AVOIDING VOLDEMORT OR NOT
Author: ♥ …LilyHeartsJames… ♥
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns Harry Potter. And the Marauders and Lily. Although I wish I owned the Marauders and Lily. All of them!... Well except Peter, I don't want to own him. But I'm being a bit nicer to him, for now… Also Mark Schwan and the One Tree Hill producers etc. own all the One Tree Hill scenes I put in here. I am just a fan using something that I ♥ for something else that I ♥.
Dedication: This chapter is for… One Tree Hill 'cause it rocks! Also, a 'late' HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Belinda. Although I already said it. I just felt like saying it again. :)
Notes: It's been a long time, I know. What with school, school, more school, even more school, oh and even MORE school. I only have one assignment left and I'll finish it tomorrow. I just gotta do my poster and practice my speech and put it onto palm cards. It's due on Tuesday.
I haven't even got the results from my Agriculture test yet! Oh and thanks to a reviewer for either AVON or LMOHMISAO, they wished me luck and I appreciated it. Thank you very much.
Anyways, onto the chapter!
Chapter five:
"Wow Lily! You look really nice!" Peter squeaked loudly.
It was a week later, and it was the party that Lily's mother had been organizing.
Lily was wearing a red dress that went right down to the floor. It didn't have straps or sleeves but it fit her nicely. (A/N: It's the same dress that Peyton and Brooke wore to Haley and Nathan's 2nd wedding in season three. I'm not sure if theirs went down to the floor or not but Lily's does! Oh ah… it's off One Tree Hill by the way) She had put her long curly red hair into a bun and there were some curly strands on the side of her face.
"Thanks Peter! You look great by the way!"
Peter grinned. He was wearing a tux, and he was a lot shorter then Lily was.
And as Lily looked at Peter she realized she was taller than him. She was actually taller than someone else. She'd always been the shortest, even shorter than Peter until their second year but she'd really shot up… or he shrunk.
"Aw thanks Lily! If you don't mind, I need to see you're mother so I can thank her" he started to walk away but Lily called out to him.
"Why?"
He turned around and smiled.
"For inviting me" he left and Lily shook her head. She regretted not getting to know Peter in the past, they'd become petty good friends lately.
Lily smiled and looked out over the dance floor. James and Sirius were helping her father and Danny do something with the chairs and the tables and her mother and Heather were talking to the bartender.
As Lily was standing there, someone came up behind her and grabbed her around the waist and lifted her up and swung her around. She shrieked with surprise and then realized that it was Remus.
"Hey! What was that for?" she asked giving him a friendly hug.
"I dunno. We haven't hung out in ages!"
She rolled her eyes. "We hung out at my birthday you big… bird thing"
He chuckled. "That was still ages ago"
"Hmmm, that is true my feathery friend, that is true"
"So, how've you been?"
"Ah… Fine. I mean, I'm okay and everything. You?"
"Besides monthly happenings I've been good"
Lily nodded and sighed. "Are you okay?"
"Yep. It's just…" he trailed off and Lily watched him closely.
"It's just what?"
"I hate it. The transformations, the way mum and dad look at me when it comes close to the full moon…"
"Aw, Remus… I dunno what to say. I mean, I want to say that I'm sorry but some people don't really like it when I say it so…"
"It's okay, really. I'm used to it. I'm just… glad that you don't care about it"
"Of course I don't! Because I know the real you Remus. That's why. Besides, you can't help it, it's not you're fault"
Remus nodded and smiled at her. "Thanks Lily"
"So where do you transform?"
"At my parents. They lock me up in the attic"
"They lock you up?" Lily asked, looking scandalized.
"No, it's okay. That way I don't get lose and attack them and stuff. I'm not myself when I'm a you-know-what"
"But you are yourself in you're heart right? I mean deep down you wouldn't really attack them would you? I mean, you're Remus! Mr. Heart of Gold, who cares a lot about people and their feelings so, you'd still be Mr. Heart of Gold when you transform right?"
"Lily you don't understand" Remus said quietly.
"Then let me"
He looked at her for a few seconds and sighed.
"When I'm a you-know-what I'm not in my right mind. I'm a beast, a monster. I can't control what I do and don't do"
"Well then it wouldn't be you're fault if you attacked anybody"
"Maybe so, but I just wouldn't be able to live with the fact that I may have hurt someone or I attacked them… or even worse"
There was silence for a moment.
"That's true. Does Emm know?"
The look on Remus' face pretty much told her the answer.
"Well, you've got to sometime Remus"
"I know… it's just that I-"
He broke off as Becky walked past, grinning. She had her arm linked with a guy that looked about nineteen or twenty, and he was tall with blonde hair and dark blue eyes.
"Hey there Lily" she said, winking and Lily smiled back at her.
"Hi"
Becky walked over to Lily's mother and stood there talking to her for a moment.
"Sirius looks like he wants to strangle what's-his-face" Remus muttered and Lily glanced at her other friend and realized that he was right.
Sirius was glaring at him and his fingers were twitching. Lily caught James' eye and he smiled but she looked away quickly.
Remus watched this, and as he was about to say something Lily turned to him and said; "When are you planning on telling her?"
Remus sighed.
"When are you planning on getting back with James?"
"I asked you first" she replied, wanting to avoid the subject of her and James.
"Lily-"
"Remus" Lily said warningly.
He sighed again and looked at her. "Well I… don't know exactly"
"Well, maybe sometime before the two of you are married hopefully"
Remus shook his head.
"I just, don't want to see her face. She's going to look at me differently. She'll think of me differently. She won't want to be with me, she'll think that I'm a monster and plus she won't love me anymore and I'm afraid of that and-"
"Remus John Chocolate Obsessed Weirdo slash Feathery Birthday Bird Lupin," (Remus snorted and Lily frowned at him) "Emm loves you! And she won't think of you differently, she won't look at you differently and she sure as hell will still want to be with you. Her love for you will just be… stronger. You remember when me and James had that fight because Carly didn't want him hanging around me? The entire two months that we didn't talk Becky and Emm whined and whined about going and hanging out with you and Sirius. Emm even confessed her love to us for you, and it broke my heart because I knew she truly loved you. So I told her that if she wanted to be with you then she could. But I wouldn't talk to James none the less. I was being stubborn. But Emm missed you so much, and I could see it in her eyes, every time she saw you walk past and even when she went off to some of her classes that the two of you were in. She loves you Remy, she really does".
Remus stared at Lily, impressed.
"Er, lovely speech there Lils"
"Thank you. And trust me; she'd want to find out sooner rather then later"
Remus sighed.
"It's the same with me and James. He lied to me, and I found out from Carly. And I was hurt and look at us now, we aren't even talking much"
"By the way I saw that little eye contact over there" he said smirking.
"Remus you went off the subject"
"You did first"
"Hush. Just… talk to her"
"What if she gets scared and hates me?"
"She'll hate you even more if you keep it from her for even longer than you already have"
"And if she gets scared?"
"If she does, she'll be scared for you. But she won't be scared of you. Because that's the same thing with me"
Remus sighed and shook his head.
"I'll talk to her tonight"
"Yay! High five!" Lily held up her hand and Remus high fived it.
"Now, since you've given me advice on my relationship, what are you gonna do about yours?"
"I don't have a relationship" Lily replied and started walking away.
"Lily! You can't avoid it forever!" Remus called after her and she stopped and turned to him. She walked over and said; "I am not avoiding it!"
"Really?"
"Yes, really!"
"Well than why haven't you spoken to James in a week? Ever since the kiss you've been avoiding him. Every time he goes to you're house you've been "out" and you and I both know that that's not true, and so does James because he saw you looking out of you're window".
Lily sighed. "Remus I-… hang on! How did you find out about the 'thing'?"
"The 'thing'?"
"Yes the 'thing' you know, the k-i-s-s"
"Oh that 'thing'!"
"Yes, what other 'thing' did you think I was referring to?"
Remus shrugged.
"Well how'd you find out about it?"
"You're forgetting that I'm friends with James too"
"Right… I so didn't forget about that!"
"Mhmmm sure"
"Did he tell you to talk to me?"
"Oh, you mean about the 'thing' or you're relationship 'thing'?"
"Both"
"Not a word"
She rolled her eyes.
"Lily!" Lily turned away and saw her mother waving her over, and she saw her standing next to a boy.
"Well, I'd better get going. I'll talk to you later Birthday Bird"
"See you Lily"
-
"Well, Lily this is Kevin"
Lily was standing in front of her mother, and was being introduced to the guy beside her. He was tall and had dark brown shaggy hair. He had olive coloured eyes and a kind smile.
"Hi" Lily said shaking his outstretched hand.
"Hey. You look very nice tonight Lily"
She smiled politely. "Thank you"
"Sorry but I bet you to it. I told her that already" Peter said who was walking past.
Lily and her mother both laughed and Kevin didn't know whether to look offended or amused.
"Is he you're boyfriend?" he asked her Lily shook her head.
"Nope, just a friend"
"What about the one you were talking to?"
"Another friend"
"Oh right. Do you have a boyfriend at the moment?" he asked her. Lily glanced over at James, who was leaning against the bar and listening to every word.
Lily opened her mouth and then closed it.
"Um… I… I don't really… I'm not sure at the moment so-"
"Great! So, you wanna dance?"
"Oh uh… you know the um strangest thing! I really have to go to the toilet so er… raincheck?"
"Sure" Kevin replied and Lily walked off as he continued talking to her mother.
Lily headed over to James who was still at the bar and looking at her closely.
"Hey" she said and leaned against the bar as well.
"Hi" he replied shortly.
"So-"
"You look beautiful Lily"
"Thanks but Peter bet you to it sorry" she said with a smile.
"No… he didn't. He told you that you look nice. I told you that you're beautiful"
He smiled at her, that grin that made her heart melt, and it was melting right now.
"Oh… ah thanks, again. You look pretty er, great too!"
He grinned and shook his head.
"So how's Kalvin doing?"
"Er, Kevin? I dunno I only just met him"
James nodded. "I know"
"Potter I'm not dating him"
"Yeah, I know that too. Apparently you aren't so sure of you're dating anyone or not"
"James-"
He ignored her and walked off, and she glared at his back.
She sighed and walked off.
Git, she thought grumpily.
-
"Lily Evans. You look awesome tonight mate"
Lily grinned. Thank you very much Sirius. You look er… Siriusly usual"
"That's handsome right?"
Lily laughed. "You always take the time to make yourself "handsome" Sirius"
"I know, I know. Now tell me. Who's that punk that Becky brought with her?"
"Did you come over here just to ask me about that 'punk' or are you just interested in talking to me?"
"Both…"
Lily shook her head. "I don't know who he is. She hasn't introduced him to me yet"
"Cool. Seen Emm?"
"No. She said she'd be an hour late. Why?"
"Remus is looking for her. Probably wants to snog her senseless or something"
Lily smiled unsurely.
"Um, maybe. Maybe he just wants to see her"
"Yeah, maybe. Anyway I want you to meet someone"
Sirius held out his hand and a tall blonde girl took it. She eyes were a strange shade of violet and she had on a lot of make up.
"This is Veronica" he said and Lily stared at her.
"This is Lily. She's my mate"
"Nice to meet you" Veronica said but it didn't look like she meant it.
"Yeah you too. Listen um Sirius can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure. I'll see you later babe"
Veronica watched them as Lily walked off and Sirius followed her through the crowd.
"What's up Lils?"
She
turned sharply and glared at him.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Huh?"
"What about Becky?"
"Relax Lily! This is all just part of the plan! Becky will get jealous and she'll come running back to me"
"Sirius Orion Black you had better not be telling me that you're using this girl to win Becky back"
"I am telling you that Lily. Besides, I can have a little fun with her and-"
Lily raised her hand; ready to slap him but someone from behind grabbed it before she could hit him.
She snatched her arm away and pointed at Sirius angrily.
"You arsehole! She is not going to come running back to you Sirius! The least she will do is call you a man whore! And trust me she can do a hell of a lot worse! And using that girl as, as some plan? Becky wants to know that you love her Sirius not that you're going to get the next air headed bimbo to make her jealous"
Sirius stared at her.
"Well she's got some random dude so why can't I?"
"Because she is obviously trying to make you jealous but why stoop down to that level when you could just tell her that you love her? Sirius… don't you think that maybe she invited that 'random dude' here just to see whether you would fight for her and prove that you love her?"
Sirius gaped at her. "Well what am I gonna do about Veronica?"
"Just… tell her you don't want to be with her or, or something. Tell her you're sorry for bringing her here in the first place but tell her she can stay"
"Lily… I don't know"
"Do you love Becky?"
"Of course I do!"
"Prove it"
"How?"
"You'll figure it out" Lily said and turned and walked into James who was standing behind her. It was obviously him who stopped her from slapping Sirius. "Sorry" she muttered before walking off towards Becky.
James stared after her, and sighed.
He had wanted to apologize for his attitude earlier but she had just walked off so he sighed.
"You'll get her soon mate" Sirius said patting his best friends shoulder.
"You know you and I are in the same boat?"
"Er…
we're in a boat?"
James rolled his eyes and walked off, over
to Peter and Remus.
-
"Becky-"
"Oh hey Lily! Lily this is Russell, he's ah, he's my new boyfriend. And Russ, this is Lily. One of my best friends"
"Hi. Pleasure to meet you" he said sticking his hand out and Lily shook it.
"Becky-"
A song came on and Russ grinned.
"Let's dance Beckles"
Lily cocked an eyebrow and Becky flushed red.
"Um, okay! See you later Lily, promise"
"But Becks-"
"It can wait can't it?"
Lily opened her mouth and shut it.
"Yeah, it can"
"Great!" Becky said and walked onto the floor with Russell.
"Excuse me Miss. Evans but there is a young man here wanting to apologize for his behaviour earlier. He was a little mad and said something he shouldn't have and he is very, very sorry" Lily smiled and turned around and James stood there smiling too.
"Oh, I was really hoping it was Mr. P. Rongs. He was really growing on me"
James chuckled.
"Forgive me?"
"Yeah I guess so"
He smiled.
"Lily-"
"Oh hi James! Lily! Fancy seeing you here!" James turned and he froze. Carly was standing there, smirking.
Lily frowned.
"What are you doing here?" Lily asked glaring daggers at her.
"Oh well this is my second job and I was asked to work tonight. When I found out that you were going to be here I just couldn't resist"
James groaned as Lily stepped towards her.
"Well maybe you made a mistake"
"I dunno, you're dad is looking pretty fine tonight"
Lily looked as if she was about to punch her but said; "My dad doesn't want sluts like you Carly".
Carly looked a bit surprised and James look worried.
"Oh really? Well how about you ask him that"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh nothing. He just said some very inappropriate things to me last week"
"Like what?" Lily was staring at her as if she wanted nothing more than to slam her fist into her face.
"Don't listen to her Lily she's just stirring" James said trying to pull her away.
Lily ignored him.
"Oh just that I was a very pretty girl and that if I ever needed some hot sex than I could just call him"
Lily launched towards her but James grabbed her and by now a few people had actually just stopped and was watching them. Remus, Sirius and Peter made their way over, including Danny.
"But I told him that if I did want sex than I could just call James"
Lily tore herself away from James with so much force he was shocked. She jumped on top of Carly, bringing her down to the floor and was punching her so hard it wasn't funny. Carly flipped over and grabbed Lily's hair and Lily screamed and Carly punched her jaw once and Lily ended up flipping herself back over and punched her again. James ran forwards and grabbed Lily off of Carly and held her away.
Lily was breathing heavily and Carly stood up.
"And you know what?"
Lily stared at her, struggling against James and then Carly smirked. "I got him into bed before you did!" Lily let out an angry yell and because James was holding onto her she kicked Carly instead. James pulled Lily back further and Carly just laughed.
Danny walked over and grabbed Carly by the arm and dragged her out of the restaurant.
They saw him say something to her and then saw her say something back and smirk.
-
"Hey, whether you like it or not, James doesn't want you! He never will Carly and until you realize that you're just going to make a complete fool out of yourself"
"Oh, I think Lily did that. She looked a bit psycho actually"
Carly smirked and Danny glared at her.
"No one likes a bitch Carly"
"Funny, James did"
"Yeah, um notice the past tense in that sentence?"
"Huh?"
"He did like it. But then he met Lily, and realized that he liked her better than you and you just can't handle that"
"Yeah right"
"Carly you go around ruining other people's lives just so you can feel better about yourself. Just forget it alright?"
Carly scoffed and Danny turned around and walked back inside.
Carly looked at Lily through the window and smirked and Lily glared right back at her. Carly stood there smirking until Sirius said; "Let's take her to Heather and see if she an get patched up" James nodded and looked at Lily who was still glaring at her enemy and James sighed and pulled her along with him.
Heather sighed as she rushed over and Lily's mother shook her head disappointedly.
"I expected more from you Lily, I really did"
Lily watched her mum walk off and closed her eyes.
"You okay?" Heather asked as she took Lily into the girls' bathroom.
"Fine" she said quietly and Heather used her wand to heal her bruises.
-
"Lily… Hey. Remus told me what happened are you okay?" Emm asked half an hour later. Lily was sitting at the bar next to James and was drinking vodka. Lily glanced at her.
"Yep. I'm fine"
James looked at her and sighed.
"I'm sorry about what she said Lily. I really am and-"
"You know what? I really don't know what made you sleep with her in the first place"
Lily stood up and James did too.
"You know why, I told you"
"Yeah, but that might have been another lie" Lily walked out of the restaurant and James followed at a run.
"Lily-"
"Go back to the party James"
It was pouring rain and they were both getting wet.
Lily kept walking; looking up at the sky occasionally.
"No. I'm not going back until you hear me out"
Lily sighed and stopped.
"I don't care what you have to say James. Just, go back and leave me alone"
Lily kept walking and James followed her and when they got about one block away he grabbed her arm and turned her to him.
"Why can't you just bug off?"
"Because I don't want to"
"Well then why don't you just go find Carly and have sex with her and then be happily ever after?"
"Because I don't want Carly, I want you"
"Is that it?"
Lily turned away from him and James sighed.
James looked at her, and said; "you know, my pride says yeah, that's it. Just walk away and let Lily deal with the fact that she's clearly threatened by a sexual relationship. But my heart says, just forget about your pride you idiot. You love this girl. And even if you're going to catch pneumonia, your ass is going to stand out here in the rain till you convince her to forgive you. So come on, Lils, just meet me half way here"
Lily sighed and turned to him. "Why should I James? Why should I?"
"Because I'm sorry. Because I love you. And because you're looking really hot standing out here in the rain and I'm thinking I have to kiss you"
Lily looked down and then back up at him and smiled. "Well, if you have to".
James grinned and leaned down and kissed her softly, pulling her closer to him.
When they pulled away Lily smiled at him.
"I love you"
James kissed the top of her head.
"I love you too"
They hugged each other for awhile before Lily pulled back and kissed him more passionately.
-
"Hey Becky. How… how are things?"
Becky turned and saw Sirius standing there and she swallowed.
"Um, good. You?"
"Okay I guess. I've been missing you though" Becky sighed and closed her eyes.
"I want you to know something-"
"Hey babe. Here's you're drink"
Sirius looked at Russell as he passed a glass of wine to her.
"Thanks" she said smiling at him.
"Sirius, this is my boyfriend. Russell, this is… my… this is Sirius"
"Her ex" Sirius said gripping Russell's hand tightly. There was a moment as the two tried to crush the other's fingers until Becky said; "What have you been up to?"
Russell pulled his hand away and Sirius smiled at Becky.
"Oh nothing much. I brought a girl here, but told her that I made a mistake and shouldn't have. She cried and I felt bad"
"Oh… not like you, normally you would have kept her here" Becky smiled at him and he gave her a strained one back.
"Yeah well people change right?"
"Right"
There was silence for a few minutes before Sirius turned to her and said; "Wanna dance?"
"Oh I'd l-"
"Actually I told her I'd dance with her after we got our drinks" Russell interrupted, putting a protective arm around her.
Becky frowned. "Russ, it's okay"
"I know its okay. So you, Sirius, you can go get that girl you brought and dance with her"
Sirius glared at him.
"Hey listen here mate, you don't own Becky, and therefore you can't tell her what to do"
"Sirius" Becky said warningly but he ignored her and glared at Russell.
"I'm not you're mate. And she doesn't want to dance with you. And I don't tell her what to do; I just protect her against man whores"
"Russ!" Becky said staring at him, shocked.
Sirius looked at Becky. He winked at her and said; "I'll see you in you're dreams Becks" he turned and walked off, smirking.
"What did he mean by that?" Russ demanded staring at her.
"What? I don't know! He was just joking!"
"Well it didn't sound like he was joking"
"Well he was! I'm sorry but that's just Sirius for you! Don't let his name fool you, because Sirius definitely isn't serious"
Russ snorted and Becky rolled her eyes.
"Do you have wet dreams about him or something?"
"What the hell? Russ! No I don't! And besides, guys have wet dreams"
"Well you could have one. I mean you're close to a guy! You practically wear guys' clothes and you don't wear make-up"
"Well you must be pretty blind because I'm wearing a sodding dress and make-up you're sod!"
"Hey don't call me a sod!"
"Don't call Sirius a man whore than!"
"Oh so is this what it's really about?"
"NO!" Becky shouted angrily at him. "I really don't know what I was thinking, going out with you"
"Well he sleeps around with girls so he must be a womanizer!"
"Well you would know wouldn't you?"
Russ stood there in silence, shocked and unaware that people were staring.
"Well what's you're problem?"
"My problem? My problem is that my "boyfriend" " (Becky made air quotes when she said 'boyfriend') "goes around calling my-"
"Ex"
"Friend a man whore! And plus you treat me as if I'm you're… you're property or something!"
"Well you're my girlfriend Becky! Mine!" Russ said staring at her as if she was stupid.
"No Russ. I was you're girlfriend"
The room was deadly silent and Becky walked straight past him and out the door and Sirius sighed.
Russ turned around, going a bit red as some people shook their heads at him, and a few even muttered things like; "Bossy people these days" or "Idiot, acting as if he owns her or something". Russ strode out the door, and then Sirius rolled his eyes and got up and left, even though Peter told him he shouldn't incase he made it worse.
-
"Hey! Beckles!"
Becky groaned as she kept walking until he grabbed her arm and turned her around.
"I'm sorry okay?"
Becky stayed silent, staring at him.
"Becky just say it's okay".
"No, because it's not okay"
"Yeah it is. I said some things I shouldn't have said and I'm sorry".
Becky shook her head and turned away.
"Beckles, please".
"Okay, number one: Don't call me Beckles. It's the dumbest name I've ever heard of. And two: Leave me the hell alone"
"I said I was sorry, what more do you want?"
"Not you that's for sure! I mean, who was I kidding, going out with you? I shouldn't have dated you in the first place"
"Well… we had fun right?"
Becky snorted and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, heaps of fun".
"Exactly what I was thinking. Why don't we forget about this and go find a hotel room?"
Becky laughed but before she could say anything Sirius said; "Hey how about you forget about that disgusting suggestion you made and piss off? She doesn't want you"
Russ shook his head and turned around. "Man you are really ticking me off right now".
"So much to make you get the hell away from here?"
"Nope. I'm not going anywhere unless Beckles comes with me"
Sirius burst into laughter.
"Okay, listen. She hates the name Beckles and it is the dumbest and stupidest thing I've ever heard. And I'm pretty sure she wants you to leave her alone" Becky stared at him, looking surprised.
"Come on Becky, let's go"
Becky raised her eyebrows.
"Okay"
He grinned and Sirius stared at her.
"Okay so you're obviously not getting the picture. I don't want to be with you, I don't want to hang around you and I sure as hell don't wanna sleep with you so get lost"
Russ gaped at her and Sirius smiled proudly.
"Wipe that smile off of you're face!" Russ said to Sirius who grinned even wider.
Russ grabbed him by his shirt collar and thrust him up against the wall.
"Stop smiling you son of a bitch!"
"There's no need to bring my mamma into this git" Sirius replied and Becky smiled as she tried to pull Russ off of him.
"Russ get off! Leave him alone!"
Russ turned to her and laughed. "Whatever".
He turned back, his fist ready to punch Sirius but frowned. Sirius wasn't there.
"What the-"
"Looking for me bitch?" Sirius asked pushing Russ against the wall and Russ yelled in shock.
Sirius turned him around and punched him in the jaw.
"That's for calling me a man whore you man whore"
Sirius punched him again.
"That's for not treating Becky right"
Becky grinned and Sirius punched him again.
"And that… that's for trying to sleep with her after she told you to leave her alone"
He punched him yet again and said; "and that's for trying to sleep with her in the first place"
Russ' nose was bloody and he'd split his lip.
Sirius smirked but it was soon wiped off when Russ threw a punch at him and got his jaw.
Just as he was about to fight back, James jumped in and pushed Russ back into the wall and punched him in the eye.
"Stop hitting my friend!" James said angrily and Lily turned to Sirius who was spitting out blood onto the ground.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. He deserved it too by the way"
"Why, what'd he do?" Lily asked frowning curiously.
"Tried to sleep with Becky, called me a man whore and acted as if she was his property"
"He tried to sleep with Becky?" Lily repeated staring at him.
Sirius nodded and Lily went over to Russ and slapped him, hard.
"OW!" he said clapping a hand to his cheek as James kept him leaning against the wall.
"Don't try to sleep with my friend ever again!" Lily said grabbing Becky's hand and pulling her into the restauraunt. Becky was grinning, feeling happy that Sirius had fought for her honor, as well as Lily and James.
James stared at Russ.
"Get out of here and stay away from my cousin".
Russ ran off, looking back once.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" James asked and Sirius shrugged.
"Who cares?"
James grinned and put an arm around his mates' shoulders and walked back into the restauraunt.
-
Hours later…
"Hey Remus" Emm said smiling and looking up at him as he walked into his apartment.
"Jesus Emm!" he said, jumping back slightly.
She grinned.
"How, did you ah, get in here?"
"Well, I used my muggle credit card"
He smiled and shook his head. "Come here"
Emm ran over to him and hugged him tightly.
"You know our wedding is in two months? Ah! I get to go dress shopping, organize everything…"
"You do realize it's going to have to be small right?"
Emm nodded. "I know. But I don't care because at least I'll be married to you" he grinned and kissed her softly, but pulled away.
"What's up?" she asked, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Er, nothing"
"Yeah right! You have that face that says you want to tell me something but you don't want to"
He sighed. "There's no use hiding it from you"
Emm frowned and sat down on the chair at the bench.
He sighed again and looked at her.
"When I was seven years old, my father had angered one of the biggest and most feared werewolves, Fenrir Greyback"
Remus paused and Emm nodded for him to go on.
"I don't know what he did exactly, but whatever it was, it seemed pretty bad. I snuck out one night, down to the forest behind our house. I was just walking along the path when I heard a noise. It was footsteps, and I looked around but couldn't see anyone. So I kept going, all the while getting the feeling I was being followed. So I kept checking, looking behind me, over my shoulder etc. I jumped at anything that I heard or moved. A twig that I stepped on snapped, the bushes kept blowing and it wasn't that cold. I checked over my shoulder again, and I could hear heavy breathing. There was nothing there"
Remus sighed and Emm frowned.
She waited a few seconds before asking him what happened next.
"Well, I turned back around and there was this massive, big thing, and I couldn't see what it was and I walked closer towards it, I was curious, and suddenly it jumped up, and I saw that it was a werewolf. I turned around and ran as fast as I could, but he was behind me, not to far away. I was screaming, yelling for my parents and I heard the back door slam and realized that I was getting closer to leave the woods.
"I looked behind me and Greyback wasn't anywhere near. So I stopped to see where he was, which was a stupid mistake because the next thing I knew, I was in pain, immense pain. When I turned back around I realized that he was biting my arm so I started yelling at the top of my lungs. Dad came running towards me, brandishing his wand and he stung the werewolf, and my mum came and grabbed me and saw that I was bleeding pretty badly.
"They took me to hospital and that was when I found out that I was in a life-changing situation: I would be a werewolf for the rest of my life and that there was no cure discovered at the time"
Remus sighed and glanced at Emm who sat there, looking confused.
"W… what? Are you telling me that you're… you're a WEREWOLF?" Emm shouted and Remus recoiled.
She glared at him and he nodded slowly.
"So that's what you've been doing every month? Turning into a sodding werewolf and pretending that you're mum AND you're grandma were sick?"
Remus nodded guiltily.
She glared at him.
"Why didn't you tell me? How could you keep it a secret from me Remus?"
"I, I was afraid! I thought you'd be scared of me and that you'd never talk to me again and I didn't want that to happen! I was afraid that you's stop loving me when you found out that I'm a monster"
Emm stared at him, and looked even angrier.
"You are not a monster Remus! And you know what really hurts? Even more then the fact that you lied to me?"
Remus shrugged his shoulders and looked at her, waiting for her answer.
"What hurts me the most is the fact that you would actually think that I would hate you. And I cannot believe that you of all people Remus could actually lie to me!"
"Yeah but Lily told me that I should tell you and-"
"Lily knew?"
Remus cringed.
"And James, Sirius and Peter"
Emm sighed and pushed her hair out of her face.
"How did they find out?"
"They figured it out, just like Lily. But Emm don't go getting mad at her, or any of them! I made Lily promise me that she wouldn't tell anyone, and you know Lily keeps to her words, so I trusted her and-"
"What, you don't trust me?"
"Emm! What kind of question is that? Of course I do!"
"Well if you do then why didn't you tell me?"
"Because it was hard enough seeing their faces whenever the full moon came around and I couldn't bear to see yours as well! I didn't want you to pity me and I didn't want you to have to deal with it"
"Why not?" Remus we are getting married in two months. We have to learn to tell each other everything and trust each other! That's what marriage is about! Looking after one another, trust, love all those things!"
"I know that!"
"Oh, do you? Because I'm not so sure about that!"
"I looked after you by keeping it a secret from you so you wouldn't have to worry about me! You already had to deal with the wedding and you're parents and with my condition it would have made things harder. I trust you with everything! Even my secret because I know you won't tell anyone, but hey if you want to tell Becky then you can because she can't be the only one in this group that can't know about it. And plus, I do love you. I love you so much and that's what scared me the most about coming clean with you. I love you, and I was scared of you leaving because I can't let you do that, I need you, I want you"
Emm stared at him.
"I love you too Remus, so, so much! But you know the Ministry is going to stop us from getting married and-"
"So we'll elope! We'll invite a few of our friends and-"
"My family won't accept this Remus you know what they're like"
"Well, you get Lily and Becky as you're bridesmaids, I'll get the other Marauders as my best men and we'll get a priest and we can get married"
Emm thought about it for a moment before smiling.
"Yeah! We don't need a big, fancy wedding anyways! We have each other, and our friends and that's all we need"
Remus smiled back at her, "you just said 'anyways', that's not a very you thing to say".
She chuckled. "What are you gonna do about it?" Remus shrugged and she hugged him tightly and kissed him on the lips.
"I know what I can do about it" Remus wiggled his eyebrows and she giggled.
-
Lily sat up as she heard tapping on her window. She frowned and walked over and opened it, and ducked just in time:
A rock came flying in and just missed her forehead.
"What the-"
"Lily!"
It was James, and he was whispering, obviously he didn't want to get caught by her father.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked leaning on the edge of her window, making sure her voice was kept low.
"Truthfully, I couldn't sleep"
She grinned. "So you thought you'd come over here, bash me up with some rocks and leave a bruise on my head and then tell me you came over because you couldn't sleep?"
He smirked. "I didn't hit you and you don't have a bruise. I just wanted to hear you're voice".
Lily couldn't help but smile, he could be so sweet at times, and also annoying.
"Well you've heard it"
"And I was also wondering if I could sleep over" he added and looked over towards her parent's room.
"Oh… well I guess you'd better climb on up then huh?"
"Yep, you bet" he said and he did just that. Lily stepped back and he climbed through and then shut it.
"Hey" he said turning around and she rolled her eyes and kissed him on the lips.
When they pulled away, James pulled her into a hug.
"You've got goose bumps all over you're arms" Lily said running her fingers over the said bumps.
He chuckled. "I've been standing out there for about an hour"
"Oh my gosh, really? I'm so sorry!"
James smiled. "Lils, relax. I was joking. I was only out there for five minutes".
"Must've been pretty cold" Lily said smirking.
"Oh, trust me it was. But it was worth it" James shrugged and Lily cocked her eyebrows.
"How so?"
"Well I'm here now aren't I? You know… in you're bedroom" he said grinning and turned around to look at the painting on her wall. It was a portrait, of Chum.
"Did you draw that?"
She shook her head but remembered he couldn't see her.
"Nope. Did you?" He chuckled and shook his head, his messy hair flying all over the place.
"No I didn't. I can't draw to save my life"
"Well, I guess you can make up for that" He turned to her, and cocked one of his eyebrows. She smiled and pulled him closer and kissed him, and pushed him towards the bed.
His legs hit the end of the bed, and he fell back onto it, Lily on top of him. She was smiling and he raised his eyebrows.
"Er-"
"Shut up and kiss me you loser" she said and kissed him again.
He pulled away this time and stared at her.
"I… um are you… er sure? I mean you really want to and everything and-"
"Well if I didn't want to then I would have made you sleep on the floor"
"Smart arse" he muttered and smiled. She rolled her eyes and said; "Sarcasm is only one of the services that I offer".
His grin grew wider and wider by the second.
"Well, what other services do you offer?"
She laughed softly. "You'll just have to wait and see".
"Tease" he muttered and she slapped his arm.
"Weirdo sex craver"
James gaped at her.
"I don't crave sex!"
"Then what are all those porno mags that I found in you're room?"
James just stared at her, looking confused.
"Under you're bed" Lily added with a mysterious smirk.
"Oh ah, those porno mags" Lily nodded and sat up.
"If it makes anything better, those aren't mine. They belong to Sirius, he gave them to me when we broke up but I never looked at them. And when did you go snooping in my room?"
"The other day" Lily replied and He frowned.
"When?"
"I already told you, the other day"
She was trying not to laugh at his annoyed expression.
"Okay, different question now. Um, why were you in my room?"
"I was looking for Sirius' black g-string"
James made a disgusted noise.
"S…Sirius has a black THONG!"
Lily made hushing noises and looked at her door and James gave her an apologetic look.
"Sorry, but did you just say that Sirius has a black thong?" James said; whispering this time.
Lily chuckled. "Actually it was the thong he bought for Becky's birthday but since they broke up she returned it and he was all mopey and took it into you're room, along with the porno mags and-"
"Okay this is the grose part isn't it?"
"Yeah, actually it is. He was gonna tell me about it but I told him if he continues his freaky little pornography story with me then I'd have to castrate him"
"Oh, you're good. I never, ever wanna get on you're evil side"
"Why say evil when you can say bad?"
"Because I'm about to find out you're er… naughty side"
Lily laughed and James rolled over on top of her and started tickling her.
"Argh! Shhh! My parents will hear us!"
He just laughed and tickled harder.
"LILY? What's going on?" she heard her fathers voice yell from his own room.
"Um, nothing! Freckles was just doing this weird scary dance move thing and it was funny!" Lily called back and James started kissing her neck.
"Well do you want me to come in and sort him out?"
"I…oh… I mean NO! I have it covered!" Lily tried to wiggle out of James' reach but it was impossible as he started nibbling her ear softly.
She pulled the front of his shirt and pressed her lips against his and he pulled his shirt off and threw it at Freckles' cage, blocking his view…
-
James smiled as he watched Lily breathe in and out in her sleep.
He loved watching her sleep; he hadn't done it in a long time.
He sighed as she smiled a little in her sleep.
He looked around her room, and saw his shirt on Freckles' cage and grinned as he remembered the night before.
He looked back at Lily and saw that she was still asleep. He leaned over her and checked the time and it read 9:27 am.
He groaned, he had to get to Auror Training at ten.
He got up and grabbed his clothes and started getting dressed. He pulled his shorts on and then got his shirt. As he put it over his head, he heard Lily say; "Oh so it was a one night stand huh?"
He started and turned to look at her, feeling a bit hurt.
"I would never do that to you Lily. I promise and-"
"I know. I just had to hear you say that" she grinned and he walked over to her.
He sat on the bed and sighed.
"I have to get into the Ministry. The first official day of Auror Training, and if I don't make it on time then Moody will fry my arse".
"Oooh, I wouldn't wanna be around to see that"
He smiled and she pulled him into her arms.
"You're gonna do great, really great"
He looked into her eyes and said; "if you say so".
Lily shook his head, and saw a mixture of anger and hurt in his eyes.
I know so"
The look in his eyes was gone in a second and he shook his head.
"Damn girl, what are you doing to me?"
"No,
no, no. The question is, what are you doing to me?"
She smirked
and gave him a cocky smile and he chuckled and leaned forwards and
pecked her on the lips.
"You'd better go before my parents hear something and come running in, and screaming their heads off at us of course but only after knocking the door down".
James sighed and shook his head and looked back at her.
"Hear what? This" He leaned forwards and pushed her back onto her bed, rolling on top of her and nibbling her ear making her laugh.
-
"Thanks for taking care of me Sirius"
Becky smiled at him, as he stood in front of her door.
He had let her stay at the Potter's house the night before because she ended up drunk.
He smiled back at her and ran a hand through his hair.
"Anytime"
She chuckled and pulled him into a tight hug.
"You're a good friend, you really are" she buried her head into his shoulder, and because of doing that she missed the sad, hurt and confused look on his face. "I dunno what I'd do without you".
"Yeah… me too" he said as she pulled away.
"Well I'm gonna go rest, I have a killed headache and remind me to never drink again"
"Never drink again" he said and she cocked an eyebrow.
"Alright, see you later smart ass"
He grinned and walked off down the path and turned at the end of it.
"Becky?"
But she had already gone, the door was shut and he heard the lock click.
He sighed sadly.
"I love you"
-
"Good morning honey! Did you have a good sleep?"
Lily yawned as she sat down at the breakfast table and her father greeted her with the usual.
She nodded and smiled.
"The best"
She grinned even wider and her parents glanced at each other, worriedly.
"Oh, ah you okay?"
She nodded and spread the Nutella onto her toast, smiling dreamily.
"So, you're mother wants to take you shopping today" he dad said as he sipped his coffee.
"Oh that's nice" Lily replied not even listening.
"I love you, you know that?"
Lily grinned and kissed him passionately.
"I know, and I love you too"
"Good, 'cause you'd better"
She chuckled. "Well you'd better go, before er… Moody fries you're arse"
He smiled and winked.
"May I say I had the best sleep last night?"
"Oh really? Well so did I"
"Lily! Breakfast!"
Lily groaned and sighed grumpily.
"Hey, turn that frown upside down alright? I'll see you later"
"LILY!"
"COMING!" Lily said shouting back and startling James, who was sitting on the edge of her window.
"Promise?"
He crossed his heart and Lily smiled. "Cross my heart" he winked and climbed down, and Lily sighed happily as she watched him hurry over to his own house, jumping the fence.
She heard a thud, and James saying; "OW! Sodding fence!"
Lily burst out into laughter as he got back up and practically ran over to his window.
"Lily… Lily… Lily honey, are you alright?"
Her mother stared at her daughter with concern.
She nodded, grinning goofily.
"She's gone mental or something!"
"Oh Jane! Relax; she probably just had a really good dream that's all"
Jane Evans stared at her daughter suspiciously.
"Isn't that right sweetheart?" her dad asked and Lily nodded in his direction. "An awesome… dream"
"I'm gonna go watch TV" Lily said after a few seconds and got up and walked into the lounge room, her mother watching her the whole time.
"There's something going on with her and I'm going to find out why, even if it is the last thing I do".
Mr. Evans snorted at his wife's chosen words and she glared at him.
"Sounds like a good plan love" he said, catching the look she was giving him.
"And I'm going to get the help from my partner in crime" Jane said walking over to the front door.
Mr. Evans shook his head and smiled and picked up the newspaper and began to read it, all the while Lily had been smiling happily as she watched The Notebook.
-
"Lily's being acting… weird all morning" Jane said in a hushed voice as Sirius walked past.
Heather and Jane were sitting outside the Potter house on lawn chairs.
"Define 'weird' please" Heather replied glancing at her friend.
"She's had this, this goofy smile on her face, she keeps zoning out, she's watching romantic movies, she's-"
"Love sick?" Heather suggested and Jane snorted.
"Oh please! Lily, love sick?" Jane laughed but Heather shook her head.
"Don't be so quick to think eighteen year olds can't be in love, you did get married when you were seventeen".
"Oh hush. I just don't think it's possible. Lily wears army pants and doesn't mind getting dirt on her clothes. She spends her time helping her father in his tool shed when she's not with that son of yours and-"
Jane broke off as Sirius walked past again and flashed her a grin.
"She just doesn't seem like one to be in love"
Heather chuckled and sighed.
"Jane, Jane, Jane. If it helps, James has been the same way this morning. He was actually singing 'It's a Wonderful World' this morning in the bathroom"
Sirius, who was nearby burst out into hysterical fits of laughter as he remembered walking past and hearing his best mate himself.
"Sirius! Are you eavesdropping?" Heather asked and she smiled charmingly.
"Now why would I do that?"
"Why wouldn't you?" Jane asked and he poked his tongue out at her.
"I'll be on my broom if you need me" Sirius said, wanting to get away from Heather who was glaring fiercely at him.
"Looks, let's just look into this before jumping to conclusions about Lily being in love, and overly happy and grinning goofily, and James acting overly strange by singing and-"
"Oh my god" Jane said staring at her best friend.
Heather's eyes were as round as galleons.
"Do you think they're back together?" Jane asked.
"There's only one way to find out" Heather replied mysteriously and winking.
A/N:
Uhoh. Heather and Jane are onto them now!
Well I loved this chapter, mainly because Lily punched Carly and then got with James (YAY).
So, I haven't updated and how's this?
LMOHMISAO is going to be on hold for a while due to my responsibility to AVON. I promised myself that I'd only write AVON and focus on that. But then I got the idea for my other story and yeah. I feel bad so I'm devoting my time to AVON now. So LMOHMISAO is on hold. But don't worry, there's a six week holiday coming up soon so there's still hope.
Thank you so much to the reviewers, and although this is getting off a bit slow, I'm going to make the chapters shorter so that there's MUCH more chapters. Er, actually I'll try but I can't promise anything. :)
♥ ALWAYS,
LilyHeartsJames
P.S:
Those who've read my recent profile owe me ten bucks:
My dumb science teacher DID write that I need to read my notes at home. Actually he wrote that I refused to but hey, what the hell. He can't MAKE me!