Chapter 1
A Plan
Marlene practically dragged her boyfriend into the broom closet. "Okay, listen. This is serious."
Sirius smirked. "Serious, you say?"
"Shut up, Black."
"So you're saying you dragged me into a broom closet, not to snog, but to talk?"
"You'll live," she replied, rolling her eyes.
"So what's up?"
She took a deep breath. "You are not to repeat this to anyone or Lily will slaughter me."
He raised an eyebrow. "That seems a bit dramatic, Marls."
"You're one to talk," she retorted, punching his arm playfully. "Now stop distracting me."
He leaned forward and kissed her so sweetly all thoughts left her mind. "Oh, am I distracting you, dear?"
"I hate you," she said breathlessly.
He gave her a wicked grin. "No you don't. Now, you were saying?"
She made a face at him. "As I was saying, you prat, you can't tell anyone this, especially James. Lily fancies him."
"I knew it!" he exclaimed.
"She won't do anything about it because he hasn't asked her out all term and she thinks he lost interest."
"James?" Sirius laughed. "Oh trust me, Prongsie is definitely interested."
"So we're gonna set them up."
"How?"
"Well, we might have to stick them together with some sort of charm…. We could stick them together and they can't unstick themselves till they tell each other how they feel!"
"I like the way you think, McKinnon," he said with a grin.
"You're dating me, aren't you?"
"Am I? I must have forgotten. You'll have to remind me."
She rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Sirius, can we make a plan now, and save the snogging for later?"
"If you insist," he answered, the look in his eye telling her that yes, there would be snogging later.
"We need to get them in the Common Room together, on the same sofa, so we can perform the charm."
"I'm assuming you have a charm then?"
She sighed. "No, not yet. I was hoping you knew something."
"I know everything except that."
Resting her hands on his chest, she drummed her fingers impatiently. "I'll have to look in the library, I suppose. Damn, I don't know how long that will take."
"I can ask Remus," he offered.
She threw her arms around his neck. "You are the best person ever and I love you!"
Laughing, he put his arms around her. "I hope you're not exaggerating."
She looked up at him innocently. "Me, exaggerate?"
He leaned down and kissed her, till she pulled away laughing. "Focus, Sirius!"
"I am!"
She raised her eyebrows.
"I'm focusing on you, dear," he said, smirking. "You look lovely today, by the way."
"You're impossible," she responded. "Now, you go talk to Remus and I'll meet you at dinner. Do not breathe a word of this to anyone except Remus, and make sure he knows not to tell anyone."
"Whatever you say dear."
She rolled her eyes, then gave him a quick kiss. "I'll see you later."
He kissed her forehead. "You go first."
It was their custom to never leave a broom closet together, for fear of getting caught. Marlene went, and found her best friend sitting in the courtyard with the Marauders.
"Where have you been?" Lily asked.
"Nowhere," Marlene answered.
"Better question is, where's Sirius?" James said with a laugh.
Lily smirked. "For once, I agree with Potter."
"For once?" he protested.
"I thought you'd been counting, Prongs," Remus said without looking up from his book.
"I think Moony's onto something," Sirius said, coming up behind James.
"Were you two together again?" James groaned, looking from Marlene to Sirius.
"Of course not," Sirius said innocently, dropping to the ground next to her.
"Yes, it's been ages since we last saw each other," Marlene added, slipping her hand into his.
"Oi, PDA much?" James yelped.
Lily coughed.
James turned to her. "Oh, what now?"
"I coughed," she replied.
Sirius caught Marlene's eye and grinned. Oh yes, James would not be complaining about PDA much longer, if they had anything to say about it.