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Midnight Mischief

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James' fingers wrapped around Lily's hand. "C'mon. Let's go."

James dragged Lily out of the kitchen by the hand. "Where are we going?" James just kept walking. "James? Where are we going?"

James slowed his pace a little and turned to her with a smile. "You'll see."

Lily giggled at James. She hated to admit it, but she was having fun. James had been just a normal guy tonight. He hadn't asked her out or done anything jerky at all. It surprised her how relaxed and laid back he was. She always thought that James was the type of guy who always had to be the center of attention and have things his way, but seeing him interact with Remus in the kitchens showed her a new side of him. Lily was pulled out of thoughts when they approached the portrait of the Fat Lady. "The common room?"

James shook his head while his eyes sparkling with laughter and delight. "Nope."

Lily looked confused. "But-"

"No questions. Be patient."

Lily nodded as they entered the common room. James led her directly to the bottom of the boy's staircase and started to climb them. Lily jerked to a stop at the stairs. "I'm not going up there," she stated firmly.

James looked down at her confused. "Why not?"

"Why not? Because it is against the rules. Besides what if someone sees me?"

James laughed as he approached her again. He grabbed her wrist and started back up the stairs dragging Lily with him. "No one will see you. Relax a little, Evans."

"Seeing as how I'm about to be in your room I guess its okay for you to call me Lily."

James looked at Lily in slight shock causing her to blush. "No one will see you, Lily." Lily nodded and they continued up the staircase. They approached the seventh year boy's dorm door before James talked again. "Okay, Lils, I'm going to go in first and see if anyone is up."

Lily nodded then added, "Don't call me Lils."

"Too soon?" Lily nodded. "Thought it might be. Oh well." James shrugged his shoulders entered the room and was gone. Lily waited outside for a few seconds before James' messy head of hair reemerged from behind the door. "It's cool."

Lily entered the room on her tip toes. She quickly scanned the room for any sign of life and was relieved to discover that all she could hear were snores. James showed her over to his bed and started rifling through some boxes he had under it. Lily gingerly sat on the bed and looked around. She expected the boys' room to be a complete mess, but it was surprisingly clean. Hell, it looked cleaner than her own room after a Hogsmeade weekend.

James continued to rifle through the box he was in until he came across a small tin and two cups. "Here it is. Once you taste this all other hot chocolates will pale in comparison."

Lily laughed and then put her hand over her mouth to muffle the noise. "Shh," she said to James while moving a finger in front of her mouth. "Don't talk too loud or you'll wake them up."

James' hand cut through the air. "Naw, they can sleep through anything. We only have to worry about when Sirius is coming back."

"Sirius isn't here yet?" Lily tensed with worry. What if Sirius walked in to find her on James' bed? What if he thought that it was a date thing? What if he woke up everyone?

James read the slight panic in Lily's gaze and said, "Hey don't worry. We'll shut the curtains so he thinks I'm asleep. Sirius knows better than to bother us while we're sleeping." James moved onto the bed with Lily and handed her the cups while he shut the curtains. "Better?"

Lily's answer was a smile. She handed his cup back to him and looked down into her own. "This isn't hot chocolate."

James laughed at her. "Not yet. My dad took the recipe we make at home and made it travelable." James took out his wand did a few swishes over her glass and presto instant hot chocolate. "Go ahead, try it."

Lily took a cautious first sip as James turned his powder into hot chocolate as well. "Wow!" Lily was lost for words. This really was the best hot chocolate she had ever tasted. The chocolate wasn't overpowering, yet at the same time it offered a nice punch of chocolate-y goodness. The temperature was also perfect. The liquid was warm, not room temperature or scolding, just perfectly warm. "This is amazing. Where did your dad get the recipe from?"

"It's been in the family for years. Wanna learn how to make it?"

"Are you sure? I mean it's a family recipe and all are you sure you want to give it to me?"

James rolled his eyes at Lily. "I trust that you aren't going to use the recipe for anything other than drinking so it really doesn't matter."

Lily lit up as she took another drink. "Okay then teach me."

"I can't teach you here. Why don't we meet tomorrow after classes get out for the weekend and I'll teach you how to make it in the Room of Requirements?" James laughed at the excitement on Lily's face.

"Okay." Lily took another sip of the hot chocolate and did what James would later refer to as a happy chocolate dance. She brought up her shoulders and wiggled around while mmming at the flavor. It was adorable. "Does you're mom make hot chocolate this good too?"

James laughed at Lily's innocent question, "Merlin, no, my mom isn't allowed near the kitchen anymore after she caught the oatmeal on fire."

"I didn't know oatmeal was flammable."

"Neither did I. After that dad nicely told her that she was an incredible witch, but she couldn't cook and he would be forced to stop her if she ever tried again."

The conversation moved on from there. They talked about Lily's family and then Lily's friends followed closely by the Marauders. Conversation just flowed between the two of them and Lily had to admit to herself that she liked James. How could she not like someone who was so caring and animated when it came to his family and best friends. She had never once gotten along with the Marauders, yet when she saw their adventures through James' eyes she couldn't help but want to be there.

The hot chocolate cups had been empty for quite a while before Lily moved to get off the bed. When she finally did, she peeked out of the curtains to make sure no one was coming then looked back to say good-bye to James. "I had a surprisingly great time. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

James smiled from his reclined position on the bed, "Of course."

Lily hesitated a moment longer before leaving, "Bye." And she was gone.

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Sirius kissed the top of Nikki's head as she started to wake up. "Hello, love, glad you could join us."

Nikki smiled up at Sirius before stretching and curling back up into a ball. "How long was I out?" She rubbed her hand over her eyes trying to get the sleep out.

"A few hours. Ready to do the spell?" Sirius jumped out of bed and walked over to the table completely naked. "Well aren't you coming?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on a minute." Nikki followed Sirius to the table in the bed sheet and sat down on his lap. She flipped open the book to the right page and started reading. "Okay it says that it will take three hours to work so it should kick in right before she wakes up. Now all we have to do … actually you have to do is say the incantation three times. Think you can handle that?"

"Can I handle that? You realize you are speaking to the Sirius Black, right?"

Nikki kissed Sirius' neck as he said the incantation three times aloud. "Do you think we're doing the right thing, I mean what if we really mess up their lives?"

Sirius stared down at Nikki in his arms. "I think we are. We're just trying to help them and it's a little too late to stop it so …"

Nikki smiled up at him, "Yeah you're right. They need a little push. Besides how many things is Lily not acting on? What is the worst that could happen; Lily is a responsible even keel girl it can't get to bad, right?"

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A/N: I am sooo sorry that it took me this long to update. Normally I update weekly or biweekly, but I was super late this time. I had the worst case of writer's block which my one-shot, Doldrums, cured so check it out. A big thanks to everyone who is still with me even after my absince and congrats to Sirius' Sweetheart and (LoOk. Up. InSaNiTy. AnD. u. SeE. mE) for good guessing. The fanfic prize is Madera so check that out if you haven't seen it already. Again sorry for the wait. I hope you find this chapter worth it. : )