A/N: Reviewers will be mention next chapter because it is 3:20 in the morning right now…but I've reached 300!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited thanks to everyone who ever reviewed this story!
Chapter 31
"I love you too, Dad. I'll see you spring break." Lily let go of her dad and hugged Clara. She whispered in her ear. "Talk to him."
Clara stiffened and stared at her sister when she released her. "Since when did you become so smart?"
"You say it like it's something new."
"Lily, darling, you're hanging around with Prongs and me too much you're starting to get to be the cheekierest.
Lily glared playfully. "Cheekierest isn't-."
"A word, I know Lils. Y'know, Remus could give you a fun for your money."
"I don't doubt it."
Clara watched the banter continue between them with a smile on her face. "Hey Lily?"
Lily topped her retort to something Sirius said mid-sentence and turned to Clara. "Yes, dearest sister?"
"Find Arielle for me, yeah? I think she's looking at pictured of James in your room." Lily laughed, shaking her head and went to find her.
Sirius turned to Clara, her blonde curls had fallen into her ice-blue eyes and she swatted them away angrily. "Hi…"
She smiled at him. "Hey. Look, at the party I-."
"It's all right, I know I deserved it."
"No, listen." She took a step closer to him. She was about 3 years older but he was still a good 2 inches taller than her. "No one deserves what I said to you. I…I know a night's worth of talking about you and I judged from what a 15-year-old girl told me 2 years ago. It's been quite a long time since I've been on a date and I wasn't planning on going on one for a long time but…" She took a deep breath, "I really like you and I can't just run away from it."
Sirius took her hands in his and rubbed his thumbs on the back of hers. After staring into each other's eyes, he reached out and pulled her into a hug, whispering into her hair, "You don't know how happy you've just made me."
Before
"Your parents have contacted me. Your mother is fine, as well as your father but he is in St. Mongos. It's nothing to worry about," Dumbledore added hastily at the look on James's face, "the just want to do some test before he leaves."
James let out a breath of relief. "How is the house, Sir?"
"The furniture is a little wrecked, no permanent damage and the rest of the house is seemingly fine."
James nodded. He turned his head to the right and saw Sirius give Lily a kiss on the cheek and Lily smile. He loved that they were as close as brother and sister…
"Hey, watch it over there!" He called playfully.
He laughed as Sirius stuck out his tongue and disapparated with her.
"Oh, and so I don't forget," Dumbledore took out the key and gave it back to James.
He was confused. "But Professor," He looked up. "This is the key to-."
"Yes and you must keep it."
"But I don't understand." Dumbledore felt bad that so much weight was on the young man in front of him and he didn't even know it… "Why me? Why does everyone keep giving it to me when it is causing me nothing but trouble?"
"Please explain." Dumbledore asked.
"Well," James began. "My birthday, the attack, they both happened when the key was in my possession, well, before I gave it to my dad when the Death Eaters came but at first I thought them coincidental. And then, when I looked into the surface of the key…" he trailed off.
"What about it, Mr. Potter?"
"I keep see Lily's face. At first it was the first time I encountered trouble with it but now…" he glanced down at the key and saw Lily's face. "It's only Lily. Sometimes when she's around me, the key, I-I can't even touch it, it goes hot and practically burns me."
Dumbledore was deep in thought, processing what he had just heard. "Is it only when she's around. Just near you when this occurs?"
James flushed the tiniest bit but Dumbledore sees everything. "Well not exactly. It happens when-er-." He scratched his head awkwardly, "we're sort of…"
Had it been Sirius or Remus he was telling this to, James would be grinning naughtily saying, "Yeah, when we're snogging it burns like hell." But, this was Dumbledore.
Dumbledore inclined his head, showing he understood. "I see." He chuckled, " Well, this is certainly interesting. I'll take the key with me and look into it." Something in his voice told James Dumbledore knew more than he was letting on but James didn't address it.
"Sure, Professor." He handed the key back to Dumbledore.
"You may do as you please now, I shall be in my office if someone should ask. Goodnight James."
"G'night, Sir."
Lily had just said goodbye to her mother and was now dragging Arielle out of her room. She came into the kitchen in tike to hear Sirius tell Clara, "It's only goodbye until we say hello again." And he kissed her on the lips sweetly.
"Awww!" They both turned to Lily. She grinned apologetically. "I'm a sap for Romance novels. Sorry…"
Arielle sauntered into the room, from the living room, looking putout and sad. "What's the matter, sweetheart?" Clara asked.
She sniffled slightly. "Jay Jay didn't even come back to say goodbye."
"Not say goodbye? Now what kind of guy would I be if I didn't come back to see my Ella?" A deep voice said from the doorway. Arielle gasped excitedly and turned. "Jay Jay!" She squealed and ran into his arms. He picked her up and kissed her forehead and twirled her around.
Lily folded her arms, pretending to be jealous. "I can't believe it, I'm losing to a 5 year old." (A/N: Anyone recognize that from Aladdin? When the Jeanie's like "I' can't believe it, I'm losing to a rug"…. no one? Oh well…)
The marauders (minus Peter (Where the hell was he?)) Lily and Melissa were all sitting in the Head's Common room, Lily and James together on the floor by the fireplace, Remus and Melissa on the couch and Sirius sitting pretzel-like on the coffee table. No one talked for they were all going over, in their heads, what had happened over the break.
Remus sighed loudly, looking at everyone. "Well…that Christmas sucked."
A/N: I love that ending personally. Anyways, FINALLY break is over unless you want New Years Day…I kinda would like to skip it if you don't mind. I jut want them to get back to School.
I'm going to be coming out with another Story soon…right after Spray of the Sea is done. It's structure is based on the T.V show 24…Each hour is a different episode…well each Chapter will be the episode.
the plot and everything else will all be regular James and Lily stuff…but it aaaaallll happens in one day. (24 hours) ANNNDD guess who is writing it TOGETHER
Greekchic and MEEEE!! So, it's bound to be awesome...We will post it when Spray of the Sea is done. Which will be.. very very soon tear(sort of)
I hope you liked the fill-in short chapter… more coming…Review!