It's Not Over
Lily x James (are awesome)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
A/N: The promised fluff chapter, p.s. contains fluff for all the characters...
xoxoxoxox--Chapter 5: Quidditch--xoxoxoxox
"Lily."
"Moony."
"Marilyn."
"Annie."
"Well, I guess you are on my team, Wormtail."
"Hey, that's four to three. That's no fair!" James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Marilyn, Annie, and Peter had decided to play a game of Quidditch. Yes, it was on school grounds, and people hardly ever did it, but the seven Gryffindors had wanted to have some fun together. And sadly, Samuel, Annie's boyfriend, couldn't make it. So there were only seven players. James and Sirius were acting as captains, and the teams thus far stood as James, Lily, and Marilyn against Sirius, Remus, and Annie.
"How is that unfair?" James asked.
Sirius scoffed. "You've played Quidditch for five years, and you've been captain for three. It's no fair that you with your Quidditch advantage get more players."
James sighed dramatically. "Well, fine, take Wormtail. It's not as if he's much help anyway," James muttered to himself as he turned to face his team.
Sirius smiled, not hearing the comment, as Peter made his way over to Sirius' group. James decided to make a plan with the girls on his team. He turned away from the others and they huddled up, "Okay, just get me the quaffle, and we'll win."
Marilyn scoffed, "Are you saying me and Lily are incompetent at playing Quidditch?"
James smiled in a way that was on the edge of being a smirk. "No, but I want to win."
"We can win if I score, too," Marilyn said defensively.
James suddenly smiled wickedly. "I thought I would be nice and not make you join Padfoot's team, and maybe, you know, let you beat Padfoot, but seeing as how you want to argue with me, why don't you just go on the other team?" James said, feigning to call Sirius.
This made an impact on Marilyn, because she was Sirius' ex girlfriend. She realized through James' logic that she wanted to beat him. "No, no wait," James paused and leaned back into their huddle. "Fine, your proposition of beating Sirius sounds fun. I actually want to beat him now. I'll get you the quaffle."
"Excellent." The three turned to face Sirius' team.
"Okay, Prongs. I have four, so you can have the quaffle first." Sirius tossed Prongs the quaffle.
James caught it skillfully. "Up," he commanded of the broom. The broom soared into his hand as if he had done it a thousand times, and James had swung a foot over it and glided into the air before anyone could even blink. Lily smiled at how cute her boyfriend was, while Marilyn rolled her eyes and Peter stood stunned.
"Show off," Sirius called up to him.
James smiled. "Are you guys coming or not?" he called down to them.
"Coming," Lily said hurriedly. She didn't bother saying up; she leaned and picked up the broom, soaring up to James. "You could have at least waited for me."
James leaned in to Lily. "Sorry." He placed a gentle kiss on Lily's lips. Lily smiled into the kiss and was about to pull back, but James snuck an arm around her and kept her there, deepening the kiss. Lily didn't refuse.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Don't they do enough of that in the Great Hall?" he asked annoyed.
"You're just jealous because you don't have a girlfriend," Marilyn said with a malicious smile.
"Wanna be my girlfriend again?" Sirius asked flirtatiously.
Marilyn scoffed. "Went there, never going back."
Sirius shrugged. "Your loss. Up." He swung his leg over his broom and flew up to the snogging James and Lily.
Marilyn sighed and did the same. "Ready?" Annie asked Remus and Peter. Remus nodded, as Peter tried to pick up his broom.
The three of them eventually got up with the rest of the group. Marilyn was giving off an annoyed glance at the ceasing to making out James and Lily, it was cute, but it got to a point where it was enough. "Okay, lovebirds, let's keep this game rated G."
The two separated. "Sorry," Lily said, covering her lips in embarrassment.
The game was going to be played so everyone was a chaser. There was no keeper and no beater, though a chaser could act as a keeper in times of need. There was no snitch; instead, it was the first team to 100 points "Okay guys, let's play fairly. On the count of three. Three," Everyone leaned forward on their broom, "two," all eyes turned to James, who was throwing the quaffle into the air and catching it weightlessly, "on—." James had already flown off.
Normally, Lily would have yelled at James. But recently, she didn't find his showing off annoying, just extremely cute. "One," she finished, but everyone was already flying after James.
James tossed the quaffle in the hoop with practiced ease. "10 points for the winning team!" he called, flying back for a high five from Lily.
"You haven't won yet, Prongs. And that wasn't fair; Lily didn't even finish the countdown yet." Sirius turned toward his best friend's girlfriend. "Right, Lily?"
Lily acted incompetent. "I don't know what you're talking about. James made a completely fair play."
James swooped in to land his broom next to Lily. "I love this girl," James said playfully, landing a kiss on her cheek.
Sirius rolled his eyes, took the quaffle, and began to attempt his way toward his goal posts. James soared after him to try to stop him. The others followed without a second hesitation. James landed on one side of Sirius, and Lily blocked his other side. She stole the quaffle from right under Sirius' nose while he was still preoccupied with James.
James laughed and pulled away from Sirius. "Catch!" Lily called to James as she threw the quaffle toward him. He caught it without even looking at it. Only Sirius bothered trying to catch up to James; the others knew he was just too quick on a broom. Lily watched him with a smile on her face; that was her boyfriend. James scored again and soared in for a high five from Lily and Marilyn.
*****
The game ended, and surprisingly, it had been pretty close. The final score was 90 to 100. James' team barely won, but he couldn't resist rubbing it in Sirius' face. The seven friends stumbled out of the locker room laughing. They formed a line as they walked back to the common room. James was holding Lily's hand, their lips locked in a victory kiss. Sirius was walking beside Marilyn. "Disgusting, isn't it?"
Marilyn peered around Sirius. "I think it's rather cute."
Sirius rolled his eyes, and when Marilyn looked away, he smiled and pulled her in for a kiss. She tried to pull away at first, but Sirius wouldn't let her go. She soon stopped resisting, and after a few seconds longer, they pulled away. "So, you wanna go out with me?" he asked.
Marilyn thought about it; maybe Sirius did deserve a second chance. "Maybe."
"What kind of answer is that?"
"A good one," Marilyn said giggling. Sirius scoffed and threw an arm around Marilyn as they rejoined the group. Surprisingly, everyone was watching them. James reached over and messed with Sirius' hair, congratulating him on Marilyn, while Lily shot Marilyn a look, as she seemed to be smiling more widely then she had the past few months. Marilyn just rolled her eyes. Lily smiled, unconsciously snuggling herself closer to James until he wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed the top of her head.
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"I think I might have fallen in love with Lily that day on the train, back in first year. Whether it was conscious or not, I'm not sure. And even if it might have taken Lily seven years to finally realize how much she loves me back, looking at her now, I'm just glad she did."
-James Potter, 7th Year
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A/N: I have an epilogue left, and I PROMISE no one will die, will be already dead, or floating around as spirits or what not, in it. Because I hate that. It should be up tomorrow...