Chapter 29: A Wild Ride

"James, seriously?" I whined, ducking my head under the blanket-cocoon I made for myself. It was nine in the bloody morning. Over summer. You don't just wake people up at this time! "How'd you even get in here?" I whined again, hoping to test his nerves enough so he'd leave. But the chance of that happening was the same as McGonagall suddenly stop teaching and start dancing.

"Your mum let me come up here. But what about the surprise I was telling you about?" He reminded me, sitting down next to me on my bed.

"I didn't think it'd involve such ungodly hours!" I whined once more.

"You know, if you plan on driving me out of your room by whining, it's not going to work. I happen to think it's cute." He told me smugly. I groaned loudly. How did he know my plan? He took my pillow from underneath my head, and my head hit the mattress. I heard the pillow drop to the floor with a soft thud. I groaned even loader. "You sound like a woman in labor." He snickered. I raised my head slightly and glared. He winced. "You know, woman in labor are… quite… attractive." He coughed. I shook my head and lazily dropped it back down on his lap. "Lils, come on." He tried once more, running his hand through my hair.

"Never fear! Sirius is here!" Sirius barked from the doorway. I let out my loudest groan yet. "Now Lily-flower, if I didn't know better, I'd think you were unhappy to see…er…hear me!" He laughed and strode across my room to sit on my bed, too.

"I don't remember inviting you two to sit here." I grumbled.

"I don't think I need an invitation to be on your bed, considering I'm your boyfriend." James pointed out.

"And as your boyfriend's best friend, I also have rights to be on your bed, even if they're not very moral, if you know what I mean." Sirius said suggestively with a wink.

"Padfoot, that's gross." James said, pausing stroking my hair in mid-stroke. James quickly moved away from him, and brought me along in the process. He laid down more horizontally so I had access to his stomach. I moved my head there and moved closer to him.

"Mm…that's better…" I mumbled into his stomach. James' body vibrated as he laughed.

"Padfoot, you know what to do." James instructed, his body vibrating once more. I felt Sirius pull at my cocoon.

"Nooooo…." I moaned, trying to pull it closer. He pulled harder. "Bleeehhhhhh." I moaned once more. "I'll get up, I'll get up! Give me a minute, will you?" I whined once more. They were silent for a while, and I had a feeling they were conversing silently. My suspicions were soon confirmed.

"Fine." Sirius said, rising off my bed. "Hurry up. I don't want to come back up here and see you guys ah…doing it." Sirius snickered, and quickly left my room before I could register what he said.

"Take your time. You have er… a minute, I'll give you?" James offered. I nodded as best as I could. I let a few moments pass before I grudgingly pushed myself out of my cocoon and sat up. The first thing I saw was James' amused expression. I raised an eyebrow, silently asking what he was smiling all weirdly about. "You haven't realized what you're wearing yet." He told me, glancing down from my eyes. I looked down, and saw myself wearing the shortest shorts I had, and my tank top was going low, and the hem of it was riding up. I blushed furiously.

"You really shouldn't be here." I told him, trying to pull my shirt back down and up at the same time.

"Yeah, you're right." He nodded understandingly and got up to leave. That was a bit unexpected. My face must've shown it because he asked, "Why so surprised?" I shrugged.

"I didn't expect you to leave without a fight or something." I said, trying to keep my face straight, but the corners of my mouth were tugging up. He rolled his eyes.

"You need to remember, I'm in your house. Your dad's downstairs." He emphasized, pointing to the ground.

"Right." I said, only just remembering. I got up off my bed and pushed him out the door. "I'll be down in twenty minutes. Don't let Sirius spend too much time with my mum. She already loves you too much." I muttered under my breath.

"You can never love a Potter too much, number one rule, my dad always said." James smirked. I rolled my eyes and shut the door in his face.

After twenty minutes, I was completely showered and ready to go wherever James and Sirius wanted to take me. I skipped downstairs and entered the kitchen. My dad was talking to James and my mum was talking animatedly with Sirius. I bit back a groan.

"Lily, we already have your breakfast here, don't worry, it's nice and warm." Dad said, waving me over to a seat next to him.

"Thanks." I smiled, sitting down. Mum pushed me the plate with my food. It was supposed to be a bread and egg sandwich. But everything was burnt. I looked up. They were all staring at me with unreadable expressions. I picked up the bread. "Is this some kind of joke?" I demanded.

"No, Lils, that's just Prongs' cooking." Sirius said, cracking a wide smile. My mum and dad laughed. I looked down at the plate, and then back up at James.

"You're never going to cook for me again, okay?" I laughed. He nodded in agreement.

"Here you go." Mum said, passing me another plate, this time with clearly better cooked bread and egg.

"Who made this one?" I asked, picking it up.

"Sirius." Mum answered, smiling at Sirius proudly. I resisted the temptation to roll my eyes.

"Of course." I muttered under my breath before taking a bite out of it.

"Okay, are you ready?" James asked dramatically.

"For the awesomest sight you've ever seen?" Sirius continued.

"It will amaze you."

"It will make your heart stop!"

"It will give you such a rush!"

"It will make you puke!" Sirius added. I rolled my eyes.

"Guys. Cut the drama. Just show me." I told them, anticipation building in me. They waved their wands and two motorcycles slowly became visible. "Woah." I gasped softly. "How…where…when…what…?" I stammered, keeping my eyes glued to the two motorcycles. They were definitely good-looking pieces of equipment. It was all metallic and black. The wheels, larger than the seats, were white from my point of view, but the part that was going to touch the ground was black. Right on the front was a huge light. Under the shiny silver handles was a system of intricate metal…stuff. It was probably an engine.

"Nice, eh?" Sirius smiled, admiring the motorcycles, too. "They're 1977 Harley Davidson. The newest one." He said proudly. Harley Davidson? It must be pretty good then, because even I, the last person to care about automobiles, knew the company.

"They were a tad expensive, but with a little sweet-talking and promise for advertisement, we managed to drive down the price." James smiled, throwing an arm around my shoulder.

"Prongsie-wongsie was upset he couldn't get you a skimpy black outfit to go with it!" Sirius exclaimed, reaching over me to ruffle James' hair. James stuck his tongue out at Sirius, who stuck it out right back.

"And just when I was beginning to think you guys were growing up." I muttered, walking closer to the motorcycles.

"Us? Growing up? We aren't growing up, Lily-flower. James has simply deflated his head considerably and, well, I just got more attractive!" Sirius said, flashing me a smile. I rolled my eyes.

"So are we going to ride it or what?" I asked, gesturing the one closest to me.

"I thought you'd never ask." They said in unison. James joined me at the motorcycle I was standing in front of, and Sirius took the other one. James handed me a helmet and sat down, patting the seat behind him. I fastened my helmet on and sat down behind him.

"Are you ready to get out of this alleyway, and to the rest of the world?" Sirius asked, smiling like an idiot. They were going to kill us if we went riding through Diagon Alley.

"Let's do it." I responded almost immediately, the adventurous side of me taking control. Sirius and James revved the engine and the motorcycle made a loud, gargling sound. The motorcycle started shaking and I held on to the sides of my seat.

"Now Lily, it's no fun if you hold on to the sides of the seat, you've got to hold on to me." James smiled, twisting his neck around to face me. I crinkled my nose. He shrugged and turned to face forward again. Suddenly, the motorcycle started moving. I screamed, and moved my arms to James' torso.

"Happy now?" I asked loudly, trying to be heard over the loud engine.

"Almost." He smirked, and I raised an eyebrow. Suddenly, we shot forward, and I my heard beat sped up. We drove out into the open and I felt the wind push my hair behind me. The people went by so quickly, I didn't know how James was driving this thing. I wrapped my arms around James much tighter. "Now I'm happy." James yelled to me. I rolled my eyes, even though he probably couldn't see.

"THIS IS AWESOME!" Sirius bellowed, and I wasn't sure how we could still hear him. I moved closer to James and rested my chin on his shoulder, so I could see where he was driving. He wasn't doing a bad job of avoiding people and the buildings around us. I wasn't sure if it was just James' driving skill or the motorcycle, or both. "READY, MATE?" Sirius asked loudly. James looked at Sirius and nodded. I wanted to ask what they were going to do, but they probably wouldn't tell me anyway. James lifted one of his hands from the wheel.

"What are you doing?" I demanded. He ignored me and pushed a button that I hadn't seen before. It was right below the steering wheel. I felt a weird feeling pass through me, and when I looked down, I found I couldn't see myself. I couldn't see James, but I knew he was still there since I could feel my arms still wrapped around him. And then suddenly, I felt myself being lifted off the ground, going up horizontally. My hair was flying wildly behind me, some strands hitting my face. I looked around us and we were getting farther and farther away from the ground. The people and buildings were getting smaller and smaller. "James, are we flying?" I gasped into his ear.

"Yeah, we are." he said. "Isn't this great?" He asked. I nodded into his shoulder and rested my head more comfortably on him.

"This is relaxing." I smiled.

"THIS IS AWESOME!" Sirius yelled from next to us.

"We know!" James and I responded in unison.

"Why don't we make this a bit more interesting?" James asked mischievously.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Come closer." He told me.

"How am I supposed to do that?" I asked. My arms were already wrapped around him.

"Legs. Hold on to me as tight as you can." He instructed. I rolled my eyes. Of course.

Since our legs were already pressed up against each other, I knew where they were, so I just lifted my legs up and draped them over his thighs.

"I should have asked you to do this a long time ago." He said in a deep, hoarse voice. I hit him on the shoulder.

"Prat."

"No, no, this does have a meaning." He assured me. I felt the sensation of going up vertically, in a curve and screamed. What was he doing? I felt the blood rush to my head and suddenly, we going back down again.

"James, what did you do?" I squealed, holding on to him.

"Loop-de-loop. Wasn't that awesome?" He asked me excitedly. I found myself nodding along. "Oh no." He said suddenly.

"What happened?" I asked.

"We're running out of fuel. We can't stay invisible much longer." He said. "We need to find Padfoot. PADFOOT! WHERE ARE YOU!" James yelled out, and I winced. He yelled in my ears.

"RIGHT HERE!" Sirius bellowed from almost right next to us. I jumped up in surprise.

"Don't do that!" I admonished the both of them.

"We're running out of fuel for our invisibility. We need to get back to Diagon Alley." James told him.

"Okay, we haven't gone very far. We'll just turn around and go downwards, okay?" Sirius replied.

"But how do we know we're not going to crash into you? We can't see each other." I reminded both of them. It felt weird talking to air.

"There's a pawprint on the front and back of the motorcycle that doesn't disappear. It's all good. Prongs has a lily on his." Sirius said, and I could hear in his voice that he was smirking.

"You're lucky you're invisible for now." James growled.

"That's good and all, but I'm going down. See you there!" Sirius laughed. As James turned around our motorcycle, I could see Sirius' pawprint in mid-air, and then it was in front of us, getting farther and farther away.

"Hold on." James said, before zooming after Sirius. We made sure to keep a distance from him, so we wouldn't accidentally knock into him. Soon, I could see the tall Ministry and Gringotts buildings as we approached Diagon Alley. Next, I saw the small wizards and wizards walking around the stores.

"Where are we landing?" I asked James.

"There's a spot near that fountain thing over there where we can land." He said, and I looked for the 'Fountain-thing'. It was, as he said, a good spot where we could land, since there weren't any people in that general area. "Padfoot, we're landing near the fountain!" James called out to Sirius, who was riding right next to us.

"Yeah. I'm going down there with you. D'you guys want to land first?" Sirius offered.

"Sure. We'll go." James responded as I felt him take the bike downwards, and the fountain came more into view. My hair was pushed behind me once more, and the wind was rushing into my face. I felt the odd sensation pass through me once more and I could see James and myself once more. We hit the ground with a loud thud. I took my legs off his thighs and I heard him groan softly as he pulled the motorcycle to a stop. I hit him on the side of the head before taking a look around. I first spotted Sirius, who was stopped right next to us, and then the surprised faces of the few people around us.

"Why don't we go back into that alleyway?" I suggested. They nodded in agreement before starting the engine once more. I held on to James as he rocketed forward, swerving through the people and buildings. "Merlin's left sock watch out!" I scolded as he narrowly missed an older-aged witch. He turned into the alleyway we were in before, and then halted to a stop, making me crash into him. "And just when I began to think you were getting good at driving." I muttered.

"Merlin's left sock?" He asked, raising an amused eyebrow.

"I don't know, it was the first thing that came to mind." I shrugged. He turned the engine off and I took my helmet off my head, hoping my hair wasn't too messed up. I tried patting it down as I got up off the motorcycle. "That was fun and all, but now my hair's all messed up." I complained.

"Stop being such a girl." Sirius retorted with a scoff.

"I don't think James would exactly appreciate it if I stopped being a girl, Sirius." I reminded him, jerking my thumb in James' direction. We turned to look at him and he suddenly looked up from the motorcycle.

"Uh, what?" He asked, looking completely confused.

"Would you appreciate it if I suddenly stopped being a girl?" I asked him. James looked even more confused for a moment, before deciding it was just better to answer and not ask any questions.

"No, I wouldn't." James agreed.

"Told you!" I said to Sirius with a smug grin.

"Oh, shut up!" Sirius pouted.

"How'd you get the motorcycles invisible anyway?" I asked, circling the two bikes.

"Lily-flower, don't underestimate our abilities! You wound me!" Sirius said dramatically, putting a hand over his heart. James snickered.

"You do have a good point." I agreed. "But what about flying?" I pointed out. That had to be difficult.

"We talked to broomstick specialists and we read a few books." James shrugged. I gasped.

"Sirius read a book?" I faked surprise.

"Ha ha." Sirius laughed sarcastically. "It was for a good cause." He defended.

"More like illegal." I said under my breath.

"Yeah, that's true. We should probably get them out of here." James agreed. "Misty?" He called out. The little house elf from Hogwarts appeared in front of us, wearing a huge grin of delight.

"Master James! Master Sirius! Miss Evans!" Misty squealed in delight. I laughed.

"Hi, Misty!" We all said in unison.

"Misty, do you think you can take these two motorcycles back to my house?" James asked. She nodded fervently.

"Of course! Of course!" She squeaked.

"And if you don't mind, my parents would like to talk to you again. They said they missed you." James smiled.

"Misty would love to talk to them!" Misty squealed, and I was momentarily worried she might faint from excitement. "Misty will go now!" She walked over to the motorcycles and touched them. She, along with the motorcycles, disappeared with a small pop!

"James," I said, only just realizing. "Do your parents know about this?" I asked slowly.

"Well, my mum, no. My dad was on board. He even helped us a little." James smiled proudly. I shook my head in disbelief.

"Of course." I rolled my eyes.

"Why don't we get some lunch?" Sirius suggested.

"Hungry already, Padfoot?" James joked. Sirius nodded vigorously and patted his stomach.

"It's been hours. Padfoot needs food." Sirius told us with a wide, begging, smile.

"Alright. Let's go!" I agreed.

"Look, the little mudblood thinks she's going somewhere!" A snide voice squealed in sadistic delight. I groaned. Not here, too. James and Sirius automatically moved closer to my sides and the three of us brought our wands out, stepping forward warily…

A/N: So sorry for the 12 hour late update :( I fell asleep at my computer...at like 8:30 at night. It was weird, yes, but I was very exhausted.

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