James appeared at the leaky cauldron, face red with anger and jealousy. He had just seen one of his best friends kiss his girlfriend, Lily Evans. He wished he could call her a cheating slut and move on, but Lily Evans was no slut.
"Mr. Potter!" Cried Tom, the owner. "How may I help you on this lovely Christmas evening?"
"Can I get a room?" James asked eagerly.
"Yes, Mr. Potter." Tom said, getting his ring of keys and leading him upstairs. "Are you okay, Mr. Potter?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." James lied, slamming the door in Tom's face. He didn't need to be so rude, but he felt like taking his anger out on other people.
Back at the flat, Remus sat there, dumfounded about how fast it had all happened. Lily was crying now and Sirius was picking at the wallpaper silently.
"Did he break up with me?" Lily sobbed.
"I don't know. You never can tell with James." Remus said, picking up the bag of potions. "Take this." He handed one to Lily and one to Sirius. They gulped them down and were immediately sober.
"Funny how that works." Lily said.
"Are you going to go get him?" Remus asked.
"Yeah… Where do you think he went?" Lily asked.
"I have no clue." Remus said.
"Damn him! Where could he go? Lauren's?" Lily asked.
"No… He wouldn't ever run to her… She'd tell you." Sirius said, thinking very hard. "Either he'd be at Peter's or the Leaky Cauldron."
"Okay. Remus, can you side apparate me to Peter's?" Lily asked.
"Sure." Remus said.
"Can I come?" Sirius asked.
"Sure. Hold on to my arms." Remus instructed. They held on and suddenly appeared in front of a tiny pink and white house. Sirius ran up to it and started banging on the door.
"James! Get out here, NOW!" He shouted, kicking the door.
A tiny, plump and mouse like woman appeared at the door.
"Sirius!" She cried joyfully, hugging him.
"Sorry Mrs. Pettigrew. Is Peter here?" Remus asked.
"Yes. Hold on a moment. Petey-tweety!" She called. Lily, Remus and Sirius snickered at his nickname.
Peter appeared in the doorway.
"Yes mummy- Oh. Hi guys." He said, blushing.
"Petey-tweety!" Sirius cried, hugging him. Peter wiggled his way free of Sirius' grip.
"Peter, did James stop by here?" Lily asked.
"No. But if he does, I'll owl you. Why, what's wrong?" Peter asked.
"Lily snogged Moony." Sirius blurted out.
Peter's mouth dropped open.
"She- WHAT? You have no idea how much James is in love with you, Lily. And you snog Moony?" He asked.
"I was drunk." She said, looking at her feet in embarrassment.
"DRUNK?" Peter cried. "You're lucky if James will even look at you!" Lily began to cry and she ran down the road. She didn't look back.
"Lily! Wait!" Remus cried.
Lily began screaming and pulling at her hair. Pop! Remus apparated next to her.
"Lily, stop!" He cried, holding her hands together. "James is one of the most forgiving people I know." Remus said, smiling. "And he will most defiantly forgive you. You were drunk and I know you wouldn't ever cheat at anything."
Lily began crying harder.
"But I don't know where he is!" She screamed.
"We can find him. We have plenty of time." Remus whispered.
"Let's go to the leaky cauldron, then." Sirius yelled, running over to them. Remus nodded and they apparated to the leaky cauldron.
"Tom!" Sirius called.
"Mr. Black!" Tom said, smiling a toothless grin.
"Did James happen to show up?" Sirius asked.
"Why yes he did." Tom said.
"Do you think I can get an extra key?" Sirius asked.
"Sorry. It's a leaky cauldron policy. We can't give out extra keys without the guest's permission." Tom informed him.
"Well, what room is he in? I'll go get him myself." Sirius said.
"Room thirteen." Tom said.
The trio jogged up the stairs and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" James called.
Sirius disguised his voice.
"Tom." He grunted. James answered the door.
"Tom, I don't need anything right now I'm- Oh." He said, spotting them.
"James, I'm so sorry!" Lily sobbed. "I really… I would never kiss somebody else. You're the only one I want to kiss." She sobbed.
"But you kissed Remus." He said coldly.
"Please, James. I really like you. I mean, I REALLY like you. When I wake up, I don't think about what I'm going to do today, I think about what we're doing. And this school year has been the best one yet. When Raven died, you were there for me. You understood me and I opened up to you. I don't want to lose that." She cried.
"I really care about you too, but you can't just go kissing any guy because you're drunk." James said.
"I'm so sorry." She sobbed.
"Come here." He said, hugging her.
"I'm sorry I ruined Christmas." She sobbed.
"You didn't ruin Christmas at all." He whispered.
"James?" She asked.
"Yes, Lily?"
"Are we broken up?" She asked.
"Of course not!" He cried.
"I love you." She said, kissing him.
"I love you too." He whispered back.
"Oh!!!! How cute! Now can we come in? Because the hallway is pretty cold." Sirius said.
"Yeah." James said, laughing.
They stayed up until Tom came upstairs and told them they needed to be quiet because other guests were trying to sleep.
"Yes, we'll go to bed." James said. Tom closed the door. "When we're good and ready!" He put a silencing charm on the room and they talked and screamed and laughed and had great Christmas fun.
It was dawn and Sirius and Remus had long since fallen asleep. James and Lily were cuddling. They were wide awake and talking about things.
"Lily, are you really going to live on your own when school is through?" James asked.
"Well, Lauren won't live too far away. She'll be in Diagon alley." Lily explained.
"How about you move in with me?" James asked.
"Well… I don't know if I can handle Sirius permanently…" Lily said.
"He's moving out. He and Lauren are moving into their own apartment." James said.
"Since when?" She asked.
"The last day of the quarter." He replied. "So, do you want to move in?"
"I'd love to." She said, kissing him.
A/N: That was chapter 12 I hope you enjoyed it… so chapter 13 will be up pretty soon… hehe
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