Lily smiled as she stood beside Albus Dumbledore; he was explaining that she transferred from Beauxbatons.
"So now that the first years have been sorted, Lily, if you will." Dumbledore said, and let Lily sit on the stool, Minerva McGonagall put the sorting hat on her head and they waited, nothing happened for a few seconds, then suddenly the hat came to life.
"Ah now, interesting, very interesting... Albus, my friend, this girl is smart, extremely smart, knows much more then the average seventh year, ah yes that would be why." The hat said searching through Lily's mind, Albus looked a little surprised by what the hat was saying, but remained silent. "Ravenclaw would be an obvious choice, but I just don't think you'd excel anymore there. Of course you have a heart of gold, but perhaps a little too fiery for Hufflepuff, Slytherin would be inappropriate because of their ways, and yet you'd it in, with wit like that. So I must conclude Gryffindor!" But before Lily was allowed to go, Dumbledore spoke to the hat.
"Which year would be most appropriate for Miss Evans, I had believed she is now entering her sixth year." Albus said to the hat.
"Yes she is, but Beauxbatons is a competitive house, and so she would be much better suited to seventh year." The hat said, Sirius and Regulus looked at each other in shock from their different tables. Sirius' eyes went wide and he panicked a little.
"Say nothing!" Mars hissed at him.
"Well then it seems that Miss Evans will be joining the seventh year Gryffindors."
"WOW this is amazing!" Mars said grinning, she hugged Lily as she sat own beside the older girl. Dorcas was also sitting at the table with them, Remus was sitting across from Lily and smiling at her, James was next to Sirius and Peter next to him.
Allie was sitting at the Hufflepuff table, and Regulus was sitting at the Slytherin table with Sev, Lucius and Nay.
"So I'm a seventh year Sirius." Lily said coldly.
"I'm proud of you." Sirius said, Lily suddenly smiled, and hugged him.
"Really?" Lily asked.
"Of course I am Twitch." Sirius said, he wasn't really, but if it made her happy, then he'd put up with it.
Eventually they settled down and ate the food that appeared before them, and Lily swore she was in heaven.
"I can't believe there is so much food here." Lily said. "Normal food. At Beauxbatons we have to have a salad, a soup, rolls, and a main course that is decided for us. There is so much choice here." Lily gushed looking happily. Then her face fell. "I'm going to put on so much weight."
"That doesn't matter, now eat." Remus ordered before either James or Sirius could say anything. Lily smiled brightly at Remus before tucking into her food. Regulus was happy to see Lily was doing alright before he too started o eat, Sirius wasn't nearly as happy with this whole situation, but he'd have to put up and shut up. There's nothing he can do.
That night as they all, even Alice, Narcissa, Regulus, Lucius and Severus sat in the Heads Dorms, James and Dorcas had been named Head Girl and Head Boy. They were sitting around and talking when Lucius dragged out a box, it was full of firewhiskey.
"Well I'm off, there's a beginning of term party that I must attend." Lucius said, and got to his feet. "Any of you coming." Instinctively they all got up, but Lily that is.
Suddenly remembering she was there Sirius and Regulus looked at each other.
"She can't come." Sirius said.
"We can't leave her alone." Regulus stated.
"She won't have the right clothes." Sirius argued, then silently added a 'thank Merlin'.
"Sirius, that's hardly an excuse." Regulus said rolling his eyes.
"She does happen to be sitting right here." Lily snapped from her position on the floor. She rolled her eyes at her brother and sighed. "I can just go to Gryffindor Common room, I don't mind. I think I have a book that I need to finish anyways." Lily said getting to her feet with Remus' help.
"I'll stay with you." Remus said to Lily, who smiled.
"NO!" James practically shouted, hopping about. "Sirius, has issues with the you and Remus being alone thing." James said trying to cover up his slightly, insanely big, overreaction.
"Good point." Lucius said.
"I'm sure she'll fit into something of mine." Allie said with a grin.
"I dunno." Lily said, she'd seen the state Sirius came home in after a party.
"Don't worry about it, nothing too bad I promise." Allie said. "And this way Sirius can keep an eye on you." Allie said, and that made Sirius' mind up for him. So Lily allowed herself to be dragged away by Allie and the other girls while Sirius glared at Remus.
"Does she even know?" Sirius demanded.
"Give him a chance to tell the girl Padfoot." Sev said rolling his eyes.
"That girl is my sister. I swear on the founders grave, you hurt her I'll kill you." Sirius said threateningly to Remus who nodded in understanding. They waited for the girls to return and were a little surprised when they did.
Lily was wearing the exact same thing she had been when she arrived on the platform, only the tank top was made lower cut, and the skirt was even short, with it she was wearing her emerald pumps, and the silver bracelet Sirius had given her, she wasn't wearing any make up her hair was tied into a half pony tail which looked great with her big barrel curls.
Narcissa was wearing a small sapphire blue dress, it was a halter neck style and only just covered her arse. With it she was silver strappy heels and a silver chocker.
Alice was wearing a red dress, it was a bit longer then Narcissa, but not much, it was very tight with a slit on the side which had black lace covering her, and the back was not there, and all that covered her back was black lace. The dress was strapless, but stunning, she was black pumps with it.
Dorcas was wearing a deep purple tube top, which stopped halfway between her chest and belly button, with a pair of black denim short shorts, and deep purple strappy shoes which tied up to her knees. She wore a small black cropped jacket as well.
Marlene wore a small black dress, it was a little less tight around the hips, and had two thick straps, there was a beaded detail over the bust, with it she wore black pumps but with bright red lipstick to add some colour.
The guys all stayed in their jeans and t-shirts. Remus slung his arm around Lily's shoulder and they all made their way up to the seventh floor.
"Where are we going exactly?" Lily asked in a whisper to Remus.
"Room of requirement, don't worry, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy yourself tonight, alright." Remus said with a comforting smile. Lily smiled up at him and nodded. She liked being around Remus, it was nice, comfortable.
"Hey Sirius!" Someone yelled down the corridor, Lily craned her neck to see another boy, he was tall like Sirius, James and Remus, but not as tall as them, he had sandy blonde hair and a great smile. "You gonna have fun tonight?" The boy asked with a laugh. "How about you James." He laughed, ruffling Sirius' and James hair, making them laugh. Then the boy caught sight of Lily and Remus. "Ah, I see Remus is quite happy, and who may you be, apart from the finest specimen of the female kind I have ever laid my eyes on." Lily blushed as the boy bowed at her, took her hand in his and kissed it. Remus growled. "No need to get Jealous Mooney."
"Er." Lily mumbled, trying to hide herself.
"That's my sister, Twitch." Sirius said rolling his eyes.
"Twitch meet Frank Longbottom, biggest arse this side of the equator." Sirius grumbled.
"Nice to meet you Twitch, now my ladies." Frank announced before throwing Alice over his shoulders. "You know I have eyes only for my dearest." With that he walked into a room with a squealing Alice over his shoulders.
"Nice bloke." Lily said and with that she walked into the room, Remus' arms still around her shoulders, and thank Merlin for that, she was sure she was about to pass out. Everywhere there seemed to be girls and boys and girls and girl and boys and boys. She was slightly shocked as a pair of girls pulled apart from a intense kiss and each had a galleon shoved into their hands to a large cheer. She looked up at Remus who chuckled at her innocent expression, before bringing her over to a quieter area.
"Bit of a shock to the system I take it?" Remus asked with a grin plastered on his face.
"I've never gone to a party like this before, I more used to the jelly and ice cream kind of party." Lily replied. "Not this." She looked around and there was Sirius downing a cup full of liquid. She shook her head, at least she wouldn't have to worry about him, his mates were around after all.
"Well, I'm here to look after you." Remus said, squeezing her shoulders slightly, and making her feel more relaxed. The night wore on and both Lily and Remus had had a few drinks, neither was drunk, but feeling more relaxed then at the start. Sirius had disappeared with Mars somewhere, just before they disappeared, Mars winked at Lily.
James currently had Dorcas against a wall, Remus informed her that Dorcas and James had a thing going for a while, but Dorcas was now looking for some commitment, which James wasn't willing to give.
Allie hang long ago been pushed into a spare room, her and Frank getting too heated to be in public.
Peter had paired off with some daft blonde girl about an hour ago.
Nay was dancing with Lucius, if you call it that, it was more just rubbing together as they swayed to the music.
Sev was with some black haired girl, very pretty, they were talking, and he seemed happy with the decent conversation.
Lily herself had ended up sitting across Remus' lap in an armchair, she rested her head on his shoulder, and enjoyed the feeling of him tracing patterns on her back with his fingers. They'd finished their cups, which were now lying on the floor, and as Lily snuggled closer to Remus she could smell cinnamon, it was his aftershave she realised, it was intoxicating. Feeling so relaxed and happy she was more confident then she would usually be, and so leaning in slightly she kissed his neck, he even tasted of cinnamon, she mused, before finding his ear lobe and nibbling on it slightly. She wasn't even aware really she was doing it, it was almost as if everything was coming to her naturally, she heard Remus gasp as she ran her tongue down the outer shell of his ear, he stopped tracing patterns on her back, and she felt him clench the arm of the chair as she wrapped her arms around his neck, and let her fingers run trough his hair.
"Lily." Remus gritted out. But he didn't continue with what he was going to say when she found a sensitive spot just beneath his earlobe. He seemed to regain control soon after however. "Your brother is going to kill me if he sees us like this."
"Uh huh." Lily mumbled against his neck.
"Where's the sweet innocent girl I had back on the train?" He asked with a smirk as Lily pulled back and bit her bottom again.
"Still here, jut this time she's had a little to drink." Lily said with a grin. Her hands were still running through his hair, playing with it.
"Your brother is still going to kill me." Remus stated, as he wrapped his arms around Lily's waist. Lily grinned at him and leaned forward, she captured his lips with hers. Just as Remus tried to deepen the kiss the pair were rudely torn apart when Lily was pushed onto the floor, and landed painfully on her arse.
"OW!" She groaned, she looked up to see a fuming James Potter standing there.
"Sorry." He snapped. "I thought I saw Sirius coming." Then he stalked off. Remus shook his head and helped Lily to her feet.
"Are you alright?" He asked her concerned.
"Yeah, what's his problem?" Lily asked.
"Don't worry about him, do you want to get out of here?"