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Lily Evans ([personal profile] lilium_evansiae) wrote2011-08-18 01:59 pm
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Hogwarts Clock Tower, 28 November 1976

Techinically speaking, the top of the Clock Tower is off limits to students.

Then again, technically Lily is a prefect, which means that those kinds of rules don't exactly apply. Sort of.

But there is probably something at least a little hypocritical about telling off a pair of Ravenclaw fifth years for doing something that is exactly the thing you're about to do yourself.

Of course, if Delilah Quaint and her boyfriend are not even going to try to be quiet or sneaky, but instead come giggling around the corner without making so much as a token check for a prefect in the hallway, they probably deserve to get caught.

But in light of the fact that Lily is on her way to meet her boyfriend at the top of the Clock Tower when she catches them on their way there, she lets them off with a warning.

James is waiting when she reaches the top of the last staircase. (And she is willing to bet he didn't even come close to getting caught on his way here.) The note he handed her at lunch (L - Clock Tower, 2pm - JP) is still in her pocket.

"Hello, James."
alotofgood: (dreams of something greater)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-11 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"My face is, alas, an open book," James says woefully.

He tugs her along, just a little, towards the tower window, past the clock's gold and copper bells that gives them a decent view of at least part of the Hogwarts grounds.

"You could almost see Hogsmeade from here," he starts to say, "if you look past the trees there. See?"
alotofgood: (the world at large)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," James agrees. "There's a lot of the grounds to cover when you're taking that route."

Of course, the Marauders have several other different routes they can take to get into Hogsmeade.

Though it can be quite helpful when three Animagi are trying to tire out their werewolf friend.

"Anyway, I didn't exactly ask you up here to talk about the Hogwarts grounds, which I'm sure you know."
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
James takes a deep breath.

"D'you remember that day in the library? When you asked me about why I'm called Prongs."
alotofgood: (daring nerve and chivalry)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Right," James says. "Well, I think – I think you need to know this. I've known you for long enough that I know I can trust you."

And he knows he can trust her with Remus' secret as well, if this conversation eventually gets to that (and he can't see how it wouldn't).

"The stag is my patronus, yeah, but it's also the form I can take whenever I want."

He stands straight, almost as though allowing Lily to leave whenever she wants to.

He's not sure how, exactly, she might react.
alotofgood: (i could be a ravenclaw)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"In Third Year, we were taught about Animagi," James explains. "Witches or wizards who can — with a bloody lot of hard work and extremely careful practice — turn themselves into an animal.

"They only get the one form, and it's quite common for that form to be the same as the witch or wizard's patronus because it's a reflection of themselves and their inner nature.

"Anyway, that's where I got the idea, really. From Third Year."
alotofgood: (daring nerve and chivalry)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
James shrugs.

"It was a lot of bloody hard work and impossibly careful practice, if that helps any.

"Anyway, I didn't do it because I was bored and I just wanted to see what it'd be like or anything.




"A couple Mondays from now, as you probably know, is a full moon."
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
James takes a breath, holds it for a second, then lets it out.


"Yeah," he finally says. "It's about Remus."
alotofgood: (you've definitely got my attention)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"How long have you suspected?"

Because it's interesting that she managed to come to that conclusion so quickly.
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
He starts to laugh.

"Right."

But his expression sobers almost immediately as another thought occurs to him.

"... does that mean the rest of them know too?"
alotofgood: (going to my happy place now)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Merlin.

And they'd been so careful, too.

This is getting complicated.

And completely uncomfortable.

James almost wishes he never brought it up.

(But he knew he had to tell Lily, anyway.)

"... yeah. We suspected he knew," James says, rubbing his face. "That's when the stupid git was nearly killed."
Edited 2011-08-12 02:09 (UTC)
alotofgood: (are you being ridiculous again?)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Really?"

James raises an eyebrow.

"A werewolf, fending for himself, completely alone all night with absolutely no control over his animal instincts and the petrifying fear that when he wakes up, he'll learn he killed innocent people — and you can't figure out a reason why it might be a good idea to have three other animals who know him around?"
alotofgood: (did i say i'm just a boy)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
James shrugs.

He just needed her to know.

He doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, otherwise.


"So, that's why I'm called Prongs."
alotofgood: (the marauders)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"If you were in my position, wouldn't you do that?"

It's really, as far as he's concerned, a pretty non-issue.

"If I was Remus, and he was me, I know he wouldn't hesitate to do it for me. All of us, really. We'd all go through it for each other."
alotofgood: (i'm paying attention honest)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's best not to tell her that Remus did, in fact, try to kill them all in the early days.

"Actually, I think he knows who we are now," James says. "He seems to recognize our scent, anyway. We're — I suppose we're all a pack, now.

"That's the proper wolf term, isn't it?"
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
James reaches forward to take both her hands in his.

He offers her what he hopes is a reassuring smile.

"I promise," he says. "I know this is an incredible amount to take in, and I don't expect you to like it. I'd probably think you were a bit mad if you did like it.

"But we're careful. We've always been careful. We're always going to be careful."

For the past year and a bit, they've never taken it lightly.
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Lily ..."

Hand-holding doesn't feel sufficient enough to express how grateful James is for Lily's concern.

He pulls her towards him, then wraps his arms around her in a hug.

"I wish I never had to tell you. But at the same time, I knew I couldn't exactly keep it from you either."
alotofgood: (luckiest guy in the world)

[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Sort of ruined the whole possibility of a rendez-vous bit, didn't I?" he says a little wryly.
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[personal profile] alotofgood 2011-08-12 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
James goes in for a real kiss.

To seal the deal, as it were.

"I think I can manage that."