Chapter 12

Prejudice Egotistical Cow

Disclaimer- Not mine.

"How do I look?" Remus said, nervously adjusting his tie. He looked at the image in the full-length mirror and sighed.

"Very handsome." Lily said rolling onto her back, lying on James' bed.

"Don't worry so much. It'll be fine." Julia reassured him.

Sirius sniffled and wiped an invisible tear from his eye, "Our little boy is growing up James."

"It seemed just yesterday he was small enough to hold and now…" James continued in mock sadness. "Now he's going on a date!"

Sirius jokingly let out a wail and covered his face with his hands. "Shove off." Remus replied, throwing a pillow at them.

Julia laughed, "Aye, leave him alone." She said.

"No wonder Remus never told you blokes when he had a date." Lily said with a roll of her eyes.

James laughed at Sirius' performance. "Aw, we're just playing." He said, clamping a hand down on Remus' shoulder.

"Whatever," Remus said, rolling his eyes and brushing off his shirt.

"You look stiff." James said.

"Well he's probably nervous." Lily said. She lowered her head over the side of the bed to look under it.

"Nah, he just is…too neat." James replied.

"No he's not." Lily replied, shifting junk under the bed. "He looks nice."

"Just because his shirt isn't half tucked in and his hair a mess, like yours James, doesn't mean a thing." Julia piped in.

James grinned, "He could at least loosen his tie…" He said.

"Leave him be!" Lily said, throwing a pair of dirty pants she found under the bed at James.

"Do you really think I look that bad…?" Remus asked subconscious of his image now.

Sirius laughed and said, "Geez Mooney, stop worrying."

"You're making him a wreak." Julia said with a chuckle as she joined Remus at the mirror. "Don't listen to them, you look fine."

Remus nodded though he didn't look like he believed her. "Hey, what's the girl's name again?" Sirius asked, taking a seat on his bed.

"Olivia." Remus replied, blushing as he did.

"Awww!" James said pinching Remus' cheek.

Lily poked her head up from her search under James' bed. "Do they do this to you every time you go on a date?" Lily asked Remus.

Remus nodded, "Pretty much."

"Pathetic…" Lily muttered, directing her attention back to under the bed.

"S'cuse me Evans?" James asked sitting down on his bed next to her.

"Did you do this whole thing to Sirius when he and Julia started dating?" She asked James.

"Er, no?" James replied.

"Then why are you doing it to Remus?"

James grinned, "Because if I did it to Sirius, he wouldn't care. But Remus cares." He explained.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Well I think you've played this game long enough. Why don't you leave him alone now?"

James scratched the back of his head, not really listening to her reprimands. "Say what are you looking for?" James asked, leaning over the bed to look under it as well.

"Stuff." Lily replied.

"Like what?"

"Like something." She answered, pushing away dirty cloths and papers.

"Something eh?" James repeated.

"Let me guess…" Sirius began. "You're looking for something you want…" He said vaguely.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Well yeah."

"Something that you don't need…"

"Yeah."

"But it would make you feel a lot better if you had…?" Sirius asked.

"Uh huh." Lily said.

"Something that involves James...?"

"Yes Black." Lily rolled her eyes at him. Sirius was being vague and she knew he didn't know what she was looking for.

"Well why didn't you say something." James said and Lily glanced over at him. "Condoms are in my top dresser draw."

"Potter!" Lily snapped, pushing him off the bed.

James laughed and broke his fall with his hands. The rest of the group laughed with him. "I hate you Potter." Lily said.

James grinned, "Nah you don't." He said looking up at her from the ground.

"No I really do." Lily said.

"If you don't tell me what you're looking for, I'll be forced to assume the condom story…" James said.

"Assume all you want." Lily replied, pulling out a box from under his bed. She sighed when it only contained a pair of new dress shoes.

"If I assume, rumors might start." James said.

Lily smiled and looked down at him, "You wouldn't do that."

"You never know though." Remus said. "He is a desperate man."

Lily chuckled and returned to searching, "You're not going to find it under there." Julia piped in.

Lily sighed and looked over at her, "Do you know where it is?" She asked.

"Where what is?" James interrupted.

"Yeah." Julia said to Lily, ignoring James.

"So it is real?"

"Uh huh."

"But what are you looking for?" James asked again.

"Can you tell me where it is?" Lily asked Julia, smiling sweetly, the way she always did when she wanted something.

Julia chuckled and looked from James back to Lily. "I don't think he'd like it."

"Like what?" James asked.

"So I deserve to see!" Lily argued.

"Hmm…But it was supposed to be a secret." Julia said.

"A secret?" James asked, now talking to himself because clearly neither girl was listening to him.

"Sirius already told me though." Lily said.

Julia sighed, "Can't I just tell you about it? What do you have to see it?" Julia asked.

"But I want to see it." Lily whined. Sirius and James glanced at each other, completely confused.

"Oh…" Remus said out loud, finally getting what they were talking about.

"Oh what?" James asked.

"I'm really lost here." Sirius said frowning.

Lily turned to Remus, "Do you think James' would care if I saw?"

"Probably not." Remus replied, shaking his head.

"Care about what?" James asked frustrated by his lack of knowledge on this subject.

"See he won't care." Lily said to Julia.

"Fine, when he's gone." Julia agreed.

James and Sirius exchanged a glance, "This isn't fair." James said.

"Why? Because you've not the center of this conversation?" Lily asked tartly.

"Well, it kind of seemed like I was the center of that conversation even though I had no idea what you were talking about."

Lily rolled her eyes, "Oh whatever." She dismissed.

"Can I know?" Sirius asked.

"If you know, then James will hear about it in less than a minute." Remus pointed out.

Lily shrugged, "I suppose they could know." Lily said.

"Then tell us." Sirius said.

Lily frowned, "Do you think James would still let me see if he knew?" She asked Remus

"Yeah." Remus replied.

"What Sirius told her…?" James said, thinking out loud as he pieced together the things he had just heard. "Oh," He said. "You're looking for The Box?" He asked Lily.

"Er, The Box?" She repeated.

"Yeah that's what she wants to see." Remus said.

James grinned mischievously, "No she can't see it."

"Why not!" Lily asked crossing her hands over her chest.

"Because you won't go out with me." James replied.

Lily sighed, annoyed. "Fine. I didn't really care about what's in that box anyway."

"Yes you do." Sirius said with a grin.

"No, I could care less." Lily said, sticking her nose in the air and walking out.

"Do too." James replied as she left the room.


Remus took a deep breath before descending the stairs to the common room where he was supposed to meet Olivia.

He noticed her sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace; a few of her friends were sitting around her. She shot a nervous glance to the dorm stairs and noticed Remus.

"You look beautiful." He said to Olivia. He let out a silent sigh after he spoke, relieved that he didn't freeze up and start stuttering when he opened his mouth to talk.

Olivia blushed, "Thank you."

Remus threw her a dimpled smile and said, "So are you ready to go?"

She gave a genuine smile and stood up. "Do I get to know where you're taking me?" She asked.

Remus smiled, "You'll know soon enough. But you have to promise to trust me." He said.

Olivia nodded, "I promise."

"Then let's go." Remus said.

The Marauders liked to take their dates on an adventure that only a Marauder could give. They were probably the only people in the castle except for the ghosts that knew almost everywhere to go, making their dates exciting.

"They really do grow up so fast…" Sirius said watching Olivia and Remus leave.

"Would you shut up please?" Lily snapped. She was studying her notes for their upcoming O.W.L.s.

"No need to be nasty Evans." Sirius replied.

"She's just moody because I wouldn't let her see the box." James replied matter-of-factly.

"I'm not moody because of that."

"Then why are you moody?" James challenged.

"Probably because it's her-." Sirius began but was cut off.

"Don't." Lily said knowing Sirius was going to make a rude, boyish comment about her 'Time of the Month'.

James chuckled. "Besides," Lily continued. "I'm not moody."

"Are too." Sirius said.

"Not." Lily said childishly.

"I'm going to find Julia…" Sirius said abruptly, looking around the common room.

"She went to the library." James said, propping his feet up on the table.

"Right, see you around."

"Feet off." Lily said. She pushed James' feet off of her notes.

James frowned and looked around for something to do. "I'm bored." He said.

"You could study." Lily suggested.

"I told you already Evans. I finished studying." James said.

Lily rolled her eyes. "There is no way you could be done studying."

"Give me something else to do." James asked, tracing Lily's notes with a finger.

"Er," Lily thought, looking around. "Go figure out how to get into my dorm." She suggested, knowing he could do that for hours and stay content.

James glanced over at the stairs and nodded, "Yeah, alright."

Lily sighed and began to study for her Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.

"What was that sigh about?" James asked.

"I sighed because I don't want to study." Lily said.

"Then don't."

"James, I have to."

James shook his head, "No you don't. I bet you know those notes inside and out." He said.

Lily frowned looking down at the notes. "Unlike you James, I don't have a remarkable memory. I don't remember learning all of this." She said.

James shrugged, "Okay."

"But I really don't know it all."

James smiled and said, "I said okay."

Lily sat studying for an hour or so before James spoke again. Lily heard a loud thud, and looked up from her work to see James lying on the ground.

He stood up excitedly and readjusted his askew glasses. "Did you see that Evans!" He asked, grinning.

"I heard it." Lily said, realizing he must have tried to get up the stairs again.

"I got half way up." He said happily.

Lily frowned, "Maybe it was just a one of a time thing." Lily dismissed.

"No, watch." He said and ascended halfway up the stairs, skipping an occasional step.

"You better not get all the way up." Lily said. "I don't think I like the idea of you being able to get into my dorm." She began packing up her books.

Again, she heard another thud as James was sent backwards from the stairs. "I'm going to the library, I'll see you later Potter." She said though it didn't look like James had heard, he was too preoccupied by the stairs in front of him.


"Oh bloody hell!" Sirius exclaimed reading a parchment in his hands.

"Shhh!" Snapped Madam Pince. The strict librarian threw Sirius a nasty glare.

"What bloody arses!" Sirius said as he continued to read the letter.

"What is it Sirius?" Lily asked.

"Mr. Black!" Pince said, scurrying over to the boy.

"What is it?" Julia asked leaning over to read the letter.

Sirius quickly moved it out of her view as he continued to read it. Julia frowned and waited for him to finish reading before saying. "What's wrong?"

Sirius' face was red with anger. "It's nothing really." He said folding the letter up quickly.

Julia shook her head, looking hurt. "You can tell me."

Sirius stood up and grabbed his books, "I have to find James." Sirius pulled the Marauders Map from his pocket and quickly scanned it. He couldn't help but smile when he saw a small dot labeled James Potter, wandering the Gryffindor girls' dorm.

"Oh, alright. See you then." Julia said, returning back to her work.

When Sirius reached the Gryffindor Common Room, he found James talking to a seventh year girl in the corner of the room.

"Yup, I'm going to marry her." James said, confidently.

"Marry Lily Evans?" The seventh year asked him. "Are you even dating?" She asked.

James shook his head, "That's beside the point."

Sirius chuckled as he joined the two. "You might be taking this Lily and you thing a little too seriously." He said.

James grinned as she watched the girl leave, "Aye, I needed some excuse not to go out with that one." He said, nodding towards the rather beautiful seventh year.

Sirius, remembering the letter he had just received, handed it over to James. "Read this." Sirius said.

James, brow furrowed, took the letter and began to read it.

Dear Ungrateful Excuse for a Son,

As you are fully aware, your mother and myself have been trying to contact you for weeks now but haven't received a response yet. Therefore, we have had no choice but to ask your dearest cousin, Narcissa, for information on your being.

I am absolutely appalled to hear the scum you associate yourself with. Lily Evans, I hear to be one of those. I thought we raised you better, not to even look at filthy Mudblood as an equal but there you are acting on friendly terms with it. That Mudblood thing should not even be in the near presence of a Black! Mudbloods have scarred the name of wizards all around and I will not allow you to see that thing anymore.

As of now, you are banned to speaking with it, and I will make sure of that.

Onto a certain girl you took to a Slug Club party…you are not to see her as well. Do you know her parents were Aurors? They fought against our people! Of course, her parents haven't been heard from in years; at least I know nothing of them. Probably murdered. Serves them right, they deserved to die. And that girl doesn't deserve parents either, not with that tinted auror blood she has.

I will keep taps on you and make sure that you are following these rules I've given you. If I find that you are not obeying them, you will be in severe trouble. And until you get your act together, I will not have you associated with myself.

Your Acquaintance,

Mr. Black

"Bloody hell…" James mumbled as he read it.

"Your acquaintance?" Sirius said pacing back and forth. "Is he serious!"

"I can't believe your parents would say this about Lils and Julia." He said.

"Can you believe this is what I've lived with for so long?" Sirius asked angrily. "This is my father." He said, jabbing a finger at this paper. "He's a prejudiced, egotistical cow!"

James didn't know what to say. He was mad too. Julia and Lily were his best friends as well and he didn't like hearing anyone talking like that about them. He didn't want to insult Sirius though by agreeing with him that he's parents were horrid either.

"And what's this about Julia here? She doesn't deserve parents?" Sirius said raising his voice.

"Well she does have parents so he's wasting his breath." James said and Sirius had to stop himself from correcting James. He had forgotten he was the only one who knew the truth about Julia's parents.

Sirius nodded, "This is bull sh-." He swore.

"So what are you going to do?" James asked Sirius.

"Nothing." Sirius replied. "I'm not doing what they tell me just because they say it's right. And I honestly don't care what they do to me because of it."

James frowned, "But your parents, they've…well…they've…" James began but couldn't get it out.

"They've what? Cursed me before? Used Crucio on me before? They've nearly killed me before?" Sirius continued.

"Well, yeah." James said weakly.

"I'd rather die than be under their command." Sirius said through gritted teeth.

James nodded, "Then just forget about it." He suggested.

"Yeah I guess you're right…" Sirius said, though he didn't believe he could really ignore this letter.

"Hey I know something that'll cheer you up." James replied.

"Hmmm?" Sirius asked, looking rather down.

James grinned michevously and began telling Sirius his genius idea.


Lily and Julia trudged up their stairs to their dorm. They had spent the whole evening in the library cramming for their Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.

"What's this?" Lily asked, pulling a note out the door.

Julia peered over her shoulder and read the note.

With my love. Don't worry.

Kara

Lily raised and eyebrow at the letter, "Well, we know what that means."

Julia grinned and pushed open their dorm door. The magical lights flicked on automatically when they entered.

"Finally, a well earned night's rest!" Lily said collapsing on her bed.

"For sure we deserve it." Julia replied.

"I wonder how Remus' date went." Lily said, looking through her dresser for pajamas.

"I'm sure it went fine. Olivia seems like a nice girl." Julia said.

"I've never talked to her before." Lily replied, undressing and throwing on her pajamas.

Julia nodded and got changed as well. "Well I'm going to bed." She said, sliding under the covers.

"Night," Lily replied, doing the same.

The lights flicked off again and the room was absorbed with darkness. The only noise to be heard was the soft pitter-patter of rain on the window.

Lily yawned and rolled over on her side. "Do you hear that?" Julia asked Lily.

"Hear what?" Lily asked, listening carefully.

There was a small scratching noise coming from under her bed. "That."

"Sounds like a mouse." Lily replied.

"Eeeerrr…" A low noise came from below Julia's bed this time.

"That's no rat." Julia whispered.

Silence again.

"Think it's gone?" Lily asked nervously.

"AH!" Julia screamed, a rough hand clamping around her mouth.

"Julia?" Lily asked standing up.

A figure was holding Julia tightly against him. He was dressed completely in black, with a black hood shadowing his face making it impossible to see who he was. "Don't move." The deep voice said to Lily.

Lily glanced over to her dresser where her wand was and made a lunge from it, ignoring the wish of the man. But a hand extended from under her bed and grabbed her ankle, making her fall forward onto the ground.

Lily groaned and turned around to see another figure emerge from out of the shadows of her bed. "Who are you?" Lily asked, inching towards her dresser.

"Move another move and I'll kill her!" The man holding Julia said. Julia tried to squirm away until she felt a wand dig into her neck. At which time, she stopped moving abruptly.

Lily looked from Julia to the man holding her. "Who are you?" Lily repeated.

"Shut up." Said the second man in an Irish accent. The man grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her up.

"Who are you?" Lily repeated, glaring at the man gripping her wrist, his face also hidden by a hood.

"I said shut up!" He said more harshly this time.

"Don't push me. I'll do it." Said the man holding Julia.

"Then what do you want with us?" Lily asked, staling for time.

"What do you think?" Asked the Irish one. Lily figured there was pretty much only one reason why two guys would come after two girls, the reason being kind of obvious.

"But-" Lily began, her eyes locking with Julia's. "Let her go, you can have me." Lily said.

Julia shook her head and tried to talk but the hand was still covering her mouth.

"Oh how very noble of you." The Irish one said, his voice dripping with disgust.

"I like the idea of keeping both." The other man said.

"Alright, then both it is." The man closet to Lily said.

"But first," The other said, "Let's show them who we really are."

"But then they'll turn us in…" The Irish one said.

"We could kill them when we're done then."

Julia's eyes widened with horror, was she dreaming?

"Yeah, we could do that."

The man holding Julia let her go and pushed her towards Lily. "You don't make a sound and no one will get hurt." He said walking towards the girls.

"Take off my hood." The one with the Irish accent said to Lily. Lily looked away from him and shook her head, completely terrified.

"Do it." The man repeated.

Lily glared at the man, trying to think of a way out of this. She couldn't see his eyes but knew they were starring back at her. Lily glanced at Julia before reaching forward to take off the man's hood.

Slowly, she pushed the fabric away from his face and looked up at her attacker. Her mouth dropped. "Potter!" She yelled.

The other man laughed and he pushed off his own hood, revealing the face of Sirius Black. "Black!" Lily continued.

Julia let out a relieved sigh and grinned. "You bloody prat!" Lily said punching James in the shoulder. "You arse!"

"You scared me half to death." Julia said, holding a hand over her chest.

The boys laughed, "You should have seen your faces!" Sirius howled.

James ducked Lily's blows, laughing as well. "Priceless."

"And I must give you props, James, on that excellent accent." Sirius said.

James grinned, "Why thank you." He said, taking a dramatic bow.

"You deserved this though." Sirius said, turning back to the girls. He was trying to get his laughing under control with not much avail.

"For what?" Julia asked, frowning. Lily glared at the two and took another blow at James' shoulder.

"You were due for a prank." James said, grabbing Lily's fist to keep her from hitting him again.

"A prank!" Lily said enraged. She was mostly angry because she had been so scared.

"Yeah, we haven't pranked you this good in years." Sirius said.

"And how did you get in here?" Julia asked, trying to change the subject from her and Lily's mistake to something else.

"We opened the door." Sirius answered, as though it was obvious.

"Well duh." Julia replied, sticking her tongue out at him. "But how'd you get up the stairs."

"Magic." Sirius said, lying down on Julia's bed.

Lily rolled her eyes and looked at James. "You finally figured them out aye?" She asked.

"Sure did." James replied. "If I want to get up here I have to skip the-."

"Second and ninth step." Lily interrupted.

"Er, yeah." James said frowning. "You knew?"

Lily nodded, "Yeah."

"And you never told us?" Sirius asked.

"I tried to." Lily said, with a roll of her eyes.

"When?" Brow furrowed, James asked.

"When I told you to read a book."

"What book?"

"A book I told you to read in first year." Lily replied.

"You've told me to read a lot of books." James responded.

"Yeah but I even gave you a copy of this book. It was supposed to be a huge hint to help you figure it out but I guess you never read it." Lily said, grinning a bit.

"Hogwarts, A History." James said, remembering her giving him the book.

Lily nodded, "So next time listen to my advice."

James smiled, now defeated. "Will do."

"Could you let go of my hands?" Lily asked, James still holding them from before.

"Promise not to hit me?"

"Deal."

Lily headed over to her bed and on her way, shoved Sirius. "I said no hitting." James said, laughing as Sirius nearly fell off the bed.

"You said no hitting you. You said nothing about hitting Sirius." Lily said with a smile, sitting on the bed.

James grinned. "Sorry Padfoot."

Sirius chuckled, "She can hit me all she wants but it's not going to make me forget that look on her face when she thought we were going to rape here."

James laughed as Sirius ducked a book flying at his head. "Oh shut up." Lily said.

"Now that you've terrorized us, are you planning on leaving?" Julia asked, eyeing her warm bed Sirius was laying on.

"Nope." Yawned Sirius. He stretched himself across Julia's bed.

"I think we'll crash here tonight." James said, taking over Lily's bed.

"Oh no you don't." Lily said standing up from her seat.

"I'll take Kara's bed then." Julia went over to the empty third bed in the room and lay down.

"Off my bed." Lily said to James.

James shook his head and buried his head in her pillow. "Good night Lils." He said.

"I don't think so." Lily said yanking the pillow out from under his head.

"Sleep on the floor." James suggested.

"How about you do? This is my bed after all."

"Nah, I'm a guest here. I should get the bed."

"You're also the guy."

"What does that have to do with anything?" James asked, cracking an eye open to look at her.

"Guy's are supposed to have chivalry remember?" Lily asked. James smiled remembering the conversation he had with Lily before about whether she liked guys who had chivalry or not.

"You said you didn't like that."

"I said I didn't like it all the time."

"Tough luck then Evans." James said.

"James!" Lily whined, stomping her foot childishly.

"Would you two be quiet? I need my beauty rest." Joked Sirius.

James chuckled, "We could share?" He suggested.

"Uh, no." Lily said.

"Then lay on the floor because I'm not getting off." James said.

Lily sighed; it was these little things that James did to get Lily and him closer that drove her insane. She knew the only reason he wouldn't lay on the ground himself was just to drive Lily mad. And driving her crazy was something he was quiet good at.

"…Fine." Lily said, pushing James to the other side of the bed.

James grinned at Sirius who wiggled his eyebrows at James suggestively. "Oy, you two better keep your hands to yourself…" Sirius joked.

"Shove off Black." Lily said, taking more than her share of blankets from James who didn't seem to mind.

The group was silent for a while before Lily broke it, "James, you're too close to me."

James chuckled, "Relax I'm no where near you." James said.

"You're on the same bed, how can you not be near each other?" Asked Julia.

Lily grinned, "Your foot is touching my leg."

"Well excuse me Miss Evans let me move it for you." James said, grinning but his foot didn't move.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Well Mr. Potter, I'm going to have to kick you off if you don't move it."

"You know, I had fun at Slughorn's party." James changed the subject, leaving his foot where it was.

Lily frowned, "Me too."

"Was I a good date?"

"Yes you were."

"So you'll go out with me again?"

"Shut up Potter." Lily said rolling over on her side facing away from him.

"Okay." James said quietly.

Lily frowned and turned back to face him. He was pouting but not in the pathetic trying to make someone feel guilty way; it was the genuine kind of pouting.

"Don't look so sad…" Lily said feeling guilty for being so hard on him.

"But I am this sad."

"You know, this bed kind of smells." Said Julia from two beds down.

Lily and James grinned. "You still don't have to look sad though." Lily said to James.

James shrugged. "I can't help it."

"Well stop smelling the bed then." Sirius suggested to Julia who was still complaining about the smell.

"I can't not smell it. Every time I breathe I can smell."

"Then stop breathing." Sirius joked.

Julia smiled, "Something tells me that that isn't a good idea."

"Why not? It's perfectly healthy to not breath." Sirius said sarcastically.

Julia laughed and closed her eyes. "I think I'd rather smell it than die thanks."

"Good choice." Sirius said. "And you'll be happy to know, your bed smells very nice."

Julia grinned. "What does it smell like?"

"You." Sirius replied, yawning again.

Julia smelled but didn't reply to him. "Good night everyone." Sirius said.

"Night." Julia replied.

Lily looked up at the ceiling, not tired anymore. Her arm braised James' and an almost electric like shock ran through Lily. She let out a small gasp and looked over at James.

"That gave me Goosebumps." James said before Lily could say it first.

"Me too." Lily replied.

"I love you Lily." James said. Lily closed her eyes as her stomach flipped, trying to ignore the feeling.

Lily turned to look at James, who was staring at the ceiling. He knew she was looking at him but didn't look at her. "Goodnight James." Lily replied, closing her eyes

James heart ached as he turned to look at her. He studied her face as she tried to fall asleep. She was so close, but he just couldn't reach her. Ideas flooded his mind of how to get this stubborn girl to change her mind.

"You're starring." Lily said, opening her eyes.

"I can't help it." James replied, not peeling his eyes from her.

Lily turned onto her side to face him and propped her head up with a hand. "Why are you doing this?"

"Staring? Because you're beautiful."

"No, why won't you just accept the fact I won't go out with you and let it go?"

"Because I love you."

Lily sighed, her stomach summer-salting again. "But I'll never go out with you James."

"Yes you will."

"Will not."

"Yes because we're going to get married one day."

Lily frowned, "Excuse me?"

"Never mind."

"Okay."

"Alright."

"Goodnight then."

"Night." James replied and shut his eyes.

Lily closed her eyes too, trying to slip into sleep. The warmth of the bed made her feel drowsy and James being next to her made her feel secure.

Soon, the group faded off into a silent sleep.


A/N Thanks to all of you that reviewed! I thought I was loosing my touch when I only got 4 reviews for the 10th chapter.

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