Hey hey hey! Chrismas is coming up!! is everyone excited? lol I am hehe. and my b-day is coming up as well...on friday Dec.22 i'll be 18. whooo! a legal woman! yeah yeah hoo hoo! does a dance hehe ok yeah, sorry for getting too excited. alright well i just wanted to update before everything gets way too hectic with the holidays coming up and all. so here it is!! CHapter 6!!!!!

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Chapter 6. Makings of a Good Marauder and Passing Notes

The rest of the morning was uneventful for Lily, and if it wasn't for Remus, she thought she would have died of boredom.

"Lily, is it me, or do we already know all this?" Remus whispered during Arthimancy.

"Yes, we do. He's just making us review what we did last year," Lily whispered back.

"Heh, it's times like these when I really miss Professor Boise," he whispered with a smirk on his face. Professor Boise had been their Arthimancy teacher the year before but he had retired due to a serious case of paranoia.

Lily gave Remus a face that told him she didn't approve, then her mouth slowly formed into a smirk as well.

"I didn't like him much, that's why that prank that you guys pulled on him last year was one of the few that I didn't mind to watch," said Lily, grinning widely.

"You know, you would be a good Marauder if you'd just loosen up a bit," Remus said seriously.

"Nuh uh, I'm not joining the Marauders. That would be disastrous," she replied in a disgusted tone.

"Oh, well, it's your choice," he said before turning his attention back to their assignment.

After both of her morning classes, Lily found that she wasn't the only one with her stomach growling for food. Taking a hint, she and Remus headed to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Well, I don't see anybody so let's just save seats for them," Lily suggested.

Remus nodded his agreement and followed her to Gryffindor table. There they sat in silence for a few seconds, and to be truly honest, Lily didn't really feel like talking much.

"Um…" started Remus, "so, what did you think about our new Herbology teacher, Professor Sprout? She seems really nice and by the looks of it, she knows her plants."

"Oh…yeah, she seems like a good teacher," she said, distractedly looking around the hall.

"Lily."

"Yes."

"Are you alright?"

"Yes, why do you ask, Remus?" Lily asked, turning to look curiously at the boy in front of her.

"Well, you look a bit off. What's on your mind," Remus asked, concern written all over his face.

Lily just looked at him.
She hadn't noticed how old he appeared compared to his friends. It was as if he was aging faster then all of them put together. But it did give him a more matured look, which made him all the more attractive.

"Lily!" Remus said sharply, bringing Lily out of her trance. He was now staring at her with a worrisome look.

Lily now felt uncomfortable and irritated; she just wanted her friends to get there so that they could eat.

"Oh, sorry," she mumbled; now staring at her fingers with interest.

Remus only raised his eyebrow at her and sighed.

"I wonder where everyone is," he said, looking around the hall for a moment.

"I dunno, maybe they got stuck with Professor McGonagall."

"I suppose. She has been looking kind of cranky."

"Yeah, she has, hasn't she?" Lily giggled a bit. "Ok, well, I'm hungry so I'm going to start eating, now," said Lily, getting really tired of waiting.

"I'll start with you," he said before taking one last look around. But just as he was about to grab a plate, someone called out his name.

"Ha, here they come," Remus said with a smile.

"Oh, yay," Lily said sarcastically.

"Hey Moony," greeted James.

"Hello. What took you guys so long?" Remus questioned.

"Ah, well, we had a little run in with McGonagall," James answered cheerfully.

"Hey, Remus, could you scoot over a bit?" asked Sirius as he tapped Remus on the shoulder.

"Yeah, sure, Sirius," Remus moved over for him.

"Hey! Make room for me!" James exclaimed.

"Of course, James, old chap!" said Sirius.

"Ok, now, where is Peter?" Remus asked once everyone had settled down.

"He, um, had a close encounter with a Slytherin's fist. But luckily, we were there to teach those gits a lesson," smirked Sirius as he mounded his plate with food.

"Yeah, we showed them, didn't we, Padfoot" James beamed. "Hey, Evans, could you pass the bread?"

"Yeah, sure," Lily sighed.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing, Black," snapped Lily.

"A bit grouchy, are we?" commented Sirius.

"Grouchy? She's always like that," said James playfully before Remus stomped on his foot to stop from saying anything else that would upset Lily even more.

"Ouch, Remus! That was my- um, never mind."

"Remember the plan!" Remus hissed in James' ear.

"Oh, right," muttered James. "So, Evans, did you have a good morning?" James' attitude changed so suddenly that Lily wondered what was going on.

"It was alright," she said nonchalantly.

"What class do you have next?"

"History of Magic."

"Oh, really?! 'e hafe 'at whoo!" exclaimed Sirius, who had a large piece of pie in his mouth.

"Urgh, cover your mouth, Padfoot," said Remus.

"Sorry," Sirius swallowed.

Soon after, Lily's friends joined them, making her mood a little bit pleasant.

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The day went by agonizingly slow after lunch. It went so slow that James thought that time was going backwards. They were now in their history class. At that moment he and Sirius were discussing Quiddich, which normally would help him get out of his boredom, but it just wasn't catching his interest. And frankly his mind was more interested on Lily. Hell…his mind was always on Lily…

"James! Earth to James!"Sirius hissed, looking irritated.

"Wha- oh, sorry, Padfoot."

"Yeah, whatever…So, I take it that you weren't paying attention to a damn thing that I was saying?" Sirius asked with one of eyebrows raised.

"…no…I wasn't. Sorry, Sirius," said an embarrassed James.

"Ah, it's alright, Prongs. I just hope you don't stay quiet for too long. Your beginning to get a little boring," replied Sirius.

"Did you ever think that maybe I'm boring at the moment because I AM bored?" James said sarcastically.

"Oh, really? I'm bored too!" replied Sirius.

"You know, you really are weird sometimes."

"Yeah, I know," sighed Sirius, "but you gotta love me!" he said smugly, giving James a little shove with his elbow.

"I'm SOOOO bored!!" said Gwen all of a sudden, putting her desk a little bit closer to the boys

"Join the club, Gwenny."

"Yeah," mumbled James. He was now busy writing on a piece of parchment.

When he finished, he folded it up into an airplane and threw it across the room to where Lily was sitting. She had her head crouched over her table and was working on their assignment when the flying object smoothly landed in front of her.

Curious, Lily grabbed the paper airplane and opened it up. She quickly read it then turned towards James, giving him a look of annoyance. Lily then turned around and began to scrawl something on James' note.

Once finished, she crumbled it up and threw it back, hitting Sirius on the head. This made Gwen and James giggle before Sirius shot them a glare.

"What the hell was that?" he asked angrily, rubbing the spot where the parchment had hit him.

"A reply form Lily," James said simply. Grinning, James eagerly picked up the parchment from the ground and opened it up to reveal what Lily had written.

Hey Evans! What are you up to? –James

Hello Potter. I am doing my work, which is what you are supposed to be doing right now. So I would appreciate it if you would LEAVE ME ALONE so that I can FINISH IT!! Good-bye! Oh, and let this be the LAST time you send notes to me during class! –Lily

"She's feisty," said Sirius, who was reading the note over James' shoulder.

"That's my Lils," beamed Gwen.

"I think I'll write back," James decided.

At that, James dipped his quill in the inkbottle and began his reply, with Sirius and Gwen adding a few things to it.

First of all, Evans, nice throw. Maybe if you had aimed a little to the right you could have hit me with the parchment and not get poor Sirius. –James

Yeah! That hurt! –Sirius

Second, I already finished my work so HA! to you! –James

Hey Lily, he hasn't finished his work. Just to let you know –Gwen

Geeze, Gwen, thanks a lot! Ok anyways, about writing back to you, this will be the last time I send notes to you, but since you didn't say, "don't send a reply back." Then that means I can still send you back this note and not go against your rule. HA! –James

Satisfied with his note, James crumbled the parchment back into a ball and whistled to Lily to catch her attention. She turned to face him and rolled her eyes.

"What?!" she hissed from across the room.

"Catch!" he replied, lazily throwing the note to her. Lily caught it in mid air and turned back in her chair to read James' note once again.

"James, she's getting pretty good at that. She could probably give you a run for your money in Quiddich, mate," teased Sirius.

"Over my dead body!"

"I bet she could arrange that as well." Sirius replied.

"Oh, shut up and let me work, Padfoot!"

"Yeah, you go do that, James," Gwen snorted.

Just then, a ball of paper came flying and hit James square in the face.

"Ow!" James shouted. He rubbed his forehead just as he placed his eyes on Lily, who had a smug look on her face.

"Mr. Potter, Please keep it down. I am trying to teach here," droned Professor Binns.

"How long has he been there?" asked a confused Sirius.

"Since the beginning of class," answered Gwen.

"Oops."

"Why oops?"

"I didn't know he was here."

"Talk about lack of attention," Gwen commented.

"Nah, Sirius is always like that, right, Padfoot?" James interrupted.

"Of course, Prongs."

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Let's see what Lils wrote," suggested Gwen.

"Ok, it says…"

First of all, hello Sirius and Gwen –Lily

Yeah, hello, guys –Remus

Yes, hello –Liz

Second of all Potter, what you said about the note, did NOT make sense. I just hope you realized that. Now, Gwen, would you please smack Potter on the back of the head?- Lily

At that moment there was a loud 'smack' as Gwen hit James.

"Ouch! Damn it, Gwen. Why did you do that?"

"Lily wrote it, so I complied with her wish," she simply said.

James just rolled his eyes at her

"Ok! Just shut up and read the rest!" interrupted Sirius.

"Alright, alright! Keep your clothes on Padfoot," James teased.

"What? You want me to take my clothes off?!" Sirius joked, pretending to lift up his robe.

"Hell no, Sirius! SIT DOWN!" James said as he grabbed his friend by the collar of his robes and roughly sat him down.

"Argh! Boys!" said Gwen irritated. "Ok, just read!"

Ok, well, um, could you leave me alone now?! Please? –Lily

"That's all she wrote?" asked a disappointed James.

"I guess so, mate," Sirius patted James on the back sympathetically.

"Should we write back, Gwen?" James asked, looking at Gwen eagerly.

"Let's write back to Remus and Liz instead," Gwen suggested.

"Go for it!" Sirius replied.

Once again James wrote on the parchment and tossed it to Lily. James watched as Lily read the note then passed it to Remus, who then started to write a reply. All the while, Liz and Lily added a few things here and there.

After that, Remus folded the parchment and threw it back to James. James opened it up and read:

Ok, Evans, we'll leave you alone but we are going to still write to Remus and Liz. Ok? Ok…

Now that that's settled, I wanted to ask if you guys would join us at Hogsmead next Saturday. –James

Yeah, and we can go to Jonko's to get more Dungbombs. –Sirius

And as the boys are getting their prank equipment, us girls can go to the Three Broomsticks and catch up on our "gossip." –Gwen

Gwen, that was scary. –Sirius

All right, well, what do you say? We on for next Saturday? Write Back! -James

Good, Potter. Thank you for leaving me out of this conversation for a while, now here are Liz and Remus. Have fun! –Lily

Sorry about her, everyone. She says she needs to write down notes instead of doing this. –Liz

About the Hogsmead outing, I say, go for it. We should all hang out. But I'm afraid that we shouldn't buy those Dung Bombs because I already have some left from this summer with Sirius. -Remus

And yes, Lily and I will join as well. We do need to catch up on our "gossip". –Liz

So it's agreed. We will all go to Hogsmead on Saturday. –Remus

"Cool!" James said loudly after reading the note.

"Yeah, mate, its cool and all but could you keep it down a bit?" Sirius stifled a laugh.

"Oh, sorry," James looked sheepishly at Sirius then he turned to Gwen.

"So, are you sure Evans will go?" he asked.

"She'll go alright. Even if I have to drag her out of the library screaming," Gwen said with a glint in her eye.

Sirius just shook his head and leaned back on his chair. His eyes now drooping as he tried to pay attention to Professor Binns drone on about Glenda the Glamorous Dragon Keeper.

Yay!! Chapter 6 is done!! hehe i liked writing this chap since this is exactly what my friends and i do during class (evily smiling) haha yeah, class is just more fun that way ok well i just wanted to wish you all the best of holidays and a happy New Year incase i don't add another chapter soon!! alright well take care and all that good stuff!!! bye bye

p.s same old story, i know, but think of it as your x-mas present to me hehehe: PLEASE REVIEW!