Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters 'cept Nicole (you will find out after you read this chappy). Lily, Sirius, Peter, James, Remus, and all the other Hogwarts people belong to JKP. Onyx Plamer belongs to, well, her, her email is taylorcrocks@yahoo.com. Thanks for letting me use this character! Well, enjoy everyone!

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Lily gathered her books from her dorm and then headed to the library. James could find her if he wanted to, otherwise, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A few minutes after Lily got to the library James came in. He found her in her usual corner and sat right beside her.

"Hey." "Hey."

"Told your friends then Potter?" Lily asked with a grin on her face. "I swear, you must be physic or something." James said smiling back. They were just about to lean in for a kiss when someone cleared their throat rather loud.

It was Nicole Naster; James' old girlfriend. Everyone knew that she still had a thing for James, and any girl that was with him, well, she would pay.

"Hello Nicole." Lily said in a sarcastic cheerful tone. "Can we help you?" James asked.

"Well, as a Prefect, I am authorized to give out detentions to those who exhibit unruly behavior, and what you two were about to do, that would constitute I believe." Nicole said with a smirk. She knew that Lily had a perfect record, and this detention would devastate her. Lily was looking panicked, but James kept his cool.

"Good thing you stopped us then Nicole. Now I guess we can't get a detention since you stopped us before we did anything wrong." James winked at Lily and she smiled.

"No, no, that doesn't count, I mean, well, ARGH!" Nicole yelled as she ran out of the library.

James and Lily laughed. "Be my girlfriend Lily Evans." It was more of a command than a suggestion or question, but Lily replied, "Always and forever."

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The ball was in two days, and the rest of the Marauders were getting worried.

It was breakfast and they were all in the Great Hall. James was off in his own world with Lily, and Remus and Sirius were scouting for girls.

"What about that one?" Remus nodded towards a girl with brunette hair, kind of short. "Angela? Already taken. And so is Ashley, Vanessa, Christine, and Kelsey." Sirius said with a sigh.

Suddenly a girl caught Sirius' eye. She was tall and thin with black hair that was down to her waist. All of that didn't matter to Sirius though. He automatically fell in love with her eyes. Silverish gray eyes, almost cat like.

"Umm, I'll be right back Remus." Sirius said, not taking his eyes away from the girl.

"Uhh, no problem then." Remus said.

Sirius walked up to the girl. Being one of the most popular guys in school has its advantages.

"Hey. My name is Sirius Black. Yours would be?" Sirius asked coolly.

"Onyx Palmer to anyone who's asking." "Oh, we have a tough one here. Are you new?" Sirius asked. He had no expected such an outgoing person.

"Eh, not really, been here for a few days now." "Good. So you know about the Christmas Ball? I wanted to know if you'd like to go with me."

"Well, I guess it sounds like fun. Sure, I'll go." "Cool. So what house are you in?" Sirius asked.

"Gryffindor." "Awesome, me too." "Well, I gotta go. See you around?" Onyx asked. "Yeah, definitely." Sirius said.

They parted and went their ways. Sirius came back to the table and saw that Remus had been watching the whole conversation. "That's Onyx Palmer." Remus said.

"How did you know?" Sirius asked, amazed that Remus knew her before he did. "Well, I had to show her around on her first day."

"Interesting." Sirius said. He looked over at James and Lily. "Hey, what are you two doing, planning your wedding?"

The two were surprised by the voice but they smiled at Sirius. "Lily is quite remarkable Sirius." "So you tell me everyday." Both James and Lily blushed.

"Tonight is the transformation right?" James said low. "Yeah, AWESOME!" Sirius said, getting excited. "But Peter isn't going to be able to come." Lily stated. "Darn!" Sirius said sarcastically as he snapped his finger.

"Well okay, that was off subject. We, Lily and I, were devising our latest prank. Wanna hear?" James asked. "Duh." Sirius said. The boys (James, Sirius, and Lupin) were talking and Lily was looking around the Great Hall.

Her eyes passed the Ravenclaw table and passed a girl with dark hair. The girl noticed that Lily was looking at her, and the girl glared back. She mouthed, "Stay away from James. Or else."

Lily turned around and cuddled James who was still talking to Remus and Sirius. James was startled at first, but then he messed her hair and kissed her on her forehead.

Lily glanced back at the Ravenclaw table to see that Nicole was ripping her paper napkin into little pieces. Then an evil smile crept over Nicole's face as she got up. Lily started to panic. Nicole was walking their way. Soon, Nicole was right in front of them.

"James, could I talk to you for a moment?" Nicole asked. "Well, I am kind of busy at the moment." James replied. Nicole leaned down and starting whispering something in his ear. James started to smile and shift in his chair a lot.

"Well, bye then." Nicole said and she left. James still had a goofy smile on his face and Lily had it.

"Ugh." Lily said and with that she got up and left, fast. James snapped out of it and looked at his friends, and looked at Lily run off.

"What?" James asked.

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Well there is chapter 3. Hope you liked it. Read and Review!