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Chapter 5: Hunting Lily

Lily woke up in a room that was not her own, in a bed that was not her own, and in the clothes she wore the day before. There was also, she realized another person in the bed. She opened her eyes and found herself face to face with a sleeping James. Oh my god! This is a dream! This is a dream! I will close my eyes, and when I open them he will be gone and I'll be in my own room, in my own house. She squeezed her eyes shut, and the door opened.

"James." Someone hissed from the doorway. "James!" Someone walked into the room, and Lily kept her eyes shut tight. She felt the bed lightly shaking and James fell out of the bed with a loud crash. Lily jerked awake.

"Whatzgoinon?" she asked. She looked down and pretended to look horrified. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry, you guys! She looked up at Remus and Sirius in the doorway. They looked vaguely confused. "I put you to bed as cats! It must have hurt when you guys woke up!"

"It wasn't that bad." Remus replied.

"Yeah." Piped up Sirius. "I didn't mind." James looked vaguely confused but didn't comment. Lily stood up and walked over to Remus.

"I'm sorry." She said as she gave him a hug. Then she turned to Sirius and did the same. Then she walked over to James. She helped him off the ground and enveloped him in a big hug.

"I'm sorry James." She whispered into his shoulder, and James knew that Lily knew that they had slept in the same bed. He broke the hug, and rubbed his bottom grinning sourly.

"You couldn't have put me to bed in something bigger though?" Lily laughed with Remus and Sirius. Then Lily walked to the door.

"Sorry all, but I have got to change out of these clothes."

"Hey Lils?" She turned around.

"Yeah, Sirius?"

"Could you bring me a movie over later?" Lily laughed.

"Siri, I'll call you later and you can come over and pick one. And you can bring Remus." James looked outraged, and Lily laughed even harder. "Oh and James, you can come to as I fear you're about to have an aneurysm because you weren't initially invited."

"Wait. You're only inviting me because you think I'm going to die?" James asked angrily.

"No. I invited you in order to prevent your death, and because my mom really likes being friends with your mom, and I don't want to do anything to screw that up." James still looked kind of cranky. "Oh and I expect you to cheer up by the time you come over, because I really don't want a murder on my hands." James smiled at this, and Lily left.

"Hey Mum, I'm home!" Called Lily from the doorway. She walked into the kitchen where her mom was cleaning the cabinets. "Hey mum, is it okay if Remus, Sirius, and James come over to watch movies later?"

"Yeah, sure honey, just make sure that your friends don't mess with my art stuff."

"Thanks Mum. I'll take care of it Mum." Lily walked up the stairs to her room.

Before taking a shower Lily wrote a hurried letter to her friend Alexis.

Dear Lexi,

Moved in next door to James. Slept with him twice. Him, Remus, and your darling Siri-poo are coming over later. How's your summer?

Later,

Lily

Dear Nikki,

How's your summer? Mine's good. Lily moved next door to James. She slept with him twice. Her, James, Sirius, and your own little Remmy-bear, are going to hang out later. I wasn't invited.

Later,

Lexi

Lily,

I fear I can no longer refer to you as "dear" as I am apparently not dear enough to be told when my best friend sleeps with someone. And Sirius is by no means my "darling Siri-poo".

Later,

Lexi

Dear Lily,

Lexi seems to be under the impression that you have slept with James twice. I feel that she is mistaken in some way. Also could you please tell her that Remus, no matter how dear a friend, is not my "Remmy-bear".

Later,

Nikki

Dear Lexi,

You whacko! I didn't mean I like that! I meant as in the casual sense. As in same room, same bed. Okay, there was maybe, possibly some snuggling. But if that happened it was last night. Also, Sirius is your darling Siri-Poo, so I can't tell you he's not, because that would be lying.

Later,

Lily

Dear Lily,

You just said you snuggled, WITH JAMES! Oh my god! I always knew this day would come! And Sirius is NOT my Siri-poo. So get over yourself. Oh and I'm going to tell Nikki all about your little snuggle session with Jamsey-Wamsey.

Later,

Lexi

Dear Nikki,

Ignore anything that Lexi tells you. I snuggled with James last night because me and his mum turned him, Sirius, and your Remmy-bear into adorable little kittens. I sort of forgot it was James lying on his bed next to me. Anyway I'm going to Diagon Alley tomorrow to get my school supplies. You want to meet up?

Later,

Lily

Dear Lexi,

Lily told me what happened with the snuggling. She said her and Mrs. Potter turned James, Remus, and your darling Siri-poo into adorable little kittens. She's going to go to Diagon Alley tomorrow. You want to meet up with us?

Later,

Nikki

Dear Nikki,

Sure that's what she says, but I don't think it's true. Yeah, I'll meet up with you guys tomorrow. See you later!

Later,

Lexi

Lily took a shower, got dressed, and straightened up her room. She didn't want any embarrassing items left around in case the boys decided they wanted to come up and see her room. Then the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Her mum called up the stairs. Oh crap! She thought bolting out of her room. Please don't have moved on to your painting! Please! Please! But it was no hope. Lily came to the top of the stairs and saw her mom in her painting clothes, with her hair up in a messy bun. All three boys looked stunned. Lily walked down the stairs trying to hide her embarrassment at the boys' astonishment.

"Thanks Mum." Lily said and her mum walked off towards the basement. The boys turned to look at Lily, their jaws hanging open. Lily laughed. She walked over to each of them in turn and snapped their mouths shut. None of them seemed to be able to voice what they were thinking. Sirius found his voice first.

"Dude! Your mum is HOT!" Lily burst out laughing. Remus and James both waffled Sirius. "What?" He asked them. "Y'all were thinking it too!" They both blushed, and Lily laughed even harder. They would think my mum is hot, as she just came out in low-rise ripped jeans and a belly shirt with holes all through the stomach.

"Come on you guys." She said walking away. "The living room's this way." She beckoned for them to follow her. She sat down in a big armchair. Remus and James went and sat down on the couch across from her. Sirius looked at Lily expectantly and she pointed to a big cabinet. He opened it and could barely contain his glee.

"Hey Lily what's this one about?" Sirius asked and Lily walked over to him. He was holding Sleeping Beauty.

"The princess has a spell put on her by an evil witch, where on her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on a spindle and die." Sirius looked shocked. "But a good fairy makes sure that she will not die, only sleep until she is woken by true love's first kiss. And everything works out in the end." Sirius looked happy.

"Where's the television?" He asked. I pointed to the entertainment center. He put on the movie and sat down between Remus and Sirius.

Twenty minutes later, all three of them were really into the movie. It was almost laughable at how they would cry with outrage, and sigh with happiness at all the right parts. I think that they are going to be over here a lot this summer. Lily thought, as she stood up to get some popcorn. No one noticed that she had left.

When she came back with the popcorn she sat next to James on the couch and passed the popcorn to Sirius. James didn't even seem to realize that Lily had sat on the arm of the couch right next to him. This is actually kind of funny. They're all so sucked into this movie. I should take a picture. She snuck out of the room again to go and find the camera.

"Hey mum!" She called down into the basement. "Mum!" She walked down the stairs. Her mum had headphones on, which explained her lack of response. Her mum looked up when Lily came down.

"What's up sweety?" She asked.

"Where's the camera? I've got the perfect Polaroid moment in the living room right now." Her mum looked thoughtful.

"I think it's in the…um, maybe it's in the…hmm…Oh right! It's in the junk drawer." She stated triumphantly. Lily didn't even want to know why their camera was in the junk drawer.

"Thanks Mum!" She said running up the stairs. She rummaged around in the junk drawer for a couple minutes, until she found the camera. Then she walked into the living room with the camera hidden behind her back. She saw that the three of the boys were still in the same positions. She chuckled a little bit and stood off to the right of them.

"Say "Cheese"!" She said a second before she snapped the picture. They looked over a second after the picture had been taken. "Ha!" She stated triumphantly before sprinting out of the room. She could hear the boys outraged cries from the room, before they came bolting out after her. Laughing she ran up the stairs.

She ran into her room and hid behind the door, wondering if they would think to look here. James with his long legs had come up the stairs just in time to see her disappearing into the room. He beckoned to Sirius and Remus to follow him quietly into the room. Lily sucked in her breath as she saw three shadows on the floor of her room.

"Oh, Lily dearest!" James called out.

"Come out, come out wherever you are Lils!" Sirius added.

"Come on Love, just come on out of wherever you're hiding!" Remus stated. It took all of Lily's self control to not giggle at their desperate attempts to find her without incurring her wrath by touching anything of hers.

Finally, after several minutes, Lily heard exasperated sighs, and footsteps leaving the room. She waited a couple more seconds and then came out of her hiding place.

"Well, well Lily darling." Lily's smile died on her face as she saw James Potter sitting on her bed. She was glad that she had tacked the picture to the back of her door just in case.

She attempted to run for it, but James caught her around the waist and carried her into the living room. Remus and Sirius were waiting there expectantly. James plopped Lily down on the couch. She was still holding the camera.

"So Lils," volunteered Sirius, "We would all very much appreciate it if you could please give us the picture you took of us."

"Which was very uncool!" James added.

"Yeah!" Remus said, nodding vehemently. She just sat there smiling innocently.

"Oh come on Lily!" James said exasperatedly.

"Just give us the picture!" Sirius practically yelled. Lily just shrugged and held out her empty hands. She stood up, but Sirius and James pushed her back down onto the couch. Lily pouted.

"Liiiiilllllyyyyy!" whined James. She turned her nose up at him.

"Please Lils!" Sirius gave her his best puppy dog eyes. Lily laughed.

"Oh all right." Lily said. The boys sighed with relief. She beckoned for James to lean in. "Okay," She whispered into his ear, "The picture is…" She paused dramatically. "Up you ass!" She shouted and bolted out o the room, leaving the boys standing there confused. Then realizing that she had just tricked them, they sprinted out of the room.

Lily ran out the back door and onto the patio. She put the camera down on the lawn table a few feet away from the pool. Then she took off her shirt and shorts and dove in.

The three boys ran out back and found the camera. Then they found Lily's clothes, but they couldn't find Lily. They scanned the yard and the pool but they could not find her.

Lily had taken a deep breath and was currently floating at the bottom of the pool. The three boys, unable to see her, sat down and waited by her clothes.

Damn! Lily thought, feeling the need for air. She swam over to the deep end of the pool and came up under the diving board. She tried to remain as inconspicuous as possible but James noticed the ripples.

He made like he was walking to the other end of the yard but then he ripped of his shirt and dove in next to Lily. She attempted to swim away but years of Quidditch kept James in shape, and he caught up with her easily.

"Well now, my Lily Flower," he said smirking. "That was a naughty prank you played." She squeaked and attempted to get away, but he grabbed hold of her waist and starting swimming toward the shallow end.

Remus and Sirius cheered and jeered as James wrestle Lily to the other side of the pool. She put up a very good fight: kicking, and pushing, and hitting, and even playfully biting.

James eventually got Lily out of the pool. He was holding his ear and smiling ruefully. Sirius clapped him on the back.

"Took one for the team there mate." James bowed gallantly.

"I just hope it's not infected." He said laughing with Sirius and Remus. Lily sat sulkily.

"Come on Lilykins! Cheer up!" He held out his hand to help her into a standing position but she made as to bite it. James recoiled in mock horror.

"Now Lily, don't be like that." He reprimanded playfully. She smiled sweetly.

"Be like what?" She asked innocently.

"Ok Lils, now just tell us where the picture is." Sirius said carefully.

"Oh that." She waved here hand dismissively. "I sent that off to Lexi ages ago. The boys looked horrified.

"YOU WHAT!" All three boys shouted and gaped at her. She pulled on her shorts and shirt.

"Yup. Sent it off. Thought Lexi and Nikki would get a kick out of it." They all glared at her. She laughed.

"Geez guys. Don't look so serious! I was just kidding!" They advanced on her. Uh-oh! Get out now Lily while you still can! She thought and sprinted back into the house. She ran upstairs and into her room. She closed and locked the door behind her.

She got the picture off the back of her door and put it into the scanner. (okay, I get that they probably didn't have scanners or very advanced computers back then, but bear with me.) She scanned the picture into the computer and ignored the boys' banging and protests.

Once the picture was successfully scanned into the computer, she grabbed the picture and walked over to the door. She took a marker, wrote "I surrender" on the back of the picture, and slipped it under the door.

The banging stopped. There was silence. Then someone knocked on the door.

"Okay Lily, you can come out now." Remus called through the door.

"Yes." James said pompously. "We accept your unconditional surrender." She opened the door to find the lot of them smiling triumphantly.

"Why thank you so much kind sirs!" She said mockingly. "I couldn't hold out long against three such big and strong men." Her voice was sickly sweet, but the three boys looked flattered.

Idiots! She thought. They can't seriously not realize that that was entirely too easy. She laughed to herself. Clearly I have once again outsmarted the "great" Marauders.

They returned to the living room and collapsed on the couch. They were all tuckered out from their "Lily-hunt".

So, tired, they finished Sleeping Beauty. All four of them smiling triumphantly. They boys thinking they'd won, and Lily knowing she'd won. As it should be.

A/N: How was that? Longest chapter yet I think. Anyway review! If not about the story then about…hmm…Teddy Geiger! That changes things up a bit, I think. Anyway, Review!