The TOP ALE ATE SHOES OF WHIP In the Winter

WARNING: Rated somewhere between T and M for the obvious suggestion of sexual intercourse.

It had been three months.

James and Lily were together, and happier than they had ever been before.

James was ecstatic that he and Lily were finally dating, and Lily realized that she had fallen in love with James.

This news only served to make James more ecstatic.

Lily was now no longer plotting ways to make Elizabeth die a horrible death, but, rather, reverted to her previous opinion of Elizabeth being a nice girl.

However, Lily was planning something else: a wedding.

James had not yet proposed, but, naturally, they had discussed it.

And, besides, as James put it, "Since we both love each other, what else is there to do?"

And Lily wouldn't have it any other way.

So, James and Lily were happy, Elizabeth didn't have to go to the hospital wing anymore, and Sirius...

Well, Sirius was getting a new motorcycle.

Speaking of Sirius Black, there is a rather interesting tale that takes place three months after he convinced Lily to give James a chance.

At the beginning of the aforementioned tale, we find Mr. Black easily loping down one of the corridors of Hogwarts.

Alone.

After curfew.

He had been going to visit James and Lily in their common room, and, more importantly, he needed to borrow one of James' quills, which was currently in James' possession.

Upon reaching the entrance to the Heads' Common Room, he recited the password (which only the Heads were supposed to know, and consequently, only Lily and the Marauders knew).

While striding into the common room, he called out, "Prongs? Oi, Prongs!"

Pausing for a moment to listen for an answer, a pair of shoes caught his attention.

Laughing a little and rolling his eyes, he stooped to pick up the shoes, while thinking, 'Silly Prongs. Leaving his shoes just lying around. Tsk, tsk, Lily wouldn't like that. I'll bring them to his dorm, so that I'll have some leverage when asking for a quill.'

Then, a couple of things happened at around the same time.

As Sirius picked up James' shoes, he spotted a pair of shoes nearby that he recognized as Lily's.

Simultaneously, he heard Lily's voice from the direction of the couch, talking about patrolling schedules.

As he looked towards the couch, he was surprised to see no heads (get it? It's a pun!) there, but he heard James make a reply.

'How strange,' he thought. 'Perhaps they're using the Cloak. But why on earth would they do that?'

After pondering this thought for a few seconds, Sirius shrugged, figuring that James and Lily were incredibly strange teenagers, so it was actually a logical conclusion that they'd discuss Head duties under the Invisibility Cloak.

Having come to said logical conclusion, Sirius straightened up and began to whistle as he casually and merrily made his way past the couch into James' room.

Without bothering to knock (James and Lily were on the couch, invisible, anyway), Sirius went inside James' room and went through his belongings, listing them to himself while throwing them casually about the room.

"Socks, broomstick, shirt, another shirt, Lily's bra, more socks, Quidditch pants, ink, Invisibility Cloak, pajamas, gloves-wait a minute!" Sirius whipped his head around the room looking for the item he'd thrown out. He quickly found it.

"What the hell is Lily's bra doing here? Oh, wait, she probably left it in here after...way to go, Prongs." Sirius grinned, then went back to what he was doing.

"Let's see, textbooks, shirt, scarf, ah! Here it is! Quill! Perfect!" And with that, he walked away.

But when he was halfway through the door, a realization hit him and he spun around, doing a double take.

"Wait. Invisibility Cloak? But James and Lily have the Cloak... Unless...unless...unless they don't have the Cloak!"

At that moment, Sirius heard some...noises, coming from the couch.

Horrified, he slowly turned around and went back into the common room to investigate.

"I think the next Hogsmeade weekend should be this weekend," Lily was saying.

"What does it matter? We can go to Hogsmeade whenever," replied James.

Finally, Sirius had full view of the two Heads. His eyes widened. He tried to speak, but he couldn't. So he jumped up and down and pointed instead.

After a few seconds of doing this, he recovered and got his voice back.

"JAMES AND LILY! LILY AND JAMES! OH MY MERLIN!"

Thoroughly startled, the people whose names Sirius had been calling sprang to their feet and dove behind the couch.

"SIRIUS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" James roared.

When that didn't work, Lily leaned over the couch and slapped him, then quickly retreated behind James.

The slap effectively stopped Sirius' screaming.

"Again, Sirius," James had calmed down considerably, but his tone was still quiet and implied painful death at the wrong answer. "What are you doing here?"

It took all his self control to not say "Not what you're doing, obviously."

Instead, he looked at the floor, and sheepishly replied:

"Well...I needed to borrow a quill."

Well, that's all, folks.

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