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Chapter 17: Sentences

It was only after James went up to his dorm room that Lily remembered they had head duties. Ivy and Remus weren't back yet so she couldn't ask him to wake James, Sirius was undoubtedly asleep, and Peter was missing. Or at least Lily didn't know where he was. She frowned in the general direction of the dorms.

With no other choices she climbed the stairs to the boys' dormitory. As slowly and quietly as she could, Lily opened their door. Sure enough Sirius was snoring on top of his covers, hanging over the edge. Around his bed were the dog toys, clothes, parchment and quills. James was on the bed beside Sirius, he too was snoring, but not as loudly, and he wasn't hanging off his bed as much. Around his bed it was a mess, but James just seemed to be a toned down Sirius. A little cleaner and quieter along with smarter and more dedicated.

Lupin's bed was easy to pick out. It was clean with the exception of the little bit of clutter towering from his trunk. This left the bed nearest the door beside Remus to Peter.

Lily crept to the edge of James's bed, kneeling on the floor. She shook his shoulder whispering his name. "James. James. Potter!" He stirred only the tiniest bit. She looked nervously to Sirius's bed. But the other boy slept on unperturbed. So Lily said his name louder still shaking his shoulder. "James wake up!"

"Wha?" James asked not really awake. He just turned his head to the other side where he immediately went back to sleep.

"James honestly. We have to patrol. Get up!" she said to no prevail. Lily found a shirt on the floor. She picked it up swinging it at the sleeper. It made a whip sound as it blew past her ear before hitting his arm. Nothing.

Then an idea struck Lily. It was viscous. But it would work. She bit her lip trying to think of something better. When nothing came she pulled out her wand and stepped back. "Aguamenti." she murmured causing a jet of water to fly from her wand hitting James square in the back drenching his clothes. He screamed rolling off his bed.

"Bloody hell!" he shouted his wet head appearing from behind the mattress. "What was that for?"

"Wha's goin on?" Sirius asked sitting up in his bed, confused. "Is that water?"

"What was that for!" James shouted as Sirius flopped back on his bed deciding it was nothing. James grabbed his glasses from the table. He squinted in the dark. "Lily?"

"Lily?" Sirius demanded sitting back up so fast he toppled off his bed somehow dragging the blanket with him.

"What are you doing in here?" James asked over the sound of Sirius wrestling his blanket.

"We have to patrol tonight. You had to wake up." Lily explained. Sirius was still cursing at his covers.

"So you douse me with water?" James demanded clearly not a morning person.

"Well I'm sorry. But I tried to do it nicely!"

"Oh yeah. Thanks for that."

"Are you coming or not?" Lily demanded.

"Do I have a choice?" he said cranky.

"Not really. Now lets go." she pointed her wand at his bed. "Tergeo." The water was sucked up and everything was dry. Sirius clambered back onto his bed having untangled himself.

"Better go mate." Sirius said. "She doesn't seem to be in a good mood."

"You shut up!" Lily said pointing her wand at Sirius.

"Let's go." James said pushing her arm so she wasn't aiming at Sirius anymore. Sirius grumbled as he pulled the blanket over himself.

"Don't fight too much you two." Sirius called after them.

"Just one jinx." Lily begged as James pushed her out of the dorm. He laughed.

"That wasn't a very nice way to wake me up by the way." he said once they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"I'm sorry. But you're a very heavy sleeper. Otherwise I did try to do it nicely."

"I am not a heavy sleeper." James argued indignantly.

"Actually you are." Lily told him. "But at least your not Sirius. How do you get any sleep at all? I mean he was like wood chipper with a cold!"

"Well," James laughed, "I've been rooming with him non-stop since we were eleven. So that helps. I hardly notice anymore."

"But he's so loud."

"Hey, where's Moony?" James asked suddenly.

"Who?"

"Remus."

"Right. Um, the last time I heard he was at the library with Ivy."

"Ivy?" James asked clearly surprised. Lily nodded. "Why Ivy?"

"I have no idea."

"Do you think they're talking about us?"

"That's a little presumptuous." Lily said.

"I'm sorry a little what?"

"Never mind."

"Okay. Let's go to the library." James suggested.

"But we have head duties."

"What time is it?" He asked. Lily looked over at the clock. It was about half an hour before curfew. So about ten minutes before they actually had to go. "See we have plenty of time." James continued.

"But that would be rude. We should just leave them be."

"But if it's about us we have a right to know." James disagreed.

"But it would look weird if we both showed up at the library together." Lily was really hating the secret dating thing.

"But it wouldn't look as weird as us going alone."

"But what would our cover up story be?" Lily asked stumping James.

"Um," he said dragging it out. "I was" he said slowly, "Looking for Moony and you said they were at the library. You were on your up there anyway so we just walked together. Argued the whole way of course."

"Of course. But why did I have to go there?" James rolled his eyes at her.

"To talk to Ivy before curfew."

"About what?"

"I don't know. You think of something."

"Well, I did have to tell her something anyway. So I guess that'll work." Lily allowed.

"Good! Now let's go." James led the way out of the common room and to the library. They didn't pass many people. Just a few Gryfindores and Ravenclawas. There were only two Hufflepuffs and one Slytherin.

"There they are." James said spotting them almost immediately after they walked in. He led her over to a table where a small blond girl sat pointing her wand at a goblet and whispering incantations. She sat next to Ivy who sat next to Remus. Lupin sat hunched over a book and scribbling madly on a piece of parchment while Ivy neatly stacked her books preparing to leave.

"Hey, Ivy." Lily said quietly so Madam Pince wouldn't get mad.

"Oh! Hi." Ivy responded. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I wanted to see if you were still up here. And James was also coming up here to look for Remus."

"So you just decided to come together?" Ivy asked.

"Sort of." Lily agreed. Ivy nodded placing another large book on her pile.

"Oh!" she said a bit too loudly. Quietly she continued, "Sorry, um, do you remember that girl I was telling you about? The one I'm tutoring for McGonagall?"

"Yeah?"

"This is the girl. Lily this is Ambre. She's a sixth year in our house."

"Nice to meet you." Lily said smiling at the girl. She looked far too young to be a sixth year. With her short hair and round childish features. "So what was with Jamie today?" Lily continued not waiting for Ambre to reply.

"What do you mean?"

"Why was she so tired?"

"Oh, right. She was up all night."

"Why?"

"Um, she was er, making a list or something." Ivy answered.

"A list of what?"

"Ivy." the girl she was tutoring called. "I can't get this to work." Ivy looked over at her.

"Just a list. I think she's trying to get organized." Ivy explained as she took the few steps around the table. "Now whats the problems?"

"This cup isn't working." Ambre complained, clearly frustrated.

"What are you trying to do?" Lily asked her.

"Change the cup back into an animal." Ivy explained causing James to snort.

"What's so funny?" Ambre asked.

"I just remember doing that." He told her. "See, when I finally got it to work then the mouse scurried off the table."

"Oh yeah! Didn't it run under the table?" Lily asked looking at James.

"Yeah, and then Sirius went after it,"

"Knocking over the table,"

"And scaring Peter to death."

"And me!"

"Yeah," James laughed making eye contact with Lily. "You jumped up on the table screaming."

"Everyone was screaming." Lily justified.

"But the mouse ran under your table,"

"and so did Sirius."

"But then you realized how stupid it was,"

"Because jumping on the table was stupid!"

"So you,"

"Cast Stupefy." they finished together. "Stunning Sirius." They smiled at each other. Lily looked away first. Ambre was staring at them curiously.

"That mouse is probably still running around the school." James finished. Lily didn't miss the look Ivy and Lupin exchanged. One that clearly said, 'they belong together, too bad they don't know it yet.'

"Probably." Lily agreed fiddling with a book cover.

"That's cute." Ambre said. "But, no offense, but that doesn't really help me."

"Don't worry about it." Ivy told her. "We can pick it up again next time. It's getting late."

"Thank goodness." The girl grabbed her things leaving the goblet.

I'm sorry! I know this one was supposed to have them on head duties, but it's about 1,700 words and this was a good place to stop. The next chapter they really will go out patrolling, I hope. =)