A/N: Oh. Well. Hi there. :P I'm very new at fanfiction, and this is my very first story! (well, that I'm going to publish, anyway XD) I'm, uh, still working out the technical know-how and all too.
Well, this is a Harry Potter fic, about Lily and James, because they are fabulous. XP

Summary: James Potter has been crazy over Lily Evans from day 1, and all the Marauders (as well as the rest of the school) knows it. Also well-known is the fact that Lily wants nothing to do with "the arrogant prat," so the Marauders take things into their own hands... Craziness ensues, because Sirius Black is behind it, and really, it can't be anything else if he's involved.

Chapter 1

Remus POV

The fire crackling in the hearth radiated heat from dancing orange tongues, and the boy on the couch nestled further into the blankets and cushions, closed off in his own personal bubble of warmth and comfort, with his sole companion being a book.
He was one of the few, however, who was able to disregard the tension simmering as heatedly as the coals. Lily sat on the sofa to his left, firing looks of hatred from her unique eyes at none other than James Potter, who lounged easily on the armchair to Remus's right, and who was smirking at Lily.
Remus turned the page and continued scanning the paragraph about Switching Spells, wondering idly which of his friends would cave first.
Directly across from Remus sat Sirius and Peter, with the former's arms propped on a footrest looking bored, and the latter's eyes batting eagerly from Lily to James, like watching a- he believed it was a Muggle sport by the name of 'tennis'- match.

Silence hovered over them all, though highly different to each. Lily's was surly, James's was provocative, Sirius's was boredom, Peter's was anticipation, and Remus's seemed to be the only comfortable one of the five Gryffindors, though floating above them all was a tension like the calm before tsunami hit the sand.
James leaned forward and Remus braced himself, but kept his outward appearance one of calm indifference, though his eyes had frozen on the page.
"So. Lily. How long are you going to stay mad about Snivellus?"
Against his better judgement, Remus's eyes flicked upward to see Lily pinning James with a hard stare. "Until you apologize, Potter."
James splayed his hands, hazel eyes falsely innocent. "It was a simple misunderstanding, Lils."
"No, it was sabotage."
"Don't you think you're being a little dramatic?"
"Don't you think you're being a little immature?" she countered. "You're seventeen, Potter, and you're still reduced to making other people's potions explode."
Sirius snickered, and James shot a glare at him when Lily's gaze shifted to Remus for support, but the boy kept his eyes fixed on his book, determined not to get involved.
"That wasn't even me," James protested, widening his eyes guilelessly, and Remus resisted a snort. "I was all the way across the classroom. How could I have done anything to the potion? Snive- Snape must have just messed it up. He's not infallible." James looked as though he sorely wanted to add something else- something snarky- but Remus was rather proud of him when he managed to stop there.
"He's incredible at Potions, and there is no way he messed it up so badly it splashed the ceiling."
Lily tossed her hair over her shoulder and rose, slinging her bag over her shoulder. Without a word, she stalked past James, wishing Sirius, Peter, and Remus a goodnight, and ignored James thoroughly and completely.

As soon as she had vanished up the girls' dormitories- James watching her go through narrowed eyes- the mischief-maker whirled on his friends and groaned. "What does she see in him?"
Remus was unable to help a loud snort, and three pairs of eyes swiveled to him.
"You've been awfully quiet, Moony," said Sirius suspiciously, cocking his head at him, but he only shrugged.
"Nothing to say," he responded lightly, but Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on, Moony, give us your words of wisdom. You're friends with Lily, right?"
"Yeah, sort of," he muttered, closing his book with a resigned sigh and sitting up. "Look, James, mate, if you want to win over a girl, don't go around picking on her best friend."
He shrugged. "Or at least, that would be a good place to start."
James sank back onto the pillows, looking disappointed and depressed. "But how did she even know it was me?"
"Who else would it be?" Remus answered, raising his eyes to the ceiling and praying for patience.
"Everybody hates Snape," Sirius responded matter-of-factly. "It could've been anyone."
Remus shrugged. "It was James this time, wasn't it?"
"Will neither confirm nor deny."
James flashed a grin for a moment that told Remus all he needed to know of the culprit, before the gloomy look was back. He departed soon after with a wave and a still-surly expression.

"He's crazy about her," Peter voiced the obvious, sinking into Lily's abandoned place.
"Mmhmm."
"Hey, what if we helped him out? I mean, he obviously doesn't know what he's doing. We could just...give them a nudge, you know?" suggested the young Black.
Remus looked up, wary. "What?"
Sirius grinned, and he recognized the look. It meant Sirius had an idea, and Remus wondered despairingly about taking refuge in the Womping Willow until this was all over.
"I know the female mind, Moony-"
Remus snorted.
"-and they love knowing their futures." Sirius dragged out the 'o' in love, and the other boy listed his head at him, nonplussed and wondering where this was coming from.
"So what if we got ahold of a crystal ball..."
Remus and Peter exchanged looks.
"...and enchanted it so when Lily looked in it, she saw herself on a date with James!"
He blinked. Blinked again. Then started to chuckle.

Sirius, looking mildly insulted, asked, "What? It's brilliant!"
Peter nodded worshipfully and looked curiously at the still-laughing Remus.
"How- How did you even come with that?" he asked at last, putting his book down, still grinning.
"Had Divination today," he answered with a shrug, still viewing him with confusion.
Remus shook his head, smile fading slightly. "That's stupid. Do you really think Lily would fall for that?"
"Why not?" asked Sirius, looking offended once more.
He shook his head. "She's cleverer than that. Besides, how would you even go about bewitching a crystal ball?"
The other boy shrugged, expression falling into smugness once more. "I was going to leave that up to you, actually."
Remus raised an eyebrow and picked up his book again, ready to disappear into its thankfully logical depths once more.
"No! Remus, come on. James has been crazy about her since he was eleven. He deserves a chance, don't you think?" he coaxed.
Remus hesitated, his hands stilling over the pages. Sirius had a point... Admittedly, he wished Lily didn't have to be manipulated into going on a date with James, but at the same time, Lily had never exactly given James much of a chance...
He paused, flicking his eyes up to see Sirius looking at him hopefully while trying to smother a grin of triumph. Apparently he thought he'd won him over, and Remus was surprised to find himself considering it.
He wanted to help James. He did. But at the same time...
"Oh alright," he sighed at last, and Sirius let out a whoop, coming over to clap him on the shoulder.
Remus was fairly sure he would come to regret this decision.

He browsed the library, plundering it for every book on Divination he could find, and reflected with amusement on Sirius's excuses to James when asked why they were acting so strange.
He had tried to justify this idea to himself by pinning it on pity and affection for his friend. As for Lily... Well, that just made him guilt douse his stomach, but he shoved it down deep.
This was for James, and if Lily decided she liked him once he behaved himself, maybe they would be responsible for bringing the two together.
Which sounded feeble even to him, so Remus shoved it away and tried not to think about it, or about what he'd been thinking when he first agreed to this.
He tipped open a book, found the spell he was looking for, and sat down to read.

A/N: Hey, again, I'm a noob and I'd love it if you reviewed and commented on my story! I'd prefer it if you didn't flame me though, please 0.o