A/N: Hey guys so sadly I go back to school 2 weeks *insert sad face here* (today's Wednesday today by the way) BUT it's my birthday 2 weeks tomorrow! That's right, the 5th of September is my birthday AND me and my dad are going Alton Towers (again, I know but this time it's going to be awesome because we won't have to queue up for the crap rides my mum and brother go on because they're, mainly my brother, are scared of rollercoasters and big rides) the day before I go back to school as a birthday present and so I don't have to spend the last day of the holidays with my granddad. No offence to my granddad intended. PLEASE REVIEW FOR MY BIRTHDAY DURING THE NEXT 2 WEEKS THANKS!
DISCLAIMER: HARRY POTTER IS NOT OWNED BY ME. IT BELONGS TO J.K. ROWLING.
DEDICATED TO: ALTON TOWERS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE LAST DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS GOOD AND NOT BORING! YAY!
I'm weird. First I dedicated it to a website and now to a theme park. *shrugs* Oh well.
-CONVERSATION OF THE CHAPTER-
(A/N: I'm speaking to Grace today because I haven't written about her for a while and… she's in this chapter! Yes you read right!)
Me: Ahhhhhhh! Gracie! It's so good to see you again!
GRACE: Aww thanks it good to see you again to.
ME: So how are you feeling?
GRACE: Uh… a bit better thanks.
ME: That's good…
GRACE: I should be able to go back to Hogwarts soon.
ME: Awesome!
GRACE: Yeah, I can't wait to see all my friends again!
ME: And a certain someone… a crush maybe…
GRACE: Crush?
ME: Sirius?
*Grace turns bright red*
ME: Ahah! I knew it!
GRACE: Me and Sirius are just friends…
ME: Yeah, but you wish it to be more don't you.
GRACE: Um…
ME: Well, luckily for you, you might see your friends sooner than you think.
GRACE: What?
ME: Oh! Look at that! It's time for you to head over to St. Mungo's or your appointment Bye!
GRACE: Wh-?
*Grace disappears*
ME: Love is in the air, do do do do do! ON WITH THE STORY!
27 (A/N: I think this is the 27th chapter anyway… hmm.)
James awoke the next morning from the sudden sunlight streaming into the room.
He sat up, raising a hand to shield his eyes from the sun's rays.
'Why's there sun coming into the room?' He asked them flopped back down on the bed.
'Why's there sunlight coming into the room,' Lily corrected. 'You make it sound like part of the actual sun is coming into the room.'
'Technically-' James started, about to explain that the light coming into the room was actually part of the sun when he was cut off by Liam.
'Urgh, guys, you might want to get in that supply closet before they come around with breakfast.'
'You might? Well I don't-'
'Stop being awkward Sirius!' Marlene hissed, grabbing Sirius by his collar and dragging him into the supply closet.
Emmeline followed in after them, mumbling something about 'Making sure they don't kill each other.'
'Quickly, they usually come in in about 2 minutes.' Liam said urgently, looking over at the closed door that the Healers were bound to come in from.
Lily and James went into the supply closet as well which unfortunately wasn't very big.
James shut the door after him and was immediately pushed against it.
'Sirius your elbow is digging into me.' James hissed.
'Sorry.' Sirius began shuffling around.
'That's my foot!'
'Sorry!'
'That's my arm!'
'Sorry!'
'Ow!' Emmeline and Sirius cried out, they had just bashed heads.
'Sorry. There's just no room here. You would think, with it us having magic they would expand the inside to make it bigger.' Sirius said reaching up to rum his head and nearly hitting Marlene in the face.
'Shh!' Liam said from outside the closet as they heard a door open.
'How are you today Liam?' A female voice asked.
Everyone fell silent and didn't move.
'Good.' Liam replied.
'Well here's your breakfast.'
'Where's mine?' A familiar, a very familiar voice asked.
James mouthed one word.
'Gracie.'
'You can in early just so you won't miss breakfast again didn't you?' The, who James guessed, Healer said chuckling.
'Fern, of course. When I have an appointment in the morning and haven't slept over the night before I always come in early just to get breakfast. You know that. I come early for lunch as well if my appointments in the afternoon and for dinner if I'm sleeping over. It's free food. I am not denying it.'
Liam laughed.
'Good on you Grace.'
'So what have we got then Fern?'
'Toast, sausages, eggs all types, bacon, tomatoes, pancakes, juice, milk…' Fern the Healer listed.
'We'll have a bit of all of it. Extra-large please for both of us,' Liam said.
James prayed he was getting that much to share.
'We're feeling very hungry today.'
'We are?' Gracie asked confused. 'But I don't like pan-'
'Everything. You know what, just give us everything Fern.' Liam decided.
Yes! Everything!
'Everything?'
'Yes. Everything. Now shoo. I can hear next doors stomachs rumbling from here.'
He heard plates moving and then the slam of a door.
Sirius somehow managed to move without anyone getting hurt and unlock the door.
James stumbled out of the supply closet.
'GRACIE!' Sirius yelled and launched himself onto the Gracie.
They fell to the floor with a crash.
Not wanting to be left out, James jumped on top of them.
'Sirius? James? You're here!' Grace laughed loudly, grabbing them into a bone crushing hug on the floor.
James and Sirius hugged her back and they lay on the floor for a couple more silent minutes just hugging each other tightly.
Until someone cleared their throat.
They looked up and Gracie squealed.
'Lily! Marlene! Emmeline!'
It was the girl's turned to be squished.
'Gracie! 'I've missed you!'
'Never leave again. It was horrible. It was boring and it was not fun!' Marlene clutched onto Gracie and looked as if she was never going to let go.
'Uh if I promise that will you let go off me?' Gracie asked, Marlene tight grip still around her.
Marlene nodded.
'I promise.'
Marlene grinned.
'Marlene… you said you would let go…'
'One minute. No one else you hug me in the dormitory. Only you. Hug me!' Marlene demanded.
'Okay…' Gracie hugged Marlene back.
'Best hug ever.' Marlene said, pulling away.
'Totally…' Gracie trailed off.
'Where's everyone else? Remus? Alice? Mary?' Gracie asked.
'Too many people.' James answered.
'Ah. Go on then, tell us how you go here.' Gracie said, sitting down on the bed and making herself comfortable.
'It's long…'
'I've got 2 hours.' Gracie shrugged.
'You came 2 hours early just for breakfast?' Lily questioned.
'It's really nice here. Help yourself. Ooh, now I get why we got all of it… you knew?' Liam said turning to look at Liam.
'Met them last night.' Liam said smiling.
'And you hid them for me. Thank you.' Gracie said.
'Yeah thanks.' Emmeline said Sirius, James, Lily and Marlene saying their own thankyous some after.
'So on with the story.' Gracie grinned.
So they told her about how they came up with the idea, how they chose who went, how they managed to get out of the school, flooing to The Leaky Cauldron, seeing James's parents there, getting a cab and going to oblivate the Muggle when they found out he was related to a Wizard so they could pay him with Wizard money, Sirius getting 'bite by a Dragon', Sirius jumping on Liam, staying the night and then hiding in the supply closet.
'Wow, you have quite the adventure. Thanks for doing it.'
'No problem.'
'Oh, Happy Valentine's Day guys!' Liam said suddenly.
'3… 2… 1…' James counted down.
'Valentine's day! That's Monday! Today's Monday! We have school today! We have to get back before first lesson!' Lily panicked.
'1, we would never get back in time because first lesson started 10 minutes ago.'
'WHAT?'
'Oh my Merlin! This is so exciting! Lily's skiving off class for the first time ever!' Gracie said happily. 'I'm so proud of you. Even if it took you one and a half years to do it!'
'I've never skived before either Lily.' Emmeline said to the red head hoping to reassure her.
'Good. Marlene?'
'Er…'
'Oh I remember! We went and- oh…' Gracie trailed off.
'Well I'm not even going to ask Potter or Black.' Lily huffed. 'We had a test today in Potions! Right now actual!'
'Yes!' James and Sirius high-fived.
Lily glared at them.
'Anyway, Lily I mean to ask you something,' James raked a hand through his hair.
'Will you-'
BANG!
'Oh sorry, was I little to early? I haven't done this is a while…' Gracie said sheepishly as the orange firework dissolved above her head.
'I knew you'd carry one around for moments like this!' Sirius said happily.
'Always have, always will! I probably would've sent it in the post today if you weren't here because well, every time James- uh, I think we're interrupting Sirius…'
'Right...'
'Uh Lily will you go out with me?'
Lily gave him an unreadable look.
'No.'
A wave of disappointment crashed through him.
'I would scream at you but this is a hospital and I am not ruining the rest of the time we have visiting Gracie.'
At least she wasn't going to yell at him…
'Why do you keep saying no to him Lily? James is a great guy.' Gracie said.
James smiled at her.
'He's a jerk, he's arrogant-'
James's smile turned into a frown.
'That's a bit tight isn't it?' Gracie asked. 'James has great qualities. Everyone needs a boyfriend that is funny, charming, sweet, a good pranker, brave, has a great smile, a good personality, nice eyes…' Gracie trailed off.
Sirius, to James's amused, stood up straighter.
'I want someone like that.' Gracie finished off.
James could just tell Sirius was making a mental note of the list in his head.
'So how's everyone else been at school?' Gracie changed the subject, on purpose or not, James would never know.
'Good. Everyone misses you though.' Marlene said.
'Good. Couldn't have it any other way.' Gracie laughed.
'When do you think you'll be coming back?' Emmeline asked eagerly.
'I already have an idea. One that I'm certain Sirius over hear will like.'
Sirius perked up at this.
'What is it?' Sirius asked.
'Follow.' Gracie stood up and waved him over to the supply room, the door shut behind them.
'They're probably snogging right now.' Liam stated.
'Nah.' James said, but still went over and pressed his ear against the door.
He was soon joined by the others.
'Brilliant.' They heard Sirius say.
'What can I say? It's time to get rid of my stand in.'
Stand in?
'That's what you've been calling him?'
Him?
'Of course, he's not the real one. I am. We are.'
Not real?
Gracie is?
Sirius is?
What?
'Agreed.'
'You realised they've been listening in don't you?' Gracie questioned.
Everyone backed away from the door.
The door swung open.
'What are you doing guys?' She asked with raised eyebrows.
'Uh, we were just saying how Ravenclaws Seeker is really bad.' James covered up even though she knew they had been listening in.
'Oh,' Gracie said with a smirk. 'James, Sirius wants to speak to you in there and no listening in this time thank you very much.'
James shrugged and entered the supply room where Sirius was pacing up and door.
It was quite funny to watch as he was turning every 5 seconds because the room was that small.
'What's up?'
Sirius raked a hand through his hair.
'Okay so I'm quite funny aren't I? I think I'm charming… I'm sweet I think? I'm definitely a good pranker; I'm a Gryffindor so I'm obviously brave… I have a great smile don't I James? I have a good personality… James do I have nice eyes?' Sirius said worriedly.
'What?'
'James, do I nice eyes?' Sirius repeated.
'What? I'm not answering that,' James said confused. Then realisation dawned on him. 'This is what Gracie said wasn't it?'
Sirius blushed.
'Maybe.'
'You're seriously doubting yourself?'
'Maybe… James just answer me. Do I have nice eyes?'
'Sirius…'
'Do I have nice eyes?' Sirius asked, widening his eyes and putting his face right in front of James's face.
'Uh, Sirius this is really awkward…'
'Answer the question and I'll move.' Sirius said, widening his eyes even more.
'Yes! You have nice eyes!' James said finally.
Sirius sighed in relief and backed away from James.
'For a minute there I was worried.'
James shook his head.
'We can go out now.' Sirius said, turning around.
'Wait,' James said, stopping Sirius.
'Do I have nice eyes?' James asked, raking a hand through his hair.
'What? Uh… yeah…'
'What the hell is happening with us Sirius? We're standing here in a supply closet asking each other if we have nice eyes.'
'We're in love James.'