A/N: This is AU all the way, just so you know. I don't go right with the books, because to be quite honest some of the stuff in the books made me mad. Don't get me wrong, I am a James/Lily ship all the way, but thought I'd have a bit of fun.

Summary: James loves Lily, big surprise, huh? Well, Lily is sneaking around with Snape and everything is fine and dandy until she gets a new Trangsfig partner. Sirius Black. Sirius and James have been best friends forever, but will this stay the same when Sirius starts fooling around with Lily. To add an extra twist, what happens when the love triangel turns deadly?

Chapter One: Partners

Partner List

Damien Lawson – Anglina Keys

James Potter – Remus Lupin

Kolby Ryans – Alex Beckam

Stephon Krick – Alyson Davis

Sirius Black – Lily Evans

Luicuis Malfoy – Vernon Tripson

The list went on, but Lily stopped right there. Her eyes flew back up one.

"Are you kidding me?" Lily growled in anger, her best friend Shyan jumping a bit and looking at Lily in surprise. She then let her eyes scan the list again, just to see what was so devestating.

"Sirius Black…" She muttered, biting her lip. "How did you get paired with Sirius Black! That isn't fair!" She protested, re-reading Lily's partner assignment again. Lily snapped around to look at her friend, a tad but of anger still left in her emerald eyes.

"Do you think I am happy about this? Do I look happy about this?" Lily pointed to her face which was twisted in anger and horror.

"Come on, Lils. Sirius Black is the hottest guy at this school... ask anyone. Any girl would kill to be in your place." Shyan went on, leaning against the board. It was a known fact that Shyan had been fawning over Black for years now.

"Then you can take my place! Hell, he knows you've had a crush on him since year two!" Lily yelled and turned to start down the hall. Like her little puppy, Shyan followed; though now looking a bit hurt by Lily's harsh words.

"I can't do that and you know it! When I get around him I turn to mush!" She exclaimed. Lily looked at her friend and tried not to winch. She knew she gave her friend a lot of false hope about the whole Sirius Black crush, but the reuth was he would never give her a second glance. Acne covered her face, she had to weigh more than any girl (or guy) in the house of Gryffindor, she was short, and she wore wide glasses. Now Lily wasn't one to judge on looks, but she also knew Sirius Black did.

She sighed and gave her friend a weak smile as she thought about this. It was useless, she couldn't think of anything comforting to say. She sighed, thinking it was probably best for them to drop this discussion now anyway.

"Let's get to dinner. Enough talk about this stuff." She suggested, looping her arm through Shyan's. Shyan nodded and they started off down the hall.

~*~*~*~

"Switch with me!" James demanded before Sirius even got to see the board. Sirius gave him a quizzical look.

"Why?" He laughed, smushing himself between Remus and Peter, who were blocking his view of the partner's board. "Did you get a total loser?"

"Hey!" Remus said defensively already having a look at the list and knowing he was James's partner. "No. He didn't!"

"No. You just got…" James began, but Sirius cut him off with a laugh.

"Evans." Sirius finished, biting his lip a little. He looked over at James and raised his eyebrow. "I don't know, Prongs... this might just get intresting. Evans could be a lot of fun." Sirius teased and James seemed to be the only one who didn't laugh.

"Not funny, Padfoot. Lily is mine and you know it! So switch!" He demanded, making Sirius take a playful step back.

"Down, Fido… here I thought I was the dog." Sirius joked, but when James failed to laugh again rolled his eyes. "All right, come on. We shall go talk to Professor Cartwright."

"Thank you." James smiled in success.

"Who is Shyan Weathers?" Peter asked, not even seeing the group leaving.

"She is that fat girl from Gryffindor," Sirius yelled over his shoulder. Remus elbowed him in the ribs. "Ow!"

"She is actually nice." Remus informed him. "She is Lily's friend." He called to Peter who just now got the message that they were leaving and went trailing after them.

"How fat?" Peter asked, looking at the floor as they walked.

"Like huge." Sirius replied, nodding to a group of girl's as they passed. The girls looked down at themselves. "No, not you ladies." Sirius called to them, but they were too far to hear him now. "Shit..." Sirius sighed, but then shrugged a bit.

"No she isn't! Sirius, you are so shallow!" Remus got defensive again, shaking his head. "You are going to get what is coming to you one of these days."

"Like what?" Sirius laughed. "You know, I don't care. As long as she's fit."

"Come on, mates, cut it out!" James insisted as they all turned into Professor Cartwright's office.

"Fine." Sirius muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Hello!" James called, seeing nobody in the office. They four of them stepped inside, looking around again. What kind of professor wasn't in her office?

"Hi!" A voice yelled back, but still not anyone appeared.

"Professor Cartwright, we have a question and we don't have all day!" Sirius's impatient came out. He had never liked the teacher and her silly jokes. They were always so amateur.

"Oh fine… be a kill joy." The cheerful voice rang and then in a shimmer, a very short stalky woman appeared, sitting on the desk. Sirius rolled his eyes, really hoping James would do the talking. This woman had a thing for Sirius and personally he found it creepy.

"Professor, we were wondering if we could switch partners." James bluntly said, apparently uncomfortable with all the silence.

"Why? Do you have a problem with Mr. Lupin?" She questioned, then turning her attention to James.

"No, ma'am…"

"Does Mr. Black have a problem with Miss Evans?" She asked hopefully.

"No!" Sirius spoke too quickly, not wanting to get her hopes up. "Lily and I are like two peas in a pod."

"Then why do you want to switch?" Her attention now back on James.

"Because… umm…" James bit his lip.

"Because he wants to shag Evans!" Sirius bursted out, but his eyes shot open as soon as he did. He had let his impaients get the better of him.

"Well…" Cartwright cleared her throat. "I am sorry… I cannot grant the switch under that reason."

"I…" James started, his face as red as an apple.

"I think you all should be on your way… I have papers to grade." Cartwright pointed toward the door. Sirius nodded and took James's shoulder and pulled him out of the room, followed by the others.

"Sirius!" James growled through his teeth. "How could you just blurt that out?"

"What?" Sirius sighed. "I am sorry, Prongs. I seriously don't know what came over me. You know how that woman makes me feel. I just wanted to get out of there!"

"Well it just cost me my partnership with Evans!" James huffed, storming off down the hall. Sirius shook his head, knowing James knew better. Sirius wasn't following.

"You would have screwed it up anyway! You always do!" Sirius yelled after him with a short laugh.

James didn't turn around, but kept walking with Remus and Peter on his heels. Sirius turned around, not letting it bother him. He knew James would act like he forgot about it later at dinner.

Sirius ran a hand through his dark chestnut hair and threw his bag up onto his shoulder and started off down the hall.

As Sirius rounded a corner he saw Lily Evans walking with her fat friend… what was her name? He waved his hand over to her.

"Hey, Evans! Hear the good news?" He asked, jogging over to her. He saw her roll her eyes as she folded her arms.

"What, Black?" She questioned, annoyed, stopping and tapping her foot.

"We are transfiguration partners." Sirius smirked, loving the fact that being paired with one of the Marauders was probably eating her alive inside. Especially considering it was him. She seemed to hate him the most... even more than James. Sirius never could figure out why, though.

"Yes… so I saw. Move." Lily replied, rudely, tucking her flaming hair behind her ears.

"Why in such a hurry?" Sirius teased and saw her glance behind him. Sirius didn't turn around, though.

"Hear, talk to Shyan, I have to go!" Lily rushed, pushing past him. Sirius watched her hurry off and round the corner. He ruffled his eyebrows, hating how she always seemed to do that.

"Who?" Sirius questioned, not even realizing there was anyone else in his presence.

"Me…" a soft, shy voice answered. Sirius turned around to the dark haired girl and sighed.

"Ah, yes." He nodded, having that feeling that he had had in Cartwright's office return. "Umm… I gotta go."

~*~*~*~

Lily jumped a little when she saw the tall, mysterious man leaned up against the window sill behind Sirius. She smiled as he motioned for him to follow her. She wasn't even really listening to what Sirius said.

"Here, talk to Shyan, I have to go!" She nearly yelled, afraid she would miss her man, and pushed Sirius out of the way, leaving him and her best friend there alone. She would have to remember to ask Shyan how that went later. Right now, though, all she cared about was catching up with him.

As she turned the corner she didn't see him. She bit her lip, thinking she had missed him. She took off in a hurried walk. All of a sudden an arm reached out from the small broom closet and jerked her in.

"Severus!" Lily giggled as he pushed her up against the door, trapping her there with his body.

"What?" He laughed, breathing on her ear. His hands ran down the length of her body and then back up, bring her shirt up. They stopped at her sides and he began to kiss on her neck.

"Uhhh…" Lily moaned as she tilted her head away from him and his hands began to rise higher.

"Lily…" He whispered her name, again letting his breath tickle her ear. He knew this drove her crazy.

Lily untied the cloak and let it drop to the floor as she started unbuttoning the buttons to his shirt.

"I was in the middle of a conversation." She informed him as he lifted her shirt over her head.

"I noticed… what were you doing talking to Black anyway?" Severus questioned, letting his head drop down to kiss her now bare shoulders.

"Project stuff." Lily sighed as she arched her back as his kissed traveled. He unclasped the bra, flinging it somewhere behind him. Lily laughed a bit, knowing how much he hated the thing.

"No more talking…" Severus demanded as he took one of her newly bared breast into his mouth.