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3rd Person POV
By the time lunch rolled around, everyone had heard about Harry pranking James. "It was brilliant, are you sure he's not related to you, Prongs?" Sirius asked James
"I thought not, but now I am starting to consider it" James said, deep in thought as they sat down. "Wait." James said
He touched the seat with his hand, paranoid, and let out a breath of relief when it made no noise. He had done that every time before he sat down and studied the Solvent Charm directly after DADA, just in case.
"You're paranoid, Prongs" Sirius said
"I told you it wasn't a good idea to prank the bloke" Remus said
"Ugh, I wish I had listened to you" James said
"Of course you do, everyone does" Remus said, but James wasn't listening. Instead he turned to see Lily Evans walking into the Great Hall with Alice Longbottom at her side. They were giggling and smiling and just steps before they reached the table Lily noticed an open seat by James, feeling bad about what happened that morning she told Alice she'd catch up with her later and took the free spot by James.
"Hi" she said to him. But he was too dazed to comprehend words. Lily Evans had just sat down next to him, willingly! It had been just like on the Quidditch field, when she showed up to watch him, and though he felt bad for telling his best mates to leave, after explaining what had happened that night they forgave him. And now, there she sat, smiling at him. And he was staring at her like a moron. "Gonna say something, or should I just leave?" she asked
"No, no" he said hastily. "Hi." he said, then blushed a furious shade of red. Remembering the incident in DADA. "Come to make fun of me?" he asked
"No, only a tiny bit" she said, "I also came to sit by you and talk to you" she added. "The fact that everyone calls you the Mega-Glue Marauder doesn't matter to me." she giggled and he couldn't help but chuckle
"I am known for getting out of sticky situations" he joked.
"I am really sorry for just...I dunno, I guess ditching you?" she said, looking for the correct word. Her face was lined with the guilt and betrayal she felt inside.
"Why did you do that?" he asked her
"I don't know, James" she sighed, "Maybe because I'm a total prat" she said
"No you're not" he denied, "Look, can we just go back to normal. Because all of this happened?" he begged
"Before the Quidditch field, or this morning?"
"This morning" he said, "Deal?" he stuck his hand out, but instead of taking it she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Deal" he heard her say.
He wrapped his arms around her back and they hugged for a few more minutes.
"I told you pranking Harry would get Lily to like him" Sirius said as they watched their best mate.
"I guess you were right" Remus admitted.
Once they let go James heard snickering from behind him. He turned around and saw Severus Snape glaring at him. "So Lily. Left me for the Mega-Glue Marauder, huh?" he snickered
"Better than the Greasy-Haired Git" James said, standing up.
"Or the Pee-Brained Prat" Severus retorted
"Nah, nah, nah." James declined, "That doesn't work. All you're doing is taking what I'm saying and changing it a bit"
Snape growled in anger, "Go get your hands stuck to another table, you git!"
"Go stick your head in more motor oil, you prat!"
"Why don't both of you break it up?" a more masculine voice said. James looked up and saw Harry staring both of them down.
"Professor" James squeaked
"Severus, go back to the Slytherin table. James, return to your lunch and I want both of you to quit fighting with each other" Harry snapped.
"Fine" they muttered, returning to their tables, but even Harry knew that this wasn't the end of it.
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The next morning Dumbledore had an announcement to make. "Students, if I could have your attention, please. This year, after much begging from certain, anonymous staff members," Dumbledore winked at Harry, who had spent much of their time together trying to convince the Headmaster to agree to his proposition, "Hogwarts will be holding a back to school dance" he announced.
After much muttering and excited squeals from the girls Dumbledore said, "October 13th" and sat back down next to Harry.
"Five weeks, is that enough time?" James asked Sirius, "I mean to find a date"
"Of course it is" Sirius assured him, "Melanie, will you go with me?" he asked. Melanie Fletcher instantly agreed, and Sirius smiled at James, "See? Plenty of time."
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That weekend was the first trip to Hogsmeade of the year and the Marauder's the most excited about it.
Harry decided to go along, just to see what his dad and mum usually did at Hogsmeade. She and Harry had made a certain bond, such as Harry and Dumbledore had when Harry was in school. "Do you remember your Hogsmeade trips?" Lily asked as they were walking to the small village.
"Oh, a few." he said. "I remember when I was in my third year and my Uncle forgot to sign my permission slip. So the whole year I had to sneak into Hogsmeade using my brother-in-law's crazy shortcuts." Harry chuckled, leaving out the Marauder's Map and Invisibility Cloak.
Lily giggled, "Really? Did you ever get caught?" she asked
"No, but I can't say I'm proud of doing it. I finally got my godfather to sign the permission slip as my third year ended."
Lily smiled, "What'd you usually do?" she asked
"I usually hung out with my best mates at the Three BroomSticks" he shrugged
"Well, what do teachers usually do?" she asked, a smile plastered on her face
"Nothing really. Why?"
"Well" she began slowly, "I was wondering, I know its not all that cool hanging out with students, but would you like to hang out with me and Potter and the Marauders?" she asked
"I dunno if they'd enjoy hanging out with a teacher" Harry said
"Please? Every student thinks you're the best teacher, especially the Marauders" she begged
"Really?" he raised an eyebrow in doubt
"Yes. Really. Witch's Honor" she promised
"Okay, but only because you're my favorite student" he said
"Thank you! Thank you, Professor!" she said. He stared at her, "Harry" she corrected.
"That's better" he smiled as they walked over to a nearby pub.
"You got him to come" Remus said dubiously
"Yep" Lily nodded
"You rock, Evans!" James said
Harry smiled, "So, why exactly were you all so excited about me coming along?" he asked
"We just wanted to talk" Remus shrugged
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-Chapter Eight-
"Sirius, you're such a prick" James said
"Whatever you say, Mega-Glue" Sirius retorted
" It wasn't my fault! You're the one that was all, 'Use Mega-Glue, James, it's about as strong as a permanent-sticking charm, Harry's butt'll be stuck to that desk like the stick up McGonagall's butt'."James said in a mock-voice.
"I didn't say it like that! Besides, you're the one that said, 'Let's use the whoopee-cushion charm on his seat so that it'd look like he farted'!"Sirius shouted
"You're the one that was like, 'It'll be awesome pranking this guy, let's do it!'!" James shouted back
"You're the one that abandoned us to go hang out with Lily on the Quidditch field!"
"You're the one that put up with all my crap for seven years!"
"You're the one that let me stay at your house when I ran away!"
"You're the one that's my best friend!"
"Yeah. Yeah. That's real nice, wait to drop the bomb, buddy" Remus said, jokingly.
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