Chapter Seven-
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James POV
"No, just you" she said, pointing to me.
I nodded once. She sighed, running her hand through her wavy, orange locks, stressfully. I followed her out the doorway of The Three BroomSticks and she looked at me. "What the bloody hell were you thinking? Dueling! You know its against the school rules!" she yelled at me.
"I know" I mumbled
"Then why? Why'd you do it?" she asked
"Didn't you hear Remus?" I asked, hoping she would take the lie and drop it.
"Oh, don't tell me that rubbish! I know when you are lying!" she sighed
"Lily, I'm sorry. This is why I didn't tell you in the first place" I sighed.
She placed her hand on my cheek, stroking the cut on it. I winced a bit, and she smiled. "Does it hurt?" she asked I nodded. "Why are you smiling?" I asked
"Because, I'm glad that's the only thing that hurts"
"Well, I am kinda sad that I blew you off. Could we reschedule?" I asked
"How 'bout tonight?" she asked
"I dunno. Tonight I'm flooding Flitwick's office" I said, jokingly, she frowned and I smiled, "But I guess I could do it some other time, for you"
"Don't I feel special" she said sarcastically
"You should. Tonight you're gonna be studying with the coolest guy in Hogwarts"
"No I'm not. I'm studying with you"
"It's true. Sirius is rubbing off on you" I joked.
"Come on" she said, dragging me back into the Three BroomSticks.
"Are we good, now?" McGonagall asked. All six of us nodded. "Good. Now, I am going to go track down Miss Black and Mr. Malfoy." she said, turning her back and leaving.
I glared Snape down, "Remus might have saved your worthless butt, but I still think you deserved to go down like Malfoy and Black" I growled
"Come now, Potter. Do you really think you want to toy with me?" he asked
"Toy with you? No, what I want to do is rip your bloody face off, but I guess I'll have to stick with toying" I said,, scowling as hard as Flitwick when he sees Sirius come into class.
"Ha! Like you'd ever do such a thing. You're hardly the man you pretend to be."
"You're hardly the 'Prince' you pretend to be. In fact, you are no more a prince than Sirius is proud to be a pure-blood."
"Which is non-existent" Remus remarked
"Non-existent? Like your brains?" Snape asked
"No, like your sense of humor" I snapped
"Or like your maturity"
"Or like your social life"
"Or like your respect for the rules"
"Or like your respect for people"
"Or like Lily's love for you"
"Or like her love for you" I said, he frowned deeply at me.
"Stop! Both of you!" Lily shouted, ending our argument. "I am sick of you two fighting!" she yelled, throwing her arms down in exasperation before running off.
"Look at what you did!" Snape and I shouted at the same time at each other, "Me? What did I do? It's all your fault!" we shouted together at each other. "You got her upset!" we said in sync
"How do you guys do that?" Sirius asked in awe.
"Nevermind this, we have to go get Lily" I said, "C'mon guys" I said, walking out of the pub and leaving Snape in his misery.
"Sirius, you check the other pubs and stores, Remus you check the fields, Peter you check the alleys, I'll see if she went back to Hogwarts. Once we find her, you know what to do" I said.
"Got it" they said together as we went our separate ways.
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"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" I muttered as I entered Hogwarts grounds. I saw Lucius, Bellatrix and Narcissa in Dumbledore's office, Filch and his cat, Mrs. Tubbs, in his study, and finally, Lily. The only problem was that she was in the girls' washroom. I would go anywhere in Hogwarts, teachers' studies, Dumbledore's office, and heck, even the Ravenclaw Common Room, when I was dating Priya Patil, but NEVER EVER had I dared to go into the girls' washroom.
"For Lily" I murmured as I slipped in my invisible cloak, that I kept in my pocket for emergencies. I ran down the halls as quickly as I could go without the cloak falling off of me, or my feet being heard when I glanced down as the Map. "Down this hall, take a left and. Perfect" I siad as I reached the washroom. "Password?" she portrait said confusedly.
"Um, Felix Felicis?" I guessed in a high pitched voice
"Whose there?" the portrait snapped. I didn't answer, "I'm losing it" she muttered to herself. She closed her eyes and drifted to sleep, which made it easier for me to swing her open and walk in.
"Lily?" I called
"Whose there?" she asking, she was leaning against a basin, but when she looked inti the mirror she stared directly at me, without seeing me.
"Me" I answered as I pulled the cloak off myself.
"What do you want?" she asked
"I found her" I said, speaking into my wand.
"Got it" three voices spoke back to me
"She's in the....Girls' washroom"
"Blimey! How'd you get to her?" Sirius asked
"He's not in the washroom, he's probably just waiting oustide, or looking at he Map" Remus corrected
"No, I'm inside the washroom" I said
"Well, how are we going to get inside?" Peter asked
"The protrait is alseep" I suggested
"NO NO NO NO! I will go anyway in Hogwarts, anywhere, EXCEPT the girls' washroom!" Sirius shouted
"Okay, Padfoot. Just meet me in the Common Room, kay?" I said
"Thank you" he sighed. I flicked my wrist and the voices disapeared.
"What was that?" she asked
"A Communicating Charm we made to talk to each other" I shrugged
"You made a charm?" she asked skeptically
"Well, yeah. Remsu made the actual charm, Sirius thought of the wrist flick and I thought of the four-way. Peter thought of us using our wands." I explained, "Now, please tell me why you're upset" I begged.
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3rd POV
"Now, pleas tell me why you're upset" James asked Lily. She sighed, "Please? It's not like before Lil, we're friends" he reminded her. That was true, he hadn't asked her out once s ince they became friends; it was relieving to be able to hang out with James without all the pressure of dating, but she missed him lingering on her; Asking her out multiple times a day,w ithout success, but without lost hope.
"You can tell me anything" he reminded her. That was also true. James had trusted her, telling her that Remus was a wolf, and showing her the Marauder's Map and his Cloak. Surely she could share some secrets with him, couldn't she?
"I was scared. Really scared. When Remus said you were 'held captive' by Bella and Lucius." she began, "Do you know how pissed I'd be if I lost my best friend to Snape?" she asked
James knew she was upset about the duel, but he thought it was because they were against school rules, not because she was afraid for him. "You were scared for me?" he asked, a smile playing at his lips.
"No, I was scared for....For....For" she said, stumbling across her words, loooking for something to say.
"For...For...For James?" James guessed
"Maybe" she muttered
"C'mon, let's get back to the Common Room" he suggested, wrapping his arm around her. Just before they made it to the door, he stopped. "Wait" he fished through his pocket and found his Cloak. As he pulled it over himself, Lily her him say, "Not letting anyone see me come out of here" and she giggled.
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Extra long chap for an extra long wait. So sorry it took forever to update, I was stuck! I haven't forgotten about the pranks I promised, but I just wanted this chap to be extra fluffy. But, just to be clear, I don't usually do fluff, so srry if it sucks! Anways, maybe in a chap or two there will be plenty of pranks to pull. Definitely on Snape, Malfoy, any Blacks, and other poor, poor Slytherins. LOL, thnx for reading and being so patient! Pleeze review telling me what you thought!
-Preview-
"We've locked the door with so many hexes and spells that it'll take hours, maybe days, to get out!" James said, laughing meniacally
"Poor Myrtle" Lily muttered
"I almost forgot. It's our little Liler's first prank" james said, smiling his lop-sided grin.
"Lilers?" she questioned
"Lily" he corrected