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Tuesday

"Are you sure this is going to work?" asked James, throwing concerned glances at Sirius.

"Of course it will work it was designed by me!" said Sirius pompously, looking at James as if he were a moron.

"I'd stand back" whispered Remus to James as Sirius gave a particularly violent flourish with his wand, the only result was white sparks being emitted from the wood.

"Right, done!" proclaimed Sirius, grinning as if he had just climbed up to Mount Olympus with a toothpick.

Walking back down the corridor they encountered no one. The candles flickered due to the wind being invited in by the half open windows. The shadows elongated creating a sinister effect, and that combined with the semi darkness and the fact it was midnight only made it more eerie.

"Hey I feel like we're in a movie" said Sirius, picking up on the atmosphere.

"Yeah, a horror movie" chuckled Remus.

"Do you doubt my abilities that much!" asked Sirius, sculpting his features so they resembled something that was meant to be close to hurt.

"Well..." said Peter, James and Remus together.

"Thanks guys I really appreciate it! Look if my methods don't work and Lily won't to go out with you then I'll... proclaim my love for Snape in front of everyone in the Great Hall! I'm that confident it will work."

"What if it does work?" asked Remus, his eyes glinting at the prospect of a bet.

"Then all of you have to serenade McGonagall!" declared Sirius triumphantly.

"Deal" said Lupin, shaking hands with the happy animagus.

"Wait I never agreed to this!" yelled James.

"Ah but Prongs, Article Two, Section Five of the Marauder's code states that you must follow through on any deal a fellow Marauder makes on your behalf" said Sirius smugly.

"You just made that up!" accused James.

"Do you dare accuse a fellow Marauder of lying about the code!" exclaimed Sirius, grinning when James backed down.

"This is getting interesting" whispered Remus to Peter.

"Oh God she's approaching the staircase" whispered James in his communication mirror.

"Haha good luck mate" replied Sirius.

"I don't see why you couldn't be here!"

"Well only one of us could hide behind the statue!"

"Do you honestly have faith in this plan?" asked James seriously.

"I have one hundred percent faith in this plan" replied Sirius smoothly.

"Ah she's starting to climb the staircase!"

Sirius's reply was suddenly drowned out by a loud noise emanating from the unfortunate steps.

Lily's brow furrowed as she tried to distinguish what was causing the noise. Her friend Alice beside her had apparently discovered the source of the problem as she then grabbed Lily's arm and stopped her ascent. Immediately the noise stopped leaving a deafening silence in its place.

Lily tentatively placed one foot on the next step but instead of the unbearable noise the words "Will you go out with me?" were clearly distinguishable.

Seeing she was right Alice burst out laughing - that is until Lily's steely glare hit her. Running up the stairs the noise deafened those in the hall until Lily got to the stop. Smirking she waited for Alice and, when reunited with her friend, she proceeded along the corridor out of James's view.

Grinning James ran back to the common room to report to Sirius.

"That's what I don't get, she had no reaction to the stairs!" exclaimed Sirius for the umpteenth time.

Walking to DADA, Remus nodded apparently agreeing that Lily should have had some response to the proposal.

"But she never said no, so I'm one step closer!" yelled James excitedly.

"Yes but she never agreed either" said Remus.

"I don't care, at this rate I'm going to assume its a yes" said James excitedly. "I mean normally she hurts or yells at me in some way, this time she just smirked!"

"You never told us that" said Remus worriedly as they approached the staircase.

"Yes but..."

Immediately James was interrupted by a large noise coming out of the staircase.

"What the hell" yelled James stopping dead in his tracks.

Placing his foot on the next step a loud "NO!" sounded, echoing along the corridor.

"But... but... why!" exclaimed James, mortified as everone below and above cracked up.

"Lily would never give up a chance to retaliate James, no matter what" said Remus between bursts of laughter.

"This is war" declared Sirius.