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A/N: well, this is the end. I'm sorry to everyone who told me not to end this, but it has to end somewhere! So a huge thankyou to every single person who reviewed this fic, it was a pleasure to write, and the reviews made it so much easier to think of what should come next! I was very proud of you all for such long reviews- actually, I was kinda shocked that some of them were even longer than Raine is Crazy and GriffindorGodess28's! And I know I'm kind of obsessed with long reviews, but trust me, they're so much more interesting than short ones! I don't mean really long, just a paragraph!
Uh, a couple of people were confused about Andrea being Sirius' sister. Well, I did say at the beginning that this isn't according g to canon at all, and if you check in the first or second chapter, I said that they're related. I even explained how they came to be in the same year. So, check it out if you want!
Some people complained that there isn't enough romance- well, it's very difficult writing romance when you've never been in love. So, I like to keep it moderate! Hope you liked it anyway!
So, once again, thankyou all so much for reading this fic, it means a lot to me. In fact, I was a little freaked out by all the praise- lucky it didn't go to my head!
A very special thankyou to these two people, because I could always count on them for long reviews. Not that the rest of you are nay less special, but I think these guys deserve a pat on the back! :
Raine is Crazy: you always kept me amused with your reviews, so thankyou heaps! I hope you like this last chapter as much as the rest. Keep up all the good work- hope all your wishes come true!
GriffindorGoddess28: I adored getting your reviews; they were always full of suggestions and comments. Thanks heaps, and I hope that you do make that t-shirt some day- think of me when you wear it! : P
And everyone else, I hope you like this chapter!
Oh, and a bit of news- I just came back form an awards ceremony, and I came 2nd in a writing competition!
Ok, on with the fic (sniff sniff...I'm going to miss it when it's over!)
Chapter Fourteen
I Love You / A Never-ending Cycle
The girls were moping in their dorm on Saturday, the day after the boys had moved back into their own dormitories.
Andrea was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling, and Sarah was lying adjacent to her, her head resting on Andrea's stomach. Lily was on her stomach on her own bed, and Grace was sitting cross legged on the ground, next to Lisa who was sitting with her legs stretched out in front of her. They had been in these positions for almost half an hour now, and no one had said a word.
"Wow," Sarah said suddenly. "So quiet."
"Mmm," Andrea greed. "It's as if the boys took the life out of this place with them."
"I know this is strange, but I'm really missing them already, and it's only been a day," Grace remarked.
"You think we'll all still be friends even though we're not sharing anymore?" Lisa voiced the question that had been on all their minds.
"I guess we will," Andrea said, uncertainly. "I mean, I saw Remus at lunch and he came over and said hi. I don't think we can just stop being friends."
"Hey, Lily," Sarah said, turning over, away from Andrea, to face Lily. " Are you and James really together? As in, fully, not just going out occasionally?"
Lily sighed.
"I don't know," she admitted. "I mean, he said that he loves me, but I just don't know if I love him. I mean, how are you supposed to tell?"
"I think you'll just know," Lisa said. "I guess it just happens."
Lily closed her eyes and envisioned a life without James in it. Strangely, she found that she couldn't. He was part of everything she ever wanted to happen now.
Is this love? She thought.
On Sunday, it was evident that the Marauders weren't going to forget the girls that easily. Sirius, Remus and Peter charmed a carpet to fly up to the girl's dormitories, and they barged in, heedless of the fact that the girls could have been changing.
"Hey!" Sirius said brightly, scaring the living daylights out of Sarah who had been standing in front of the door, talking to Lisa, who was standing by a window, looking over the grounds.
"Whoa!" Sarah exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Keeping you company," Sirius said, bounding on to her bed.
Sarah raised an eyebrow, and was about to say something, and then decided it wasn't worth the argument.
"Whatever," she said, unable to resist Sirius' grin. When he smiled like that she couldn't help but smile too.
Remus walked over to where Andrea and Grace were flipping through a teenage witch magazine together.
"This is so disgusting," Grace said, shaking her head. "I mean, what sort of idiots would believe this stuff?"
"Well, there're all sorts in this world," Andrea pointed out. She flipped a page and skimmed through the next article.
"Is that interesting?" Remus asked, tilting his head to read the title at the top of the page. "Telling love from the shape of his lips- intriguing."
"It's stupid," Grace said vehemently.
Peter was sitting with Sirius, Sarah and Lisa who had pulled out a pack of cards and had started building a castle, and Remus settled down with Grace and Andrea. Lily was seated on the floor with parchment and quill, working on an assignment.
"Hey, Lils," Sirius called, looking up from where he was placing cards gingerly on top of each other to form a roof. "How are you and James going?"
"Good...why?" she asked, looking up.
"Oh, I dunno...just he was moping not too long ago. Said he didn't know if you loved him or not," Sirius said nonchalantly.
"What?" Lily said, frowning. "What do you mean?"
"Oh, he was lying on the bed, and sighing so I asked what was wrong, and he said he didn't know if you really wanted to be with him, and that maybe he should just break it up and do you a favor..."
Lily stared at him, eyes wide. This was insane- James had just talked to her earlier, and he hadn't said anything of the sort!
"B-But...he can't...no!" she said, standing up suddenly, causing the castle to fall to pieces. "I've gotta go talk to him!"
She rushed out of the room, dramatically, leaving a rather stunned silence behind her.
"Liar, liar, pants on fire," Remus hissed at Sirius.
"Hey, it's about time she admits it. To herself at least!" Sirius defended himself.
Sarah was staring at him, eyebrow raised once again.
"Stop looking at me like that! It's all in good fun!" he said. "Come on, let's play a game. I know a good one! It's called wizard experiments. We can try different spells in combinations!"
"Oh, no!" Andrea said, warningly. "The last time he did that, he-"
"Oh, shut up, Andrea, let me have my fun!" Sirius said, rolling his eyes. "So, anyway, here's what you do..."
James was sitting on his bed, thumbing through a Quidditch magazine when Lily burst through the door.
"I love you," she declared, eyes slightly wild and breathing heavily.
James smiled mildly.
"Yeah, I know," he said, patting the space on the bed next to him. "Come sit down. Wanna go out tomorrow afternoon sometime?"
Lily obeyed, looking a little confused.
"What do you mean, you know?" she said, frowning. "I never told you."
"Sometimes, you can just tell," James said, putting an arm around her and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Oh...well, Sirius said," she began.
"Oh, never mind him, half the time he's lying," James said dismissively. "Let's go out tomorrow and have a picnic on the grounds, just you, me and the sunset."
Lily smiled, although she was still a little disgruntled. She had expected him to be shocked, maybe alarmed or relieved. But then, James wasn't the sort of guy that did that. Being with James was what you could call comfortable. She never had to try to impress him or act like something she wasn't. They just were. And she was glad of it.
Sirius set up a couple of bricks, some strange, orange powder that no one had the courage to question, and lifted his wand.
"Ready?" he asked, looking around at the apprehensive faces around him. "One, two three..."
Lily and James were just about to enter the girl's staircase when a huge bang sounded out of the girl's dormitories.
They looked up to see a cloud of smoke billowing out of the entrance, and then a huge rumbling sound began. James flung himself at Lily, bringing her to the ground to the side of the staircases, shielding her with his own body.
People started pouring out of the staircase, girls screaming and clutching whatever they had been doing.
Peter and Lisa came running out, ash covering their faces, and Grace followed them. Remus and Andrea charged down the stairs, Remus swinging Andrea down from the last few, and, followed by a crowd of rubble and stone blocks, framed in a storm of dust, Sirius and Sarah sped down the stairs, finally reaching the ground just as, strangely like the earlier incident, a huge chunk of stone came tumbling down to stick into the wall and block of the girls dormitories.
A stone skipped down the last few stairs, to land at Sirius' shoe. He bent and picked it up. Every Griffindor was on their feet, and no one said a word.
"See? I told you it would be fun!" Sirius said brightly. "Next time, though, I think we should try a little less orange stuff."
Sarah glared at him, but he just put and arm around her shoulders and gave her a one armed hug.
"Kind of ironic, really,' Andrea commented to Remus. He chuckled.
"I don't know what McGonagall's going to say."
James looked down at Lily from where he was stretched out on top of her.
"My dormitory!" She said in an anguished voice.
"There, there," he grinned. He rather liked her from this angle. "You can always share my pillow!"
THE END
A/N; do you think that was good enough? I hope you liked it, but you kind of ruined my surprise for you, coz you all suggested it in your reviews! Ah well, I guess it was bound to happen. Well, I hope you like this, and here's the deal- If I get 30 reviews saying that you want a sequel, I'll write one. Otherwise, I'll start my next fic, which I'm looking forward to writing. It's about Lily and James after Hogwarts, but they aren't together yet.
So, review away, and thanx again for the brilliant support everyone gave me! Lots of hugs for everyone, Jaizar.
A/N: well, this is the end. I'm sorry to everyone who told me not to end this, but it has to end somewhere! So a huge thankyou to every single person who reviewed this fic, it was a pleasure to write, and the reviews made it so much easier to think of what should come next! I was very proud of you all for such long reviews- actually, I was kinda shocked that some of them were even longer than Raine is Crazy and GriffindorGodess28's! And I know I'm kind of obsessed with long reviews, but trust me, they're so much more interesting than short ones! I don't mean really long, just a paragraph!
Uh, a couple of people were confused about Andrea being Sirius' sister. Well, I did say at the beginning that this isn't according g to canon at all, and if you check in the first or second chapter, I said that they're related. I even explained how they came to be in the same year. So, check it out if you want!
Some people complained that there isn't enough romance- well, it's very difficult writing romance when you've never been in love. So, I like to keep it moderate! Hope you liked it anyway!
So, once again, thankyou all so much for reading this fic, it means a lot to me. In fact, I was a little freaked out by all the praise- lucky it didn't go to my head!
A very special thankyou to these two people, because I could always count on them for long reviews. Not that the rest of you are nay less special, but I think these guys deserve a pat on the back! :
Raine is Crazy: you always kept me amused with your reviews, so thankyou heaps! I hope you like this last chapter as much as the rest. Keep up all the good work- hope all your wishes come true!
GriffindorGoddess28: I adored getting your reviews; they were always full of suggestions and comments. Thanks heaps, and I hope that you do make that t-shirt some day- think of me when you wear it! : P
And everyone else, I hope you like this chapter!
Oh, and a bit of news- I just came back form an awards ceremony, and I came 2nd in a writing competition!
Ok, on with the fic (sniff sniff...I'm going to miss it when it's over!)
Chapter Fourteen
I Love You / A Never-ending Cycle
The girls were moping in their dorm on Saturday, the day after the boys had moved back into their own dormitories.
Andrea was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling, and Sarah was lying adjacent to her, her head resting on Andrea's stomach. Lily was on her stomach on her own bed, and Grace was sitting cross legged on the ground, next to Lisa who was sitting with her legs stretched out in front of her. They had been in these positions for almost half an hour now, and no one had said a word.
"Wow," Sarah said suddenly. "So quiet."
"Mmm," Andrea greed. "It's as if the boys took the life out of this place with them."
"I know this is strange, but I'm really missing them already, and it's only been a day," Grace remarked.
"You think we'll all still be friends even though we're not sharing anymore?" Lisa voiced the question that had been on all their minds.
"I guess we will," Andrea said, uncertainly. "I mean, I saw Remus at lunch and he came over and said hi. I don't think we can just stop being friends."
"Hey, Lily," Sarah said, turning over, away from Andrea, to face Lily. " Are you and James really together? As in, fully, not just going out occasionally?"
Lily sighed.
"I don't know," she admitted. "I mean, he said that he loves me, but I just don't know if I love him. I mean, how are you supposed to tell?"
"I think you'll just know," Lisa said. "I guess it just happens."
Lily closed her eyes and envisioned a life without James in it. Strangely, she found that she couldn't. He was part of everything she ever wanted to happen now.
Is this love? She thought.
On Sunday, it was evident that the Marauders weren't going to forget the girls that easily. Sirius, Remus and Peter charmed a carpet to fly up to the girl's dormitories, and they barged in, heedless of the fact that the girls could have been changing.
"Hey!" Sirius said brightly, scaring the living daylights out of Sarah who had been standing in front of the door, talking to Lisa, who was standing by a window, looking over the grounds.
"Whoa!" Sarah exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Keeping you company," Sirius said, bounding on to her bed.
Sarah raised an eyebrow, and was about to say something, and then decided it wasn't worth the argument.
"Whatever," she said, unable to resist Sirius' grin. When he smiled like that she couldn't help but smile too.
Remus walked over to where Andrea and Grace were flipping through a teenage witch magazine together.
"This is so disgusting," Grace said, shaking her head. "I mean, what sort of idiots would believe this stuff?"
"Well, there're all sorts in this world," Andrea pointed out. She flipped a page and skimmed through the next article.
"Is that interesting?" Remus asked, tilting his head to read the title at the top of the page. "Telling love from the shape of his lips- intriguing."
"It's stupid," Grace said vehemently.
Peter was sitting with Sirius, Sarah and Lisa who had pulled out a pack of cards and had started building a castle, and Remus settled down with Grace and Andrea. Lily was seated on the floor with parchment and quill, working on an assignment.
"Hey, Lils," Sirius called, looking up from where he was placing cards gingerly on top of each other to form a roof. "How are you and James going?"
"Good...why?" she asked, looking up.
"Oh, I dunno...just he was moping not too long ago. Said he didn't know if you loved him or not," Sirius said nonchalantly.
"What?" Lily said, frowning. "What do you mean?"
"Oh, he was lying on the bed, and sighing so I asked what was wrong, and he said he didn't know if you really wanted to be with him, and that maybe he should just break it up and do you a favor..."
Lily stared at him, eyes wide. This was insane- James had just talked to her earlier, and he hadn't said anything of the sort!
"B-But...he can't...no!" she said, standing up suddenly, causing the castle to fall to pieces. "I've gotta go talk to him!"
She rushed out of the room, dramatically, leaving a rather stunned silence behind her.
"Liar, liar, pants on fire," Remus hissed at Sirius.
"Hey, it's about time she admits it. To herself at least!" Sirius defended himself.
Sarah was staring at him, eyebrow raised once again.
"Stop looking at me like that! It's all in good fun!" he said. "Come on, let's play a game. I know a good one! It's called wizard experiments. We can try different spells in combinations!"
"Oh, no!" Andrea said, warningly. "The last time he did that, he-"
"Oh, shut up, Andrea, let me have my fun!" Sirius said, rolling his eyes. "So, anyway, here's what you do..."
James was sitting on his bed, thumbing through a Quidditch magazine when Lily burst through the door.
"I love you," she declared, eyes slightly wild and breathing heavily.
James smiled mildly.
"Yeah, I know," he said, patting the space on the bed next to him. "Come sit down. Wanna go out tomorrow afternoon sometime?"
Lily obeyed, looking a little confused.
"What do you mean, you know?" she said, frowning. "I never told you."
"Sometimes, you can just tell," James said, putting an arm around her and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Oh...well, Sirius said," she began.
"Oh, never mind him, half the time he's lying," James said dismissively. "Let's go out tomorrow and have a picnic on the grounds, just you, me and the sunset."
Lily smiled, although she was still a little disgruntled. She had expected him to be shocked, maybe alarmed or relieved. But then, James wasn't the sort of guy that did that. Being with James was what you could call comfortable. She never had to try to impress him or act like something she wasn't. They just were. And she was glad of it.
Sirius set up a couple of bricks, some strange, orange powder that no one had the courage to question, and lifted his wand.
"Ready?" he asked, looking around at the apprehensive faces around him. "One, two three..."
Lily and James were just about to enter the girl's staircase when a huge bang sounded out of the girl's dormitories.
They looked up to see a cloud of smoke billowing out of the entrance, and then a huge rumbling sound began. James flung himself at Lily, bringing her to the ground to the side of the staircases, shielding her with his own body.
People started pouring out of the staircase, girls screaming and clutching whatever they had been doing.
Peter and Lisa came running out, ash covering their faces, and Grace followed them. Remus and Andrea charged down the stairs, Remus swinging Andrea down from the last few, and, followed by a crowd of rubble and stone blocks, framed in a storm of dust, Sirius and Sarah sped down the stairs, finally reaching the ground just as, strangely like the earlier incident, a huge chunk of stone came tumbling down to stick into the wall and block of the girls dormitories.
A stone skipped down the last few stairs, to land at Sirius' shoe. He bent and picked it up. Every Griffindor was on their feet, and no one said a word.
"See? I told you it would be fun!" Sirius said brightly. "Next time, though, I think we should try a little less orange stuff."
Sarah glared at him, but he just put and arm around her shoulders and gave her a one armed hug.
"Kind of ironic, really,' Andrea commented to Remus. He chuckled.
"I don't know what McGonagall's going to say."
James looked down at Lily from where he was stretched out on top of her.
"My dormitory!" She said in an anguished voice.
"There, there," he grinned. He rather liked her from this angle. "You can always share my pillow!"
THE END
A/N; do you think that was good enough? I hope you liked it, but you kind of ruined my surprise for you, coz you all suggested it in your reviews! Ah well, I guess it was bound to happen. Well, I hope you like this, and here's the deal- If I get 30 reviews saying that you want a sequel, I'll write one. Otherwise, I'll start my next fic, which I'm looking forward to writing. It's about Lily and James after Hogwarts, but they aren't together yet.
So, review away, and thanx again for the brilliant support everyone gave me! Lots of hugs for everyone, Jaizar.