Take One, Take Two, Take Three
A/N: Hey! This will be a threeshot, and I've decide to write a sequel as well, so look out for that in the near future. Thanks to angelauthor14 for her advice and help with this! This is set in the seventh year.
Take One, Marauder's Era.
"But Evans-"
"No, no and no again. How many times do I have to say it?" Lily glares in James' direction. In fact, she was so busy glaring, she didn't see the History of Magic classroom door shut and she smashed into it.
"This is all your fault, Potter," Lily snaps, getting up and stomping into the room.
"What am I supposed to do, Moony?" James sighs.
"Well, trying leaving her alone for a bit," Remus smiles at his friend. They take their seats and get out quills and parchment. The classroom door bangs open and Sirius saunters in, tossing his dark hair.
"Hello, my flower," Sirius sniggers, putting an arm around Lily, who is sitting near the door.
"Get off Black!" Lily hisses, pushing him away.
"Aw, you love it really-"
"Padfoot, she said get off her-"
"I don't need your help, thank you," Lily cuts in, glaring once more at James.
"Prongs, just leave it," Remus calls from the other side of the classroom. James sighs, and then starts doodling on his parchment while Professor Binns starts droning on in his monotonous voice.
James gasps as a screwed up ball of parchment hits him in the back of his head. He turns around scowling, sees Sirius waving and then smiles. He opens up the parchment and reads what it says.
Sirius: Prongs, is Evans ever going to say yes to you?
James frowns and scribbles back.
James: I don't know. I mean, she's just so-
Lily: Are you two even paying attention?
Sirius: Lily Flower! You've joined us!
Lily: Shut it Black.
James: Come on guys, play nice.
Lily: Are you trying to say I'm a guy, Potter?
James: NO!
Sirius: I don't know, Jamesy has been getting some slight homosexual tendencies.
James: SIRIUS!! I have not!
Lily: Well, you do muck around with your hair a lot.
James: Which proves...?
Lily: Well... nothing.
Sirius: All I was trying to say was that James loves a man.
Lily: That's not funny Black.
Sirius: I thought it was hilarious.
James: Even I'll admit it wasn't funny. But that prank yesterday was amazing!
Lily: That was the marauders? You flooded the Great Hall, why is that so amusing for seventeen year old boys?
Sirius: We wouldn't be the people we are today if we didn't pull pranks.
James: Everyone finds us funny. I bet even you do Evans.
Lily: Absolutely not.
Sirius: Hey... does anyone have any cookies?
James: ...
Lily: ...
Sirius: What? I'm hungry.
Lily: Sirius, you're always hungry.
James: You know, once he ate a whole bar of Honeyduke's chocolate in one mouthful.
Lily: No way! That is revolting.
Sirius: Look Evans, you can deny it all you want, but we all know that in the end you're going to end up with Jamesy here.
Lily: I wouldn't hold your breath. In fact, do hold your breath; God knows it will be quieter around here.
Sirius: Is that a death threat, Lily Flower?
James: Leave it out Padfoot.
Lily: Look, didn't I tell you to stop defending me Potter? Why do you even do it anyway?
Remus: I would have thought that was obvious, Lily.
James + Sirius: MOONY!!
Remus: Err, hi Padfoot, Prongs.
James: Remus, why do you think Lily rejects me again and again? I cry for ages after...
Sirius: No you don't Prongs; you plan your next move-
James: Padfoot, ix-nay on the giving me away-say.
Sirius: What the fudge mountain did you just say?
Lily: It's Pig Latin, Sirius. Bad Pig Latin at that.
Remus: Anyway James, you're not exactly – well, nice to Lily are you?
James: Of course I am!
Lily: Right, yeah, 'cause I feel like a princess the way you treat me.
Sirius: See? She agrees with you Prongs.
James: Even I know she was being sarcastic.
Remus: James, maybe if you made an effort to be kinder and stopped asking her out-
Lily: You know I'm still here don't you?
James: How could we forget? You brighten up a room with your presence.
Lily: Really, I am going to be sick.
Remus: Why don't you two just try being friends for awhile?
Sirius: Would they ever stop fighting though?
Lily: James would be an idiot about it-
James: What did you just call me??
Remus: I believe she called you by your name.
James whooped really loudly and everyone in the class turned around to stare at him.
"What, can't a man be happy?" He grins.
"No, because you're not a man," Lily retorts.
"Just face it Evans, you love me," James winks at her.
Sirius: I don't think she does.
Remus: You think?
"I do not love you. Emphasis on the word NOT!" Lily snaps.
"Admit it, you're crazy about me," James leans back in his chair.
Sirius: Do you think secretly Lily does like James?
Remus: Hard to tell.
There was a resounding crash and James ended up in a heap on the floor, chair lying upside down next to him.
"Don't ever say that again!" Lily was standing above him yelling.
"Lily, just give him a break-
"Why should I Black?" She shouts.
"You're drawing attention to yourselves," Remus hisses. No one in the class even realised Binns was still talking.
"Because James is so in love with you. He never stops talking about you and deep down, he really cares about you," Sirius says simply.
Remus: Nice one Sirius.
Sirius: Why thank you dear amiga.
Remus: That's amigo.
Lily froze, her bright green eyes wide.
"Really? Is that honestly true," She looks gobsmacked.
"Yeah. I would have told you before but, well, we just ended up arguing," James says quietly.
"I'm sorry-"
"No, I need to apologise. I know I've pretty much ruined every single day of your life, but it's so scary trying to impress you. You're just so beautiful, Lily," James wipes a single tear from his cheek.
Sirius: Is that a real tear?
Remus: Yes. I had no idea James even felt like that.
Sirius: That's deep. That's real deep.
Remus and Sirius look up from the note to see James and Lily hugging each other tightly.
Remus: Job well done.
Sirius: Aw, we didn't do anything. The power of love brought them together.
Remus: Come back down to Earth, Sirius.
Sirius: I love you too Remus.
Remus: As if I could handle that as well.
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