Hello beautiful people. I hope you like the story so far! I think I am in danger of falling in love with James and Sirius. I'm thinking of getting Remus a lady friend. It's upsetting me that he's not getting any snogging action because he's awesome. Also, if you think this story's getting to have too much snogging and fluffiness in it, don't hesitate to say so in your reviews. Speaking of, REVIEW PLEASE (: Have a great week!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series.
Previously:
"Lily Evans," he said, pointing his wand at the ceiling. There was a bang and Lily looked up to see six doves fly out of his wand. They flew around the room and dropped, what looked like hearts, on everyone's plates, red on everyone else's, except for a white one on Lily's, before they exploded, which would have been extremely gruesome, had they not exploded in a gust of glitter. Lily looked down at her heart as it dissolved into the plate. Lily stared down in wonder as the heart shattered on her plate and formed many little hearts around it, and then as a hand started to write on her plate, leaving the words 'I love you'. Everyone else's plates read 'James loves Lily'. Lily felt tears in her eyes as she looked up at James, who was looking down at her. He reached his hand out to her and Lily took it, and James pulled her onto the table.
"I love you Lily."
Lily looked up at James tearfully, and grinned up at him, feeling the all too familiar sensation of someone flipping pancakes in her stomach, using her stomach as the pancake. She loved hearing those words come out of James' mouth, in James' voice, with James' hazel eyes looking down at her as he said them. She should just record everything about this moment and play it over and over again. Maybe she should.
"Damn it James, now my way doesn't seem romantic," she sighed as James wrapped his arms around her waist, not caring that his parents and all of their friends were watching.
"I think you should say it back, they seem to be holding their breath," he whispered into her ear, and Lily felt a tremble roll through her as he did. She looked around subtly to see everyone looking up at her with beady, expectant eyes.
"I love you too James" she said, and she heard everyone erupt into squeals, laughs and cheers. James grinned down at her and she rolled her eyes, trying not to grin and failing miserably.
"Do I have permission to kiss you now?" he asked cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Yes but not right now," she said, and James drooped his head dejectedly, causing Lily to giggle.
"James that was beautiful," Emily sniffled, looking down at the plate. Daniel was looking up at his son proudly.
"Don't be such a baby, mum," James said, jumping off of the table and helping Lily down, not that she needed help, before turning to his mum.
"I'm not a baby," Emily sniffled again, and James rolled his eyes, turning to his father. Daniel grinned and walked around to pull James into a hug.
"Told you so," he winked, and James grinned at his father. Lily smiled at the Potters but suddenly found herself lying on the floor, having been knocked over by something.
"Lily Evans," Hestia huffed, sitting on Lily's back. Lily laughed and sat up to look at her best friend, not noticing how every eye on the room was on the two of them.
"Hestia Jones," Lily said, matching Hestia's tone.
"This is not a joking matter Lily Clare Evans," Lily looked up, bewildered. Hestia only used her middle name if it was a time of seriousness, "You did not tell me, your best friend in the entire world, that you love James Potter? How dare you!" Hestia said. Everyone was trying to hide their chuckles, failing miserably, "First I have to listen to you complain about the boy for six years, knowing everything that was actually going on inside your tomato red head, and then you go ahead and pronounce yourself in love with him before even telling me! How dare you!" Lily looked at James for help, but he was busy laughing. She turned to look at Emily, who was watching Hestia with an amused expression on her face, and threw her a pleading glance, only to receive a shrug in return.
"Well it's not your fault exactly. It's your stupid boyfriends for stealing you from me," Hestia said, sticking her tongue out at James, who raised his eyebrows, amused.
"Well then what am I supposed to do about it?" Lily asked, trying not to roll her eyes. How Hestia managed to make everything so melodramatic and blow things out of proportion was beyond her.
"I say your boyfriend has to make me a deal," Hestia said.
"Fine," Lily said, shrugging, and turning around to grin at James.
"James I-don't-know-your-middle-name Potter," she said, turning to face him. Lily snorted and Hestia turned to glare at her, "Here is my deal. You and your boyfriends are not allowed to use us as slaves in return for stealing my best friend." A grin broke out on Lily's face and she turned to look at Hestia, who winked at her. What would she do without her?
"That's uncalled for!" Sirius yelled, clambering over to stand next to James, looking pointedly at his girlfriend, "just because Prongs here steals your best friend doesn't mean you have permission to take away the fun of using girls as slaves," Sirius winked.
"Not appropriate, Sirius," Emily said, crossing her arms. Sirius looked over as if he'd forgotten Daniel and Emily were there and grinned cheekily, before turning back to Hestia.
"I think its fair," Lily said, stepping up beside Hestia and linking her arm through Hestia's.
"No I don't think so," Remus said, standing on James other side, crossing his arms.
"Why are they your slaves?" Daniel asked curiously.
"They lost a game," Remus shrugged, and Daniel nodded.
"Well, as man of this house, I say that the girls have to be your slaves, but can say no to things," he said, coughing in embarrassment.
"NO!" the three boys yelled, turning to face Daniel, who backed up and hid behind his wife.
"Well, as Daniel is not the man of the house, I am, I say that the girls will be your slaves the rest of today and tomorrow as today wouldn't be fair since it's close to over, and James can be Hestia's slave the day after," she said with finality.
"DEAL!" Sirius yelled, and James turned to look at his friend with his mouth open.
"Now that that's settled," Emily said, turning to Lily, "It's about bloody time!" she squealed, launching herself at Lily, who stumbled back as Emily hugged her.
"Mum!" James whined, looking embarrassed.
"And you too pumpkin! That was so cute!" she squealed, running over to hug James, who was turning redder by the moment.
"Emily, can we embarrass Lily and James later? I think they need a moment alone right now," Daniel said, looking at James, who was looking at Lily.
"Let's go," Hestia said, marching over to grab Remus and Sirius, dragging them out of the room.
"Nuh-uh Jones, you're our slave today," Sirius said, stopping. He picked Hestia up and threw her over his shoulder like a fireman and kept walking, with Hestia screaming. Remus chuckled and followed them out of the room. Emily and Daniel, with gooey looks at James, walked out of the room, shutting the door behind them. James was still looking at Lily, who was trying to look anywhere but at him.
"What?" Lily finally sighed, looking over at James, whose staring had been making her feel self-conscious. James took a step towards her and pulled her into a hug, leaning his forehead against hers.
"I recall gaining your permission," he said cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"You are incorrigible."
"I've been told so," he said seriously, "Some irritating red head has reminded me almost every day since first year." Lily blushed and looked up into James' smiling eyes.
"Are you trying to guilt me into kissing you?" she asked, narrowing her eyes, and James laughed.
"Well it seemed to be working," he shrugged, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Well what if I still don't want to kiss you," Lily said cheekily, grinning up at James.
"Well if I recall correctly, you are my slave for today, so I say I'm allowed," he said quietly, leaning down further.
"Well I" but Lily didn't get any further as her mouth was suddenly busy. James pulled away and looked down at Lily with a smile.
"Am I still allowed?" James asked, and Lily rolled her eyes. She tried to take a step back from him but his arms wrapped tighter around her, not letting her go.
"Are you serious?" she groaned, and James grinned.
"No he's upstairs." Lily started to laugh, and James leaned down, dropping feather light kisses on her forehead.
"I think we should go before they wonder what we're doing in here," Lily said, and James winked down at her.
"I think we should give them something to wonder about," he said, picking Lily up and placing her on the table to help with their height difference. Lily giggled and wrapped her arms around James' middle, burying her face in his chest. She sighed in content, and James stroked her hair.
"Good night," she mumbled into James and felt him chuckle.
"Lily you can't sleep like this. I can't sleep standing up," he said
"Learn," Lily said cheekily, grinning up at James.
"Lily Clare Evans," he teased, and Lily groaned.
"I hate that name."
"Clare? Why? It's a great name," he said, and Lily sighed.
"The name Clare itself is great. I don't like it merged in with my name. It breaks the flow," she said, and James snickered.
"The flow Lily?"
"Yes the flow! How you say someone's name. Lily Evans. James Potter. Sirius Black, they sound right together," she said, and James raised his eyebrows.
"Why was Sirius' name in there?" he asked, and Lily winked, causing James to growl playfully. James leaned down to attack Lily's jaw and Lily laughed.
"Let's go," she said, standing up and pulling him towards the door.
"No! I want to stay here!" he whined, and plopped himself down on a dining chair, pouting. Lily laughed at his expression and walked over to him. He patted his lap and Lily rolled her eyes.
"That would look like I was straddling you James," she said, and James winked at her, causing her to blush. He laughed and stood up, walking over to her with a mischievous glint in his eye, "what?" she asked nervously, taking a few steps back. James continued to walk towards her, and Lily found herself backed up against a wall, "Again!" she whined, and James laughed.
"Right where I want you." Lily stuck her tongue out at him and scooted out from where he had her pressed against a wall, "Lily Evans you are not allowed to escape," he said, and Lily grinned cheekily at him, before opening the door and running out. James shook his head, chuckling, and started to run after her. Lily ran up the stairs quickly and ran into James' room, to see the other three sitting on the floor.
"What are you doing?" Remus asked, raising an eyebrow. Lily shook her head and sat down in between Remus and Sirius.
"Hide me," she whispered to Remus, who laughed. James walked into the room and his eyes narrowed in on Lily, a smirk playing across his face. Sirius looked at Lily and smirked.
"Good luck Lily-flower," he said, and stood up. Remus stood up also and Lily whimpered, they were going to let James torture her.
"Hest!" she squealed, and Hestia stood up, laughing, "That's not fair!" she squealed, and Hestia laughed.
"You left me out of the whole love loop thing. I think I'm going to go settle into your room, unpack and stuff," she shrugged and walked out of the room, Sirius and Remus following her. Sirius turned around to wink at Lily, before closing the door behind him.
"You're not going to win Lils," James growled, and Lily jumped up. James walked towards her and she jumped onto Sirius' bed, trying to get away from him. James tried to grab her but she jumped off the other side and ran to James' bed. James grinned and Lily looked around, she was cornered. James walked towards her and Lily squealed. She lay down on the bed, getting under the covers, hiding herself, "Lily, you really think getting under the covers is going to help right now?" he asked, and Lily kept quiet. Maybe if she were quiet he would forget she was in there. She suddenly felt a weight on top of her and squealed as she realized James was lying on top of her. The covers were pushed aside from her face, and Lily found herself nose to nose with James. James grinned and kissed Lily's jaw. He continued until he reached Lily's ear. Lily felt James' teeth graze her ear and she bit her lip, not wanting to let out any embarrassing noises. A crack sounded outside the door, but James didn't hear it.
"James," she managed to squeak.
"Mmm"
"James," she said again. James had moved down to her neck, "Please stop," she managed to breath as he moved down to her collarbone.
"Why?" he said into her neck.
"Someone's outside," she whispered, and James groaned, pushing himself off of her. He stood up and grabbed his wand. He pointed it at Lily, who froze.
"Petrificus Totalus" he muttered, and Lily froze. He grinned cheekily at her and went to answer the door, to find Anna standing outside, "Hi Anna!" he said cheerfully. Anna looked up at James' hair, which was messier than usual, thanks to Lily, and then to Lily, who was lying frozen on the bed, and blushed.
"Anna didn't mean to disturb. Anna was wondering what Master James wanted to do with the plates," she said, and James frowned.
"Ask mum, I really don't know," Anna nodded and blushed again before disappearing. James shut the door and went back to Lily, who was glaring at him, frozen, "I like you frozen," he said, grinning at Lily. He was pretty sure she was trying to kill him with her eyes. Oh well. He flicked his wand and Lily unfroze.
"How dare you!" she said, trying to sit up, but she found herself unable to as James was on top of her again.
"Aw Lils don't be too mad. I was just making sure you wouldn't escape," he winked, and despite herself, Lily felt a blush rise up under her skin, "I knew you wouldn't be mad," he said, lowering himself, but Lily rolled out from under him. She landed with a 'thump' on the floor, on her bum, and looked up at James.
"I am angry at you," she said, standing up and brushing herself off. James stood up, grinning, and blocked the door to his room so Lily couldn't escape, "Potter if you don't move I will hex you into oblivion," she said dangerously, and James grinned at her.
"Nice to have you back Evans," he winked, and Lily rolled her eyes. He moved out of the way and opened the door for her, "You're our slave the whole of tomorrow anyway, I have another day to use you," he winked, and Lily blushed crimson. She grabbed her wand off of James' dresser and walked out of the room. They walked into Lily's room to see Sirius and Remus looking fearfully at something in their hands, while Hestia was laughing.
"What?" Lily asked, a smile spreading across her face as she looked at Remus and Sirius.
"They're holding a box of my stuff," Hestia choked out through her laughter. Lily, curious, walked over to see what they were holding. It was a box of tampons. Lily burst into laughter and walked over to sit on the bed.
"What is that?" James asked, walking over. He took a look at it and Lily watched as the blood drained from his face, making her laugh harder.
"Payback for making us their slaves," Hestia winked at Lily, who grinned and hi-fived her best friend. The rest of the evening passed with the boys trying to get their revenge on the girls, but not getting them back as well as the girls had gotten them.
The next morning, Lily and Hestia woke up to the sound of fireworks and horns. They sat up quickly, disheveled, looking around for the source of the noise. Lily's hair was on top of her head in a mess, and Hestia's hair was curling and sticking out in the wrong places. Lily rubbed her eyes and opened them to see the boys standing at the foot of the bed. Remus had his wand out; obviously he had been the source of the noise. Lily lay back down and covered her face with the pillow, going back to sleep, while Hestia pulled the covers over her head.
"No you don't," Lily felt gentle hands remove the pillow from her face, and she looked up to see James sitting on the edge of her bed, holding her pillow. Lily narrowed her eyes at him, and turned onto her stomach, hiding her face. Sirius was pulling the covers from Hestia's face.
"I'm sleeping, go away" Lily whined into the mattress. She heard James sigh and felt a weight leave the edge of her bed. Satisfied by her victory, she turned onto her side and looked over to see Sirius standing up as well. Lily closed her eyes.
"Accio!" she heard someone yell, and the blanket flew off the bed. The girls screamed and sat up, glaring at Remus. The three boys were looking at the girls with satisfied expressions, and Lily looked down to see herself in her tiny pajama shorts and a spaghetti top, which had ridden up so her stomach was exposed. Hestia was in a similar position; her shorts had ridden up so much they looked like underwear. Lily screamed and pulled her top down, while Hestia pulled her shorts down, both of their faces red.
"Can we go back to sleep," Hestia mumbled, rubbing at her eyes.
"No. Today you are our slaves and we're going to make the most of it," Sirius shrugged, and she heard Hestia groan. Lily flopped back down onto her back.
"Let's go!" James said, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her off the bed, causing Lily to fall on her bum.
"James Potter, so help me Merlin I will dump your sorry bum," she squealed, getting up and rubbing her backside. James rolled his eyes, and pulled her to her feet quickly.
"But you love me," he said cheerfully, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"We'll see."
"You girls are a mess," Remus said, looking Lily and Hestia up and down.
"You woke us up with loud noises. What do you expect?" Hestia grumbled as Sirius pulled her off the bed.
"Slaves let's go," Remus said, ignoring Hestia.
"I take back all the positive things I've ever said about him," Hestia grumbled into Lily's ear. Lily nodded vigorously, glaring at Remus, who smiled at her innocently. The boys started to push them out the door but Hestia and Lily stopped, turning around, "We can't go down like this!" Hestia squealed, gesturing their tiny pajamas. The boys grinned at each other and, ignoring their protests, levitated them down the stairs. The boys led them into the dining room, where Emily and Daniel were already seated. Daniel choked as he saw what Lily and Hestia were wearing, and Emily narrowed her eyes at her husband.
"What are you boys doing?" she asked, watching as they placed Lily and Hestia in their seats. This time, however, Lily ended up next to Hestia, both of them across from their boyfriends. Remus was sitting in James' normal seat as James and Sirius were enjoying seeing their girlfriends so disheveled. Translation, they liked the fact that their girlfriends were wearing barely anything.
"They're out slaves today," James shrugged, and he saw his mother's eyes narrow. She turned to Lily and Hestia and sighed.
"I would help you, I really would, but I kind of want to live to see how Hestia treats James tomorrow," she winked, and the girls grinned, looking at James, who looked frightened for a second before looking back at Lily and winking. Lily flushed and pulled her spaghetti up from the front, "Next time however, I suggest you let them change. Your father is having too much fun looking at them," Emily said, looking at Daniel, who choked.
"Oh yes control me from doing something to those teenage girls," he said sarcastically, and Lily laughed, as did Hestia. James and Sirius, however, were now looking at what Hestia and Lily were wearing worriedly. Lily rolled her eyes at their protective instincts. There was a crack and Alan appeared next to her holding her breakfast. He froze as he took in what she was wearing and quickly put the food down before disapparating. Lily looked around at James whose jaw was clenched.
"I think you just made Alan's day Lily," Daniel said, winking at Lily, who blushed. James turned to glare at his father, who, noticing James expression, looked back down at his food. Lily sighed and started to eat her breakfast, listening as conversation flowed.
She realized she hadn't stretched yet, so she stretched her legs out in front of her. She felt something in front of her and rested her feet on it. She realized it was James' chair. She grinned as she had an idea. She scooted her chair forward and leaned her leg out, so she could feel the cushion part on the seat of the chair. She moved her foot around a little bit so that it was right next to James' knee. James hadn't noticed anything. She inched her foot forward a little bit so it was further up James' thigh, and she brushed her toes against his leg. She bit her lip as James jumped in his chair, spilling pumpkin juice. Emily looked over at him and rolled her eyes, before continuing the conversation; something about Auror training with Remus. Sirius was eating his food with gusto, as usual, and Hestia was listening to Emily and Remus, while Daniel was watching Sirius in disgust. James looked down into his lap and Lily saw his eyes widen as he saw her foot. James looked up at her and Lily winked, seeing his Adams apple bob a little. She moved her foot further up along his leg, and she saw James's hand curl into a fist on top of the table, as he bit his lip. She slid her foot up further and she saw James close his eyes as he bit his lip. She wiggled her toes and James' bite down on his lip harder. She tried to push her foot up further, enjoying herself, but suddenly James' hand was holding her foot, not letting her go any further. Lily grinned at James, who was narrowing his eyes at her, gripping her foot.
"Lily?"
"Yes?" she said, turning towards Daniel, who was looking at her questioningly.
"I asked you a question," he chuckled.
"I'm sorry! Can you repeat?" she asked, and he laughed.
"I asked if you would like to go for a swim today, we have a pool," he said, and Lily turned to Hestia, who nodded enthusiastically.
"That would be great!" she said happily, and Daniel laughed.
"So it's settled, you can all go swimming later," he said. Lily and Hestia grinned until they turned to look at James, Sirius and Remus, who were watching them mysteriously.
"Oh no," Hestia whimpered, and Lily groaned. She yanked her foot away from James, who winked at her, and she looked down.
"Are you girls done?" Remus asked. Lily and Hestia nodded, and Remus stood up, grinning, "good," he said, pointing his wand at them. The girls screamed as they were lifted into the air. They were led out of the dining room, where a laughing Emily and Daniel waved to them. Lily heard Sirius' bark a laugh.
"Nice one Evans," he winked, and Lily blushed, grinning at James, who looked like he was going to get his revenge later, which he probably would. Lily groaned as she thought about what kind of revenge he was going to get from her. She saw Sirius whisper to Remus what she had done, and as Remus laughed and winked at her. They floated up the stairs, and Hestia turned to Lily.
"What did you do?"
"What you did to Sirius," Lily shrugged, and Hestia laughed.
"How did you know?"
"Pretty obvious judging by what was going on with you two," Lily shuddered, and Hestia grinned at her.
"You know, I could get used to this, not walking anywhere," Hestia whispered, and Lily laughed and nodded as they floated to their room. They were dropped on their bums on the floor, and Lily stood up, rubbing her behind again. She was going to have a bruise by the time this was over.
"Get ready girls," Remus said.
"For what?"
"Swimming." Lily caught James' eye and he winked at her mischievously as the boys walked out of the room, shutting it.
"How do we know they aren't watching us?" Hestia whispered, looking around the room. Lily pulled out her wand and pointed it at all the walls, making it so that nobody could look in. Hestia grinned, "good girl Lily." They changed and Lily groaned.
"I can't believe I brought a bikini," she groaned, looking at her red bikini, and turned to Hestia, who was also in a bikini, but hers was orange.
"We're going to die," Hestia nodded, looking down at her bathing suit.
"That, or be left with no innocence," Lily groaned, and pulled a white cotton sundress over her bathing suit as Hestia pulled on a similar dress. There was a bang as the door opened and the girls screamed as Sirius, James and Remus walked in, "What if we were still changing!" she screamed, and Sirius shrugged.
"Too bad we missed it," he sighed, and Lily rolled her eyes. She looked at the boys to see that they were all wearing board shorts and large shirts, which they were obviously going to take off, "Ladies," Sirius said, gesturing to the doorway. The girls sighed, grabbed towels, and walked out together. Lily tied up her hair as they walked down the stairs.
"Um, James where's the pool?" Hestia asked, stopping at the bottom of the stairs. James chuckled and walked by them with Remus and Sirius, grazing Lily's waist with his fingers as he walked by, making Lily shudder. They followed James as he walked out of the back door, in the same direction as the maze. James turned down a path to the right and they followed him, Lily becoming increasingly more aware that she was not wearing shoes. Neither was Hestia, and the rocks were starting to poke their feet. They turned down a crossroad to the right and Lily saw a giant pool, "Oh wow," Hestia said, coming to a stop.
"Couldn't agree more," Lily said back. As they watched, the three boys stripped off their shirts. Lily gulped as she noticed they all looked great without shirts on, "I think I'm going to have an aneurism," she muttered, and she heard Hestia whimper next to her.
"We're not going to survive around those bodies Lily," Hestia said.
"It was nice knowing you Hestia," Lily said and the Hestia grinned.
"Likewise." As they watched, the three boys jumped into the pool, "They're going to look even better now," muttered Hestia, and Lily groaned. The three boy's heads popped up and they turned towards the girls.
"Chop chop," Sirius yelled, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"We should take our dresses off simultaneously and see what they do," Hestia muttered and Lily laughed and nodded. The girls set their towels down on the table, aware of the boys' eyes on them, and pulled their dresses off over their heads. The boys were watching them and Lily turned to raise her eyebrows at them, and they quickly turned away. Lily and Hestia grinned at each other. Lily saw Remus and Sirius get out of the pool and head towards them. Suddenly, they broke into a run and Lily screamed as Sirius picked her up, and jumped in the pool. Lily broke through the cold water and gasped.
"I am going to kill you Black!" she screamed, and Sirius laughed. Hestia was yelling similar things at Remus, who was laughing as well.
"Lily!" Hestia screamed, and Lily laughed, "We're going over there, let's go Lily," she said snottily, and Lily giggled, letting Hestia pull her to the other side of the pool. She was about to take another step when something rose up in front of her. James leaned down and kissed her, and Lily felt her knees weaken. Drat him for having so much power over her, "James Potter stop snogging my best friend," Hestia yelled, pushing James away from Lily, and pulling Lily along with her. Lily laughed as James fell over and allowed Hestia to drag her.
"Hest where are we going?"
"I don't know. I want to go explore, let's walk around," Hestia said, and Lily nodded. Lily untied her hair in the pool, and dunked her head, letting her hair get wet, before getting out, her hair dripping down her back. She pulled it over one shoulder and squeezed the water out of it.
"Where are you going?" she heard a voice say, standing too close, and screamed. She turned around to see an amused Remus standing just behind her.
"Exploring," she grinned, and Remus rolled his eyes.
"Like that?" he said, gesturing to the bikini.
"Is there something wrong with the bikini?" She watched, amused, as the tips of Remus' ears turned pink. She grinned before spinning around, her hair attacking Remus in the face, and following Hestia, who had already turned the corner. She found Hestia waiting for her. They walked around the large garden, following the various paths, until they found themselves back at the pool. Sirius, James and Remus were sitting on the edge of the pool, talking. The girls walked in and Lily saw all three boys' heads snap up.
"James is there a slide or something here?" Hestia asked, looking around. Lily rolled her eyes and pulled out her wand, conjuring up a twisting slide, "I LOVE YOU!" Hestia squealed, pulling a laughing Lily towards the slide, "You first," Hestia said, gesturing to the slide, and Lily rolled her eyes. She climbed up to the entrance of the slide and slid down, screaming as it twisted and turned. The slide had a slight jump at the end and Lily felt herself thrown up in the air before being tossed in the water. She was laughing as she got to the surface and swum towards the boys, who were only a little ways away.
"Hi," she said cheerfully, pulling herself up to sit next to James.
"Where did you guys go?" he asked, watching as Lily pulled her hair over her shoulder, wringing it out.
"Exploring," she grinned, and James rolled his eyes. When Hestia came out of the end of the slide, Sirius pointed his wand at her, and she flew over and landed in the water next to him.
"I'll see you later," Remus said, getting out of the pool suddenly.
"Where are you going?" Lily asked, and Remus shook his head, but Lily didn't miss the wink Remus gave James as he left.
"Sirius Black," she said, resurfacing. Sirius grinned and took a step towards her, "Oh no you don't," she said, ducking underneath the water. Sirius laughed and went under the water, and Lily rolled her eyes, leaning on James' shoulder. James put his arm around her shoulder and Lily trembled as his hand touched her bare skin. James, noticing, started tracing patterns on Lily's back, and she trembled again, and pushed herself in the water.
"It's time to go," Sirius said, climbing out of the pool. James followed him out but Lily and Hestia stayed in the pool.
"Why?" Lily asked, looking at Sirius.
"It's easier to use you as slaves if we're not in the pool," James said, answering for Sirius, and Lily and Hestia rolled their eyes simultaneously. James sighed and pointed his wand at the girls, who were suddenly sitting on the tiles outside the pool.
"Fine," Lily grumbled, getting up. She stumbled and fell into James, who caught her. She grabbed her wand and dried her body off, but used the towel in her hair; she liked drying her hair manually, there was something relaxing in it. She reached for her sundress but hers and Hestia's had vanished, "Where's my dress?" she said, looking under the table, and then at the boys, who were holding them. She narrowed her eyes at them, and they shrugged.
"I don't like the dresses to be honest, the bikini's are better," Sirius winked, and Lily rolled her eyes. They ended up walking back to the house in their bikinis with James and Sirius following them. They made it to the house and when the girls took a step in the house, they ran back out, running into James and Sirius respectively.
"I'm not going in there," Lily said, shaking her head, "It's cold." James looked down at Lily, who was shivering in her bikini, and wrapped his towel around her, and she felt warmer.
"Better?" he asked sweetly, and Lily nodded. James pulled her hair out from inside the towel as they made their way into the house. Lily shivered and James put his arm around her, rubbing his hand up and down her arm.
Lily finished showering and came out, wrapped in a towel, to find Hestia still sitting in her bikini, "Hest?" Hestia looked up at Lily, angry.
"They stole our stuff," she said. Lily frowned, and Hestia gestured to the cupboard where they had put their clothes. Lily walked over to find it empty. She sent a thank you to Merlin, as she had decided to leave her knickers in her trunk.
"Where's my trunk?" she asked, looking around. Hestia grimaced and Lily gasped, "my knickers and bras were in there! I can't go in the boys room like this!" she said, gesturing to the towel. Hestia frowned and looked up at Lily.
"Can't you just conjure them up?" Hestia asked, and Lily rolled her eyes. Obviously. She waved her wand to conjure them up, but wasn't able to, "looks like they put a charm on here so you cant do that," Hestia said and Lily stomped her foot.
"This is ridiculous!" she yelled. She looked around the room for an extra pair of underwear or something, and grinned. She had left some in the drawer when she had tried unpacking. She pulled the drawer open and grinned as she saw a few pairs of underwear and a few bras. She pulled it on and then wrapped her towel back around her, feeling significantly better.
"I was waiting for you. I didn't want to scream by myself," Hestia grinned, and Lily rolled her eyes. She tied her hair up in a bun and walked out of the door, her wand shoved in the waistband of her underwear. They threw the door to the boys' room open to see them sitting around, fully dressed. They turned and Lily felt a blush creep as James looked at her in the towel. She ignored their stares, mostly at the towel, and crossed her arms.
"Where is my stuff," she asked.
"Lily-flower, are you naked under that towel?" Sirius asked, wagging his brows, earning himself a slap on the leg from James. Sirius turned to look at James, "That hurt," he said bluntly, and James grinned at him.
"Maybe," Lily said, and she saw their eyebrows shoot up. She'd chosen a strapless bra just in case, "Where is all my stuff?"
"Sorry Lily-flower. The masters have decided that the slaves are not allowed to be adequately dressed today."
"Sirius Black," Hestia said, crossing her arms, "I am not going to sit around the mansion in my bikini all day." Sirius winked at her and Hestia blushed, but held her ground.
"Here's our compromise. You can wear something, but we have to choose what it is," James shrugged, and the girls groaned.
"How did we get stuck with such incorrigible, perverse, bloody boys?" Lily grumbled, turning to Hestia.
"I don't know. Did we do something to deserve this?"
"I think our choice to willingly talk, not to mention date, these boys is coming back to bite us in the bum," Lily said.
"I couldn't agree more Lily. Maybe we should ditch their sorry bums?" Hestia said with a wink at Sirius.
"I think that would be the right idea. We could just walk out of the gate right now and apparate back to Hogwarts"
"Not a bad idea Lils."
"Fine!" Sirius said, looking at Hestia, "We will make sure you are dressed enough so you're decently covered up." He stood up and walked over to Hestia, wrapping his arms around her waist, "wouldn't want you getting cold." Hestia blushed and grinned up at Sirius.
"Sirius Black, are you attempting to be a charming gentleman?"
"Why is attempting in there?" he asked cheekily, and Hestia giggled. Lily smiled at them and then turned back to see her own boyfriend smiling up at her.
"No I am definitely not talking to you," she said, shaking her head. James pouted and Remus laughed at James' expression.
"Will you talk to me?" Sirius said, getting down on his knees in front of Lily. Lily took a step back, knowing that at the height Sirius was at, he would be able to see up her towel. Sirius seemed to be thinking similar thoughts and he smirked at her, "Now why do you keep ruining my fun Lily-flower?" James stood up and tackled his best friend, and Remus stood up, shaking his head. He pointed his wand at James and Sirius, who ended up dangling by their ankles in midair. Lily and Hestia laughed. Lily walked up to James, who's head was at the same level as hers, only upside down.
Suddenly, Lily found herself dangling upside down as well. She screamed and held the towel to make sure it wouldn't expose her, "Lily-flower's wearing kickers!" Sirius declared, and James reached over to slap Sirius in the arm, "Prongs mate, if you keep bruising me we can't be friends anymore," Sirius said, sticking his tongue out at James.
"Remus can you please put me down," Lily begged and Remus sighed. Lily crumpled onto the floor and sighed.
"That's not fair I'm a girl too!" Hestia squealed. Hestia crumpled on the floor and she smirked up at her boyfriend.
"No worries Hestia love, I can see straight down your bikini from here," Sirius winked, and Hestia screamed, and hid behind Lily, "Likewise Lily-flower". Lily blushed and stood up.
"Remus I need clothes!" she whined, turning to Remus.
"Me too!" Hestia yelled, standing up. Sirius' hand reached out and pulled on Hestia's ponytail and she squealed, grabbing her hair.
"I guess that would be the right thing to do," Remus sighed, and pointed his wand at them, "there." Lily looked down to find herself in a fitting white top and a short denim skirt. She shrugged, it could have been worse. She looked over to see Hestia in a similar outfit the only difference being her top was black.
"Cute skirt," Hestia said, looking down at their skirts. Lily rolled her eyes; she had never been a fan of skirts. There was a thud as Sirius and James were dropped on the floor.
"Slaves!" Sirius squeaked as he stood up. His face was still bright red from all the blood that had been rushing into it. Lily laughed and he turned to narrow his eyes at her. James came up behind Lily, how he had got there without het noticing, she would never know, and wrapped his arms around her neck, resting his chin in her auburn hair.
"Yes master?" Lily asked innocently, and she saw Sirius smirk.
"Is that what you call Prongs?" he teased, and Lily flushed scarlet. Sirius chuckled and moved on, "Slaves! Moony has decided to leave tonight." Lily turned to look at Remus.
"Why?" she asked sadly. She liked having Remus around. It made things easier.
"I think I'm going to go home and spend Christmas with my parents," he said, smiling at Lily, "It's in two days you know." Lily's eyes widened.
"It's the 23rd?"
"Yay! Lily-flower can count!" Sirius yelled, jumping up and down and counting. Lily rolled her eyes at him, "good to know that Arithmancy has come to use," Sirius winked, and Lily rolled her eyes again, "You know Lily-flower, you might get dizzy rolling your eyes so much." Lily laughed, and she felt James chuckle. Hestia rolled her eyes and walked over to Sirius, wrapping her arms around his stomach.
"Why the sudden love?" Sirius joked, putting his arm around Hestia's shoulder and kissing her forehead.
"It's known to happen," Hestia shrugged, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"So you're leaving tonight Remus?" Lily asked, turning to him, and he nodded.
"It'll be nice to see my parents again. They feel like what's…wrong with me is their fault," he said, and looked down at the floor. Lily felt saddened by his crushed expression.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with you Remus," Hestia winked, and Remus laughed.
"I bet I'm a right sight better than those twats you call boyfriends," he said, winking at Lily who giggled at James and Sirius' protests.
"I bet Lily-flower liked dating you better than she likes dating Prongs," Sirius said, winking at James. Lily felt him stiffen and looked at Sirius with wide eyes, only to see her stupefied expression replayed on his face. Remus looked afraid as he watched James.
"What?" Lily flinched as James' grip tightened on her, and she looked at Remus, who looked at her. Lily threw him a reassuring glance before removing James' arms from around her neck, with difficulty, and turned to face him.
"Remus and I sort of had a thing back in fifth year," she mumbled. Remus looked up at James and then moved to hide behind Lily incase James decided to do something. Sirius and Hestia were frozen, watching the scene play out in front of them. Lily waited as several emotions played through James' eyes; pain, anger, confusion, betrayal, anger, pain. James looked up at Remus and Lily felt chilled at the expression on his face.
"While you knew I" he said but Lily cut him off.
"He broke it off a couple days after it started because of you," she said quietly, looking up at James. James looked down into her eyes, and realized she was telling the truth.
"You broke it off with Lily because of me?" he asked softly, looking at Remus, who nodded vigorously, "why didn't you tell me about it?"
"Because you'd get angry mate," Sirius said, letting go of Hestia and walking up to James, clapping him on the shoulder, "now get over it please? It happened two years ago and as we know Lily-flower is in love with you now," Sirius said, winking at Lily, who blushed. Hestia laughed, and walked over to hug James, "OI!" Sirius yelled.
"Oh shut up Sirius. You hug Lily all the time," Hestia said, tapping Sirius' nose. Lily and Remus laughed, and Remus took a deep breath before walking over to James cautiously.
"Why do you look like I'm going to Avada-Kedavra you?" James asked, grinning at Remus, who sighed in relief.
"Well to be honest mate I thought you would," Remus shrugged. James laughed and pulled his friend into a hug.
"As long as you don't do anything I will let you live," he said, and Remus sighed dramatically.
"Fine take my life long goal away," he said sarcastically, and Lily snorted.
"Pretty sad goal. You're starting to sound like James." James looked affronted as everyone laughed, and Lily smiled at him cheekily. He growled at Lily and she felt her spine tingle, "I'm frightened James," she assured him sarcastically, and everyone laughed once again.
"You better be," he winked, and Lily turned red.
"Leave her alone," Hestia said, smacking at James' chest, before heading over to Lily.
"You're the only one who loves me Hest," Lily sniffled and Hestia laughed.
"That's not true! My fair maiden I would do anything for you!" Sirius said, walking over to Lily and holding her shoulders. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Wrong maiden Sirius."
"No I caught the right one," he said, winking over at Hestia, who rolled her eyes at him.
"Yes okay Sirius you love me I get it," Lily said.
"Do you love me?" Sirius asked cheekily.
"Yes Sirius I love you," she said and Sirius squealed happily, pulling her up into a bone-crushing hug, "Can't breathe Sirius!" she choked out.
"Sorry love," he said, putting her down, and Lily rubbed her rib cage.
"S'fine. No-one needs air anyway," Lily said, rolling her eyes, and Sirius grinned.
"That's the spirit!"
"Remus, when do you leave?" Lily asked, turning away from Sirius while everyone laughed.
"Well judging by the time right now I'd say in a couple hours," he shrugged. Sirius pouted and walked over to Remus.
"Don't leave me with Prongs!"
"Sorry mate, you'll have to push through it," Remus said, clapping Sirius on the shoulder
"I wont be pushing through Prongs," Sirius said, turning around to wink at Hestia. Lily felt her mind burn with the images he'd implanted in there.
"Yeah, not me either," Hestia said. Sirius turned to look at Lily but James smacked him on the back of the head.
"Never going to happen mate," James said, patting Sirius on the back. Sirius pouted.
"LET'S PLAY A GAME!" Sirius yelled, and Lily jumped at the sudden change in volume.
"What game?" Remus asked, massaging his ears as if Sirius' volume had physically hurt.
"SPIN THE BOTTLE!" Sirius yelled, and Remus groaned, "It's an amazing game. That's it we're playing spin the bottle!" Sirius declared, "You have to snog whoever it points to," Sirius said, sitting down on the floor.
"What if it points to someone of your own gender?" Hestia said, sitting down next to Lily, who was next to Sirius.
"I am going to charm the bottle as I don't really fancy snogging one of my mates," he shrugged. James sat down across from Lily and Remus next to him, forming a circle. Sirius conjured a bottle and charmed it, laying it down in the middle of the circle, "One more rule. James and I are not allowed to hurt one another for snogging their girlfriends. Agreed?" James and Remus nodded and Lily turned to Hestia, who winked at her. They were covered, "Good. Who's going first?" They looked around at each other and Remus sighed.
"I'll go," he said. He spun the bottle and it landed at Hestia. He looked warily at Sirius who nodded. He leaned forward and kissed Hestia before sitting back down, ignoring James's cheering.
Hestia spun the bottle and it landed on James. Lily felt her stomach lurch. Hestia looked around at Lily who smiled slightly, before leaning forward.
"Sorry!" she squealed and kissed James, before sitting back down. Lily felt her stomach curl and the intense need to pull out her wand and hurt Hestia, "great kisser you've got there," Hestia whispered to Lily, who laughed, instantly feeling better. This was Hestia. She needed to pull herself together.
James spun the bottle and it landed on Lily.
"There's really no fun in this game," Lily said, "It's always going to be either me or Hestia." The boys shrugged and the girls rolled their eyes. James leaned forward and kissed Lily, more passionate than the other kisses had been. James sat back down and winked at Lily, who rolled her eyes.
Lily reached down and spun the bottle. She watched it spin until it stopped across from her, pointing to Remus.
"Well that's fine you've done it before," James said nonchalantly, but Lily could hear the pain in his voice.
"Actually no," Lily said quietly, and she saw James brighten, "Sorry Remus," she said, and Remus laughed. She leaned forwards and kissed Remus. His lips weren't as soft as James' and Lily realized everything was too different. She sat back down and smiled at Remus, who grinned at her.
Remus spun the bottle and it landed on Hestia, again. Lily saw Sirius groan and she shot him a sympathetic look, knowing what it felt like to see someone else kiss your girlfriend. Remus leaned forwards and kissed Hestia again, and sat back down.
"Lily-flower's right, this could get really frustrating," Sirius grumbled, and Hestia grinned at him.
"Only because no ones kissed you yet," she winked, and Sirius grinned at her.
"How did you know?" he winked, and Lily laughed.
Hestia, rolling her eyes at her boyfriend, spun the bottle, and it landed on Sirius, "YAY!" he said happily and Hestia laughed. She leaned forward and kissed him, and Lily watched as he responded with so much enthusiasm that Lily blushed. They broke apart and Sirius grinned at Hestia before turning back to the bottle.
He spun it and it landed on Lily, "Finally," he said, rolling his eyes, and Lily laughed.
"The universe is trying to keep us apart Sirius," she said dramatically
"Ah fair maiden, nothing can stop this knight in shining armor," he winked. Lily laughed and Sirius leaned forward.
"Watch it," she heard James say. Sirius kissed her and she realized his kiss was a lot more like James than Remus' had been. He put his hand on the back of her neck, kissed her harder, before backing up and sitting down. James was glaring at Sirius who shrugged.
"If you're going to snog you have to do it properly," he said cheekily, and James rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth twitching, "we're done with this game," he said, pointing his wand at the bottle and it vanished.
"So now that it's significantly awkward considering we've all snogged each other, I just want to point out that we're not making such good use out of the slaves," he said, looking at Remus and James.
"Too right you are, I say we do something about it," Remus said, "how about we make the slaves plan out our next prank. We could use Lily's extreme charms skills and Hestia's creative skills." James and Sirius raised their eyebrows, looking at their girlfriends.
"That's actually a great idea," Sirius said, eyeing the girls. Lily groaned. She didn't want to help them break school rules.
"It's settled then. Lily, Hestia, go plan us a prank for when we return from Christmas break," James said, pointing at the door. Lily and Hestia grumbled out of the room, unsure of what they were going to do. After all, they had never pulled a Marauder sized prank before.
"What've you got?" Sirius said, walking into the girls room a while later. Lily looked up as the boys looked down at them. Lily looked at Hestia, who sighed.
"Do you want a demonstration or just an explanation?" Hestia asked.
"Demonstration please," Remus said, and the girls sighed. They got off the bed, tired, and stood at the foot of the bed.
"No feet on the bed," Lily said sternly to Sirius, who removed his feet from the bed quickly. The girls turned to each other and nodded. Lily shut the door of the room with a flick of her wand. Hestia waved her wand and it started. The lights went out and Lily heard Sirius whimper, and rolled her eyes. Lines of different colors, like muggle lasers, started to shine in random points of the room, forming a snowflake in the middle. The boys watched, entranced, as the snowflake lowered slowly towards them, and as it did, started to change colors. The boys felt tingling on their faces and then, as they watched, the snowflake exploded and the sounds of liquid splattering the walls could be heard. The light switched on to see crimson and gold goo splattering the walls and looked at each other to see they had all grown manes like lions. The boys guffawed and looked up at Hestia and Lily, who were looking at their manes, amused.
"AMAZING!" Sirius yelled, jumping up and pulling the girls into a hug. The two girls spluttered as his lion's mane got in their mouths.
"The manes keep growing," Lily said, leaning away from Sirius.
"How do they stop?" Remus asked.
"It's pretty simple actually. Just rub your nose and the manes vanish." She watched James rubbed his nose and the mane vanished, looking as if it had been sucked into his skull.
"Can you plan the rest of our pranks?" James asked, winking at Lily and Hestia, who rolled their eyes.
"I like not knowing the pranks," Lily said, sitting down on James' lap. There was a crack and Anna appeared in the room.
"Dinner is ready! Master Remus must eat before he leaves," she said, looking at Remus who smiled, "Master Sirius," she said, and Sirius turned around.
"BANANA!" he yelled.
"We are having chicken for dinner," she said, and Sirius grinned.
"Anna Banana you found out? For me?" Anna rolled her eyes with a fond smile at Sirius before disapparating, "I'm in love," he said happily, looking at the spot where Anna had just been. Lily saw Hestia roll her eyes.
"FOOD SIRIUS!" Lily yelled happily, and she saw Sirius grin.
"FOOD!" he screamed, clapping his hands. He grabbed Hestia and dragged her out of the room.
"I'm going to go save your best friends life," Remus said, winking at Lily, before following them out of the room.
"Why do they keep leaving us alone?" Lily asked, curiously, still sitting in James' lap.
"Because they're intimidated by how cool we are?" James asked, grinning into Lily's hair.
"Oh yes you've nailed it," she snorted, and James chuckled. He leaned his chin on her shoulder and wrapped his arms tightly around her middle. Lily tried to get up but James held her so she couldn't move, "For the love of Merlin," she sighed, trying to pull James's arms off of her, but James was too strong, "I hate you," she muttered, and James laughed. He moved Lily's hair so it fell over one of her shoulders, and Lily felt his nose skim the back of her neck, and she trembled, "Food James!" she said enthusiastically, and felt James laugh.
"Food!" he pretended to yell. Lily laughed and James picked her up, starting to walk down the stairs.
"James I am perfectly able to walk by myself," she said, slapping at his chest. James shook his head and slung her over his shoulder, and she started to scream, "James Potter put me down this instant!" she said, emphasizing the last word by slapping him on the back. She heard James hiss and laughed.
"James! What on earth are you doing?" Emily said, coming up behind James to see Lily slung over his shoulder.
"Carry Lily down the stairs," he shrugged. Lily felt his shoulder jab her in the stomach as he shrugged and groaned.
"I can see that, but why?"
"Just because," James said. Lily saw Emily roll her eyes. Daniel came up behind her and looked at Lily and James curiously.
"Lily you have a James on your stomach," he said, and Lily laughed.
"I know, it's disgusting isn't it?" she asked, and James dropped her a little, causing her to scream. They entered the dining room.
"Hi Prongs! Hi Lily's ass!" Sirius yelled, and Remus snorted. James put Lily down in her chair, and Lily felt the blood leave her head, spreading all around her body. During dinner, Lily played her new favorite game of footsy with James, watching him bite his lip harder and harder the more she moved up his leg. She was afraid he was going to draw blood. At one point, James moaned, but nobody except Sirius noticed, as they were too busy arguing. Sirius looked down into James' lap and smirked, winking up at Lily. Once dinner was over, Remus stood up to say his goodbyes to Emily and Daniel.
He walked to the front door, trunk, which he had summoned down, in hand, with the other four following him.
"Bye Remus," Lily said, smiling at Remus, and pulling him into a hug, "Merry Christmas," she said, and Remus grinned.
"You too," he smiled before turning to have his usual Marauders goodbyes with James and Sirius, "Bye Hest," he said, hugging Hestia. He gave one last wave and disapparated.
"Well I guess it's just the four of us," Sirius sighed, and Hestia groaned.
"I wish you had left," she mumbled, and Sirius looked affronted. James and Lily grinned at each other and walked back into the house quietly, not wanting to disturb the bickering couple.
"That really hurts Hest. I was going to tell you something," Sirius pouted. Hestia smiled and took both of Sirius' hands, playing with his fingers. Sirius took a step closer to her and rested his forehead on hers, looking down into her eyes, "You look really funny like this," he pointed out childishly, and Hestia laughed.
"You look sort of like a frog," she said, turning her head to the side, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"An attractive frog I hope," he said, flipping his hair out of his eyes.
"That's debatable," Hestia said seriously, and Sirius narrowed his eyes at her.
"Hestia Jones," he said, and Hestia looked up into his eyes, grinning through her own, "I love you."
Hestia looked up at Sirius, bewildered, "You are impossible," she muttered, pulling him down for a kiss. Sirius wrapped one arm around her and put the other on her cheek, while Hestia had both of her hands in Sirius' hair. When they broke apart, gasping for air, Hestia looked up at Sirius, "And I love you too by the way."