I'm sorry that it took me so long to update! But I have the rest all ready. Only a few more chapters and this story's ending.
Chapter 47: Good morning
Prongs. Prongs. Proooonnnngs." Sirius shook James in an attempt to get him up without waking Lily. "Prongs." Sirius tried again saying it in his ear. Nothing. Sirius wet his finger then wiggled it inside James's ear. James grumbled turning on his side, an arm resting on Lily.
"We're playing for the house cup today. Wake up!" Sirius yanked the blanket clean off the bed. Lily balled up, her eyes opening. She looked at the unfamiliar bed beside hers, at all the clutter that wasn't Jamie's to the posters hanging by the bed. She rolled onto her back to find a tall figure standing over her on the bed. She screamed sitting up. Then she realized it was just Sirius and silenced herself.
At the sound of the earsplitting scream James bolted up right, looking around he asked, "wha?"
"I should have tried that in the first place." Sirius told himself.
"Padfoot?" James asked. He groaned throwing himself back onto his pillow to get some more sleep.
"Could you?" Sirius asked Lily indicating James. "The cup's today."
"James, Sweety." Lily prodded his shoulder.
"Hmm?"
"Wake up."
James opened his eyes, then did a double take, "How long have you been in here?" He pulled himself back into a sitting position.
"I fell asleep in here." Lily told him.
"Come on! No time for chit-chat. We have a game to win." Sirius reminded him throwing over his Quidditch uniform shirt..
"Right!" James exclaimed fumbling out of bed.. He got to his feet pulling of his night shirt. "Where are my pants." James asked rummaging through his trunk, shirtless.
"We don't have time for this!" Sirius told him, clearly exasperated. They both went into the frantic searching, making a bigger mess in the process.
"Found them!" James announced after a minute. "Don't look." He winked at Lily.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Just put your bloody pants on."
James stripped off his flannel pajama pants replacing them with his Quidditch uniform. He continued on in a mad rush to get on his shirt, socks and trainers, managing to knick his shin on the bed. Lily watched in amusement as he dressed and Sirius perfected his hair, only closing her eyes when James changed his pants.
"You gonna come down and watch?" James asked tying his shoe.
"I'll be down in a bit." Lily promised.
"Come on, come on, come on!" Sirius rushed.
"Wait, your shoes are going to come undone." Lily warned. James looked down at the haphazard tying job.. He put his feet back on the bed.
"Here." Lily offered untying it and redoing it securely. She began the second trainer.
"We're going to miss breakfast!" Sirius nearly shouted.
"Breakfast?" Jame demanded lowering his neatly tied trainer. "What about the game?"
"That's not till ten." Sirius told him moving to the door.
"What time is it?" James reached over for the watch he never wore.
"Seven. Ish." Sirius answered easing the door open.
"The game's not for another three hours!" James bellowed.
"We need to be at the pitch half an hour early." Sirius reminded him. They always had to warm up and James would give a little prep talk.
"That's still two and a half hours from now!"
"It's seven thirty now." Lily told him peeking at the watch hanging from James' hand.
"Okay, but still, two hours. Padfoot. Why the hell are you waking me up so blasted early?"
"Breakfast Prongs. You can't break tradition now."
"Oh alright." He turned back to Lily. "Why don't you go back to sleep? Meet me near the pitch say, nine twenty?"
"Nine twenty it is." Lily agreed.
"Glasses." Sirius pointed at James' face. Lily turned around grabbing them off the night table.
"Thanks." He took them placing them on his nose before turning back to the table.
"Wand." Sirius said again. Again Lily held it out to him after grabbing it from the table. "Got your head?" James smiled at him grabbing either side of his head.
"That I've got.. Let's go." James patted Sirius on the chest about to leave the room.
"Kiss." Sirius said before James could get out the door. James quickly kissed Sirius' cheek. "Not me! Your girlfriend!" He complained wiping his cheek ruffly. "Merlin boy."
James chuckled as he bend down kissing his girlfriend's cheek. "Bye." He said then kissed her lips.
"Bye." Lily echoed getting another soft kiss.
"Nine twenty." James reminded her as Sirius pulled him to the door. Lily nodded watching them go. The door was almost closed when Sirius walked back in.
"I can't have the kiss before the game come from James." He explained. Lily laughed getting out of the bed. She gave him a hug and pressed her lips to his cheek.
"Good luck you guys." She said as they left. Sirius held his cheek, in a mocking sort of amazement.
"Come on." James said pulling him out the door. James planted a kiss into his palms then threw it into the air as if he were releasing a bird.
"Because love is free and you still chose me." He explained before Sirius yanked him down the stairs.
Lily smiled at the door turning to the three empty beds across the room. She wondered idly where Remus and Peter were. She didn't think about it as she pulled the blanket from the floor to the bed. Within minutes she was asleep.
Remus came into the room while she was sleeping from his shower. He was dressed in house colors, all decked out and ready to go.
"Hey Lily." He said. She stirred slightly at his voice. "Lily," He repeated.
"Hmm?" She groaned.
"Aren't you going to the game?" He asked.
"The game!" She sat up. "What time is it?"
"Um, it's nine fifteen." he told her.
"Crap!" she threw the covers off her. "I have to meet James in five minutes!" she threw on the closest pair of slippers she could find.
"In that?" Lily looked down at her tank top and capris. With an agitated sigh she grabbed a nearby, okay smelling, shirt. That way, at least, she wouldn't be running outside in a tank top.
"I'll be back." She said bolting out of the room and struggling with the shirt. By the time she reached the pitch she was out of breath.
"James." She panted.
"Hey," he said with a bemused expression. "Did you forget?"
"No. I..." She tried to catch her breath, "Um...slept in. Remus woke me."
"Ah." James said as Lily bent over trying to breath. "So then, why are you wearing this shirt?"
"Wha'?" she looked down at the shirt she had found on the ground. "Oh, I didn't want...want...to...er...come out in a tank top."
"There were clean one's in my trunk.."
"This was convenient." She told him straighting up. She wasn't so out of breath now.
"It's got a huge spot on it." He pointed to the large orange spot on the stomach.
"What is that?" She asked holding the shirt away from her body.
"Beats me." James shrugged.
"It's your shirt."
"So? Just because it's mine doesn't mean I know what happens to it. Sirius wears my shirts sometimes.. Although I have to say you pull it off much better."
"Even the one's with big orange spots?"
"That was probably Sirius's doing."
"Pleasant." She still held it away from her body.
"It's probably just pumpkin juice."
"Ew. How did he get so much on here?" In response he shrugged.
"Wish me luck, go change, and I'll see you after. Maybe take that shirt off now though." James suggested. "We were chucking one of Sirius's around and it smelled like really sweaty feet."
"Gross. Why?" Lily asked pulling it over her head anyway.
"Why? Do you really want to know?"
"Not really." Lily allowed. "So, good luck."
"Thank you. I suggest taking a quick shower after wearing that." He added.
"It's not pumpkin juice is it?"
"I don't think so. No."
"Right. I'm going to burn this." She held up the shirt. "Go kick butt."
"It's only a warm up."
"Just keep it in mind." Lily said. "For the game in half an hour."
"Got it. And thanks for coming down."
"Ah, well I'm a woman of her word."
"Came all the way down here in a strange spotted shirt."
"That was bad judgment." Lily told him.
"Give it to me. You don't have to worry about it then." He held out his hand for the shirt.
"Here." She gave it to him.
"Where did you find this?"
"On the floor."
"It's my old Vratsa shirt. You know, the Bulgarian team. I love them."
"Well, in that case I'm glad I could have been of service."
"Thank you."
"I remember what the spot is now." James told her.
"Really?"
"Yeah. You don't have to worry about it. It's just paint."
"How did you get a big spot of paint on you clothes?" Lily asked.
"Oi! Potter!" A boy Lily recognized as Keith yelled.
"In a sec!" James hollered back.
"HURRY IT UP FUR BALL!" Sirius bellowed.
"I'M COMING!" James rolled his eyes.
"Fur ball?" Lily asked letting the paint thing go.
"It's Sirius. After a while you learn to let those things go." James explained. He quickly kissed Lily good bye and she wished him luck once more. The team whistled before calling him over. He jogged over to them waving the shirt at Sirius's face.
Sirius pushed him as they made their way to the pitch. At one point he even took the shirt and gave it a sniff. She could see them as the team threw back their heads and laughed passing the shirt around.
She went back to the castle and changed into the appropriate colored clothes.
So this didn't have a lot of drama, but I can only stand so much, this was a much needed break from it. Give me your opinions and Review. Plus it was just fun.
