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Chapter 32
The next morning James and Lily were the last ones up. Peter had wanted to wake James up for breakfast but Sirius and Remus had told him not to because James needed his sleep. As Peter went down to breakfast Sirius and Remus were in the common room.
"I take it you heard them last night as well." Sirius said quietly to Remus.
"I never knew they were dating." Remus said. Sirius smiled.
"Yeah well, it's complicated. They've been kind of on and off since last June." Sirius said. Remus' mouth fell open.
"How come they never told me?" Remus asked.
"They told no one. I only found out cause I forced it out of James." Sirius said. "They couldn't tell anyone because Lily was still dating Jordan. She actually broke up with Jordan for James but things kind of went wrong." Sirius shrugged.
"What kind of things?" Remus asked curiously.
"Remember the rumour about Kerry and James. Well Lily of course wouldn't speak to him for a month because of it. She thought it was true. But I then of course told her it wasn't but for some reason they didn't get together after that. It was just complications from then on. But last night at the Ball they finally got together." Sirius explained. Just then Michelle and Claudia came bonding down the stairs. They kissed their boyfriends then smiled at them.
"Have you guys seen Lily?" Claudia asked. Remus and Sirius looked at each other then shook their heads. Remus then stood up and sighed.
"Let's go down to Breakfast." Remus said taking Claudia's hand. Claudia nodded and he led her out of the room.
"Are you coming Sirius?" Michelle asked.
"Remus knows." Sirius blurted out. "About Lily and James that is. She came into the room last night. And Remus heard them telling each other how much they loved each other." Sirius sighed. Michelle gasped.
"What did he say?" She asked.
"Nothing. I'll go get Lily and James. Will you make sure he doesn't tell Claudia?" Sirius asked standing up. Michelle nodded then kissed her boyfriend. She then left the common room.
Upstairs in the dorm, Lily opened her eyes to see a pair of blue eyes staring at her. Lily giggled.
"What're you doing?" Lily smiled. James pushed a stray hair behind her ear.
"Staring at you. Why, gotta problem with it?" James smiled.
"Yep." Lily giggled. James had that evil look in his eyes. Lily knew what it meant, but before she could move, James was tickling her. Lily tried not to scream, as the guys could still be asleep. Suddenly the curtains opened and Sirius was standing there with a smirk on his face. Lily quickly hid her head under the blanket as James laughed.
"Care to tell me anything?" Sirius asked as he crossed his arms.
"Shut up Padfoot." James laughed as he pulled the cover off of Lily's head. "What're you doing waking me up?" James asked.
"Well a) you were already awake and b) I think you should know that we kind of heard you and Lily last night." Sirius said seriously.
"Who is 'we'?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Remus and I." Sirius replied. Lily cringed.
"What did he say?" James asked.
"He didn't say anything." Sirius replied. "Look you guys should really get up and get dressed. I think you need to go talk to him." Sirius replied. Lily got out of the bed. James sighed and followed suit. Sirius grinned at what Lily was wearing. She was wearing a pair of green hot pants and a white strap top that clung to her. James noticed this and shot a glare at Sirius who missed it. Lily hadn't noticed because she was busy putting her hair up in a ponytail.
"Sirius get out." James said pulling on a pair of jeans. Sirius was about to defend himself until he realised that James had caught him staring. Sirius quickly left the room. Lily looked at James.
"What was that about?" Lily asked him.
"Put these on." James said handing her a pair of sweats from the dresser. Lily realised what must've happened.
"But I like my little hot pants." Lily pouted.
"I like your little hot pants too. You certainly look hot in them but I don't want every red-blooded male in Gryffindor thinking you're hot in them." James said.
"Well I'm not taking them off." Lily said folding her arms.
"Oh don't tempt me." James grinned. Lily smiled then put the sweats on over the hot pants. She then wrapped her arms around James and kissed him passionately.
"I'll meet you down at breakfast in twenty minutes. I need to take a cold shower." James said. Lily grinned then kissed him again.
"It's good to know I can get your blood boiling." Lily smiled as she left the room.
Twenty minutes later, Lily walked into the great hall. She saw her friends and sat beside them. Sirius, Michelle and Claudia were laughing about something but Remus sat there in silence. Lily looked at him; he had his eyes on his plate and was looking deathly pale. It was only a few more days until the full moon.
"Hey Remus." Lily said to him.
"Lily." Remus said still looking at his plate. James then entered the hall. She couldn't help but smile when she saw him. She didn't notice Remus now looking at her. James sat down beside Lily. Remus noticed that he too was smiling. Remus shook his head then stood up and walked out of the hall. Lily sighed and went after him. James put his head in his hands.
"What happened? Where did Remus go?" Claudia asked. James shrugged. Lily followed Remus out of the castle.
"Remus wait." Lily called. Remus stopped but didn't turn around. "Remus let me explain." Lily said once she caught up with him. "James isn't using me." Lily began.
"I know that, Lily. I'm just..." Remus turned to look at her and ran a hand through his sandy hair. He looked very pale and tired. "I'm just pissed off because you didn't tell me about you guys." Remus said.
"James and I didn't know how you would take it." Lily said taking a step towards him.
"You guys could tell Sirius though." Remus said bitterly scoffing his feet on the ground.
"We don't care what he thinks of us." Lily said jokingly. Remus sighed. There was a moment's pause.
"I want to know everything Lily." Remus said. Lily nodded and told him everything. They walked round the school grounds and round the lake a few times. They talked for hours. Lily told him about the whole thing with Kerry and New Years; she told him everything. They were now standing outside the portrait hole.
"I'm glad you told me this, Lily. I'm all right with you guys together. James makes you happy and you make him happy and that is all that matters." Remus said. Lily smiled and hugged him. She knew it was very hard for him to say this but she was thankful that he had.
"Thank you Remus." Lily said happily. "I just gotta go tell Claudia now." Lily said. "Bubblewurst." She muttered and the portrait hole opened. Lily and Remus walked through. Michelle and Sirius were making out on a love seat as Kent, Sophie and Claudia talked. James was sitting in a corner doing his homework. He looked up once the two came through the hole. Lily looked at him and give him a small smile then turned to Claudia.
"Claudia can I talk to you?" Lily asked.
"Sure." Claudia replied happily and followed Lily up the stairs. Remus watched them go as did James. Remus then walked over to James. He had his hands in his pockets.
"You're a fking idiot." Remus said seriously. James tensed up. "I can't believe you spent the last month and a half in hell because of me." Remus said shaking his head. James sighed.
"So you're cool about us?" James asked.
"Kind of. But if you break her heart, I'll break every bone in your body." Remus said seriously. James smiled.
"I will think less of you if you don't." James said. Remus rolled his eyes and sat down beside him.
Meanwhile upstairs Lily and Claudia were sitting on Claudia's bed.
"So Lily, where were you last night?" Claudia asked as she played with her hair. "Who was he?" Claudia grinned mischievously.
"I was in the boys' dorm...with my boyfriend." Lily said. Claudia's eyes widened.
"You're dating Peter?" Claudia exclaimed.
"Eww no, that's gross." Lily said shaking her head vigorously.
"Is Kent two-timing Sophie?" Claudia asked.
"No." Lily replied.
"Sirius?" Claudia asked her eyebrows furrowed.
"No." Lily said again.
"I swear to god Lily if you and Remus are dating, I will slap you." Claudia said angrily standing up. "Don't think I won't. I slapped that bitch Chelsea because Nott two-timed me with her. Is that why you were with Remus today? Oh god Lily how could you do this to me?" Claudia said putting her hands to her face.
"It's not Remus." Lily said trying not to laugh. Claudia dropped her hands to her sides. She looked pensively at Lily.
"Then who? It better not be...Potter?" Claudia spat his name as if it were venom.
"Yeah it's James." Lily said quietly.
"Lily." Claudia whined. "He's only using you, like he does every single other girl." Claudia said.
"He's not going to use me. He loves me Claudia." Lily said.
"Lily, you're delusional. He loves no one but himself." Claudia said putting her hands on Lily's shoulders. "Why don't you just go down stairs and end it with him now before you get your heart broken." Claudia tried to reason with her.
"No Claudia, I love him and he loves me to." Lily said standing up, which made Claudia drop her hands.
"When did he tell you this? Before you slept with him? I can't believe you lost your virginity to him." Claudia said angrily shaking her head.
"I didn't lose my virginity to him cause I didn't sleep with him." Lily shouted throwing her hands in the air.
"You didn't?" Claudia asked bewildered. "Well this must be a new trick of his. Lily you'll regret it in the long run." Claudia said storming out of the room. She walked down stairs and out of the common room. Remus sighed and followed her. Lily came down the stairs just as everyone left for dinner. The room was completely empty except for James who walked up to her.
"She didn't take it well, did she?" James asked. Lily shook her head and rested it on James's chest. James wrapped his arms around her protectively. He kissed the top of her head. "She'll come round soon, try not to worry." James said. They stood that way for a few minutes. "Do you wanna go to dinner?" James asked. Lily shook her head.
"I think I'll just go to my dorm and write to my parents." Lily said. She kissed James' lips then went up to her dorm. James watched her go then went back to his homework, he didn't feel like going to dinner right now either.
Later that evening Lily was sitting on her bed, drawing. This was the first time in a long time that she had done this. Lily sighed as she shaded parts of the drawing in. Suddenly the curtains opened. Lily looked up to see Claudia standing there. Claudia suddenly flung her arms around Lily.
"Let's not fight again, okay?" Claudia said. Lily nodded and hugged her back. Claudia pulled away and looked at her friend. "I'm not happy about you dating James but Remus told me that he makes you happy, so I should be happy." Claudia said.
"He does make me happy. And I don't expect you to be okay about this straight away. I just need you to know that we love each other and that he would never intentionally hurt me." Lily said.
"If you say so. But if he does, you know I will have to rip parts of his body off." Claudia stated. Lily chuckled.
"Not if I get there first." Lily said. Michelle walked into the room followed by Sirius. They both stopped when they saw Claudia and Lily.
"So is everything okay now?" Michelle asked. Lily and Claudia nodded. Michelle then hugged them both. Sirius stood there watching as if they were crazy.
"What's the deal with girls and hugging?" Sirius said shaking his head as he left the room. A few minutes later the girls pulled apart and wiped their eyes.
"Why are we crying?" Lily asked.
"I don't know." Michelle laughed. Sophie then walked into the room and looked at her friends. The three girls pulled her into a hug.
"Why are we hugging?" Sophie asked.
"Cause Lily and James are in love." Claudia said.
"WHAT?!" Sophie exclaimed. "Since when?" Lily bit her lip and looked away.
"June." Lily said quietly looking at the ground.
"JUNE?!" Sophie and Claudia at the same time. Lily nodded.
"So the rumour is true then about you two-timing Jordan?" Claudia asked putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah - Hold on what rumour?" Lily asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
"You haven't heard the rumours going round? Apparently you had been seeing some hunk of a guy whilst you were dating Jordan and that you dumped him for this hunk." Claudia said. "Which would mean that they aren't rumours and in fact true." Claudia said sitting down on her bed.
"But how does the whole school know? The only people who knew where Sirius, Michelle, Eve, Jordan, my parents and James's." Lily said. Claudia and Sophie turned to Michelle.
"You knew? And you didn't tell us - hold on your ex knows and he hasn't tried to kill James yet?" Sophie asked turning to Lily.
"Well no because, well he two-timed me with Eve." Lily said, as it was nothing.
"I heard my name." A voice said coming into the room. It was Eve.
"Yeah I was just saying how Jordan two-timed me with you." Lily said with a smile.
"Oh yeah that." Eve said. There was a moment's silence. "I'm going to Greece for the summer with Caspian." Eve said quickly changing the subject. The four girls' jaws dropped.
"Does James know?" Lily asked. Eve shook her head.
"And don't you dare tell him yet. I just owled mum and dad and they okayed it. But they said I had to tell James and that they couldn't." Eve said frowning.
"I'm not telling him Eve. You can." Lily said.
"Oh please, Lily." Eve begged.
"No. I'm already holding enough for you. And I refuse to be piggy in the middle." Lily said.
"But Lily I can't. Him and his dirty thoughts will probably think I'm only going for a naughty summer." Eve said. Sophie and Claudia perked up at this.
"A naughty summer with Caspian Philippe. I like the sound of that." Claudia smiled.
"Ew that is my cousin you guys are talking about." Michelle said. The four girls laughed at Michelle's face.
"I better go. I have to write to a guy about a naughty summer." Eve grinned as she left.
"Hey guys, I'm hungry. Anyone fancy coming down to the kitchens with me?" Lily asked. The three girls nodded. They made their way through the castle laughing and joking.
"So Claudia you and Remus are getting pretty serious." Lily stated.
"No we aren't." Claudia said quickly.
"Yeah you guys are. She nearly took a swing at me earlier because she thought that it was Remus and I that were dating." Lily told Michelle and Sophie. The two girls laughed as Lily smiled.
"We aren't serious." Claudia said.
"So where did you guys go last night?" Sophie asked. Claudia went all dreamy eyed at this.
"He took me on a midnight picnic under the stars. It was so romantic. We had strawberries and wine and cake, it was all so delicious. And then under the stars we made love." Claudia sighed dreamily. The three girls stopped and looked at her. She seemed really really smitten with Remus almost as if she were in love with him. She wasn't even this bad when she was with Nott. And she had never called sex 'making love', it was always just sex.
"Is Claudia in love?" Sophie asked.
"That's all of us now." Michelle laughed.
"You're not in love with Sirius are you?" Sophie asked looking at Michelle. Michelle blushed.
"He said the three words last night. He said them just as I was admitting in my head that I loved him." Michelle said.
"He said them to you? Wow that is so un-Sirius like." Claudia said.
"He's changed. They all have." Michelle sighed as Lily tickled the pear and the painting swung open to reveal the kitchen. The four girls walked inside to see four other buys sitting there.
"I'm telling you now Chudley Cannons are going to win. They have way more points than the Windborne Wasps." Kent said.
"Hell no. The Wasps have a new chaser who is great. She plays for the Spanish team and they won the European Cup recently." James defended. Lily looked at the girls and rolled their eyes.
"I personally think Merlin is a way better designer than Cygnus. I mean come on Cygnus is so out dated." Lily mocked. The three girls laughed. The four boys looked round at the girls. James' face broke into a grin when he saw her. Claudia noticed this and watched him. Lily walked towards where he was sitting and wrapped her arms around his neck. James wrapped his arms around Lily's waist.
"Hey you." Lily smiled down at him.
"Hey you too." James smiled up at her. Lily leaned down and kissed him sweetly on the lips then sat on his lap. Okay so James did seem to be in love with Lily, but if he broke her heart...well let's just say he wouldn't be having that Quidditch team for a family. She then looked at Remus and her face grew into a wide smile. Remus smiled too as she sat down beside him.
"Okay did I miss something?" Kent asked looking at Lily and James.
"I'll explain later, sweetie." Sophie chuckled. Kent shrugged.
"You hungry?" James asked Lily. Lily nodded. "Hey Inky." James called one of the house elves. The house elf was immediately by his side. James turned to Lily and put his arm around her waist. "What do you want to eat?" James asked her.
"Pizza." Lily replied. James and the house elf looked quizzically at her. (Couldn't you just see a Dobby looking character raising and eyebrow at Lily? It looks so sweet in my head.) "Have you guys never heard of Pizza?" Lily asked. The majority of the group shook their head. Lily looked at James. "James you've had Pizza before. Remember we went to that place over the summer and they made those huge round things. You thought they were very nice." Lily said.
"Them? They were nice." James said once he thought about it.
"Hey Inky can I make a pizza?" Lily asked with a smile.
"Y-yes M-miss Lily." Inky said. "What would Miss need?" Inky asked.
"Umm flour, milk, tomato puree, cheese, ham, some chicken and probably pepperoni...oh and chili." Lily said with a grin.
"Lily it's ten minutes to nine. Are you sure you should be making a Pizza at this time of night?" Michelle asked. Lily nodded.
"I'm hungry." Lily said. She stood up as Inky and a few other elf's placed the ingredients on the counter. She rolled up the sleeves of her top and started to work. She mixed the flour and milk together then started to make it in to a circle shape. She then spread the tomato puree over the base then put the graded cheese on top; she then added the ham, chicken and pepperonis. When she was done she put the pizza on to a tray and placed it into the huge oven. The small group talked amongst themselves as Lily did this. James, however, watched every move she made. He watched as she pushed some hair away from her face with a hand covered with flour, as she concentrated on making sure every bit of the pizza was perfect. James knew from that moment that he truly did love Lily Evans, and no matter what he always would.
"Done." Lily smiled. She had flour on her cheek and her forehead. James smiled at her. He walked over to her and wiped some of it away. Lily smiled at him. "Thank you." Lily replied. James leaned down and kissed her passionately, they didn't care that their friends were watching.
"Oh god here they go. You know that is all they're going to do now." Sirius said shaking his. James pulled away from Lily and glared at Sirius, who just smiled innocently at him.
"Here James will you do me a favour and try these. I don't know whether to put them on the Pizza or not." Lily asked picking up a chili from a bowl. James not knowing what it was shrugged and took it. He put it all in his mouth and Lily grinned evilly. James then spat it out and ran for a glass of water. He quickly filled a huge pint glass then downed it one.
"I'll get you for that, Lily." James said with a grin when the hotness went away. Lily laughed as he chased her around the kitchen. He caught her around the waist and pinned her to the ground. He started to tickle her and she was laughing and screaming that hard tears fell down her cheek.
"Okay, okay I give, I give. You win." Lily laughed. James stopped and looked at her with a grin. "You win oh high and mighty king of the universe." Lily said rolling her eyes but couldn't wipe the smile from her face.
"Why thank you my queen." James smiled helping her up. Suddenly there was a ping and Lily ran over to the oven. She grabbed a towel and took the hot tray out of the oven. The pizza was done. She cut it into eight pieces. She then set it on the table in front of everyone. They looked at it apprehensively.
"Try it." Lily said. Lily looked at James and he sighed. He then picked up a slice and bit it into it. It was very nice and delicious.
"Mmm this is good." James said. The other six then picked up a slice and stared to eat.
"Wow Lily this is good." Sophie said. Lily smiled then kissed James on the cheek. James looked at her and smiled. Lily then took her slice and started to eat.
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