AN: To the people out there that care: So sorry I didn't post this earlier!
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"Lily!" Rose, Amerlia and James had stopped and turned around. "Your lovely friend James has asked us if we would like to stay here instead of in town. He says they have plenty of guest rooms."
"Oh, well, uh... Tuney's staying in town, and she wouldn't... and, uh, our things... uh, Tuney's boyfriend" Lily searched desperately for some excuse to not stay with James for any longer than necessary.
"You don't have to decide now." James's deep blush rivaled Lily's. "Why don't you just come in for tea."
"Well, here I was thinking you didn't like the place in town." Sirius's smirk grew wider by the minute.
"Well, it's ok, but my sister..."
"From what I've heard, you don't really like her either."
"Well, I... uh... Who told you that anyway?"
"Who do you think?"
"Oh. I don't even want to know how he knows."
"Yeah..." Their conversation trailed off there, as the two of them had never really talked about anything other than whether or not Sirius really deserved detention.
"James makes great hot chocolate." At this time, the first thing on Sirius's mind was (of course) food.
"Really?" Lily chose to ignore the inanity of his statement, as she was just glad to have something to talk about.
"Yeah" Glad she took the bait, Sirius continued, "It's really ... chocolatey"
"Yeah? Does he make it with real chocolate?"
"Well, I don't really - This is pathetic."
"Yes. Yes, it is." Lily giggled.
"Do you even care how James makes hot chocolate"
"Well, I do like hot chocolate." Lily's giggles grew into laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation, and all of a sudden - SMACK, a snowball launched itself at her, while Sirius tried to innocently hid his wand behind his back.
"What? You were distracted - no one said we weren't playing. " His grin vanished as Lily's glare turned on him, and he took of towards the house, but not before a swarm of snowballs shot after him. By this point James had joined in, launching snow at the two of them from all directions to confuse them.
Lily had charmed enough snow to whip up a mini-blizzard, and by the time she stopped Sirius was soaking wet and on his knees.
"Not fair. She's too good. From now on, she's not allowed to play. You're not allowed to play Lily. I think I need some of that hot chocolate." Sirius took off towards the house.
"If any more snow hits me, you're all dead!" He shouted as he ran, promptly tripping over a tree root and into a snow drift. Spitting, hacking and coughing, he stood, "If I hear about this ever again, you'll all be even deader!"
"Er ... what do we do now?" Lily looked over to see a perfectly calm James, as though this happened all the time.
"Nothing. He'll calm down. Watch out though, he'll probably try and challenge you to a muggle style snow fight. No one's ever gotten the best of him before."
"I can imagine. I'm almost as soaked as he is."
"Oh, right. Why don't we get you inside and dry. I think your Mum and aunt have found their way."
For the first time, the two of them fell into a companionable silence, without constant glares and wands at the ready.
"So here's a towel for you - there's also a T-shirt and a pair of of pajamas if you want. The loo's right down the hall on the left"
"Are these your clothes?" She blushed at the thought of wearing James Potter's clothes.
"Well I thought... uh... You might need..." James scratched his head nervously as his ears turned pink. "You're all wet, so I thought you could do with some dry clothes."
"Oh, thanks. My skirt's pretty dry, so I won't need these." She handed the pajamas back to James. "What about Sirius?"
"Well he lives here, so I don't think he'll be having any trouble." James's eyes widened as he realized what he said.
"Sirius lives here?"
"No. Maybe. I don't know." He mussed his hair as he tried to think of a cover up.
"This is your house James, remember?"
"Haha, right. Yes, he does. It's complicated. Don't ask about it." Lily sneezed. "You'd better go do something about all of that." He pointed at her soaked appearance.
"Right, of course. See you later."
AN: Sorry again at this taking absolutely forever to write. And on top of that, nothing really happens in this anyway. Oh well, I just really wanted to get it up, and the ideas are flowing now, so I will try my best to get the next chapter up as soon as possible.
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