Sorry about the delay ladies and gentlefreaks! The wheels needed to be rotated on the bus. Or so they tell me! Come to think of it nobody tells me anything! I'm just the tour guide after all! It's not as if I do anything important. SNIFF No I'll be fine! I don't need any help or reassurance from people who don't like me! Oh I know you don't like me! You all think I'm creepy cause I'm just a voice but a voice can have feelings!!!!! Please just put your seatbelts on so we can go and I can cry in peace!!!!
Disclaimer: Blueskywillow does absolutely not own Harry Potter - Past, Present or Future, she merely runs the tour. And just to mention she doesn't get paid either, after all the tour is free.
Chapter 20
An hour later Lily was lying on her bed looking up at the enchanted canopy. She then looked over at Claudia who was preening herself in the mirror.
"Hey Claudia, were did you run off to this afternoon?" Lily asked curiously.
"I came back up to the castle." Claudia said as she brushed her hair.
"You didn't by any chance get talking to Remus?" Lily asked with a small smile.
"Yeah we had a little chat." Claudia shrugged.
"Ohhhh, I think Claudia is falling for Remus." Michelle taunted.
"I'm not; I would never fall for one of them." Claudia said, though it was obvious she was.
"Claudia it's okay you know. Remus actually is really nice. And the guys aren't that bad." Lily said looking back up at the canopy. Michelle and Claudia looked at the ground thinking about what Lily had said. A few minutes later Sophie walked in looking very happy. The girls looked at her.
"OMG, OMG, OMG!" Sophie was jumping up and down.
"What is it Soph?" Lily asked jumping of her bed.
"He did it! He finally asked me!" Sophie said excitedly.
"What?" Michelle asked confused.
"Kent proposed! We're getting married!" Sophie said.
"That is wonderful!" Lily said hugging her.
"Yeah that's great! Let me see the ring." Claudia said practically yanking her left hand off her. Sophie showed them the ring.
"WOW!" Claudia, Michelle, Ashley and Lily said at the same time. It was 18-carat gold cluster ring cut like a flower.
"This has got to be worth at least 800 galleons." Claudia said. She knew a LOT about jewellery.
"Actually it cost 1000 galleons." Sophie blushed. "He bought it for me today. I was perfectly happy with a much cheaper one but he said that I deserved the best." Sophie smiled.
"Awww." Everyone gushed.
"I don't know how he got the money for it." Sophie said.
"How did he propose?" Ashley asked.
"We were standing in the jewellers, that new place Charms and I pointed out this ring and then he got down on one knee and he asked. It was so romantic." Sophie said as tears slid down her cheek.
"Awww." Everyone said again. Sophie wiped the tears away from her face.
"Omg I'm engaged. I gotta owl my mum!" Sophie said running out of the room.
"I better go with her in case she collapses from the excitement." Claudia said before going after Sophie. Lily looked at Ashley who was fidgeting with a ring on her left hand.
"You okay?" Lily asked her.
"Yup. I gotta go talk to Dumbledore. I'll see you guys later." Ashley said before leaving the room. Lily shrugged then sat down on her bed. She looked over at Michelle who was lost in thought.
"You okay?" Lily asked her.
"What?" Michelle asked, clearly not hearing her the first time.
"I asked if you were okay?" Lily said.
"I'm fine." Michelle said weakly. Lily moved over to her bed and sat beside her.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked putting a hand on her shoulder. Michelle looked at her with tears in her eyes.
"I think I'm falling in love." Michelle said barley above a whisper but Lily heard her. Her eyes widened.
"With who?" Lily asked, but she had a feeling she already knew who with. Before Michelle could answer there was a knock on the door and Sirius walked in.
"Hey, Just thought I should ask-" Sirius began but he caught sight Michelle crying. "Michelle what's wrong?" Sirius asked coming over to her and bending down on one knee beside her.
"I'm okay. I'm just so happy for Sophie." Michelle lied as she wiped away tears.
"Why?" Sirius asked curiously as his eyebrows furrowed.
"You didn't hear? Kent proposed this afternoon." Lily said.
"He didn't?" Sirius asked in awe. "That sly git. Knew he'd be the first out of us all." Sirius said shaking his head. He then looked at Michelle. "I'm gonna go, Michelle will you be okay?" Sirius asked tenderly. He took a hold of her hand. Michelle nodded.
"I'll be fine Sirius." Michelle said forcing a smile. Sirius smiled at her then left. Michelle then threw herself back on her bed.
"I can't believe I'm in love with him." Michelle said. Lily laughed. Michelle propped herself up on her elbows. "What's so funny?" She asked.
"You. You act as if it's the worst thing in the world." Lily said.
"It is. I'm in love with before..." Michelle said falling back on her bed again. "Lily what am I gonna do?" Michelle asked.
"Let love run its course." Lily said.
"You should take some of your own advice." Michelle said looking at her.
"James and I are just friends right now." Lily said. "That's the way it has to be." Lily said. On the other side of the door a certain raven-hair boy looked at the ground and sighed. I suppose I'll just have to be her friend. This is gonna be so hard. But I agreed to it. I'm an idiot. James thought to himself. James then knocked on the girls' door and poked his head in.
"Hey." Lily said to him.
"Hey. What's this whole thing about Sophie and Kent getting engaged?" James asked.
"He asked her this afternoon." Lily said with a small smile. Michelle and Lily followed him down the stairs and into the common room. Michelle sat between Remus and Sirius on the couch whilst Lily sat on the ground and leaned against the chair James was sitting on.
"I can't believe they got engaged." Lily said shaking her head.
"Who got engaged?" Eve asked coming up beside them.
"Sophie and Kent." Michelle replied. She started to spread herself out, her legs were over Remus and she was leaning into Sirius's chest, Sirius delicately put his arms around her. Everyone looked at them but Michelle and Sirius hadn't noticed.
"Okay." Eve said sitting down on a seat. "So they got engaged. What's the ring like?" Eve asked curiously. The girls all started talking about the ring as the boys just rolled their eyes. A few minutes later Kent walked in with a smile on his face. He sat down on a seat beside James. Everyone looked at him.
"Hello." Kent said his eyebrows furrowed and looking at everyone.
"Can't believe you did it." James said shaking his head. Lily slapped his leg.
"Don't listen to him, Kent. I thought that was really sweet." Lily said giving James a disapproving look.
"Oh, so you guys know." Kent said smiling. "Where is Sophie anyway?" Kent asked looking round the room.
"Oh, her and Claudia went to owl her mother about the exciting news." Michelle said, she had her eyes closed and was playing with Sirius's hands. They were unaware of everyone watching them. Just as Kent was about to say something Sophie and Claudia walked into the common room. Kent's eyes lit up as Sophie made her way towards them. She slipped into his lap, her legs over the side of the chair and kissed him sweetly.
"That's so sweet." Eve gushed. Claudia rolled her eyes.
"It's sick if you ask me. I seriously don't see the point in marriage." Claudia said sitting on the arm of the couch beside Remus.
"Don't be so cynical. Marriage is all about proving that you want to be with that one person for the rest of your life." Eve said.
"No marriage will ever work out. They always end in divorce." Claudia was speaking from experience, as her parents had been divorced for nearly four years. Lily couldn't take anymore of this. She stood up and left the common room. Everyone watched her walk through the portrait hole.
"What was that all about?" Michelle asked. Remus sighed then stood up.
"I'll go see." Remus said before leaving the common room after her. James had a feeling he knew what it was about. She was only a bit away from the portrait hole when Remus caught up with her.
"Lily are you okay?" He asked her quietly. Lily stopped and looked round at him a smile plastered on her face.
"I'm fine Remus. I just needed to go for a walk." Lily said sweetly. Remus looked at her sceptically.
"Okay, You want me to walk with you?" Remus asked.
"It's okay, Remus. Thanks anyway." Lily said walking off. Remus watched her go then walked back to the common room.
"Is Lily okay?" James immediately asked.
"She says so. She just decided to go for a walk that's all." Remus said sitting down on the arm of the couch as Claudia had stolen his seat. James stood up.
"I'll be back." James said as he walked towards the portrait hole.
"James, if you piss her off, I'll kill ya!" Remus shouted at him. James didn't reply, he just walked on out.
"What was that all about?" Claudia asked looking up at him.
"You know James, always trying to be a hero." Remus said shaking his head. He then noticed out of the corner of his eye two people making out. He looked round to see Michelle and Sirius kissing. They all stared at them. Eve's mouth was wide opened; Sophie's eyes were wide as Kent was trying not to laugh. Claudia looked at them then felt that this was the perfect opportunity to slip away. She so desperately wanted to be with him all day and now was their chance to be alone. Claudia looked up at Remus who was looking back at her.
"Do you think they'd notice if we slipped away?" She asked him. He shook his head. They both stood up. Claudia took a hold of his hand and went up to her dorm unnoticed by anyone in the common room.
Meanwhile James had finally caught up with Lily. She was standing in the quad with her arms wrapped around herself. James watched her as he leaned up against the stone archway.
"The stars are beautiful tonight aren't they?" Lily said to James. James' eyebrows furrowed. "How did you know I was here?" Lily asked as she shivered. James took of his jacket and put it round her. Lily smiled at him then sat down on one of the stone seats. James sat beside her.
"I just knew." He said as he moved towards her.
"Do you know how many of your jackets I have?" Lily asked as a small smile played on her face.
"How many?" James asked.
"Three. I have your denim jacket, your track suit jacket and your really cool cream jacket with the red strip." Lily laughed.
"That one was my favourite." James mocked as he laughed.
"I must give them back to you." Lily said looking at the ground.
"It's all right. I always thought they looked better on you than me." James smiled and shivered. He only had a light blue t-shirt on. "I'm cold." James said and wrapped his arms round Lily. Lily smiled at him.
"You warmer now?" Lily asked looking up into his eyes.
"Well I could be warmer. Let me see how could I warm myself up? I know lying in a bed with you would definitely warm me up." James said playfully. Lily laughed.
"In your dreams sweetie." Lily said as she lay her head down on James' shoulder.
"You don't wanna know about those dreams." James laughed. Lily laughed and slapped him playfully. They sat in silence for awhile.
"Are you scared to go home?" James asked breaking the silence. Lily looked into his eyes then nodded.
"I'm scared of what I might find." Lily said quietly.
"If anything goes wrong I want you to owl me straight away, okay?" James said. Lily nodded again. There was another moment of silence.
"This is our last night here for a while." Lily said thoughtfully. The next morning Lily and James were getting the train home for Christmas.
"Yeah, we aren't gonna see each other for two and a half weeks." James said. Lily turned to him then kissed him sweetly.
"Thank you, for being here." Lily said. James smiled at her.
"Anytime." James said. They both stood up then walked back to the common room. When they got there they saw Sophie and Kent making out as well as Michelle and Sirius. Lily and James' mouths dropped.
"Bout time, they got together." James laughed. Lily smiled.
"I wonder where Claudia and Remus went?" Lily said looking round her curiously. James shrugged. "I'm gonna go and pack." Lily smiled at him then made her way up to her dorm as James made his way up to his. When Lily opened the door she could hear a moan come from Claudia's bed.
"Oh Remus..." Lily heard Claudia moan. Lily's eyes widened then walked back out of the room closing the door behind her. She tried to stifle her laugh when she realised that she still had James' jacket on. She decided to go give it back to him. She walked down the stairs and across the common room and up the stairs to the boys' dorm. She knocked on the door and entered. James was standing there with his t-shirt off. Lily blushed.
"I solved the mystery of where Remus and Claudia are." Lily said as she took of the jacket and set it on James' trunk. She walked over to James' bed and sat down.
"And where is that?" James asked taking of his trousers. Lily's eyes widened and she blushed as she looked away. James noticed this and tried not to laugh, he pulled on a pair of sweat pants that he usually wore to bed.
"Umm they are in my dorm doing stuff I would rather not have heard." Lily laughed. James sat on the bed and leaned up against the headboard, he pulled the covers over the top of him. Lily moved up beside him but kept on the outside of the covers.
"Seriously?" James asked his eyebrows furrowed. Lily nodded.
"Is it just me or are our friends acting kinda strange?" Lily said pensively.
"They are acting strange. I mean Sirius and Michelle are making out in the Common Room, Kent asked Sophie to marry him and Remus and Claudia are having sex. They are doing that whilst we are sitting here having a cosy chat." James said mockingly. Lily slapped his arm playfully. James winced.
"That didn't hurt you did it?" Lily asked worriedly. James nodded.
"All my muscles hurt." James said. He leaned forward so Lily could see his back. There was a huge dark blue bruise with tinges of yellow and purple at the top of his back; he also had several tiny cuts all over. Lily gasped.
"How did this happen?" Lily asked shocked.
"Last night was kinda rough like I told you earlier. The werewolf was a total psycho; it was so hard keeping him confined to the shrieking shack." James said sitting back slowly. James would never say Remus when talking about Remus' werewolf side. He always felt it was disrespectful to Remus, as he wasn't himself when he transformed. Lily admired James for this. He was always so kind, trustful and handsome! ... Okay going of track!
"Is your back sore?" Lily asked delicately. James nodded.
"I could be better, but I'll be okay, I always am." James smiled.
"James are you sure? I'm sure Madame Pomfrey could ease the pain with a potion or something." Lily said.
"No Lily, no one can know about these. There would be to many questions asked and I don't want to complicate anything plus Remus doesn't know what happened." James said looking at the ground.
"He doesn't know that the werewolf was a little ferocious?" Lily asked. James shook his head.
"He doesn't need to know that we're hurt, he has enough pain of his own, and he is hiding it very well. It's a wonder he is, umm, detained with Claudia right now." James chuckled. Lily smiled.
"Well can I help with fixing you?" Lily asked innocently. James raised his eyebrows.
"And what are you suggesting?" James asked mischievously. Lily leaned in and kissed him passionately. She then pulled away and smiled. "That certainly helped. It definitely numbed me anyway." James said. Lily laughed.
"Now it's time for me to help with your back. Let me give you a massage." Lily said.
"Oh I like the sound of that." James said, his eyes lighting up. Lily rolled her eyes as James moved forward so Lily could massage his shoulders. Lily straddled his waist and rubbed his back soothingly.
"Ohh, that's nice." James said. Lily smiled.
"You like that?" Lily said.
"Keep doing that." James said. Unknown to them, two very familiar figures were standing on the other side of the door listening. Sirius and Michelle laughed. Lily and James heard them. James looked round at Lily a question in his eyes. Lily nodded her head.
"Oh James." Lily said letting out a small moan. "That's so good." Lily said. She was dying to laugh as she kept rubbing James' shoulders.
"You like that uh?" James said looking at Lily. "You want more?" James and Lily were trying to stifle their laughs and try not to blow there little game.
"Keep doing that. Uh-uh just like that. AWWWWW." Lily moaned. James mouth dropped as he silently laughed. Just then Michelle and Sirius walked into the room. They stared at James and Lily.
"What the hell is going on in here?" Sirius said with a grin on his face.
"Shouldn't you know you were listening?" Lily said. She rubbed her hands up and down James' back. James winced. "Sorry." Lily muttered.
"You mean you guys' weren't-?" Michelle began.
"No Michelle, we weren't. But I must say Lily is definitely a good actress." James smirked at her.
"I'm taking that as a compliment." Lily said.
"You should." James said.
"So you guys weren't-?" Sirius repeated.
"NO!" The three of them shouted.
"They were messing about with us." Michelle explained. "Anyway how'd you guys know we were on the other side of the door?
"We heard you laugh." Lily replied.
"But we only laughed after we heard you two moan and groan." Michelle said grinning. "So what were you guys up to then?" Michelle asked folding her arms.
"She was helping me with my back. It kind of got wrecked." James said.
"Oh shit, let me see." Sirius said moving towards him. Sirius winced.
"Jeez, you got the brunt of it all." Sirius said as Michelle winced also. Just then Remus and Claudia walked in holding hands. Remus stopped dead in his tracks and let go of Claudia's hand when he saw Lily on James' bed. Lily stopped rubbing James' back. James quickly picked a t-shirt off the ground and pulled it on, He winced as it touched his sore areas.
"What's going on?" Remus asked his eyebrows furrowed. It was a very weird looking situation. Lily and James sitting on his bed with cover all wrecked and James just pulling on his T-shirt. But he only did that so Remus didn't see his bruises. Nobody answered. Remus was getting angry; he didn't like the thought of Lily in James' bed.
"What - The - Fuck - Is - going - on?" Remus demanded. Lily shifted on the bed.
"We were just talking ... umm about the Valentine's ball." Lily said with a small smile as she got of James' bed. Michelle and Sirius were looking very uncomfortable, as was Claudia.
"You don't need to be lying on his bed to talk!" Remus said angrily. "There is a common room for that. Why are you up here? Especially with him?" Remus said glaring at James, his jaw was set and he looked very handsome when he was angry. It was very strange seeing Remus angry. He was usually the laid back one, but when it came to Lily, Remus' anger easily flared.
He was always looking out for her and was not happy when a guy did her wrong and this was proven when Lily went out with Ian Buckley, a previous seventh year Ravenclaw. Ian and Lily had dated in Lily's fifth year, and Ian had been sleeping around the whole entire month that they had gone out. This had broken Lily's heart, and of course, when Remus found out, there was war. Let's just say Ian was in the hospital longer than he had dated Lily. Remus of course, received several detentions, but he felt they were all worth it.
"Remus calm down. We were just talking. It's not how it looks. I just came up to tell James something then we got talking. That's all." Lily said trying to convince Remus. She hated it when Remus was angry, luckily it only happened once every millennium.
"As long as that's all that happened." Remus said. He was still glaring at James. James was staring at the ground.
"Lily, umm, let's go." Michelle said. The girls and Sirius went to walk out the door, but Michelle stopped Sirius.
"Make sure Remus doesn't kill James." Michelle whispered into his ear. Sirius sighed then walked back into the room. Remus was still glaring at James, his jaw still clenched. Just as Sirius closed the door Remus let blow.
"What the fuck are you doing with her on your bed?! See if you tried anything on her I swear I'll kill you!" Remus roared. James was standing now.
"We didn't do anything. What she said was true." James shouted at him.
"Don't you go fucking near her? I've already warned him of her and I'll do the same to you." Remus hissed pointing at Sirius.
"You think I'm gonna treat her like crap?" James said deeply hurt by this.
"Oh like you don't treat every other girl like it? I'm not gonna let you play Lily like you do everyone else." Remus shouted. "She deserves better than that." No one had noticed the door open again and Lily standing there.
"Yeah I know she does. That's why I wouldn't try anything with her." James said.
"Don't give me your bullshit, I've seen you pull this crap with nearly every girl in this place. And I'm warning if you go near her-" Remus was cut off.
"You're gonna what Remus? Knock the fuck out of him and put him in the hospital wing for six weeks?" Lily shouted. Remus spun round and looked at her.
"Lily-" Remus began. Lily put her hand up.
"No Remus. James has never laid a hand on me. He has always been a gentleman. He may not have been like that with other girls but with me he hasn't pulled his so-called 'crap.' James treats me better than anyone ever has; he respects me as a person, unlike you." Lily shouted.
"Lily I can explain-" Remus said.
"Remus I thought I could trust you. But you do the most hurtful thing and warn guys to stay away from me. It's because of you Sirius dumped me, wasn't it? I can't believe you Remus, when he did that it broke my heart because I had really liked him at the time. You sat with me and you told me that he was an idiot and that he would only end up breaking my heart and that it was best we broke up early. But Remus it's you that just broke my heart. I just lost my dearest friend." Lily said as tears streamed down her face. She ran out of the room. James looked at Remus then ran after her. Remus looked at the ground, tears brimming in his eyes.
"What the fuck have I done?" Remus said to himself as he sat down on his bed, his head in his hands.
"She'll be okay. James will look after her." Sirius said. Remus looked at him. Remus then stood up and ran down the stairs after them.
"Lily, wait." James called as she ran down the stairs. Everyone in the common room was listening to everything that was going on. Lily ran up the stairs furious at what was going on. She walked into her room and through herself onto her bed crying. She sobbed into her pillow. Sophie, Claudia, Laura, Michelle and Ashley were all in the room. James came in after her.
"Lily? He didn't mean anything by what he said. He's always a bit weird after...visiting his ill mum." James said sitting down on the bed beside her. He looked round at all the girls who were watching. Lily didn't listen; she kept sobbing into her pillow. James put a hand on her back. "Lily, please? He was just letting some steam off on me. You shouldn't listen to him when he's like that." James said rubbing her back reassuringly. Lily looked up at him.
"James he was threatening you because of me, and I know what he can do when he's angry." Lily said more tears streaming down his face.
"He hasn't ever tried to hit you has he?" James asked anger growing in his eyes.
"No, I'm talking about with Ian. He nearly killed him just because he cheated on me with a few sluts." Lily said. "I'm not letting that happen to you just because he is trying to protect me." Lily said. James gave her a small smile.
"It won't. I can handle myself. You should know that by now." James said. Lily looked away. "Come here." James said pulling her into a tight hug. He winced as Lily put her arms around him.
"Sorry." Lily muttered.
"Don't be." James smiled.
"I guess I better go apologise to him." Lily said wiping away her tears. James wiped a tear away from her face with his thumb.
"Lily, it's me that needs to apologise." Remus said from the doorway. Lily and James looked up from. Lily let go of James and shifted away from him. James stood up and walked towards the door as Remus came in and sat down where James had sat.
"I'm sorry." They both said at the same time. Lily laughed and hugged him.
"Look Lily, I'm sorry. I'm just protective of you. I have been since the day I met you in Diagon Alley." Remus smiled. "I'll try and stay out of your love life from now on." Remus said.
"I'm sorry I shouted at you, it's just you were accusing James of doing stuff he hadn't done. I just got angry. Friends?" Lily said.
"Always." Remus said then hugged her again. James smiled at the sight then went back to his dorm. Sirius was inside pacing.
"What happened?" Sirius asked.
"They're friends again." James said.
"What about you guys?" Sirius asked. James shrugged. Meanwhile in the girls dorm Lily turned to Remus.
"You have to apologise to James." Lily said.
"I know. I shouldn't have got mad." Remus admitted. Lily smiled. Remus stood up then left the dorm. Remus went back to his dorm. When he entered James and Sirius looked at him.
"Look James I'm sorry I got mad. But I still stick by what I said. I don't want you near Lily. She has enough going through her head and she doesn't need an arrogant, conceited, overconfident guy clouding it up." Remus chuckled. James' eyebrows furrowed.
"I'll take that as an apology." James said. They both shook hands then pulled each other into a brotherly embrace. Sirius looked at them both.
"You guys are so gay." Sirius said. Remus and James quickly jumped apart. James then walked into the bathroom. Remus sat down on his bed and rubbed his face.
"You know he's not gonna stay away from her forever." Sirius said. Remus just looked at him then went to bed without saying another word.
Oh gosh I hope James doesn't do what Remus says!!!!! Now be sweeties and wipe the seaties once you review!!!!!