Chapter Seven

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

"No, no! James put that down! Remus…you're not doing anything, are you? Sirius! If you don't pay attention now you'll—"

There was a crash. Lily sighed. The boys were being Marauders like they used to be, other then Remus who was being good. Lily had gotten the letter to work two weeks before. Nothing has changed during this time, other then the Marauders showing their true colors slowly day by day.

Lily found a babysitter, luckily two, that were able to help out every once and a while. Alice and Emmiline waited patiently as Lily got herself ready and for the boys to quit acting bad. She was brushing her teeth, while brushing her hair, when Alice finally stepped up. "Lily, don't worry! Get ready; we'll get the boys to stop."

Lily thanked them through the tooth brush, and turned to the bathroom. Alice and Emmiline went into the living room. Alice fixed the broken vase Sirius dropped, Emmiline sat on the couch next to Remus.

"Who are you?" Sirius asked.

"We're friends of your…err…mother," Alice answered. "I'm Alice, and that is Emmiline."

"Emmilime?" James asked.

"Emmiline," she corrected.

"Emmilike? Is that how you say it?" Sirius asked.

"Emmiline!" Alice said.

"Yeah!" Remus added. "It's Emmildiline."

"It's Emmy." Emmiline smiled at Alice's red face. She was slightly agitated.

"Okay, Auntie Emmy!" the boys cheered. They were suddenly up on the couch, Remus scooted closer to Emmiline. "Why are you here?"

"Your mother is going to go to work."

"She hates us?" Sirius wailed sadly.

"She has to! She must not want us anymore!" Remus cried.

"It's all your fault Remus!" James accused.

"It is not!"

"Is too!"

"Stop!"

Lily looked ready to go for her first day at work. Her hair was tied up into a bun, her make-up was close to perfect, and her dress attire was good and business like. She had her hands on her hips. "I am not leaving you three forever. Just for some hours, okay, Sirius?"

"Yes mum."

"Now, you three behave. Emmy and Alice will watch you until I get back, okay?"

"Yes mum," the three answered.

Lily gave them all a hug, and left out the door. Leaving the Marauders with they're two babysitters.

"So, Aunt Alice, what are we going to do until mum gets back?" James asked.

"How about you decide?"

An hour later, Alice wondered if that was the right thing to say. The Marauders had a very imaginative side to them along with their pranks. Soon they were dressed in drag, the Marauders in dresses and the babysitters in trousers, singing old songs and clapping their hands.

Remus, in his conjured up yellow dress, jumped up and down. "I know a song! Please sing it!"

"No it's my turn to pick a song!" James said, arms crossed over his orange top of his dress.

"Well, if I put this fist of your…" There was a shriek of "Remus!" from Emmiline. "…then maybe you'll change your mind!"

"Remus Lupin, come here!" Emmiline pointed to the little cushion next to her. "You are to sit here for a time out. Don't think twice about me not telling Lily about this."

Remus sat gloomily on the seat, his yellow dress hanging all around.

"Ooh!" Sirius suddenly yelled. He was wearing a black dress with sparkly sequins on it. "What are we having for lunch?"

"We are having…" Alice paused. She didn't know what they were having. Lily didn't specify about eating. "Well, how about you, James and I go have a look and see what you have."

The three left the room, Emmiline staying to make sure Remus didn't do anything when they left. Alice looked in their fridge. There wasn't much there, some milk, leftovers, and other little things. She went to her cupboards and found nothing much there either. Cereal and a box of instant potatoes.

"Not much, huh?" Alice said aloud looking at things.

"Mum said we have to make due," Sirius said. He sounded a little confused.

"Yeah, 'it's all about being broke', was what she said," James added.

"It's hard to find the recipe for 'Make Due'. I can't even spell it!" Sirius said throwing his hands in the air. "How do you expect to make 'Make Due' if you can't spell it?"

"It's not a recipe," Alice said pulling out whatever leftovers were good. "It's a saying."

Alice set the good leftovers on the table. They were some noodles and cheese, and some sort of meat. She heated over the muggle stove. "This'll be good, I guess."

Remus came into the room, dragging his feet and dress. "I've come to say sorry for my appalling language."

"What's appalling?" James asked.

"It's bad, James." Alice set out bowls. She had a smile on her face, because Remus repeated the exact words that Emmiline had said. "Now Remus, you've learned your lesson. Now help me with lunch."

Remus set the table, as James and Sirius watched. Emmiline came out and watched a moment later. Alice poured the food into the bowls and Remus put into the spoons and forks next to them. By the time noon came, the table was set and ready.

"Okay, thank you Remus, and everyone come sit down and eat!"

They ate, in their colorful, and black, dresses and in trousers, talking about what else they could spend their time doing in the afternoon.

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Lily came home to everything straight. The babysitters and boys were out of their drag, Alice and Emmiline had cleaned up the paint mess they had made, and the boys were watching the TV silently.

Lily ushered the two babysitters out of the room. "Everything go okay?"

"Things went good!" Alice said.

"Remus had a little problem with his language, though." Emmiline explained what happened. Lily sighed.

"Boys will be boys. I'll talk to him." Lily showed them to the door. "Thanks for coming."

"How was work?" Alice asked, as she opened the door.

"It went well! Not very challenging, yet." Lily waved them off, and went into the living room.

"Hullo, mum!" James cried.

"Hello, boys," Lily said. "So, how was your day?"

"Good! We dressed in drag, and did other things!" Sirius said.

"That's…interesting," Lily said. She wondered what they really did during the day. She turned to Remus. He was silently watching TV. She thought about what word he could have said, and why he said it. He was such a little rebel when he was younger.

She smiled, though, and patted his head. "Remus, oh, Remus. I heard you had a nice time today, too. Why don't we talk about it?"

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