Dear Sir/Madame/Weirdoes/Baboons I regret to inform you that we have not toured in quite a while, I'm not sure if all have noticed this but we haven't. I've noticed that most of you have been in a blue-induced haze whilst sitting on the bus and I regret to inform you that you are not permitted to do that without at offering it to the tour guide - ie me - first! We apologise for the time delay, the bus had been derailed by a really big pebble!!!! It was this big ……. honest!!!! So pass around the blue stuff and put on your seat belts and we'll get this baby rockin!!!!! Thank you for reading. The Management/Driver/Bouncer/Tour Guide/Me

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.

: 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 28

When Lily finally awoke it was three in the afternoon. Lily sighed and got out of bed. She was still wearing her clothes from the night before. She couldn't remember anything that had happened. Then it all came back to her. Everything that happened in the bar, walking home with James and throwing up in the bathroom. Lily groaned at the thought. She lifted her wand from the bedside table and muttered a spell. Her headache had cleared and she felt a whole lot better. There was no one else in the room. Lily decided to have a shower. A while later Lily came out of the bathroom. She felt even better than before. She quickly did her hair and put some lip-gloss and mascara on. Her hair was in a high ponytail and she was wearing a pair of stone colored cords and a white top that read "Right to Die" in black letters. Lily felt that this was a political statement showing that if a person had an incurable disease and was about to go through so much suffering then it was their own right if they didn't want to go through pain and end their life quickly. It was their "Right to Die". Lily sighed at this thought. The T-shirt reminded her of her grandmother, she had made it in memory of her. Lily made her way downstairs. Claudia, Michelle, Sophie, Remus, Sirius, Peter and James were all sitting around the fire on the couches. James and Remus were sitting on the ground playing a game of Wizarding Chess. Sirius and Michelle were sitting as far away from each other as possible. Claudia and Sophie were looking through a magazine and laughing and Peter was doing his homework. Lily sat down beside Michelle. Michelle smiled at her.

"Morning sleepy head." Michelle said. "Or should I say afternoon." She chuckled.

"Why didn't you guys wake me up sooner?" Lily asked.

"You looked peaceful Lily. We couldn't disturb your sleep." Sophie said.

"Well thank you. I needed all the sleep I could get after last night." Lily smiled weakly. She looked at James who had his eyes on the chessboard.

"Love the top Lily." Remus said.

"It is a political statement about Euthanasia." Lily said.

"So you agree with it?" Peter asked looking up from his homework. Lily nodded.

"It should be your own right to take your own life. After all it is yours." Lily replied. No one said anything to this. They just sat there in thought. Then James stood up and walked towards his dorm.

"Where you going? We aren't finished this game?" Remus called after him. James turned round and looked at him.

"Checkmate." James replied. He looked at Lily who locked eyes with him. He then turned away and walked up the stairs. Remus stared at the pieces on the board. It was in fact checkmate. Remus had never been beat at a game of Chess...ever. Everyone else stared at Remus. Sirius then started laughing.

"You got beat. Ha Ha. You got beat. I got to go congratulate Prongsie." Sirius laughed as he ran up the stairs. Remus shook his head and sat in Sirius's empty seat.

"I'm losing my touch." Remus shook his head. Claudia grinned and walked over to him and sat on his lap.

"No you aren't." She said. Remus grinned and they started to kiss. Lily laughed. She then got off her chair and went back up to her dorm. Lily and James didn't speak with each other over the next week. James made sure that he stayed out of Lily's way as much as possible. Lily felt bad about this. She was not willing to talk or forgive him yet but he did seem rather down more so lately. Maybe it was just because Ashley was getting kind of ill looking. She had gone to classes that whole week but was instead cooped up in the girls' dorm. Lily thought this was odd. Why hadn't she just gone to the hospital wing? Sirius and Michelle would not even look at each other let alone go anywhere near each other. Lily tried to get the information out of her but they would either be interrupted or Michelle just didn't feel like talking. Finally the two girls were alone together in the girls dorm. Sophie was with Laura, Claudia was doing 'homework' with Remus and Ashley was with Professor McGonagall. Lily lay on her bed and looked up at the enchanted canopy which was made to look as if the stars where out. Lily looked at Michelle as she lay on her own bed.

"So why do you look so glum?" Lily asked turning on her stomach and putting her head in her hands.

"One idiotic word; Sirius." Michelle replied.

"What's wrong? I thought everything was going great between you guys." Lily said concerned.

"It is, it was. But I want more. I want a relationship not a dumb fling." Michelle replied.

"Aww my little Shelly has grown up." Lily gushed mockingly. Michelle rolled her eyes. "I told him this and we got into a huge fight on our way home from Hogsmeade." Michelle sighed.

"Tell me everything." Lily said.

"Well when we left the bar, I was really pissed off that he was there. He asked why and he thought I wanted him to go to parties and stuff with me. I told him I did but I wanted more than just someone to make out with. He got really angry and said-" Michelle started to imitate Sirius voice "-'But babe we do more than make out.' I just rolled my eyes at him. I meant a stimulating conversation not just sex." Michelle said.

"What did he say?" Lily asked eagerly.

"He said that he wasn't ready for a commitment yet, and all he wanted to do was have fun." Michelle said.

"What did you say?" Lily asked.

"I told him to bugger off and find someone else to have 'fun' with." Michelle sighed. Lily got of her bed and went over to Michelle's. She sat down beside her. Michelle looked at her with tears in her eyes. "I really loved him, Lily."

"I know you did." Lily said as she put her arms around her.

Whilst this was happening a similar conversation was happening in the boy's dorm.

"Did you see Nott's face when Remus chucked that salamander at his ugly mug?" Sirius laughed as he lay on his bed. James was busy punching at his punch bag.

"Yeah it was funny. Would've been better if Professor De Lacy hadn't taken points of off him." James replied. Wanting to change the topic he asked Sirius about what was going on between him and Michelle. Sirius stiffened and his demeanor changed.

"Nothing." Sirius replied. James stopped punching and looked at his friend. He sighed.

"Tell me." James said as he sat down on his bed, took off his boxing gloves and looked at Sirius. Sirius looked at him then lay back on his bed and covered his face with his hands.

"She wants me to commit to her." Sirius said.

"But you guys are committed." James said.

"I know but don't tell her that. She wants to have conversations with me. I'm a dead man." Sirius said. James chuckled.

"You guys have had conversations before." James reasoned.

"Yeah but we were friends then and plus I was trying to either kiss her or sleep with her." Sirius said sitting up. "This is new territory for both of us. For me especially. I have never been in a relationship where I actually had a conversation with a girl. It was usually Wham Bam thank you Ma'am; I'll shag ya later." Sirius said. James chuckled again. "And if the chick ever asked for more, the relationship would've been over before the conversation ended." Sirius said. James laughed now. "It's not funny Prongs, I think I'm in lo-" Sirius stopped mid-sentence. His eyes widened in realization at what he was about to say. James stared at him.

"What were you going to say?" James asked a grin spreading on his face. Sirius stood up.

"Nothing." Sirius quickly said. James stood up too.

"No, you were about to say-" James began.

"Don't say." Sirius interjected.

"-You're in love." James said in shock.

"You just had to go and say it." Sirius said throwing his hands up in the air and sitting down on his bed again. James laughed.

"Padfoot's in love. I never thought I'd see the day." James said.

"Shut up Prongs." Sirius whined. James laughed.

"You better go talk to her." James said.

"I can't do that; she'll laugh at me." Sirius said.

"No she won't. I'm sure she loves you as well." James urged. "And plus I heard sex is great after you tell someone you love them." James said seriously.

"I don't care about the-" Sirius clasped a hand over his own mouth. James stared at Sirius in shock.

"What the fuck?" James asked. Remus walked into the room along with Peter. He arched an eyebrow at the two boys. They were staring at each other in shock.

"You guys okay?" Remus asked slowly.

"That's not Sirius." James said pointing a finger at him.

"It is me you dumb ass. You're fucking rubbing off on me!" Sirius exclaimed. "I have a gay best friend who is rubbing off on me." Sirius said shaking his head.

"It's not my fault you're falling-" James began.

"Don't even say it!" Sirius hissed. There was silence.

"He isn't?" Remus asked in shock, breaking the silence. He of course was the smart one of the group and caught on to what James was about to say.

"He is." James replied.

"He's what?" Peter asked confused as ever. Remus whispered into his ear and Peter's eyes widened and the books he was carrying fell to the ground.

"He's not?" Peter said in shock. Sirius sighed and fell back on his bed.

"I am." He said.

"You're what?" A voice asked from the door. It was Michelle. Sirius sat up on the bed and looked at her, as did all the guys. Remus quickly clamped a hand over Peter's mouth and smiled at Michelle.

"We'll just leave you guys alone." Remus said as he dragged Peter out of the room. Michelle moved aside to let them go. She watched them then turned back to James and Sirius who were staring at the ground.

"Did I miss something?" Michelle asked her eyebrows furrowed. James quickly snapped out of it.

"I better go. I have a meeting with the prefects. Good luck Padfoot." James said grabbing his jacket. He moved by Michelle and closed the door.

"Why do you need luck?" Michelle asked curiously. Sirius sighed and fell back on his bed. As James ran down the stairs he looked at his watch and realized he was five minutes late for the meeting. He quickly ran out of the room and towards the Transfiguration room where the meeting was being held. He ran in and quickly stopped. The Prefects from each house were all there and looked at him as he came in.

"Nice of you to join us." Lily said looking at him with no emotion on her face.

"Er...Sorry. There was a problem in the boys' dorm." James said. It was the truth. Sirius was the problem. And he was probably in the middle of doing the most un-Sirius like thing in the world. He quickly sat down in an empty seat beside Lily.

"Okay now everyone is here, let's get started. Our first objective is the Valentine's ball next week." Lily said. "Have all houses been notified about muggle dress code?" Lily asked. All the prefects nodded.

"I don't understand why it has to be muggle wear." Snape sneered. Lily rolled her eyes and was about to explain again but James jumped in.

"Because Lily made a deal with Madame Robins. She got some Muggle clothes and they haven't been selling well. Lily decided it would be fun to have a muggle style ball as it is different to all the other balls Hogwarts has had, and it could also help Madame Robins sell the clothes." James said irritated.

"Oh so she decided." Snape said.

"She has a name and it's Lily so use it. And yes Lily decided because it was her idea and I thought it was good, as did the majority of the people in this room. So if you don't like the idea don't go to the ball." James said angrily. "Now that's settled. Our next priority is the Quidditch match in two weeks. Gryffindor against Ravenclaw. Considering the points system it is safe to say that this game pretty much determines one of the teams to play the final. Now Ryan you said that you wanted your team to have more practices?" James asked. Lily was staring at James in shock. He had never taken control like that in the meeting before. Lily hid a small smile as she wrote on a piece of parchment.

"Uh...yeah. It's just since Rebecca Firth was hurt in the match against Hufflepuff she hasn't been playing her best so we have a new keeper until she gets better. We just need to train him a bit." Ryan said uneasily. Ryan was chaser and captain of the Ravenclaw team.

"Right now isn't the best time to be wanting more practices, Ryan. The pitch is booked for every free possible moment up until the end of February, when Slytherin and Hufflepuff play." James said crossing his arms. "Not unless one of the other teams gives up a few days in exchange for the Ravenclaw team giving up a few practices after our match next week." James offered. Ryan thought about this.

"I suppose it could work. I mean the final won't be played until the end of April, right?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, I discussed it with Dumbledore and he said it was cool." James said nodding his head. "So Kelly you think you can talk to Jordan?" James asked the Hufflepuff prefect. Kelly shrugged.

"I don't think he'll go for it. He wants to win this year again. I don't think he'll listen to me or any of the other prefects." Kelly said. James looked at Lily then back at Kelly. "I'll work something out."

"Okay, next on the list, is the Hogsmeade trip on Saturday before the ball." Lily said. "We are going to need all the help we can get to decorate the hall and also do rounds in the village. Does anyone want to volunteer to help with the decorations?" Lily asked. Nobody answered. "Did I mention that they get Friday off so that they can go to Hogsmeade?" Lily asked with a small smile. Nearly everyone put their hand up. Lily grinned. "That's better. Okay so Annie (a fifth year Hufflepuff), Jen (a sixth year Slytherin), Kelly, Ryan and Brandon (a sixth year Gryffindor) can all do decorations with me and the rest of you can go to Hogsmeade with James. Okay?" Lily said. Everyone nodded. James looked at Ryan who had a small smile on his face. "Well if no one has anything to add..." Lily waited and no one said anything. "...Good. Well meeting over. I want to meet back here next Friday night just to go over decorations, okay?" Lily said. Everyone nodded. There was a scraping of chairs as everyone got of their seats.

"Lily can I talk too you?" James asked her before Ryan could go over to her. Lily looked at Ryan then at James.

"Business only, James." Lily said.

"I got the point last night." James said. Lily nodded. Ryan had watched this then left the room with Kelly the Hufflepuff prefect.

"What is it?" Lily asked as she moved the chairs back into their proper positions.

"Well...umm...you see the guys were wondering if they could have a party tomorrow night?" James said rubbing the back of his neck.

"No-" Lily began.

"It's kind of a party for Sophie and Kent. Like and engagement party." James quickly said. Lily's face softened.

"Well you should have said so. Of course but you can clear it with Professor McGonagall." Lily said.

"Thanks." James replied. Lily walked out of the room. Just as Lily had come out Jordan had walked by and accidentally bumped into her. The books Lily was holding dropped to the floor. Lily sighed and bent down to pick them up, as did Jordan. Lily hadn't realized it was him until she looked at him. She was startled for a moment then smiled.

"Hey Jordan." Lily said. Jordan handed her the books and then stood up straight.

"Hey Lily. Where you headed?" Jordan asked putting his hands in his pockets.

"Back to the tower." Lily replied as she adjusted the books in her arms.

"I'll walk you, and let me take those books." Jordan said as he took Lily's books. Lily smiled. They walked down the corridor together. James stepped out of the room and watched as the pair turned the corner. He sighed then went the opposite direction.

"So, how've you been?" Lily asked Jordan.

"Good. You?" Jordan asked.

"Okay, I suppose." Lily replied.

"Potter still giving you hassle?" Jordan asked an eyebrow raised. Lily chuckled.

"Now you become the caring the guy." Lily said jokingly.

"Well I have grown up since you dumped me." Jordan laughed. Lily grimaced.

"Yeah about that. I am sorry. I know I didn't give you a proper reason why." Lily said looking at the ground as the walked.

"It was a bit obvious, well to me anyway." Jordan said. Lily looked at him.

"Huh?" She asked confused.

"I know it was for another guy. And I have a hunch who." Jordan said.

"You do?" Lily asked baffled.

"Come on Lily; don't make me say his name. He's a certain Quidditch captain." Jordan said.

"That's three guys there, Nott, Ryan and James. How could you know which one?" Lily asked.

"Fine I'll make it a bit easier for you. A certain Head Boy." Jordan said. Lily looked at the ground.

"I'm sorry, Jordan." Lily said quietly.

"Don't be Lily. The get just lured you into liking him like he does to every girl." Jordan said. Lily stopped and looked at him.

"He didn't lure me, Jordan." Lily said. She sighed. "Look there is something I need to tell you." Lily said looking at him. "You'll probably get really angry but you have to know this. Whilst we dated, I umm cheated on you." Lily said. She waited for him to get angry. But he didn't he just chuckled.

"Lily, it's okay. I mean I cheated on you too." Jordan said. Lily's jaw dropped.

"With who?" Lily asked curiously.

"Eve Potter." Jordan replied. Jordan was waiting for to go mad but she just laughed.

"That bitch. When?" Lily smiled as if it was a new piece of gossip.

"Umm... In September I think." Jordan replied uneasily.

"Did you guys sleep together?" Lily asked curiously.

"Umm Yeah." Jordan replied running a hand subconsciously through his hair. Lily smiled.

"Good." Lily replied. Jordan stopped and stared at her.

"Lily why are you taking this so well?" Jordan asked.

"Cause I was dating James Potter for the last four months of our relationship." Lily smiled. Jordan's face dropped. Then he did the most unexpected thing... he laughed.

"You and Potter? So that's why you guys spent lots of time together." Jordan laughed.

"Look, Jordan don't tell anyone about James and me okay?" Lily said.

"Sure, just don't tell Potter about his Sis and me okay?" Jordan said.

"Deal." Lily smiled. They were now standing just a bit away from the portrait hole.

"Thanks for walking me here." Lily smiled. She took her books from him and walked into the common room. She was felling a whole lot better than earlier that day. She saw Remus, Claudia, Peter, Sophie, Joey and Laura sitting on the couches beside the fire. Did they ever leave those seats? She also saw Eve sitting with her friends in a corner beside the window. She set her books down beside Remus then went over to Eve. She sat down on a seat across from her and smiled an evil grin. Eve looked at her uneasily.

"Lily, why are you looking at me like that?" Eve asked. Lily's grin widened.

"So, Is he any good? Considering I never got that far with him." Lily said. She sat back and crossed her legs and folded her arms.

"Uh?" Eve asked in confusion.

"Well how many other ex-boyfriends of mine have you been with?" Lily asked. Eve's face dropped.

"Please don't tell Michelle, she'll flip." Eve began. Lily looked at her baffled. "It was a one-time thing last year. Oh and please don't tell James. He'll go mad if he realizes something happened between me and his best friend-" Eve was cut off.

"Sirius?" Lily shouted. Some students around them looked at Lily.

"Yeah, that's what you are here about isn't it?" Eve asked her. "Oh it's Remus you are here about; crap I got to stop putting my foot in it. We only dated for about a month, it wasn't that long." Eve said.

"REMUS?" Lily shouted in disbelief. Remus turned around and looked at Lily.

"Yeah?" He called over to her. Lily looked from Eve to Remus.

"Doesn't matter." Lily called. Remus arched an eyebrow at her then turned around. "Please tell me you and Peter didn't..." Lily trailed off.

"Eww no." Eve laughed.

"I actually wasn't talking about them Eve." Lily said. Eve looked at her bewildered. "I was talking about Jordan." Lily smiled. Eve's face dropped and her eyes widened. Lily laughed. "So is he any good?" Lily asked. Eve smiled.

"Well he's up there with the best." Eve chuckled. Lily shook her head. "You aren't mad?" Eve asked.

"Why would I be? I mean it's not like I felt anything for him when you guys were together. I was a bit wrapped up with someone else." Lily chuckled. Eve's best friend, Anna, looked at Lily but said nothing. Lily cheated on Jordan whilst they had gone out. Anna was sure this was gossip that Bertha Jorkins would love to spread. The discussion ended when James entered and went over to Remus and the rest of his friends.

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