Lily was staring dreamily out of the window when someone called out her name.

"What!" she said jumping and hitting her head on the windowsill. Her eyes filled with tears from the pain.

"Sorry to make you jump." Lily turned to look at James's window.

"You better be! Now if you excuse me, I have stuff to do." As she closed the window, a hand grabbed her wrist. She looked at James, who was half out of his bedroom window. Actually, his foot was on the edge of his windowsill, but it was slipping. If she made him let go, he would immediately fall. The though crossed her mind, but she thought better of it. James realized the change of decision and sighed in relief.

"Lily, you have nothing to do. Knowing you, all of your homework is done and you already bought and read next years textbooks." She nodded sheepishly.

"Need some help?" she asked.

"Why do you suddenly ask?"

"You're holding onto me wrist for dear life, and you are cutting off circulation."

"Of course." As Lily hauled him up, for she was much stronger then she looked, Petunia walked in.

"Lily! What boy are you sneaking into the house this time?" she asked shocked.

"I've never snuck a boy into the house before," she said grunting in pain. Suddenly, James stumbled into her bedroom. Petunia started blushing and mumbling to herself. She exited the room looking embarrassed. James raised an eyebrow at her, but Lily shook her head.

"You can leave by the door, or jump out the window," she said.

"Okay!" James stuck his foot out of he window when Lily grabbed him.

"Really! Just use the door!" He smiled and leaned in to kiss Lily. She retreated. He took a step forward every time she took one back. Lily backed into her bed and grabbed James's hand to prevent her from falling. Of course he fell on top of her.

"Get off! I can't breath!" came her muffled voice.

"James! Company!" his mother yelled out. James huffed and Lily sighed in relief.

"I'll be back," he said disappearing down the hall.

"Hey Prongs!" Sirius shouted.

"Hi Padfoot." James looked completely down and Sirius was surprised.

"Moved in today? Where do I sleep?" he asked. James motioned him to follow. Everything was already unpacked by magic.

"What's up? You look really down."

"Turns out our next door neighbor is Lily, which is great, but her sister has a total crush on me. She's really weird and creepy. I managed to get in Lily's room and I knocked her over and was on top of her, on her bed, and I was about to kiss her. Obviously, she would have screamed her head off, but apparently she couldn't breath because I was on her. I was going to kiss her, but you had to show up right now!"

"Sorry Prongs. So neighbor is Lily? This could get interesting."

"Even better then that, I know where Snivellius lives. Spinner's End, which is nearby. And apparently he is still best friends with Lily and they talk every day."

"Too bad we can't use magic. But still-Snivellius." Sirius smiled wickedly and eventually James joined in. Remus laughed at his friends.

"Moony! We didn't know you were here! This is great!" The two filled Remus in on everything as they walked up to James's bedroom.

"Hey Lils!" James called leaning against the window. Sirius and Remus stared at him with their eyebrows raised wondering if this was going to work.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Lily said sticking her head out of her window.

"Works every time," James muttered to his friends, who were out of view.

"Every, meaning only," Sirius said quietly and sniggered.

"Who are you talking to, Potter?" Lily asked suspiciously.

"ME!" Sirius said walking towards the window.

"Oh great! Nightmare one and Nightmare two!" Sirius and James burst out laughing and even Remus grinned.

"Don't worry. I'll control them," Remus said stepping into the light.

"Remus? Oh it's great to see you!" Lily squealed. She grabbed his offered hand and climbed expertly to James's bedroom. She hugged Remus tightly.

"How did you do that? You just walk right over here! I fell when I tried, and almost broke the circulation in your wrist! Actually, I almost broke your wrist!" James realized that he said too much.

"That's how you got into Lily's room? You fell out there and grabbed onto her so you wouldn't fall? You're such a baby!" Sirius said grinning. "No more Maruadering for you!"

"It's easy, Potter. I guess practice makes perfect!" Lily said smiling in spite of herself.

"You knew I was coming and you wanted to make sure you could come here often to snog me, right?" James said grinning. He ran a hand through his messy hair.

"Yeah, right." Lily rolled her eyes. "My friend Kelsey used to live here, and we would always find something to talk about during the night. Once she got scared during a sleepover because she didn't have her stuffed animal, and she could go home to get it really easily through our windows."

"Oh," James said clearly disappointed.

"James! Dinner is ready!" Mrs. Potter called. The three Marauders were heading towards the door when they realized Lily wasn't with them.

"Come on, Lily." James grabbed her arm as she made to jump. Caught by surprise, she lost her footing and was dangling out of the window. Her foot was caught on a brick, so James couldn't move her alone.

"Guys! Help!" James held onto Lily with one arm. Remus and Sirius came over. As Sirius grabbed her other arm, Remus went downstairs for help.

"Mrs. Potter? Lily fell out the window and her foot is caught. James and Sirius can't get her through."

"What!" Mrs. Potter ran upstairs to see find the boys almost ranking her arms off. She growled at the boys and pulled Lily up using her wand. Lily thanked her and stood up. She collapsed into James's arms. He grinned.

"I think her ankle broke," James said calmly. He half carried, half dragged Lily to his bed and laid her down. Mrs. Potter healed her ankle and invited her to dinner after calling Mrs. Evans. Lily tenderly walked on her newly healed ankle and leaned on Remus. James kept shooting angry looks at him.

"Thanks, Mrs. Potter! Dinner was delicious," Lily said after eating the fine meal.

"It was no trouble at all," she said kindly. The four teenagers walked upstairs.

"Stay for the night, Lily?" James asked hopefully.

"In your dreams, Potter. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have broken my ankle," Lily said hoping out of the window.

"I wouldn't do that so soon," Remus said. Lily smiled and they watched as she made it safely back to her bedroom. Out of Sirius's special mirror, they also watched as she pulled out a pair of jeans and a nicer shirt and went to the bathroom to change.

As Sirius opened his mouth to ask what she was doing, James elbowed him in the ribs. Strolling up the path, was Colin. James swore under his breath as he watched what happened next. The skinny, blond haired boy rang Lily's doorbell. She opened it and leapt into his arms. The Marauders barely heard what they said.

"I've missed you so much, Colin!" Lily said smiling happily.

"Missed you too, Lily flower." Then, in front of the Marauders, he kissed her. James cursed some more when he saw Lily kissing him back. Finally, they broke apart and headed hand-in-hand down the street.

"So she wasn't kidding, was she? Dang flabbit!" James said and sighed deeply. What was he going to do?