Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters (which is rather depressing, I must say) as they all belong to a very talented lady known as J.K. Rowling.

A/n: Well, what can I say? I'm very bored and I wanted to try one of these with the Marauders, so here you are. My first 'Marauders' fan fiction. I have no idea whether this will be a one-shot or whether I'm about to start writing the next chapter, so you're all in the dark on this, but so am I! For now, just read it and review it if you have time, please, and then I'll see what I can do…and see if people like it! Now all I have to do is think of a title…!

Chapter One- 'Problems, Kisses and Marauders' Wishes…'

"I reckon you should go for it, James…she's pretty sexy and she'd do loads for your image –"

"-And there's the slight advantage that she's actually a nice person, Prongs, which Padfoot here seems to have forgotten-"

"-I hadn't forgotten it, Moony, I was just stating the obvious facts that James might have…missed. I mean, all he seems to think about is making out with her-"

"-Thankyou, Sirius, I'm quite aware of the fact that you think me going out with Lily is disgusting-"

"-No, no, James, it's not that, it's just you making out with her, in front of us-"

"-Which he has never done, Sirius, and you know it!"

"She kisses him, though, doesn't she?"

"Kisses him, Sirius, that's all…it's not as if-"

"-Well, okay, it's not as if they're having full blown sex in front of us, but-"

"-SIRIUS!"

Sirius Black grinned as his two best friends, Remus Lupin and James Potter, gave the exclamation he had been waiting for. He loved teasing them, and they were taken in by it pretty well, even Remus, who was more than clever for his age. Teasing Peter Pettigrew wasn't much fun; he was always taken in by Sirius, and it was getting rather boring.

As if he'd read his friend's mind, James suddenly asked, "Where's Wormtail? Surely he hasn't got lost again?"

Sirius sighed impatiently. "Oh, he's always getting 'lost' or going on little detours down the sewers…I say we drop him and have done with it. He's been getting on my nerves lately…and you're not so keen on him, are you James?"

James Potter looked rather nervously at Lupin before shaking his head. "I don't know…he just doesn't seem to be our type, that's all. I mean…okay, he's been a loyal friend and all that, but he just seems to tag around after us and he's not really any use…"

Remus put his book down and eyeballed his two friends sternly. "Guys, you can't just drop someone like that, it isn't nice…I say we just put up with him…and it's not like he's always around use, is it? As you so nicely put it, Sirius, he's always taking detours…although somehow I suspect he's not running down the sewers-"

"-He could be," put in Sirius, scowling a little. "There's no proof to say he-"

"-Isn't, I know, but there's no proof to say he is, either," his sensible friend answered, trying not to laugh at Sirius' expression. "Look, let's just leave it for now…if he gets too irritating we can always speak to him. But I'm not letting you two drop him like that, it's not fair."

"Too right," James agreed, slapping his now woeful-looking friend on the back, "Sirius, you've just got to put up with it. Anyway, can we please get back to the subject of what the hell I'm going to do about Lily?"

"Prongs, we've done this to the death…" Sirius rolled his eyes and slumped down in his chair, staring into the embers of the fire. "Just ask her…what's the worst she can do?"

"Say no," James answered, worriedly. "She's so pretty and…amazing…I haven't got a chance, have I?"

"Well no, not really," Sirius replied, and his friend sighed deeply. "Apart from the fact that she so obviously loves you, and that you're one of the most popular guys in school…and that you've been going out for a year now. But apart from that, no. There's no chance at all."

"But you don't think it's too early?"

Lupin, who had picked up his Potions book again, grinned at James' sullen face. "Well, you're not going to manage to do it if you look like that, James…you look as if you've eaten Bobotuber pus…"

Sirius laughed, his head falling back to reveal his pointed, white teeth. "Just go ask her, James, you utter wimp, and then come and tell us what happened, alright?"

"Okay, okay," James answered, putting his hands in the air and pretending to surrender. "I'll do it tomorrow morning and then tell you how it goes."

"Good man," Lupin replied. "Now, before that, however, there is the little problem of tonight's homework…"