Chained for life
Chapter 7
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Lily woke up to a bird nipping at her fingers.
"cut it out" a groggy Lily said to the bird. Lily tried to sit up but noticed she was still on top of James and she would have to sit on him. Lily smirked, no objections there, she thought. As Lily grabbed her letter from the bird she noticed another bird calmly waiting for James to wake up.
"Why couldn't you be more like her?" she asked the bird annoyingly.
"Stupid, annoying, no brained…" Lily muttered to herself while opening her letter.
"Do you think about me all the time Lily?" James said raising his eyebrows at her sitting on his stomach. Lily rolled her eyes at James.
"There was no where else to sit and no James there are more important things to think about. Oh and you have a letter." Lily was staring at her letter in disbelief as James struggled to move underneath her
"Ah, Lily? Could you please move so I can get my letter?" James said. But he noticed she wasn't listening but staring at her letter as though it was the rarest thing in the world
"What is it Lily?" he asked curiously…he really wanted that letter now.
"I'm Head Girl." And she turned her beaming face to James. "I wonder who head boy is…" Lily asked more herself than James.
"Okay Lily you get off me right now or be prepared for the worst." James said wiggling his eyebrows at her. Lily lifted one of her eyebrows.
"Oh bring. It. on. James" Lily said daringly. James just smiled at started to tickle her. Lily couldn't help it she burst out laughing
"s-s-sto-pp!" Lily said
"If you say James Potter is a sexy beast and is never wrong" he said continuing to tickle him.
"Never" Lily breathed.
"Okay, but you asked for it." and he tickled her until she started crying
"Okay, okay James Potter is a sexy beast and is never wrong" Lily said very out of breath.
"I knew you would admit it one day Lils" said Sirius walking into the room to get some lunch. Lily just shook her head and went to get up only to be pulled back down.
"Cant we get something to eat?" asked Lily pleadingly. James shook his head.
"I want to read my letter, remember?" He got the letter from the patient owl and began to read until he stopped.
"What? What is it James?" Lily asked worryingly.
"Well my Lily-flower I, James Potter, am head boy" James said in a proud voice.
"What!! You're head boy!" Lily said quite astounded.
"That's me at your service. I would have dreamed of those days sharing a dorm with you but I already share a bed." James said with a grin on his face. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Perv" Lily muttered
"Oi love birds! You want some food?" Sirius yelled from the kitchen
"Coming!" answered James and Lily at the same time. Lily blushed. James looked away from her.
"Ah Synchronized words already guys you are really coming along but that chain ain`t coming off." Came Sirius's voice from the kitchen. Lily and James grinned at each other.
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On the last day of their holiday Lily was trying to pick up all her clothes from around James's room as she dragged the lump around with her.
"Aw Lils don't worry about it it's obvious that your going to be here at Christmas." James said.
"One, don't call me Lils. Two, what makes you think this won't be off by then?" Lily said shaking the chains in James's face.
"Ah well at this point in time im not thinking its ever going to come off…" James trailed off seeing Lily glaring daggers at him.
"Potter," Lily started
"Why can't you use my first name?" James asked but Lily continued as if he didn't.
"Potter, we are going straight to the headmasters office and getting him to take it off." Lily said triumphantly. She had become very annoyed at James Potter as of late. Whatever friendship they had built before had come crashing down into a pile of nothingness. James just shook his head at Lily.
"And people call you smart?" James asked.
"What?" Lily asked trying not to sound curious but angry.
"I can't believe I thought of this and you didn't?" James said looking at her in disbelief.
"Spit it out Potter!" Lily said now very agitated.
"Wait just let me soak this in for a moment." James said staring at the ceiling dreamily. "Okay moments gone. Now what is it, you ask?" James asked.
"YES that is what I asked Potter and if you don't say right not be prepared to be rid of your good looks!" Lily said frustration in every word.
"you think im good looking?" James asked. Lily glared at him. "Alright, alright I get it! well knowing Sirius this probably has some sort of unbreakable charm on it that only he can take off or there could be a rule that it doesn't come off until we get along. Or like the person who tries to take it off with force has something happen to them." James said shrugging. Lily looked at him breathlessly. With the few brain cells that he had, thought Lily, he had though that up…wow.
"Ah Lily?" James said snapping Lily out of her daze. "I no im so good looking but try and not let it get you distracted" he said smirking. Lily just chucked a pillow at him and continued packing as James sighed. This was going to be a long year.
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James awoke the next morning with his face inches from Lily's he smirked, wouldn't she be surprised when she woke up. As if Lily had read his thoughts she started to open her eyes. When she had fully opened her eyes she saw the smirking face of James Potter inches from hers. She let out a small scream and moved back off the bed startled but fell off taking an annoyed James Potter with her.
"What the hell! Can you please remember im attached to you woman!" James yelled angrily.
"Well im sorry your royal highness if I awoke to an ugly face early in the morning!" Lily yelled back.
"Glad to see you know what rank I am in society and all by wasn't I good looking yesterday? Change your mind quickly don't you love." James said shaking his head at her. Lily just glared at him. The door opened reveling Lizzie.
"Oh am I interrupting something?" Lizzie asked with a grin on her face. Only then did they realise the positions they were in. James and Lily's legs were entwined and were partly on top of each other red in the face inches from each other.
"Get off me Ja-Potter!" Lily said trying to get up to cover her slip up.
"I knew it was all an act!" James said jubilantly. Lily just rolled her eyes.
"In your dreams." They were both standing now.
"you sure are." James said wiggling his eyebrows at her. Lily looked disgusted.
"Okay guys this has to stop what happened to the friendship you were starting? Why the sudden bitterness?" Lizzie asked confused.
"I realised I was an idiot to try and get along with him. There is no way I would ever get along with this piece of dirt." Lily said. Lizzie turned to James.
"Hey look if she doesn't want to try I ain`t going to bother either." He said putting his arms up in surrender mode.
"Look the chain wasn't meant to be a punishment it was just meant for you guys…"
"Well it sure is." Lily mumbled to no one in particular. Lizzie continued as if not hearing her comment
"Is it really that hard to get along? It's really obvious that you don't hate each other. Give it up okay! That chain is not coming off until you two learn to get along and at the moment I don't think its coming off any time soon so get over it guys." Lizzie slammed the door on the way out leaving a stunned Lily and James. After a few minutes of silence Lily decided to make the first move.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you." Mumbled Lily, avoiding James's eyes. James lifted one eyebrow but knew better than to retort.
"Ditto" replied James. Lily giggled.
"Ditto? I haven't heard anyone use that word in ages." she said through her laughs
"Hey it's an awesome word don't knock it." James said pretending to be offended by her words. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Let's just get some breakfast." Lily said heading for the door but James didn't move. "Come on you fat lump." She said pulling on the chain again.
"Friends?" James said sticking a hand out.
"We'll get there." Lily said shaking it.
A/N Hello fellow readers, so there is my latest chapter hope you enjoy it :D please review it really helps :D next chapter is the Hogwarts express and the first day of school. Only a few more chapters to go unless I decide to draw it out a bit more. R & R