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Ch.11 The Healing Process
When Lily awoke again she was warm and comfortable.
"Drink this, Miss Evans." Madame Pomfrey told her. "It ought to cure you." Lily tried to sit up, but was restrained by James' arm around her. Lily went red, remembering the last time she had been caught in this situation in the common room with McGonogall. She looked at Madame Pomfrey, sure that she was about to be reprimanded. At that precise moment, James started to stir.
"Lily," he mumbled, trying to pull her closer in his sleep. Lily resisted him with difficulty.
"What's wrong?' James muttered, sleepily. "Oh, bloody hell! Not again!," He added as he caught sight of Madame Pomfrey.
"Drink that quickly, please, Ms. Evans," was the only reply she gave. "It must be drunken ( A/N Is that right? Or is it drunken?) while it is still hot." Lily quickly tipped the glass and gagged on the thick, hot, brown liquid. She forced herself to swallow. James started to put his arm around her, but Lily pulled away, eyeful of Madame Pomfrey still hovering above them. "You can both be assured that the Headmaster will be informed of your, ahem, sleeping arrangements of last night." Madame Pomfrey said with a light sniff as she turned and walked away. "It's seven thirty in the morning if you're planning on going to any of your classes today, Mr. Potter." She called over her shoulder.
"You should go," Lily said to James after a few moments of stunned silence.
"'Course not! I'm not leaving you."
"James," Lily said with an exasperated sigh, "We've got exams coming up soon! Besides, Madame Pomfrey said yesterday that I should be back in Gryfindor Tower before lunch."
"Oh, all right," James said reluctantly. "I'll come and see you at break." James put his arms around her waist and kissed her deeply. Lily felt his tongue at her bottom lip, begging to be let in, and she complied instantly. When they finally pulled away, James leaned his forehead against hers. Both were grinning.
James walked into lunch a few minutes later and was instantly hailed by the other Maurauders.
"Where were you last night?" Sirius asked.
"You didn't stay with Lily all night, did you?" Remus wondered.
"Yeah, I did." James replied. "She's convinced me not to skive off my lessons for today, though."
"That's good," said Remus, "We've got exams soon."
"Is Lily alright, though?' Sirius asked, anxiously. It was funny, now that Remus thought of it, how close Sirius and Lily had grown over the course of this year. Sirius had been the least accepting of Lily and James' relationship of all the Maurauders. Remus and Lily had always gotten on rather well with one another, and Peter was simply too impressed at Lily's beauty and James' ability to know exactly what she was thinking about and exactly what she wanted at all times to really mind their relationship. Sirius, on the other paw (A/N: Corny I know but I couldn't help it!) had been unable to forget the countless number of times that Lily had tattled on them or the annoyingly large number of times their pranks had backfired because of Lily Evans. He had shouted at James when he had suggested that he ought not go to the Shrieking Shack one night because Lily was sick and he didn't want to worry her. She knew all about their monthly adventures, another fact that contributed to Sirius' chagrin. Eventually, however, Lily had found her way into his heart, and they had become almost as close as Sirius and James were.
"She's gonna be ok," James said, happily. "She was just a bit shaken up. A lot I guess."
"We've got to think of a way to get Snivelly back for this," Sirius said ruefully.
Remus rolled his eyes at his best friend's typical attitude-Revenge. "I'm glad she's ok, Prongs."
he said.
"Thanks, Moony," James replied. "Accio!" He said suddenly, pointing his wand at Sirius. As he did the pumpkin muffin Sirius had been about to bit into zoomed out of his hand and into James' waiting palm.
"Blimey! What the-"
"For Lily." James cut him off." You know as well as I do that that Hospital Wing food Pomfrey serves is awful."
Lily was sitting propped up against a pillow when James came in to check on her before his first class.
"Here you are!" He said brightly, handing her the muffin he'd nicked from Sirius, along with a few pieces of toast.
"Thanks," Lily said appreciatively as she fingered the little golden heart at her neck.
"I've got to run, but I'll see you at break, ok?" Lily nodded. James kissed his index finger and tapped twice against her nose. Lily laughed. "Bye," James grinned.
"Bye!"
James was late for his next class.
"Mr. Potter!" McGonagall began as he came running into the classroom.
"I'm sorry professor," James panted, "I was with Lily and-"
"Sit down, Potter!"
"Yes Ma'am." James quickly grabbed a seat next to Sirius, relieved that he hadn't had any points taken away.
"You've got lipstick all over your face, you know, mate." Sirius said jokingly as he sat.
"Very funny, Padfoot!"
A/N: Ok, soo sorry, but I've gotta stop there! Again, I'm really sorry that it took me so long to update!
I've been sick, so I have an excuse, though! The next chappie might take awhile, though because I ended this one at a different place then I had planned to, and I'm gonna add some new stuff to the next one, so you get an unplanned side-chappie into the mix! Anyway, if I don't update for a while, don't think that I've stopped updating, because I swear, you're not getting rid of me until I get this thing typed and over with!
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