CHAPTER 18

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"Prongs, did you stay up all night reading that diary?"

James opened his eyes to stare lazily at Sirius with his head cocked sideways on the couch, his eyes glazed and half open,

"And why are you so out of energy? You used to stay awake for 5 days straight and be perfectly fine!"

"Hmm?" James said dreamily, as if he's still asleep, he actually is half asleep,

"I guess we better get you to bed, it's a good thing that it's Saturday, though you wouldn't be able to come with us, today is full moon,"

"Today is full moon?" James suddenly jumped up, his eyes wide open and bloodshot,

"James, it's ok if you don't come with me tonight, I understand," Remus said good-heartedly,

"No, no, I can go," James said, but started swaying on his feet, and he finally gave in defeat and collapsed on the couch again,

"There's no way I'm going to let you come like this," Remus said, "I really appreciate how you guys stick with me during my furry little problem but I can't let you pass out in the middle of my transformation,"

"I agree with Mooney, it's much too dangerous," Sirius said with a serious face (no pun intended),

"No? I can't go?" James said like a five year old,

"No, I'll knock you out if you want to, but I think it's going to be much easier if you just stay here willingly,"

"Fine, bye then,"

"Bye,"

Remus sprinted off while Sirius pretended to do homework for a while, and went to bed with James, James falling asleep immediately and Sirius waiting for midnight to strike, and sneaked off to to the whomping
willow, Peter as a rat to touch the knot.

Back in the Gryffindor boys dormitory, James is sleeping with a peaceful expression, spread eagle on his bed with the curtains half closed, concealing him from the waist up. The slightly ajar door creaked softly as a certain redhead pushed on it and poked her head in, she had seen Sirius leave earlier, and had supposed that Sirius was going to meet up with James, who is not seen since 8pm.

The redhead girl tiptoed into the room, careful to check if the floor creaks before she steps on it, the soft red carpet muffling the sound of her footsteps. She stepped on a particularly loud floorboard, but didn't seem to worried about it, she thought that the dorm was empty.

She went to the foot of James's bed, where his trunk was kept, and started rifling through the contents, she cursed and wrinkled her nose when she saw the pile of debris consisting of broken quills and wrinkled parchment that had collected at the bottom of the trunk, wincing as her hand felt sharp ends when sifting through the debris.

Suddenly, there is a loud bang outside, and then a very well created curse, James stirred slightly, and turned around, much to the mortification of the girl at the foot of his bed who thought he's outside, but luckily, James didn't wake up.

Lily let out the breath she's been holding unconsciously, and continued rifling through the trunk, as she looked, she found a tattered old parchment covered with ink stains but no writing. She flipped the parchment over in her hand, but discovered nothing interesting, but the Marauders possessing a tattered piece of parchment cannot be overlooked, so she pocketed it.

As soon as the piece of parchment reached Lily's pocket, James jumped up and pointed his wand, which is under his pillow, at Lily, Lily stared cross-eyed at the wand point on her nose, eyes the size of saucers,

Oops, she thought, I should've left when I realized he's in here!

"Lily?" James said, surprised, as he made out the blurry shape of a head of red hair, he lowered his wand and pushed his glasses on, "I hate to be rude, but what on earth are you doing here?"

Lily simply stared at James, who apparently sleeps shirtless, and probably even less,

"Not that I don't want you here, though," James said, waving his hand, "Actually, I would be much happier if you are in the bed with me,"

"Potter!"

"Too much?"

Lily glared and stomped off,

"Wait!"

"What?" Lily turned, and snapped,

"What are you doing in my room anyways?" James asked, climbing out of the bed, "And I want what's in your pocket back,"

"Huh? Oh, here you go," Lily took out the bit of parchment, her face flushed with embarrassment, both because of James is now clad only in boxers and because she's been caught taking something of his, "It's just a piece of parchment, why does it seem so important to you?"

"Oh, you have to become a part of the Marauders before you know that," James wagged his eyebrows,

"Normally, a girl wouldn't be able to join the Marauders, but I can think of a way you can,"

"Oh, shut up!"

"Lily!" James said, "You still haven't answered my first question, what are you doing in my room?"

"Well... I heard Sirius say something about tattered notebook and diary the other day..."

"And?"

"I was checking to see if you found my diary, because I can't find it anywhere,"

"So the thing you said was missing is your diary?" James asked, an innocent expression on his face,

"Yeah... And I thought you might've taken it, but now I know you don't have it," Lily said, "Bye, Goodnight?"

James watched Lily exit the door before returning to his bed and pulling out a certain tattered notebook from under his pillow, and flipped through the pages with a grin plastered on his face

A/N - The last two chapters has been pretty boring, but the next chapter is very very exciting!

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