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Previously:
This Voldemort situation is crazy. It's made me think about everything; people I care about, the future, things I might never get to do. It adds a sort of Carpe Diem effect. We might not get to live our whole lives, might as well get a move on. So that's what led me to this conclusion.
I'm going to propose to Alice.
"Hestia Jones I am going to kill you," Lily whined. She was fully dressed and ready at 4:30 in the morning because her stupid best friend wanted to go watch Quidditch practice, "why didn't you wake up Alice?"
"I did. Alice is already down there with Frank," Hestia grinned, and put her arm around Lily's shoulder, "You need to learn to be more of a morning person. What are you going to do when your baby wakes up in the middle of the night?"
"Why do I have a baby?"
"For the sake of argument."
"Depends on who the father is and what time it is," Lily said, rubbing at her eyes.
"Any time of the night. And obviously the father is James," Hestia said, rolling her eyes, and Lily blushed deep red.
"James is a morning person so he'd deal with it," she said quietly, and Hestia laughed loudly
"I love how awkward I just made you by mentioning the possibility of you and James having sex," Hestia chuckled, and Lily slapped her in the arm.
"Shut up Hestia! What if someone hears you?"
"So what if they do?" Hestia grinned, twirling around as they made their way to the Quidditch Pitch. The weather was nice, as winter was ending, so the girls were simply in cardigans as opposed to their large jackets.
"Don't want them to get the wrong idea," Lily blushed.
"It's going to happen anyway Lily. You and James are going to have get married, have sex, and have beautiful babies, maybe not in that order," Hestia winked, and Lily smacked her on the arm.
"OI! No abusing my girlfriend," Sirius yelled from up in the air.
"She deserves it!" Lily yelled back, and saw Sirius roll his eyes.
"What were you doing?" he yelled down to Hestia
"I was teasing Lily about her and James having sex!" Lily gasped and slapped Hestia on the arm as Sirius howled with laughter. James, who had heard, and slightly slipped on his broom, flew over to them, and Lily saw that his face was almost as red as his jersey, "Speaking of," Hestia said, waggling her brows, and Lily smacked her on the arm, again.
"Lily-flower if you hit my girlfriend one more time!" Lily smirked and smacked Hestia's arm once more before heading up into the stands. She heard Sirius bark a laugh, "Well played Evans!"
"Pads we have to practice, the game's in a week!" James said, and Sirius sighed, before turning around to follow him.
"Excellent score mate," Sirius chuckled, "imaginary sex. Way to go." Sirius clapped a red James on the back, before zooming away.
The practice was long, in Lily's opinion. It only ended when James realized that classes were going to be starting in a half hour.
"Well done everyone. I say we have another practice like this tomorrow morning so we're prepared for the game against Hufflepuff," he said in a voice of authority.
"Bloody hell Prongs!" Sirius whined, but James ignored him. The team flew down and changed. When they were done, James walked out of the changing room with Sirius to see Lily, Hestia, Alice and Frank still sitting in the stands. James waved and saw Lily grin, before walking down to him.
"Hi," she said cheerfully, and James grinned down at her.
"Hello. I see you woke up especially early," he chuckled, and Lily groaned.
"Four bloody thirty in the morning!" she whined, and James laughed.
"So, about what I was discussing before," Hestia said quietly, winking at them before walking over to Sirius, and the two of them blushed.
"Why were you discussing that in the first place?" James asked, running a hand through his hair. Lily blushed a deeper red and cleared her throat.
"Well, Hestia was telling me I'd be a terrible mother because I hate waking up," she said, and James frowned.
"And we were having sex because?"
"Well how else do you make a baby?" Lily asked, and James ears turned bright red.
"So we're having sex, and a baby now?"
"Don't forget about getting married," Lily said without thinking, and clapped her hand over her mouth. James laughed at Lily's expression and pulled her hand from her mouth, kissing her instead.
"So marriage, sex and a baby?" he grinned.
"Not specifically in that order," Lily shrugged, and then blushed deep red, "I mean," she said, but James wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You should really stop talking," he chuckled, and Lily groaned, resting her head against his chest, "Although, I do prefer that order," he whispered in her ear, and Lily's head snapped up to see a mischievous glint in James' eyes.
"James Potter!"
"I love you too Lils," he grinned, kissing her forehead. Lily huffed and turned, walking away, but James grabbed her hand, and the two of them walked to the Great Hall together for breakfast.
"Ah aren't they sweet?" Hestia crooned. She and Sirius had been standing, watching their friends banter, unnoticed.
"I know something sweeter," he grinned down at her, and Hestia giggled.
"That, my dear, is the cheesiest thing you've ever said to me. And that's saying something," she chuckled, winding her fingers between Sirius' and walking towards the Great Hall.
"I bet if you spent a day with Moony you'd hear even more cheesy things," he snorted, and Hestia laughed.
"The good looking Marauder?"
"No, that would be me," Sirius said defiantly, narrowing his eyes at her, and Hestia rolled her eyes, "have you seen me?" Sirius chuckled, spreading his arms out, "Girls swoon over me,"
"Help, I can't breathe!" Hestia choked, and Sirius panicked, looking at her
"Why? What? What's wrong?" he panicked.
"Your inflated head is using up all the oxygen!" she wheezed, before grinning cheekily, kissing her dumbfounded boyfriends cheek and running away.
"HESTIA JONES!"
"Alice, I have to talk to you," Frank said awkwardly as he and Alice followed Sirius and Hestia into Hogwarts.
"Go ahead," she grinned, and Frank felt his stomach throb from nerves.
"Not now! Later," he squeaked, and Alice rolled her eyes
"Then why did you tell me now?" she chuckled, and Frank smiled. Why do I not have the guts for this? He sighed to himself, feeling the burning of the velvet box inside his robes.
"Did you write in your diary last night?" James asked
"Yes. I think I embarrassed myself. Good thing books can't speak," Lily said, rolling her eyes. James chuckled and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Clearly you haven't explored the Restricted Section in the Library," he said, and Lily leaned back to glare at him, and James stuttered, "Not that I have, I was just saying," he said nervously, and Lily giggled, much to James' surprise. Lily got up on her tiptoes and kissed James on the cheek.
"I'm sure you haven't," she said, and James chuckled, squeezing her tightly.
"So, when do I get my prize?" he whispered in her ear, and Lily felt butterflies explode in her stomach.
"I'm not sure," she choked out through the butterflies that were now flying up her esophagus.
"How about free period. We have it after lunch," he said quietly. Lily shrugged, and James groaned, "please?" Lily nodded and James grinned into the crook of her neck, "Now that's more like it." Lily smacked him on the shoulder and pulled away from him.
"Maybe I should dump you, you'll learn self control," she said as she walked towards the door, and James rolled his eyes.
"I have self control. I'm not snogging you right now am I?" he snickered, and Lily rolled her eyes, "and also, if you dumped me, we would never get to get married, have sex, and babies. Not in that order," he winked, and Lily smacked her palm to her forehead.
"How did I end up with you?" she said and James grinned.
"Aren't you just lucky?"
"Of course, every girl dreams of a git," she said cheekily, and James growled.
"Speaking of gits," James snorted, as Sirius waved at them in the Great Hall.
"You shouldn't talk about yourself, no wonder Lily-flower wouldn't date you," Sirius said, rolling his eyes as Lily laughed and sat down next to him. James sat on Lily's other side.
"Oh shut up," Lily said, smacking Sirius on the back of the head, "Only I'm allowed to call him a git or mention his inflated head," she chuckled, and James guffawed.
"Bloody hell Lily-flower that hurt,"Sirius whined, rubbing the back of his head.
"Lily, do not hit the boyfriend," Hestia said sternly, squeezing in between Lily and Sirius, kissing Sirius.
"I'm eating here!" Remus shrieked, covering his eyes as Hestia and Sirius got into it. Sirius waved his hand in Remus' direction and continued to kiss Hestia.
"Why the sudden snog session?" Peter asked queasily, looking anywhere but at the energetic couple.
"I have to second Wormy's question," Sirius said breathlessly as Hestia pulled away and turned to her food. Hestia shrugged, but Lily noticed there was something off about the shrug.
"Hest," Lily said quietly, but Hestia shook her head.
"Later," Hestia said, and Lily nodded worriedly. Lily frowned down at her food and James raised his eyebrows at her.
"What's wrong with Hestia?" he whispered
"She said later," she whispered back, and James nodded, and kissed her on top of her head. Alice squeezed in Remus and Peter, and smiled at Lily
"Hello," she said cheerfully, "Have you seen Frank?"
"I thought he was with you," James said, and Alice frowned.
"I haven't seen him since he wanted to talk to me on the way back from Quidditch," she said, looking around the hall.
"Maybe he had work to do," Lily suggested, still worried about what was wrong with Hestia. Alice nodded and stood up, grabbing her bag.
"Don't tell me you're going to go look for him?" Peter asked incredulously, looking up at Alice.
"Lils would you go look for James?" Alice asked.
"Probably"
"Hest would you look for Sirius?"
"I guess"
"Exactly," Alice said, looking down at Peter, before walking away. James, Sirius and Remus snickered at Peter, who was red.
"Oh leave him alone," Lily said, smiling at Peter, who grinned at her.
"Thanks Lily."
"Lily," Hestia said quietly, when she'd finished her food. Lily turned to look at her and Hestia nodded her head to the exit of the Great Hall. Lily nodded and the two girls stood up simultaneously.
"Where are you going?" James and Sirius asked, looking up at their girlfriends.
"Let them go," Remus said quietly; he had noticed the girls silent conversation, and the expression on Hestia's face. Lily smiled at Remus gratefully, and to her surprise, he blushed, before walking out of the hall with Hestia.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked, as she and Hestia made their way to Divination, which they only took because it was a waste of time.
"Voldemort was in my dream," Hestia whispered, and Lily's eyes widened.
"Did you write in your Occlumency diary?" she asked in a high voice.
"Yes! I did! Ask Alice! I don't know why. I wrote about everything in my mind! And he was still there!" Hestia said, on the verge of tears. Lily wrapped her arm around her friends' shoulder.
"Let's go to my dorm," she said, and Hestia raised her eyebrows.
"Lily Evans skipping class? I never thought I'd see the day," Hestia joked, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"You can barely count Divination as a class. All she's going to tell me is that I'm going to die early," Lily rolled her eyes, and the two girls headed off to the Heads' dorm.
"Where are they?" Sirius hissed to James when they were all seated in Divination. Hestia and Lily usually sat a table away from them, but it was empty. Everyone except the two girls was there.
"I don't know," James hissed back, looking around the room incase the girls' had moved tables.
"I hope they're okay," Sirius said quietly, playing with a hole in the tablecloth.
"They're fine, we're in school," James said gently, and Sirius nodded, "They're probably talking about whatever was bothering Hestia."
"So there was something wrong! I thought I was imagining it," Sirius snorted, and James chuckled.
"Let's read the damn tealeaves shall we?" James asked grabbing Sirius' cup and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Because they're going to determine our future right?"
"Of course," James said in a mock bewildered tone. He looked into Sirius' cup and flipped through his book, "Okay…according to this, that little smudge right there means you're going to be sabotaged," he said, and Sirius snorted, "by a friend. Sorry in advance Pads," James snorted, and Sirius grabbed at his chest.
"Prongs how could you?"
"My deepest apologies. And, according to this vulgar shape over here, you're going to end up in prison, maybe I need new friends," James sighed, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Nah you have the best," and then he chuckled, "Vulgar shape?"
"Look at it!" James said, shoving the cup under Sirius' nose. Sirius rolled his eyes and reached for James' cup.
"Okay Prongs. The brown crap in your teacup says you are going to die early," Sirius said, flipping through James' book, because he never bothered to bring his own, "Sorry mate, I'll cry at your funeral. And this weird hippogriff shape here means you're going to be betrayed, wow we have such weird lives," Sirius chuckled, and James rolled his eyes.
"Am I getting married?" James asked, and Sirius rolled his eyes
"I could tell you that without looking in the damn cup," Sirius chuckled, tossing the cup at James.
"This doesn't work anyway so I'm not going to trust your opinion. That's all a load of dragon dung," James rolled his eyes, and Sirius snorted in agreement.
"So what happened in your dream?" Lily asked as she and Hestia sat down on the floor in front of the fire.
"Well it started with me and Sirius dancing, and I could see you and James out of the corner of my eye, and then suddenly you two were dead on the floor, and Sirius was being dragged away by Dementors and Voldemort was standing in front of me, smirking. He said I should join him, or end up in Azkaban with Sirius, or dead like you and James. And then I asked what the hell he was doing there, and he smirked and said he 'knew' me, then I saw, from a distance, you getting tortured in the snow with me screaming next to you, just like it had been that day in Hogsmeade, and I woke up screaming," Hestia shuddered, a few tears in her eyes, and Lily felt her face pale.
"It was just a dream Hest, and he's probably trying to freak us out," she said quietly, "and Dumbledore warned us he was going to try and recruit people," she said, and Hestia nodded.
"Why me?" she sobbed, and Lily put her arm around her best friends shoulder, "what if he does kill you and James? What if Sirius ends up in Azkaban? What will I do?" Hestia sobbed, and Lily wiped at her own eyes before continuing.
"You will be fine. You will become a hotshot at the Daily Prophet. You will live your life and you will help fight Voldemort. Also, Sirius is not going to end up in Azkaban. He's so sneaky and too bloody charming to end up in Azkaban," Lily said, rolling her eyes, and Hestia chuckled, "and James and I are not going to die," Lily finished determinedly. She couldn't imagine a world where James did not exist. She just couldn't.
"You're right, I'm sorry, I was just freaking out," Hestia said, and Lily nodded.
"Why were you okay at Quidditch then?"
"I only remembered again on my way down to the Great Hall. There was something nagging at my mind at Quidditch, but I didn't think much of it," Hestia said, and Lily nodded. Just then, the door flew open the girls screamed. They turned to see their boyfriends standing in the doorway. When James and Sirius saw their girlfriends, they let out sighs of relief.
"Where the hell were you?" Sirius yelled, walking into the room.
"We were here," Lily shrugged, and James chuckled.
"You skipped a class?"
"That's what I said!" Hestia chuckled, pointing at James.
"I see you're better now," James smiled soothingly, and Hestia nodded.
"Lily helped"
"May we know what was wrong?" Sirius asked, sitting down next to Hestia. James sat down next to Lily and wrapped his arms around her as she leaned on him.
"Later, we have to get to DADA before Merrythought kills us," Hestia sighed, pulling her boyfriend up.
"It's free period," James whispered into Lily's ear during lunch.
"Technically it's lunch," she grinned back, and James pouted.
"I want my prize!" he whined.
"What prize? I want a prize!" Sirius said excitedly, jumping up and down.
"Lily's giving the prizes," Hestia chuckled. She knew about the deal between Lily and James.
"Lily can I have the prize!" he asked happily, his eyes bright.
"I don't think so Pads," James chuckled, and Sirius narrowed his eyes at him, before realization dawned on his face.
"Oh, well, Hest can I have a prize?" Sirius asked, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"As long as you don't eat any onions," she shuddered, and Lily laughed.
"Hey Alice!" Lily said happily as Alice sat across from them, "what's wrong?" Lily asked as she saw the frown on Alice's face.
"I cant find Frank!" she whined, and Remus patted her shoulder soothingly.
"You'll find him," he said gently, and Alice grinned at him.
"I FOUND HIM!" Sirius yelled, pointing at Frank, who was entering the Great Hall. Lily saw Frank chuckle as he saw Sirius, before heading towards them.
"Where have you been?" Alice yelled at him.
"Sorry sweetheart," Frank said, kissing Alice on the cheek.
"What did you have to tell Alice?" Peter asked, and Frank turned pink.
"Yes, thank you Peter, what did you have to tell me?" Alice asked, and Frank shook his head.
"Dinner, I'll tell you at dinner," he said in a dry voice, "I have to go," he said, and walked swiftly out of the hall.
"Frank!" Alice yelled after him, but Frank kept walking, "did I do something?" she asked worriedly.
"Of course not, there's something on his mind," Lily said, looking after Frank, "don't worry about it," she said gently, smiling at Alice. Alice nodded and stood up.
"I'm going to work in the library this free period. See you guys," she waved, and headed out of the Great Hall.
"I think I'll go with her," Remus said, standing up, and was followed by Peter.
"Okay Lily, prize time," James grinned, standing up. Lily sighed and stood up.
"Bye guys," she said to Hestia and Sirius.
"Be safe," Sirius winked, and Lily blushed.
"You too," she grinned, before walking out of the Great Hall with James. In the dorm, after they'd taken off their Hogwarts robes, leaving them in a skirt and top, or pants and a shirt, James with a tie, James pushed Lily up against the back of the sofa.
"Gotcha," he whispered, before kissing her. Lily smiled against his lips and wrapped her arms around his neck. James pulled her tighter against him and Lily arched her back, trying to get closer to him as he sucked on her bottom lip.
"Up," she said against his lips, and James groaned. He picked her up and walked up the stairs to his room. He shut the door with his foot and placed Lily on the floor, backing her up against the wall. Lily pulled at James' shirt and James hissed, deepening the kiss. Lily got on her tiptoes, not liking the way James had to bend down so far to reach her, and James wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her higher up. Lily sighed and disconnected from James.
James' face fell into a pout. Lily chuckled and walked over to James's desk. James grinned as he walked over to her and Lily pulled on his tie, pulling him to her. James chuckled and pulled his tie off. Lily messed up his hair and bit down on his bottom lip and James moaned deep in his throat, the sound sending chills through Lily. James' hands slipped under her shirt and Lily gasped as his cold hands connected with her bare skin, and James deepened the kiss. Lily hopped off the desk and backed James up until he fell onto the bed. Lily grinned and sat on top of him, straddling him into the bed. James grabbed her hips and ground her into him and Lily bit down on her lip, trying to hold on to her self-control. She pulled his shirt off over his head, excited by the exposed flesh. James moved his lips down from hers to her neck, and to her collarbone. Lily whimpered and felt James' lips turn up into a smile, as his hips bucked against hers again.
"James you're killing me," she gasped as his lips moved to her shoulder. He pulled off her top and Lily shivered at the sudden cold. He moved back to her collarbone and sucked on a pressure point. Lily closed her eyes, feeling her self-control slip, and pulled James' lips back to hers. James groaned and ground Lily harder, and Lily bit on his lip. He flipped them over so he was lying on top of Lily. Lily felt his hands on her knees start to inch up further, "James," she murmured, but he ignored her.
Lily sighed and pushed him off her, and James groaned, looking at her with dazed eyes, "Lily," he said in a husky voice and Lily felt her insides crawl.
"We won't stop!" she said, and James sighed.
"We have self control," he said in a convincing tone.
"Speak for yourself," Lily muttered, and James grinned at her. He leaned forwards and kissed her shoulder and Lily sighed, "James we can't do it," she gasped.
"Why not?" he whispered, moving towards her neck. James pushed Lily' hair out of the way and kissed her jaw, and Lily closed her eyes.
"Because," she said, embarrassed by how breathless she sounded, and James nodded. He moved further up to her ear and Lily felt him graze it with his teeth, and she groaned, "James."
"Some other time then," he whispered, and stood up. Lily looked around for her shirt as James put his on and turned to look at him. He turned back to her and smirked, "What?" he asked in an innocent tone.
Lily growled, "Where is my shirt?" She saw James shrug and groaned. She got off the bed and looked on the floor for it. She looked around James' bed and then straightened up with a sigh, and James' arms wrapped around her from the back. She shuddered as James kissed her shoulder.
"Here," he said, pulling her shirt over her head. Lily shrugged into her shirt and turned around, resting her hands on James' chest.
"Why so happy?" she asked cheekily, as James beamed and his eyes brightened.
"I just got my prize," he grinned, and Lily rolled her eyes. She couldn't help but notice how adorable he looked; his eyes were bright, his hair was disheveled, his skin was flushed and he had a stupid grin on his face.
"That's all you're getting, okay?" she grinned, and James pouted, causing Lily to laugh.
"I thought I got a prize everyday?" he whined, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"That wasn't part of the deal. You specifically said 'a good snog session', not 'a good snog session everyday', that would have been different," she grinned, and James' pout became more pronounced.
"What if I said that wasn't a good snog session?" he asked cheekily
"Then you're going to need to find a new girlfriend," she said, narrowing her eyes, and James laughed.
"So what was wrong with Hestia?" he asked, and Lily sighed.
"Voldemort invaded her dream and really freaked her out," Lily said quietly, and felt James stiffen. He nodded and kissed Lily on top of her head.
"Let's go?" he asked, and Lily sighed.
"I don't want to go to class," she whined, and James rolled his eyes.
"Lily you shock me everyday. I had this perfect image of you for six years and you're slowly shattering it!" he whined, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"You had an image of me? I'm sorry I didn't live up to your expectations, maybe you should dump me," she said sarcastically, and James snorted.
"You didn't live up to my expectations, you beat them," he grinned, and Lily blushed before rolling her eyes.
"Cheesy," she said, shaking her head, and James snorted. He kissed her forehead and led her down the stairs. They walked into the common room to see Sirius and Hestia. It looked like Hestia was giving Sirius his prize.
"OI!" James yelled, bright red, "Why are you doing that in my dorm?" he asked, and Sirius turned to look at him.
"There's nowhere more private mate, and you two seemed pretty busy yourselves," he winked and laughed.
"Oh shut up, we're allowed to be busy here. Why cant you go be busy in your own dorm?" she asked.
"Because it's private in your dorm," Hestia grinned, and Lily rolled her eyes before grinning at her best friend. James kissed Lily on the shoulder, wrapping his arms around her from behind, and resting his chin on top of her head, "Aren't you two just smitten?" Hestia asked sweetly, and Sirius snorted.
"What were you two doing?" he asked, waggling his eyebrows, and James turned red.
"They were probably just completing my prophecy," Hestia said seriously, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"Doubt it, Lily-flower still looks flowered," he grinned, and Lily blushed harder, "see she's blushing!"
"I'm a redhead, I always blush," she added, and Hestia sighed.
"That is true," she said to Sirius, who groaned.
"You're ruining my life here Hest," he groaned.
"And my sex life is the bane of your existence?" James asked cheekily, and Sirius guffawed.
"Of course mate, that's what best mates are for," Sirius said, and James grinned. Remus walked through the dorm door and saw the two couples, and a smile crossed his face.
"Maybe we should change our password," James said to Lily.
"Yeah we can't have animals walking in here all the time," she said, looking pointedly at Sirius, before grinning at Remus, who looked insulted.
"An animal? I believe I'm the most tame," he said, and then blushed as Sirius and James snickered.
"Translation, I am a virgin," Sirius snickered.
"Exactly what I was thinking Pads," James snickered, walking over to Sirius.
"Are you saying you two aren't virgins?" Hestia asked, as she and Lily gave the two boys death glares.
"N-no, I mean, we are," Sirius stammered, noticing his girlfriends' expression.
"Then what was that comment for?" Remus asked, grinning at his two cowering friends. They turned to glare at him and Remus chuckled, "Anyway I have bad news," he said, and they turned to look at him.
"What kind of bad news?" Lily asked, sitting down on the sofa and pulling her knees up under her chin
"The Quidditch game against Hufflepuff has been moved up," he said, looking at Sirius and James who cried out.
"When is it?" James asked
"Instead of next weekend it's been moved to this weekend because of NEWTS and OWLS," Remus said. James yelled and turned to look at Sirius.
"Practice. Every night," he yelled, and Sirius nodded frantically.
"I'll go put up a notice!" Sirius said, turning to run out of the dorm. He stopped, ran back, grabbed Hestia's hand, and then ran out.
"Bye?" she yelled over her shoulder, laughing, as Sirius dragged her out of the dorm.
"Remus go tell Tonks," Lily said, and Remus raised his eyebrows at her.
"She'll see the notices," he said, but Lily shook her head.
"Go find her and tell her," she said, and Remus sighed.
"You're such a mystery," he said, walking out of the room. Lily turned to look at James, who was pale and looked like he was about to hyperventilate.
"James," she said gently, walking over to him. She grabbed his hand and led him to the armchair, "Breathe. You'll be fine, Hufflepuff is dung at Quidditch," she said soothingly. James nodded, and his breath started to come out better, but he was still pale, "James, you will beat them. You know why?"
"Why?" he choked out, looking up at Lily.
"Because Amos Diggory is on that team," she said, and saw James' face darken, "exactly. You hate him, and he is afraid of you," she said, and James nodded, his complexion returning, "Better?"
"Thanks Lils," he said, smiling at her, and she beamed back.
"Class?" she asked, holding out her hand. James shook his head and Lily rolled her eyes, "Well you're going anyway so just take the damn hand." James laughed and took Lily's hand, and together they walked out of the dorm to Transfiguration.
"Do you think I could get away with transfiguring Diggory into a teacosy during the match?" Sirius asked James during Transfiguration. They were spending the next few weeks reviewing for their NEWT exams.
"Doubt it mate, they might notice," he snorted, and Sirius nodded seriously.
"You could confund him?" Peter suggested, and Sirius' eyes brightened.
"No you can't do that it's against the rules and then you'll forfeit," Remus said sternly.
"And if we forfeit then we wont win," James said, and Sirius hung his head.
"I suggest you sneak and watch the Hufflepuff practice tonight, then you can coordinate using their weakness," a voice whispered.
"No, I don't want to win cheating," James said, turning to see who it was, and jumped as he found himself face to face with McGonagall.
"Minerva!" Sirius gasped, "I didn't know you played dirty," he said, waggling his eyebrows. McGonagall pursed her lips and then turned to look at James.
"Fair words Mr. Potter, but I have become accustomed to seeing that Cup in my office, make sure it's there again okay?" she asked, and James nodded. McGonagall nodded, and walked over to Lily, Alice and Hestia.
"So what were you doing?" Hestia whispered, and Lily turned to glare at her.
"Not that," she insisted, and Hestia sighed.
"Well that's rather disappointing," she said, and Lily rolled her eyes, "When's the Quidditch cup?"
"I think it's after NEWTS," Lily said, and Hestia nodded.
"AH NEWTS! I can't do this!" Alice squealed, slamming her textbook shut in front of her.
"Yes you can. You will get all O's, you will go to Auror training, you will get married to Frank, and you will have beautiful babies," Hestia said, and Lily snorted.
"What is with you and beautiful babies this week? First it was James and I and now it's Alice and Frank? What about you and Sirius?"
"Sirius and I are going to have sexy babies that will kick your beautiful babies butts," she declared, and Lily and Alice snorted.
"My babies will beat yours," Lily shrugged, and Hestia snorted.
"My baby will be the hippogriff's tail," Alice said, and the others giggled
"Hippogriffs tail?"
"Yes, the hippogriffs tail," Alice nodded, and her friends continued to giggle.
"AS much as I enjoy hearing about your beautiful babies," McGonagall said, and the girls jumped, "I would much rather you get back to your work," she winked, and the girls turned red.
"Yes Professor"
"And I believe Mr. Potter's babies will beat Mr. Blacks," she grinned at Hestia, and walked away.
"I don't know whether I should be disturbed that she thinks James is attractive, or amused that she thinks James is more attractive than Sirius," Alice said, and the other girls nodded.
"You have competition Lils," Hestia giggled, and Lily turned red.
"I can't believe she just said that!"
"Said what?" Sirius asked, sitting down next to Hestia. The rest of the boys joined them and Lily saw Alice chuckle.
"Nothing," Lily said, looking down at her textbook.
"Now I'm curious!" James whined, and the three girls turned red.
"Well," Alice said.
"Alice no!"
"Shut up Alice!"
"Grow up you two," Alice said, looking at her best friends cheekily, "Basically, we were discussing beautiful babies,"
"Again?" James asked, looking at Lily.
"It was in regards to Alice this time," she said, and James chuckled.
"So anyway, we were discussing whose babies would be more attractive," Alice said.
"Why does everyone have babies all of a sudden?" Remus asked.
"Because they do okay? Let me finish the story!" Alice whined, and Remus grinned, "Anyway, we were discussing whose babies would be more attractive, Lily's, Hestia's or mine, and them McGonagall came along and gave us her opinion," she shrugged, and Lily and Hestia snorted.
"That's putting it lightly," Hestia said, and Lily chuckled.
"She basically decided between James and Sirius' babies," Lily chuckled, and the two boys looked at each other
"I guess the question of most swoon-worthy is finally going to be answered," Remus chuckled.
"Who did she say?" Sirius asked Alice.
"She said James' babies would beat yours," Alice grinned, and Sirius' jaw dropped as James thrust his fist in the air.
"I knew it!" James said happily.
"MINERVA!" Sirius yelled, standing up, "How dare you pick him over me!" he said, and McGonagall sighed, "Me? I bet you're just in denial. You can't be seen with me until I graduate so you're changing what the public thinks! Lies are bad!" he yelled at her, and grabbed his stuff, walking out of the classroom.
"I cant wait until he's gone," McGonagall muttered, but Lily saw her mouth twitch, which made her think that maybe, just maybe, McGonagall enjoyed Sirius' taunting.
"Where in the name of Merlin is he?" Alice whined, looking around the Great Hall.
"Alice, calm down. Maybe he's freaking out for NEWTS. Remember Lily during OWLS?" Hestia said soothingly, and Alice rolled her eyes.
"I thought she had died," Alice snorted, remembering.
"We couldn't find her for a few days and it turned out she was in the library the whole time studying," Hestia said, and Alice laughed.
"Remember having to force her to shower?" Alice laughed, and Hestia nodded, grinning.
"That was terrible," Hestia said, shaking her head, "and those were OWLS. NEWTS are going to be so bad!"
"Oh no! At least she lives with James now, we wont have to do much," Alice said, chuckling.
"I doubt he'll be able to force her to shower," Hestia said, matter-of-factly.
"We actually had to force her into the shower, fully clothed, and turn the water on," Alice said to Remus, who was sitting next to her. The boys were listening to this conversation in amusement.
"I wasn't that bad!" Lily whined, and her best friends snorted.
"We had to stand in the damn shower with you to make sure you wouldn't run out to study," Hestia snorted, and Alice chuckled.
"Remember how Gwenog put a body-bind curse on Lily so she'd sleep?" she said, grinning at Lily.
"It's not funny!" Lily whined, hiding her face in her hands. Sirius grinned, and patted Lily's knee soothingly.
"It's okay Lily-flower. There's nothing wrong with studying"
"Thanks Sirius," she said smiling, and Sirius grinned at her, before returning to his food.
"Just because you aren't as naturally talented as us…" he said cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes, "it's true! We didn't study for OWLS, and we got all O's and one E," he grinned, and Lily gasped.
"Are you serious!"
"Yes, I am," he grinned, and Hestia smacked her palm to her forehead.
"No more serious Sirius jokes," she whined, and James chuckled.
"Lily-flower your hair is so long!" Sirius said, leaning back to look at her hair.
"I wanted to grow it out," she shrugged. Her hair was now reaching her elbows.
"Why the sudden interest in Lily's hair?" Remus asked curiously.
"I was thinking about OWLS, and then I remembered the time James asked her out during OWLS, and then Lily's hair was there, and it was a lot shorter," he shrugged.
"'Lily's hair was there'? Nice Padfoot," Peter snorted and Sirius narrowed his eyes at him.
"I bet it's you who betrays me in the future!" he said, pointing at Peter.
"What?"
"James knows what I'm talking about," Sirius said, looking at James, who rolled his eyes.
"Maybe he betrays the both of us," James said seriously, and Sirius nodded enthusiastically like a child.
"Doubt it, Peter's nice," Lily said sweetly, and Peter smiled at her slightly.
"Hi Frank!" Hestia yelled across the Great Hall, where Frank was walking in, "What is he wearing?" Hestia asked, looking at the dress robes Frank was in.
"Frank, why are you in dress robes?" Remus asked, but Frank just shook his head.
"Alice," he said, and Alice turned to glare at him.
"Where the hell have you been?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"Planning this now be quiet," he said cheekily. Lily noticed the way his hand lingered on his pocket, and she looked closely to see the shape of a velvet box. A ring.
"Oh my Merlin," she gasped, and Frank looked up at her.
"Lily," he said, and Lily nodded. She jumped out of her seat, ignoring James, and grabbed Frank, dragging him out of the Great Hall.
"You're going to propose?" she squealed, and Frank nodded.
"Do you think she'll say yes?" he choked out, and Lily shrugged.
"I'd say there's a really good chance she'll say yes," she said, smiling, and Frank nodded, "Now don't be so nervous," she said, shaking his shoulders. Frank smiled at her and Lily laughed, and hugged him.
"Thanks Lily," he chuckled, and Lily pulled away from her, crossing her arms.
"On one condition," she said, and Frank looked up at her, "Well more than one. I have a few. Firstly, she has to finish school before the wedding,"
"Yes of course!" Frank nodded, "She needs to get her NEWTS so she can be an Auror like she wants to be," he said quietly, and Lily grinned.
"Secondly, you have to look after her, please," she said, and Frank smiled at her.
"I swear,"
"Why are you proposing?" she asked, and Frank rubbed his nose.
"Well, this Voldemort issue has reminded me that I cant take anything for granted. I don't want to miss out on anything. Everything could be gone any second, and Alice, well, she's it for me, so I figure, I want to do this before anything happens," he said awkwardly, and Lily nodded.
"That makes sense," she said quietly. Frank nodded and sighed.
"So I'm going to do it now," he said quietly, and Lily's head snapped up.
"In the Great Hall?" she asked, and Frank nodded.
"Yes, why?"
"This is Alice, Frank. Do it outside by the Black Lake or something. She wouldn't like it here," she said, nodding towards the Great Hall, "Too many people. I'll send her out," she winked, and Frank grinned at her.
"Thank you Lily," he grinned, and Lily shrugged.
"Don't blow it," she said, turning back into the Great Hall, "Alice," she said, sitting down next to Sirius, "Go to the Black Lake," she said, and Alice looked aghast.
"What? Are you insane?" she cried, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Black Lake, now," she said imperiously, pointing towards the doors of the Great Hall.
"Yes your majesty," Alice grumbled, getting up. She grabbed her bag and walked out of the Great Hall.
"What was that for?" Hestia asked Lily.
"You'll see," Lily shrugged, grinning.
"Lily-flower, a word?" Sirius said, and Lily frowned.
"Go ahead," she said, but Sirius shook his head.
"Not here! Otherwise I would've just started speaking," he scoffed, and Lily rolled her eyes. Sirius grabbed her elbow and stood up, dragging her from the table.
"I'm coming I'm coming!" Lily squealed as Sirius dragged her backwards.
"What do you need to talk about?" James asked curiously, but Sirius rolled his eyes.
"You and Lily-flower are the same. If I wanted to tell you then I would've said 'Prongs, a word'" Sirius rolled his eyes and continued to drag Lily.
"Sirius Black I cannot walk backwards!" she squealed, and Sirius guffawed, but continued walking, "What is it?" she asked as Sirius let her go in the Entrance Hall
"I just wanted to talk to you, we never talk," Sirius shrugged, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Why did you make it so secretive then?" she chuckled.
"Because they wouldn't have let us go," he said matter-of-factly and Lily nodded in understanding.
"Understood. What do you want to talk about?" she asked, and Sirius chuckled, throwing an arm around her shoulder.
"How are you doing?"
"I'm fine Sirius, and yourself?" she asked. The two of them sat down in the Entrance Hall and Lily squealed, "Come here!" she hissed, and grabbed an incredulous Sirius' hand.
"Lily-flower I'm taken," he said, but Lily rolled her eyes.
"As am I Sirius, I want to spy!" she squealed.
"On who?" he asked, suddenly extremely enthusiastic
"Frank and Alice," she whispered, as they reached the window that looked out on the Black Lake.
"Why?" he whispered back, looking over Lily. He loved how she was so short.
"Because he's proposing," she whispered back, as Frank took a deep breath.
"He's WHAT?" Sirius yelled, and Lily clapped her hand over his mouth.
"Shut up Sirius!" she squeaked, looking back to make sure Frank and Alice hadn't heard.
"Sorry! Damn he's making quite a speech," Sirius said, watching as Frank continued to talk.
"Shut up Sirius," she said, rolling her eyes.
"I wonder what she'll say," Sirius mused, and Lily looked up at him.
"She'll probably say yes," she said, and Sirius shrugged.
"I don't know, from what I've gathered she's a smart girl. She might think it's too early," he said, and Lily shook her head.
"That's me Sirius. Alice is smart, but she really loves him," she said, smiling at her friends by the lake.
"So if Prongs proposed to you right now you'd say no?" he asked, and Lily frowned.
"I don't know actually. I'd freak out, I know that," she said, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"But would you say yes?"
"I guess," Lily sighed, and Sirius nodded seriously, "Don't tell me he's going to propose!" she squeaked, and Sirius laughed again.
"If he was, I wouldn't have even brought it up," he rolled his eyes, and pat Lily on the head, "You're so small," he grinned.
"I am not!" she yelled, and Sirius scoffed.
"Lily, I can do this," he said, resting his chin on top of her head.
"It's not my fault you're a bloody giant," she muttered, and he guffawed, "5'5 is a completely acceptable height," she sniffed, and Sirius grinned.
"You're still small"
"Only in comparison to you giant boys," she said, and Sirius grinned.
"I don't know how Prongs does it," he rolled his eyes, "you're puny and he's, what, 6 foot tall?"
"I think he's 6'1" she said thoughtfully, turning to look at Sirius
"Nah, I'm 6'1 and I'm taller than him," Sirius said proudly, and Lily grinned.
"And you take pride in the fact that you're a ridiculous giant?" she chuckled, and Sirius gasped.
"I'm not ridiculous," he scoffed, and Lily giggled, "We never talk," he sighed, and Lily frowned.
"We talk everyday Sirius what are you talking about?" she said, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Yes, but Prongs, Hestia, Moony…they're always there!" he sighed, and Lily frowned, nodding.
"That's true," she said, and smiled up at him, "we should talk more often," she grinned, and Sirius smiled down at her.
"We should! We'll make it a regular thing!" he said happily, jumping up and down, "Okay, from now on, I sit with you in Divination," he declared, and Lily laughed, "Oh!" he said, pointing at the window. They turned to see Frank down on his knee, holding out the box.
"Oh, look at Alice's face," Lily said happily, as Alice broke out into a breathtaking smile. Lily heard a sniff and turned to see Sirius wiping at his eye, "Sirius Black are you crying?" she asked incredulously, and Sirius shook his head back and forth quickly, wiping at his eyes.
"No!" he choked out, and Lily looked at him until he sighed, "It was really touching okay?" he said, and Lily giggled.
"Who'd have thought? Sirius Black, sensitive!" she said, and Sirius glared down at her.
"If you tell them I'll kill you," he said, nodding towards the hall, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"It'll be our little secret," she grinned, and he smiled down at her. They turned back to see Frank swinging Alice around.
"I want that," Sirius said, watching Frank and Alice with a smile on his face.
"Me too," Lily sighed, and turned to look at Sirius, "let's give them some privacy?" she said, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"They don't even know we're here," he said, but swinging his arm around her shoulders and turning around all the same.
"That's not the point," she said, and then squealed, "Alice is getting married!" she said happily, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Took you a while Evans," he snorted, and Lily smacked him in the arm.
"Shut up Mr. Sensitive," she said, and Sirius narrowed his eyes down at her.
"If you ever…"
"Oh shut up Sirius I already told you it was our little secret," she chuckled, and hugged Sirius around the torso.
"At least it's not a furry little secret," Remus chuckled, as they sat down at the table.
"How are you so sure?" Sirius challenged, his arm still around Lily's shoulders.
"Touché," Remus chuckled.
"May I ask what you were doing?" James asked, looking at Sirius, who's arm was still around her shoulders.
"We weren't snogging if that's what you were thinking," Sirius snorted, and James chuckled, "We were spying," he grinned, and Lily squealed again.
"I still can't believe it!" she squealed.
"Believe what?" Hestia asked.
"Lily! Hestia!" they turned around to see Alice running over to them, a grin on her face, "I'm getting married!" she squealed, and Hestia's jaw dropped.
"Really?" Peter asked, after choking on his pumpkin juice, turning his already mousy eyes watery.
"Yes," Sirius grinned, turning to look at Alice, who was now hugging Lily and jumping up and down.
"I'm so happy for you!" Hestia squealed, stamping her feet.
"Me too, congratulations," James said, and Alice grinned at him.
"Thank you! Oh Merlin I can't believe I'm getting married! I'm going to be Alice Longbottom. Merlin's pants!" she squealed, "I'm going to go owl my mum!" and with that she ran out of the Great Hall.
"Is that what you two were spying on?" James grinned, putting his arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Maybe," Sirius said, extending the vowels, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Yes," she said, and Hestia gasped.
"How dare you! And you didn't even call me!" she whined, and Lily giggled.
"We were talking," Sirius shrugged, "Oh and Prongs, Lily is now my Divination partner," he said, and James choked.
"Why?"
"Because we need regular talking times," Sirius said, and turned to see Hestia glaring at him.
"How dare you steal my partner!" she huffed, and Sirius sighed.
"Lily-flower, I don't think we can be Divination partners. We'll find another talking time," he said, and Lily nodded.
"Alright," she said, and Sirius grinned at Hestia, who smiled back at him.
"Things I do for you," Sirius huffed, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"Lily!" they turned to see Frank run in, "Thank you!" he yelled, hugging her. Lily chuckled and hugged him back.
"Congratulations!" she squealed, and Frank grinned.
"Why are you thanking her?" James asked.
"She told me to do it by the Black Lake, and she also gave me permission," he shrugged, and Hestia laughed.
"Permission?"
"Well not permission really, more like she gave me rules I had to follow if I wanted to propose," he shrugged and they nodded.
"I still can't believe you're getting married!" Hestia squealed.
"I know, me either"
Sirius' Occlumency Diary
So, Frank proposed to Alice today. Should I propose to Hestia?
Hey guys! Hope you like the chapter. I know there were some suggestions, and I'm trying to incorporate them, so I hope you're liking it (: I'm in India at the moment and it is cold, especially as opposed to Indonesia, where I live, which is tropical and hot all year around. It's crazy. And I know lots of you are in snow, and I hope none of you are getting sick!
Happy fanfictioning!