Here we go gang! Another chapter :D This one is pretty long so enjoy!
To my Starkid fans: see if you can spot some of the refrences I put in here ;) some of my favorites
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Ok heree we go!
Favorite Holiday
"Are you sure you don't want to stay?"
Lily stood by the door of her house, looking at her mother's pleading eyes. "Yes mum. I'm staying at the Potters' for Christmas. All of us are. Besides Pentunia won't mind. She can bring Whalenon here."
"Lily!"
"Sorry, Vernon. Just send my presents to this adress. And make sure you use my owl like I taught you." She handed her a piece of paper with the adress on it. "I'll be ok mum! I love you." Lily said, picking up her trunk with one hand and her kitten with the other.
"I love you too Lily. Now, when are these boys coming?"
"James, Sirius, and Remus? They should be coming soon. I'm supposed to meet them out front."
"Ok, bye Lily."
"Bye mum." Lily said, opening her front door and stepping outside. Two minutes later, a large crack was heard.
"Hullo Lilykins!" Sirius grinned.
"Hi guys!" Lily greeted warmly
"Are you ready Lils?" Remus said, brushing some snow off of his coat and trunk.
"Mhm. I can't wait."
"Great. Lucy, Alice and Frank are already there, Molly owled and said she was trying to convince her mother and brothers to let her go, we just met Moony here and Arthur's going to floo." James said, hugging her.
"What about Peter?" Lily asked, scratching her kitten behind the ear.
"He's at some muggle island for Christmas. Boar Boar I think he said."
"And I'VE said that its Bora Bora, Prongs." Remus pointed out.
"Oh right, thanks Moony." Lily shook her head, her firey red hair whipping back and forth.
"What?"
"Nothing, its just funny how you don't know about muggle things."
"Well I'm not used to muggles. Besides, I have you and Moony to teach me about muggle things. I should be fine." James said sweetly, taking Lily's hand.
"Don't forget about me Lilykins, I need to know about muggle things too."
Lily sighed. "James, tell your best mate to not call me Lilykins when he has a girlfriend." She said.
"Prongs, tell your girlfriend that I won't stop calling her Lilykins as she is like a loveable little sister to me."
Lily glared playfully at him. "Oh your so funny."
"I know." Sirius smirked.
"Shut up you two." Remus said, laughing.
"Moony's right. I too, wouldve said so, but I don't want to say shut up to Lily." James exclaimed, smiling at Lily. Lily smiled back shyly.
"Oy lovebirds, I'd hate to break up your little love fest we have a schedule to stick to." Sirius said eagarly.
"Meaning he wants to go home and snog Lucy." James whispered to Lily. She giggled.
"I heard that! I still don't get she couldn't come with us to get Lily."
"Because we'd never get you to concentrate hard enough. You'd splice yourself in half." Remus joked.
"Fine. Let's go." Sirius grumbled, dissaperating off of Lily's yard.
"Well I suppose that's our signal to leave." James said.
"We'd better find him. What if he did splice himself?" Lily asked worriedly.
"Don't worry Lily, Padfoot can take care of himself. He's a Gryffindor."
"I know James but still. He couldve just popped to Diagon Alley for all we know. His focus could be messed up." Lily huffed.
"Evans." James said curtly.
Lily turned on him. "Did you just call me-" she started.
James shushed her. "I did. And I've told you, Padfoot's fine." He put his hands on her shoulders. "Lily, you need to not be so stressed all the time. It'll ruin your beauty." Lily's face turned the color of her hair.
"We should go. Before Lily's mum figures out she's still here." Remus said softly.
"Right. Come on everyone." James took Lily's hand and the three of them dissaperated.
"Mum were back!" When Lily and the Maurauders apperated to the Potter house, it was seemingly empty. The second James opened his mouth, the house ensued with chaos.
"James dear there you are! When Sirius came without you I didn't know what happened!" A woman, presumabley James's mother, came through the kitchen. "Hello Remus!" She greeted warmly, hugging him as if she was his own son. "And you must be Lily." Mrs. Potter said, turning to her.
"Yes, I am. Pleased to meet you." Lily answered polietly.
"Well you're just as pretty as James says you are. You're all he talks about when he's home." She gushed.
"Mum! Not now please." James said, embarrased.
"What? Its not every day you get a girlfriend, James. I mean normally Sirius always brings people home.. But I have never seen him act like this, especially around a girl.." She smiled and wisked away.
"Lily am so sorry my mother is so embarrasing sometimes."
"Don't be sorry, I like your mum, she's nice." Lily smiled.
"I know, but I wish she wasn't the first person to meet you.."
"But why?"
"See, its what mum said. Padfoot brings people home all the time. You're the first person I've brought here."
Lily was slightly taken aback. "I-I am?"
"Well, other than Moony and Wormtail, but they're more like family." James sat down on the couch, motioning for Lily to sit next to him.
"I don't understand." Lily mumbled, slightly confused.
"Ah my dear flower, don't you see? I've been waiting for you for seven years. Do you really think that in that time frame I would decide to pick someone else when you could give in at any time?"
"I wouldve thought that maybe..." Lily drifted off.
"That I would invite some giggling fangirl here and forget about you? Lily, I've never ever thought of forgetting or giving up on you, not for a second." James whispered softly. He took Lily in his arms.
"I know that, I think I've always known that." Lily stated, threading her fingers through his.
"Did I hear Lily talking?" A voice came from upstairs. James cursed and let Lily go. She cast an apologetic look at him and stood up.
"Yes I'm here Alice." Lily called. Her best friend came with her boyfriend down the stairs.
"There you are! My goodness I thought you'd never get here." Alice and Frank hugged Lily.
"Well we got a bit held up at my house."
"Those muggle parents of yours giving you a hard time?" Frank questioned.
"No it was me. Glad to see you, Moony, and Prongs made it here in one piece Lilykins." Sirius exclaimed as he and Lucy walked down the stairs.
"Likewise. Lily had a fit wondering if you spliced yourself." Remus explained.
"Aw I'm sorry."
"Oh that reminds me! Molly said she couldn't come, her brothers were giving too hard of a time." Alice said.
"Oh that's too bad. Well I guess we better owl Arthur and tell him." Remus climbed the stairs, Sirius and Frank close behind.
"I'll be back ok?" James whispered to Lily before quickly racing upstairs.
"So someone's getting all buddy buddy with James Potter aren't they?" Alice giggled.
"Yes Al, I suppose I am." Lily smiled.
"I wonder what Molly will think. She hasn't found out yet because she and Arthur were getting their bruises looked at if you remember."
"I do."
"Girls there you are! There's been a change of plans."
The girls turned around. "What is it Mrs. Potter?" Lucy questioned.
"Molly is coming, just not until tomorrow."
"Oh is she? Yay! We should go tell the boys and get them to rewrite the letter, if they haven't sent it yet." Alice, Lucy, and Lily started to walk up the stairs.
"Oh Lily!"
Lily looked at her friends. "Just go, I'll be up in a minute." She whispered. "Yes Mrs. Potter, what is it?" She walked back down the stairs and up to the witch.
"Oh its nothing its just that-" she fumbled for words. "I wanted to thank you."
"For what, if I may ask?" Lily sat down on the couch.
"For making James so happy. I've never seen him so determined about anything, I've never seen him want anything more. But when he met you, he said that he wanted to be with you more than anything. I will be the first to say that when he told us of all your rejections, I didn't quite like you. But James kept insisting that you would give in, and to keep hoping for him. So I did."
Lily watched James's mother with stony silence, waiting for her to continue.
"That day when James had cake for you, I wasn't there as you could tell. But when you left and I came back, he told me what happened and well...you can imagine my shock. My James was admitted to St. Mungos and I wasn't there with him. But you were. James told me your part, and what you did for him. And I decided right then that I was thrilled to have you part of our family."
Lily blushed. "That's nice to say but, James and I aren't...we haven't even been on a date yet really, so I wouldn't even consider getting-"
"I know Lily, but if there's one thing I know about James, one thing you know as well, is that once he has something he wants, he'll never give it up. Now I'm glad we had this talk aren't you?"
Lily stood up. "I am. Thank you."
"Oh and Lily?"
Lily turned around. "Yes?"
"That's a lovely necklace."
Lily smiled, fingering it. "Thanks, James got it for me."
Mrs. Potter gave her a knowing smile. "I know. James had me looking all over Diagon Alley for it. Even if he wasn't my son, I'd say James is a fine boy, and your lucky to have him."
Lily grinned. "Yes, I suppose I am." At the top of the stairs, someone listened to the conversation at hand, grinning. After all these years, James thought, Lily Evans finally fancied him.
Lily woke up in the middle of the night shaking. Well, being shaken was more like it.
"Lily, are you awake?" Someone whispered in her ear.
"I am now, what the hell do you want Alice?" She answered groggily.
"Its not me, its the boys. Something's happened."
Lily sat upright. "What do you mean something's happened?" She snatched her robe off the floor.
"They aren't in their rooms. I went to go visit Frank and-"
"Visit?" Lily questioned teasingly.
Alice blushed. "Anyway, I went into the room where he's staying, and he wasn't there! Niether was Remus. So I checked the next room, Sirius's. He wasn't there either. None of them are in their rooms." She exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"Well, where's Lucy?"
"She went to go look for them outside. Come on." Lily put on slippers and her jacket, grabbing her wand.
"I swear if they're pranking us..." Alice threatened, her hand gripping her wand tightly.
"I'm sure they are, we just need to catch them before they do." The two Gryffindors stepped down the stairs quietly and exited through the back door.
"Lucy? Where are you?"
"Over here!" A voice whispered.
"There you are! Did you figure out what the boys are up to yet?" Alice whispered, shivering.
"Not yet, but I saw them make a path that way. Lots of arrows."
"Ha! I said its a prank." Alice said triumphantley.
"Alice we don't know that, just follow the arrows." Clinging to each other, the three girls descended into the small, dark forest behind James's house.
"Look! An arrow." Lily whispered, clutching her robe around herself tightly.
"What's it say?" Alice asked eagarly.
Lily lit the tip of her wand and put it to the sign. "A christmas wonderland lies beyond this forest. But what's in store for you? Clue one: push the button behind the sign." Lily read.
"A button? Why the hell would there be a button?" Lucy wondered.
"Not sure. Let's see." Lily flipped the sign around, revealing a red button. "Oh look! A button." Lily said to herself.
"Push it Lily!" Alice and Lucy said together. Lily pushed it down with her finger. Music seemed to come out of nowhere. Lily smiled and started humming.
"What the hell is that?" Alice asked, dumbfounded.
"What? You guys haven't heard the Christmas song Winter Wonderland? This was my favorite song when I was little." Lily continued to hum until the music ended.
"But what does this have to do with anything?" Alice whined.
"Maybe it has something to do something with snow?" Lucy suggested.
"Perhaps. We should keep going." Lily added, walking ahead. The other two quickly caught up and continued to walk with Lily until they reached another sign.
"Clue two." Alice noted.
"I'll read it." Lucy offered, stepping up to the arrow. "Did you like the song? Well there's more in store. Clue two: look up. Well if its supposed to rhyme, they didn't do a very good job. Sirius and James probably wrote them, it makes no sense."
"No Lucy, look up." Alice said. Snowflakes fell down onto the ground.
"But there aren't any clouds." Lucy said, dazed.
"Its a weather charm, probably Arthur." Lily guessed, marveling at the little snowflakes.
"Well, there's still more to find, come on." Alice raced ahead until they came upon little trees with presents underneath them. "Oh trees! This must be Frank's clue." Alice squealed, looking for the arrow.
"Over here!" Lily called.
"Oh let me read it! Hope you enjoyed the snowfall, but its not over yet. Find the right presents, but be careful, the trees bite! Oh fun!" Alice exclaimed.
"How are we supposed to find out which are which? There are at least a dozen trees here!" Lily complained. What the bloody hell was going on?
"I think we might have to find the presents based on something special about our boyfriends." Lucy realized.
"Boyfriends and friends that we are dating." Lily pressed.
"Fine."
"But anyway, how can you tell?" Lily asked.
"Well look. Some of the presents are wrapped like normal, but there are other ones that aren't. Like this one," Lucy bent over to a present that was black and furry. "is mine because it has black fur, just like Snuffles."
"So that means that mine must have..."
"Plants. Over there Alice." Lily pointed to a leafy green present, sprouts sticking out all over it.
"Oh good. Now for Lily's."
"I think I have a pretty good idea." Lily walked over to the smallest tree and cautiously picked up a box. It was red and gold and emerald green, with a snitch as the bow. "It has both me and quidditch involved in it." Lily explained.
"But what's in them?"
"I don't know Alice, but let's find out." Lily motioned to her two friends and they all opened the boxes.
"Rubber balls? Why would we need these?" Lucy wondered.
Suddenly, Lily remembered something. "Alice! Do you remember fifth year, when I rejected James after he sent the little angels singing after me?" Lily questioned, her eyes wide.
"I do."
"Do you remember how I rejected him?"
"With a uh...oh! I get it now!"
"Good, cause I sure as hell don't." Lucy mumbled.
"I had Alice and Molly help me bewitch snowballs to follow him around all day, hitting him. So they plan on getting us back with a-"
"Snowball fight!" The three girls finished.
"It all makes sense! The winter wonderland song, the snow, the rubber bouncing balls. Snowball fight."
"So if this is a snowball fight, when are we going to get hit?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know, but I highly reccomend we prepare ourselves. Because there will be no bewitching this time." Lily showed her two Gryffindor friends how to gather the snow together and make the snowball. "Make at least two." She instructed, fixing hers together perfectly.
"But Lily the snow is freezing!" Alice complained.
"You want to beat the boys don't you?" The two nodded.
"Then make two damn snowballs." After they made their snowballs, the girls continued on through the path.
"Look, there's a light up ahead." Lucy whispered.
"Excellent, that's where they are." They high fived each other triumphantley. They slowly crept to the exit then hid behind a tree.
"Watch this." Lily exclaimed, aiming for the back of James's head. The throw was perfect, and it hit the target perfectly. James turned around sharply.
"Who did that?" He rounded on each of his friends, all of them shaking their heads. "Are you sure none of you did it?" Another ball hit James's arm. "Bloody shit! Ok what's going on?"
"I think I know." Remus had spotted the three girls and winked at them. He would be on their side.
"What what what?" James asked.
"I think it came from that way." He pointed in a direction that everyone's backs would be facing the girls. As they went to go check the noise, Remus quickly crept to the tree.
"Ready?" He whispered to them, gathering snowballs of his own.
"You bet." Lily whispered back.
"Prongs!" Remus called.
"What?"
"Surprise!" Lily screamed, jumping out from behind the tree and hitting James in the face.
"What the-? Lily?"
"We figured it out James! Trying to get revenge huh?"
"Damn! How did you figure it out?"
"Rule of thumb when it comes to solving riddles James: be a bit more creative when it comes to creating the riddles." She picked up a fistful of snow and dumped it into James's jacket.
"Ow! Merlin that's cold! Lily!" Lily and the others fell over each other in laughter.
"Don't laugh at me! Lily! Help me." James whined.
"Alright you baby calm down." She helped James take of his jacket and brushed the snow off.
"Your mean!"
"And your childish. What were you thinking, trying to surprise us with a snowball fight?"
"Well, I'm sure you were thinking about the time you rejected me and threw snowballs at me all day."
"I was."
"So since you accepted my offer this time, I figured I would strike back. Although it was ruined when someone decided to dump snow down my jacket."
"Well that's your own fault." Lily teased.
"It is not!"
"Is so."
"Is not."
"Is so."
"Oy!" Arthur yelled. "When you two have quit with your little love fight, can we all go back? My girlfriend's coming tomorrow." He said with a smile.
"I agree. And besides I'm cold!" James whined again, burying his nose into Lily's coat like a child. Lily giggled and felt his warm hand take her cold one.
"Alright James come on, hot chocolate for all." They all walked down the pathway, singing Winter Wonderland the entire way.
"LIly. Get up.. Come on we need to show you something." Lily was woken up the next morning.
"What? Remus? Sirius? What time is it?" She mumbled, barely keeping concious.
"Seven thirty." Remus answered
"What? No I'm going back to sleep." Lily rolled over away from him.
"No please! James wants to show you something."
Lily only slightly rolled over. "What?" Remus and Sirius smiled.
"James wants to show you something, Lilykins. And you better come. He's been working on it all night and he's in his I'm-so-grumpy-I'll-hex-people-that-anger-me mood."
"But why is he doing this?" Lily put on her slippers and robe as she did last night.
"Because he's trying to hold onto you. Now that he has you he's afraid he'll lose you. Now come on before everyone else wakes up." They stepped over Alice and Lucy's sleeping forms and crept out. It was still dark, and no one but Lily and the maurauders were awake.
"What's with all the lights?" Lily rubbed her eyes.
"You'll see." Remus answered, guiding her down the stairs with Sirius behind her.
"If someone doesn't tell me what the bloody hell is going on I'll-oh my goodness." Lily finished with a whisper. The entire living room was decorated lavishly. Santa claus and his reindeer flew around all over and the tall, decorated tree hit the ceiling. Red, green, silver, and gold twinkling lights were all around. And, sitting in the middle of it all on the couch sleeping, was James. Lily smiled at his sleeping form. It didn't matter that he wasn't awake to see her reaction, he had worked so hard for her. She tiptoed over to James. "Thank you." She whispered in his ear. He stirred.
"Oh good he's waking up. Your lucky he didn't start snoring Lilykins."
"Oh shut up Padfoot." James muttered, sitting up.
"I don't care, Petunia's probably louder." Lily patted his arm reassuringly.
"That makes me feel better than, knowing your sister snores louder than me."
Lily giggled. "Don't worry, its a good thing." She fell backwards onto the couch and snuggled into James, yawning slightly.
"Sorry I made Moony and Padfoot wake you up." James whispered to her.
"Sorry I didn't get up fast enough for you to see my reaction."
"Well," James started, grinning. "I'm up now aren't I? What do you think?"
Lily smiled. "Its beautiful, I don't see how you found all the time to do this."
"Well Lily, when your doing it for the person you adore the most, you have all the time in the world." He kissed the top of her head. Lily turned the same red color as the lights.
"Ahem, still here." Sirius said, grinning playfully.
"Oh. You can go away then." James said with his rarely but now always used go-away-I'm-busy-with-the-love-of-my-life look.
"Alright don't let us bother you." Sirius and Remus walked back up the stairs, smiling to each other.
"I wonder." Lily said outloud.
"About?" "About what will happen when we get back to school."
"You mean-"
"Yes. I'm sure I'll be tortured by Snape and your fan club girls."
"And I'll be tortured by every boy that has ever fancied you...and Snape."
"Exactly. How do you suppose we tell people?" Lily asked.
"Well, I was thinking we could just stand in a hallway and snog each other senslessly."
"That's a no."
"I thought so." James sighed. "Well, what do you suppose we do then, oh so clever witch?" James teased, wrapping a strand of her hair around his finger.
"I was thinking that we could just pretend as if we weren't dating in front of everyone else but our friends. You know, fighting and arguing. Then one day we would just "meet" at Hogsmeade-the day we were supposed to go on the date officially- and say we were dating."
"And then snog each other sensless?" James asked hopefully.
"Maybe." Lily rolled her eyes. "Its funny."
"What?" James asked.
"How after a week and a half, Sirius still thinks that you hexed me."
"Maybe I have." James said simply, knowing it would bother her.
"What do you mean...James Potter have you done anything to me?" Lily narrowed her eyes.
"Relax Lily relax. I haven't done anything. It was all you. Which reminds me, how did you know? That you fancied me I mean."
"Well, it was when you were in the hospital. I blamed myself for what happend-"
"Like you always do."
"Right, so I was blaming myself and Sirius had told me that you would kill yourself if anything happened to me, and I realized, at that point, that I wanted you to protect me forever, and the only way to do that is to finally dig down deep within myself and surface my true feelings for you."
James couldn't help but smile. "How long have you had these feelings?" He asked.
"Since fifth year, when the thing happened. I never saw you so angry, so willing to hurt yourself just for my sake. Although I couldn't really bring myself to face them until a week ago."
"A week and a half ago." James corrected.
"Whatever." The clock chimed eight times.
"We should go upstairs, everyone else will be awake soon." James said, standing up and holding his hand out. Lily took it and stood up, walking towards the stairs.
"Oh and Lily?"
"Yes James?"
James smiled at her. "Merry Christmas."
A week later, the holidays had at last ended, and everyone was boarding the Hogwarts Express.
"I can't wait to go back." Lily confessed, grinning. Hogwarts was like her home, seeing as her actual home wasn't that great.
"I can't either. Come on let's go find a compartment." Alice said.
"Actually, I was going to the Head compartment, with James, Lucy, and the others."
Alice smiled knowingly. "Alright, I was planning on inviting him to our compartment, but seeing as not all of us plus the Maurauders will fit, it worked out. Have fun." Alice winked and flocked away with Molly.
"Lily!" Lucy called from behind her. "Sorry I'm late, trying to say goodbye to my parents is the worst." They hugged each other.
"Its alright. Come on, let's go to the compartment." They walked down the halls until they reached the Heads compartment and slipped inside.
"Hello all." Lily greeted. The Maurauders turned from their conversation about how to prank Peter, who was sleeping quietly in the corner.
"Hullo Lily." James said, standing up as if she were the queen.
"You can sit down James, I'm not the bloody minister." Lily teased.
"Right." He flushed and sat down.
"Oh don't be so embarassed. I can understand. I mean its not everyday you're in my presence without me yelling at you."
"True, but it is now." James winked.
"Mhm. Umm, why is Peter sleeping? The train hasn't even moved yet."
"Well...when we finally saw him again, and told him about you and Prongs, he got so excited he...passed out." Sirius explained meekly
"Peter knocked himself unconsious and none of you did anything? You are such idiots!" Lucy scolded.
"As true as that is love, its a lot easier to be with you when he's asleep. Besides, have you tried waking him up? I still have the bruises." Sirius muttered, rubbing his elbow. "Not to mention he practically worships the ground we walk on. But really, who could blame him?" Sirius smirked. "
Shut it." Lily scolded. "Peter is your friend, not one of the members of your giggling girl fan club. Remus I'm especially ashamed of you. A prefect and not even trying to yell at them" Lily went into Head Girl mode, her hands on her hips, staring angrily at them all.
"Lily, your a Maurauder before anything else. I'm Quidditch captain and Head Boy, but I'm always a Maurauder first." James explained, pulling Lily's hair to one side.
"Right. I'm sorry Remus." Lily apologized, fidgeting.
"Its alright Lils, you were trying to be your normal, responsible self." Remus said, grinning at his friend.
"Well, one of us is going to have eventually wake him up." Lily said, still looking at Peter worriedly.
"Don't worry, he'll wake up when we get to Hogwarts." Sirius said reassuringly.
"He always does." Remus agreed wisely.
"Oh I hate when you all gang up on me." Lily complained, tucking her legs underneath her.
"That's only because we love you Lily." James teased.
"Prongs more than the rest of us." Sirius punched his friend in the arm playfully.
"Padfoot, you really need to learn to keep your mouth shut." James warned.
Sirius tilted his head to one side innocently. "Me? Why, I haven't said anything!" Lily giggled.
"Padfoot, I will resort to violent pranks." James shot back.
"Not without me!" Sirius said, out of habit. "Oh hell, I fell for that didn't I?"
James's hazel eyes twinkled with mischeif. "You did. I love doing that to you."
The two girls in the compartment looked at each other and seemed to read each others mind. Childish. That's what their antics were.
"Can you two please stop being such children?" Lily requested hopefully, lacing her fingers through James's.
"Nope." James and Sirius said together, laughing.
"Ugh, sometimes I wonder why I even agreed to dating you James." Lily teased.
"Need I remind you of our conversation?" He returned the teasing manner.
"No, because I spoke most of the time, confessing my feelings as you say." Lily smiled.
"And you have. Although I was hoping that we couldve done it another way."
"James for the last time I'm not snogging you sensless! Yet." James brightened. "Yet? So you will snog me sensless eventually?" He asked, giddy.
"If I feel up to it sure." Lily answered, fluffing his hair. "Honestly James, your hair is so messy I have no idea how you put up with it."
"I happen to like my hair this way." James said defiantley, running his hand through his hair absentmindedly.
"Shut up! Someone's coming." Remus warned. Everyone quickly changed seats so that Lily, Lucy, and Remus were sitting next to each other and James and Sirius were on the other side. A pretty blonde Hufflepuff girl opened up the door.
"Um James?" She whispered shyly. He leaned forward, subtly winking at Lily.
"Yes?" He smiled.
"I was wondering if uhm...maybe you would want to go to Hogsmeade with me?" She shyly ducked her head.
"Um let me think about-no." He answered, leaning back.
"But...why? I'm pretty!" She pouted.
"See dear, James is still trying to get Evans to go to Hogsmeade with him." Sirius said, grinning at Lily.
Lily tried hard not to giggle. "Yes, but I haven't nor will I ever say yes to you." Lily narrowed her eyes at James.
"You will eventually Evans, you will eventually." James said, winking.
"Oh fine! Remus? Would you like to come?" She asked, more shyly then when she asked James.
"Um...sure." He answered, smiling.
"Ok, bye everyone. My name is Elizabeth, by the way." She shut the door, and everyone flitered back to their normal seats.
"Moony's got a girlfriend!" Sirius started to sing.
"Be quiet." Remus laughed, smiling nervously at him.
Lily seemed to know that something was troubling him. She leaned over to Remus. "If you need to talk to me about...things your afraid to talk to the others about, you can always come to me." She whispered.
He smiled. "Thanks Lily. I might take you up on that offer. More sooner than later." He answered as the train lurched to a stop.
"Hey Lily?"
"Yes James what is it?"
"Can we please pretty please tell Snape about us?"
Lily shook her head. "No, I told you were not telling anyone until Hogsmeade!"
"Please? Do you have any idea how crazy he'll go? He'll be livid!" James complained.
As delightful as the thought of angering Snape was to Lily, she still couldn't say yes. "James no." He looked at her with puppy dog eyes.
"Pleaaasseee?" He dragged out.
"No."
"Fine. Party in the Gryffindor tower!" He called and ran out of the compartment.
"James! Absolutley not."
"Why? I thought that now we were-dating," he whispered the last part. "you would approve?"
"Yeah Lilykins, you should approve."
"I never said I didn't, Sirius, but James and I have things to do."
"Like?"
"Like planning when the Hogsmeade trip is going to be. As Heads we have the right to do that so long as its approved by Dudmbledore."
James perked up. "Ok, I'll go. Do the party without me."
"But Prongs you said so yourself, your a Maurauder first, no matter what occasion." Sirius whined.
"Well mate, Lily outrules all those occasions." He walked up behind her. "Ready to hate each other?" He whispered.
"Only if you are." Lily whispered back.
"Well you know I didn't hate you, but let's do it." They made sure that they were in a massive crowd of people.
"Potter you arrogant prat!" Lily yelled, huffing away.
"But Evans! I thought you liked chocolate frogs!"
"Not when they're filled with love potion! I'm lucky Remus was there to stop me from eating them." Lily tried to fight her laughter. They were just making the arguement as they went along.
"He wasn't supposed to!"
"Well I'm grateful he did!"
"All I want is a date Evans, just one!"
"I don't have time for this. I'm going to the heads common room."
"I'm coming too!"
"I'd like to see you try Potter." Lily snapped. They walked away until they came out of earshot to everyone. Lily bust into laughter. "That was fantastic!"
"Do you think they noticed anything?" James grinned.
"Nope, they were too busy gawking at the fighting." "Excellent. Come on then, let's go plan that trip huh?" James took Lily's hand and they raced up the remaining sets of stairs.
Hooray! End of this chapterrr. So didja get those refrences? Review and tell me and the next chapter will be dedicated to you. And trust me, its a good one ;) no preview because I dont want to give anything away. Hope you liked it! Review pretty please, I hate begging for something that I never get, so hopefully when I beg THIS time I'll get it ;) thanks to those who DO read it though, even though I cant tell because your not reviewing. Kisses!
Sam