Stuck on Her

Chapter 1

Prongsie

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"Were you excited when you found out you made Head Boy?" Lily asked, nudging James in the side with her elbow. She looked up at him, a light smile on her face as the two made there way from the Head Boy and Girl common room to the surrounding corridors. Professor McGonagall had instructed them to patrol the halls after the first year students had been taken up to their dorms. This was to insure that all of them had found there way.

James gave a light shrug, "Yeah, I suppose. I mean, I get a dorm to myself and I'll be able to get more sleep now that I don't have to listen to Peter snore every night…" He joked, pulling out his wand and lighting the tip of it as the pair made their way through a rather dark back corridor.

Lily chuckled, "Leave it to you to ignore the fact that being Head Boy could get you into any school you wanted, any internship, any job you ever wanted." She shook her head, still smiling.

"Were you surprised to hear I had made it?" James asked curious as he stole a glance at the red head. The light of his wand hit her eyes, making them appear an even deeper green than usual, if only for a second.

"I wouldn't say surprised." Lily admitted. "I mean, you get yourself into a quite a bit of trouble but you're a smart guy. And the professors here love you. So I guess it wasn't much of a surprise." She shrugged, and looked up at him. As she did, a piece of her wavy red hair slipped from behind her ear and into her face. James had to resist the urge to tuck it back.

"Uh-." He said, distracted by that one piece of hair. I can't see her face well enough…He thought. He quickly snapped out of it, "And you always thought I was trouble. Yet here I am, Head Boy." He teased as the pair reached the end of one hallway and turned down another.

"Let's not kid ourselves…You are trouble." Lily said, glancing down the empty corridor.

James quirked and eyebrow at her, "Oh you have no idea…" He muttered.

Lily raised her eyebrows curiously at him and was going to question him about exactly what it was that she didn't know but he spoke too soon. "So was this the first time you've ever seen the Head Boy and Girl common room?" James asked Lily. Before they had begun patrolling the halls, they had had the chance to start unpacking some of their belongings.

"Of course not. Have you?" Lily asked, wondering how he had managed to get into the password protected common room.

A smile crossed over James' face and Lily could see pure mischief in his eyes. "Now come on Lily. I am a Marauder." James pulled open a door as the reached the end of the second corridor. He gestured to the door with his hand, "After you m'lady." He joked.

Curiosity rose up in Lily. It was her nature to question everything. She always wanted answers and when she didn't have them, she found them. That's what made her such a good student.

"I know that look Lily." James said, walking into the common room after her. She always showed her curiosity on her face and he had seen that same look a million times before, especially in Divination; a subject she was very skeptical of. He knew she wanted answers. "The Marauders have hidden everything they do very well."

"Maybe." Lily said. "But we are going to be living right next to each other." A small smirk appeared at the corner of her mouth. "You can't hide everything."

James nodded, agreeing with her. This was true, especially since he knew Lily so well. But he also knew there were things she couldn't know. Things that would get the Marauders into more trouble with the Ministry of Magic than trouble with Hogwarts. "Besides, you might not want to know everything…" He added, truthfully.

This caught Lily's attention. "Yeah? Like you having a different girl in your dorm every night?" She teased.

"Nah, that's more of Sirius' thing." He joked, winking at Lily and throwing her a boyish grin.

"Sure." She replied in disbelief.

"Hey it's true."

Lily stopped walking and turned to face James. James, wondering what was so important that they needed to stop walking for, ran a hand through his thick back hair as he waited for Lily to speak. "You don't think I've hear you Marauders talk about the 'looking, no loving' policy, or whatever?" She questioned, a small smile forming at the corner of her mouth.

James nodded, "Ah the Marauders Policy." He looked down at her giving her a light shrug. "Yeah, we have that. But you never know," He began, throwing her a wink. "A man could change if he finds the perfect woman."

"And have you found her then?" Lily questioned, resuming the walk around the castle corridors.

"May have." Lily looked curiously up at him, arching an eyebrow. But that was all James would say on the subject.

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The Following Day…

"And this…" James said opening the door to the Head Boy and Girl common room. "Is it." The Marauders clambered into the room as soon as it was opened.

The Marauders had been dying to see the inside of the Head Boy and Girl Common room again since they heard James had made Head Boy. In the back of the room, a small dinning area was set up equipped with stocked pantries; the main reason the Marauders wanted to visit the room again. Taking up the rest of the empty space were three brown couches surrounding a grand fireplace, its stones extending to the ceiling. Laying on one of the couches, her head resting on a throw pillow, eyes closed, with one arm extending off the couch, the other clutching Advanced Potion Making, was Lily Evans.

"Way in back is the pantry." James let a small smile cross his face as he looked at her sleeping figure. "And that is Lily Evans." He said, waving his hand in her direction.

"Best thing in this room." Sirius said, making his way to the back of the common room. "Though the food comes in a close second." Sirius, however, stopped on his way towards the food when he reached Lily.

James walked over next to Sirius, eager to see Lily sleeping, though he tried not to show it. He smiled as he looked over her form. She looks peaceful…James thought. Wait… He could have swore he saw one of her eyes squint open, just for a split second, before closing again.

James nudged Sirius and mouthed, "You see that?"

Sirius frowned and shook his head. "No." He replied, raising an eyebrow curiously at his friend as he lifted his eyes off of Lily.

"She just opened an eye." He whispered to his friend. He was quite a good whisper, having a lot of experience behind him. The Marauders always liked to explore where they weren't suppose to and when they weren't supposed to, communicating when a professor showed up was crucial. "You didn't see?"

"Missed it." Sirius said with a light shrug.

Cracking a smile, James asked, "Missed it? You were looking right at her."

"Wasn't exactly looking at her face mate." A mischievous grin spread across Sirius' face as he winked at James.

James rolled his eyes in response before pushing Sirius. "Shut up." He turned his attention back to the seemingly unconscious Lily.

"Is she awake?" Peter asked in a not-so-quiet way.

Remus rolled his eyes before muttering, "Shh…"

"Peter, please use your indoor voice." Sirius joked as he opened one of the cabinets in search of something to eat.

James grinned at Sirius' response and he squatted down next to Lily. "You know something I've never noticed before?" Sirius said in a normal volume, giving his friends a sly grin as a thought crossed his mind. He walked back over to Lily, cracking a sly grin at his friends.

"Yeah?" Remus asked, curious to know what Sirius was about to say.

"What happened to being quiet…?" Peter muttered before taking a seat next to Remus on the couch.

Sirius, ignoring Peter's comment, winked at James before saying, "Lily has really nice lips."

James' face broke out in a wide grin before glancing over at Lily again. God, does she have nice lips…He thought. "Aye, she does." James agreed, his eyes now glued to them.

Sirius' grin turned much more mischievous as he reached down and lightly grazed her lips with his fingertip. Both boys heard her give off a light gasp as she did. Sirius looked at James and raised an eyebrow. "Are they soft?" James questioned, rather curiously.

"Really soft. You want to feel?" Sirius asked removing his hand from Lily's lips.

Remus tried to hold back laughter as he watched James' finger touch her bottom lip. "Hmm…I bet she's a good kisser."

"Peter get over here!" Sirius almost commanded and Peter was there in a flash.

Peter looked up at Sirius and then down at Lily. "What?" He asked, clueless to what Sirius was about to ask him.

Sirius, trying not to laugh, looked over at Remus who was shaking his head as if to say, "You're so cruel". "What we need you to do Peter, is snog her. Just so we know if her lips are good kissing lips or not." Sirius said with a quick nod as he looked down at Lily for her reaction.

"Only if you're man enough, of course." James tried to encourage Peter. He too looked down at Lily and had to let out a laugh as he watched her unsuccessfully hide a grimace.

"Don't even think about it." She gave in. Lily peeked open her eyes as they adjusted to the brightly light room. She rubbed them before stretching both of them over her head.

Peter, looking rather disappointed, walked solemnly back to his seat on the couch. He didn't speak again.

"Question for you." Sirius addressed to Lily as he made his way back into the cabinets again. "If it was me who was going to kiss you, would you still have pretended you were sleeping?" He jokingly asked as he pulled a box of crackers off the top shelf.

Lily's eyes widened as she looked up at James, trying to determine if Sirius was serious or not. James, noticing her dilemma, shook her head, a grin spreading across his face. "Oh shut up Sirius." She said, sitting up to make room for James who seemed set on sitting on the end of the couch. Next to Lily.

"What about James?" Sirius questioned again, this time a little more curious for the answer.

"Well I-." Lily looked over at James and gave him a small smile. "I said to shut up Sirius."

"That means yes." Sirius said, taking the last vacant couch to himself. He quickly made himself comfortable, kicking off his shoes and propping them up on the coffee table in-between the couches.

"It means keep your mouth closed actually." Lily said, still smiling as she pulled her legs in closer to herself.

Sirius shook his head at her, "Well then," He began, taking on his matter-of-fact tone. "Given a certain situation, would you snog him?" He questioned, tossing a cracker into his mouth.

Lily glanced over at James, her eyes lightly appraising him, who was both curious and anxious to hear her reply. Taking her eyes off of him, she returned to Sirius, "I don't need to answer that."

Sirius raised his eyebrows at James, "What did I tell you Prongsie?" He said, noticing the look Lily had given him.

Lily brow furrowed as she asked James, "Why does he call you Prongsie anyway? I've always wondered."

"He's supposed to call me Prongs." James said, glancing at Sirius who was munching happily on his crackers before returning his eyes to her. "He calls me it because…" He thought a moment before saying. "Because I'm like stag. You know, because they have those antler things, like prongs."

Sirius laughed, "Antler things…" He muttered, shaking his head as he did.

Lily raised her eyebrows at James, "But why a stag?" She questioned, curious of the choice of animal.

"Because I'm swift…and clever…and uh…" James paused, making a small smile cross Lily's face.

"And you can ride him." Sirius offered before stuffing his hand into the box of crackers. "Well, I suppose you can ride stags…if you wanted?" Sirius asked Lily, wiggling his eyebrows at her as he finished.

Lily raised an eyebrow curiously, James responding to his friends comment with a light shrug. "I shouldn't take that seriously right?" She asked, looking to Remus for an answer.

"Absolutely nothing Sirius says." Remus answered.

A/N Another short chapter! Thank you everyone who reviewed last chapter! I was so happy :D Also thanks to anyone who added me to alert or favorite. Even if you didn't review, to me, that's just as much of a compliment!

I've decided that I'm not going to make this that long of a fanfiction. Maybe ten chapters or so…I don't want to do another super long fic. I have most of it planned out already, well a general idea.

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Kait