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|Chapter Three: Foxy and Lilyflower Play A Game|
August 7th, 1976
"Lily's coming today!" I sang as I waltzed into the sitting room, my dress twirling around me. Today I was adorned in a pretty white lace dress; it had a scoop neckline with flutter sleeves, a small brown belt that adorned my natural waist and stopped an inch after mid thigh. I collapsed on the couch next to Sirius and placed my legs in his lap. I gave him a cheeky grin when he shot me a playful annoyed look. I felt myself blush when I noticed his eyes trailing up my legs towards my face. I pretended I didn't notice his gaze or the fact that he was lightly grazing my legs with the tips of his fingers. Instead I looked over at James who was fidgeting nervously in his seat, he kept running his hands over his already untidy dark hair. "Cheer up Prongs, as long as you keep your word Lily can't hate you anymore than she already does!" I exclaimed, grinning cheekily.
James shot me an exasperated look "Thanks Foxy that gives me so much confidence" he replied as he rolled his hazel eyes, the sarcasm was practically oozing off of his words. I grinned cheekily at him and fixed the bun on top of my head, there was a piece of hair that had fallen out and over my right eye. I peeked out of the corner of my eye at Sirius and I couldn't help it as my eyes trailed over his form, today he was wearing a pair of dark jeans with a button up shirt the first few buttons were undone and you could catch a glimpse of his toned chest. His wavy hair framed his face lovingly and his grey eyes were staring into my own with an intense emotion that I couldn't place. I found myself captivated by his gaze, I couldn't look away even if I wanted to.
Someone snapped their fingers and that made me break the eye contact. I turned and saw that James was smirking at the two of us and Remus had that 'I-know-something-you-don't-know' expression on his face. I blushed and carefully pulled my legs off of Sirius and sat properly. "Am I interrupting something?" James teased. I blushed heavily and stuck my tongue out at him "No" Sirius and I denied together. I caught his eye and shared a grin with him, I seriously think I am going crazy. I've never felt this way with someone before, I need Lily to hurry up and get here! We need some best friend talk. James shrugged his shoulders but that smirk stayed in place "If you say so… I was just going to say that my Lilyflower should be arriving in 10 minutes" he informed us. I rolled my eyes "And you needed to tell us this because…?" I asked. He ruined a perfectly good moment… twat. James just shrugged and smiled cheekily at me. "Hey Prongs, come upstairs with me would you mate? I need to uh… show you something" Sirius said, abruptly standing from the couch.
I gave each of them a curious look and Sirius gave me a breathtaking smile. "Don't worry love, we'll only be a minute" he said and I nodded my head as they trudged up the stairs. I turned to Remus and saw he was staring at me with an amused smile. I raised a brow "Something on my face Remmy?" I asked. Remus shook his head and gave me a small smile "Oh nothing, don't worry about it Foxy" he replied politely. I rolled my eyes and went over to the couch he was on and began to poke him. "Come on Remmy, you can't hide things from me!" I exclaimed as he began to swat my hands away. I grinned when Remus rolled his eyes at me "It's not something I can say Evie" Remus replied. I frowned and gave him a curious look "What do you –" but I was cut off as some one crashed through the fireplace at that exact moment.
My head snapped up and instantly I met Lily's shining emerald eyes and we both let out excited squeals. "Lily!" "Evie!" we cried at the same time. I scrambled away from Remus and flung my arms around Lily's neck while she did the same to me. "I've missed you" she said as she crushed me to her chest. I laughed "Me too Lils, it's nice to finally have a girl around here" I joked. Lily laughed and pulled away slightly "You poor thing, stuck with Sirius Black all summer. How have you survived this long?" she whispered dramatically. I blushed and lightly shoved her away "Hush it, the walls have ears" I whispered, sending a pointed look over at Remus who was looking at us with confused expression. Lily laughed and we finally let go of each other "Fine, we'll talk later" she dismissed. "Hullo Remus" she greeted, giving him a small wave and smile. "Nice to see you Lily" Remus smiled back. I began to pull Lily outside "Come on Lils let's go –" but yet again I was cut off, by guess who?
"Lilyflower!"
Of course, by James Potter himself.
Lily and I turned to see Sirius and James slowing walking down the stairs. Sirius and I grinned while Lily gave James an appraising look "Potter, Black" she greeted. I rolled my eyes and nudged her shoulder "Come on Lilyflower" I teased "Be a little friendlier." Lily shot me an unamused look before rolling her eyes "Hello James, wonderful to see you. Thank you oh so much for allowing me to come over today, I feel oh so privileged" she said, sarcasm dripping off every word. I laughed while Sirius snickered. James smirked and mock bowed for Lily "It's my pleasure love" he said, winking. Lily rolled her eyes and began to tug me from the room "Let's go" she hissed. I laughed and turned to the boys "Alright mates, Lily and I are going outside. None of you are to follow us, got it" I said, glaring at Sirius and James who were giving me innocent looks. Too innocent if you ask me…
Remus chuckled "Don't worry Foxy, I'll keep them in check" Remus said, sending a wink in our direction. I smiled at him before shooting the other two looks "At least I can trust someone" I said teasingly. Sirius chuckled and gave me a mock sad look "That cuts me deep Foxy" he teased. I rolled my eyes but grinned and linked my arms with Lily "Sucks for you then Black" I joked before exiting with Lily hearing their chuckles as we walked away. I found myself grinning all the way to the tree in the backyard before turning to look at Lily who was shooting me a sly one. "What?" I asked. Lily giggled before giving me a playful shove. "You know what" she stated as we sat down. I rolled my eyes but blushed, knowing exactly what she was insinuating but I pretended to be oblivious. "I believe I have no idea what you are saying Evans" I dismissed. Lily rolled her eyes "Come on Evie" she whined. I groaned and flopped onto the grass, pulling my dress down a bit to hide some of my exposed legs.
"Fine" I moaned, turning to give her a glare. Lily gave me a cheshire grin "So spill" she demanded. I sighed and began to tell her about the weird feelings Sirius was giving me, the flirting we did along with the teasing, the little glances we gave each other and of course the sparks that shoot through me every time we touched. When I was finished Lily sat there and just stared at me with a blank expression. I started to fidget nervously, my fingers playing with the hem of my dress. Soon a full on grin was beginning to make its way onto Lily's face. Her features were lit up as she gave me a look of pure knowing. "You totally like him!" she cried out, loudly might I add. I gasped and quickly shot up so I could slap my hand over her mouth. "Lily!" I hissed, my eyes darting around the area. I know those sneaky twats were around here somewhere I could only hope that they weren't listening or that would be a recipe for disaster.
Lily laughed and pried my fingers off of her mouth. "Calm down, I can see James and Sirius from here. They're inside the house, look you can see them from here" she pointed out. I peered over to the house and noticed she was right, they were just lazing around. I breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed back on the ground. "I might like him. I'm not saying that I do, I'm just saying there is a possibility" I countered. Lily rolled her emerald eyes at me and pushed her red hair behind her ear. "Whatever you say Evie" she replied, I knew she was going to let it go for now. But sooner or later Lily would bring it up again. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair, I was fine with that. I didn't really feel like indulging in the whole feelings thing. I'd rather figure it out for myself, besides Sophia still liked Sirius and she would kill me if I did have a crush on him.
"So how is Sophia? She hasn't owled me all summer…" I said. Lily shrugged "That's odd…" she murmured. "She owled me just yesterday" I frowned and gave her a confused look "Really? I wonder if she's mad at me or something…" I muttered. Lily sighed "Evie think about it, who have you been spending most of and the rest of your summer with" she said. My eyes widened in realization "You mean she's… jealous?" I murmured. Lily nodded "Her and Sirius are over, she asked him out a couple weeks before you came here but he turned her down and made it quite clear that he wasn't going to get back with her… ever" she told me. I gave her a shocked look "What? Really?" I wondered. I felt relief wash through me at her words, they weren't going to get back together? But… why?
Lily nodded her head "Why?" I asked. Lily gave me a look before shaking her head in amusement "Sirius likes you Evelynn" she stated. I stared at Lily for a moment before I burst out laughing. "Good one Lil" I chuckled, Lily rolled her eyes at me before playfully throwing grass in my face "I'm not kidding, I can tell." She said wisely. I rolled my eyes and playfully nudged her with my foot "Come on I'm not that stupid, Sirius likes to flirt. The only way I would believe that is if he stopped his slut ways but we both know that won't be happening any time soon." I told her. Lily rolled her eyes "You never know Evie, a new year might just bring a new Sirius" she said. I sighed "If only…" I murmured.
"Well let's not think about it for now, we've got a whole month until school starts" Lily muttered. I nodded my head and groaned. "I can't believe we're going to be starting sixth year! It feels like yesterday we were just first years!" I exclaimed. Lily laughed and nodded her head "I know! It's surreal…" she murmured. I turned towards Lily and gave her a hard look "Promise me we'll always be best friends alright Lil? I don't think I'd be able to survive without you" I said. Lily giggled and nodded her head "You're right, you'd be hopeless without me" she teased. I laughed and threw some grass at her "Lily!" I exclaimed. She laughed and nodded her head "Of course Evelynn we will always be best friends, practically sisters" she promised. I smiled "Good, now come on. Let's go see what those blokes are up to" I grinned, standing from the grass. I brushed a few grass pieces off of my dress before linking arms with Lily. Lily groaned "If we must" she conceded. I smirked and began to drag her back towards James's house.
When we walked through the door I noticed two things. First, Peter had somehow managed to get here even though I thought the boys said that he was busy… and I saw Sirius quickly shove something behind his back. I gave the boys a suspicious look and they smiled innocently back. I shared a look with Lily and she looked exactly how I felt, worried. They were up to something… my suspicions were confirmed when Sirius' arm shot and pulled me towards the floor with him, I landed on my butt with a painful 'oomph.' I groaned and shot Sirius a glare "What the hell!" I exclaimed. "I shotgun Foxy!" he shouted. "What are you going on about Sirius?" I asked, rubbing my bottom and wincing slightly. James chuckled "Well while you ladies were doing who knows what outside we decided to play a game" James smirked.
I eyed him warily and Lily gave them a disapproving look "What type of game?" she asked, slowly inching towards the stairs. I started to stand up but Sirius grabbed my arm and tugged me down, causing me to fall into his lap and wrapping his arms around me tightly so I couldn't get up. The boys snickered while Lily shot me an amused look to which I glared back at. "Sirius! Let go!" I exclaimed, twisting in his arms. Sirius smirked and shook his head "Sorry love but you're going to play the game whether you want to or not" he teased. I groaned and fell back against him with a disgruntled look on my face, trying to mask the blush that was threatening to come up and the butterflies that seemed to flutter in my stomach. James gave me a smirk "We're going to play… hide and go seek" James said.
My heart was beating rapidly in my chest and my palms were sweating… until his words registered in my mind. "Hide and seek?!" Lily and I exclaimed together. I felt Sirius nod from behind me and James grinned "Not just any hide and go seek but hide and go seek- the dare edition" James explained. My eyes widened and I groaned "I hate this game" I grumbled. Lily gave me a curious look "Hide and go seek dare?" she mused. "I'm afraid I have no idea what that is" she admitted. James shot her a grin and grabbed her arm, pulling her towards the couch. "Well my Lilyflower hide and go seek dare is just like normal hide and seek… except if you're the first one to be found you need to suffer the consequences of a dare made by one of the Marauders, if you're last to be found then you're safe" he explained. Lily nodded in understanding and motioned for him to continue. "You can either hide alone or with a partner but if you're with a partner the dare will be the same and you have to do it together" James said.
I turned and gave Remus a hard look and he shrugged Like I had a choice he mouthed. I grinned and shook my head at him You could have warned me! I mouthed back. Remus shrugged and smiled sheepishly. "I already shot gunned Foxy" Sirius announced, gripping me tighter. I gulped and shook my head "What! Why can't I be partners with Lily!" I exclaimed. Lily gave me a sly grin and raised a brow, silently telling me that she knew I was happy he wanted to be my partner. "Because Foxy, I shotgun Evans!" he exclaimed, putting his arm around Lily's shoulders. Lily rolled her eyes and shrugged his arm off "Don't touch me Potter" she glared. James grinned and ran a hand through his messy hair "Sorry Lilyflower" he apologized, smirking. Lily and I rolled our eyes "I don't want to play, it's stupid and childish" Lily said, crossing her arms. James smirked before turning to Lily and giving her a look, they seemed to be communicating somehow and I saw James' eyes flicker towards me and realization dawned on Lily's face.
What was he planning…?
"Fine, I'll play" she grumbled. I gave her a suspicious look while James smiled happily "Great! Wormtail you're the seeker, sorry Moony but you've got to hide on your own oh and only in the house no going outside" James instructed. Peter nodded his head and looked at James with an expression of adoration while Remus shrugged "That's fine" he said. I turned to Peter and gave him a small smile "Alright Peter go to James' room and count to 50 then come and find us!" I instructed. Peter nodded his head and made his way up the stairs. I turned in Sirius' arms and gave him a glare "Now if you don't mind letting me go…" I trailed off. Sirius gave me a mock sad look "If I must…" he said reluctantly as his arms loosened from my body. I grinned and shot up from the ground, stretching for a minute before I heard Peter beginning to count. Remus trailed off to the kitchen and James grabbed Lily's hand, making a small blush form over her face and I smirked at her. "Come on Lilyflower!" James exclaimed as he pulled her from the room.
"1 Mississippi… 2 Mississippi… 3 Mississippi…"
I sighed and turned to Sirius "Alright Padfoot, you better have a good hiding spot! I don't fancy getting a dare from you or James, last time was bad enough" I said. Sirius smirked "Don't worry I've got the perfect spot and that dare was fine. I quite enjoyed it" he winked. I rolled my eyes as Sirius linked our fingers together and began to lead me somewhere. I felt my heart rate spike and a blush formed over my face, geez calm down Evie! He's only holding your hand, which he's done a million times now calm down! I tried to listen to my thoughts and breathed in deeply. When my heart finally calmed down I took a peek at Sirius and saw he had a small smile on his face. "When did Peter get here?" I questioned after a moment of silence. Sirius shrugged "Maybe 10 minutes after you went outside with Evans" he mused.
"7 Mississippi… 8 Mississippi…"
I giggled as I remembered James and Lily were partners. "Do you think she'll kill him by the end of the game?" I questioned as Sirius led me down the stairs towards the Marauder Lair. Sirius smirked "Of course not, James is going to release the Potter charm on her. I guarantee that she'll like him at least a little bit by the end of this game" he said confidently. "Right because the 'Potter Charm' worked so well before" I said sarcastically. Sirius chuckled and squeezed my hand, making tingles erupt from the action. I felt a light blush come over my face and I turned my head so Sirius didn't see it. "Maybe not but Prongs and I made a full proof plan in making Evans fall head over heels in love with him" Sirius told me.
"14 Mississippi… 15 Mississippi… 16 Mississippi…"
I laughed and shook my head "Of course you do, mind telling me what this 'amazing' plan is?" I asked. Sirius shook his head "Sorry love, but that's a surprise" he murmured adding a wink at the end. I rolled my eyes and bumped my hip with his "Wanker" I muttered. Sirius chuckled before we were engulfed in darkness. Of course I, totally not expecting this, let out a weird strangled noise and practically jumped onto Sirius. "Bloody hell!" I exclaimed, loudly might I add. "What did you do that for?" I hissed. Sirius chuckled "Lumos" he muttered and the room was lit up with a dim light. Instantly I let go of him and glared. Sirius rolled his eyes before grasping my hand once again and leading me towards the back of the lair.
"35 Mississippi… 36 Mississippi…"
"Where do you plan on hiding? There aren't very many places down here that Peter doesn't know about" I told him. Sirius turned and I could see he was smirking at me. "Well the other night James and I were… doing something down here and we stumbled upon a secret hideout" he explained. I gave him a curious look "What do you mean? I thought we knew this place inside out?" I asked. Sirius grinned "That's what we thought as well but remember the room down here?" he asked. I nodded my head, there was also a room down the in the Marauder Lair no one really uses it only when we're having a massive sleepover since the room is like an imperial suite at a hotel.
Okay so maybe not as big or as nice but you get what I mean, it was Gryffindor themed so it looked a bit like the common room. It was like our home away from home in our… home? Because Hogwarts was like a second home to the entire Marauder group and the Potter house was our home as well and…okay I'm just confusing myself but I think you get what I mean. "What is there a secret passage or something?" I asked sarcastically. Sirius grinned wickedly at me "Right on the dot love" he said. My mouth popped open "Are you serious?" I asked as we stepped into the room, Sirius chuckled "That is my name" he teased, I rolled my eyes and lightly punched his shoulder "You know what I mean" I said. Sirius smirked "Yes I'm serious, now shut your pretty little mouth so I can show you" he teased. I blushed at his comment and tried to stay quiet as we walked by the sleeping pictures.
I couldn't hear Peter anymore but I was sure he was at least close to being at 50.
Sirius walked to the far side of the room and motioned for me to follow. I did and he pushed a painting aside before muttering something under his breath. After a couple minutes nothing happened and I could hear the pattering of Peter's feet as he moved across the floor. "Sirius" I hissed, "Nothing is happening." Sirius chuckled and patted my head, "Be patient Foxy" he said trying to sound wise. I playfully rolled my eyes at him but stopped when I saw the wall begin to disappear. My mouth dropped open "Wow…" I murmured, watching as a spiral staircase form. "This is amazing" I told him, I peeked a glance at Sirius and saw he was giving me a knowing smirk. "Come on love, let me show you the real secret" he said, stepping into the portrait and holding out a hand for me. I grasped it in mine and allowed him to tow me up the stairs, the portrait closed behind us and we were engulfed in darkness. Then a light turned on and I noticed that there were mini lanterns floating around.
Sirius brought me up the stairs and I gasped.
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