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Lily POV
"So," James mumbled in between kisses on my shoulder, "how did you manage to convince your aunt to let you go to Hogwarts?"
"I did nothing," I said, shifting myself to rest my head on his chest, "I was pulling a James when Alice came in and told me we were going."
"Two things," he said, "You have a great friend and I owe her everything and also, we are not about to start using the term 'pulling a James'. That's just not okay."
"Oh yes we are. It's already a thing and there is nothing you can do about it."
"We'll see about that," he said, getting out of bed, "come on."
"Where are we going?" I asked, allowing myself to be dragged along by him.
He threw my shirt at me, "Well, first we're putting shirts on and then we are headed down to find our friends and asking about this so-called phrase."
"You're ridiculous."
"You love it."
"Only a bit," I said with a smile. He grabbed my hand and led me down the stairs to the common room. It was pretty empty, most of the upper classmen were out enjoying the grounds while it was still warm. A few first and second years were sitting at the table and what looked like fourth years dominated the comfy armchairs by the fireplace. As we headed through the common room the fourth years stopped their conversation and stared. Most of them seemed to be drawn to the sight of our clasped hands.
"What?" James asked, "never seen two people hold hands before?"
The fourth years didn't know whether to shake their heads no or nod them yes, most of the girls just settled on giggling behind their hands as we walked out the door.
"Pathetic," he muttered as we walked through the halls. Every time we passed someone they stared at us like we were Siamese twins with fifteen heads.
"Maybe not," I said, "from what I've heard you have quite a way with the ladies and people here probably aren't used to you dating just one."
I hoped. We still hadn't addressed it, but I was pretty sure we were exclusive.
"Well, they'll have to get used to it," he said with another smile. I have to admit, hearing that made me pretty happy. We looked at each other for a moment before continuing to walk outside in content silence. Hogwarts was like nothing I had seen before. The way the sun played on the lake reminded me of classic scenes from summer camp, the lake sparkling, sunlight shining through the trees, a light breeze ruffling my hair. With James by my side, it almost seemed to good to be real.
"So where are those boys?" I asked after a moment.
"If I know my friends, which I do," he said with a smile, "then there is only one place they could be."
Fifteen minutes later, I was entering the Quidditch field.
"Oh my God this is amazing!" It truly was. People played Quidditch in America, but with a smaller fan base than in Great Britain, our largest stadiums were maybe this size.
"It's something," he said with a smile, "Oi!" He shouted up to Sirius and Remus who were flying around by the far hoops, "started without me?"
"Well," Sirius shouted back, "you looked so busy we didn't know how long you'd be!"
"Seems you still can't last that long James, what a disappointment you must be to Lily!" Remus chimed in.
"Sirius, you're just jealous because James doesn't have to hurry things up before the girl realizes what a huge mistake she's making."
"Fair point, Lillian," he shouted again with a smile, "she's a keeper James!"
"I know!" he shouted back with a smile, "I love you, you know," he whispered in my ear.
"Yeah, I know."
"What? You're not going to say it back?"
"I guess I love you too," I sighed.
"Oh you guess?" he asked, wrapping me in his arms.
"Yeah, guess," I said with a smirk.
"Hmmm well we'll have to see if I can make you more sure."
"Oh? And how would you do that?"
He was leaning in to show me how he would do just that when I heard a noise above our heads.
"Hey lovebirds," Sirius said from above our heads, "keep it in your pants, alright?"
"Oh Sirius," I groaned, "always ruining the moment."
"Excuse me madam! I made these moments happen!"
"How do you reckon that?" James asked looking perplexed.
"No reason! C'mon James, lets go fly."
"Make sure to watch me," James said to me with a wink before slinking away to the broomshed.
"Always so cocky," I said with a little shake of my head. I looked up to the stands and saw Alice sitting there.
"Ally cat! I missed you!" I yelled up at her, making my way to her place on the bleachers.
"Oh really? You looked pretty busy to me," she said with a smirk.
"Shut up you jerk," I muttered, taking my place beside her on the bench.
"I'm just saying, you and James are going to be the talk of the school."
"How was it after we left?"
"A lot of muttering. Some of the boys looked disappointed too."
"Ew gross! The boys here are not my cup of tea."
"That Snape kid left pretty soon after."
"You don't think he liked me, do you?"
"I mean, you're pretty and you were nice to him. Chances are I 'd say he had a crush."
"Oh brother, that is going to be so awkward next potions class."
"Or you could sit next to James and just ignore him."
"I can't do that! That's rude."
"Suit yourself. Sirius, Remus, and I are taking bets on how pissed James will be when he finds out you and Snape are friends."
"Two things. Do you really think he'll be that mad? And two, how the hell do you know Sirius and Remus so well?"
Alice got a panicked look in her eye and stood up quite fast. "Oh look! Over there! It's a unicorn, I'm going to go exploring."
"Oh no you don't!" I said, pulling her back down next to me, "You are telling me right now."
"Well," she said, already looking guilty, "you see. It all started when, I mean, there comes a time in every girl's life when…boys just need help sometimes-"
"Alice. Just spit it out."
"Sirius and Remus sent me a magic mirror and then we were in cahoots all summer trying to get you and James together and then we just kind of sort of started talking and became friends."
"You just said that all in one breath."
"I was nervous."
"Well, you should have been. YOU DID WHAT?"
"Oh dear, this is what I was concerned about. SIRIUS, REMUS, RUN!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. All three boys looked in our direction, one perplexed and two with sheer terror in their eyes.
"GET DOWN HERE NOW. IF YOU RUN, THIS WILL ONLY BE WORSE IN THE LONG RUN."
They looked at each other, then looked at me, and slowly nodded. They flew down to the ground and walked across the field. Alice and I got up from the bleachers and met them in the middle of the field.
"So," I said once we were in hearing distance, "who would like to explain this 'let's set up James and Lily' thing?"
"Mad Hatter you told her?" Sirius almost yelled.
"I had no choice!"
"You always have a choice, Mad Hatter. YOU LIE."
"Look," Remus said, "it wasn't even relevant. You two got together on your own. You spent so much time together we had very little chance of scheming."
"Well, I mean, we did some stuff." Sirius said indignantly, "There is no way James had enough game to get Lily on his own."
"Excuse me?" James said, "I totally had enough game to bag Lily!"
"Bag me?"
"Oh, you know what I mean."
"Well, we all know who kissed who first," I said triumphantly.
"BURN," Sirius said, getting right in James' face.
"I'll show you a burn," James muttered before lunging on Sirius.
"Oh God, an all out testosterone battle has begun," I sighed.
"Want to go back to the room?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, this could go on for a while," I said with another sigh. "What did our roommates say about me dating James?"
"They didn't seem to mind, they were just shocked."
"Well," I said after a while, "hopefully they still like us." We walked in silence through the front doors of Hogwarts, and after getting lost a few times, made our way back to the common room.
It was fuller now than when James and I left. Not just that, but people were glaring, outright glaring at me. Well, girls were glaring at me. Boys seemed indifferent. I really didn't think that James and my relationship would be such a problem for girls at this school.
"Slut," I heard someone mutter as I passed. I did a double take, but no one was even looking at me. Alice obviously heard the comment too because she hustled me through the portal and up the stairs to our dorm.
"Lils," she said once we got inside, "I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"
I had started to tear up a bit, "I'll be fine, Als."
"Okay," Dorcas said, "whose ass do we have to kick?"
I giggled a bit, "No one's. It's fine guys, just some girls being catty."
"Yeah, you'll run into that a lot," Gwen added, "girls here kind of suck. I think there's something in the water."
"Well," I said with another laugh, "as long as you two are cool with me then I think I'll be fine."
"Oh don't worry about Gwen and I. James Potter is the last person I could ever want. Well except for Black."
"No offense," Gwen added.
"None taken," I said with a smile.
"Besides, you'll have James by your side tomorrow and no one will mess with you when he's around. If they do he'll definitely cause a scene."
"Yeah, James can be fond of a scene," I said with a nostalgic smile.
"So how long have you and Potter known each other?" Gwen asked.
"Better yet, when did you and Potter become an item?" Dorcas added.
"Yeah," Alice chimed in, "We want all the details."
"Well," I said with a smile while settling into my bed, "it all started when I came to England this summer to live with my aunt and uncle…."
Helloooo(: Sorry this took so long to get up! THON (look it up, it's awesome) was this weekend so I've been rather busy. Please leave a review, I'd love some feedback!