Lily was stunned. She never knew that Alice was so serious about Frank and their relationship. She knew that Alice hadn't felt this way about anyone else before but she didn't know it was by this much.
"That's great, Ali, what's wrong with that?!" Lily asked, silently wondering why telling someone like Frank that you loved them would be a bad thing.
"Because I didn't mean to and I don't know if he feels that serious about me yet and I don't want to ruin what we have by making him feel awkward!"
"What did he say?"
Alice remained silent awkwardly, in the way that she did when she didn't want to admit something.
"Alice"
"I may or may not have but certainly did run away before he could reply?"
"Alice, you idiot! The boy is obviously in love with you! Go back to him, now, before you stop yourself and tell him you mean it. But for the love of Merlin, give him a chance to reply, alright?"
Looking at Lily warily, the hope and courage grew in Alice's eyes, she was going to do it, that much was obvious. Within a second, Alice was off of her bed and in the doorway. Suddenly, the brunette pivoted and ran back to hug Lily. She didn't say anything and Lily knew that was more thankful than if she did say something as Alice didn't think she was any good with words.
Lily was then left alone in the dorm with nothing to do apart from tidy her area and finish any scraps of homework she might have neglected before.
However, five minutes later and those two things were done and Lily was bored yet again with nothing to do. She didn't want to start a book yet, it was too early in the year to settle into a routine concerning books. Giving up, Lily flopped on to her bed and stared at the ceiling.
o.o.o.O.o.o.o
Quarter of an hour later, Lily found herself down in the Common Room seated with the Marauders, bar Sirius, around the fire. They were all chatting about random topics, jumping from one to another as if they were playing Hot Potato. Somehow they had procured some butterbeer and even a few bottles of firewhiskey causing them to be able to enjoy themselves a lot more and to relax a lot more than normal. Therefore, thats how Lily found James head to be in her lap, her hand slowly going through his hair unconsciously, whilst her feet were by Remus' head on the armchair.
Suddenly Lily's head perked up from where it was resting against the back of the sofa, "Can we plan a prank?"
James' eyes flew open, Peter fell out of his chair and Remus jolted so hard his head banged into Lily's feet.
"Wh- wh- what?!" James stuttered, slyly nudging Lily's hand with his head as it had stop its movements through his hair which he was enjoying immensely. Although she would never admit it, Lily enjoyed the feeling of his soft hair too much to stop so she carried on much to the delight of the wizard.
" I reckon the words were pretty clear you know... I'm not the smart uptight Prefect you think I am, you know?"
It was at that moment that Marly and Sirius returned from their extended broom closet session looking thoroughly content with themselves and each other. Their just- snogged appearances caused quite a few smirks from the remaining Gryffindors including the Marauders and Lily.
"You'll never guess what, Padfoot!"
"I bet I can!"
"No, no I don't think so"
"Ok, then I shall prove it to you Wormy. You actually got laid? Prongs finally got Lily? Moony admitted he's not a monster?" the boy said smugly. Peter just shook his head, chuckling.
"First, you need to be careful with what you say mate, and second you're wrong. Lily said she wants to plan a prank!" Remus admitted.
"That's not possible. Moons. Lily doesn't like us planning pranks. Marly, she's being crazy, yes?"
"'Fraid not. Lils has always wanted to plan a prank. After nearly every prank us girls deliberate how you pulled it off and 99% of those times Lily always mentions she wants to pull a prank. I've been expecting her to ask for quite a while now. However, it's nearly half eleven so I suggest we do this tomorrow. We'll come up to your dorm at about 6, yeah? That way we can do it at breakfast if we're quick"
The Marauders were too stunned to do much but gape like goldfish at the two girls, Lily's hand was still running slowly though James' hair causing Marlene to smirk slyly at her. It took a few moments of silence before the guys agreed and stated they were off to bed. Remus and Peter were the first two to leave, Sirius and Marlene giving each other a quick good night snog before leaving Lily and James to themselves.
Lily was waiting patiently for the boy to stand so that she could do the same but when she looked down in confusion, James had turned his head back to look at the ceiling and had closed his eyes peacefully.
"Hey James?"
"Yeah Lils?"
"You gonna get up and go to bed or not?"
"I'm alright thanks. I'll just stay her tonight"
"But I want to go bed!" Lily whined, giggling slightly. James was slightly tipsy and his actions had less thought in them meaning when he tried to raise his arm from by his side, it flopped down.
"You'll just have to stay here and sleep with me on the couch, I'm afraid"
"As much as that sounds tempting" note the sarcasm, "I really don't want to wake up aching and plus our friends will notice our beds are undisturbed in the morning. Do you really want that?"
"I don't care who knows, all I care about is you"
Lily knew he still fancied her but she didn't think he felt like that. It was like how he cared for Lucy and the Marauders. Brushing it off, blaming his tiredness, Lily started lifting his head.
"You're just tired, I'm seeing you in the morning and you won't get a good nights sleep on the couch"
Finally lifting the wizard off her lap, Lily started to stand but was suddenly restricted around her waist. Looking down, Lily saw that James' very muscular (Shut up Lily!) were wrapped around her, she couldn't move, his grip was too tight. Without warning she was yanked back on to the sofa.
James hadn't meant to put so much force into bring Lily back on to the sofa so he was stunned to find her suddenly lying on top of him, her face a few inches above his.
Well fuck, I... Fuck she's close
Oh Merlin, Merlin, for the love of Merlin. To close!
Why isn't she getting off? Oh, I'm still wrapping myself around her. Oh, wow, she fits so perfectly into me. Can I kiss her? No, you're working on friendship. Stop it, you twat.
I want to move. I could make him move his arms. But how? And would I actually bring myself to move. His eyes, fuck, shit, bollocks. Lily Marie Evans, move!
Before either of them could move or kiss, depending on the person, the Common Room portrait opened and none other than Lucy Potter entered, hair messed up and rubbing at her eyes tiredly. Noticing the two on the couch before they noticed her, Lucy crept over so she was behind them, and cleared her throat loudly.
Somehow, Lily had turned to the back of the sofa in surprise whilst James rolled the other way and off of the sofa, landing at his sisters feet. The smirk on the First Year could have been deemed Marauder worthy.
"So why is Miss Evans lying on top of Mr Potter at half past eleven on a Wednesday night?"
Both Sixth Years blushed furiously and stumbled out excuses.
"She fell on the rug"
"I lost my balance, I've had too much butterbeer tonight"
"Didn't want to chuck her off, I was winded"
"I was too stunned to move"
"OK ENOUGH, SHUT UP" Lucy shouted, she was still smirking. Making these two squirm was an enjoyable sight after such an exhausting night.
"Anyway, sis, what are you doing up and only just returning to the Common Room?" James asked, standing and ruffling his sisters hair even more.
Smoothing her black hair down and rubbing at her eyes so she saw stars, the girl replied, "I had detention with Filch. Some Slytherin pushed me into him and he fell into all the buckets he was using to clean. Had to clean the Trophy Room. Absolute nightmare"
"Don't worry Lu, all you need to do is give them a few good hexes and then you're free to terrorise them until you leave. It's fantastic!" Lily of all people adivsed.
A few minutes were spent recommending hexes and jinxes to use on Slytherins that pushed the youngest girl around before they all agreed that they should go to bed since Lucy was dead on her feet and Lily and James needed to be awake early to start planning and preparing their prank.
The girls said goodnight to the wizard and headed upstairs to the dormitories chatting sleepily. Before Lucy turned into her room she whispered so quietly, Lily only just caught what she said, "Thanks for changing your mind about my brother. It's changed him even more than after fifth year".
Returning to her room, Lily stewed over what the little Potter had said before turning onto her stomach and falling asleep, looking forward to finally pulling a prank in the morning.
A/N: OK, so here's the second chapter of the update I did the other day. That doesn't really make sense does it? But yeah, I'm not updating again today, unless I manage to get on the computer again and commit to writing for a hour. Anyway, I'm not sure when I can update again until mid September, I have a week until I'm going on holiday for two weeks and then I'm settling into Sixth Form so things may get a little hectic and I may forget or not have time. So please Read and Review, and thank you so so so so much to everyone that has reviewed, followed the story or my profile. You're all amazing:) love you all!
