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CHAPTER 8 – BACK TO SCHOOL

The four of them continued staying at the Potter mansion as Monica's parents were on a secret Mission which they did not want to tell them. The Hogwarts letters came there and Lily found herself made a Prefect. Mrs. Potter baked a huge cake in her honor and they had a party. Mr. Potter took them to Diagon Ally and dropped them off at the station. Lily hugged Mrs. Potter goodbye and thanked her for the great time and for having given her a place to stay.

"Hey Lily!"

"Hey Erica! How were the holidays?" she exclaimed.

"Oh my god! You are a prefect!" she said eyeing the badge on her robes.

"Yes!!!" she squealed.

"Why did you not write to me at all?" she accused Lily. Lily looked uncomfortable. She had not written to Erica because she did not want Erica to know she had been with the Potters, especially James.

"And Monica did not reply to my letters at all! What is it with the 2 of you?" Monica came up beside Lily.

"Hey Erica."

"Hey Monica." She said coldly. Monica realized what Erica was angry about and looked ashamed.

"I am sorry Erica, I really am!"

"And your explanation is?"

"I will tell you once we find a compartment."

Meanwhile Remus and Peter had met up with James and Sirius and they were exchanging notes. Remus had been made a prefect too. They left in 2 different groups and went into different compartments.

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"What was up with you and James in the holidays?" asked Remus once he had come back from his rounds.

"A lot of things happened." said Sirius grinning.

"I guessed. Sorry I couldn't make it James… you see it was nearing full moon and…"

"It is not your fault mate."

"So who else did you invite?"

"3 guesses who." said Sirius grinning.

"He invited his girlfriend and get this – Evans!"

"Who? Monica and Lily?"

"Yup!" said Sirius with triumph.

"What happened between our dear James and Lily?" asked Remus interested and was surprised to see James blush.

"Well… Monica and I got together, James fancies Lily and…"

"Wait a minute! JAMES FANCIES LILY???" Remus looked at James, his eyes wide with disbelief and surprise. James grinned and started narrating the events of the entire holidays.

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"Hi Mon! How was the hols with Lily?"

"Did you know Sirius invited me and Lily to the world cup as James had 2 extra tickets?"

"What? You went to see the world cup finals? For free!! Lucky pigs!"

"Sirius would not have invited us if he were not eager to go out with Monica."

"Really Monica? You and Sirius?" Monica gave a triumphant grin.

"It finally happened, Erica. And it feels so great."

"Good for you! But how could you stand being around in the presence of both James and Lily?"

"It wasn't so bad…"

"What do you mean? Lily and James can't stand each other.

"Actually Lily couldn't stand and he had to hold her up."

"Shut up Monica. I twisted my ankle!"

"Whatever Lil'."

"Stop talking in riddles and tell me what happened." Lily sulked in the corner as Monica told them all what had happened.

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"Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. James had 3 extra tickets for the world cup. He couldn't call me and peter so he called you and asked you to invite 2 more people. You invited Monica and Lily. But Lily and James did not know that the other was going to be there. They started yelling as soon as they spotted each other which …"

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"…which gave me and Sirius enough time to kiss and get together. Then Sirius and I heard a noise in the bushes and when we went to see, James and Lily were cozy behind some bushes. And then Lily gave an excuse that she had twisted her ankle and James was just helping her…"

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"… Then you people left for the world cup where you and Lily ran into the Slytherins…"

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"…after the world cup, you four again ran into the Slytherins who were threatening you…"

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"… later Monica got an owl from her parents saying that they had to go on a secret mission and would James' parents mind taking them in for a few days…"

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"And we spent rest of the holidays at the Potter Mansion."

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"Wow! You guys had great holidays!!! After all you got to spend time with the girls you liked…"

"Remus… do I find that tone a little wistful?"

"No Sirius…"

"Remus!" said James sternly.

"Fine! I give up! I have never been able to lie to you both…"

"Who is it?" they both asked in unison.

"Umm…" Remus mumbled something which they could not hear.

"Speak up Lupin!" said James sternly.

"Forget it James! It is never going to happen."

"Never say never."

"I don't want to talk about it ok."

"But Remus…"

"I said No, Sirius."

They all recognized that tone of Remus and did not ask him anything more about it. But both James and Sirius promised to themselves to find out who it was that Remus liked.