Jily oneshots

A Gift

by HazzaP

"Have you spoken to Lily today Prongs?"

"Haven't seen her Pads, except at breakfast, how come?" James replied, looking up at Sirius who suddenly looked a bit shifty.

"I ummmmm, I might have organised a gift – from you of course, and I ummmmm..." Sirius broke off and rubbed his forehead for a moment. James stared at him impatiently with a small bud of panic forming in his chest. "Well, it's just I'm having second thoughts now that it maybe wasn't the most appropriate," Sirius finished his sentence with a light shrug. Remus turned to look at him too now.

"What did you order Pads?" he asked, eyebrows quirked up in interest. "Books? A new quill? Chocolates?"

"Not exactly," Sirius grinned, "I errrr, hoped to move things along a little, push James here out of the friend zone,"

At this statement, James put his head in his hands and groaned, "When have I ever asked you for help Pads,"

"Well—" Sirius began

"Don't answer that," James sighed.

"You do ask for help with Lily," Peter began earnestly. Remus cuffed him on the shoulder and he lapsed back into silence.

"Come on then, out with it. What did you order?"

"Just a little gift set," Sirius stood, stepping out of range of James, "from Wicked Witches," he grinned then and waggled his eyebrows at James. James had promptly shot off his bed and took Sirius down in a tackle.

"Oi! Prongsie! Lighten up, you might be getting lucky," cackled Sirius from under James.

Remus intervened, "James, come on let him up, he means well,"

"He has just ordered lingerie for Lily FROM ME, Mooney. He does not mean well, he will be the death of me," huffed James but obligingly rolled off Sirius, offering a hand and then letting go abruptly so Sirius landed in a heap again.

"Fair play, I deserved that," Sirius admitted. "What do you want to do then?" he asked casually.

"Well we need to stop it obviously," said Remus in a tone that took no argument. Sirius visibly deflated and sighed in agreement.

"I suppose we do, she'll hate it won't she,"

James huffed again, and removed his glasses for a moment, scrubbing his hand over his eyes.

"For fucks sake Pads," he growled. Sirius held his hands up in submission and the four of them rose to head down to the common room. Hopefully, James thought, hopefully in time to rescue the gift before Lily opened it.

James knew as soon as the stepped into the common room that they had not made it downstairs in time. A gaggle of girls surrounded Lily who seemed to be lit up with soft pink light and tiny little fluttering pink hearts. James groaned again and shoved Sirius.

"You are SUCH an arse,"

"No expense spared Jamie, I went for the full gift package, didn't want Lils to think you were cheap," Sirius grinned again and it only infuriated James more.

Next thing there was a collective gasp from around Lily, and James watched Lily turn red. Her hand desperately trying to shove the lid of the box shut. Marlene was apparently not having any of that, and as the boys lounged casually against the wall opposite there was a brief scuffle. Then Marlene crowed triumphantly. She clutched in one hand a red scrap of lacy fabric and James felt his own face begin to heat. In her other hand, she had a small pink card, which was emitting small puffs of those fluttering hearts every couple of seconds.