Year Three

The bell rang. Flitwick shouted after the already leaving students. "Practice the spell for homework. I will expect a foot long essay on it tomorrow!"

Annie groaned. Lily stuffed her quill in her backpack and walked out of the class with Annie behind her. As she turned around the corner, she spotted Sirius and James walking towards them. Sirius was grinning but James had a confused look as he questioned Sirius.

"Hey Lily! Hi Annie!" Sirius greeted them. James did the same but was interrupted when a crowd of second year girls surrounded him, giggling and whispering to each other. Annie rolled her eyes at James' expression of pleasure with the attention he was getting. Sirius took Lily's hand and faced her. Um…what is he going to do? Oh my god m face is burning. Annie opened her mouth slightly. He can't do what I think he's going to do. He can't, he can't!

"Lily, do you want to be my girlfriend?" he asked. There was silence. James stopped short in the middle of showing off a Quidditch move and turned around sharply. Annie stood there, stiff cold and her mouth wide open now, gaping at Sirius. Lily was wide eyed as she searched for somewhere to rest her eyes on. Her gaze met James' and she saw hurt in his eyes, which he turned away the next second. Oh my gosh! Sirius just asked me out!! I guess I'll say yes, I mean, he's hot, nice and my friend. Why not? Lily bit her lip.

"Um…yes, I guess I do..." she replied. Sirius beamed, got hold of her arms and pressed his lips against hers. WHOAH! I DID NOT EXPECT THAT! As if the request wasn't strange enough. Oh my god, my first kiss! Oh my god I'm in the middle of the hallway with a thousand people watching! Oh my god James is watching! Oh my god break apart you idiot! Lily hugged Sirius but broke their kiss.

"Couldn't we wait for a more private location?" she whispered. James felt like crying on the spot. I can't believe that my best friend is kissing the girl I love, the girl of my dreams. I can't believe he didn't warn me! I can't believe she likes him back! I can't believe I'm just standing here doing nothing! I want to kick his butt and stuff my knuckles in his perfect little self. Shove her backpack in her face. Scream and kill someone. James felt like a knife had just cut its way through his heart. He felt sad, angry, hate, revengeful, broken hearted and worst of all, betrayed. He patted Sirius on the back.

"Congratulations, mate" he said through gritted teeth, and practically ran off in the other direction. Annie swallowed hard. She smiled and followed James. Sirius put an arm around Lily and said.

"So, where do you want to go?" Lily frowned. "Well, we have class next right? I have Transfiguration." Sirius chuckled.

"Yes, I know but we have five minutes for the bell to ring. Don't you want to take a walk with me first?" he asked, making his most charming smile. Lily bit the insides of her cheeks and sighed.

"Okay, but a short one alright? Professor McGonagall is already in a bad mood." She replied. What am I going to do with him? Sirius turned sarcastically serious.

"Pinky swears!" he said sternly and stuck out his right pinky. Lily laughed and did the same. Then the new couple walked off, hand in hand.

James threw his pillow across the room as Remus walked in.

"WHOAH! Hold on there James! What's the anger management problem about?" he exclaimed sitting down on a chair. James flared his nostrils and sighed. I guess I'll have to tell him about my crush on Lily. He won't tell Sirius, I know him.

"Sirius just asked Lily to be his girlfriend" he whined. Remus raised his eyebrows.

"And…I suppose she said yes right?" James nodded. "You like her too don't you?" Remus guessed as James buried his face in his hands and nodded again.

"I always have, ever since I met her on the train. I'm in love with her Remus. I can't help it." He confessed to his friend. Remus licked his lips and started,

"Well, have you thought about Sirius? Maybe he feels the same way about her as you do. And even if he doesn't, you can't do anything. He already asked her, she already said yes. If she feels she's not comfortable with Sirius, she'll break up with him. Now, you take your time and try to move on. Maybe you'll feel different about her as time passes. Give Sirius a chance and don't give him a hard time because of her. He's your best friend James" James smiled thankfully at Remus.

"Thanks. I guess I will move on…" he hesitated, "What do you think of Hope Aime?" Remus rolled his eyes.

"I didn't mean go and snog every other girl in the school until only Lily is left though" and with that, he left the room. James flopped on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Sirius, the things I do for you…incredible. I'll forget about Lily. What's so great about her anyway? She's pretty, yes. But she's not entirely fond of me. Maybe that's why I like her so much. She's not like the other girls. She doesn't follow me around and giggles when I walk by, batting her eyelashes like a fool. Okay, I'm not going to kid myself. I like the attention, but sometimes it's like I want a normal girl. A girl who I can talk to as a friend, someone who will listen to me and care for who I am, not how I look… And with these thoughts in mind, James Potter fell asleep.

The stadium roared as James caught the golden snitch in his palm, swerving just in time out of the Ravenclaw beater's way. He flew around the pitch waving the snitch in the air, grinning and hugging his teammates.

In an empty classroom, Sirius caressed Lily's flaming red hair with his hands as she put her hand under the hem of his shirt. Sirius smiled which made their kiss awkward.

Suddenly, James felt a tug on his broom and a yellow beam of light hit him. He lost his balance, fainted and fell backwards. Everyone was too busy holding the cup in the air to notice the Gryffindor seeker doubling up and falling straight towards the middle hoop.

Lily sighed and her gaze flickered towards the window, where the Quidditch match had already ended. She saw a tall figure fall from its broom and collapse against a hoop. Gasping for breath, she broke away from Sirius and breathed,

"James!" Sirius frowned and peered over her shoulder. James was already halfway down the hoop. His leg was twisted over his other one and his head was dangling at an odd angle. Sirius sucked on Lily's neck.

"He'll be alright honey. Let's resume our session," he murmured. Lily turned indignantly at Sirius and opened her mouth.

"Sirius! Your best friend could be dying right now! Do you really want to risk his life for a bit of kissing?" she implied. Sirius shrugged.

"He'll be okay! There's many teachers watching, and Madam Pomfrey can cure anything. Come on, don't ruin the fun." He pouted. Lily was fiery now.

"How can you say that Sirius! You've kissed me more than a hundred times in the past week! We can kiss again tomorrow, and the week after and after! But James' life is in danger right now, and I think he would really appreciate his best friend being there to support him!" she shouted. Sirius was getting mad now.

"Why do you care so much about him anyway! You probably don't even want to be with me anyway! And you know what? That's fine with me, go and give James a feel better kiss! I don't care!" he shouted louder. Lily felt tears streaming down her face.

"FINE! I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU ANYMORE, WE'RE OVER!" Lily cried and rushed out of the classroom, brushing off Sirius' hand on her shoulder.

Hey guys! I'm working on another story at the moment so I probably won't be able to post soon.

For everyone who read my story when I FIRST posted it:

I'm really sorry I deleted that chapter but I realized it would be better if I started from the beginning. Otherwise, it would become very complicated.

HAPPY EASTER :D