Call out your name

SIRE_JAPE

Rating: PG13
Genres: Romance, Humor
Relationships: Lily & James
Book: Lily & James, Books 1 - 6
Published: 09/07/2005
Last Updated: 18/04/2006
Status: in_progress

CONTAINS HBP SPOILERS Lily Evans was not an average 17 year old girl. For instance, she was a top student, had red hair, emerald green eyes and least ordinary, she was a witch currently attending Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. FINALLY I REPOSTED A NEW CHAPTER!!! ENJOY! HAPPY BELATED NEW YEARS!

Chapters

1. Anything but you

2. The First of the final train rides

3. SORRY PEOPLE... THIS ISNT A REAL CHAPTER

4. The Revolution

5. Now does it feel real?

6. An evening to remember

7. A battle, a loss and an inspiration

8. Not forgetting

9. The plan

10. Lover's quarrel

11. An invitation for christmas

12. Christmas day and a fight

13. Anger, confrontation and snogging

14. Peter's hesitation

15. Karma

16. James doesn't like coffee

17. Trophy in my heart

18. Call out your name

19. What a killer

20. I could never hurt you

21. I've got ice cream in my hair, but I couldn't be happier

1. Anything but you

Lily Evans was not an average 17 year old girl. For instance, she was a top student, had red hair, emerald green eyes and least ordinary, she was a witch currently attending Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Muggles (non-magic folk) assume that if you're a witch, you're automatically as ugly as a troll. They also assume that you're covered in warts and you often turn people into frogs. Witches, however it may seem, are attractive (usually) and only turn people into frogs if necessary.

Lily was a muggle-born, meaning she was the first magic enabled person in her family. Her sister, Petunia, hated her for that and often called her rude names such as “wart worm” or “bookmarker” but she most often called Lily a “freak show” or “freak”. Lily just thought her sister was jealous and would get over it eventually. She was absolutely mistaken.

If there ever was a wizard that Lily disliked, it was James “Prongs” Potter. Lily knew James as a “Slimy git.” However, James fancied Lily. James came from one of the most pure-blooded wizarding families there ever was. (Besides the Blacks) He asked Lily out at least twice a day with the occasional marriage proposal. Lily hated James. She didn't know exactly why, but she hated his guts. She hated that snitch he was always playing with, and the way he messed his hair up constantly made her hate him even more.

His friends were okay, on Lily's part. Sirius “Padfoot” Black was cute, smart, funny and nice, even if he was almost half as bad as James. Another of James' friends was Remus “Moony” Lupin. Lily adored Remus. She'd gotten her first kiss from Remus in the Quidditch stand no less than one year earlier. Last but not least was the tiny Peter “Wormtail” Pettigrew. Clumsy little Peter was always tagging behind the group. The four boys were called the “Marauders” and Lily had a love-hate relationship with the quad.

Lily had three best friends, Raven Hinsee, Lauren Pines and Rebecca Ewing. Raven was a total tomboy who still managed to keep her silky blonde locks perfectly straight, even while playing chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Raven loved Sirius Black and spent as much time possible with him. Lauren was energetic and beautiful. She had black hair with pink highlights and she played beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team while Sirius was the other beater. Finally, there was Rebecca, the girly and goofiest one of the group. She constantly did her makeup and knew almost nothing about Quidditch. These four were rivals to the Marauders and henceforth received their name, the Mafia.

The day was September first, and Lily had just boarded the Hogwarts Express to begin her final year at Hogwarts. This year, Lily was the head girl, so she had to go to the Head compartment and wait for the head boy to arrive.

James had just boarded the Hogwarts express with his three best friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They entered their usual compartment and Sirius suddenly reminded James,

“Prongs, mate, don't you have Bighead boy duties to attend to?”

“Oh, yeah… Thanks, Padfoot. I don't even see why Dumbledore made me the Head boy,” James said.

“Because Little Prongsie here is a responsible boy,” Sirius said turning to Peter, who was mighty gullible. “I bet you three galleons that Evans is the head girl.”

“You're on. I think it's the Ravenclaw prefect, Lindsey Ash,” Peter said, opening his ugly coin purse.

“That's the ugliest wallet I have ever seen,” James said, laughing slightly, “And have you seen Moony's mum's coin purse? It's absolutely dreadful. Like Lindsey Ash is going to be head girl, honestly…”

“He only says that because he fancies her. You should get going Prongs,” Remus said, “Don't want to be late, do you?”

“No way, Moony dear,” James joked, “Bye, mate.” And he headed towards the head compartment. When he opened the door, Lily gasped.

A/N: This is my first fanfic. Please oh PLEASE review. I love reviewers… So please review my story… I'm proofreading the next chapter RIGHT NOW and I may even have it up later today… I just LOVE Lily/James ship stories… Don't you? PLEASE REVIEW!!!

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2. The First of the final train rides

“Not you!” She whined.

“My apologies, Miss Evans. Shall I go and fetch a better head boy?” James said jokingly.

“Yeah, Potter,” She sneered, “Maybe Snape,”

“Uh-huh. Maybe you could go and fetch me a better head girl. Lindsey Ash is one of Hogwarts' top scholars and she very recently dyed her hair red… she could replace a certain witch that I know,” He said sarcastically.

“Stupid git,” Lily said.

“I don't know about stupid,” He said. “Now can we get on with this head sex thing?”

“Excuse me?” Lily demanded.

“You know, planning dances and parties for the upcoming year. I thought you knew what that-“

“Never mind,” She said, pulling out a piece of parchment and an eagle feather quill. “When are we going to have the ball? It has to be on one of the holidays. Maybe Halloween. Any ideas?”

“Maybe a Halloween ball would be good…” James said

Why are you so interested in the ball anyways?” Lily asked.

“Because I want to ask my girlfriend to go with me,” James explained.

“Your girlfriend?” Lily asked.

“My girlfriend,” James declared. “I think I can feel some sort of jealousy in our head girl, is that it?”

“Absolutely not. Why would I be jealous of a girl who went out with you? I'd feel sympathy, that's what I'd feel,” She said harshly.

For an hour they planned future Hogsmeade visits, parties, Quidditch games and feasts while occasionally sharing a few personal issues.

Your friend,” James insisted, “Lauren. She likes me, doesn't she? It's really pretty pitiful for anyone to fancy me because I like you, Lily, and everyone knows that. But she likes me, doesn't she?”

“Absolutely. She fancies you almost as much as you fancy me. You know, you really hurt her when you two went out last year and you just dumped her like that… That was really mean of you,” Lily said.

“I apologized to her. Besides, all she could talk about was Sirius. It's so obvious that she likes him, even if she won't admit it. He likes her to death,” James explained, “But agree with me on this one, Sirius and Lauren would be a perfect couple, wouldn't they?”

“Oh my god, yes,” Lily said, “And so would Raven and Remus. He really likes her, doesn't he? Too bad she likes Sirius… And Rebecca likes Peter and Peter likes… who?”

“Lindsey Ash,” James said, laughing.

“That awful girl? The Ravenclaw prefect?”

“Yeah, that's what I said. I don't know why he likes her, but he does. A lot. But not as much as I like you, Lily,” James said.

“Um… yeah. I think I'm going to go to my compartment now.” Lily said.

“Me too. See you around, Lily.”

“Wait, James?” Lily asked.

“Yes, Lily-flower?”

“Who's your girlfriend?”

“You are, silly,” James said, turning away and heading back to his compartment.

James returned to his compartment to find Sirius holding Remus down while Peter was slamming cupcakes in his face.

“Help me, James!” Remus cried while another cake was slammed into his mouth.

James pulled Sirius off of Remus.

“Thanks mate. These JERKS were smashing cupcakes in my face because I dared Wormtail that he couldn't tackle Padfoot and then they rebelled against me. Damn pricks.”

“It's alright, Moony. You could kick Wormy's ass any day, but I'm not exactly sure about Padfoot… Wormy's weak as hell though,” James said.

“Hey! This hurts, doesn't it?” Peter cried, kicking James in the kneecaps. James collapsed.

“OW!” James shouted, rubbing his knees.

“Wormy's a savage, isn't he?” Sirius said, helping James get up.

“Damn you, Peter! I'm going to kill you!” James screamed, chasing Peter out of the compartment and down the hall. Peter ran as fast as he could, but James threw a tripping spell at him, so Peter crawled into the nearest compartment. Peter looked around and saw the whole Mafia.

“Hi there, Peter,” Rebecca said, shyly.

“Um, Hey there, Becca. Is it okay if I can hide from James? He's after my blood,” Peter explained.

“Oh, that's perfectly fine,” Lauren said, “If Jamie comes in here, I'll take care of him… We might need a broom closet, but he'll be taken care of,”

“Nobody wants to hear your perverted fantasies, Lauren. Especially fantasies with James Potter. Honestly, Sirius totally likes you and you should go out with him,” Lily said.

“But I like Sirius!” Raven yelled.

“Yeah, but Remus likes you,” Lily said.

“Who wants to go out with a werewolf?” Raven exclaimed.

“How do you know that Moony's a werewolf?” Peter asked.

“It's very obvious,” Lily explained, “Disappearances at the full-moon of each month, he has a nickname `Moony' and he did his report on them last year in Binns' class. What do you expect from us?”

The door slammed open and James entered.

“So, Peter, you think you can kick me in the shins and get away with it, do you?” James was suddenly distracted by Lily. “Hi Lily-flower… What's up?”

“I'll tell you what's up!” Peter shouted, “They know about Moony and why he's called Moony!”

“How do they know?” James asked.

“It's pretty obvious, James. Remus disappears once a month, he's called `Moony' but the only thing I don't get is the rest of your guys' nicknames, but I'll find out soon…” Lily said.

“Lily, as much as I like you, I have to say, it's almost impossible for you to know about that,” Peter said.

“Now, Peter, don't underestimate my Lily-flower,” James said, “She could be really close for all we know,”

“Your Lily-flower? James, I will never be yours,” Lily said.

“I'm afraid you're mistaken, Lily. You will be mine and I will be yours until we die side by side.” James said. “Now, are you guys just going to sit around and read witch weekly-or whatever you women read-or are we going to make something of our final train ride to Hogwarts?”

“Let's play spin the bottle,” Rebecca insisted.

“How about the official Marauder game?” James asked.

“What's that?” Lily asked.

“Dare or dare,” Peter explained.

“You mean truth or dare,” Lily said.

“No, dare or dare. You get dared. Truths are for sissies,” James said, “sissies like Peter,” Peter scowled at James.

“Alright,” Lauren said, scooting closer to James, “Let's play. James, dare or dare?”

“I'm going to have to say… dare,” He responded.

“Alright, James. I dare you to moon us,” Lauren said. Peter broke out laughing.

“Fine,” James said, kicking Peter in the leg. He could have sworn he saw Lily's face light up when he said that. James turned around and quickly dropped his pants. At the same time, the door opened and James tried to run while at the same time, Sirius and Remus entered the compartment.

“Sick! PRONGS MATE! I'M NOT LIKE THAT! I LIKE LAUREN AND I'M STRAIGHT! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN!” Sirius screamed.

“Sirius, we're playing dare or dare! Now grow up!” James said.

“You grow up, you're the one running around with your pants down,” Sirius snapped.

“Somebody's PMSing…” Lauren said.

“Oh hi there, Lauren,” Sirius said goofily. “How was your summer?”

“You know perfectly well how it was,” Lauren said, “You owled me every day and you came over to my house twice!”

“Well, you wouldn't owl me back, so I got worried and I checked up on you a few times…”

“Sirius, I had to owl you back because your damn owl kept biting me so I finally had my dog attack your bird if it came to my house anymore. Look at these scars!” Lauren showed scars all over her hands and wrists.

“I'm sorry baby,” Sirius said, showing his big, cute and tear-filled puppy dog eyes to Lauren, who quickly looked away.

“Sirius, stop those puppy dog eyes… Please, please stop it!” She cried, looking away.

“Will you go out with me?” He asked.

“No way!” He shone his puppy dog look at her again.

“Please, please, please with sugar on top!” He cried.

“Fine! You win.”

“Will you come into the compartment over and let me take your clothes off with my teeth?” He asked, flashing his puppy dog look at her.

“Hell no! I'm not some slut like those damn Slytherins!” She said. “Now, can we finish the game of dare or dare?”

“Yeah,” Lily said, “Dare or dare, Sirius?”

“Dare.” He replied, putting his arm over Lauren who quickly pulled away.

“Alright, Sirius. I dare you to ask out McGonagall,” She said, rolling on the ground in laughter. “Ask her out to the Halloween ball!”

“Aright, I will ask McGonagall to the ball. Dare or dare, Lily,” Sirius asked.

“Why do you even say that? Either way, you pick dare,” She said, trying to buy herself time.

“Fine. Dare it is,” Sirius said, rubbing his hands together. “I dare you to kiss Prongs on the lips for 30 seconds.” James' eyes almost popped out of his head in excitement.

“No way! I wouldn't do that for a thousand galleons!” She cried.

“But you have to,” Sirius said, “Or else you can run naked down the halls,”

“If he wasn't here, I'd run down the halls,” Lily said, gesturing to James. “Come here, James.” James quickly scooted towards Lily who quickly placed her lips on his and held them there for thirty seconds. After the thirty seconds was over, she quickly pulled away and wiped her mouth off.

“That's what I've been asking for throughout these seven years,” James said, messing up his hair.

“That was disgusting!” Lily screamed.

“Dare or dare, Wormtail,” James said.

“Dare,” Peter said quietly. He was afraid because he always got the worst dares.

“I dare you,” James said, “I dare you to go into the Slytherin girls' compartment and make out with the ugliest bloke in there, even if she refuses.”

Peter moaned.

“No way! I'll do the alternative dare.” He said.

“Fine then. Take off your clothes and run naked down the halls screaming bloody murder. This time, with a twist. You have to be screaming about your undying love for pink heels. If someone asks you if you're okay, scream `I love pink heels' and run away.”

Peter took off his clothes and ran naked down the halls screaming bloody murder about his undying love for pink heels.

That was the best game of Dare or dare in Hogwarts' history.

A/N: This is the second Chapter… I NEED reviews please… Next Chapter… Lily and James become friends and Lily copes with her feelings for him and makes some conclusions with Lauren over their feelings for James and Sirius… If you ask, YES Lauren and Sirius are going out!

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3. SORRY PEOPLE... THIS ISNT A REAL CHAPTER

THIS IS NOT A CHAPTER…. I'M SOOOOO SORRY BUT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE REST, BUT LUCKILY I HAVE PART OF IT WRITTEN IN MY NOTEBOOK SO I'LL HAVE TO RETYPE THE REST UP TONIGHT, BUT I SHOULD HAVE CHAPTER THREE UP BY TOMORROW. I WAS AT MY GRANDMA'S AND APPARENTLY I DIDN'T SAVE GOOD ENOUGH… IM SO SORRY… I TOTALLY WASTED MY TIME, TOO! WELL I'LL TRY TO RETYPE IT TONIGHT! THANX FOR READING CALL OUT YOUR NAME…. REVIEWERS, I LOVE YOU GUYS, EVEN THOUGH I ONLY GOT THREE, IT MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD… PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!

KISSES!

SIRE_JAPE

IN CASE YOU DON'T GET MY NAME, SI=SIRIUS RE=REMUS… JA=JAMES PE=PETER…. THANX!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

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4. The Revolution

The beginning of the school year was easy and there had been no recent attacks or threats from Voldemort's crowd, which was very good news.

In the second week of school, while Lily and James were doing rounds, James and Lily were talking about how they really liked Hogwarts and how they were both becoming aurors to protect the school.

“I want to be an auror because Voldemort killed my family. My mum and dad… Bless their souls; they died in the fifth year. Voldemort himself killed them. Not like that's an honor or anything, but they were great. He needed fifty death eaters to back him up; the coward.” James said.

“I'm so sorry James… I didn't know. Do you have any brothers or sisters?” Lily asked.

“No. Just Sirius. But my parent's left me a load of galleons, so I had Dumbledore become my co-guardian and now I'm living in my own flat in Hogsmeade. Sirius is living with me too because his family disowned him. Do you still live at home?” James asked, messing up his hair.

“Why do you do that?” Lily asked, “Anyways, I lived at home, but as soon as school is out, I'm going to move into my own apartment in muggle London. It's quite nice. Lauren won't be too far away, she'll be living in Diagon Alley, so I can visit her almost every day.”

“Lily, why do you hate me?”

“Hate you? I don't hate you!” She shouted, dropping her wand.

“Then what do you call it?” He asked.

“I'm not sure, but it most certainly is not hatred.”

“Then you don't hate me?” James asked eagerly.

“No, I don't.” Lily said.

“Okay… I have a proposal for you, Lily.” James said.

“It's not a marriage proposal, is it?” Lily asked.

“Not unless you want it to be.” James said, smiling.

“No, not really. I'll have to get back to you on that one.” Lily said.

“Okay. Well anyways, I was thinking that we should stop calling each other by our last names and consider our relationship… a friendship.”

“Alright, James. You win. I guess we're friends.” Lily concluded.

“Great!” James said, smiling. Lily felt an odd twist in her stomach… Things were changing… She was falling for him.

A/N: Okie dokie! Now we have chapter three up because I retyped it pretty fast and I changed the coping with Lauren part for next chapter because I really wanted to get this posted! THANX! I NEED REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

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5. Now does it feel real?

It was October the fifteenth and the day begun, Lily staring out her dormitory window as the golden sun shone on the lake, almost smiling at its reflection, not knowing that winter would soon overrule the fall.

“Lily, dear? Are you alright? You seem to be spacing out or something.” Lauren said, patting Lily on her shoulder.

“I was just… Thinking. Things are different, Lauren.” Lily said.

“Like How?” Lauren asked.

“Like… Things with James… I think… I think that I like him.”

“YOU LIKE HIM?” Lauren screamed.

“Like who?” Raven asked.

Uh-oh. Lily thought. Raven is the gossip queen! Even if we are friends, I think she'd still tell everyone…

“Nobody, Lauren was asking if I like…” Quick… Think of something fast, Evans!

“If she likes- Oh forget it, Raven. It's none of your business anyways… Can you go downstairs and tell Sirius that I'll be down in a second?” Lauren asked.

“I don't know what he sees in you… I think he likes me.” Raven said.

“Oh, shut up, Raven! You know Sirius is head over heels for Lauren. You're just letting your jealousy speak for you. You're so foolish… Just go tell Sirius.” Lily snapped.

“Can I stay?” Rebecca asked quietly.

“What do you think?” Lily asked rudely.

“No?” Rebecca asked. Lily nodded and pointed for the stairs. They didn't argue because this was Lily's MILD angry side, and they did not want to see her blow up.

“Jesus, Lil! You're evil,” Lauren said, laughing. “Anyways, you actually like James? You're giving in to the battle that you swore you'd win? You're actually in LOVE with him?”

“I wouldn't know if Love is the word, but I basically am really attracted to him… It's scary, Lauren. I like James. Why?” Lily cried, pulling her hair up into a ponytail.

“I don't know. What I do know is that you should wear your hair down because you look better with it down.” Lauren said. Lily put her hair down.

“Now I suggest,” Lauren said, “I suggest that you just let him ask you to the ball. He's sure to ask you today and just sort of- ponder through your mind a bit and then say `I guess so,' and trust me, he'll be singing to the heavens and we'll all win.”

Lily smiled at Lauren and then gave her a big hug.

“I love you, Lauren! You're so smart.” Lily said.

In the boy's common room, James was having a similar conversation with Sirius and Remus.

“Just ask her!” Sirius said.

“Are you dumb? She's actually my friend now, and I don't want to wreck that.” James said.

“Look,” Sirius said, “If Peter can get a date with some Ravenclaw girl, then you can get a date with somebody else. Half of the school is swooning over you anyways.”

“Speak of the devil,” Remus said, “Where is Peter?”

“With Lindsey Ash.” Sirius said.

“Back to the point,” James said, “I don't want any other girl, I want Lily.” James said.

“Then just ask her!” Remus said.

“Fine. I'm asking her at breakfast.” James said, marching down the stairs in confidence. At the bottom he saw Lily and all of his confidence was lost. She looked absolutely gorgeous. His knees went weak and he could no longer feel them. He fell down the stairs.

“James! Are you okay?” Lily asked, rushing to his aid immediately.

“Now I am," He said. Perfect moment, Potter. Ask her! "Um… Lily?" He asked. This is it.

"Yes?" She asked. He's going to ask me! She thought.

"Will… Um…" SAY IT, POTTER! "Will you go to the ball with me?" He frowned because he had no idea what her answer would be. Absolutely no idea.

Lily froze. Do what Lauren told you to do… Just think for a second… I'm pondering… keep thinking… I guess so? Why not say sure or yes? But I guess what Lauren says goes… Have I been pondering long enough because I just want to go on my date with James. What? A date with James? Oh yeah! I like him. Pondering is over. Say it, Evans.

"I guess so." Lily said. James' frown turned into a smile.

"Really? Are you serious because I think I'm dreaming… Is this a dream? Did Sirius put me in an alternate universe AGAIN? Damn, because I don't think you like me… Last time I checked you didn't think of me-"

"Shut up, James!" Lily said.

"How do I know this is real?" James asked. Lily pressed her lips against his.

"Now does it feel real?" She asked.

"Not really." He said.

A/N: OKAY! I TYPED UP TWO CHAPTERS ALREADY AND I'LL TYPE UP MORE… I PINKY PROMISE. I'M GONNA GO WATCH FAMILY GUY! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL HBP COMES OUT… 6 MORE DAYS!!! AHHHH

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6. An evening to remember

The sixteen days until the ball went by very fast. It was the evening of October 31st and Lily and Lauren were upstairs doing their hair and make-up.

“Lily, where's Raven and Rebecca?” Lauren asked, twisting Lily's hair up into a French twist.

“They're mad at us because we broke Mafia rules. But I don't care, I don't want to be in the Mafia anymore… Don't twist so hard, that hurts.” Lily said, wincing.

“Sorry. So do you really want to ditch them?” Lauren asked.

“I guess so. I mean, Raven keeps trying to steal Sirius away from you and Rebecca is really slow…” Lily explained.

“I'm done,” Lauren said, letting go of Lily's hair. “Anyways, I already told Raven the next time she even talks to Sirius; I'm going to ram her face in with my fist. Sirius was laughing so hard… You should so claim him in front of everyone; it lets him know how dominant you are and how serious this whole thing is. I mean, he is your bloody boyfriend.” Lauren said, putting on blood red lipstick.

“My boyfriend?” Lily asked.

“Well, he is isn't he?” Lauren asked.

“I don't know…” Lily said, putting on black eye shadow.

“Then ask him.” Lauren said.

“How do I do that? I mean I can't just waltz up to James and say, `Are we boyfriend and girlfriend?'” Lily said.

“I think we are.” James said, standing in the doorway.

“GET OUT!” Lauren screamed, pushing James out of the room. After making sure James was out of the room, Lily asked,

“How did he get in? The stairs turn into a slide when a guy walks up them,” Lily said.

“Well, I taught Sirius how to get in. What you do is you stroke the railing three times. And then I think that Sirius taught James. I'm upset that he told James…” Lauren said.

“You told Sirius Black, the most perverted boy in school- You told him how to get into our sleeping quarters?” Lily screamed.

“Um… I didn't really think about it like that…” Lauren said.

“Then how did you think of it?” Lily asked.

“That my boyfriend could come in here for a late night snog,” Lauren said.

“Whatever…” Lily said. “Let's go… It's 6:45. We have fifteen minutes to get to the great hall.” Lily said. “And James and I have patrol.”

“Patrol for what?” Lauren asked.

“Patrol to see if any students under their fourth year sneak in uninvited. I think everyone should be allowed in but everybody else thinks that would be a bad idea. Majority rules.” Lily explained. They grabbed their sweaters and went downstairs.

“Lily!” James said, handing her a lily. “Sorry about a minute ago… You guys were taking too long and… You look beautiful.” Lily blushed.

“Thanks. Lauren did my hair… Are we going?” Lily asked.

“Yeah, let's go. Lauren, Sirius?” James asked.

“What?” Sirius asked.

“Well, Lily and I have patrol for a half an hour, so we have to go check in with Dumbledore. We'll see you, then.” James said, ushering Lily out of the portrait hole.

“We don't have to see Dumbledore.” Lily said, correcting him when they were halfway down the hall.

“I know, but I figured we needed to talk… Do we?” James asked.

“How do you know everything?” Lily asked him coyly.

“I just do. Now not to be nosy or anything… But I heard that Miss Evans has a question for me. And Lily,” He said, placing his hand on her cheek, “My answer means nothing. It's just what you want. What you want, I want.” Lily smiled and said,

“You know what, James? I think I want the answer to be yes.”

“Me too.” He said, kissing her.

“Evans! Potter! You two should be patrolling the entrances to the great hall, not `snogging' each other by the portrait of the fat lady!” McGonagall said.

“Sorry Professor, it won't happen again.” Lily said.

“Well, this evening has been an odd one at that.” McGonagall replied, rubbing her glasses.

“If it's alright may I ask what's wrong?” Lily asked.

“Oh, you're head girl, I can share it with you, I guess. It's Sirius Black. He… He asked me to go to the ball with him at dinner… It was rather… queer.” McGonagall said, with a weird expression on her face.

“I will have to ask Sirius about that.” James said with a dead serious face on.

“Yes, yes. Alright then, go patrol.” McGonagall said. After making sure McGonagall was out of sight, Lily and James rolled on the floor in laughter.

“We have to tease him about that one!” Lily cried.

“We should. But we should go do patrol before we get busted.” James said, pulling Lily into the great hall.

The rest of the night was filled with dancing and laughter of the currently care-free teenage witches and wizards. Sadly, a few would not live to see the next full moon.

A/N: THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS (SO FAR) I WANT MORE… PLEASE! OKAY, SO THAT WAS CHAPTER FIVE AND SO CHAPTER SIX WILL BE FILLED WITH- STUFF.

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7. A battle, a loss and an inspiration

It had been three days since the Halloween ball. Lily and Lauren had already shared every intimate detail, but were still missing something.

“I think I'm actually missing Raven and Rebecca,” Lily admitted to Lauren as they sat on a couch in the Gryffindor common room.

“Me too. Just… Too much is in them. There's such little topic without them. We should patch things up before they get too deep.” Lauren said. At that exact moment, Raven and Rebecca entered the room.

“We miss you guys so much!” Raven cried running up to Lily and giving her a hug.

“We got too jealous! We're such snobs,” Rebecca said, hugging Lauren tightly.

“Well, nothing can destroy a bond as tight as ours.” Lily said, smiling.

“We should so have a girl's night! I have some new toenail polish that turns the color of your mood. It's from a muggle-themed shop that I went to in Hogsmeade.” Raven said.

“You see, Raven? You should go out with Remus.” Lily said, leading everyone upstairs.

“We are going out! We're going next month because this Friday is full moon. And that would only give me three days to get ready for our date. That is not enough time to even pick what shoes I'm going to wear.” Raven explained.

“Huh. James can't go to Hogsmeade either…” Lily said.

“Neither can Sirius…” Lauren said.

“Petey isn't either,” Rebecca said, receiving odd looks. “Well, Ash told me that. It's not like I stalk him or anything… Well, I don't!”

“I'm sure… Anyways, why do they have to go to the full moon? They're not werewolves… James would have told me… But then again…” Lily muttered, thinking deeply.

“Well, it's not our deal to figure it out! Let's just have a girl's night!” Lauren screamed in her very girly way. The rest of the night was filled with giggling and laughter from the four seventh year Gryffindor girls, who would soon become a threesome.

“James?” Lily asked at breakfast the next day.

“Yes, love?” He asked, biting into an apple.

“Where do you Sirius and Peter go on full moons? I know where Remus goes, but where do you go?”

James almost choked on his apple.

“Come with me into the hall.” James said, pulling Lily's arm. Lily followed James.

“You look tired, Lily. What time did you go to bed?” James asked.

“Oh, we had a girl's night last night… the mafia was reunited and we just wanted to celebrate. But enough about me, where do you three go during Remus' transformation?”

“We- Me, Sirius and Peter- we go with Remus because we are… we're-“

Blood curdling screams interrupted him. They both had their wands out in an instant and they ran into the great hall. The hall was filled with people in masks and robes.

“Death Eaters!” Sirius shouted, pulling out his wand.

“Lily!” James whispered. “Take the young students to the common room, no matter what house they're in!”

“No! I need to fight. I have powerful defensive skills and I'm the top witch at Hogwarts. I NEED to fight. Have Peter and Rebecca do it.” Lily commanded. Peter nodded and he and Rebecca began to gather the young students.

“Expellimarus!” Lily screamed at a Death Eater who tried to sneak up on Lauren. Lauren turned around and kicked them in the jaw.

“You damn bastard, try and sneak up on me again!” Lauren screamed. Sirius was at a table near by dueling with no doubt; one of his family members. James was battling three death eaters at once and Dumbledore was battling with the top man- Voldemort himself.

“HELP ME!” Raven screamed, being held down by three unarmed death eaters. Lily pointed her wand at the three of them and screamed,

“STUPEFY! RAVEN! COME HERE!” The men were knocked unconscious and Raven ran to Lily.

“My wand! I've lost it!” Raven cried, wiping her bloody lip on her sleeve.

“There's one on the ground over there.” Lily said, pointing to a bench. Raven ran to the wand but in the way was hit by a blood red spell. She dropped to the ground, dead.

“RAVEN!” Lily screamed, tears streaking down her face.

“She's gone, Lily. We have to save Hogwarts,” Remus said.

“Are you alright?” Lily asked, hugging him tightly. He was crying, but was trying to hide it.

“We can't sit around, we have to fight.” Remus said, blasting spells around the room. Lily nodded and rejoined the battle. She looked over at Dumbledore, who had a very angry look on his face. Lily cried harder, but kept battling. The battle had to be won. She had to do it for Raven.

A/N: this isn't the most angsty chapter… that'll probably be way later. But this is a sad chapter, at the least. Raven is dead, and everyone is going to have to cope with that. From now on I will warn you a chapter ahead on any deaths, of course, I won't exactly tell you who…

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8. Not forgetting

After the battle, Dumbledore had the courtesy to let classes off for a week so things could cool down.

Lily, Rebecca and Lauren had all slept in Lily's bed and wouldn't get up for anybody.

“C'mon, Lily! We can go anywhere, do anything… We can go to your house if you want to!” James cried.

“I don't want to go anywhere!” Lily sobbed.

“Lily, if you get up right now I will do anything for you.” James said, trying to pull Lily out of bed.

“I can't. My life has no meaning.” Lily said.

“Your life has so much meaning!” James said. “Just think. You were the first person in your family to be a witch. Besides your sister Petunia,” James said, making Lily smile. She quickly turned that comment into a negative.

“But I have no future.” She said.

“Yes you do! You're going to graduate from Hogwarts, marry me, and have the most gorgeous children ever to brace this earth.” James said.

“You Promise?” Lily asked.

“I promise you.” James said, kissing her forehead. “Come to breakfast. Please?” James asked.

“Fine.” Lily said, getting up and going to breakfast with James.

Sirius had tried to get Lauren up.

“Lauren, I will give you all of the gold in my Gringott's account if you get up right now,” Sirius said.

“I can't. All the gold in the world couldn't bring Raven back! She's never coming back and anything you do won't help!” Lauren cried.

“Neither is laying here!” Sirius shouted. “Lauren, you're my girlfriend, and I really care about you. I miss Raven too. I know what it's like to lose someone. I lost my dad in the fourth year. He was the only one who knew what it was like to be like me. An outcast. Losing somebody so close is like having your heart ripped open and the hole just gets bigger and bigger and other parts of your heart- your live friends and family- start to disappear, too. It's hard… I've been there. But I also know that moving on helps.”

“I can't forget her!” Lauren screamed at him. “I can't forget Raven! She was too great of a witch to be forgotten. I can't forget her,” Lauren said, crying hard.

“Be strong Lauren. Moving on is not forgetting. It's not even close. It's remembering. That's like Remus dying and you asking me to forget him. I couldn't do that, and I'm not asking you to forget her at all. I'm just worried. I want my girlfriend back.” With that, Lauren was out of the depression stage.

The next day, Lily and Lauren went into the dorm and pulled Rebecca out of bed.

“Get up, now.” Lily said.

“Raven's dead!” Rebecca screamed.

“And we need to move on. Hold on a second. Sirius is really good at motivational speeches.” Lauren insisted. She called him and he ran upstairs.

“Rebecca, losing somebody so close is like having your heart ripped open and the hole just gets bigger and bigger and other parts of your heart- your live friends and family- starts to disappear, too. It's hard… I've been there. But I also know that moving on helps.” Sirius explained.

“That was an exact wording with what he said yesterday!” Lauren whispered to Lily. They giggled.

“I guess… If it's what Raven would really want.” Rebecca said.

“She would. I know it.” Lily said.

“I miss her so much.” Rebecca said, sobbing on Lily's shoulder. Tears flowed down Lily and Lauren's faces.

“We miss her too.” They said, forming a group hug.

“She'll always be with us, won't she?” Rebecca asked.

“Of course. Raven will always be there.” Lily said. And with that, the foursome was an official threesome.

A/N: I smile as I see that the hits on my story exceed 1200. I probably provided about 100 of them to check on reviews, but even one hit helps! I love reviews, and thanx sooo much to Remus' sweetie, Jersey Princess, Maria, Prongshoof, Nanopy, Moonbeam and anonymous… I loved the positive comments. Anyways, that was chapter seven… SO PLEASE LEAVE ME POSTS and I will reply to almost all of them… so yeah. Ive been kinda busy lately and im gonna be busy for a while, since HBP is coming out in TWO days… ill be busy until about Monday, when I should type up chapter eight. If any big twists about lily and james appear in HBP im afraid this will be an AU, which I totally suck at, but w/e so THANK YOU FOR READING “Call out your name” and have a nice HBP-filled weekend.

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9. The plan

Moving on was hard, but what was done was done, and staying to mourn Raven wouldn't bring them anywhere. November began and ended quickly with no distractions other than schoolwork. Things between Lily and James were fine, while Remus hadn't gotten over Raven's passing easily. He was getting over it slower than everybody else because what he had felt for Raven was so much more than puppy love.

“I can't stand to see him like that,” Sirius said during a potions lesson one early December day.

“I have an idea,” James said.

“What is it?” Sirius hopefully asked.

“Well, if Remus had an infatuation with Raven, why can't he have one with some other chick?” James asked.

“For one thing, Moony isn't going to fall in love so quickly.” Sirius said confused.

“Well, with a bit of convincing… and a potion…” James reasoned.

“I see what you're getting at…” Sirius said, catching on. “Who will the lucky lady be?”

“I was thinking of our own Rebecca Ewing,” James said mischievously.

“What about Rebecca?” Lily asked James, joining them at the desk. James kissed her on the cheek.

“Hello love. We were just thinking… Don't you feel that Remus should see a new person?” James asked.

“Well… I suppose so. So you think him and Rebecca would hit it off?” Lily asked.

“Yes. And very luckily, we have our own fascinatingly brilliant Miss Evans to brew us up a love potion.” Sirius said.

“I am NOT giving Remus a love potion!” Lily shouted.

“Alright class, quiet down now!” Professor Slughorn said cheerfully to the class. “Does anyone want to tell me what the effects of Polyjuice potion are if you were to try and transform into an animal?”

Lily's hand shot into the air.

“Yes, Miss Evans?” Slughorn asked.

“If a human is to try and transform into an animal through Polyjuice potion, they will face serious side effects.” Lily explained, “Because the Polyjuice potion is only intended for human use. It is to turn yourself currently into another's body form and size. However, it is only temporary, and if you wanted to turn into an animal, becoming an animagus is way less painful, even if it takes a few years to master it.”

“Fabulous answer, Miss Evans,” Slughorn said proudly, “Ten points to Gryffindor.”

The Gryffindor students whooped to Lily.

“Lily… Psssssssst!” Sirius whispered to Lily.

“What?” She whispered back, taking notes on what Professor Slughorn taught the class.

“It would save Remus from the great gap in his heart if you were to brew him a love potion,” Sirius said, “It really would.”

“Fine,” Lily said.

“Really?” James asked.

“If it makes Remus feel better, then I guess that it needs to be done. Remus IS one of my best friends.”

“Fantastic.” Sirius said. “GREAT!”

“Excuse me, Mr. Black, but you think that someone taking a Hallucination potion and having a scarred future is great?” Slughorn asked.

“Um… no. I was thinking about that meeting we have tonight. The one you invited me, Lily and James to.” Sirius lied.

“Oh, yes. Well then… Does anybody want to tell me what the main ingredient to a hallucination potion is? Anybody…”

At lunch, Lily pulled James and Sirius into a broom closet. She put a silencing charm on the door.

“Okay, in Slughorn's class, I was going through Advanced Potion making and I found out that we need a few pieces of Rebecca's hair.” Lily explained.

“Alright. I can get that.” Sirius said, smirking.

“Okay. And James, I need you to help me brew the potion… It takes about a week, not as long as the polyjuice potion. That takes 28 days. But anyways, we'll have to give him a potion every two weeks in order for it to stay working.” Lily said.

“I can feed him it,” James said.

“Okay. Well, I can do the rest… I'll need to borrow your invisibility cloak, James.” Lily said.

“To get ingredients?” He asked.

“No,” She said sarcastically, “To spy on people in the boy's washroom.”

“Well just make sure I'm not in there,” Sirius said. “Because Lauren would be after your blood. But Hogwarts could use a catfight… especially between the two best looking girls in the school.”

“Shut up, Sirius,” Lily said, pushing him away. She opened the door and walked out. James followed her and Sirius just sat in the closet. A few minutes later, a startled Peter Pettigrew and a shocked Lindsey Ash tried to enter the same broom closet.

“SHAME ON YOU!” Sirius cried. “I thought we had something, Petey!” Lindsey looked shocked and ran away crying.

“Thanks a lot, Sirius.” Peter said.

“It's fine. No need to thank me.”

Peter ran off to go convince Lindsey Ash that he was not gay. Sirius chuckled and pulled out the marauder's map so he could go prank Snape.

A/N: THIS WAS SOMETHING I TYPED UP THIS MORNING, SINCE I FINISHED HBP LAST NIGHT… IM HEARTBROKEN BY WHAT HAPPENED TO DUMBLEDORE. I NEED COMFORT!!!!!!

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10. Lover's quarrel

A week later, the potion had been brewed. Lily put it in a flask and gave it to James. She also kept some on herself, just in case James messed up.

At breakfast, James snuck up behind Remus and from the other side of the great hall, Sirius shouted,

“Oi! Moony! Look at me!” Remus quickly turned his head towards Sirius and James poured the potion into Remus' goblet. Remus turned around and muttered,

“Stupidass bloke.” He looked at James, shoving something back into his pocket, and then he looked at his goblet.

“What did you put in my orange juice?” He asked.

James looked Remus in the eyes.

“I didn't do anything.” He said innocently.

“Well, then you don't mind having a sip of my orange juice, do you?” Remus asked.

James smiled and beamed at Remus.

“Moony, why would I have my own orange juice if I wanted to drink yours?” He asked.

“Whatever. Scourgify.” He muttered. “Lily, can you pass me the orange juice?” He asked.

“Yes, hold on, I'm serving myself some.” She bent over it and poured the love potion in and passed it down to Remus.

“What did you just pour in there?” Lauren whispered into Lily's ear.

“Shhh… It was a love potion. Remus is soon going to be head over heels for Rebecca.” She explained.

Lauren nodded and turned to Sirius.

“Are you in on this?” She asked.

“What would make you think that?” He asked.

“Well, for one thing, in Transfiguration last week, you snipped Rebecca's hair off.” She said.

“Fine, I am. But it's because Remus needs cheering up.”

“Then why not give him a cheering charm?” She asked.

“Um… I forgot about those…” He said.

“Very much like yourself.” She muttered.

A second later, Remus got up and walked over to Rebecca.

“Rebecca, do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?” He asked, not a doubt in mind.

“Alright.” She said, confused.

Lily turned to James and smiled. He kissed her.

“God, James! I was going to tell you something.” She sighed.

“Sorry… I just thought it was my cue.” He explained. “Girlfriend looks at boyfriend, they kiss.”

“Oh. Who taught you that?” She asked.

“Sirius.” He said, embarrassed.

“So you've been kissing Sirius?” She asked.

“No way!” He cried.

They got up and walked to class, arguing.

“Lovers quarrel.” Lauren said, watching them.

“Is not!” Sirius cried.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's just a filler for the love potion scene. I've had a lot of writer's block since HBP came out… But it'll be gone because last night I made all of these theories… They're pretty good. But chapter ten will be better.

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11. An invitation for christmas

The week flew by quickly and the weekend came. Lily and James were going out to the three broomsticks. So were Sirius and Lauren. Remus and Rebecca were going to Madam Puddifoot's.

“Lily,” James asked on the way to Hogsmeade. “Do you want to come stay at my flat over Christmas break? I know it's not much…”

“I'd love to, James.” Lily said, kissing him.

“One flaw.” James said, gesturing to Sirius. Lily laughed.

“It's alright, James. Sirius isn't too bad. I'm actually getting attached to him.”

“Should I be jealous?” James asked playfully.

“Very.” She said.

James laughed and bent over to tie his shoes.

Perfect. Lily thought, grabbing a handful of snow and shoving it down the back of his sweater.

“COLD!” He screamed.

Lily rolled in the snow, laughing. James made a snowball and threw it at her. She made a snowball and chucked it back at him.

“SNOWBALL FIGHT!” Sirius and Lauren screamed, joining in the fight. After the fight was over, they made a giant snowman.

Lily used a special enchantment on the snowman and it came to life, chasing James around. James grew tired and slowed down. The snowman grabbed him and fell apart, covering him in powdery whiteness.

He chased Lily the rest of the way to Hogsmeade.

When they arrived at the three broomsticks, they sat down at a table closest to the fireplace.

“Madam Rosmerta!” James called, teeth chattering. “Can we get four butterbeers?”

“Anything for you, dear.” Rosmerta replied, flicking her wand.

They finished up their butterbeers and Lily said,

“Excuse me a minute, I have to use the restroom.” Lauren followed her to the bathroom.

“So?” Lauren asked queasily.

“I'm staying with him over Christmas.” Lily said.

“Sirius asked me to, but I said no because my aunt Roberta invited me in October.” Lauren explained.

“Oh. I guess I'm going to be cleaning up after Hogwarts' biggest slobs on my own, then.” Lily said.

“I'm coming for Boxing Day, don't worry.” Lauren said.

Lily nodded and they returned to the table.

“So, Lauren.” Sirius said. “Are we going to the shrieking shack?”

“Yeah. I'll see you later, Lily.” Lauren said, leaving with Sirius.

“Lily? Do you want to go to Zonko's?” James asked.

“Yeah. I have to get presents for a few more people.” Lily said.

“Me too. Sirius doesn't know what he wants. He has almost everything, anyways.” James said, laughing.

“He already has a million things to prank people with, though. He must be the hardest to shop for.” Lily said.

“Not really. I'm going to buy him some muggle things this year. The thing he wants is one of those T.B's. I'm going to get him one.” James said.

“You mean a T.V.” Lily said. “A television?”

“Yes, a television. He likes the idea of watching broadcastings from other places. The only thing similar to that is floo powder.”

“Yeah, at my house we have three televisions.” Lily explained. “And I have one in my room. Petunia used to, but she sold it to buy her boyfriend, Vernon, a new bedspread. How lame is that?” Lily said. James looked offended.

“I see… you fancy your television more than me…” He said.

“Exactly! You're so smart.” She said jokingly.

He kissed her.

“What was that for?” She asked.

“Mistletoe.” He said, pointing to the mistletoe hanging above their heads.

“Oh. Wow! James, look at this!” She said, showing him a self heating tea set. “It's so nice.”

“Yeah it is.” James said, looking at it and taking mental note of what Lily wanted.

“What do you want for Christmas?” Lily asked.

“I don't know.” James said. He laughed. “A gallon of firewhiskey.”

“Alright. A gallon of firewhiskey, then.” Lily said.

“No offense, but Lily, where are you going to get it?” He asked curiously.

“I don't know. But I guarantee I can get it if that's what you want.” She said.

He smiled at her.

“You're so spontaneous.” He said, laughing heartily.

“Like this?” She asked, kissing him softly.

“Like that.” He replied, laughing harder.

“James!” Remus called, sporting Rebecca under his arm.

“Hey there, Moony, Rebecca.” James said.

“Hi. Guess what? Sirius and Lauren were just inside of the shrieking shack!” Rebecca cried.

“It's not that surprising.” James said, a glint of mischief in his eyes.

“That's what I said.” Remus said.

“So, how is Madam Puddifoot doing?” Lily asked.

Remus and Rebecca looked at each other and blushed.

“Is business HOT?” James asked, laughing.

“Shut up, Prongs.” Remus muttered.

“Okay… enough, enough.” Lily said. “Remus and Rebecca are tired. They had a busy day snogging and I'm sure they didn't want to do that at all.” Lily said.

“Just like I don't want to do this,” James said, pulling Lily down into the snow with him, kissing her.

“Just like I didn't want that either.” She said sarcastically.

The rest of the school days went by in a snap. It was Christmas Eve, and Lily, James and Sirius were seated in front of the fire drinking butterbeer. They had just come inside from a huge snowball fight and Lily was curled up in James' arms on the couch while Sirius was seated in his favorite armchair.

“It's a quarter to midnight.” Sirius said, half drunk on butterbeer.

“I think we can see that, Sirius.” Lily said, giggling slightly.

“I love it when you do that.” James said.

“Do what?” She asked.

“Giggle. It's so- cute. I just want to kiss you.” He said, smiling.

“Then do it already.” She said.

He embraced her in a large kiss and they broke apart when Sirius shouted,

“Merry Christmas, one and all!”

“Merry Christmas!” Lily shouted.

“Merry Christmas.” James chorused in.

“Let's hit the hay, tomorrow is a big day.” James said.

“You mean today.” Lily corrected.

“Whatever.” James said, dozing off.

Sirius went upstairs into his room while Lily cozied up next to James and fell asleep.

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12. Christmas day and a fight

“Wake up, Lily.” James said, brushing Lily's cheek.

“Ten more minutes.” She cried, covering her head with the blanket.

“But Lily, it's Christmas.” James cried. Lily shot up and looked at him sleepily.

“Whazipresnts?” She asked. “Oh, sorry. Where are the presents?”

“In the corner,” James said, pointing to the Christmas tree. Lily glanced at the tree and smiled. She ran over to the tree and grabbed a sack full of presents.

“Here.” She said, handing him his present. He looked at it and then said,

“Ladies first.” She nodded and ripped open her gift.

It was the self heating tea set.

“I love it, James!” She cried, kissing him on the cheek. “Now you open your present.” He tore the packaging off to reveal a crate.

“Is this- firewhiskey?” He asked, stunned.

“You bet it is. And don't plan on drinking it to yourself, either.” Lily said, laughing.

“Where'd you get it?” James asked.

“Hog's head. I put the invisibility cloak over it and just pranced out with it.” She said smoothly.

“Oh god I'm lucky.” He said, laughing.

“I am too.” She said.

They were distracted when they heard a huge crashing noise.

Sirius had tried to sneak up on them in his blanket, but it got wrapped around his feet and he tumbled down the stairs.

“You alright, Padfoot?” James asked.

“Yeah.” Sirius muttered.

“Well, go into the kitchen, there's something I think you'll like there.” James said.

Sirius nodded and ran into the kitchen. A second later he screamed like Raven would have if she had been asked out by him. Pure delight.

“A- a- a- MOTORBIKE!” He screamed.

“Motorbike?” James asked. Lily smiled mischievously.

“It was Lauren.” Lily said. “When I visited my parents the other day, Lauren showed up and we went shopping in muggle London. We went to a motorbike shop and she saw it and fell in love with it. The only thing I did was put a great flying charm on it.”

“WELL I LOVE IT!” Sirius screamed, getting on it and pretending to fly it. James laughed.

“You're perfect.” He said.

“I know I am.” She mouthed back.

He laughed and they opened the rest of their presents.

At dinner, they all had a glass of firewhiskey and some turkey. Sirius was on his sixth glass of firewhiskey, Lily was on her fourth and James was on his second.

“Why aren't you drinking?” Lily asked.

“Somebody has to be the designated flyer.” James said responsibly.

“Oh c'mon… Lighten up! It's Christmas.” Sirius said, belching extremely loud.

Lily snorted in laughter.

“Oh my god. Wow. Wow. Wow.” She said, moving her lips extremely fast. James looked at her, bewildered by her immature behavior.

“I think we need to put the firewhiskey away.” He suggested.

“Stop the party? So soon?” She cried.

“Well, Firewhiskey has three times the amount of alcohol than regular whiskey. So that means that you would be on your twelfth glass of whiskey. And Sirius would be on his eighteenth. You're lucky you guys have magic in your blood or you'd be out cold.” James stated, taking the firewhiskey and putting it in a cabinet and locking it.

Lily ran to the cabinet and cried,

“Alohomora!” and it didn't open.

“A magic cabinet. It keeps underage children out. Sadly, Sirius isn't 17 until February, and you're not 17 until May.” James boasted. “And I had my 17th birthday in August.”

“I hate you.” Sirius said, staring at his hand. “Why do we have five fingers?”

“Because then we can give high fives to people.” Lily said, clapping her and Sirius' hands together.

“Cool.” Sirius said, amazed by the clapping sound.

“Lucky thing that there's a witch-o-mart right down the road.” James muttered. “I better floo Remus over to watch them while I'm out.”

He walked over to the fireplace and tossed in a handful of floo powder and cried,

“321 Ginger way!”

Remus' head immediately appeared in the fire.

“Yeah?” He asked.

“Can you watch the two darlings while I go to the witch-o-mart?” James asked.

“Can't they watch themselves? Why do you have to go to the market anyways?” Remus asked.

“Well, for one thing, they're drunk, and I have to get them a hangover potion. No time to brew them up one.”

Remus sighed and looked around.

“Alright.” He said, entering the living room.

“Okay, I'll be back in ten minutes.” He said, throwing on his cloak and running down the street.

“Remus!” Lily cried, running into the living room, throwing her arms around him.

“Hi Lily. So I heard you and Sirius had a lot of firewhiskey. How was it?”

She laughed and twirled around.

“It feels so- so floaty!” She cried, dropping to the ground, unconscious.

“Shoot!” Remus cried, getting by her side quickly. “Ennervate.” She came around and looked at him, not saying anything.

“Are you okay?” He asked.

“Remus Lupin!” She cried. “My hero!” And with that she kissed him on the lips.

At that exact moment, James apparated into the house.

“What the hell is this all about?!” He shouted, dropping his grocery bag.

“She passed out and then I bent over and revived her and she just-“

“Kissed you? Yeah right. I'm leaving!” James shouted, apparating.

A/N: THAT WAS CHAPTER 11 AND ITS GOT A BIT OF DRAMA QUEEN ACTION, BUT I GUESS THAT'S HOW I ROLL. LOL. BUT WHATEVER. CHAPTER 12 WILL BE UP SOON ENOUGH.

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13. Anger, confrontation and snogging

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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14. Peter's hesitation

December ended and so did January. School had begun again and rumors of Lily and James moving in together spread faster than a flesh-eating disease.

One night while Lily and James were doing rounds, James said,

“Sirius' birthday is in two days.”

“Yeah, I think I know that.” Lily replied, gesturing to the permanent marker on the wall. Sirius had written as big as he could,

On February 12th, join in for the birthday celebration of a lifetime. Sirius Black is coming of age! Be in the Quidditch pitch at 6:00. No Slytherins or students under fifth year. Teachers ignore this. Same thing with Prefects. Filch is a bigheaded git and his cat is almost uglier than Bellatrix Lestrange, who is also a bigheaded git and is a whore.

Messrs. Padfoot and Lady Pinkstripe.

James laughed and smiled.

“That's defiantly Sirius' handwriting.” James said.

“Well, I think he should get a detention.” Lily said.

“Okay. He'll love that for a birthday gift.” James said sarcastically.

“Except he wasn't alone.” Lily said, smiling at James.

“Hey, don't look at me!” James cried.

“I'm not. I'm talking about Lauren. Lady Pinkstripe? She's the only girl with pink stripes in her hair!” Lily said.

“Except for Sirius' second cousin, Nymphodora Tonks in third year.” James said. Lily stared him down. “Um… Shall we track them down then, yes?”

“I'm not giving them detention, you dope.” Lily said, laughing.

“Women.” James muttered.

“What about us?” Lily asked.

“You're ridiculous.” James said.

“So this is ridiculous?” She asked, kissing him sweetly.

“Yeah. You didn't kiss me long enough.” He joked. She pushed him and they walked hand in hand back to the Gryffindor tower.

“Happy birthday, Sirius!” Lauren cried, kissing him on his cheek.

“Oh, thanks love.” Sirius said sincerely.

“Oh, they're so cute.” Lily said, nuzzling her head up against James' shoulder.

They were out in the Quidditch pitch setting up for Sirius' party.

“I know.” Rebecca said. “Remus, can you hand me the tape?”

Remus nodded and traded the tape for a kiss on the lips.

“Where's Wormtail?” James asked.

“I don't know, he was supposed to be here twenty minutes ago. Look at the map.” Sirius said.

“What map?” Lily asked.

James looked at Sirius, who nodded and looked at Remus who nodded, too.

“Lily, come here. I need to tell you something.” James said, leading her over to the Gryffindor stands.

“What is it?” She asked.

“This is the marauder's map.” James said, pulling out the map.

“James, don't be silly! It's just a blank piece of parchment.” Lily said.

“Tell it to reveal itself.” James said amusingly.

Lily pulled out her wand and pressed it against the map.

“Reveal yourself.” She said.

Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs present… A spare piece of parchment that says smart things to those who force it to reveal itself.

“I, Lily Evans, command you to show yourself.” Lily said.

Mr. Moony would like to tell Miss Evans that although she is a dear friend of his, she is not ready to see what this map is really used for.

Mr. Wormtail would also like to add that although Lily is very pretty; she needs to mind her own business.

Mr. Padfoot would like to add that although he would like to snog Lily Evans to death, she should really read a book instead. He also insists that she meets him in the astronomy tower tonight.

Mr. Prongs would like to tell Ms. Evans that all she has to do is say, “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” And of course, the map will reveal itself. You also owe Mr. Prongs a passionate kiss.

Lily kissed James passionately.

“No I don't.” She said, laughing. “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” The map appeared and she smiled.

“You like it?” He asked.

“It's- it's amazing! How did you do it?” She asked.

“I can't tell you because then I'd have to kill you.” He said.

“Alright. Then I won't tell you who I was snogging in the stands last night.” She said sarcastically.

“So that's where Peter was!” He exclaimed. She pushed him and let out a chuckle.

She looked down at the map to see a labeled “Peter Pettigrew” heading towards a room on the fourth floor.

Suddenly it stopped and met up with another label. Severus Snape.

“What the-?” Lily asked, confused.

“C'mon, I bet they're fighting.” James said. They quickly rushed up to the castle and they heard Peter and Severus having a heated conversation.

“He is very angry, Pettigrew. He needs his information. Or else.” Snape said angrily. Lily looked worriedly at James, who had the same look. James pulled out his invisibility cloak and covered the two of them. They walked silently closer to get a better view.

“B-but h-h-he said that I could give him it later…” Peter said, very frightened.

“Well, he changed his mind. Now, you went to the meeting over Winter break. I'm surprised. Well, anyways, he gave you the mark and you must do what he says.” Snape threatened. Lily's eyes widened and she looked at James, who was staring, eyes wide open.

“Okay.” Peter squealed.

“And the information on the order, too.” Snape demanded.

“Alright, anything. Anything for him.” Peter cried.

“And my master would also like to know the address of Potter, the filthy blood-traitor.” Peter hesitated and then nodded.

James went to attack Peter, but Lily held him back.

She dragged him outside and pulled the cloak off of them.

“He's… a traitor.” James whispered. “He works for Voldemort.” Lily flinched at the name.

“We can't tell anybody.” Lily said.

“I'm telling Remus.” James said.

“No! You can't tell ANYBODY.” Lily said.

“Why not?! He'll kill us.” James said angrily.

“We'll just give him the wrong information. We'll tell him everything opposite of what he needs to know. Then the traitor will pay from his `master' and we won't feel guilty.” Lily said.

“Alright, but I'm not associating with scum like him anymore.” James said angrily.

“Neither will I. Now let's head back down to the field before they come searching for us.” Lily said. James nodded and they walked down into the pitch. “The one thing I don't understand is the `order' thing… What could that be?” She asked. James looked down at his feet.

“Um… I don't know.” He lied. She could tell he was lying, but she knew it was an important secret.

“Boy is Peter Pettigrew going to get it.” James muttered.

Lily nodded and they went to the party.

They knew Peter was a traitor, and they also knew karma was coming.

A/n: the next chapter is called karma.

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15. Karma

A/n: SO sorry I never posted for a LONG time, but my computer broke!!!

Over the next week, James and Lily spent their time alone, avoiding most people, theorizing how Peter got himself into that mess.

“Maybe they threatened him.” Lily suggested, doodling on her Charms essay.

“Don't do that love, you might mess up your essay,” James said, stopping her hand. “They must've because Peter wouldn't just sacrifice himself to join the Death Eaters like that.”

Lily shrugged and popped a handful of jellybeans into her mouth.

“Maybe `e was pressured.” She mumbled, jellybeans spilling down the front of her shirt. She lazily flicked her wand and cleaned it up. “Maybe they tricked `im.”

“Are you tired?” James asked worriedly.

She nodded.

“Haven't been getting much sleep lately.” She said, yawning.

“Why don't we go take a nap in the head's lounge?” He offered. “I haven't gotten much sleep lately, either.”

“Why do you do that?” She asked.

“Do what?” He asked obliviously.

“Find time for us, even in the worst circumstances.” She replied, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He leaned in and their lips connected like magnets.

“Because I love you and I want this to work.”

She smiled.

“Let's go take that nap.” She said, dragging him to the Head's lounge.

Later that evening, Lily came up with the best idea.

That evening, Lily, James, Lauren, Remus, Rebecca, Sirius and Peter were going to be studying in the Head's lounge.

Lily decided to sneak into the 7th year boy's dorm and cut the sleeves off of all Peter's shirts, coats and robes.

When the time came to study, Peter was wearing a short sleeve shirt with socks on his arms.

“Wormtail, why in the hell do you have socks on your arms?” Sirius asked, grabbing Peter's arm.

Peter tugged his arm away nervously.

“I couldn't find a coat and I'm freezing.”

“Peter, it must be a hundred and fifty degrees in here, with the fireplace!” Lauren cried. “Now don't be ridiculous. Take them off.”

Sirius grabbed Peter and held him down.

“STOP!” Peter screamed.

“C'mon, Wormtail.” Remus said jokingly. “It's not like you have the dark mark.”

With that, Sirius tugged the socks off Peter's arms, revealing the dark mark.

A/N: Bum bum bum!

I know it's a cliffhanger but I HAVE to get some sleep!

Sorry I didn't post for a really long time, but I was on vacation for two weeks, then my computer crashed, then I had writer's block, then school started up and I never got around until now.

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16. James doesn't like coffee

"What the hell is that on your arm?" Sirius blurted out angrily.
"That's the dark mark for sure." Lauren said.
Remus sat there, staring in awe.
"What the hell?" Rebecca spoke up.
Everyone's attention turned to Rebecca.
"My dad was killed by the death eaters last year. James' mum and dad got murdered by You-know-who and you are his follwer?" She cried. "What are you going to do next?"
Peter ran for the portrait hole.
Lily pointed her wand at Peter, locking his legs together.
"No wonder you're a rat." She said kicking his limp body. "We're going to question you and we're going to get answers."
She unlocked him and muttered,
"Accio, Veritaserum."
A bottle shot into her hand. She dumped it down his throat, ignoring his choking and gurgling.
"Why did you join the death eaters?" Sirius asked.
"Because you guys all had your own thing and I had nobody. After Raven died, I was alone."
Remus reddened.
"Who recruited you?" He asked angrily.
"Snape and Malfoy."
James had a nasty look on his face as if he was going to pounce on Peter and kill him with his bare hands.
"When?"
"About a week or so after Raven died."
Remus kicked Peter as hard as he could in the stomach.
"You should have expected us to be down." He said angrily. "And known that we wouldn't ever have been the same. You shouldn't have betrayed us, Wormtail."
Peter broke into tears.
"No pity." Sirius said, spitting in Peter's face.
"I hate you, Peter. I thought you were a loyal friend. I thought you were there for us!" Rebecca screamed, storming out of the portrait hole.
Remus gave Peter a dirty look and then followed Rebecca.
Lily slapped Peter as hard as she could.
"Even after James' parents!" She screamed. "If I knew his parents, I would have fought for their memories, not against it!"
Peter wiped his eyes and sniffled a little.
Sirius leapt at Peter, but James pulled him back.
"You're the reason so much has happened." Sirius said coldly. "You're almost as bad as Voldemort himself. WHY DON'T YOU JUST LIVE WITH MY FAMILY?" He screamed, spraying spit all over Peter. "WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE?"
Sirius kicked Peter as hard as he could and ran out of the portrait hole.
"You make me sick." Lauren muttered, pointing her wand at Peter, making his face covered in zits. "Fuck you, Pizza face."
She stomped away like a storm, raging in the winter.
"I hate you, Peter." Lily said, wiping tears from her eyes. "I always thought you were brave, deep down inside. But now I remember from an old Muggle tale, The Wizard of Oz. You are the cowardly lion. You can never make yourself up to me. NEVER." She sat there, waiting for James to hit Peter.
"Just hit me already." Peter moaned.
James stood there.
"You're lucky I play fair." He said, putting his arm around Lily and walking away.
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The loyal Marauders and what was left over of the Mafia decided to go to the Three Broomsticks.
"I can't believe him." Remus said glumly.
Rebecca sat in silence, leaning against Remus.
"James, why didn't you kill him?" Sirius asked, chugging down some firewhisky.
"Because I can't." James said quietly, taking a sip of coffee.
Lily stared at James.
He didn't like coffee. He liked tea. And he usually drank firewhisky.
She kissed him but she didn't feel the sparks she normally felt.
She hugged him but she didn't feel safe like she usually did.
She ran her hands through his hair and he didn't smile.
She burst into tears and he didn't comfort her.
Instead, Lauren hugged her and said everything was going to be alright.
But Lily knew that was a lie.
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A/N: SORRY it took so long to post chapters! Word got deleted from my computer so now I have to post this at my grandmas, and being the busy teenager I am, I haven't had much time to write. But I'll be here for the weekend so you'll have more chapters. At least two this weekend. . I've REALLY been into the old Evanescence. They're AWESOME. Anyway they are. I just thought id share the fact that their my FAVORITE band. Besides nirvana. Okay. BYEEEEEEEEEEE.

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17. Trophy in my heart

“James?” Lily said sleepily.

“Yeah?” He replied, yawning.

“Do you love me, really?” She asked.

“Do you have to ask that again?” He said, annoyed.

“So you don't?”

“No, Lils, I love you more and more each day.”

“I love you more.” She teased, sitting on his lap.

He didn't reply.

“You're supposed to argue, James.” She said coolly.

“Lily, I'm not in the mood for this.” He said frustrated, pushing her off of his lap.

“For what?” She snapped, “Me?”

“No-”

She stormed up the stairs and flew into her bed, pulling her covers over her head. “Stupid boys.” She muttered angrily.

A few minutes later Lauren and Rebecca joined Lily in bed.

They cried for each other. They knew that through life, death and separation, they'd always be best friends. They'd always be there, whether it was boy problems, school problems, Voldemort problems, they'd always cry for each other. And that's what they were. A pack.

They slept in Lily's bed and they awoke the next day, only to cry for another few hours.

“C'mon.” Lauren said, getting up. “We've missed Transfiguration, you know McGonagall's gonna have a shit storm just for that. And Sluggy doesn't want you to miss his class, I'm sure.” She said, dragging Lily out of bed.

Lily carelessly threw on her robes, brushed her teeth and headed down to Potions.

“Lily!” James cried, running down the corridor after her.

“What, James?” She asked sadly.

“Look, Lils, you know that I could never be out of the mood for you,” He explained, “and after what's happened in the past week, I don't expect things to be just peachy. But one thing I do know, Lily, is that I really care about you and I don't want you hurting.”

She looked at him angrily.

“James, you've been an ass these past two weeks.” She snapped. “And I don't want to be your mother and keep you in line. I don't want to be embarrassed by you and I don't want to be-” She paused for a second. “Yours.”

“You don't want to be `mine?'” He asked, confused.

“You act like I'm just another one of your trophies, James.” She burst. “I'm not your trophy! I'm your girlfriend!”

“When did I act like you were a trophy, Lils?”

“Stop calling me that!” She said angrily. “Like that. You make up nicknames for me. And you use me to do your work!”

He snorted.

“You NEVER said not to call you that so I figured it was okay!” He whispered loudly. “And I can do my work on my own so I don't need you for your brains!”

“I don't need you for your company!” She blurted out, immediately covering her mouth afterwards.

“So what, you're- breaking up with me?”

She shrugged.

“Maybe I am.” She turned her head away so he couldn't see her eyes filling with tears.

“Lily, I love you.” He said seriously, trying to hug her.

She slapped his arm.

“I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOVE ME!” She screamed. “You're James Potter. A prat. You never changed and I wonder how on earth could I have been so BLIND as not to see that. You are a phony.” She turned to walk away.

“No, Lily, you're the phony. You said you loved me. You didn't lie about it. I know it, too. Because I love you. But you're still blind because you're convincing yourself that I'm still Potter from three years ago, the boy who always bothered you.” He explained. She shook her head. “And you know I'm right. So go on, be right like you always are, but you're going to regret this day. You're going to hurt so bad on the inside. Your heart is cold, Lily. And you make me sick sometimes, the way you pretend to be happy.”

She threw her hand to slap him in the face but he caught it quickly.

“Never try to slap a Quidditch player, Lily.”

“You take every minute you can to brag.” She said with disgust.

He laughed.

“I was just teaching you something.”

She stormed into the dungeon and walked over to Lauren, pushed Sirius off of the stool and sat next to Lauren.

“Hey!” He shouted. “I was talking to her!”

“Do you want to talk to my fist?” She asked, annoyed, balling her hands up.

He shook his head and took a seat next to James.

“What's up with her?” He asked James.

“She's been like this since yesterday. And then we broke up.”

“YOU BROKE UP?” Sirius screamed.

James nodded miserably and began to brew the potion.

Over the next few days, rumor spread of James and Lily's breakup. Some people said it had to do with why none of the seventh year Gryffindors would associate with Peter, who had begun to hang out with Frank Longbottom, a sixth year.

One evening during rounds- that James and Lily still had to do- the couple- or ex-couple- heard somebody- or some people- talking.

“Now, Pettigrew, you stink, go up into Gryffindor tower and stun them all. Then levitate their bodies down here so we can take care of them.”

“B-but L-Lucius, I really don't think I can do this- I'm not as st-strong as you or Severus, I c-can't, it's just-” A familiar voice pleaded.

“Shut up, Pettigrew.”

Lily looked at James in shock. He had his wand out and he whispered,

“Lily, go get Dumbledore. Now.”

“I can't leave you here by yourself!” She whispered. “Especially since they want to kill us.”

“Lily, go now or I will hex you.”

“Then hex me, James, because I'm not going to leave you here to fight three wizards who are educated with the dark arts.” She argued.

“Fine.” He said, pulling out his invisibility cloak and covering them with it. They slowly tiptoed around the corner, and unsurprisingly they saw Malfoy, Snape and Peter standing in the corner, huddled up.

James shot a stunning spell that hit Snape in the back instantly knocking him out.

“What the-”

Lily shot a bat-bogey hex at Malfoy, who used a non-verbal shield spell. He quickly shot a black wisp straight for Lily and James. James pushed Lily out of the way, pulling him out from beneath the cloak.

“So it's Potter!” Malfoy said delightfully. “What a treat!”

“I wish I could say the same, Lucy.” James sneered.

Lucius scowled.

“Potter, Potter.” He pondered. “Too bad Evans isn't here to save you.”

“You keep her out of this!”

“Right now a few of my friends are going to get her so you two can unite.” Lucius said excitedly. “You and your mudblood girlfriend.”

“Malfoy, at least my girlfriend doesn't look like there's shit under her nose.” James shot. Malfoy frowned. “Yep. `Cissy' looks like she's got a gallon of horse dung in front of her face.”

Malfoy shot a stunning spell at James, who barely missed it.

“It's because you're in the room, isn't it?” James continued arrogantly. “Or maybe it's because she senses a death eater.”

Malfoy shot another spell at James, who unfortunately, wasn't very lucky this time. He fell to the ground unconscious. Malfoy walked over to him, muttered a spell, and went to revive Snape.

Peter ran to James and began to weep over him.

Without thinking, Lily screamed,

“GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU SCUM!”

Peter nearly jumped out of his skin.

“Evans…” Malfoy said excitedly.

Snape, Malfoy and Peter walked down the hall to search for Lily.

Lily, still under the invisibility cloak, crawled over to James and huddled over his body, crying.

As she cried, the cloak slipped off of her, making her visible again.

“Damn, my wand must've fallen out of my pocket back there.” Snape told Malfoy. “I'll be right back.”

He walked back around the corner to see Lily.

Quietly and slowly, Snape crept towards his wand. He picked it up and shot a stunning spell at Lily, hitting her straight in the back.

She fell, unconscious, on top of James.

Snape quickly put a memory charm on her and joined Malfoy and Peter to go get the rest of their friends and modify their memories.

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18. Call out your name

Lily awoke with a start.
"Where am I?" She blurted out.
"St. Mungos." A woman in white robes said, fluffing her pillow.
Lily started to get up, but then a pain split across her head.
"Don't sit up." The healer commanded. "You took a potion for a memory charm and you won't be able to walk for forty five minutes."
"Where's James?" Lily demanded.
"Who?"
"James Potter!"
"Oh, Potter!" The healer exclaimed. "He was bigger and took the memory charm better than you, so he didn't need hospitilization."
"Memory charm?" Lily asked, confused.
"Yes. Someone put you under a memory charm four days ago. You'll have to go under some tests tomorrow."
"What did they erase?" She asked, groping her head.
"That's what we're trying to find out." The healer said. "Will that be all?"
Lily nodded.
"Dinner will be served in ten minutes." The healer said, leaving the room.
Lily observed her surroundings for the first time. The walls were peach, with white stripes on them. The bedspread was bright green and it was old and beaten from the many witches and wizards who had used it before her.
"Disgusting." She muttered.
"What is?" James asked, walking into the room.
"James!" She cried. He hopped down on the bed next to her and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly.
"Now that you're here I am." She said, kissing him.
He pulled away.
"Lily, there's something I need to tell you."
"Yes, James?"
"I heard from Alice Lyons that we were broken up before we got attacked."
"What did we break up over?" She asked, upset.
"I don't know, but it had to be really serious, and it made me think a bit, Lils," He said.
"So you still want to be broken up?" She asked angrily. "Over some stupid thing you don't even remember?"
He shook his head.
"I thought about how much I love you, and how I couldn't live if I lost you." He said softly.
She wiped her eyes.
"Really?"
He nodded.
"And I want to marry you some day." He said.
She froze.
"Are you proposing to me?" She asked, shocked.
"No, but I'm telling you I want to marry you, and I'm going to do it someday."
She smiled.
"Okay." She kissed him on the cheek.
He smiled.
"Lily, I'll always be there for you."
She smiled.
"When you call out my name," He continued, "I'll be there. And I'll catch you when you fall. I'll always be there to pick up the pieces."
A/N: OKay, so this is a SHORT chapter, but I'll have more, it's just that I was really super busy lately and I didn't have a chance to write much. But this signifies the title. Definitely.

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19. What a killer

It had been a few days since Lily had gotten out of St. Mungo's, and she was bombarded by questions from everyone except for her fellow seventh year Gryffindors, of course. Nobody but them knew what really went on that night, and they didn't even know half of it. From what they had heard, they had been stupefied, their memories modified, and found by McGonagall.

“So you don't know for sure what happened?” A third year asked at breakfast one icy morning.

“If I have to tell you no again,” Lily said, brandishing her wand, “I will hex you into your great grandfather's generation.”

The boy stared, horrified.

“Oi! What are you standing there for?” James asked powerfully, approaching the table.

“He was just leaving,” Lily said with a smile. “Talk to you later about our tutoring sessions, Milton.”

The boy looked confused, but rushed away nodding.

“What was that about?” James asked, kissing her on the forehead.

“Just another weasel, trying to get information to tell his little bastard friends,” She said, kissing him back. “Oh! The prophet's in!”

James looked up, and indeed, the owls had begun to arrive.

Lily snatched the daily prophet from an owl and began to read.

James rolled his eyes.

“Lily, it seems like you've gotten a letter.” He said, pointing to an owl with a piece of parchment. She opened the letter.

“Oh, James, my mum and dad have invited us to stay for Easter holiday. Do you want to come?” She asked hopefully.

He nodded.

“I'd love to come, Lils, you know I've been dying to meet them.”

She smiled and quickly wrote her reply.

A week later, Lily and James were apparating back to Lily's house.

“So, you ready?” She asked excitedly.

James nodded.

“As long as your dad doesn't try to kill me.” He muttered.

“Hey! Daddy is a great guy! It's mum you have to get past. She's just… insane!” Lily said. “My last boyfriend got his fingers cut off.”

James stared in horror.

“Just kidding, love! My parents are perfect.” She said, kissing him gently.

“Lily!” Her mother cried happily, throwing her arms around her.

“Hi mum!” Lily said happily. “This is my boyfriend, James.”

James stuck out his hand to shake, but she threw her arms around him.

“Family shakes hands.”

James knew Lily's family would approve of him.

A/N: So I got two chapters in! Score! Hopefully I'll be able to post again, very very soon!!!!!!!! REVIEW, BEOTCH!

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20. I could never hurt you

"Hey you." Lily said to James later that evening after dinner.
"Hey." He said, looking up at her from the porch steps.
She sat next to him, leaning against him.
"What's wrong?" She asked, noticing his slight frown.
"Nothing." He lied, kissing her forehead.
"I'm not stupid, James." She said. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing! Bloody nothing's wrong. Do you want something to be wrong?"
"You're lying." She muttered.
"Fine." He gave up. "Watching your parents and you, sort of makes me... miss my parents. It's dumb, but I really miss them."
"It's not dumb!" She cried. "I would miss my parents, too, James."
He smirked.
"What are you smiling about?" She asked, slightly nerved by his mood swing.
He gestured to the sky.
She looked up and saw a motorcycle landing in the street.
"SIRIUS BLACK, YOU STUPID GIT!" She screamed.
He landed the bike and got off.
"Hello, Lily dear." He said, blowing a kiss to Lily. "How are you?"
"I'm homicidal, that's what I am!" She shouted. "This is a muggle neighborhood, you idiot! You could've been seen very easily!"
"So?" He asked carelessly looking past her to James. "Hey Prongs, mate. How're things?"
Lily grabbed Sirius angrily by his shirt.
"Damnit, Black!" She screamed. "Did you get any of what I just said? I'm not legal, and I'm the only witch in this area. So what would the ministry think if they heard about magic in front of muggles!?"
James snorted in laughter.
"What's so funny!?" She burst, turning to James.
"Nothing." James lied quickly.
She frowned.
"I'm going inside to use the restroom." She turned to Sirius, gestured to his bike. "When I get back, that better be out of my yard."
She marched inside.
"Somebody's PMSing." Sirius muttered, sitting on the tire swing.
James laughed, nodding.
"So why are you here?" He asked.
"I have to have a reason to visit my best mate?"
"When I'm staying at my severely hormonal girlfriend's house, yes, you do." James muttered.
"What's she so pissed off about?"
"I think its just stress from the attack and all that." He explained. "She'll probably start her 'woman woes' as she likes to call them, in a few days, then she'll get off and be alright."
"How can you live with that?" Sirius asked, amazed.
"You have a girlfriend, too, mate." James said, annoyed.
"Oh yeah."

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"James, will you come here?" Lily asked James that evening.
James waltzed into Lily's room and laid down on her bed.
She closed the door, and locked it.
"Oh no, are you going to kill me?" He joked.
"No..." She said quietly. "I-I..."
Lily burst into tears.
He quickly pulled her into a loving embrace.
"What's wrong, baby?" He asked. "Did I do something wrong? Did I hurt y-"
"No!" She sobbed. "Never... but...James, what if we died when we were attacked? What if I n-never got to... what if we never got to...?"
"What?" James asked. He thought for a second. "Wait a second... Do you mean... have sex?"
She nodded shyly.
"Lily, things like that don't matter to me." He explained. "I mean, having sex with you would be... amazing... but it's not important to me."
She laughed.
"That's what every other guy would say, James."
"But I'm not every other guy."
She smiled.
"That's why." She said suddenly.
"What's why?"
"Because you're a gentle person, and I don't want to have sex with anyone but you." She said. "You're the only guy who appeals to me."
"Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked.
She nodded.
"I've been thinking about it for the last few days." She said quietly. "And I'm sure."
He kissed her forehead and wiped a strand of her strawberry auburn hair out of her eyes.
"You know you're the only girl in the world who I could love this much, don't you?" He asked.
She laughed and nodded.
"So do you want to do this?" She asked anxiously.
He nodded.
"I love you, Lily.” He whispered in her ear.
And Lily knew, at that moment, that James Potter was the only man who could ever satisfy her. That no other guy could complete her. That she was madly in love, and that he felt just as much, if not, more, love for her than she did for him.
She had fallen for him. In fact, she was still falling for him.
She would never stop falling.
"I love you, too James."
And it was true.
A/N: So... the last chapter... was screwed up. The ending made absolutely no sense. Ignore it. Pretend like Mrs.Evans said "Family hugs."
Because I was going to write something, but I decided not to. So ignore that whole ending.
So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, It's a sort of New year's gift for all you readers...
I'm NOT a sex fic writer. Or close. I just felt like doing it. It's my story.
This is a long note, but I have one more thing to go over quickly.
In the last chapter, at the end, it said "REVIEW, BEOTCH!!!!!!!!!!".
And it upset some of my reviewers.
And my reviewers are my best friends!!
So I want to apologize to you all, if that offended you.
Especially to Loonymoony8 and boxerlover. I apologize for that, and It was not an insult at all.
So don't take it personal. I heart<3 my reviewers, and I apologize for offending you.
Sorry.
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So, if you could please review, I would very much appreciate it.
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21. I've got ice cream in my hair, but I couldn't be happier

“Good Morning, Miss Evans.” James whispered in Lily's ear, his body pressed against hers.

She turned over and kissed him softly on the lips.

“I love you so much.” She said, cuddling into his arms.

“I love you, too.” He replied, kissing her neck.

“Stop, James, you're going to give me a hickey! You know how much trouble I'd be in if my father saw that?”

“As much trouble as you're in with me, naughty girl.” James said, laughing.

She giggled.

“You're such a weirdo, James. I swear!”

He kissed her.

“What was that for, lover boy?”

“Just because. You're so damn cute, Lily.”

“You make me feel disgustingly in love.”

“Ah, but aren't I cute?” He asked, making a little puppy dogface.

“That's the saddest excuse for a puppy dog pout I have ever seen in my life.” She said, teasing him. She began caressing his chest and kissing his neck.

“Lils, stop, please..” He muttered.
She knew he liked it, and so she didn't stop.

“God, Lils, please… I want you so fucking badly.”

“Then get me.” She whispered in his ear.

James nodded and began to send kisses all over her body.

Suddenly a knock came at the door.

“Lily?” Mrs. Evans asked. “Can I come in?”

Lily hid James beneath the covers.

“Sure.” She replied, pulling the covers over herself.

“Lily, dear, would you and James care to go out for lunch at this fancy new restaurant by your father's work?”

“Um, sure.” She replied nervously.

James began kissing Lily's chest, causing her to giggle.

“What's so funny?” Her mother asked.

“N-Nothing, I was just…” She was laughing now, ticklish to James' lips upon her chest. “Um… can you get out so I can get dressed, mum? I fell asleep after my shower last night, and I'm not wearing anything.”

Mrs. Evans nodded and left the room.

Lily reached beneath the covers and punched James softly on the arm.

“You are such a prick!” She joked, pulling him up and kissing him passionately on the lips.
He wrapped his arms around her in a hug and held her tightly.
“Promise me you'll never let go.” She whispered in his ear.
“I promise.” He replied, kissing her on the cheek. “Now, we better get going before your Mum comes back.”

An hour later, they were at the restaurant, waiting to order.

“So James, what do you do for work?” Mr. Evans asked.

James laughed.

“I don't have a job, I dedicate all of my time to schoolwork and making your daughter happy.”

Lily laughed.
“That's very nice to hear, James.” Mrs. Evans said calmly. “So what will you be having for lunch?” She asked.

James shrugged. “I'm not sure. What are you having, honey?” He asked Lily.
Lily scanned the menu. “Spaghetti and meatballs with a Caesar salad.”

“Sounds good, I think I'll have that as well.”

Twenty minutes later, they were eating their food and talking about magic.

“So how does it work?” Mr. Evans asked, fascinated.
James laughed.
“I'm not sure, it's mainly got to do with your bloodline.” James explained. “If your family is magic, then you are most likely to be as well.”
Mr. Evans nodded and asked,
“So how is Lily a witch?”

“There's not really an explanation for that, except for the fact that she's really lucky.” James laughed.

“So are your parents wizards?” Mrs. Evans' asked.
“They were… But they were murdered two years ago.”

“Oh, James, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you-”

“No, it's fine.” He said coolly, nodding. “You didn't know.”

They finished their dinner in silence.

At the end of dinner, Lily announced that she was going to take James to the shopping mall and show him around.
They bid Mr. And Mrs. Evans goodbye, and went to catch the trolley.

They got on the trolley, and James attempted to put Knuts into the coin acceptor. Lily laughed, and inserted Muggle tender in and pulled him to the back of the bus.

A few minutes later, Lily pulled the cable, requesting the Trolley to stop.

They hopped off and went into the shopping mall. They walked down the mall towards the Ice Cream shop, where Lily froze and turned around.
“What's wrong, Lily?” James asked.
“It's PETUNIA!” She muttered, trying to run away, but unable to pull against James' strength.

“C'mon Lily, she can't do anything! What's she going to do?” James showed her his wand and then hid it under his coat.
Lily laughed, shrugged, and they went into the ice cream parlor.

Petunia didn't notice them for a few minutes until she her date pointed out the two lovesick teenagers making out by the jukebox.

Petunia screamed, scaring James, and causing him to drop Lily, who fell into Petunia's table and knocked her and her dates' six ice cream sundaes into their laps, and all over her hair.

“YOU FREAK!” Petunia screamed. “YOU STUPID PSYCHO! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!”
“Now Petunia,” James began,

“Who the hell do you think you are?” Petunia demanded.

“I'm James Potter. And personally I don't know who you are, what you are, or where you're from, but I don't allow people to treat my girlfriend like that.” He said strictly.

“Oh yeah?” Petunia asked. “What are you going to do?”

James flashed her his wand, spying a terrified look on her face.

“V-Vernon, Let's go.” She said to her date, which shrugged, and followed her out, double chins in tow.

Lily smiled brightly and kissed James on the cheek.

“Jesus, James, I love you so much!” She cried, and went into the bathroom to clean her hair off.

In the ice cream parlor, the rest of the customers were staring at James.
“What are you looking at?” James asked, intimidating them.
They shrugged and turned back to their ice cream.

Lily came out and they left, hand in hand.
That was the way James liked it. And he knew he'd always be happy as long as Lily was there to make him feel good about himself.

I'm SO sorry about the wait! I've been working on my other story, The Black Book, which a lot of people hate but oh well. Haha. Thanks for reading; I probably won't have another chapter up for a few weeks, I'm so sorry…

But I hope you like it!!

This summer I'm going to NEW YORK! Score. Okay… R&R… I love you!

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