The next morning Lily was the first girl to wake up. She looked at her friends and smiled. She decided she would take a shower to wake herself up before going down and getting breakfast, she was sure the other two wouldn't wake up till lunch time.

When she walked into the bathroom the first thing she noticed was James standing at the sink brushing his teeth. Without a shirt on.

"James, since we have to share this bathroom can you at least present yourself in a some what decent way? I don't feel like walking into you everywhere only half dressed," she said. James looked up at her and smirked.

"Good morning Evans!" he said brightly. "And if we're going to discuss how we are dressed in this bathroom, might I point out your ensemble? Not that I'm complaining of course." Lily suddenly realized she was wearing only a towel and nothing else.

"Get out, Potter, I'm taking a shower," she snapped. She pushed him out of the bathroom and locked the door. She then charmed the knob so that if he tried to get back in he would get a nasty surprise.

After she got out she quickly dressed and walked out into the common room.

"Good morning Evans!" Sirius cried cheerfully. Lily groaned.

"Why are you here? And why does every male in this place feel the need to walk around shirtless?"

"Dunno," Sirius said grinning, "it's what we men do I guess."

"Sirius, you are not a man," Lily retorted.

"I'm eighteen!"

"Your point? I'm going to get breakfast." She marched over to the entrance, covered by a large portrait, and swung it outwards.

She came back about twenty minutes later with a few pieces of toast on a plate.

"Aw, Lily you brought me breakfast," James said when she reentered the common room. Sirius had disappeared and he was sitting in a chair by the fireplace reading a book.

"Catch," she said and she threw a piece of toast at him. She was hoping to hit him in the face but surprisingly he didn't even flinch, he just reached out and caught it. She walked into her bedroom where her friends were just waking up.

"Good morning ladies," she said, "actually I should say good after noon, considering lunch is well under way."

"Did we miss it?" Amber asked.

"Here, I brought you some toast."

"You're a doll, Lily," Dawnelle said. She sat down at the mirror and began to brush the tangles from her hair. Amber had disappeared into the bathroom. She came back and grabbed a piece of toast before trading spots with Dawnelle.

"What are we going to do tonight?" Dawnelle asked.

"I dunno," Lily said. The three of them had just walked out of Lily's bedroom. Remus, Sirius and James were all sitting in the common room.

"Ladies!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Don't sound so surprised, Sirius," Amber said.

"Why not? You don't live here."

"Neither do you."

"Ah, but James does, so this is my home away from home." Lily groaned.

"Does that mean you're going to be here all the time?" Lily asked.

"Yup! Sure does! You get to spend some quality time with none other then the wonderful me!" He walked over to her and wrapped an arm over her shoulder.

"I'm learning self defense," Lily told her friends as she removed his arm. Amber and Dawnelle giggled.

"Good afternoon Ladies," Remus said politely.

"Why can't the two of you be more like Remus?" Dawnelle asked Sirius and James.

"Obviously because Lily would never go out with me if I was like him!" James answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Are we going to leave out the fact that she went out with Remus in fifth year then?" Amber asked slyly.

"Yeah, till you hit him with that tickling charm," Dawnelle added. Sirius fell on the floor laughing. Remus blushed slightly at the memory. James looked unperturbed.

"You know she was only dating him to make me jealous!"

"Oh is that what it is then!" Lily asked.

"Why else would you continue to resist my charm?" he asked flashing her a smile.

"RESIST YOUR CHARM? YOU ARE SO GOD DAMN ANNOYING!" Lily yelled in outrage. Sirius rolled over and laughed harder. Remus was laughing out loud too now, as were Amber and Dawnelle.

"Ah, my fiery little red head," James sighed. He wrapped his arm around her waist and dragged her close. "That's what I love about you."

"YOU ARE SICK JAMES POTTER, REALLY SICK," she roared. She struggled against his hold and when he didn't let her go she stomped on his foot. Hard. Remus joined Sirius on the floor as James howled in pain.

"I dunno Lil," Amber said clutching her side, "you seem to have this self defense down pretty well." She burst out laughing again. James was hopping up and down on one foot rubbing the sore one.

"I hope that never heals," Lily said to him.

Finally the chaos in the room settled down and Lily, Amber and Dawnelle sat on the couch.

"Hey! We were sitting there first!" James said

"And then you moved," Amber replied. Sirius leaped onto the couch and landed in the girls laps'

"Sirius move," Dawnelle said.

"No way!"

"Sirius move," Lily added. He shook his head and the girls exchanged glances. They shoved him off the couch and he landed with a thud on the floor at their feet. James laughed hysterically. The girls rolled their eyes but grinned appreciatively. Sirius sat up looking confused.

"I'm hurt," he whined.

"I am trying to care," Amber said.

"You're cold."

"I'm not the only one who pushed you off this couch," she reminded him. He thought about this and had to agree.

"So back to my original question," Dawnelle said. "What are we going to do tonight?"

"I still don't know," Lily answered.

"You girls can join me and James and Remus!" Sirius said. "We're playing Truth or Dare tonight."

"Sirius, how old are you?" Lily asked.

"Eighteen!"

"and you still say 'me, James and Remus?' Lame."

"Ok ok, James, Remus and I! Will you play!?"

"We're playing it here by the way," James added.

"Well, that puts your dorm out of the question tonight," Amber said darkly. "I don't want to know what they do during that game."

"I think it would be fun!" Dawnelle said.

"Are you serious?" Lily asked.

"Are you feeling ok?" Amber added.

"Yeah! We should play! Come on girls! Where is your sense of adventure?"

"Yeah, where's your sense of adventure?" James added his eyes glowed mischievously.

"I must have lost it," Lily said.

"I don't think this is a good idea, Dawnelle," Amber said.

"Do you really want to?" Lily asked.

"Yeah!" Lily and Amber looked at each other and finally shrugged.

"Ok, I guess it can't hurt," Amber agreed slowly.

"Sure, we're in. What time?" Lily asked Sirius. He stared at her.

"You mean, you three will actually play?"

"Didn't I just say that?"

"Don't second guess them! They just agreed to play!" James said.

"You three know this game is not clean. We do some stupid stuff," Remus said.

"Yeah remember the time that Remus had to strip in front…" Sirius began. James punched him. "Uh… Right, 9:30."

"Ok." The three girls got up and left. Amber and Lily ambushed Dawnelle outside of the room.

"What did you just make us agree to?" Lily asked.

"I have no idea!"

"You are insane! You know that girl?" Amber said.

"So are you! You two agreed as well." The three girls exchanged glances.

"Let's make sure we all wear several layers tonight… just to be on the safe side," Lily said.

"Yeah, good point."

The boys watched the girls in awe as they left the common room.

"Did they really just agree to play with us?" James asked.

"Yup! Sure did!" Sirius said happily. He walked into the small kitchen and grabbed a glass of water.

"I don't believe it," Remus said.

"Me either," Sirius said. "Hey, what's this?" He bent down to pick up the parchment lying on the floor near Lily's bedroom. His eye brows raised in interest as he read what was written there.

"What is it?" James said walking over to look.

"This," Sirius said holding up the parchment, "is priceless." James ripped it out of his hand and looked it over. He started laughing.

"So this is what girls do when they have the night to themselves?" he asked.

"What?" Remus asked. James handed him the parchment and he read the heading. "The Top Five Things a Guy Can Do To Win a Girl."