Hello all! Enjoy! It's my mums' birthday today! So I decided to write this chapter in her honour. Also I had a few requests on more Sirius/Hestia stuff, and a diary for Lily. Those are brilliant ideas, and I am going to use them, so thank you (:
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, and I am not JK Rowling. Stop rubbing it in.
Previously:
"Just clarifying, we're together again aren't we?" he asked, and Lily laughed, finally feeling as if she'd been sowed together again.
"Thank Merlin. I've missed my locket," she said, grinning up at him, and James grinned down at her.
"You know I love you right?" he whispered, looking into Lily's eyes.
"And you know I love you too," she said, before reaching up to kiss him again.
Lily woke up the next morning in a significantly better mood. She jumped out of bed, and the first thing she did was put on the locket James had given her for Christmas. She then put on the ring Sirius had given her, and lastly, she wore the bracelet James' parents had given her. She was in such an amazing mood it was frightening. The contrast from the day before and today, well, even a blind man would have been able to see it. She ran down to the Common Room, completely dressed, and saw James leaning against his desk.
James had been up for a few hours, unable to sleep because of his happiness. He watched Lily run down the stairs, and his eyes zeroed in on the locket, and a grin split across his face.
"Hi!" Lily said happily, skipping over to James.
"Hey," he chuckled, "Someone's in a good mood"
"There's a reason to be in a good mood," she shrugged, and James felt his stomach flip. He held his hand out to her and Lily took it without hesitation, enjoying the feel of his calloused hand wrapped around hers.
"There sure is," he said, kissing Lily on the top of her head. They walked out of the door, bags slung over their shoulder, when Lily turned around suddenly.
"I forgot a hair tie!" she said, and started back, but James pulled her back towards him. He pulled her hair tie out of his pocket, where he had kept it for the whole week, and handed it to her, and Lily raised her eyebrows.
"I kept it," he shrugged, and Lily rolled her eyes. Of course he kept it. They made their way to the Great Hall, hand in hand, enjoying each other's company, which they had been missing for a week.
"I can't believe we were apart for a whole week," Lily said, wrapping her arms around his torso.
"I know," he said quietly, and Lily grinned into his cloak. How had he managed to have her wrapped around is rather large finger so quickly?
"How do you do it?" she asked curiously, and James looked down at her, eyebrows raised.
"Do what?"
"The stag thing," she said, and James marveled at how casually she had thrown it out.
"It took a lot of time. We finally perfected it in Fourth Year," he said, running his hand through his hair.
"Why a stag?" she asked, looking up at him. James came to a stop and messed his hair again. Lily sighed and put her hand in his hair, ruffling it just right, "Stop messing it up," she chastised, and James grinned down at her.
"I don't know. It's my patronus," he shrugged. Lily nodded, turning away, but then turned to look at him quickly.
"Your patronus is a stag?" she asked, bewildered.
"Didn't I just say that Lils?" he asked cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"My patronus is a doe. How odd," she said, trailing off.
"That's what I was going to tell you that day when I saw your patronus," he said, and Lily nodded, biting her lip, "Don't do that," he said, tapping her chin. Lily looked up at him, as if to ask him if he was mentally stable, "Don't bite your lip. Only I can do that," he said, grinning down at her, and Lily felt her face heat up, which caused James to laugh.
They entered the Great Hall and walked to their seats, grins on their faces. Lily noticed the faces smiling at them, and blushed slightly, hiding her face behind a curtain of hair. James, noticing her reaction, chuckled and put his arm around her shoulder, just so everyone knew for sure. Their friends, who they hadn't told yet, looked up at them with gleeful expressions.
"YAY!" Sirius yelled, running over to them, causing Lily to blush harder as everyone turned to look in their direction. Sirius picked Lily up and spun her around, and Lily squealed.
"Sirius! Put me down!" she screamed, and Sirius laughed, ignoring her, and continued to spin her around.
"Mate, put her down," James chuckled, and Sirius sighed, placing Lily back on the floor.
"You ruin everything Prongs. I was having fun!" Sirius whined, and Lily rolled her eyes, "Come on Lily-flower," Sirius huffed dramatically, grabbing her arm. Lily laughed as Sirius made to drag her away, but James grabbed her other arm, "Its on mate," Sirius said, looking at James, and tugged Lily. James tugged her back.
"TUG-OF-WAR!" Remus yelled, to general amusement, and walked behind Sirius, helping him pull Lily.
"Remus!"
"Sorry Lily, it's fun," Remus grinned, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"No this is no fun, Lily-flower's going to get angry. Let's play a different game," Sirius said, still holding Lily's wrist, and putting his finger to his chin to think. The Great Hall was watching them, amused, and Lily could see Dumbledore's eyes twinkling, "LILY SANDWICH!" he screamed, and Lily shrieked as Sirius grabbed her in a hug.
"Yeah okay," James shrugged, and Lily looked at him, aghast, as he hugged Lily from the other side. Laughing, Remus put his arms around all of them and squeezed. Lily received envious glares from all the girls in the Great Hall, and blushed.
"Get. Off. Me," she managed to choke out.
"DON'T DIE LILY-FLOWER!" Sirius yelled, letting go of her, and Lily took a giant breath.
"Do you enjoy crushing me with your bloody bodies?" she gasped, and she saw Sirius grin slyly. She could see the dirty thoughts forming in his mind, "I didn't meant like- oh sod it," she huffed, crossing her arms.
"Do you need me to give you CPR?" he winked, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him as Remus guffawed.
"No that's fine I'll do it," James grinned, causing Sirius and Remus to bellow with laughter, and Lily walked away with a huff. She hated them all. She sat in between Hestia and Alice, who were both smiling at her.
"Oh go ahead," she said, and the two girls started to squeal. They hugged her and Lily lost her ability to breathe, again.
"I thought we weren't allowed to do Lily sandwiches?" Remus asked, sitting across from the girls.
"This is okay we don't have bloody giant bodies," Hestia said, letting go of Lily.
"Well…" Lily said cheekily, and Hestia cried in outrage.
"Oh shut up Lily-flower. She's bloody sexy," Sirius said, winking at Hestia, who grinned happily.
"I love you," Hestia said, kissing Sirius on the cheek, and Lily grinned, as Sirius turned red. Sirius, noticing Lily's grin, narrowed his eyes at her.
"Do you think everyone knows about you and Prongs getting back together?" he asked curiously, and Lily saw Remus' eyes twinkle with mischief. She saw James grin and she gulped.
"Probably considering all the racket you lot were making," Frank said, sitting next to Alice and kissing her on the cheek.
"Probably eh? Well, just to be positive," Sirius said mischievously.
"Sirius Black I will hex you!" Lily squealed, as Sirius stood up.
"Until I can't sit on a broom properly?" he said cheekily, and Lily turned red. Poor Amos. Before she could stop him, he climbed onto the table, "Hello everyone!" Sirius yelled, his voice so loud he didn't need a sonorous charm.
"Hi!" she heard a few voices yell, and Lily chuckled, realizing they were female. Of course the entire female population would be looking at him.
"Just to clarify. Our Head Boy and Head Girl are back together," he said, a grin on his face. His clarification lead to lots of cheering and clapping, and Lily hid her face in her hands. Why did this always happen to her?
"We know Mr. Black!" McGonagall yelled, walking towards them, "Now get off the bloody table," she said, and Sirius grinned down at her.
"Minerva my dear, why don't you come up here with me?" he said, flashing her a charming smile that made most girls swoon.
"Ms. Evans can you at least try to control Mr. Black?" McGonagall asked Lily, who choked.
"I'm sorry Professor, I don't know if that's possible," Lily said, and McGonagall smiled stiffly down at her.
"Obviously not. Congratulations Ms. Evans, on you and Mr. Potter, but I came over her to tell you that Ms. Jones will be visiting this morning," McGonagall said, and Lily squealed.
"Really?"
"No I'm joking Ms. Evans," McGonagall said.
"Minerva, love! Was that sarcasm?" Sirius gasped, still standing on the table. McGonagall ignored him and with a smile to Lily, and to James, to his immense surprise, she walked back towards the Heads table, where Dumbledore was laughing, watching Sirius in fascination.
"Gwenog's visiting!" Alice squealed, and Lily grinned. She thought of all Gwenog had missed, and then felt a pang as she remembered; she had to tell Tuney about her and James.
"I'll see you soon," she said, getting up.
"Where are you going?" James asked, grabbing her hand.
"I have to send a letter"
"Send it later," he said, melting her with his eyes, and she sighed, sitting down.
"Fine, but you're not allowed to do that again," she said, glaring at him, and James grinned cheekily. Just then, Amos Diggory walked into the Great Hall, and made a beeline towards them, "Oh Merlin," she whimpered as she noticed him. Everyone's heads snapped up to see what she was looking at, and she saw them tense.
"Don't worry, we'll protect you Lily-flower," Sirius said, glaring at Amos, and drawing his wand.
"No Sirius, don't," Lily said, and they all turned to look at her as if she'd lost her mind. Then again, she probably had, "he didn't really do anything wrong."
"Lily, he kissed you on the forehead when you said no, and when you were still crushed about James, and when you CLEARLY said no," Remus said, and Lily sighed.
"Let him vent," she said, but they saw her draw her wand, just in case. Amos stopped in front of them and glared furiously down at James' arm around Lily. The whole hall seemed to be looking at them, again. Why is it people keep looking at me this year? It's infuriating! Lily screamed in her head.
"Lily," Amos said curtly, and Lily nodded at him.
"Amos"
"Can I talk to you?" he said, and Lily could see his hands shaking with anger.
"Can't you talk here?" James asked nastily, and Lily shot him a look, silencing him.
"Lily?" Amos said, glaring at James. Lily sighed and stood up, slipping easily out from under James' arm.
"Lily," James said, looking at her worriedly, and Lily smiled at him.
"S'fine," she said, and let Amos lead the way out of the hall.
"I don't like this, he looked really messed up," Hestia whispered, standing up to follow them.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked curiously, standing up.
"To spy, obviously," Alice said, rolling her eyes and walking out with Hestia.
"We'll come too!" Remus said, standing up, but Hestia shook her head.
"This is less conspicuous," Hestia said, and Remus scoffed.
"Oh sod it," James said, standing up to walk out with Hestia and Alice, followed by Remus, Sirius, Frank and Peter.
"What Amos?" Lily asked, as Amos led her to a spot by the Black Lake, "I need to leave for class soon."
"Lily how could you?" Amos asked, turning to look at her.
"How could I what?" she asked, and she saw Amos' hands start to shake as if he wanted to hit her.
"How could you get back with him!" he said in a strained voice.
"I love him Amos," she said gently.
"Bollocks!" he spat at her, and Lily turned to look up at him icily, "How can you love such a, such a, such an arrogant GIT?" he yelled the last word at her, and Lily narrowed her eyes.
"Did he call you a git?" Sirius whispered angrily from where they were standing in the Entrance Hall, looking through a window at them.
"Let it go Pads," James said gently, watching Lily, who was facing their direction. The seven of them all had their wands drawn, and were packed tightly, all trying to look out of the window. They jumped as Amos yelled again.
"LIKE HELL IT ISNT MY BUSINESS! Merlin Lily you're so stupid!" he yelled at her, and Lily took a step back as if he'd hit her.
"Amos, if I recall correctly, you know I love him," she said quietly, looking up at him, "You mentioned how messed up I was about the break up, and then you asked me out," she said, and she saw Amos look at her guiltily, "So I suggest you shove off, and leave me the hell alone," she said, and made to walk around.
Amos' hand flashed up and Lily fell over as he hit her across the face.
"Impedimenta!" she heard someone yell, and Amos was thrown back into the Black Lake. She turned to see her seven friends running out of the Great Hall towards her.
"Lily, Lils are you alright?" Hestia squealed, falling next to her best friend, noticing the large red mark on the side of her face.
"That asshole!" Alice screeched, noticing the red mark on Lily's face as well. She made to walk over to the Black Lake, but was restrained by Frank.
"We got it," he said, his eyes blazing furiously. Alice nodded, wiping at her tears of anger, and turned back to Lily, who was on her feet.
"Lils are you okay?" James yelled to her, his wand out, pointing at Amos, who was in the Black Lake. Lily walked over to James, and put his arm down.
"He's not worth it James," she said gently, but James ignored her. Lily saw the fury on his face, and took a step back.
"Get out Diggory," Sirius snarled, and Amos pulled out his wand.
"No!" Remus yelled, and flicked his wand, causing Amos' wand to fly to Remus.
"Get. Out," James said angrily, and Amos got out warily. James walked towards him, but was beat by Hestia, who slapped Amos hard across the face. Amos stumbled backwards at the sheer force of the slap, looking down at Hestia, his eyes slightly glazed.
"Hestia what are you doing?" they heard a yell. Gwenog walked out of the castle, dressed in a Holyhead Harpies jumper and jeans. Lily grinned and ran over to Gwenog, hugging her, "Lily! Oh Merlin I've missed you!" Gwenog said, hugging her friend, "Now why in the name of Merlin's pinky toe is Hestia slapping Amos Diggory?" she asked, but Alice answered for her.
"Because he's an idiot. Enough said," Alice said, and hugged Gwenog happily. Alice and Gwenog were as close as Lily and Hestia were.
"Oh no what did he do?"
"He slapped Lily," Alice growled, and Gwenog's face darkened.
"He did WHAT?" she screamed, and Amos' head turned to see another angry person.
"He slapped Lily," Hestia said simply, walking over to the girls, "So I slapped him. Inside?" she suggested, and the girls nodded.
"Be careful," Lily said to James, who rolled his eyes at her, before turning back to Amos.
"Lily!" Amos yelled, but Lily ignored him, walking into the castle, rubbing her face, which hurt.
"If this bruises I will kill you," she said to him over her shoulder, and Amos paled as she vanished into the castle, leaving him defenseless with five armed, furious boys.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore, who had been spying on the Gryffindors and Amos, watched as the Marauders and Frank cursed Amos to no end.
"Albus, you have to stop that!" McGonagall squealed, watching the scene below them with both terror, and elation. She was glad someone was getting that Hufflepuff boy for what he had done.
"Stop what?" he asked innocently, before walking away
Amos Diggory was in the hospital wing for a week after the Marauders and Frank had dealt him with.
"Show me," Lily said suddenly. She was sitting on James on the sofa in the Heads dorm on the night before the next full moon.
"Show you what?" James murmured into her hair.
"The Animagus thing," she said, and James' head snapped back.
"You want to see?" he said, surprised. Lily turned to grin at him and he felt his stomach flip.
"Yes I want to see. My boyfriend transforms into a stag, of course I want to see," she said, rolling her eyes.
"You've seen before," he said, kissing her cheek.
"That was different. I was too busy being angry at you and hurting over the fact that I was going to break up with you to fully appreciate it," she shrugged. They had come to a point where they could talk about the break up openly, as it didn't hurt anymore, now that they had each other.
"Of course," James said, rolling his eyes, and Lily laughed.
"Please?" she said, leaning in closer to James, causing his heart race to predictably speed up.
"Cheater," he muttered, and she grinned at him. He sighed and slid out from under her, "Don't scream," he teased, and Lily rolled her eyes. James took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"Wait!" Lily said, and James opened his eyes, amused. Lily sat on the back of the sofa, her feet resting on the cushions, and she looked at him.
"What in the name of Merlin are you doing?" James asked exasperatedly. Only Lily Evans.
"Well I don't know! You're transforming into a wild animal!" she squealed, and James guffawed.
"A wild animal?"
"Oh shut up," she said, blushing, and James grinned.
"No more interruptions, I need to concentrate," he said.
"Don't hurt yourself," she grinned cheekily, and James glared at her playfully. He closed his eyes and Lily watched in fascination as he took a deep breath. She was going to ask if he should take off his glasses, but bit back her question. She watched as James skin started to flutter, as if he'd taken the Polyjuice Potion, and soon enough, there was a stag standing in front of her, "Wow," she breathed, and she saw the stag turn to look at her warily.
She took a hesitant step towards, erm, James, and he took a step closer to her in response. Lily placed her hand on the long antlers that stuck out of its head and shook it, laughing as the stag lost balance. She saw the stag bow to her and she snorted, bowing back. It took another step closer to her, lowering its head, and she took a step back. It started to walk, backing her up slowly, until she was standing on the sofa, yelling at him.
"James! For the love of Merlin back off!" she yelled, laughing, and the stag took another step towards her. Lily, who was already standing on the sofa, took a step back and lost her balance, falling off the back of the sofa. She groaned as her head hit the floor with a thump and sat up, rubbing her poor head, "You will die a painful death!" she yelled.
"Aw, Lils, why would you wish that on me?" he said innocently, looking down at her from the back of the sofa. Lily stuck her tongue out at him and pushed herself up. She huffed and walked away, "Lils!" she heard James yell, holding back his laughter, and continued up the stairs to her room. She shut the door and counted to three, and heard the thumps as he ran up the stairs. Laughing quietly to herself, she stood behind the door. James opened the door, hiding Lily, and looked around.
He looked around and saw a flash of red through the crack of the door, and smirked. He shut the door quickly and backed Lily against the wall, "how did you know?" she groaned as James put his hands on her hips.
"Your hair is very vibrant," he teased, and Lily narrowed her eyes, "as are your eyes I might add, but that doesn't really have an effect on how I found you." Lily rolled her eyes, blushing.
"Stop using your charms on me," she said, pushing his chest, which had no effect but amused James.
"My charms? Whatever are you talking about?" he said innocently, a twinkle in he eye, and Lily rolled her eyes. James chuckled and kissed her forehead.
"Now will you move your body?" she whined, and James laughed.
"Does my body bother you?" he said in a low voice, and Lily felt tingles run down her spine.
"Very much actually"
"Well let me show you the good things about it," he said, moving his hands up so they were on her ribs.
"Sorry still not appreciating it," she managed to choke out, and she saw James grin, and move his hands up a little bit higher. Lily shook her head, and they moved up higher, before vanishing. She opened her eyes and saw James's red, laughing face, "Not funny!" she yelled, and James laughed.
The next day, Monday, Lily sat down in the Great Hall, only to have Sirius huff and look away from her. She looked over at Hestia, who shrugged, and then at James, who shrugged as well.
"Sirius?"
"I don't want to look at you," he said childishly, looking down at his food.
"Why?" she asked, bewildered.
"Because you remind me of Christmas and I don't want to do work!" he whined, and Lily raised her eyebrows.
"How do I remind you of Christmas?" She looked around to see everyone watching Sirius with bewildered expressions.
"Red hair, green eyes. It's like you're permanently celebrating Christmas. What the hell Lily!" Sirius whined, and everyone burst into laughter.
"You're right Sirius," Remus chuckled, looking at Lily. Lily noticed how sallow and worn out he was looking today, and smiled at him slightly.
"Exactly! She's like bloody Christmas on a stick!" Sirius exclaimed, and then a dreamy look crossed his eye, "Wouldn't it be lovely to have Christmas on a stick?" he said happily, and Lily rolled her eyes. Only Sirius could have such rapid mood swings so early in the morning.
"I've never thought of that actually," Hestia said, looking at Lily curiously, her head tilted to the side.
"Can you stop looking at me?" Lily said irritably, and they all chuckled, turning away from Lily.
That night, the Marauders had decided to prepare for full moon at the Heads dorm. Now that Lily knew, they wouldn't have to use the invisibility cloak and make it through a crowded Common room. Lily walked down the stairs and stumbled as she saw James, Sirius and Peter.
"Erm, hi?" she said awkwardly.
"Hello Lily-flower," Sirius said in a singsong voice.
"Can I ask what you're doing here?"
"Go ahead," Peter said cheekily, and Lily chuckled.
"What are you doing here?"
"See you didn't have to ask permission to ask," Sirius said, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Answer the bloody question," she sighed, walking over to her desk.
"We are preparing for tonight," Sirius shrugged, and Lily stiffened a little. She nodded and walked towards the bookshelf, looking for the transfiguration textbook, which they never needed for class, so she left in the dorm.
"What are you doing?" Peter asked.
"I live here," she said, shaking her head, her ponytail bobbing from side to side, and she heard Sirius snort.
"I meant, what are you going to do tonight?" a slightly pink Peter asked.
"Transfiguration essay," she said, and the boys nodded.
"It's time," Sirius announced happily, "Let's go. Bye Lily-flower!" he yelled over his shoulder as he walked out of the Heads dorm.
"Good night Lily," Peter said, and Lily watched as he turned into a rat and scurried out of the dormitory, causing her to shudder. She pointed her wand at the carpet, cleaning it. She loved Peter, but nonetheless, no rats were going to be running around her dorm. James, who had been awfully quiet, walked over to Lily warily.
"I'll see you in the morning then," he said, running his hand through his hair.
"What is it?" she asked, standing up, cutting right to the chase. James rarely looked so worried and awkward.
"Well, I can't help but worry. Last time I went out for full moon I lost you. It's not going to happen again right?" he whispered the question, looking at the floor, and Lily's eyes softened.
"No, I cant do that again," she said, and put a finger under his chin, moving his face so he was looking in her eyes, "But nonetheless, be careful. I don't want to have to find another James. I'd have to hate that person for, what, six years?" she said, and James chuckled.
"Love you Lils," he said, kissing her forehead.
"Have fun. Be careful," she said, and walked up the stairs, "And come to my room so I can fix you when you get back," she grinned, before turning and walking up the stairs. James grinned after her and ran out of the dormitory, closing the door firmly behind him.
"So I was thinking of telling Hestia," Sirius said quietly under the invisibility cloak as they made their way through the castle.
"About the Animagus thing? Why the sudden urge?" James asked curiously.
"Well, I don't want her finding out like Lily-flower did, which is really unfair. And I don't want to lose her. I think, if I'm honest, I'll be able to keep her," Sirius said, looking down at the floor. He was bad at talking about his feelings, granted, he never did.
"I think that's a smart idea Pads," James said, messing up his hair, "It's better to be honest than have her find out some other way."
"Alright. I'll do it when we get back," he said. They made their way to the Whomping Willow and James pulled off the invisibility cloak, putting it in his pocket, before removing his cloak as he always did.
"Ready?" he whispered to Sirius, who nodded.
"Hey Lils," James said, walking into her room that night. Lily, who'd been reading a muggle book, Sherlock Holmes, jumped and looked over at James, a smile spreading across her face.
"You're back!" she said happily, walking over to him to survey the damage. She pointed her wand at the few cuts and bruises on James before wrapping her arms around his torso. James grinned happily.
"What did I do to deserve you?" he said happily, ruffling her hair.
"Put up with me hating you for so many years," she laughed, and let go of him.
"Touché, that was a pain in the bum," he said, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"Remus in the hospital wing?" she said curiously, and James nodded, "Everyone alive?" James laughed and nodded and watched as Lily visibly relaxed.
"Lils we've been doing this for a while. Have some faith in us?"
"I have faith. It's just going to take some time to get used to that's all," she shrugged, and James looked down at her happily.
"Sirius is telling Hestia today," James said quietly, and saw Lily roll her eyes, "What?"
"You'll see."
"HESTIA JONES!" Sirius yelled up the stairs of the girls' dormitories. Boys couldn't go up there. It was extremely irritating. Sirius knew he was waking up the whole of Gryffindor Tower, but didn't really care, "HESTIA JONES!"
"WHAT?" he heard Hestia scream, and chuckled.
"COME DOWN HERE!" he screamed, and heard Hestia groan.
"Sirius Black I was sleeping!" she whined, walking down in her long pajama pants and long sleeved shirt. After all, it was still cold.
"But I need to talk to you!"
"I figured that out for myself believe it or not," Hestia grumbled, and Sirius barked a laugh, "Speak."
"No, not here," he said, grabbing her hand.
"At least let me get dressed! I can't walk around looking like this!" she squealed, looking down at her pajamas, "I look like a mess!"
"No you look gorgeous. You always do," Sirius said, kissing her on her blushing cheek, "Now let's go." Sirius dragged a sleepy, grumpy Hestia out of the portrait hole.
"Why cant we talk in the morning?" she whined, leaning on Sirius. Sirius wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Well it wouldn't do to change my mind now, you're already awake," Sirius grinned down at Hestia, who groaned.
"It's so late. Or early. What time is it?" she said, a crinkle forming between her brows as she frowned.
"Don't frown it ruins your pretty face," he said, tapping her in between the eyebrows, and Hestia swatted his hand away, "it's about 2 I think?"
"TWO IN THE MORNING! SIRIUS BLACK YOU BLOODY WANKER!" she yelled, pushing at him. Sirius laughed, dodging Hestia's slaps, "I hate you," she said, crossing her arms.
"Ah love, don't say that! What'll I do without you?" he said dramatically, clutching at his chest, and Hestia chuckled.
"You could finally date James," she grinned.
"He's taken, it breaks my heart, but its true," Sirius said sarcastically, wiping at an imaginary tear, and Hestia giggled.
"Well there's always McGonagall!" she said cheerfully.
"Oh of course! Minerva. She wants me," Sirius said, and Hestia rolled her eyes, smirking.
"I'm sure she does. Where are we going?" she asked curiously. They were by the portrait of Barnes The Noble.
"A special place," Sirius grinned, and started to pace back and forth, his eyes closed.
"What in the name of Merlin are-oh!" Hestia said, as a door appeared out of nowhere. Sirius snickered and grabbed her hand, pulling her into the room, "Sirius Black, if you brought me here to do…stuff, its to bloody early!" she whined, and Sirius laughed.
"Well, not that that's a bad idea," he winked, and Hestia blushed, " but that's not why I brought you here." Sirius looked down at the floor, and started to play with his fingers. Hestia had never seen Sirius nervous before; it was quiet enjoyable.
"Go ahead," she said encouragingly.
"I don't know how you're going to react," he said, looking down at the floor.
"You're especially cute when you're nervous," Hestia chuckled, walking over and pinching Sirius' cheek, "Now go ahead," she said, and Sirius looked up at her, and Hestia saw the fear and blind panic in his eyes.
"Well, okay. So, Moony's a werewolf," Sirius said, and looked up to see Hestia shrug.
"I had an inkling, is that all?" she said, and Sirius shook his head. Sirius had asked Remus if he could tell Hestia, and he had agreed. He was a lot less nervous now that Hestia hadn't run screaming after hearing about Remus' situation.
"No, I have, well, um, I don't know how to say it!" he yelled, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"Well, you open your mouth, and words come out," she said, matter-of-factly, and Sirius laughed, "Sirius whatever it is I'll be fine, and I will not dump you," she said, and Sirius looked up at her, his eyes twinkling.
"Really?"
"Obviously you idiot," Hestia said, rolling her eyes, and Sirius grinned, "why would you think I would?"
"Well it's why Lily ditched James," he said, and saw Hestia's eyes widen.
"OH! So I'm finally finding out the big secret?" she said, and Sirius grinned.
"Yes, well," said Sirius, taking a deep breath, "I'mananimagus,"
"Bless you"
"No!" Sirius laughed, "I said, I'm an Animagus."
"An Animagus? But that's not possible I've looked at the list of registered Animagi!" Hestia said, surprised.
"Well, we're not registered," he muttered, and to his immense surprise, saw Hestia roll her eyes.
"Of course you're not," she chuckled, and Sirius' eyebrows shot up towards his hairline, "What does Remus's condition have to do with this?"
"Well, we learnt so we could keep him company," Sirius said awkwardly.
"You mean, you guys become animals around him so you can hang out?" she said, and Sirius nodded, still looking at the floor, "and you were scared to tell me this because you thought I would dump you like Lily dumped James?" she said.
"Sirius Black doesn't get scared," he grinned, and Hestia laughed. He looked up at her, shocked, and she smiled at him.
"You were scared. But that's okay. I don't mind, I mean, sure it's not the safest thing, and Lily would definitely ditch James over something like this because of her rule frenzy and her paranoia, but I'm not about to dump you," she said quietly, taking Sirius' hand.
"Really?" he said happily, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"It's like you don't know me." Sirius pulled Hestia towards him and kissed her. He felt Hestia's lips turn up in a smile, and he deepened the kiss. Hestia put her arms around his neck and pulled herself up against him. When they were both in desperate need for oxygen, they broke apart, but Sirius didn't release his hold around Hestia.
"Thank you," he said, smiling sweetly down at her.
"Are you serious?" she asked incredulously, and Sirius grinned.
"Why yes, love, I am." Hestia rolled her eyes as Sirius grinned cheekily down at her.
"So what animal are you?" she said excitedly, bouncing up and down. Sirius couldn't help but notice how adorable she looked with her chocolate hair tied up, in her warm pajamas, fluffy slippers and wide chocolate eyes.
"I'm a dog"
"I already knew that," she said, winking, and Sirius laughed freely, "prove it," she said, a challenging tone in her voice.
"Do you not believe me?"
"I do, but I need proof. I'm a hands on person," she said, and she saw Sirius's eyes twinkle.
"How hands on?"
"Oh shut up," she said, blushing, and Sirius grinned, kissing her quickly, "show me!"
"Yes O' glorious leader," Sirius said sarcastically, letting go of Hestia, who was smiling widely at him. Hestia watched as his skin rippled, and soon, a large, black dog replaced her boyfriend. Hestia squealed and took a step back, and the dogs tail started to wag.
"Stop laughing at me you bloody dog," she said, and the dog barked, and Hestia waved her hands at him, "shut up! Someone might hear you!" Hestia saw the dogs' eyes roll and chose to ignore it, "do you do tricks?" she said excitedly, jumping up and down, "Let's try. Sit," she said. The dog rolled its eyes and sat down, and Hestia walked over, patting it on the head, "good boy," she said, and the dog barked, wagging its tail again. It got up and rested its paws on her shoulders, and Hestia rolled her eyes, "this is a lot more romantic when you're human."
The dog barked and licked her from her chin to her hairline, and Hestia pushed it off her, wiping her face as the dog turned back into her boyfriend, who was laughing, "I hate you Sirius Black!" she yelled at him, wiping the dog spit off her face. Sirius laughed and walked over to her, putting his hands on her hips and pulling her to him.
"I know," he grinned.
"PRONGSIE!" Lily woke up to hear Sirius' voice yelling up the stairs. She groaned and turned to look at the clock. 5am. What. The. Hell.
"Sirius Black what the hell!" she screamed as she walked down the stairs.
"Good morning Lily-flower!" he said cheerfully, picking her up and swinging her around.
"What's good about it? I woke up to a bloody dog yelling," she said grumpily, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Sirius laughed, dressed in his pajamas, and she narrowed her eyes at him, "Why the bloody hell are you so happy?"
"Someone's not a morning person," James chuckled as he walked down his stairs, his hair a mess.
"It's FIVE!" she whined, and James chuckled, before turning to Sirius.
"Why are you yelling?"
"I told her!" he said happily, "and she doesn't hate me!" Sirius saw Lily roll her eyes and turned to look at her, "what?"
"It's like you don't know her," she said grumpily. Sirius stuck his tongue out at her, and turned back to James.
"Isn't that amazing?"
"I'm happy for you Pads," James said, yawning, but grinning at Sirius all the same.
"I know right! I'm going to tell Moony now. Au Revoir senorita!" he said, bowing down before Lily, who rolled her eyes.
"That's two different languages Sirius," she said, and Sirius just laughed, walking out of the portrait hole, "I hate him," she said, looking at James, who guffawed.
"Morning tomato," he said, kissing Lily on the top of her head.
"Tomato?" James shrugged in response.
"Morning pumpkin," she grinned, and James turned red.
"I wasn't fat as a baby"
"Sure you weren't," she said, rolling her eyes, and James blushed deeper. Lily laughed, and kissed James' cheek before walking up her stairs, wanting to go back to sleep. She closed the door and hurt a groan, and pulled it open quickly to see James holding his nose, "Why are you here?"
"I'm hurt Lils," he said, holding his nose and looking at her with tear filled eyes, and Lily laughed at the double meaning. Yes, that is how tired she was, "and I came up here to be with my girlfriend."
"Your girlfriend wants to sleep," she whined, and James grinned at her.
"I wasn't going to stop you," he said happily, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her towards the bed.
"James I'm not going to do anything with you," she said in a warning tone as she sat down on the bed, and saw James turn slightly pink.
"I wasn't suggesting, well, that. I was just, well, oh never mind," he sighed, making to walk out of the room, but Lily laughed, pulling him back. She crawled under the covers and pulled James onto the bed, cuddling next to him.
"If you disturb me I'll kill you," she muttered, and James grinned, putting his arms around her.
"Let's go down for breakfast," Lily said, pulling on James' hand two hours later when they woke up.
"Let's go in our jammies," he said happily, and Lily giggled.
"Jammies?"
"Yes, these are jammies," he said, rolling his eyes as he gestured to his pajama pants, covered in Quaffles, Snitches and Bludgers, and his short-sleeved Gryffindor shirt.
"Why are we eating in our jammies?" she asked, as James dragged her to the door.
"I'll tell Hestia, Alice, Frank, Pete and Sirius to as well," he said happily. James picked up his wand and multiple stags erupted from it, running off in different direction to tell their friends about their breakfast plans. Lily looked after the stags and pulled her wand out, producing a patronus. Her silver doe stood in front of them and Lily looked at it curiously.
"Am I the only person who thinks its odd?" she asked, turning to look at James, who was looking at the doe.
"I like your patronus," he said, aghast, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"I meant our patronus compatibility," she said.
"I like it," he said happily, putting his arm around Lily. Lily sighed and flicked her wand, her patronus vanishing.
"What are you wearing?" McGonagall asked sternly, her lips pressed into a tight line, as she walked over to the eight Gryffindors dressed in their pajamas.
"JIM-JAMS!" Sirius yelled happily, and McGonagall looked down at him, trying not to laugh.
"Jim-jams?" Hestia giggled, and Sirius turned to look at her incredulously.
"That is what they are"
"They're jammies," James said, rolling his eyes.
"Jim-Jams!"
"Jammies!"
"Jim. Jams."
"Jammies."
"Let's go with pajamas shall we?" Frank said, chuckling, and the two boys turned to look at him.
"No! They're jim-jams!"
"No Pads, you're wrong, they're jammies!"
"Does this really matter? Why are you wearing them?" McGonagall asked sternly, her mouth twitching in her attempt not to laugh.
"Would you rather we take them off?" Sirius winked, and McGonagall blushed deep red, much to the amusement of everyone in the vicinity.
"Sirius Black, can you stop hitting on her while I'm around?" Hestia grumbled, and Sirius laughed, putting his arm around her and kissing her cheek.
"Jealous love?"
"No, it's just irritating," she said, rolling her eyes.
"I say you're jealous,"
"I say you're stupid"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know, I was just saying"
"Hestia Jones."
"Sirius Black."
"Lily Evans!" Lily said cheerfully, and they burst out laughing.
"Why, may I ask, are you in your jammies at breakfast?" Dumbledore said, walking over to them.
"SEE! THEY'RE JAMMIES!" James bellowed defiantly, looking over at Sirius, with a triumphant expression on his face, who rolled his eyes.
"They're jammies to people who aren't as cool as me," Sirius said, and then looked up at Dumbledore, giving him a cheeky smile, to which Dumbledore's eyes twinkled.
"Albus what are you talking about, they're jim-jams," McGonagall said, rolling her eyes, and Sirius grinned at her.
"MINERVA, MY LOVE! It's like we're meant to be!" Sirius yelled happily, and Hestia smacked her palm to her forehead. Dumbledore chuckled happily as McGonagall's lips pursed into a tight line. McGonagall walked away with a huff, and Dumbledore followed, after winking at Sirius.
"This is such a stupid argument," Alice grumbled, picking at her bacon, "because they're obviously called neither. They're PJ's."
"BOLLOCKS!"
"THEY ARE NOT CALLED PJ'S!"
"Damn it Alice," Lily groaned, smacking Alice on the back of the head as Hestia slapped her palm to her forehead.
"Are you ready to go?" James asked, adjusting his scarf. It was time for their Hogsmeade visit, and Lily walked down the stairs, wary. She wasn't sure she wanted to go back to Hogsmeade after what happened the last time, but she was going because in order for her to move on, she had to know it was safe.
"As ready as I'll ever be," she said, walking over to James.
"I'll keep you safe," James said protectively, and Lily sighed as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, feeling safe.
"I know," she smiled, and James felt his stomach flip. They walked to the Entrance Hall, and saw Sirius, Hestia, Remus and Peter standing there.
"HESTIA JONES!" Sirius yelled, and Hestia covered her ears.
"Sirius I'm right here!"
"I know, I just felt like yelling," he shrugged, and Hestia rolled her eyes. How had she ended up with someone so stupid? Lily laughed and walked over to Hestia, linking her elbow through Hestia's.
"Looks like we're the only two females today," Lily said, and she saw Hestia roll her eyes.
"Testosterone city here we come!" she said sarcastically, and Lily laughed.
"Excuse me?" Remus gasped.
"You're excused," Peter said cheekily, and Remus rolled his eyes.
"Okay, so us ladies are going to go over there," Hestia said, pointing towards the clothes store, causing Lily to groan, "and we will meet you gents at the Three Broomsticks in an hour," she said, before turning around.
"Will you be okay?" James said worriedly, grabbing Lily's elbow.
"I'll live," she said, and realizing her choice of words, changed them quickly, "I mean, yes, I'll be fine." James nodded, still worried, and watched as the two girls made their way to the boutique.
"It'll be fine Prongs," Remus said, throwing his arm around James' shoulder, "Let's go to Zonkos I'm low on supplies."
"Lily this is so cute!" Hestia squealed, holding up yet another set of dress robes, these ones a shocking pink, and Lily sighed. She didn't need to say anything. Hestia could come to a clothes store with a muggle photograph of someone and it wouldn't have made much difference; she would've been just as loud and exuberant, "Should I get it? I don't know, I mean, I'd never wear it. But still it's adorable! But this one's adorable as well! And so were the last three. Oh this is so hard," she mumbled, and Lily rolled her eyes.
There was a loud bang and their heads snapped up, "Not again."
Hey guys! I'm traveling tomorrow so if I don't update for a few days, it's because of the traveling, my apologies. Have a great week! (: