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Previously:
NEWTS are over. Sirius Black found out Hestia's middle name. They're scared for life after Hogwarts. The Quidditch Cup is going to happen!
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES!"
"Lily I'm going to kill myself," Hestia groaned. They had been in Lily's bedroom the whole day while their boyfriends were off at Quidditch Practice. Alice and Frank had been planning the wedding. Remus and Peter had been at Quidditch practice. They had gone for an hour or so, then gotten bored, and decided to go back to Lily's dorm and talk.
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES!"
"Lily!" Hestia groaned, falling down, face first, onto the pillow. Ever since Sirius had found out the night before, he hadn't stopped yelling it.
"He's breaking it in?" Lily suggested, and Hestia turned to the side to glare at Lily, who was trying her best not to laugh.
"You can laugh," Hestia sighed, and Lily grinned at her friend.
"Thank you for your permission,"
"You're most welcome"
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES!"
"BLOODY WHAT?" Hestia yelled back, and Lily jumped at the sudden outburst from her friend, "Sorry Lils," Hestia said, and Lily laughed.
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES! HESTIA MARGARET JONES! MARGARET! MARGARET!"
"You know, if you say a word over and over, it starts to not make sense," Lily said, listening to Sirius yell, "Margaret"
"Margaret"
"Margaret"
"Margaret"
"Margaret"
"You're right that does sound weird," Hestia giggled, leaning on Lily, "I wonder if that'll work on Sirius. Anyway, I think you should," she said, getting back to the topic they had been discussing.
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, don't you want to?"
"Well, yes," Lily said, and Hestia winked, "Hest!" she squealed, nudging Hestia, who laughed, and the girls made their way downstairs.
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES! HESTIA MARGAR- oh there you are," he said happily. The four Marauders were sitting in the sitting area, and the other three were laughing as Sirius continuously yelled for Hestia. Peter had his fingers in his ears, and James was laughing at both Peter and Sirius. Remus, however, was reading a book.
"How do you do that?" Hestia asked, sitting down next to Remus, who grinned at her.
"Years of practice," he chuckled, and Hestia groaned.
"I don't know if I have the dedication," she said seriously, and winked at her boyfriend, who looked flabbergasted.
"Hi," Lily said softly, sitting down next to James, who had been looking at her.
"Hey," he said quietly, smiling down at her.
"How was practice?" she asked, gesturing to the Quidditch Robes he was still in.
"Good, I think we're all set for tomorrow," James whispered back happily and Lily grinned at him
"That's great James,"
"What did you girls do?"
"Well we-"
"Why are you whispering?" Sirius yelled, leaning in between Lily and James so his head was in between theirs.
"Merlin Sirius," Lily said, rubbing her ears. Sirius grinned at Lily.
"Ah Lily-flower, so sensitive," he said, and pat her head. Lily glared at him and turned to James, who was grinning up at his best mate.
"If we get married, we're not keeping the dog," she said sternly, and James burst out laughing, as did everyone else.
"We'll put him up for adoption," James said seriously, and Lily grinned at him.
"I knew I loved you," she said happily, and James laughed.
"Lily-flower I am hurt!" Sirius said, grasping at his chest and falling to his knees in front of Lily.
"You have got to stop doing that," Hestia said, frustrated, pulling her boyfriend to her feet.
"Do I make you jealous love?"
"No," Hestia said, and Sirius grinned, putting one of his hands in her hair and taking a step closer to her.
"No reason to be jealous love," he said quietly, leaning down to kiss her.
"Yuck," Remus muttered, moving to sit on the other side of James, where he couldn't see anything. James laughed and clapped Remus on the back.
"I agree," Peter said, looking nauseated.
"I think we're going now," Sirius said breathlessly, looking down at Hestia, who turned pink. James, Peter and Remus snickered and Sirius turned to glare at his friends. Lily giggled and Sirius turned to look at her, "You're welcome to join us Lily-flower," he winked, and James growled from next to Lily, "Oh I'm so scared," he said sarcastically, and James chuckled, "Okay bye!" Sirius said, grabbing Hestia's hand and running out of the Heads dorm.
"I'll come back later Lily, I wasn't done talking to you!" Hestia yelled over her shoulder
"What were you talking about?" Peter asked.
"Nothing," Lily squeaked, and James raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, so, we're going to go too," Remus said, standing up and gesturing to Peter.
"What why?" Peter asked, bewildered. Remus rolled his eyes, much to Lily and James' amusement, and grabbed Peter by the cloak and led him from the room, "Moony I don't understand!" they heard Peter yell, and laughed. When the door closed, James looked down at Lily.
"So what were you talking about?"
"Nothing!" Lily squeaked, and James raised his eyebrows.
"Doesn't sound like nothing," he grinned, nudging her, and Lily blushed.
"Go take a shower Potter, you stink," she said, standing up, and James guffawed.
"I do not!"
"Yes James, you do," Lily chuckled.
"Well, maybe I do, stop changing the topic!"
"I'm not changing the topic," Lily squeaked, her face turning bright red, giving her away.
"Of course you aren't," James said, standing up so that he was only a few inches away from Lily, "Now, what aren't you telling me?" he teased, taking a step closer to her.
"Go shower Potter," Lily muttered, looking at the floor, and walking away from James. James chuckled and grabbed her elbow, turning her around, and dropped a kiss on her.
"I love you Lils"
"I know," she grinned, and skipped over to her staircase. James shook his head, smiling, and pulled his robes off as he made his way to the bathroom.
"Sirius," Hestia murmured, leaning away from him. Sirius ignored her and made his way down to her jaw, "Sirius," she said again.
"Mmm," he said, from somewhere by her ear.
"Sirius we should stop," she said, putting her hands on his chest and pushing him a little. Sirius wrapped his arms around her waist and shook his head, and Hestia giggled, "Sirius!"
"What Margaret?" he said, leaning back to grin at her.
"Merlin, Sirius Black, if you ever call me that," she said, narrowing her eyes, and she saw Sirius's eyes twinkle.
"What are you going to do Margaret?"
"I hate you," she muttered, pushing him off her and walking out of the Room of Requirement as Sirius laughed. Sirius chuckled and sank down onto the armchair, pulling the Daily Prophet out from behind him. There was a sound outside and he walked over to it. There were muffled voices from the other side so Sirius pulled out his wand and made them clearer. He listened to their conversation and felt his heart sink.
"Merlin," he groaned, sinking down onto the floor and grabbing his hair.
"Lily I hate my boyfriend," Hestia said, barging into the Heads dorm, to see Lily lying on the sofa screaming and James leaning over her, "What are you doing?" she asked, grinning and Lily continued to scream.
"I'm tickling her," James said, grinning at Hestia, who laughed.
"Not Lily! She's so ticklish!"
"I know," James said happily, and continued to tickle Lily, who continued to scream of laughter.
"Why are you torturing my best friend?"
"Because she wont tell me what you two were talking about," James shrugged, and Hestia turned bright red.
"Hang in there Lils," Hestia squealed, and James' jaw dropped.
"I thought you would save her by telling me!"
"Not likely," Hestia snorted, and James sighed, releasing Lily.
"About time," Lily said in a breathless voice, narrowing her eyes up at James, who grinned at her cheekily.
"I love you too Lils"
"Lily let's go!" Hestia said, walking over to the couple.
"No she's mine!" James said, grabbing Lily and swinging her over his shoulder. He started to back away from Hestia, who took a step over to him.
"James Potter give me my best friend," she said, her voice strained from trying not to laugh. James shook his head and Hestia ran towards him. James let out a yell and started to run away from her. Lily screamed as Hestia chased James around, and James jumped onto sofas and desks and chairs.
"James put me down!" she squealed, and James sighed, putting her down onto the floor in front of him, holding her close to him.
"No, bad boy," Hestia said as James kissed Lily, and grabbed Lily's hair, and pulled it.
"Bloody ow Hestia!" Lily yelled, holding the back of her hair. James chuckled and kissed Lily's cheek, and Hestia huffed.
"You can snog and do whatever you want after I talk to Lily," she said to James, whose eyes twinkled in anticipation.
"You swear?"
"Yes I swear," Hestia said.
"Hello?" Lily said, turning to her best friend, and James chuckled.
"Hi dear," Hestia said cheerfully, and took Lily's hand, "Say bye to your boyfriend"
"Bye boyfriend," Lily said, grinning at James.
"Good girl, let's go," Hestia said, tugging on Lily's hand and dragging her up the staircase.
"Bye love," James yelled after them, and Lily turned around to grin at him before she vanished into her bedroom. James shook his head, chuckling, and walked over to his desk where he had the Quidditch strategy for the next day planned out. He sat down and jumped back up as the door crashed open.
"Prongs." James turned around quickly to see Sirius standing there, tear stains on his face.
"Padfoot what's wrong?" he asked worriedly, walking over to Sirius.
"Regulus," Sirius choked out, and James put his arms around Sirius as Sirius bit his lip, trying not to cry.
"Upstairs mate, the girls are here," James said, leading Sirius up to his room. James led Sirius to the bed and set him down, his arm around his shoulder, "What happened mate?"
"He joined," Sirius whispered, and James frowned.
"He joined what?"
"Them," Sirius said, wiping at his eyes, "Voldemort," James froze and looked at Sirius incredulously. Sirius took a deep breath and looked up at James.
"Are you serious?" he asked, and Sirius chuckled, and nodded. James shook his head; Only Sirius Black would make a joke in this situation.
"Yes I am," he said dejectedly, and James felt his stomach sink. Sirius and Regulus were completely different people, and the Blacks had disowned Sirius, as had Regulus, but Sirius had always cared for Regulus. It was why he had always been so terrible to him; because he didn't want Regulus to join the dark side.
"I'm so sorry mate," James whispered, and Sirius sighed, leaning his head on James' shoulder.
"My baby brother's a Death Eater."
"Lily just do it!" Hestia said, exasperated, and Lily blushed.
"Hestia I'm scared!"
"I know you are, but doesn't mean you shouldn't," Hestia shrugged, and Lily sighed, "Now, stop moping. I have to go find Sirius because I abandoned him, and you can go snog your boyfriend, let's go," Hestia said, standing up and holding out her hand to Lily, who giggled.
"Are you sure we can handle that?" she asked seriously, and Hestia laughed.
"We will try. Come on." The two girls walked down the stairs at the same time that Sirius and James did, "I found you!" Hestia said happily, launching herself at Sirius, and throwing her arms around his neck. Sirius grinned, and James smiled as he saw his friend smile.
"Couldn't have been too hard," Sirius said in a husky voice, and Lily frowned. It sounded as if Sirius had been crying. Hestia noticed the same thing and let go of her boyfriend, taking a step back to look at him.
"What's wrong?" she asked, and Sirius shook his head.
"Don't want to talk about it," he said, and Hestia nodded in understanding.
"Let's go?" she asked, holding her hand out to him. Sirius smiled and took her hand.
"Thanks mate," he said to James, who shook his head and smiled.
"Not a problem mate,"
"I love you James!" Sirius said happily, and James laughed.
"I love you too Sirius"
"We definitely need more boyfriends," Hestia said to Lily.
"I think one's enough," Lily said, raising her eyebrows in a teasing manner
"That's not what I meant!" Hestia squealed, and Lily laughed, as did everyone else.
"Who would've thought we'd end up with boys who are more infatuated with their best mate than with us?" Lily sighed, and Hestia nodded frantically
"That's what I meant!"
"Let's go," Sirius said, embarrassed, slinging his arm around Hestia's shoulders, "Bye," he said, and Lily and James waved.
"Lily, remember what I said," Hestia said, over her shoulder, and Lily blushed. Hestia and Sirius walked out of the dorm, shutting the door behind them, and Lily suddenly found a six-foot boy in front of her.
"Hi," she said, grinning up at James, who chuckled.
"Hi love," he said, wrapping his arms around her waist, "Now can I know what you were talking about?"
"No," she said, blushing, and James groaned, "You'll find out soon," she promised, and James grinned.
"I can live with that," he said happily, leaning down to kiss her.
"What's wrong with Sirius?" she asked, pulling away from James, who sighed, "Sorry, you don't have to tell me," she said, and James shook his head.
"It's not that. Well, okay, you know Regulus?"
"Sirius's brother? Yes," she said, and James nodded.
"Well, he's a Death Eater," James whispered. He expected Lily to scream, or look disgusted, or, at the very least, scrunch her nose, but he got the opposite effect.
"Poor Sirius," she sighed
"You're not, you know, disgusted?" he asked in a shocked tone, and Lily looked up at him.
"At what?"
"Well, Regulus, Sirius," he shrugged, and Lily frowned.
"Why would I be disgusted at Sirius?"
"Well, people usually are," he said quietly, and Lily sighed, and looked up at James.
"This isn't his fault. Plus, I love him, in a brotherly fashion, and I don't think that he can change his family," she said, and James smiled down at her, "What?"
"You're so different Lily Evans," he chuckled, and twirled her fingers in his hands.
"As opposed to what?" she asked cheekily, and James grinned. He leaned down and kissed Lily, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.
"Can I have another prize?" he whispered in her ear, and Lily giggled, "Good," he said, and picked her up, heading up to his room.
The next morning, Lily woke up to the sound of thudding. She stumbled over to James' room to see him doing his usual Quidditch workout. She stood there, outside the door, for a few minutes, leaning against the wall, watching. She wondered how anyone had the energy to do anything so early in the morning. She could barely get down the stairs in the morning without feeling exhausted.
"Are you done?" James teased, looking up from his push-ups, "Or should I stand up and flex?" Lily chuckled and turned around, "No! Come here!" James said, and Lily sighed, turning around and entering James' room. James jumped up, wearing his usual workout clothes, which were a pair of boxers and a t-shirt, and walked over to Lily. He leaned down and kissed her, putting his hands in her hair, and Lily gasped, as she was only expecting a peck, and James deepened the kiss. Once Lily was out of breath, she turned her head and took in a gulp of much needed oxygen. James didn't seem to need oxygen, and moved down to her jaw.
"Morning?" Lily chuckled, as James kissed her neck. James chuckled and pulled away from Lily, leaning his forehead against hers, and she flushed.
"Morning"
"What was with the enthusiastic good morning?" she teased, and James grinned at her.
"I get nervous before Quidditch," he shrugged, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"You weren't this nervous before the match against Hufflepuff"
"Different situation, this is the cup," he chuckled, and Lily grinned.
"Are you always this nervous?"
"Yes," he said, slightly confused as to where she was going.
"So was it Sirius last year?" she teased, and James guffawed.
"How did you know?" he asked sarcastically, and Lily grinned up at him. James beamed back down at her, and she blushed, before James dove in again.
"James really," she gasped, as he finally let her go, "It's just a match, like any other Quidditch match you've played"
"Just a match?" he asked, exasperated, and Lily laughed.
"Well, is it the same venue as the rest of the matches?"
"Yes,"
"Is it the same crowd?"
"I guess"
"Is it the same scoring method?"
"Sure,"
"Then it's the same!" she said, putting her hands on James' shoulders.
"No it's not!"
"There's no winning with you," Lily muttered, and James grinned down at her, "Go ahead, get back to your workout," she said, rubbing her eyes.
"No I'd rather do something else," he said in a low voice, putting his hands on her hips and pulling her towards him.
"I don't want to distract you from Quidditch," she said cheekily, blushing, putting her hands on his and peeling them off her.
"Well, way I think about it, this could be Quidditch too," he said, pushing her hands away and putting them back on her hips.
"Do I want to know?" she asked exasperated.
"I knew you'd want me to explain," he grinned, kissing her on the nose, "So, you're the hoop," he said, and Lily giggled, "Yes, the hoop, and I'm trying to score," he said, and then clapped his hand over his mouth as Lily burst out laughing.
"Well there are balls involved," she nodded seriously, and James grinned down at her.
"Do you want there to be balls involved?" he asked, gripping her tighter, and Lily turned bright red.
"I'm going to go sleep," she squeaked, but James didn't let her go.
"Lils, why do you keep blushing around me?" he asked, and Lily blushed even further, "see you just did it!"
"It's nothing," she said and James groaned
"I don't like lies," he whispered, and Lily chuckled.
"Fine, it's something,"
"Yay, progress," he winked, and Lily smiled, "So, what is this mysterious something?"
"James!" Lily whined, pulling away from him, and James squeezed her tighter.
"I'm not letting you go until you tell me," he said.
"What if we go into Quidditch time, you'll be late," she pointed out.
"Marauders are never late," he started, and Lily shook her head.
"Everyone else is simply early, right?"
"I wasn't going to say that," he snorted, "I was going to say, everyone else simply needs a life," he grinned, and Lily laughed, "Come on Lils, I don't actually want to miss Quidditch!"
"I don't know how to talk about it,"
"Why not? You can tell me Lily," he said quietly, brushing his fingers on her cheekbone, and Lily looked up into his eyes.
"Well, its something I've been discussing with Hestia," she said quietly, and James' eyes widened.
"So this is the mysterious thing you were talking about!" he said happily, and Lily giggled, "Yay I get to kill two words with one stone,"
"I don't like the idea of you killing birds," Lily said, and James rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to ignore that statement," he said, and Lily beamed, "Hit me." Lily smacked James's arm, and he snorted, "I didn't mean it literally Lils"
"You didn't specify"
"You're so loony when you're stalling," he grinned, kissing her cheek, and Lily flushed.
"Loony?"
"Merlin Lily just get on with it, I'm getting old here," he laughed, and Lily giggled.
"Well, fine, I'll just, well," James smiled at how awkward Lily was getting. She was looking down at the floor and twirling a lock of her hair in her baby finger.
"I didn't know you did that," he said, and Lily frowned up at him, "Twirl your hair I mean. Especially in your baby finger," he grinned, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him, dropping the lock of hair, "Now get on with it Lily, I'm going to die waiting for you. Okay, let's make this easier?" Lily smiled up at him and he shook his head fondly, "First word that comes to mind about it"
"Really?"
"Just do it"
"Erm"
"Lily!"
"Sex!"
"What?" James asked, flabbergasted. Lily turned bright red and jumped away from James, who was looking down at her with wide eyes, "Lils what did you say?"
"Nothing!" she squeaked, covering her mouth and shaking her head frantically, "I'm going to go, uhm, do something," she said, turning around to walk out, but James grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her back to him. He put a finger under her chin and pulled her face up so she was looking him in the eye, "I'm sorry!" she squeaked, and James started to laugh.
"Why are you sorry?"
"I don't know! You looked flustered!"
"I am flustered, but you don't have to apologize"
"I'm sorry!"
"Are you apologizing for apologizing?" James asked, grinning, "You're so cute when you're nervous love," he said, and Lily smiled at him warily, "So, sex?" he asked, and Lily turned a deep shade of red. She opened her mouth but James cut her off, "If you apologize I will tickle you," he teased, and Lily laughed, "So?"
"Well, yes," she said quietly, looking down at the floor.
"You want to?"
"No," she said, her voice heavy with sarcasm. James laughed and leaned his forehead on hers.
"I do too," he said quietly, and Lily looked up at him, her eyes wide.
"Now what?" she asked, and James threw his head back and laughed.
"I love you," he said, and Lily beamed, "Well, now?" he asked, fingering his hair anxiously.
"No not now, you have Quidditch," she said, and James chuckled.
"Lils I wouldn't mind skipping Quidditch"
"This is bad for you," she said seriously, and James grinned, "Now go! Breakfast is in a few minutes," she pushed his chest, and James shook his head.
"I wont be able to think straight now!"
"I love you too," she grinned, before walking out of the room.
"When?" he yelled, and Lily shrugged, and winked, before walking out of the room, "Lily," James muttered, shaking his head fondly as he walked over to get his Quidditch robes.
"Lily-flower?"
"Yes?"
"Is that really you?" Sirius asked, reaching his hand out to touch her face as if to make sure she was really there.
"Yes," Lily said, slapping his hand away
"You're awake in time?" he asked incredulously, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him as everyone laughed.
"Why are you awake? This isn't natural!" Sirius yelled and Lily flushed as people in the vicinity turned to see what he was yelling about.
"I agree with him," Hestia said, grinning from across Lily. She stepped on Lily's foot, and Lily looked up to yell at her, to see Hestia with her eyebrows up. Of course, a silent girl conversation. Lily nodded, and Hestia beamed, and shrugged, as if to ask what happened.
"By him, she means devilishly good looking swoon worthy boyfriend who she's so in love with," Sirius said, and the Marauders snorted, oblivious to the girls 'conversation'. Hestia squealed and the boys jumped, looking at Hestia as if she was crazy.
"What?" Remus asked, looking at Hestia, and to Lily, who was flushing.
"Nothing!" Hestia said in a high voice, "We'll see you at the game!" she yelled, standing up and pointing at Lily, who sighed and stood up.
"No!" James said, grabbing Lily's hand, and Lily chuckled, "What am I going to do?" he asked, and Lily sighed.
"You will be fine," she said, looking down at him. He looked up at her worriedly, and she sighed. She put her hand in his hair and messed it around, "You'll be fine," she said more earnestly, and leaned down to kiss him. She stood up quickly and James' face fell into a pout.
"She'll give you more after you win," Sirius said, pushing Lily away from James. Remus raised his eyebrows at Sirius, who rolled his eyes, "It's inspiration."
"I think the word you're looking for is motivation," Alice snorted, and Sirius narrowed his eyes at her.
"It's both,"
"Okay Sirius," Alice grinned, and Sirius smiled, and turned to Hestia.
"See I'm smart"
"I never said otherwise!" Hestia said, and Sirius grinned.
"Still, I'm smart"
"Okay?" Hestia said uncertainly, and grabbed Lily's hand, "We will see you later"
"No, that just won't do, what if I get nervous?" Sirius said, grabbing Hestia's ponytail.
"We'll visit you in the changing rooms okay?" Hestia said, "Now get your paws off my hair!" she said, and Sirius barked a laugh, and released her hair, "I'll bring Lily too," she said to James, who grinned and turned back to his cereal, "Really Lily these boys are ridiculous," Hestia said as they walked away.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"I LOVE YOU TOO SIRIUS!" Hestia yelled, and walked out of the Great Hall, "So?"
"Well, I brought it up," Lily said awkwardly, and Hestia grinned.
"So when?"
"I don't know!"
"I think you should do it tonight," Hestia said, and Lily choked, "Oh grow up." Lily laughed and the girls made their way down to the Quidditch Pitch with the rest of the school as they started leaving the Great Hall.
"Are we stopping there?" Lily asked, gesturing to the changing rooms and Hestia sighed.
"I guess we'll have to," she grumbled, and dragged Lily towards the changing rooms. She pushed open a flap and walked in.
"MARGARET!"
"I think we're in the wrong changing room," Hestia said, grabbing Lily and turning around, much to the amusement of the Quidditch team.
"Fair maiden 'tis I!" Sirius yelled, grabbing Hestia and turning her around. Hestia shook her head fondly and reached up to mess his hair up, "Hestia!" Sirius yelled, letting go of her and running to the mirror to fix his hair.
"Is that a grey hair I see?" Lily asked, peering at Sirius's hair. James shoved his fist in his mouth as Sirius began to yell.
"No! Not a grey hair! Not my gorgeous locks! Not today!" he panicked, hunting through his hair in the mirror. Once he found none, he flushed and turned around, straightening up, "I wasn't worried."
"I'm sure you weren't," Hestia grinned, walking over to kiss her boyfriend on the cheek.
"Nothing can happen to my gorgeous locks," he snorted, and Hestia giggled. Lily turned away and saw James looking at her. She smiled and walked over to him.
"Nervous?"
"Yes!" James said in a high-pitched voice. Lily smiled and wound her hand through his.
"You'll be okay," she said, and James looked down at her.
"What if we lose?" he choked.
"You wont lose. You're playing Slytherin!" she said, "Their keeper is bollocks, the chasers don't do anything except fly towards the hoops, the seeker is bloody slow. The only thing you have to worry about are the beaters!" she said, exasperated. She noticed that the whole Gryffindor Quidditch Team was looking at her incredulously, and flushed, "I didn't spy," she muttered, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"Our responsible Head Girl," he said fondly, and Lily grinned.
"I can't believe you spied," James chuckled, and Lily looked down at the floor. James stepped towards her and put his hands in her hair, "You know what I'm thinking about?" he whispered, and Lily giggled, "It's not funny!" he said, grinning, and Lily beamed up at him.
"Yes it is," she chuckled, nodding, and James groaned.
"Lils," he whined
"Well, at least you have something to look forward to after the game," she shrugged, and James eyes widened.
"Really?" he said, a smile creeping on his face. Lily rolled her eyes, trying to cover up for the butterflies in her stomach.
"Bye!" Hestia said, grabbing Lily around the middle and pulling her away from James. The team laughed as Lily fell over onto her bum, and James narrowed his eyes at Hestia.
"I hate you Hestia Jones"
"I love you too," she grinned, blowing James a kiss, before looking down at Lily, "Oh for Merlin's sakes Lily," she huffed, and Lily looked up at her incredulously.
"You made me fall over!"
"No that was your own equilibrium's fault. I just withdrew you from your stupid hormonal boyfriend," she said, putting her hands on her hip. Lily grinned and looked over at James, who had his eyebrows raised at Hestia, while the team laughed.
"How would you know about Prongs' hormones?" Sirius asked, slinging an arm around James' shoulders.
"It's a secret," Hestia winked, before dragging Lily up, "Lily you're so slow!"
"Hestia Jones I will-"
"I love you too Lily," Hestia giggled, as she dragged Lily out of the changing rooms, followed by laughter.
"So, the cup," James started, looking around at his team, "It's finally here. We can do this. We have to win. It's our last chance to win this year. It's my last chance to win ever," he said.
"HEM-HEM!" Sirius said, and James chuckled.
"Okay, it's mine and Padfoot's last chance to win," he said, and Sirius smiled his satisfaction as the team chuckle, "This is it. If we don't win this, all our practices will be for nothing."
"Yes, all those ridiculously early mornings and countless hours which might have harbored my chances at having children," Sirius said, and James turned to look at him.
"Padfoot will you shut up?"
"No"
"Thought so," James muttered fondly, as the team laughed, "Anyway, it's been a great year, and you've all been a great team to captain. I'm proud of each and every one of you, except Padfoot," he added, and Sirius scoffed, "We've all grown into better Quidditch Players this year, and I hope we win this. Let's do this!" he said, and the team cheered.
"For my penis!"
"Padfoot!"
"Fine, for Gryffindor!" Sirius said, in a less enthusiastic tone, and the team cheered through their laughter. They walked out of the changing room, Sirius with his arm around James, to be greeted by cheers from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. There was a roar and they turned quickly to see a lion hovering above the Quidditch Pitch. James grinned and looked over at who had conjured it, Lily of course, who was tucking her wand into her sleeve. She looked up and grinned at him sheepishly as the lion roared once again.
"Wow," Tonks murmured from next to him, and he winked at Lily.
"It's the cup!" Remus yelled into the microphone, and the stadium erupted in cheers, "Gryffindor versus Slytherin!" he said Slytherin in a bitter tone, and there was a small portion of cheering from the Slytherins, whom no one else was rooting for.
"Captains, shake hands," Hooch boomed, and James stepped forward to shake hands with the Slytherin Captain, Mulciber. Avery was on his other side, grinning at James slyly, and Regulus Black was cowering behind, with his eyes on his big brother, who was glaring at him. James felt Mulciber try to crush his hand, and squeezed back with all his might, and, to his satisfaction, Mulciber let go quickly, "Nice clean game, all of you! Good luck!" she said, "Three, two, one," the whistle sounded and the teams soared into the air. The lion roared once again, and James grinned as he felt the wind in his hair.
"Good luck mate!" Sirius yelled, clapping him on the back and James grinned at him.
"Smash them," he winked, and Sirius barked a laugh, before soaring towards a bludger that had been released.
"The teams are off! And it's Tonks with the Quaffle, flying across the pitch. Slytherin isn't doing much to stop her, not that I'm complaining, sorry professor, and OH she just swerved a nasty bludger aimed by Avery, I've never liked that bloke, and she's feinted left, and SHE SCORES! TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!" Remus screeched into the microphone, and the stadium cheered.
"Nice one Tonks!" James yelled, and Tonks grinned as she flew by.
"Bloody fantastic Tonks! Now the Slytherin Keeper has the Quaffle, he's passed it to Mulciber, who's flying across the pitch, and OUCH that had to hurt, he's hit by a nasty bludger aimed by McKinnon. He drops the Quaffle and McLaggen catches it. He passes to Tonks, who passes back, back and forth and back and forth and OH damn the Slytherin keeper saves it. Slytherin have the Quaffle and is heading down. Tonks is trying to block him and OUCH YOU IDIOT!" Remus yelled, standing up and yelling at Avery, who'd aimed a bludger that had hit Tonks. James flew down and helped Tonks get to the ground along with Sirius.
"Tonks are you okay?" James asked as they got to the floor, ignoring the cheers from the Slytherin end of the pitch.
"Yes," she said, holding her nose, "I think my nose is broken." James moved her hand and saw that her nose was, in fact, broken.
"Okay I can fix that, it's going to hurt a little," he said, and Tonks rolled her eyes. He grinned and pulled out his wand, "Episkey," he muttered and there was a crack. Tonks's nose stopped bleeding and went back to its original state, "Okay?"
"Yes, let's go!" Tonks said, and Sirius barked a laugh. James gave Remus a thumbs-up sign, and Remus nodded.
"Tonks is okay!" he yelled happily, and the stadium erupted in cheers, "That's our girl," he said, and James saw Tonks blush, and grinned, "And they're off, Tonks seems to be trying to get revenge. She's flown towards Avery and, oh wow, she slapped him across the face," Remus chuckled, as the stadium erupted in laughs and claps, "Tonks has got a penalty, and she takes a shot, and SHE SCORES!"
After a long time, there was a scream, "JAMES!" Remus screeched, and James turned quickly to see a bludger flying towards him. He twirled and dodged the bludger, and there was a collective sigh. Sirius, looking furious, flew over to James.
"You alright mate?"
"Yeah I'm good," James said, and Sirius nodded. He raised his bat and hit the bludger, which hit the keeper, causing McLaggen to score, "Nice one!" James grinned, and Sirius beamed as the stands cheered.
"Prongs!" Sirius yelled, pointing towards the other end of the pitch, where there was a glint of gold. James leaned forwards on his broom and sped off towards the snitch. Regulus noticed and flew over to James. The two seekers were shoulder to shoulder. James reached forwards and withdrew his hand quickly as a bludger flew past. The bludger his Regulus' finger and Regulus howled with pain. James reached forwards and felt his fingers wrap around the cold metal and grinned.
"YES!" he bellowed, pulling out of the dive with his fist thrust in the air.
"WE WON!" Remus screeched into the microphone as McGonagall wept shamelessly beside him. James grinned and flew over to where Lily was in the stands and pulled her onto the broom.
"James I cant!" she squeaked, and James shook his head and flew off for a victory round of the pitch, "You won!" she squealed, wrapping her arms around his middle, and James grinned, he doubted he had ever been happier. He dropped Lily off on the floor next to Hestia, and flew back up towards his team.
"PRONGS!" Sirius yelled, crashing into him, causing James to almost fall off his broom. Regulus, who was still hovering where he had been when James had caught the snitch, looked up at his brother. Sirius, noticing his brother, looked down at him.
"Hi," Regulus said quietly, and James saw Sirius' jaw clench.
"Can I help you?"
"I miss you," Regulus said, and Sirius' eyes glazed with tears.
"I miss you too,"
"Come home please?"
"No," Sirius said, shaking his head, "I can't do that. I can't believe you joined Reg," Sirius said, and Regulus looked down at his left arm instinctually.
"I cant either," Regulus said quietly, "Congrats, and, erm, goodbye," Regulus said, and Sirius smiled at his brother.
"Bye"
"SIRIUS!" the three boys turned to see Hestia standing below, with Lily at her side. Sirius grinned down at his girlfriend and Regulus smiled at his brother.
"She's hot, man,"
"I know right," Sirius chuckled, and grinned at his brother, "Take care of yourself,"
"You too," Regulus said, and flew over to the Slytherins as Sirius and James flew down.
"I'm happy now," Sirius said to James, who grinned, knowing how much that must've meant to Sirius.
"I'm happy for you mate," James said, "I have to talk to you," he said awkwardly, and Sirius grabbed James' broom, stopping him.
"The sex thing?"
"How did you know?" James asked awkwardly, and Sirius grinned.
"Hestia sucks at keeping secrets," he said, rolling his eyes, and James laughed, "Well go for it mate," Sirius said, clapping James on the back.
"I can do that," James winked, and Sirius barked a laugh as they made their way down to the grass.
"SIRIUS!" Hestia squealed, pulling him off the broom and hugging him tightly, "YOU WON!"
"I know!" Sirius said happily, swinging her around.
"I can't believe it's all over," Alice sighed from next to Hestia.
"I know," James muttered, fingering his hair.
"POTTER!" McGonagall yelled, running over to James. James looked up, frightened, and McGonagall launched herself on him on a hug, causing all the Gryffindors jaws to drop, "POTTER YOU DID IT!" she screeched, letting go of James, who was bright red.
"Er, yeah," he said awkwardly.
"MINERVA!" Sirius yelled, and McGonagall turned to him.
"You too Mr. Black," she said, holding her hand out to him. Sirius rolled his eyes and put his arm around Hestia, ignoring her hand.
"I am hurt Minnie! It's over!" he said dramatically, and McGonagall rolled her eyes.
"Its about bloody time," she muttered, and Lily grinned. McGonagall winked at Lily and continued sobbing into her cloak. Dumbledore walked onto the pitch, and handed the cup to McGonagall, much to general applause, and McGonagall sobbed.
"PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM!" Sirius bellowed, and the whole of Gryffindor cheered. Sirius swung his arm around James' shoulder, his other arm around Hestia, and started to lead him to the changing rooms. James grabbed Lily and dragged her along with them. They entered the changing rooms and it was in full celebration.
"TONKS YOU WERE AMAZING!" Remus, who had followed them in, yelled. Tonks flushed and grinned at Remus.
"Thanks Remus," she said, and Remus grinned.
"I can't believe you're only a second year," Remus said, shaking his head, and Lily saw Tonks flush deeper. She nudged Hestia, who grinned. James changed out of his Quidditch robes quickly and came up behind Lily, wrapping his arms around her. Lily felt goose bumps rise on her arms and turned to smile at James.
"LETS GO!" Sirius yelled, grabbing everyone he could and pushing them towards the exit, "We're going to make an entrance as a team!" he said, and James grinned at his best mate.
"We'll go then," Lily said, gesturing to herself, Hestia and Remus. Before anyone could stop them, the three ducked out of the changing room, "Did you get the stuff from Hogsmeade?" Lily asked Remus, who chuckled.
"Pete did," he said, and put his arm around Lily's shoulders, "So, any plans?" he asked, and Lily turned bright red, before shaking her head. They made their way up to Gryffindor Tower, where the party was already in full swing. They were standing by the refreshments table, drinking Butterbeers, when the team walked in. they were greeted by massive applause, even the portraits were cheering. The team was slathered in people for an hour, before James could break free to get to Lily, who was talking to Hestia.
"Hey there," James said, hugging her from behind.
"Hi," Lily squeaked, and Hestia winked at her before walking to Sirius, who was sitting by the fire entertaining multiple girls, much to her dismay. When she approached, Sirius, ignoring all the other girls, stood up and walked over to her, "Congratulations," Lily said, turning around so that she was facing James, and James grinned down at her.
"I'm so happy," he grinned, and Lily smiled. He was so adorable, why had she waited until this year to say yes?
"Well you were just surrounded by girls," she said seriously, and James snorted, "I don't know what's worse, Slytherins or girls," she shuddered, and James laughed.
"Definitely the girls, Slytherins aren't as grabby," he said, and Lily chuckled.
"Yes we have claws," she said, wiggling her fingers at him, showing off her rather large nails.
"You don't have claws, my dear, you have daggers," he said, grabbing her hand and looking at her nails, "Do not use these as a weapon unless there are Slytherins around," James said sternly, and Lily laughed.
"Slytherins and Sirius?"
"Yes, definitely," James chuckled, and Lily grinned up at him.
"So, James Potter, you've just won the Quidditch Cup, what are you going to do next?" she asked, wrapping her arms around his neck, and James beamed down at her.
"I am going to dance with the most beautiful creature in the world," he said, and Lily grinned, "You think I'll be allowed to borrow Hestia?" Lily shrieked and James laughed, leaning down to lean his forehead against hers, "Lily will you dance with me?"
"No," she said, and James raised his eyebrows, "Your head is too inflated, it's taking up all the room," she said, and James leaned his head back to laugh.
"What if I deflate it?"
"Then I will dance with you," she said. James chortled and made an act of deflating his head, causing Lily's mouth to twitch.
"Better?"
"Much," she giggled.
"So, Lily Evans, your boyfriend has just won the Quidditch Cup and called you the most beautiful creature in the world, what are you going to do next?"
"I'm going to go to sleep," she said cheekily, and James waggled his eyebrows.
"With your boyfriend?"
"Maybe," she giggled, and James laughed.
"So you're going to sleep with your boyfriend?" he said awkwardly, and Lily bit her lip.
"I don't know, we'll see," she grinned, and James groaned.
"I thought I had something to look forward to!"
"Yes, but I didn't specify when. I said 'after the match'," Lily pointed out, and James narrowed his eyes at her, "I'm kidding!" she said, and James chuckled.
"Bad joke"
"Really? I thought it was pretty good"
"No"
"It was!" Lily protested, and James shook his head, "Fine maybe I'll just sleep by myself," Lily said, turning around so her hair whacked James in the face, and walking away from him. She made it three steps away before James caught up to her and swung her around.
"It was a very funny joke," he assured her, and Lily giggled.
"You're such a male, James," she laughed, and James grinned down at her.
"Does that mean you love me?"
"No, that means you're a male," she said, rolling her eyes, and James laughed.
"HELLO!" Sirius yelled, throwing his arm around Lily's shoulders, "Lily-flower!" he said happily, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Sirius are you drunk?" Lily giggled, wiping her cheek as James glared at his best mate.
"No! I only had a few!" he said.
"A few what?" James smirked.
"Bottles," Sirius grinned, and Lily laughed.
"Hi," Hestia sung, coming up on the other side of Lily.
"HESTIA MARGARET JONES!" Sirius said gleefully, stumbling over to her. Hestia rolled her eyes and supported Sirius as he leaned down to kiss her.
"I'm going to go," Lily chuckled, as Hestia attempted to get Sirius off her.
"Bye love," Sirius said, hugging Lily in a bear hug.
"Bye Sirius," Lily laughed, and pushed Sirius off her. Sirius stumbled backwards and crashed into James.
"PRONGSIE!" he yelled happily, hugging James, and James pat Sirius' back.
"I love you too Pads," James chuckled, and Sirius let go of him
"HAVE FUN!" he yelled, and James flushed as Sirius grabbed Hestia and dragged her over for yet another bottle of Firewhisky. James looked up at Lily, who suddenly felt butterflies explode in her stomach. He nodded towards the portrait hole and Lily nodded nervously. James grabbed her hand and twirled her around as they made their way over to the portrait hole.
They got to the Heads dormitory and James shut the door behind them. Lily looked at him, nervous, and he smiled at her, before walking over and brushing her hair out of her face, "Are you sure?" he whispered, and Lily looked up into his eyes.
"Do I ever do anything without thinking about it?" she teased, and James grinned.
"You mean over-thinking?" he chuckled, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him, "I was kidding!" he squeaked and Lily laughed, putting her arms around his neck.
"I love you James,"
"I love you too Lily," James whispered.
Hey everyone! Happy New Year!