Chapter 107: Light Humor

"Hey Sam, what did you get for Yann??" Lily asked Samantha. Yann was Samantha's boyfriend, Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain and one of the top students academically.

"Got him a pack of boxers from Hogsmeade." Samantha answered without hesitation.

"Ooooh!!" The three girls giggled and burst into laughter.

"That's really-" Stefanie was trying to stop laughing, "well, personal."

"And really, really close to you know." Lily added and the three girls laugh even harder.

"Then what about you two??" Samantha stood upright and crossed her arms, determined not to join in their laughter.

"I supposed I'm trying to prepare some food for him." Stefanie said thoughtfully. "Was thinking about baking and stuffs or something like that??"

"Going to ask the house elves to be your teacher??" Lily asked.

"I think so." Stefanie stopped packing her wardrobe suddenly. "I better make a trip to the kitchens."

"What about you, Lils??" Joey, who had remained silent most of the time due to the fact she had yet to have a boyfriend, spoke up.

"I was thinking getting him a white muggle tee shirt or something." Lily commented. "He seems to have a fetish for white tee. And besides what can I buy for a guy who have enough money to buy anything he wants??"

"I think the baking idea is pretty good." Samantha remarked.

"Sounds great to me." Lily agreed. "Let's all go baking together."

"Any homework due tomorrow??" Stefanie asked as they quickly finished whatever they were doing before their discussion.

"Not that I remember of." Lily looked through the parchment pinned on the wall showing their timetable.

"No work due tomorrow." Samantha confirmed, she was always the most attentive during lessons. "So girls, let's go now!!" The four girls talked excitedly as they left their dormitory and headed down to the kitchens.

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"Not too bad for a first V-day together." Lily commented as the couple walked along Hogsmeade Village hand-in-hand. James had insisted on holding Lily's hand giving the reason that she might get lost or wondered off.

"What important most is that you're enjoying yourself." James said truthfully. He was holding a few paper bags of clothes and other stuffs that Lily fancied along the way.

"Seriously you don't have to get everything which I lay my eyes on." Lily admitted but was smiling happily nevertheless.

"That's because I don't have any idea what to get for you."

"I love the bouquet of lilies you got for me." James had given Lily a large bouquet of lilies in the Great Hall for breakfast that morning. He was just one of the many other guys who gave flowers to the girlfriends.

"Well, nothing beats a rendezvous here on a school day afternoon."

"Yeah, while the rest of the school spend their V-day in Hogwarts compound." Lily joked. "That's just so romantic."

"Well, you gotta thank me for discovering the tunnel, you know??"

"I was there when this tunnel was discovered, in case you've forgotten."

"Yeah, how could I forget??"

"Precisely." Both of them were laughing at the memory of them discovering the hidden tunnel years ago when they were still kids. "Thankfully Honeydukes extend opening hours and decide to close at nine tonight."

"But that doesn't mean we're going to stay here till eight-fifty-nine p.m. alright??"

"I think we can leave after dinner at about eight."

"Sounds good. It isn't going to be easy explaining for our missing in action."

"Since when did James ever bother about this matter??"

"I don't mind detention and stuffs with the guys, but not with you. I don't like you getting detentions, afterall you're the Head Girl."

"Excuse me?? But what's with the sexist segregation??" Lily looked straight at James, stopping in her tracks.

"I just don't want you to suffer in detentions, and your Head Girl reputation."

"Then why can you break rules, go for hundreds of detentions, and still maintaining the Head Boy reputation??"

"That's because I've been doing it all the while, whether I'm the Head Boy or not. That's the reputation of James Potter."

"I can get that sort of reputation too, if I want."

"Do you want??"

"I don't mind. It sounds rather fun." James shot her the 'killer' look and Lily started laughing. "Do you know that look of yours is really funny??" Even he could not help but smile at Lily whose eyes lit up at his joke.

"That's something to add on to my attributes." James, can be quite narcissistic sometimes, commented. "Funny, humorous, laughable, witty, entertaining-"

"Don't they all mean the same??" Lily teased.

"Oh, and I nearly forgot that I'm eloquent and-" James grinned as he tried to annoy Lily. She looks cute with that annoyed look.

"Okay, okay. Don't continue." Lily put up her hands in a surrendering manner. "I know, trust me."

"Sure." James laughed. "Shall we go to that restaurant for dinner??" He pointed at the expensive looking restaurant ahead of them.

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"Oh my gosh!! You two were-" Stefanie exclaimed. "Picnicking in his dorm for the whole evening." The four girls were talking about their date the day before.

"Well, it's pretty romantic. No one was around. Total privacy." Lily said thoughtfully. "Not forgetting the soft beds, covered curtains, dim candlelight, seductive sandwiches, ouch!!" Samantha threw a cushion over at her.

"It's something normal and you all are making it sound like it was a joke or something." Samantha, who was being teased, was laughing along with them. "And what on earth is seductive sandwiches??"

"You all are so fortunate to have boyfriend to spend V-day with." Joey said with a tinge of sadness.

"Don't think so much about it." Stefanie said optimistically. "I'm sure your knight will come by soon enough."

"No guy wants me." Joey looked away as she spoke. "But it's okay."

"Well, I want you." Lily walked over and gave a friend a squeeze on her shoulders. "We all want you."

"Lils, that sounds so so so lesbiany!!" Samantha said, winking at Lily in a joking manner.

"I caught that." Lily laughed and winked back. Even Joey could not help but laughed at the two girls who were displaying a mild expression of lesbian mannerisms. "You know, sometimes I just can't help but thinking about the future after we graduate from Hogwarts. This kind of feelings with such wonderful roommates will be nothing but pure memory."

"We can always meet up for gatherings and sorts. And don't ever forget to invite us for your wedding." Stefanie told Samantha and Joey.

"I don't even have a boyfriend, where got wedding??"

"Oh, c'mon. For all you know, you're going to be the first to get hitched." Lily told her. "It's not how long you two are together, it's how well you two are meant for each other."

"That's very true. Time is not the best measurement in this case."

"Look, it's nearly six. Let's go for dinner." Lily checked her watch and stood up.

"No wonder my stomach is growling." They waited for one another to finish their last bit of stuffs before heading down to the Great Hall together.

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"Can anyone remember when was the last time we did something, I mean anything, to Slytherin??" Sirius asked the three Marauders. The guys were hanging out in their dormitory after dinner, supposedly to be catching up with homework and assignments.

"We walked past Malfoy today and nearly started hexing one another??" Peter said thoughtfully.

"This mini prank on oiling the Slytherin common room somewhere in January." Sirius tried to remember. The Marauders were just having a small chitchat when someone mentioned oil and grease at some point of time that led to a mild brainstorming session for pranking the Slytherins.

"That wasn't even anything big." James said. "Anyway they thought that the house elves polished their common room so brilliantly that they lived on with the grease till this day."

"Yeah, the statistics shown that on the average, seven Slytherins slip in their common room daily." Remus commented. The day after they oiled their common room, seven Slytherins had limped to the hospital wing due to sprain ankles. And it was the same number the day after. Remus had been resting in the Hospital Wing during those two days due to his transformation in the night.

"Pity I'm not in the pranking mood lately. Otherwise they definitely suffer more than just that." James said, flipping through some Potion textbook and starting on his essay.

"That's because Lily is all you ever think of lately." Sirius teased and over dramatized James. "Lily dear, have you eaten your lunch?? Oh Lily honey, what are you doing?

"Very funny. Haha." James replied sarcastically, deliberately ignoring Sirius who was in a laughing frenzy.

"The whole Hogwarts witnessed the Head Boy giving a large bouquet of lilies to the Head Girl." Peter contributed his two cents worth comment.

"It isn't like I was the only one or what. Our dear old Moony gave an equally large bouquet of tulips to Stef as well." James defended.

"That's not the point." Remus grinned. "Your impact is greater, you see."

"Flowers, flowers, flowers." Sirius was suggesting something.

"A prank on Slytherins involving flowers??" Remus questioned.

"Gotcha." Sirius jumped in joy. "They can wear flowers on their hair or something."

"How about those bright red hibiscus??" James suggested. "They would stand out."

"What are you guys waiting for??" Sirius asked in disbelief. "Let's transfigure some hibiscuses."

"And then??" Remus asked again.

"And then-" Sirius thought for a moment. "We use charm to make it stick on their hair above their right ears."

"And what is the charm is going to be??" James grinned and gave Remus a high-five.

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Lucius, Severus and some other Slytherins sauntered into the Great Hall for breakfast on a lethargic Friday morning. They were talking among themselves, barely noticing the other students throwing them strange looks.

"Let me make a guess." Lily closed her eyes and pretended to be concentrating hard. "What's happening to the Slytherins this morning must be the doing of the Marauders."

"So clever." James patted Lily's head adoringly.

"Who else would have the idea of planting hibiscuses on the Slytherins' ears??" Stefanie laughed.

"It seems quite weird to have a blooming hibiscus on top of each ear." Lily nodded thoughtfully.

"Prongs suggested planting the hibiscuses." Sirius pointed at James defensively.

"Not as bad as Padfoot's suggestion of planting on both ears." James said nonchalantly. The Slytherin jokes were common in Hogwarts in the last seven years. However, the younger students remained fascinated by the Marauders' doing.

"James!! That was brilliant!!" Kate Potter and Andromeda Black walked over to join the seventh-year Gryffindors.

"Well, the Marauders are brilliant, that's why." James said modestly.

"I didn't know you knew how to be humble??" Lily was astounded.

"There are much more you don't know about me." James said with a cheeky expression.

"I don't think I wanna know." Lily mumbled inaudibly before regaining her composure. "Anyway where are the guys??"

"I supposed they're up to something again." Andromeda said. "We haven't seen them all morning."

"And they aren't the type who would miss breakfast for a million galleons."

"Sounds just like our descendents." Sirius said proudly.

"Are you sure you've got the word right??" Remus said teasingly.

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"Look, I'm really busy. It's not that I don't want to accompany you or something. I'm just tired." James told Lily. She came over to the boys' dormitory to ask James if he wanted to make a trip to the kitchens with her.

"Alright then. Sorry to disturb you. Good night guys." Lily tried to hide her disappointment and left the boys' dormitory.

"Is that how you treat a girl??" Remus asked after Lily closed the door behind her.

"Your girlfriend to be precise." Sirius emphasized.

"There's nothing wrong. I'm tired and really don't feel like going anywhere." James was about to fall asleep as he talked.

"Our dear old Prongs might be a great friend, but he's pretty much a failure as a boyfriend." Remus told the other two Marauders.

"I heard that." James mumbled from his bed.

"Then get your arse up and go to the kitchens with Lily." Peter scolded him in a friendly manner.

"I'm too tired. She's an independent girl." James yawned and turned around to face the other side.

"All girls want their boyfriend's attention. That's a fact." Remus was trying to tell James but the only replies were his snores. "Looks like he's asleep."

"Forget about that sleepyhead. Lend me your Herbology homework." Sirius was looking over the parchments that Remus had left to dry on his desk.

"Do it yourself." Remus said although he was sure Sirius would help himself with the scattered parchments.

"Wormtail??"

"Do it yourself." Peter replied the same thing.

"Fine." Sirius sat on his desk and started concentrating on an open textbook and empty parchment. "I give up. Lend me yours." He stood up and went to search for Remus' essay.

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"Next Friday!!" Lily gushed. "Just one more week. Aren't you excited??" It was Friday, a week before their date of Night Flying event. They were hiding at the Room of Requirement, spending some quality time together, away from the rest of the student body.

"I'm excited for sure." James tried to sound more enthusiastic.

"Don't sound a wee bit of excitement." Lily turned to face him. "Are you sure you're alright??"

"Don't worry." James reassured Lily. "I'm fine. Better than you in fact." He planted a quick peck on Lily's nose.

"Alright. Head Boy, Quidditch Captain, Homework, I'm sure you are totally exhausted." Lily forced James' head to lie on her lap.

"Hmm, I've got a good view from here." James looked up to face Lily.

"Good view of what??" Lily looked amused.

"Good view of this." James stared at Lily's protruding breasts.

"Disgusting!!" Lily covered James' eyes and leaned backwards.

"Well, you asked me to do it." James gave a cheeky look, shifting Lily's hands away.

"Then off you go." Lily pushed James' head away from her lap but he was too strong for her. "Hey!! Argh.."

"Now is my turn." James got up from his lying position swiftly and pinned Lily on the carpeted floor.

"Aaaahhh!!" Lily squirmed under the heavy body of James and struggled to release herself. "Eeekkkk."

She tried pushing James' shoulders upwards but he was too heavy.

"Try getting out under me." James said lazily, keeping his entire body weight on Lily's smaller frame.

"Help!! I'm crushed!!" Lily said a little breathlessly after the struggle. Looks like I gotta give there a kick. She tried bending her legs but James' legs had entwined hers, prevent her legs any form of movement. "Eeeeccckkk!!" She gave James' a hard pinch on his waist.

"Ouch!!" Instead of moving away, his weight seemed to have increased on top of her.

"Let me go!!" Lily struggled harder, pulling James' robes, hair, whatever she laid her hands on. Kicking wildly and wriggling her way out from her right side, she managed to get the upper half body away from James' body weight. "Now you shall see my power." She bent forward and placed her elbows on James' lower back.