DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING FROM THE HARRY POTTER SERIES. I only own my OC. alright here you go
A/N: Okay. I love this story with a passion, and I know my spelling and grammar may be off a bit, I'm not cool enough to have a functioning spell/grammar check (yeah my computer sucks that bad) I'll try and proofread when I get the chance. So go ahead and say what you have to, but please review!!
A/N: this is the last chapter. Thank you all for reading.
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Chapter 11: Mischief Managed
After he'd finally calmed Lily down, James asked her if she knew where Sirius was. She told him, with a huge smile on her face, that she'd put him in a full body bind and left him in the empty classroom where he'd told her that she was just another check on his list.
Now James was taking his time walking to the classroom. He held the Marauder's Map close to his face as he walked, invisible, through the empty corridors. He watched the dots moving around, and glanced up at the area for the girl's dorm, that showed Lily's dot. He smiled at it.
Just then, he began to realize that for the past hour or so, he'd held Lily in his arms. The fact didn't mean much while it was happening, but now it seemed like it meant everything. She had even told him she was glad he was there! His smile widened as he reached the door to the classroom where Sirius's dot was residing.
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Sirius stood in the corner of the dark classroom, thinking. Seeing as he didn't have much else he could do while in a full body bind. He knew that Lily would have run back to the common room, and as long as James hadn't changed in 2 years, she'd run into him while he was studying. Sirius mentally slapped himself. This plan had so much that could go wrong.
Then again, he had stolen a bit of Felix Felicis from Slughorn's office the other night. Using James' invisibility cloak and the Map, he'd gotten in and basically insured his plan would work. If it didn't, at least he could spend the rest of his life blaming it on the potion's inefficiency.
Suddenly, the door opened, but only for a moment. It closed with a soft click and James pulled off the Invisibility Cloak. "Hey Padfoot." He pulled out his wand, and Sirius suddenly slumped to the ground. He cracked his neck and stretched, "Thanks Prongs." He looked up at James, who was smiling. It wasn't the kind of smile that meant he was ready to make mischief though. He was genuinely smiling.
"You're a sneaky little pup Padfoot. You know that?" Sirius smiled back, "No idea what you're talking about mate." James walked up to his friend and offered his hand. Sirius took it and James pulled him up. James leaned back against the desk behind him, "So, why couldn't you just tell me what you were doing?" Sirius was still trying to loosen his limbs, "Well you see... I have this friend with a big mouth who doesn't think before he talks..."
"You thought I would've told her?"
Sirius shrugged, causing a nice crack from his shoulder, "By accident. Anyway, you're a bad lair. So if she figures it out-"
"Which she probably will..."
"You'd be in trouble and worse off than before."
James' smile faded, "But you may have just ruined your friendship with her." Sirius nodded, "Risks you take mate."
"You're an idiot Sirius."
"Takes one to know one."
The two started laughing. When they finally stopped, James sighed, "We better get to sleep." Sirius nodded. They threw the cloak over themselves and headed back towards Gryffindor Tower.
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"Hey Sirius?" Sirius pulled his pillow over his face. He couldn't believe it was already morning. "Sirius!" He felt James sit down on his bed. "I've been thinking...you let me break your nose so that eventually, I'd look better for Lily." Sirius smiled to himself under the pillow before hitting James with it. "Is that what you woke me up for?" James threw the pillow across the room, hitting Peter by accident while he was trying to put his sock on, and causing him to fall over. James and Sirius laughed. "Sorry about that Peter!" James said while the boy got back up, "It's okay, I'm alright."
Remus, who had still been asleep until the loud laughter woke him, looked over at James and Sirius in confusion. "Since when are you two talking?" Sirius yawned. James ruffled his hair. Remus sighed and got up, "Okay, you don't have to tell me." Sirius got up and began to gather his clothes, "James and I just sort of came to our senses." James smiled, "Plus Lilz broke up with him last night." Remus turned back to his friends, "Why?"
James began laughing. Sirius smiled, "Well, I told her she was just another check on my list. It didn't go down to well." James laughed harder as Remus picked up his potions book from the side table and chucked it at Sirius.
"What the hell was that for?!" Remus folded his arms and stared at him, "You put all of us through hell to help James get with Lily didn't you?" Sirius picked up the potions book, "Hey, I was just helping a friend." He ducked as another book flew at his face. "Hey!"
They all laughed a bit while they got ready. Remus was packing his bag when he suddenly turned and looked at Sirius, "Have you heard the latest news about Ellie and Snape?" James raised as eyebrow as Sirius froze. "Yeah, she told me about it a few nights ago. Apparently they decided they were better as friends." Sirius turned back to him, "And you didn't tell me before beca-"
"You may have forgotten, but you were with Lily."
"Oh yeah."
"You're a pain Sirius."
"Sorry Moony. You can bite me during the next full moon if you like."
"Count on it."
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The four walked into the common room together for the first time in months. Elliot was sitting doing her last bit of work, but when she noticed them, she jumped up. She suddenly sat back down again, realizing that James was probably still mad at her.
James walked over and sat down next to her, "Hey Elliot, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have blamed you." He put his arms out, "Forgive me?" Elliot smiled and jumped into his arms, pulling him into a tight hug, "Yes! Oh it's so good everyone's getting along again!"
"Not everyone."
They all turned to see Lily standing with her schoolbooks staring at them. Peter looked down at the ground, and Remus took in a sharp breath. James and Elliot stopped hugging. Sirius took a few steps toward Lily, and stopped about a yard away. She glared at him.
"Lily. There's something I have to tell you." She smiled a little, "That you fooled me into dating you to make James look better?" He bit his lip and nodded. Lily sighed and put her books down, "You're a good friend Sirius, you know that right?" He smiled weakly. James leaned over the back of the couch and looked from Sirius to Lily, "Should we tell 'em Lilz?" She shrugged, "Why not?" James leapt over the couch with a "Yes!" and grabbed Lily, pulling her into a kiss.
A loud mix of "Ooo!"s and "Awww!"s rang throughout the common room. Sirius let out a sigh of relief before starting to laugh. Remus looked down at Elliot, who actually had tears in her eyes. Peter clapped his hands together. Aida, who'd just arrived at the bottom of the stairs leading from the girls dormitory, dropped her books with a loud shout of, "Finally!"
Elliot couldn't contain herself anymore. She jumped over the couch and grabbed Lily and James in a hug. They stopped kissing, and James took one of his arms from Lily and put it around Elliot. Aida's lip trembled and she too ran and joined in the hug. Sirius laughed, "If you can't beat 'em...group hug!" He jumped at his friends, followed by Remus and Peter. Honey and Pyper ran over from across the room, along with Danyl and the rest of the quidditch team.
James looked at Lily with an awkward smile. "What is it James?"
"I can't breathe... but that's okay... I'm fine"
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The next day was the beginning of NEWT testing. All week they spent all their school hours testing. Finally, on Friday, most of the 7th years walked down to the courtyard to enjoy the end of testing and a beautiful day.
"That was the most boring week of my life!" James slumped down against a tree. Lily took a seat next to him, "That's what you said about OWLs." James shifted and spread out on the ground, resting his head on Lily's lap. Remus sat down next to Lily as Honey, Aida, and Pyper sat facing the lake, watching a few sixth years trying to get their bags back from the giant squid. Peter shook a little, "I remember when it took my bag." James laughed, "Yeah! Sirius spent two hours trying to get it back." He looked up at Sirius who was looking back towards the castle. "Where'd Elliot go?"
Lily shrugged, "Who knows?" Sirius frowned. James reached into his pocket, grabbed something, and threw it at Sirius. "Well, go find her then." Sirius looked down at the Marauder's Map in his hands and smiled, "See you guys in a bit."
He waited until he was away from everyone to tap the map and mumble, "I Solemnly Swear I Am Up To No Good..." The map came to life and he scanned it looking for Elliot. He found her, well; he found her dot in one of the corridors. It looked like she was just walking around. He smiled and walked over to a large picture of a hippogriff. He tapped it with his wand on it's left wing, and the frame swung open to reveal a tunnel. He laughed to himself as the painting swung closed behind him, "I love secret passages...Lumos."
He walked for a while until he came to the exit. He checked the map to make sure no one was around, and then quickly pushed the door open. He emerged in one of the fifth floor corridors, out of one of the trick doors. He glanced at the map, and saw Elliot was only down at the end of the corridor. He poked his head around the corner and saw her, "Hey Elliot!" She spun around and he waved her over.
"Sirius, I thought you went outside with everyone else." He shrugged, "I decided to go exploring. Check out this secret passage." He kicked the lowest door hinge, and the door flew open. He smiled at Elliot, "Come on!" He pulled her in and the door closed behind them.
Both of their faces were illuminated by the green light of Sirius' wand. "Alright, I admit I wasn't exploring. I was looking for you." Elliot shook her head, "Sirius-"
"No. Don't talk. Listen." He swallowed, "I know I've been a real jerk to you-"
"That's an understatement..."
Sirius sighed, "Elliot, I'm really sorry. I know I screwed up, but I really do care about you. Hell, I'm pretty sure I love you. "He shook his head, "No, I do love you Ellie. I really honestly-"
He was cut off by Elliot's lips touching his. For a moment, he froze, but he quickly let himself melt into it, pulling Elliot closer to him.
They parted after a minute or so and Elliot smiled up at Sirius. He let out a small laugh and looked down at the map that he'd dropped onto the floor. Elliot looked down at it too, "Hey! Look! There's us!" She picked it up, "And there's Remus and James and everyone!" Sirius took the map from her, "That's so cool! Isn't it Sirius?" He nodded, "Yeah." They both watched as James and Lily's dots wandered away from the others. Sirius tapped the map and looked back at Elliot, beaming.
"Mischief Managed."
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A/N: ahhh! I love it! Yes it's over. Sad… But if you like my writing and you like these characters, they will live on in my next fic. It's called WHAT COMES TOMORROW look for it to be popping up pretty soon.
Well, thanks again for reading this. You all made me so happy!
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