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"There! I want to eat right by the lake so we can play when the Great Squid come up!" Alice said, pointing at a lush patch of grass by the lake. "Yippee!"

Nadia and Remus ran up to help Alice prepare the picnic, and Sirius followed, probably to try and steal some food. Lily looked at James and Lara. "So…how long are we going to be staying here? I have to go practice for violin, and I need to write the transfiguration essay, and I need to plan Rachel's birthday party, the quidditch after party for next Wednesday, and I-"

"Lily, shut up!" Lara snapped. "Today is Saturday, you have all of tomorrow to do whatever junk that you have to do, and RIGHT NOW YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS (me, obviously) ORDERS YOU TO HAVE FUN UNTIL YOU BURST!"

James took a step back. "Love, she's right, you need to take breaks occasionally you know!"

Lily glared at James. "Pot—James, you know, I'm still mad at you for what you did earlier, and I would suggest you shutting your mouth right this second before I shut it for you! Or better, hex your mouth off!"

"Wait a minute, Lily. Don't just snap so suddenly, it's super creepy. What did James do to you?" Lara asked, narrowing her eyes.

Lily growled. "He turned all my clothes neon pink, and he charmed my textbooks to read 'I love James Potter' and turned my beautiful black flats into five-inch-frikin heels, which are impossible to walk in!"

Lara grinned. "Nice, James. Lily looks great in pink, doesn't she? My, my, a hot pink Lily."

James nodded happily, "Amazing. Very sexy!"

Lily blushed, and turned away. "I'm right here, you know."

"I say this so you hear it, darling," James teased.

"Stop it! Ugh! I hate you guys!" Lily yelled while flushing pink, then stormed over to the others.

"She loves me," James said dreamily. "She just doesn't know it yet. I plan to change that. I plan to change that soon. Quite soon."

Lara smiled. "I know. Nadia and I are doing all that we can to get her to admit it. We're almost there."

James bowed playfully, "Thank you. Let's go, now."

"Prongsie!" Sirius yelled. "They're not giving me any food!"

James chucked. "Suck it up, Cupcake."

"You to be a good friend and stick up for me!"

"Sorry, love."

Sirius grinned, "Alice!" he called. "I'm hungry!"

"My my, I think I am too… How funny… But I can't give you any food. I'm afraid that all the extra food I packed was already eaten by you!"

Sirius growled. "Moony!"

"What, Padfoot?"

"Feeeeeeeeddddd meeeeeee! I'm gonna starve to death and it will be all you fault!"

"Like Alice said, you're going to have to wait."

Sirius grumbled something along the lines of "Everyone hates me…" and sat down.

"What's that about Death?" called out Nadia hurriedly. "Did Death wander off and steal food?"

"No, that was Sirius. Death has been a good little kitty; she is just sitting there and eating that sardine. I hate sardines, you know. They taste like fish," said Alice cheerfully.

Lara grabbed Sirius and dragged him over to help her set up the picnic. They laid down the red and white checked blanket on the grass and started to place the food, napkins, and plastic utensils on it. Then they walked to the nearest picnic table, which was about twenty feet away, to prepare the food. Alice and Remus were crouching by the water and peering intensely into the murky water looking for the giant squid. Nadia scrambled around anxiously, looking for her Death, who had been missing for some time. Lily plopped down alone on a corner of the blanket with a contented sigh; she had made up her mind to forget about all her work and just chill out for this small party. James came and lied down on his back next to her.

"Ah, this blanket is so boring and… well… normal!"

"Do you have something against normal?" asked Lily, smirking.

"Why, yes I do, and that's why I absolutely adore you," James answered, reaching out to smooth Lily's auburn hair.

Lily slapped his hand away. "So, you are saying that I am not normal? Is that it?"

"Well, no, you're not normal. Not at all," James said quietly, bring his hand down.

"What?" Lily glared at James and stood up to move away.

"Wait!" James rose and grabbed Lily's hand.

Lily froze. "What are you doing?" She tried to jerk her hand away, but James held tightly.

"In fact, you're the most un-normal girl I've ever seen. No one else has made my heart beat like this," James said, staring intently into Lily's green eyes.

"Oh…Well…Er, I—" Lily's face burned scarlet, somewhat similar to the color of her hair.

"Lily, listen. I think—" James started, but stopped abruptly as Lara came over.

"Hey guys! The pasta's ready! Let's go—" Lara paused and her eyes flickered to the two's hands.

Lily forced her hand out of James's and chuckled awkwardly. "Yeah, let's go eat! I can smell the pasta from here!" She hurried away, wiping her hand on her robes.

"Hey, uh, did I interrupt?" asked Lara to James as she watched Lily walk towards Sirius.

James glared at Lara. "Yeah," he growled, and ran after Lily desperately.