Hello I am the founder of Blueskywillow and I will be leading you on your tour this afternoon. The young lady in the back with the cabbage? No he will not be joining us this afternoon, I am afraid - that was very uncalled for, Cabbages our are friends! Um driver uh lets go before things get ugly.
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Chapter 9
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Next morning James was the first up. He slowly opened his eyes. Light was streaming in through the window. James looked around him. Nobody else was in the room except for him and Lily. He and Lily were lying on one of the couches. Lily was wrapped up in James' arms. James smiled down at the sleeping beauty. He kissed the top of her head and smiled as she started to stir. Lily opened her eyes; she smiled at the figure looking down at her.
"Good morning." James whispered. Lily then put a hand to her head.
"Do you have to say that so loud?" Lily asked wincing. Lily had a major headache from the night before. James smiled and rolled his eyes. He took his wand out of his pocket and muttered something. Lily's head felt a lot clearer. She smiled at James.
"That's much better." Lily said sitting up. "How did you learn that?" She asked rubbing her face. James sat up also.
"Have you not noticed how we always seem to go out every weekend and get drunk but yet we always seem fine the next day?" James asked. Lily shrugged. James rolled his eyes again.
"Come on we better go find everybody else." Lily said standing up. James stood up, took Lily in his arms and kissed her. Lily smiled at him afterwards. James and Lily made their way around the house looking for their friends. Lily knocked on one of the bedroom doors. There was no answer so Lily decided to walk on in James followed her. Lily and James stopped in the doorway, shocked at what they saw. Sirius and Michelle were lying in the bed...naked. Lily and James walked out of the room. When they closed the door they both stared at each other.
"My eyes didn't deceive me, did they? That was Michelle and Sirius in there...naked, wasn't it?" Lily asked. James nodded his head. Lily shook her head in disbelief. "When will she learn?" Lily asked more to herself.
"I think it best we don't go into the other rooms." James said. Lily agreed with him and they went down stairs.
"I wonder whom Joey is with since Sirius is with Michelle. Come to think of it who is Owen with?" Lily asked. James looked at her. Lily realized it. "Oh, Owen and Joey must be together. I always thought they would make a cute couple." Lily shrugged.
"We better head back." James said. Lily agreed and they headed back. Instead of coming out the fireplace in the common room, James and Lily went out through the Whomping willow. It was a very nice morning. Lily and James went into the castle then up to their common room. They were lucky that they hadn't come through the fireplace because a lot of students were up. Lily looked at the grandfather clock in the corner. It was just past 10 o'clock. Lily sat down beside Eve and two other girls, Anna Valentine and Katie May. Anna had long brownish blond hair. She had green eyes with a small dash of blue in them. Katie had shoulder length black hair and blue piercing eyes. Eve looked at Lily.
"God, Lily you look like shit." Eve said. Lily looked at her.
"Thanks." Lily said sarcastically.
"No problem." Eve smiled. "What did you guys get up to last night?" Eve asked raising her eyebrows.
"We had a little party up at the shrieking shack." Lily said leaning back on the couch.
"You guys went to the shrieking shack? That's so cool, how did you sneak out?" Katie asked curiously. Lily winked.
"Top secret." Lily smiled.
"Was it only you and James?" Anna asked curiously looking from James to Lily. Lily looked at James. He was sleeping in a chair. Lily rolled her eyes.
"No. Sirius, Remus, Paul, Owen, Michelle, Claudia, Laura and Joey were there too." Lily said.
"Sounded like fun." Katie smiled.
"It was." Lily smiled.
"What happened?" Eve asked curiously. Lily looked at Anna and Katie.
"Nothing much." Lily said. Eve understood that Lily didn't want to say anything in front of Anna and Katie.
"We'll talk later." Eve mouthed. Lily gave a small nod then looked over at James. He was still sleeping. Lily rolled her eyes then walked over to him. She slapped him across the face to waken him. Lily looked back at the girls and grinned.
"I couldn't resist." Lily said. James opened his eyes and looked at her.
"You'll pay for that Evans." James smiled. He stood up and started chasing her around the room. James finally cornered her and started to tickle her. Lily was laughing and screaming at him to stop. Everybody in the common room was watching them. James and Lily hadn't noticed nine other people walk into the common room.
"What the hell are you doing to my girlfriend?" A happy voice said from behind them. James quickly jumped off Lily and looked at the figure that had said it.
"Just getting a little pay back Jordie." James smiled as he helped Lily up. Jordan smiled at him.
"What did she do to you?" Jordan asked.
"I umm slapped him for sleeping. I couldn't resist it." Lily shrugged. "What are you doing here?" Lily asked taking him to one side. James walked back over to the couch were every body was sitting. James sat down beside his sister in the seat Lily had sat on. He looked at Sirius who was half-asleep. He grinned mischievously.
"I take it you didn't get much sleep last night?" James said to Sirius. Sirius looked at Michelle alarmed.
"Umm...I...um got enough." Sirius said. James then took a proper look around at the group. Claudia had her head on Remus' shoulder. Paul and Laura were cuddled up and Owen and Joey were holding hands. It was strange how everyone had practically swapped partners.
"Guys nothing can be said about what happened last night." James said seriously. Sirius grinned.
"Oh yeah last night. You would get some kicking if that came out. I think it would be quiet funny to see. Jordie come here." Sirius shouted over to the couple in the corner. James looked at Sirius alarmed.
"Sirius I saw some pretty strange things this morning that I am sure no one will want to know about." James warned. Sirius eyes went wide.
"Sirius shut up." Michelle warned. Sirius quickly shut his mouth.
"What's up?" Jordan asked coming over to them.
"We.... Umm...ah-" Sirius began.
"We were wondering if you were up for a little friendly game of Quidditch this afternoon?" James asked quickly. Jordan smiled.
"Cool. I'll get some guys together. How many is playing?" Jordan asked.
"You guys up for playing?" Sirius asked Owen, Paul and Remus. They all nodded their heads. "That makes six of us if Kent plays and I think Peter is still scared of heights" Sirius said. They all looked up as the girls' dormitory door opened and Kent walked out. He blushed as he noticed everybody staring.
"You up for a game of Quidditch, or has she took all the energy out of ya?" Sirius laughed.
"I'll play." Kent smiled making his way down stairs.
"Can we go into our dorm now?" Claudia asked Kent as he got to the bottom of the stairs. He nodded his head. Claudia, Michelle, Laura and Joey made their way up to their dorm. Joey went into one whilst the other girls went into another.
"See you guys on the pitch in about an hour and a half?" Jordan asked. The boys all nodded their heads. Jordan turned to Lily.
"See you later. Think about what I asked." Jordan said before kissing her. He said goodbye to everyone then left. Lily seen the hurt on James' face. Eve had obviously seen this too because she had put a comforting hand on his shoulder. James smiled at his sister then stood up. He stretched his arms.
"I will see everybody in a while cause I'm going to go have a shower." James said, he turned to Lily. "Do we need to work on anymore stuff today?" James asked her.
"Ummm, yeah there is some more stuff to work out. I'll meet you in here after dinner, okay?" Lily said. James nodded then went upstairs to his dorm. Lily looked at Sirius.
"Why did you guys bring Jordan in here?" Lily asked curiously with a hint of anger in her voice.
"Oh, we met him in the entrance hall and he asked if we would go get you, so we just decided to bring him up here. Why?" Sirius said stretching out in the couch he was on.
"Oh, no reason. I just kind of wish you guys hadn't done that." Lily said shrugging. Without another word Lily went upstairs into her dorm. Lily opened the door and was instantly bombarded with questions. Michelle and Claudia were sitting on Michelle's bed whilst Sophie, Laura and Joey were sprawled out on Laura's. Lily looked at Joey curiously.
"I thought you went to bed?" Lily asked.
"Oh, those guys in there are too boring." Joey smiled. "Anyway forget about that; tell us what happened between you and James last night." Joey urged. Lily blushed as she sat down on her bed. Everyone ran over and sat beside her. The bed was very crowded.
"What happened last night?" Sophie asked curiously.
"Lily and James made out." Claudia squealed. Lily giggled a bit.
"So Lil tell-" Laura began but was hit in the face by a pillow. "Sorry Lily, tell us what happened." Laura urged.
"Nothing much, we just made out." Lily said blushing.
"Yeah right Lily. You just 'made out' with James Potter. Nobody just 'makes out' with James Potter without it going further. We all know that." Claudia laughed. Lily's smile faded a bit. She had forgotten that James had gone out with nearly every single girl in seventh year.
"I'm telling you guys the truth. He was a real gentleman. He knew I didn't want to do anything so he didn't pressure me." Lily said looking at her bed. The girls stared open mouthed at her. Lily smiled at them. "Guys your catching flies." Lily said. They all closed their mouths.
"Wow this mystery woman of his must be really something. I mean even though he cheated on her, he didn't want sex of you." Joey said impressed. "But come to think of it, James can't have sex for a while." Joey smiled.
"Why what happened?" Sophie asked curiously.
"Sirius bet him twenty-five galleons that he couldn't go without a shag until Christmas." Michelle said. "The easiest twenty-five galleons Sirius ever made." Michelle smiled.
"I notice that Sirius' name came out of your mouth there. What happened between you guys last night?" Lily asked grinning at Michelle.
"Umm.... oh...uhh.... we...ahh-" Michelle looked at Joey. "Sorry about how it ended up." Michelle said to her. Joey just smiled.
"It doesn't matter. Your just lucky Owen is good." Joey winked.
"You didn't." Michelle smiled. "Thank shi+ for that, now I don't have to feel guilty." Michelle said sighing. All the girls busted out laughing.
"Okay, so Michelle and Sirius got together, as did Joey and Owen, so what about you guys. What happened between you and Paul?" Sophie asked Claudia. Claudia blushed.
"Well actually between Remus and me." Claudia said looking at Laura. Laura laughed and looked at the bed.
"And me and Paul." Laura said quietly. Everybody started laughing.
"Jeez, it was a bloody guy swapping party." Sophie said.
"Oh yeah thanks for leaving me with James. You guys actually let me fall asleep in his arms." Lily said. She wasn't angry about this, she was actually quiet pleased, but she had to talk bad about him at least once or else someone would catch on.
"You looked as if you enjoyed it." Laura laughed.
"So did he come to think of it?" Michelle smiled.
"Lily I don't want to sound nosey or anything-" Claudia began.
"Too late for that." Lily smiled. Claudia made a face then continued.
"Are you and Jordan alright?" She asked. Lily hadn't expected that. "It just I over heard you saying to Remus that you guys had kinda grown apart." Claudia said. Everybody went quiet to listen.
"Jordan and I are fine; we're just growing up, nothing serious." Lily said with a small smile. "Anyways enough about that. What's going to happen now between you and the guys?" Lily asked all the girls. Claudia laughed.
"Well Michelle and I will not be going steady with the Marauders, that could not be anymore obvious. But these two-" Claudia cocked her head towards Laura and Joey. "- They'll have a relationship. You know I almost envy you guys for having a relationship with Paul and Owen. But then I think about what happened last night and then I think 'A relationship with a crap shag or no relationship with a-" Claudia was cut off.
"Okay we get the point." Lily laughed. "But how come you won't have a relationship with Remus and Sirius." Lily asked Claudia curiously. Claudia laughed.
"Lily, the Marauders are only good for one thing and one thing only. And that's how they see us." Claudia explained.
"But then why did you go out with James for almost two months?" Lily asked.
"That was just to get back at Nott. James knew that and he was all up for it, in more ways than one." Claudia grinned. All the girls laughed. Lily smiled then looked down at her bed. Was that all the Marauders wanted of a girl? Was James only using her for one thing? If he was then why didn't he just have sex with her last night? Lily was so confused.
"Then why didn't James try it on with me last night then?" Lily asked. Claudia smiled.
"He probably knew Jordan would kill him." Claudia replied. Lily looked at Michelle who was staring out the window. She looked as if she was lost in thought.
"Lily I don't know why you worrying about it. It's not like you'll lose your mind and fall in love with a Marauder. Nobody is that stupid." Claudia laughed. Michelle and Lily looked at the ground. "Oh I just thought of the funniest thing. Lily and James: an item. I mean this whole bet-" Claudia began but was hit in the face by a pillow thrown by Sophie.
"What bet?" Lily asked curiously.
"Oh nothing." Claudia quickly said. "I meant to say something else."
"What did you meant to say?" Lily asked.
"Umm...I can't remember." Claudia said quickly.
"Okay." Lily said raising her eyebrows.
"So what did Jordan want?" Joey asked quickly changing the subject.
"Oh...he...umm...just asked me something." Lily said looking away.
"What'd he ask you?" Michelle asked edging forward.
"OMG! He didn't ask you too...Omg!" Laura said getting excited.
"What did you say?" Joey asked excitedly.
"Let me see the ring." Claudia said practically dancing on the bed. Lily smiled at her friends.
"He didn't ask me that but it was close too." Lily said avoiding eye contact.
"What did he ask you?" Sophie said her eyes widening.
"He asked me, if I thought we had a future together." Lily said barely above a whisper.
"That is so sweet. He's thinking about your future together." Claudia gushed. Lily looked away. She wasn't thinking about a future with him, she was thinking about a future with James and if it would ever happen. She stood up.
"Look you guys I'm going to go for a bath in the Head bathroom. I'll probably meet you guys in the common room later, okay?" Lily smiled.
"You okay?" Michelle asked her seriously. Lily put on a fake smile.
"Oh I'm fine. I just need to wash myself-" She shivered "-eww I had James Potter on me." Lily smiled. All the girls laughed. Lily really wanted to be on her own so she could clear her head. She grabbed a towel and a clean pair of clothes then made her way towards the Head bathroom. When she got there someone else was already in the pool-size bathtub. Lily smiled at James as she came in. James smiled back.
"Okay this is actually coincidental. We didn't plan this, which is strange." Lily said to him. James nodded.
"You getting in?" He asked grinning.
"It depends, you getting out?" Lily smiled.
"Do you want me too?" James asked raising his eyebrows.
"Maybe." Lily smiled.
"I'm going now. I need to meet the guys' back at the common room anyway." James said. He was about to get out when he looked at Lily. "Do you mind?" James asked raising his eyebrows.
"Not at all." Lily smiled. James looked at her. Lily rolled her eyes then turned round. James got out and wrapped a towel around him. He walked over to Lily and put his arms around her then kissed her neck. Lily giggled. She turned to look at him. He looked hot with only the towel wrapped round his waist and the water dripping from him. Lily kissed him passionately.
"What was that for?" James asked. Lily shrugged and smiled.
"Go on, get out. I need to get washed." Lily said pushing him towards the door.
"Can't I at least get dressed first?" James asked. Lily shook her head.
"But Lil I might get mauled if I go out there with only a towel round me. Girls are so vicious." James said with a mock scared face. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Fine, if you're scared." Lily said smiling. She stood with her hands on her hips. James looked at her.
"What?" He asked, his eyes furrowed.
"Get changed." Lily grinned. James wriggled his eyebrows.
"You'd like that wouldn't you." James smiled. Lily rolled her eyes then turned round and went over to where her clothes were. She pulled of her jacket and sat it down. She then walked over to the bathtub and started to fill it up again. She filled it with a lavender and strawberry bath foam. She also turned on a tap, which gave out bubbles. Lily then went back to were her clothes were. She turned to look at James. He was fully dressed and leaning against the wall watching her. He smiled at her as she looked at him. He walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"See you later." He said before leaving. Lily smiled at him as he went. She looked back at the bathtub. It was filled now so Lily decided to undress and get in, but before doing so she locked the door...just in case. When she got in all the thoughts from her mind seeped away. Lily was glad of this because she had so many different thoughts in her head. She desperately wanted to break up with Jordan for James, but for some reason James wouldn't let her. She knew it was important that it wasn't seen that James had split them up because it would be all over the Daily Prophet and James' father didn't need that right now. He was in the middle of an election and that was hard enough without his son being blasted all over the paper. There was also the thought of what would happen after Lily broke up with Jordan. Lily didn't know if her and James would become an actual couple or if they would keep it secret after the situation with Jordan ended. Then there was what her friends would say if they found she had been dating James secretly for a long time. What would everyone think if Lily and James got together? Lily and James were meant to hate each more than Sirius and Snape hated each other. Lily didn't know what to do. All these thoughts were in her head but at that moment in time whilst Lily was lying in the large swimming pool bath, she didn't care. She loved James and that was all that mattered. Lily could remember when all these thoughts had begun....
Lily sat in the train compartment with her friends and her boyfriend. She wasn't really listening to what everyone was saying she was of in her own little world. She kept going over what had happened the night before. One thing stuck out in her mind more than anything. The thing that made her heart pound, made her feel free, made her feel...happy. Lily couldn't get it out of her mind. The only thing that ran through her mind was James' kiss. She had never been kissed like that before. Not even Jordan could kiss her the way James could. Lily kept repeating the kiss in her mind. It was so full of passion and love. Her friends hadn't really noticed how quiet Lily was. Not even her boyfriend noticed. Lily didn't really want to be sitting there with these people, in that compartment, she would have much rather be somewhere else. Lily realized that the only way she could get the kiss out of her mind was if she went and talked to James. Lily stood up. She excused herself and went in search for the compartment James was in. It took Lily a few minutes but she finally found it. She knocked on the door and opened it. Inside James, Sirius, Remus and Peter looked at her and smiled. Lily looked at James.
"I need to talk to you." Lily said to him. Sirius, Remus and Peter all stood up and laughed as they left.
"Your in trouble now, Jamie." Sirius laughed as he walked out of the compartment. Lily closed the door and pulled the curtains then turned to look at James. James had a look of worry on his voice and a trickle of sweat ran down his forehead. Why does he look so worried? Lily thought to herself.
"Look Lily, I'm sorry I didn't mean to put the dung bombs into your trunk. It was meant for Michelle not you-" James began. Lily put up a hand to quiet him.
"We need to talk about what happened last night." Lily said avoiding his gaze. James looked at the ground.
"Look, Lily, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kissed you." James said quietly. Lily's heart felt as if it had broken. Did James not enjoy this kiss as much as she had?
"Oh. Well that clears everything up." Lily said sadly. She stood up and went to leave when James grabbed her arm. Lily spun round and looked at him. His sky blue eyes looked at her; they looked into her soul. James leaned in and kissed her. Lily was stunned at first then put her arms around James. When they pulled away James smiled at her.
"I'm not sorry about that." James said. Lily looked at the ground then pulled away from. She turned her back on him and put her hands to her face. What was she doing? She had a boyfriend. She was meant to be happy with him.... but she wasn't. She was happy with James.
"I guess you are sorry though." James said putting his hands in his pockets. Lily turned and looked at him. He was staring out the window with his back to her. "Should have guessed that. Jordan makes you happy." James said somberly. "You don't need me."
"You don't know what you mean to me." Lily said. "No matter what I do, all I think about is you. Even when I'm with Jordan, I'm crazy over you. It's more than you'll ever know." Lily said. James turned to her. Lily put a hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes.
"I'm not about to break you and Jordan up; I'm not that kind of person." James said.
"I know your not. But I wanna be with you, not him." Lily said.
"Then what are we going to do?" James asked. And that's how Lily's life got complicated, but she wouldn't complain because James was the best thing that ever happened to her.
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