SORRY ITS NOT MY BEST CHAPTER BUT HERE IT IS. ALSO SORRY FOR THE WAIT.

CHAPTER 4

James stayed in the hospital wing for three days but after that insisted on going back to lessons on the last day of school.

He returned to the common room to get ready for school and the moment he stepped through the door, I heard Sirius yell "DOG PILE ON JAMES!" Suddenly all four of the marauders were running through the common room, James running away while Sirius, Peter and Remus chased him. Then the three doing the chasing were in front of me, James having gone out of sight upstairs.

"Yes?" I questioned looking directly at Sirius.

"Nice to see you too." He muttered sarcastically. "Look we just wanted to know, what your intentions with him are."

"I, ah, what?"

Remus then stepped forward and explained "We don't want to see James get hurt, he really likes you and well, we were wondering if you actually have feelings for him or if it was just a spur of the moment thing."

Sirius turned to me again. "So?"

I blushed, "To be honest, I have no idea." Sirius and Peter looked extremely confused but Remus seemed to know what I meant.

"How do you not know if you fancy someone?!"

"Because I don't know him! And because for the last six years he's been the world's biggest prat."

"So in other words she would like to get to know him before he asks her out, so that she doesn't have to decline and get annoyed." Remus declared turning to Sirius and Peter.

"Hmm… best warn him not to make any moves first then." He walked over to the stairs and called "Nice chatting with you Lilikins." And disappeared before I could comment.

"Remus, could you do me a favour?"

"That depends…"

"Hit Sirius as hard as you can in the head?"

"Oh yeah sure, it'd be great to have the excuse." He grinned and ran upstairs with Peter trailing behind.

I heard their door shut then, Sirius yelled "OW! What the BLOODY HELL was that for?!" I burst into laughter.

I was still laughing when a voice whispered menacingly behind me "Oh you're gonna get it now Evans." I went to jump up but Sirius caught me and pulled me back down, then the torture began, he was tickling me but not in the soft flirty way James was but he was definitely out for revenge.

I couldn't help it I was laughing so hard my stomach was hurting. "Sirius, stop, please" was all I could manage through the laughter and even that sounded like I was out of breath.

"I do believe you owe me an apology dear Lily flower."

"Never!" I exclaimed.

I heard Remus' laughter before I could see him. "Oh come on Padfoot, let her be."

"No not until I get an apology for setting my own friend on me."

"Get of me" I tried to say but it got lost in the laughing, so it sounded more like "Gerromi"

"Who is Jeremy my dear Lily flower?" Sirius taunted.

"Lily it would just be easier to say sorry."

"NO NEVER"

"Whatever." Remus sighed sitting next to me and pulling out his book.

"Pause, PAUSE" I said and to my surprise Sirius stopped for a minute to see what I wanted. Taking advantage of that I jumped up and ran full bolt up the stairs to the girl's dorm knowing full well what would happen if he tried to follow. When I got to the top I turned and saw him at the bottom of the stairs pouting. Sticking my tongue out at him for the second time this week I taunted "Ha Ha, gotcha'" I then went into my room to get ready for school.

"What was going on down there Lils, I could hear you laughing from here and Black screaming." Another girl from my dorm, Eliza said.

"I got Remus to hit Sirius because he called me Lilikins and apparently that was unacceptable so he came down and tickled me."

"Remus, Sirius? On first name basis now are you Lily?" She laughed

"Hey I have always been friends with Remus." I Joked

"Mmm… Remus is really nice, but Sirius?" She was looking at me odd as if I had lost my mind.

"I don't know, he grows on you I guess." Then I realized what she said. "Liz do you fancy Remus?"

She looked at me shocked, but not in the way that means 'Where the hell did that come from' No it was in a way that meant 'How the hell does she know that?'

My jaw dropped momentarily "Why didn't you tell me?"

She looked down embarrassed "I thought you would laugh or lecture me about how stupid the Marauders are."

"Had you said you were in love with Sirius Black or Peter Pettigrew, I would have, for hours, but as I said Remus has always been my friend and he is obviously not stupid."

The grin spreading back across Eliza's face telling me she figured something out. "Lils do you like a certain tall marauder with messy, jet black hair and glasses?"

I scoffed "As if" But I could tell she didn't believe me.

It was her turn for her jaw to drop "YOU DO!"

"Shh… keep your voice down or the whole castle will here you." I told her as I grabbed my wand.

She eyed me suspiciously and asked "What are you doing?"

"Putting a silencing charm on the door, and locking it." The suspicion was still there if not intensified. "So we can talk without eavesdroppers or interruptions."

"Oh ok."

I rolled my eyes, muttered "Muffliato" and slid the bolt on the door shut.

"Now Miss Evans, you like James Potter." She stated as casually as though she were commenting on the weather.

"Um… Sort of."

"Oh Merlin, does that mean you will accept him if he asks you out again?"

"No"

"But, What, Why?"

"Because I'm only just starting to see a better side of him and I want to get to know that side."

"But just think how well you would get to know him when you're snogging his face off." She noted suggestively, winking at me.

"Anyway, you like Remus?"

"Yeah" she sighed.

"Since when?"

"Since about forth year."

"Huh, but I thought you were dating that Hufflepuff in forth year?"

"That's the reason I broke up with him."

"Sorry."

"No worries, I didn't actually like him that much." She smiled and looked at me "You ready?"

Lily shook her head. "No, I have to brush my hair but I'll meet you down there later." She said even though her hair was done and she had no intention of going to the great hall this morning. Eliza nodded and left, leaving Lily to her thoughts. After about five minutes she got up and exited the common room but not to go to the great hall, she headed down to the kitchens, hoping the house elves would be able to make her a salad.

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