RP: Moving in

[tt_lily]

Date: 31. August, 2002
Characters: Lily, James, Remus
Setting: Lily's house
Content: Gen
Status: ?



Lily blew the loose strands of hair that escaped from her ponytail with a very exasperated breath. Just how much stuff did James own? She felt like they had made one hundred trips already! She was truly thankful for Remus' help.

"How can you not be getting frustrated and tired?" she asked Remus.

The man shrugged, "Stamina, I guess. I know he'd do the same for me."

She rolled her eyes. This was one of those moments she didn't understand the Marauders. She didn't understand why she agreed to move James in. Well, that was the tiredness and all around ickiness talking there. She knew once she had a shower and could fall into bed, it would be a different story. And really, he didn't have that much stuff. Just a lot of electronics.

Remus chuckled, "I remember seeing this same situation a long time ago..."

"But he didn't have all this... stuff... then," Lily countered.

"Oh. He had a lot of stuff then too. Perhaps your lovesick mind forgot about it. Kind of like when a lady gets pregnant for a second time despite all she said during pregnancy and delivery number one."

"I remember all of that quite well. Which is why it isn't happening again." Lily finalized and went back to moving boxes.

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[tt_james]

James came in the front door with another bag of things. He was amazed at the amount of projects he'd gathered and adopted since coming here with only the clothes on his back. He gave Remus a grin and a clap on the back when he set the bag down on the couch.

"I think we're almost finished, at least with bringing the things over. Lil, we can keep my projects here, right? I can move them over to the Media Center if we need to." He thought then that maybe they should have figured that out before this point, but planning ahead had never been his strong suit.

"How about a beer and a break?" He gave them both an encouraging look and nodded his head as if agreeing with himself.

[tt_lily]

"We moved them here. They are staying here. I need a shower," Lily said scrunching up her nose.

Remus agreed with James, "Beer and a break it is. Want me to run over to the pub?"

[tt_james]

James shook his head, "We've got some in the fridge." He looked to Lily suddenly, "Doesn't that sound? We've got some," he nearly giggled.

Grabbing two bottles of a local brew he'd picked up at the marketplace, he handed one to Remus and gave Lily an understanding look, "Go shower. We'll finish, right Moony?"

[tt_lily]

Lily laughed, "You're not going to stop saying that for a long time, are you?" But headed for their room.

Remus nodded, "It really isn't that much more. We can handle it. I bet we can make it go quicker and have it be funner with more than one beer in our systems." He said it more to stir up Lily than anything serious.

[tt_james]

The boys had handled bringing over the last of James' things by the time Lily was out of the shower and seeming refreshed. They quickly opened up their second round of drinks and James even opened a bottle of red wine, planning on it being a Saturday night in of drinking and catching up.

Why did it feel like it had been so long? Why did it feel like it had been no time at all? These people were his family, that was why, and he knew it. He collapsed onto the couch, on top of a bag of clothes, and took a long drink of his beer, feeling grateful and very much at home.

In the last week he'd changed his address in the datapad, and today they'd left the house clean and locked up. He had kept his keys mostly because he wasn't sure what else to do with them, but he had settled into a warm sort of comfort in this new chapter of his life already.

[tt_lily]

Lily felt much better after her shower. She felt human again. She more than hoped all the stuff would be done as she walked back into the living room. Lily had changed into pajama pants and T-shirt, more than wanting to crawl into bed.

"Get everything done?" she asked, seeing James on the couch and Remus moving things out of an arm chair. It looked like James' house exploded in hers.

Remus turned to her and nodded, "It didn't take too much longer after you disappeared."

[tt_james]

"I don't know why she thought it would," James said to Remus, and then turned to Lily, "I really don't have that much stuff. Just my projects." He shrugged as if he didn't have nearly as many projects as they had at the Media Center.

"Have a drink with us, Lil, let's celebrate."

[tt_lily]

Remus grinned and gave a small shrug, "Women are odd, mate."

Lily rolled her eyes at him, but sat next to James. "This is all so exciting! Where do we go from here?"

[tt_james]

James' eyebrows disappeared up his forehead and under his hair. "What do you mean, Lil?" His voice was higher than usual. Surely she didn't mean well next is marriage, right?

[tt_lily]

"Where do we put all this stuff?" Lily asked him, wondering why he sounded like he was going through puberty. "It's one thing to move it... it's another to actually find spots for it. Have you any idea yet?"

Remus had questioned her meaning as well, but was thoughtful and didn't inquire.

[tt_james]

James shook his head, "No clue, and I'd say since we did this the muggle way, we're free and clear to let our wands do the work when we do decide, right?" He nodded as if agreeing with himself.

"Come on, another round of drinks," he announced, wanted to put himself into a nice sleepy stupor and not have to think about figuring out where everything went or the fact that he'd probably have to deal with Lil's pet sooner rather than later now that he was here.

"Remus, tell Lily to relax to have a drink with us," he smiled at his friend and enjoyed himself as they fell into more companionable banter and discussed back and forth where things might go or how James might drive Lily absolutely up the wall now that they were living together.

Seeing Remus off long after dark, James shut the door and gave Lily a light kiss, "Shall we go to bed, in OUR bedroom, lovely?" He felt a little giddy saying it, and like maybe he shouldn't feel so excited about such a thing at 18, but it felt entirely right nonetheless, and so he let himself be giddy as Lily lead him to bed.