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It had only been one day since the scene in the great hall and Lily had been told "Congratulations" well over a dozen times. She couldn't manage to go anywhere without whispers erupting. She was going to kill James once she got her hands one him.
That seemed to be problem right now, she couldn't find James. In fact she couldn't find any of the guys. She had been all over the castle and the grounds, still no site of them. It was almost time for supper, so she decided to head to the Great Hall and wait there. If there was anything she could count on was that none of them ever missed a meal.
When she entered the Great Hall, sure enough they were one of the only ones there, except for a few first years. Making her way to them she noticed that Remus was missing from the group. Then it dawned on her, it was a full moon tonight. Of course Remus would be on his way to the shack by now. She had been used to tracking the full moons and covering for him when he was unable to patrol with her the past two years. This year she and James made certain that he was not scheduled during the full moon to ensure that there would be no question asked.
Lily was about to sit down when Sirius stood up shoving as many sandwiches as he could fit into his pockets and Peter practically ran out. James stood up looking down at her with that lopsided grin. "Oh no you don't! I have been looking for you all day and your not going to run off now."
He gave her a chuckle. "So you have been looking for me all day have you?" All Lily could do was gap at him. She should have known that he would turn this around on her. "For some odd reason, today I have had several guys telling me what a lucky bloke I am. Funny isn't it?"
"Ahh! I can't go anywhere without everyone talking about your big display yesterday! You know exactly what they are saying. They think that were together, as a couple."
James could help but smile. She was so cute when she got irritated. He leaned down, his voice now deep. "I think their on to something, don't you?" With that he followed Sirius out the door.
Lily stopped dead in her tracks as she watched him stride thru the doors of the Great Hall. What was he saying? Surely he didn't mean that, they were friends now. Yeah, he still joked about them hooking up, but he hadn't actually asked her on a date in months. Lily must have been standing there for a while lost in her thoughts; next thing she knew Mary was standing in front of her.
Mary looked at Lily with quite a bit of amusement. She waved her hands in Lily's face, "Is anyone home in there?" Lily seemed to notice her now. She watched as Lily sat down rather quickly. "Are you alright? You're a bit shaken."
Alice laughed as she sat down across from them. "James is finally starting to get to you isn't he? I always knew he would."
Lily looked up in horror. "What do you mean getting to me? I have no idea of what you are talking about! What makes you think that this is about James?"
"Well, we know that this is about James because when we were walking in Sirius was yelling at him to hurry up that Lily was still going to be here when he got back. And we know that he is getting to you because you were doing your zone out thing that you do when something is bothering you." Alice knew she was right when Lily just looked down pushing her food around her plate.
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It was now eleven o'clock that night and Lily hadn't seen James since the beginning of dinner. If he was out with Sirius doing a prank she was going to kill him. He could lose his badge if he got caught. Then again he had not been in on any of the pranks this year. He had promised Lily at the start of the year that he would do his very best at his position of Head Boy. And he had been true to his word; no pranks, no sneaking out unless he was going to the Gryffindor Tower to hang with the guys. Lily could hardly fault him for that.
Maybe he was out with a girl? She felt slightly sick to the stomach at the thought. There was a time when James had a new girl every other day, but then again she hadn't seen him with a girl since last year sometime. Normally when a girl had a date with James she would make sure that it was all over the school in a matter of minutes, however the only thing being talked about right now was James and Lily.
The more she thought about the situation the more she was certain that he wasn't out with a girl. Lily was liked by all; however her temper was as legendary as the Marauder's pranks. She was positive that no girl would touch James while he was with her, for fear of felling her wrath. Even though they weren't together, she suddenly felt pleased that the rest of Hogwarts believed they were.
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James uttered the password then stumbled into the Heads common room. He made it half way across the room before his legs gave out and he knocked over a small side table. As he lay on the floor he saw the fire light back up. He hazily gazed in the direction of the fire and saw her turning toward him. He has counted on her being asleep when he got back. How in the hell was he going to explain this. "Oh Shit" was all he could think at the moment.
Lily was going to rip him to pieces when she got her hands on him. However when she reached James it looked like someone had already beat her to it. "Where in the bloody hell have you been. It's four o'clock in the morning!" As she bent down to help him up she realized just how bad a shape he was in. "Oh my god James. We have to get you to Madam Poppy!"
"No!" said James trying to pull himself up.
"James Potter, you have to get to the hospital wing this instant!"
"Lily just help me to my bed and I'll be fine. Please! I can't go to there, Poppy will ask to many questions." He could tell that she wasn't to keen on the idea and it was going to take some more convincing. "Please Lils. You can heal me! You know you can, so don't try to deny it!" He looked up into her hypnotic green eyes and could see that she was giving in.
As she went to help him up, he broke out into a grin that grew into that bright genuine smile. Even if she wanted to, Lily couldn't tell him no after she saw that smile. "What makes you think that it will be any better if you stay here?"
He was on his feet now with his arm around Lily's shoulder. She had her arms around his waist trying to steady him and they closed the distance to his bed room. This was much better than the hospital wing. He would come back in this state every night if it meant he could be this close to her. "Lets see; the cold dark hospital wing with Poppy or here with you in heaven? Not much of a choice if you ask me."
Lily chuckled and rolled her eyes. "Save your lines for somebody else James."
He groaned, if only it was a line. She looked like an angle with tank nightdress that fell right in the middle of her thigh. God, what he would give to run his hand up it, just to touch the smooth skin of her legs.
"Did I hurt you?" Lily could help but worry about him as she helped him into his bed.
"Yeah. I guess you could say that." He watched as Lily pulled off his shoes and socks. This wasn't exactly what he envisioned when he dreamed of her undressing him, but hell at this point he would take what he could get.
"Are you able to lift up some so I can get your shirt off?" He rose up and braced himself on his elbows. She reached the hem of his shirt, her finger barely brushed over his chest as she removed it.
James struggled to hold back a smirk as Lily's checks started to redden. His gaze followed her hands as she fumbled to get his belt undone. By the time she had his pants unzipped, her face matched her hair.
"James lift up a bit so I can get your pants off." Instantly she realized what she had just said. He was never going to let her live this down.
"Well if you insist. I thought that you would at least take me to dinner first." She was going to kill him for that and he was going to enjoy every minute of it. He maneuvered so that she could slide his pants down.
"I would watch what I say if I were you! I might just give you the wrong potion by mistake." James joking seemed to calm her nerves some. Lily couldn't believe the witty quips that were coming out of her mouth. She was flirting with a nearly naked James.
"Point taken"
"I've got to go get stuff. I'll be back in a second." With that Lily fled the room.
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As she walked back into the room with the necessary potions, she had almost convinced herself that she felt nothing when she undressed James. That thought flew straight out the window when she saw him lying on the bed waiting for her to return. She decided that the safest thing at the moment would to focus on being mad at him. Lily sat down on the side of the bed to assess his injuries. She started to apply a healing ointment to cuts on his back. "What happened James? What the hell were you doing out until four in the morning?"
"Lily I can't tell you." He knew he couldn't lie to her; there was no bother even tiring.
"My god James, you've been attacked! I deserve to know!" Looking over his wounds it dawned on her. She gasp! "You weren't in the forest were you?" She began to franticly search his body.
He knew precisely what she was looking for. "I wasn't bit."
She stopped and stared at him. So he was attacked by a werewolf. "How did you get away? Werewolves can't resist flesh and blood. You should have been ripped to pieces!" Before she knew what she was doing, her arms were wrapped around James holding him for dear life.
James was shocked as Lily held him, but only for a second. He enclosed her in his arms and that was when he felt a tear run down her face onto his chest. "Shh. Its ok. I'm here." He held her tight as she sniffled. "I'm ok luv." He stroked her hair.
After she had composed herself, she began to process this new information. She bolted upright and looked him dead in the eyes. At once she knew, but there was no way it could be possible. "The only way that you wouldn't have been bitten, is if you were an animal. And the only way that you would have been an animal is if you were an Animagi."
He had suspected that she would find out eventually, he just never got around to how he was going to explain it. He just looked at her not knowing what to say.
"Oh shit, you are aren't you? Considering McGonagall doesn't have a clue, I would guess your unregistered." She was starting to get hysterical. "James! You could go to Azkaban for that!" Not noticing that James arms were still around her waist, she went to stand up.
He tighten his grip, not letting her have a chance to get away. "Stay calm and I'll explain everything." When she remained seated, he took it as a sign to continue. "In fifth year Sirius, Peter, and I became Animagi to help Remus out with his transformation. After knowing how hard it is for him and what he has to go thru it was the least I could do. You most likely think I've fell off my broom one to many times? Lily please, you can't tell anyone!"
"I might be Head Girl, but I know when the rules need to be broken." She could fell him tense up around her. "And this is one of those times." James let go of a breath that he didn't realize that he had been holding. She smiled as she continued to apply the cream to his cuts. "I wouldn't turn you in for being there for your friend. In these times I wouldn't register either. In the middle of a war it could save your life." As she looked up at him, she could see the admiration in his eyes. It was so intense that she couldn't hold his gaze.
Finishing with his cuts, Lily then handed him a small bottle of potion. "Drink this, it's Sleeping Draught." She grabbed her wand and moved the large cushy arm chair that was in the corner of the room closer to the bed.
James watched as she went to went to move off of the bed. "You're not going to sleep in that chair are you?"
"Well yeah. You really don't need to be left alone tonight." She watched as he pulled the cover back on the bed, so that she could get into the bed next to him.
"Come on Lils. I'll behave myself." His prayers were answered when he saw her lips turn into a weary smile. She made her way around the bed and climbed in. As she laid down she instinctively moved close to him. Drifting off to sleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, she could feel James wrap her up in his strong muscular arms. Giving into bliss she snuggled into his body, letting his scent over whelm her.
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