Author's Note: A year ago on December 2, 2006, I logged on the computer and created an account on this site. To celebrate being on FF for one year, I introduce this story, entitled "All At Once" for you. It's basically just a series of oneshots for: all of the couples in HP (canon), then there'll be a few friendship chapters, and a family chapter or two. Some of the chapters are one-shots I've always meant to write down but never got around to it, and some are revised one-shots I never got around to posting on here. The title of the story comes from the song by The Fray "All At Once". Go listen to the lyrics, they match many of the relationships in Harry Potter! And now for the first chapter. Thanks to all of you who have read my fics over the past year! I have improved on my writing thanks to your wonderful reviews. This first chapter is a revised version of a one-shot that I had originally planned to post on Valentine's Day, but I lost interest in writing it. Happy reading!

-opungo

Remus Lupin was simply minding his own business in the common room, sitting in a corner by the fire, studying for a Transfiguration test the next day. Then, sounds that sounded like they were coming from the boy's dormitory caused him to look up from his papers for the first time in an hour. There was a bang, a scream, incomprehensible shouting, more screaming, laughter, and even more shouting. Remus was just putting his notes away to go and see what the fuss was about when Peter came flying down the stairs. As soon as he spotted Remus, he ran to him, panting, eyes wide and face as pale as Nearly Headless Nick.

"What's wrong?" Remus asked when Peter stopped in front of him.

"Come…dormitory…now…" Peter panted.

"Why?"

"Well, I was practicing a spell…"

"Lead the way," Remus interrupted. If all that commotion was from Peter performing a spell incorrectly, he could only begin to imagine what he had done. Did James have tentacles sprouting out of his nose? Were the four-posters somehow alive and attempting to eat them all? Was Sirius…bald?

Remus quickened his pace and burst through the dormitory door. He expected destruction, despair, doom! He did not, however, expect to find an awkward looking James sitting next to a fuming Lily, who was currently glaring at a laughing Sirius.

"Peter," Remus said slowly. "What happened?"

"Well, I was practicing that Semi-Permanent Sticking Charm for Flitwick," Peter began to explain. Remus nodded. The object was to stick two socks together; the charm would wear off within two hours. Peter, who had been dreadful at his attempts in class, was told to practice for homework. A quick glance around the dormitory found Peter's socks everywhere.

"Go on," Remus urged when Peter had paused.

"Right. So, I was saying the incantation when Lily knocked on our dormitory door. James answered it and I kind of turned to see who it was."

Peter paused again.

"So…?" Remus pressed. Peter sighed.

"The good news is: I got the spell right. The bad news-"

"Th-they're stuck together!" Sirius breathed in between laughs. Remus didn't have to ask who "they" were, but his eyes still darted over to James and Lily in amazement. Lily grew, if possible, even angrier. Her eyes flashed as brightly as the Head Girl badge on her chest.

"It…is…not…funny!" Lily hissed rising to her feet. Unfortunately, with the extra weight that was James attached to her hip, Lily was thrown off balance and fell to the floor, taking James with her. This sent Sirius in to another wave of hysterics and Remus decided it was best to shut him up.

"Silencio," he muttered, pointing his wand at Sirius. Sirius grabbed at his throat, attempted talking, and resolved to glaring at Remus, arms crossed.

"Stop being a baby," Remus said to him. "Help me get them up, Peter." With a little trouble, they managed to get Lily and James to a standing position.

"Wow," Remus said, staring at their hips. In spite of James and Lily's trouble, he was quite impressed that Peter was able to perform the spell he had been having so much trouble so perfectly.

"Don't mean to be rude to the two of you, but you actually did a good job on this spell, Peter," Remus observed, kneeling on the floor to study their attachment. "Very well done." He started to lift up Lily's shirt a little to examine them a little closer. That was the last thing he remembered. Lily hit him hard across the head, knocking him unconscious. James was suddenly very scared to be attached to her.

Sirius finally found his wand on his bedside table among empty Chocolate Frog wrappers and took the Silencing Charm off of himself.

"Very good arm, Evans," Sirius told her, looking down at Remus. He then grinned wickedly, looking at James. "Shall we hang him by his underwear from the Astronomy Tower while we still have the chance?"

"Grow up, Padfoot," James said, shaking his head before Lily could even open her mouth. "Could you help get us out of this predicament since Remus is currently unconscious?" Lily turned a delicate shade of pink. Perhaps knocking the more logical and rational of the four boys out cold was not exactly her smartest move.

"Well, Flitwick said yesterday that a properly performed Semi-Permanent Sticking Charm would wear off after about two hours…" Sirius said, racking his brains for more information on what Flitwick had said in his lecture. Peter turned, if possible, even whiter.

"That's it? No spell to reverse it?" Sirius' face said it all. Peter muttered an apology and ran from the room, most likely to the kitchens to bring up something as an apology.

"Might as well wake him up," Sirius decided, giving Remus a nudge with his foot. "Aguamenti."

Remus immediately shot up. On top of being wet, he was also mad at Sirius and he thought now knew what it felt like to have a Bludger smash in to his head.

"You bloody-ow! Why does my head feel like Peeves has dropped a vase on my head?"

"Evans has a great arm."

"Shut up, Black."

"Wait, you hit me? What for?"

"You were lifting up her shirt, Moony. Even Padfoot isn't stupid enough to do that."

"Yeah-hey!"

"Forget this!" Remus shouted. "I'm going down to the kitchens and maybe Madam Pomfrey for something for my head. Now…which of those four doors is the door that lets me out of here?" Remus asked, pointing to Sirius' four-poster. Sirius sighed and helped guide his friend to the door.

"Padfoot…that's a wall," Remus informed Sirius.

"We'll be back later," Sirius said, rolling his eyes and keeping a firm grip on Remus' shoulder. They disappeared from the dormitory, leaving James and Lily alone and still attached at the hip.

"Well, James," Lily said, looking at the clock on James' bedside table. "We still have an hour and fifty minutes left. What do you want to do until then?" James shrugged "What were you doing when I came up here?" Lily asked, slightly exasperated.

"Studying for that test in Defense Against the Dark Arts," gesturing towards an open book on his bed. "You want me to quiz you?" Lily nodded.

With difficulty, they got over to the bed and sat down next to each other (not that they had much of a choice in the seating arrangement).

"Why did you even come up here anyway?" James asked. "I forgot to ask you with everything going on."

"Oh…er…I was just…just reminding you about the Prefect's meeting next week and letting you know that you and I have to patrol the corridors every night this week."

"Is that it?"

"Yes, that's all I came here to say."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, James! I'm sure!" Lily snapped.

"Hey, don't start on me!" James snapped back. "We're stuck together for a while so we may as well try to get along!"

"Well that attempt flew out the window, didn't it?"

James angrily flipped open his book and did his best to ignore Lily. That wasn't the easiest thing to do, but he somehow managed to forget she was there for twenty minutes, before he gave in. He simply couldn't stand ignoring her anymore.

"Sorry for yelling at you," he said finally, putting down the book and looking at Lily for the first time.

"Sorry for doing the same thing to you," she apologised. "Now can you quiz me like you promised and can we lay down or something? My back hurts from sitting up for such a long time" James quickly obliged and adjusted himself and Lily so they were lying back on the pillows.

"Now, try not to look at the answers as I call them out to you," James warned. Lily rolled her eyes and turned her head the other way. "Now, chapter four-what's this?" James had just noticed a folded up piece of parchment between them. James picked it up and Lily turned to see what James was talking about.

"Oh, er-that's…it's something of mine, it must've fallen out of my pocket," Lily explained, reaching for the parchment. James, feeling mischievous, moved it out of her reach.

"Not just yet, Lily," he teased. "I think I'll have a look at it first."

"James! No!"

"Come on, Lily. One peek won't…" He stopped dead as he read the parchment. It said: To answer your question from yesterday: yes, I will go to the Three Broomsticks with you next Saturday.

-Lily

James had asked Lily just last night during patrol out to the Three Broomsticks. It had taken him what seemed like forever simply trying to get his courage up to ask her. It had been pointless anyway, or at least he thought so at the time. He had asked her and Lily just stood there for a long time, looking at a spot on the wall behind James. Finally, she said she'd consider it. She had apparently kept her promise.

James was speechless for a long time as he stared down at the parchment.

"Why'd you write it down on parchment?" James asked when he finally found his voice again.

"In case any of your friends were up here," Lily muttered, her face turning a bright red.

"Well I wish they were here now," James said, sighing. Lily gave him an odd look.

"Why?" she asked.

"Well, for almost our entire Hogwarts career, you've hated me. You've yelled at me, scolded me, told the teachers if I did something but they weren't around to see it, and drove me mad. So what makes you think any of them will believe me when I tell them that you agreed to go out on a date with me? They'll think I'm crazy and chuck me in to St. Mungo's."

Lily rolled her eyes, but she could not help but smile at the thought that her friends would probably react the exact same way.