We always talk about the relationship between Lily and the Marauders but how about jAMES AND LILYâS FRIENDS???? LIKE SURELY THE MY-FAMILY-IS-ALSO-YOUR-FAMILY-NOW DYNAMIC IN JAMES AND LILYâS RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT ONE SIDED
While the Marauders basically accepted Lily with open arms even before she and James started dating, I feel like Lilyâs friends are trickier to please because they know how much of a bully James was and they have every right to be suspicious of him even as heâs growing out of it. However, they, like the Marauders, are also dramatic nerds. The second they find out that James and Lily are friends now, they manage to turn the corner of the Common Room into an interrogation room. âGuys??? Do ANY of you want to go down to dinner with me???â âNOT NOW LILY LARGER THINGS ARE AT STAKE - Potter, answer Dorcasâ questionâ By the end of their first term in sixth year, though, theyâre all super tight.Â
The day everyone is leaving for the holidays, Lily finds James at the Hogsmeade station but before she can ask him why heâs there when heâs staying for the holidays, she sees him helping Marlene with all her luggage as they talk animatedly about something ( âwhat do you MEAN Dorcas is spending the holidays at your placeâ âitâs nothing, james oh my god.â âyou are BLUSHING U NERD. write to me okay donât leave anything out or i will hex youâ)
Potions class where theyâre dealing with a lot more fire than usual and the whole room feels like a boiling pot but Sirius is okay because he knows James always carries an extra hair tie for him so he just grabs Jamesâ wrist. âSirius whatâ ââŠhair tie?â âoh, sorry, i lent it to Aliceâ âyou WHATâ âsheâs had a really bad day today okay you donât understandâ
During the Easter holidays, James invites everyone over at his place to just hang out. remus, sirius, peter are so used to the place that they just kiss Mrs. potter on the cheek and go up to jamesâ room while he introduces the girls. mrs. potter taking one look at the girls and going all âokay so which one of you is responsible for my lack of sleep because my son could not shut up about - what was it, again, james? oh right - âher dazzling eyes and lips that look like they taste like firewhiskey and candy and hopeâ?â and everyone is laughing except for a very red james potter and a smirking lily
James is very much over his immature, hexing-people-for-fun days, but the moment some boys call Marlene a homophobic slur, he sends about 8 different hexes and jinxes their way. He ends up with a week long detention, polishing trophies. That week, Marlene carries around a very dramatic âFree James Potterâ picket sign to all her classes to annoy the teachers. (âPete, why didnât I ever think of thatâ âBecause youâre always the one in detention with him, Siriusâ)
One night when the girls are just lazing around the fireplace, James bursts in like he had a huge crisis âokay i know you lot have been feeling left out because we have a cool name and you donât-â ânot reallyâ â-and i apologize bc i know you want in in the whole thing with your own nicknames and everything-â âactually noâ â itâs always been the four of us, me moony padfoot and wormtail⊠HOWEVER YOU CAN BE LIKE THE SECOND WAVE OF MARAUDERSâ ââŠ.oh godâŠ.noâŠdonâtâ âTHE MORE-AUDERSâ âJAMES NOâ
The day of Frank and Aliceâs first date, James goes to him beforehand like âHi Frank Longbottom, right?â âJames youâve known me for yearsâ âWhat exactly are your intentions with Alice?â âAre you jokingâ and Alice passes by and Frank is just signalling for help and Alice just smirks and crosses her arms like âyou didnât answer Jamesâ questionâ
James french braiding Marleneâs hair before Quidditch practice because it always gets in the way and using magic to make her ponytails hold always ends up messy. âThat should be able to keep your hair neat, I can twist it into a bun later if you needâ and Marlene is just looking in the mirror in awe because itâs so neat and well made âhow are you so good with hair holy shitâ âare you forgetting who my best friend isâ
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