Closed rp; package for Lily

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

((backdated to somepoint shortly after JD moved in.))

Jack hadn't been tempted to build a fort out of the left over boxes and things from round the room while JD was out. Nope. He'd picked though the ones he'd thought looked promising and finished off the last of the cheesecake. Then he'd fallen asleep with a book from the library learning charms. Now he was awake and poking through the books on the shelf he was just waiting for JD to get back to pounce, he had a reason this time, not that he needed one usuallyl. He was planning on sending a note to Lily, saying thanks.

The package for Lily.

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[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD walked in, smiling. "Jack?" he called, then shrugged when he didn't get an answer. Must be out he decided, as he unslung his backpack and put it on the floor.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

The door closed with no obvious reason. Well there was it was Jack behind the pile of boxes, that hadn't somehow been piled next to the door. Jack then appeared over the top of the pile. "What?"

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD jumped back, tumbling onto the bed, before slipping off to the floor. He smiled sheepishly. "I'm home." he mumbled, blushing.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

Jack walked over and held a hand out to help JD up.

"You know what we need to do?" Jack smirked deliberatly not saying any more til JD guessed.

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD took the hand, and got up grinning stupidly. "Put a collar on you with a bell, so that I know where you are?" he asked jokingly.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"Just need the bell..." Jack laughed. "Though it's half the fun not knowing whre I might just appear from. Adds danger... sort of..." Jack wandered round to fall into an armchair.

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD smiled and perched on the end of the bed. "Well, it is interesting. Besides, we'd have to take the bell off every two minutes so we didn't wake up the neighbours." he said, smiling again. "So, what do we need to do?" he asked, curious now.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"Hmm... true." Jack grinned. "We need to say thank you to Lily." He nodded.

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD nearly facepalmed. "Of course! I completely forgot." he smiled at Jack. "Should we give her something? Or just a note?"

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"I was thinking one of them." Jack pointed to the book shelf. "As well as a note."

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD nodded along with Jack. "Sounds good. She'd like a book." he smiled and grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. "Do you want to write or me?" he asked.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"You can." Jack wandered to the bookshelf he'd been at earlier and pulled from it a small stack of books which he carried over to the bed and set down next to JD.

[jd-octor.livejournal.com]

JD sat with the parchment on his knees, and glanced at the book. "Umm...Jack?" he asked. "What's that?" he asked, pointing at the book. I must be seeing things he thought incredulously.

Package for Lily

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

Dear Lily,

Thanks a lot for helping us move in the other day. Thanks, it gave us more time to get the room sorted out. Enjoy your present!

From Jack & JD.

Along with that there were the following presents: a bunch of yellow roses with a card that said it was from JD & Jack (p.54); chocolates, wine and of course the book p54 was referring to.

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

The package found Lily while she was lying in bed, her head resting on Cox's chest. Her hand was lazily running up and down his side and her eyes had fallen half closed. Perry's hand was gently stroking her hair, their legs tangled together in the sheets. All in all, Lily was feeling lazy and satisfied, quite content to simply lie there until she felt able to move again.

That being said, a large owl carrying a bag of presents landing on her side was met with a low growl of irritation. "Oi," she mumbled, waving her hand to dislodge the bird. "Get off, you. Go bother someone else." However, the owl was quite determined. Lily yelped and sat up as the bird nipped sharply at her finger. Glaring at it, she took the bag and handed it to Perry, then took the note. "All right. Fine. You've done you duty, you rotten bird. Off with you, then." Ruffling its feathers, the bird turned and flew out the window.

Scowling, Lily sucked on her wounded finger while she opened the note. Reading it, she grinned. "'S from Jack and JD," she told Cox. "I helped them move. How sweet!" She turned to look at him. "What'd they send?"

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

Perry had been for once not feeling like he wanted to either kill someone or drink himself to death, and so the arrival of the owl, disrupting his rare peace, was not particularly welcome. "Oh, come on," he groaned as he was forced from the relaxed half-doze he'd been in and blinked balefully up at the owl.

Muttering darkly, he sat up, only to have thrust into his hands the package, which he promptly held up at the owl as if to throw it at the poor creature. The owl, wisely, left the scene, leaving them with one wounded finger, one bag of gifts, and one irritated doctor.

"Francine and her boyfriend sent you a gift?" Cox snorted. "Lemme guess -- I'm... seeing nail polish and lotion in your future. Oh, oh, there might even be one of those super-empowered books by girls for girls about how to get your man to..." He trailed off as he actually opened the bag and peered inside, mildly surprised by the contents. "Huh."

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

His reaction wasn't what she expected. Well, the rant was, but the surprise peaked her interest. Leaning over, she pulled the bag towards her and glanced inside. "Huh," she echoed, reaching in and pulling out a bouquet of roses. Her face lit up and she held them close, breathing in the scent. "Lovely," murmured Lily. Setting them aside, she didn't notice the note attached, distracted by the other things in the bag.

She next found the chocolates and paused in her exploration to grin happily and pull the top off of the box. Taking a bite of a chocolate-covered cherry, she rolled her eyes back in ecstasy. "Merlin, these are good," she said, finishing the treat. Picking up another - she thought it looked like a cream - she held it out to Cox with a a broad smile. "Have one, love?"

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

He looked at her, eyes wide, and laughed incredulously. "Red, I'm not touching those until at least ten minutes go by without you turning into a cat or bursting into song or whatever other nasty little side-effect. I'm not really in the mood to turn into a girl any time soon, even if I would then be able to demonstrate to Newbie what a woman's supposed to look like.

"Oh, and... don't drink the wine, either," he added, pulling out the bottle and eyeing it with deep suspicion. "Maybe I can send it along to the Doc for testing, I dunno..."

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

Rolling her eyes, Lily popped the creme into her mouth and took the wine bottle from him. "Good year," she noted and then glanced at him. "You're serious, aren't you?" Laughing a little, she leaned over and kissed him lightly. "You're adorable when you're suspicious," she teased. Reaching for her wand, she thought for a second and then did a complicated twist with and flick. The bottle shook and glowed brilliant blue for a moment, then faded back to normal. Looking pleased, she handed it back to him. "Nothing but wine in there, Ginger. And somehow I doubt that JD or Jack would be trying to hex me. They're not that barmy."

Then something he said caught up with her, and she turned to study him with interest. "A girl..." mused Lily, eyes giving him a once over. "Now that would be fun." Her gaze falling to the chocolates she studied them with renewed interest, her expression faintly hopeful. "Do you think, maybe?"

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

"No," he said quickly, giving her a bewildered look. The interest in her eyes was kind of creepy. Why would she like the idea of him turning into a girl so much? It wasn't like she... His eyes narrowed. "You're still... attracted to me, right? They... didn't send you lesbian chocolates, did they?" He growled. "Those little bastards..."

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

"Oh for the love," Lily rolled her eyes again, putting the chocolates aside. Apparently, an odd fear of chocolates was one of the 'quirks' she was going to have to remember about him. Looking at him she said, slowly and deliberately, "I am still so very attracted to you, Ginger." Then, grinning, she decided that really? Words just weren't enough to prove that.

Moving the bag out of his hands, she tangled her hand in his hair and met his lips in a deep, slow kiss. When she pulled back, a little breathless, she murmured against his mouth, "Very, very attracted. So stop worrying about the chocolates, yeah?"

Leaning against the headboard, she pulled the bag back towards her. "Remember I told you (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/834718.html?thread=41384862#t41384862) that I'd, er, 'experimented' in school?" she explained absently, rummaging through the bag and coming up with a book. Excellent! This must be JD's influence - somehow she couldn't see Jack sending her a book. "Well, I wasn't kidding, Ginger. But no worries - was just an idea for a bit of fun..."

She'd flipped open the book, wondering if it was something on Healing Magic or the like when her gaze fell on a picture. Her brow creasing slightly in confusion, she turned the book, trying to figure out what the image was showing. Then... "Fucking Merlin's balls," she interrupted herself, mouth dropping open. "How is that even possible?" Turning her attention to the next page, Lily instantly blushed bright red all over. Apparently, the pictures came with detailed instructions. Transfixed, she just stared dumbly at them, some portion of her brain filing the information away.

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

The last batch of chocolates had essentially traumatized him off the stuff; accidentally turning one of your only friends into a small furry animal did that to a guy, apparently. Frankly, he was amazed that Lily wasn't more suspicious, after what she'd told him about her ordeal with them.

Still, his wariness was mollified at least a little by her kissing him, and he relaxed slightly, though he still glared at the wine bottle as if it were going to come alive and eat him. Sitting against the headboard with her, he looped an arm around her shoulders, squinting down into the bag -- until she said that, and then he looked back up, eyes widening slightly. "...that's... an interesting idea for a bit of fun, Red," he replied, but his tone was less dismissive than he'd have liked. Wanting to experiment was different than wanting him to actually be a woman... it was worth thinking about, maybe...

He looked back down as she took out the book, and... "What in the..." He tipped his head to the side and blinked. "...Oh. Huh."

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

'Magic school' would be how Lily would explain her lackadaisical approach to chocolate and random food. She was quite used to odd things happening as a result of what seemed like innocent things; and the knowledge that she could reverse or simply outlast pretty much most things made her regard any potential affect as a temporary inconvenience at worst and a grand bit of a lark at best. Besides, she also had considered the source. She didn't for one moment think that Jack or JD would have the bollocks a reason to send her tainted chocolates. If it had been from Sirius she'd have tested everything before even touching it. But JD and Jack were, in her mind, the equivalent of two first years. Maybe not a fair assessment, but how she felt. Therefore, she had no worries about eating the chocolate.

Now completely absorbed in the book, Lily made a small noise of agreement at Cox's assesment - the whole thing was rather 'Huh' - and turned the page. She'd come back to the 'experimenting as a girl' thing later. Right now she was trying to figure out exactly what that was in the newest picture and how it was possible to get your legs in that position. "Is...do you think that hurt?" she wondered.

Flipping through some of the other pictures - Merlin's arse, how did one walk after that? - Lily's foot kicked against the bouquet of flowers. Glancing down she saw...another note. Sliding the book into Cox's lap for a moment, she reached down and plucked the piece of parchment out of the flowers. Settling back down against his arm, sliding closer to him, she read it. Right, she knew this was from JD and Jack, but what in bloody hell did 'p.54' mean?

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

Lily may have seen JD and Jack as too incompetent and/or chicken to prank them, but Cox merely saw them as too incompetent and chicken to do it properly, and his own wariness was the natural shield against their attacks. Lily didn't appear to be growing fur or an extra head or doing anything out of the ordinary, though. Besides, if it was cursed, he would just kill them and be done with it.

Shrugging, he reached past her and grabbed a piece of candy, popping it into his mouth as he looked back down at The Book. Some of the illustrations required squinting, or upside-down viewing, or the ability to think in four dimensions, and they were all certainly very creative. He took it as it was passed off to him and twisted it around, peering at it in astonishment. "I... want to ask why Newbie would have something like this," he said slowly, "but then I realize I really... don't want to know that at all."

Tightening his arm around her, he looked at the note over her shoulder. "What's on page 54?" He flipped to the page in question, and promptly held the book out at arm's length, eyes widening. He looked from the page, to the roses, and back again. "...Oh."

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

'P.54' of course meant 'page 54' of the book, though Lily was at a momentary loss as to why that little notation would be on a bouquet of roses. "I really think that Jack might have a bit more to do with this than JD," she said watching him as he flipped through The Book. Then he stopped on the noted page. Her brain couldn't quite process the entire picture and she just stared at page 54 for a long moment.

"Oh," she breathed, as it finally sunk in. She too glanced at the roses, then The Book, and then up at Perry. "Oh."

For a second she just sat there, then Lily started to laugh. "Bloody hell, why would they..." Shoulders shaking as she bit her lip to keep back the giggles. Turning, burying her face in his shoulder for a moment, Lily cracked up. "The poor flowers!" she managed, her voice muffled both by the laughter and her position.