Hey! I'm back from vacation, so here's chapter 3, by gardensigernumbli, so thanks to her/him!

Now, I want to say that I am changing how people send in chapters. I would like it if you ask in a review to write a chapter. First person to ask gets first dibs, and the chapter is reserved for them. However, other people who ask to write a chapter are put on a list to write following chapters, alright? Basically, just check with me before sending in a chapter. I don't want people sending in chapters that I can't use.

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Chapter 3

"I'm going to Hogsmeade with Sirius Black."

"Yes, Lily, you're going to Hogsmeade with Sirius Black." Marlene sighed exasperatedly. "We've gone over this already. It's only a date."

"Yeah, but a date that doesn't make sense!" Lily sat up quickly. She gestured wildly, narrowly missing a stack of textbooks that sat on her nightstand. "Now that I think about it, there's no reason why Black would ask me out!"

"Lily! It's just a date! You're overanalyzing things! Just go have fun with it. What are you going to wear?"

Lily flopped back onto her bed, suitably distracted. "I don't know, the Hogsmeade trip isn't for another week. Is it really that important to know what I'm wearing a week in advance?"

Marlene shrugged from her desk. "Well, it never hurts to be prepared, right?"

"Prepared... You're not suggesting that we- that I-"

"What? Oh, hell no! Just because Black's notorious for that kind of thing, doesn't mean he'd try anything on you. You'd beat him up if he did anything close to that."

"Good." Lily narrowed her eyes at the ceiling. "Because if he does anything less than act like a chivalrous human being, I'm going to kill him. And cut him up. Maybe castrate him. And I'll feed the little bits to penguins. Actually, reverse the order. I'll throw in a flamethrower or two for kicks."

"Lily, you're not making much sense."

"No, you know what doesn't make sense?" Marlene groaned. "I'm going to Hogsmeade with Black. Lily hopped up from her bed and began pacing. "If you think about it, Potter has been asking me out since fourth year. Well, not this year. But then Black just asked me to Hogsmeade. Do you think this is a plot?"

"I highly doubt it," Marlene sighed. "Normally, they're much more obvious when they're planning something. You would have seen them giggling and pointing at you if they were."

"Men don't giggle, they laugh. Or chuckle, or something."

Marlene waved the comment away. "Then they're just not men."

Lily paused in her pacing to glare at Marlene for a moment, then resumed her track around the dormitory. "Anyway, what I was going to say was that it doesn't seem like Potter to just let his best mate ask out the girl he tried to get for three years. Don't you think that's a little weird, at least?"

Marlene slumped in her chair. "Yes, no, sure, why not. If I agree with you, will you calm down? If you're going to be this distressed about it, why'd you say yes in the first place?"

Lily paused in her tracks as the thought hit her. "That's right..." she turned towards Marlene slowly. Marlene blinked at the sudden change, then muttered a quiet "oops" as she realized her mistake. "I didn't say yes at all," Lily continued. "You did. Meaning this is all your fault." She grabbed the nearest object, and advanced on Marlene, brandishing a Charms textbook.

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Once again, thanks to gardensigernumbli for the chapter!

Chapter 4 has been reserved, and will be posted in a week, but if you want to write chapter 5 or a subsequent chapter, feel free to ask.