I do say so myself- reasonable voice, "Lily, what are you going to do?" she grins evilly at me and got up, turning and kneeling next to the picnic basket. She pulled something from inside her robes. I saw it was a small vial, which she tipped into a glass, then poured butterbeer on top. She poured two more, this time plain butterbeer. When Sirius walked over, she handed him the spiked drink.

"Here you go Sirius," she says sweetly, magically sending the rest of us our refilled drinks. She smiled up at them all and patted the picnic blanket next to her. Sirius shrugged and plopped down and drank the butterbeer in one gulp. Remus looked from Lily, who was looking at Sirius, to Sirius, to his drink.

"Lily," Lily looked at Remus and he continued, "Lily, you didn't do anything to my drink did you?" Lily gave him a shocked look.

"Of course not Remus, why would I do that?!" Remus shrugged and sipped his. Peter glanced at Sirius and gulped his down. Sirius looked glumly at his empty glass and Lily laughed her gorgeous laugh and went to refill it but I put a hand on her arm to stop her, ignoring the shivers going up my arm and pretending not to notice her shivers too.

"No, don't refill it! Pa- Sirius on butterbeer is not good!" I warn Lily. Phew, I'd nearly let slip Padfoot's nickname. Lily's a smart girl; I wouldn't put it past her to figure out what the names mean. She gave me a "you're weird" look and looked at Remus, who shrugged his agreement to my statement. This then meant Lily shrugged and gave Sirius an Evans Glare. Needless to say, Sirius backed up another three feet. I started laughing- it's very rare you actually see Sirius backing away from girls- and Remus and Lils started laughing too.

Peter checked his watch and yelped. He muttered something about tuition for homework and ran off. I frowned and so did Remus. Sirius was pouting.

"But I thought you and me, and now James were the only ones who did tutoring for other students?" Remus says to Lily "doesn't a Head have to approve someone before they become tutors? Have either of you approved of anyone?" Moony asks still frowning. I shook my head and so did Lily, who was also frowning (Sirius was pouting looking bored still).

"Neither of us has and Remus and I are the only ones from last year. To help a seventh year, you'd have to be in our year, so who's doing it?! The Ravenclaws wouldn't have the patience to teach him, the Huffelpuffs don't have the same subjects as him and the Slytherins? They'd never tutor a Gryffindor, especially a Marauder!" Lily looks confused for a moment and then shrugs. Sirius hiccoughs and she grins.

"Remus, I'd stand up if I were you" she said rather… evilly. So Remus stands up and looks at her. I look at her but for a- hopefully- different reason. The late afternoon sun was glinting off her wavy red hair, making it seem as though she has glitter in it. Sirius was sitting slightly in front of her and I was almost behind her, him to her left, and me to her right. Suddenly Sirius starts lifting into the air! Like he was flying! Lily started laughing and he kicked out at her and she threw herself backwards- right into my lap! I grinned easily down at her.

"I didn't know you liked me that much Lily-kins!" I say to her. She looked ready to bite me and not in a very nice way, when she started laughing. I looked up and started laughing too. Sirius was still rising into the air!

Remus conjured ropes and tied one end to Padfoot's ankle and the other to the tree.

"You really shouldn't have interrupted them you know Sirius! And no, I don't -know the anti-jinx, coz this isn't a jinx. Lily's the only one who knows the antidote," seeing Lily shake her head Remus grinned, "but she'd be able to come up with one?" at this she grinned and nodded.

"EVANS! GET ME DOWN! NOW!" Padfoot so wasn't enjoying this. Lily glanced at me and I gave a tiny shake of my head. I don't want the prat down. He ruined my time with Lily! She looked at Moony who grinned and shook his head. I think he just wants to see Sirius get his comeuppance!

"How long will the potion last for?" I ask quietly.

"Depends… when did he last eat? Lunch? Um… about two hours? Give or take a bit," she said quietly back.

Remus shoots me this knowing look. Idiot. Always knows what I'm thinking especially when it comes to Lovely Lily. Just because I was (once again) admiring the effect of the sun in her hair, it doesn't give him the right to start smirking at me! So the three of us walk up the stairs up to the Heads Common room, leaving Sirius attached to the tree. Which by the way, is just the way I imagined it- red and gold, the way it should be!