Author's Note: So here's the deal, I was writing this big huge Lily/James fanfiction explaining how they became friends and then how they started dating. Well, I got tired of writing the entire story; I lost the muse and once the muse is lost, it's very difficult to regain. Maybe, someday (if I get the muse back) I'll finish it. That time, however, is not now. Despite this, I really wanted to publish this little part right here that you're about to read! So, I just wrote this scene! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, this would be in the books. If you read the books, you would know that it is not. Therefore, I don't own Harry Potter.

"So, I'll see you at Hogsmeade?" Lily Evans asked her best friend, Alice.

"Uh, no. I'm sorry, I'm spending the day with Frank," Alice said biting her lip nervously.

"Oh, okay, whatever," Lily shrugged and she turned to Mary Macdonald. "So, I guess it's just the two of us. Where do you want to go first?"

"Um, I'm not going to be able to go either. Sirius and I are going to Hogsmeade together. Sorry, Lily," she said rubbing the back of her neck.

"I thought you two broke up," Lily said slightly annoyed at her friends.

"We did. We got back together, though," Mary shrugged.

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"So, are you guys going to Hogsmeade this Saturday?" Lily asked Remus casually.

"Yeah, did you hear about that new joke shop that they're opening up? Zonko's? Well, James, Peter, and I are going to check it out. Sirius has a date," he said before she could ask why he wasn't going.

"I know. He's going with Mary," Lily replied.

"I thought they broke up?"

"They did, but apparently they got back together," she shrugged.

"Ugh! This whole on-again-off-again thing they have can get so annoying!" Remus said exasperated.

"I know what you mean. At least they don't talk about each other non-stop like Alice and Frank do. If I had two friends like that, I think I'd kill myself!" she joked.

"Aww! Don't do that! James wouldn't be able to live without you then he'd do the same thing then!" Remus ginned.

Lily just rolled her eyes.

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"Hey! James! Remus! Peter! Wait up!" Sirius called after the other three Marauders.

The three of them turned around. "Didn't you have a date?" James asked him.

"Mary canceled. She got the bug that was going around," Sirius shrugged.

"Wait, Mary Macdonald?" James asked. "Didn't you to break up?"

"That's what I thought," Peter added.

"We got back together," Sirius replied nonchalantly.

"Aurgh! I'm so sick of this on-again-off-again thing that you two have!" James shouted exasperated.

"Oh, shut up!" Sirius snapped. If he had to put up with James going on about how great Lily was, he could have his one girl problems.

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Alice and Frank walked past Zonko's as they were headed to the Three Broomsticks. On the way, they ran into none other than the Marauders who were headed the opposite direction towards Zonko's joke shop. "Hey, Alice. Frank," Remus said casually as they past.

No one really thought much about this until James stopped dead in his tracks. "Wait, where's Lily?" he asked Alice.

"I don't know," Alice shrugged. She and Frank walked off. The four boys walked off in the opposite direction with James feeling a little odd.

"What's wrong?" Peter asked.

"Well, Alice is here with Frank. Mary was going to come with Sirius, but she got sick and cancelled. You don't think that Lily's here all alone, do you?" James asked the other three.

"I don't know, maybe," he shrugged.

"Hmmmm….I'm going to go see where she is," he said. Looking up, he asked sheepishly, "You don't mind, do you? I mean, I know that I made plans with you guys, but…." his voice trailed off.

"Prongs," Sirius said putting a hand on his shoulder. "I know where you're going with this. You'd prefer to spend time with Lily than us because either A: you haven't gotten over her despite what you've been telling us for the past year or B: you secretly think that Peter is annoying, but you'd never admit it."

"Hey!" Peter protested.

James grinned. "Something like that."

"Later then. We'll tell you about all of the wonderful things that you missed out on while you were winning your heart's one desire!"

"Thanks!" James called already running off to find Lily.

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Lily crossed her arms across her chest shivering. She was honestly considering just going back to the castle. It was extremely cold, it was snowing, and Hogsmeade just wasn't very much fun when you were going alone.

Just as she was about to turn back, a snowball hit her in the back of the head. She turned around to see who threw it, when another one went flying towards her. She dodged it and realizing who it was, started laughing. Seeing a small pile of snow form itself into a snowball, Lily quickly threw her own snowball at a spot a little higher than the snowball.

"I know it's you, James," she said grinning.

James' head appeared out of thin air. "How'd you know it was me?"

"You're the only person I know who has an invisibility cloak," she said matter-of-factly.

"You never know. I could have been a death eater," he grinned.

"Well, yes, but I'm pretty sure that a death eater wouldn't have challenged me to a snowball fight there's no way he could win," she smiled slyly.

"You wanna bet?" he asked discarding the invisibility cloak.

She threw a snowball that hit him squarely in the chest. "Yes."

"Oh, it's on!" The world's most epic snowball fight then ensued. Not really, but you get the gist.

Lily laughed as she dodged a particularly well-aimed snowball she slid on some ice and fell backward landing in a (really cold) pile of snow.

"Are you okay?" James asked sliding over to her (there was a thick layer of ice under the blanket of snow). Seeing James try to keep his balance only made her laugh harder. He half-kneeled-half fell over in front of her. "Are you okay?" he repeated worried.

"Yeah," Lily said quieter than she meant to. "I'm fine." James took her left hand in his as if to help her up, but seeing his hazel eye full with concern, Lily made a split-second decision. With her free hand, she grabbed his collar and pulled him toward her. Their lips met.