A/N: Oh, and I know a bunch of you probably want longer chapters, but for some reason it's kind of impossible for me to do that. I tried, I really did!
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On with the story…
Chapter Two
When Remus and Sirius walked into the Great Hall, they found James and Peter sitting at their usual spot. James was staring off into the distance somewhere, probably looking for Lily.
"Hey," Peter said, without looking up from his plate. "Why are you so late?"
"No reason," Sirius said. He cast a quick glance at James, who was still oblivious to they're presence, before leaning in and whispering, "Okay, we are going to let you in on a little plan. We're going to prank Lily and James, and need some help. Would you like in?"
"Would I!" Peter shouted ecstatically. James looked up.
"When did you two get here?"
Sirius shrugged. "Not too long ago. Was that a yes or a no, Peter?"
"A yes," the boy answered before returning his attention to eating.
James blinked. "What was that a yes to?"
"Whether or not he would like more eggs," Remus suggested, scooping a spoonful of eggs onto Peter's plate.
"Oh," James said. It wasn't exactly uncommon for Peter to say yes to more food. He went back to searching for Lily in the crowd of Hogwarts students.
Meanwhile, Sirius and Remus were having a whispered conversation.
"Why did we have to ask Peter to join us?" Sirius complained.
"Because Peter is James's friend too and would probably feel very left out if we didn't include him," Remus said logically, looking down at his plate of bacon.
When he felt Sirius's gaze on him, he continued. "Alright, we need him for the plan to work."
Sirius turned to his own food, content with that answer. "So what is our plan?"
"Merlin, Sirius, you came up with it!"
"I did? Oh, yeah, I did. When does it start?"
Remus took a deep breath. "Right now," he whispered back, getting up and walking across the Great Hall to where Lily and her friends were sitting.
"And so I was like, 'that's not a cat, that's a…" The girl sitting next to Lily trailed off from her story as Remus approached the table. "Um, Lils, I think someone's here for you."
Lily looked up at Remus and smiled. "Hello, Remus. What are you doing here?"
"Actually, I had a question for you." Remus ignored the glares the other girls at the table were giving him. Being a friend of James Potter didn't exactly make him liked by everyone.
"Okay, was it about the Defense against the Dark Arts essay?"
"Er… no. I was, well, I was wondering," Remus swore inwardly. Why was he so bad at this? "WouldyouliketogotoHogsmeadewithme?"
Lily blinked. "W-What?"
"Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me? It's this weekend, and you see, Sirius was making fun of me because I've never actually been on a date with anyone. So I told him I could probably get a date with you."
The girls were all silent, but at least they had stopped glaring. Lily finally cleared her throat. "So… Potter didn't put you up to this, did he?"
Remus laughed. "No, actually he doesn't know about it. And I'd rather prefer he didn't, because… well…"
Lily winced. "Yes, yes I know." She sighed. "Very well, I'll go to Hogsmeade with you, but only as friends."
"Of course," Remus nodded. He waved goodbye and hurried back to his own table.
"Did you do it?" Sirius asked before he had even sat down.
"Yeah, but I hope this works."
Sirius snagged a sausage from Remus's plate and shoved it into his mouth. "I told you, we have to know if Evans likes Prongs before we do anything."
"You know, despite how disgusting that all sounded with your mouth full, that was pretty logical."
"What can I say? Logic is my middle name."
"No it's not."
"Okay… it's not. But it's not your middle name either!" Sirius stuck his tongue out childishly. Remus sighed.
"Okay, so after we discover Lily's true feelings for James, we…"
"Lock them in a broom closet." Sirius said confidently, grabbing another sausage from Remus's plate.
"That's idiotic! There's no way it will work! We need to get them… closer to each other somehow."
"A broom closet would do that."
"No." Remus paused to think. "Well, I'm sure we'll think of something. It's only Thursday, so we have one more day before my… date. I just hope James won't find out about it until after it's done and over with."
Sirius snickered. "I just want to see the look on his face when he learns you got a date with Evans before he did."
"Merlin, I'm going to die," Remus gulped out. "Please, Sirius, don't let James find out. For the love of my life, don't let James find out!"
"Okay, I'll try."
"…I'm doomed."
