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Not a lot of Alice and Frank in the beginning; but there will be more later... ;)
Once Upon a beautiful Hogsmead day, two fair young maidens gracefully glided into the castle of Queen Rosmerta...
Lily, Alice and Marlene ran through the heavy rain, which started half an hour ago on one of the few days the students of Hogwarts were aloud outside the restricted borders of the school.
"Ugh! This is just my luck." Grumbled Marlene as she and her two fellow 7th year friends arrived at the dry and warm shelter. It was considerably empty as most of the students had opted to stay at Hogwarts that day.
"Come on; let's go sit near the fireplace. I feel like a frozen popsicle!" laughed Lily, trying to keep the mood light and gay. Marlene grumbled and Alice joined in Lily's laughter.
The three seated themselves in the booth next to the fireplace. They ordered butterbeers and some cake, which soon enough came.
"I'm going to miss this," sighed Lily. "We'll never get the chance to do this again properly, will we?"
"Of course!" chimed Alice with her soprano voice. "It may not be the same, but that's life. Everything happens for a reason!"
"Ha! Rain doesn't happen for a reason, it happens just to spite me!" said Marlene, glaring out the window at the murky gray sky.
There was a sort cling of sound from the door, as it announced the arrival of new customers. The girls, who were busy laughing at all the fond memories they had from their younger years did not notice this until the certain people deemed to make themselves know.
"Why, isn't it the lovely Lily Evans!" shouted Sirius Black. "The wonderful little pixie Alice," he continued "and this beautiful angel
Everyone laughed at him, well almost everyone. Marlene chose to rather grumble, "And... my bad luck continues."
The other three marauders approached the girls and Sirius, pulling up chairs to sit on.
"Hey" said Remus. The girls greeted him while Sirius pronounced,
"Moony! I didn't see you there for a sec, what have you been doing these past few, umm..."
"Seconds?" said Remus, lifting an eyebrow in amusement.
"What! I don't want to miss anything..."
"Padfoot, you're already missing something. It's called a brain."
"I do well in school!" Sirius counted.
"I think he's revering to everything else." Laughed James
"Well, I get laid, people. When I want. Ha! Try and beat that." said Sirius offensively. He continued by saying,
"Talking about people and their love life..." He winked at Remus. The both stood up and pressed Lily and James together.
The latter laughed and James put his arm around Lily.
"Dude, you've missed a lot." He proclaimed and the rest starred in awe at the pair.
Sure James and Lily have become friends since the beginning of the year, but they did not recently show any development in their relationship.
Lily finding her friends faces amusing, decided to push her luck. She gave James a kiss on the cheek. James, being the sneaky little bugger that he is turned his head so that it landed on his lips.
Marlene and Sirius both gave a cry of, "Finally!" while Peter dropped his butter beer on the table. The contents spilled and landed on Marlene's pants.
"Yuck! This is disgusting! Why am I son unlucky today!" she cried out in frustration.
Sirius, always being the helpful one, griped a cloth and tried to help her clean. Marlene wasn't having any of it.
"Black!" she screamed and slapped his face. She threw her share of the bill's money on the table, gave Alice and Lily their secret sign and dashed off.
'Was it something I said?" asked Sirius, "No more like did, Padfoot" laughed James.
"Don't try and act so innocent!" declared Alice, rounding on James and Lily. "When, where and WHY!"
"Calm down, Alice!" laughed Lily. "Last week, Friday, after duty, (Of course not on, Alice!) And seriously, don't say it Black, should I rally say why? I'm not in the mood for a romantic saga. No offense, James."
"Isn't she the best?" asked James.
"I don't get it." said Sirius. Alice, the only one of the rest who understood what was coming, let out a sigh of irritation.
"Lily's not serious, I am!" he whined like a puppy. Everyone else let out a sigh much like Alice's.
"O, look! There's Frank!" claimed James, sharing a smirk with Lily when Alice's head shot up. She immediately fixed her hair, which is strange for Alice. She liked to dress pretty and do her hair, but when she was done fixing her up she left it and felt confident for the rest of the day.
Sirius caught up on what James was doing and jumped up, dragging Frank to their table.
"Frank-inator! What's Cracking Lacking?" He said, while Alice tensed nervously. It was common knowledge that they both liked each other, but both were also too shy to let the other know. James and Lily were smiling at the scene, but Peter and Remus was roaring with laughter at Frank's facial expression.
Right there and then, Lily decided she would do everything for her friends to get them together.