Kara roamed the Hogwarts corridors miserably. She might as well accept the fact that James would never be hers. She cursed herself for proposing something so stupid, what had she been thinking? Oh right, that James would actually want to fool around with two girls at once. Stupid James and his fucking cleverness. She should've known that such a proposition would only work on boys like Avery or Rosier, who she spotted in the hallway, probably on their way to the Slytherin dormitories. She bet one of the boys in her house would know of a good way of tricking Lily into it, but oh, James did say Lily had to be willing—Merlin, he was making this impossible! She was going to have to beg. It wasn't as if she had anything to threaten or blackmail her with, and she wouldn't dare attempt a bribe. But then, she suddenly remembered- there was something she could bribe Lily with. Something that wouldn't make her feel like a whore. It was a long shot still, but definitely worth trying.

"Hey!" Avery said to her from down the hall. "You headed back to the common room?"

"Er—not yet," she replied. "I just need to find someone first."

"Who?" asked Rosier.

"Uh—Evans," she said.

Rosier raised an eyebrow. "I spotted her in the library." He turned to Avery. "Want to stick around for this? I sense a catfight coming on."

"No, it won't take long," she told them. "I'll meet you up there in a bit."

Lily was reading in the library when James' girlfriend—or ex-girlfriend, approached her. It was rather curious, as she was well aware how much Kara hated her, and it was even stranger when she sat down in the chair opposite hers. "Hey," Kara said.

Lily looked up. "Can I help you?"

"Did you hear I broke up with James?" she asked.

"No, I didn't," said Lily. "I heard you slept with his best friend, so he dumped you."

"Well yes, but it was a mistake," said Kara.

"I'm sure," Lily replied dryly. She noticed Kara was tugging on her hair anxiously.

"Well, I'm trying to win him back—"

"What's your point, Kara? I know you aren't just talking to me to make conversation."

"He said he'd only take me back if I can get him to have a threesome with me—and you."

Lily's jaw went slightly slack for a moment. "He's a pig," she said.

"No, he isn't," Kara said earnestly. "I know he just said this because he doesn't think I can do it. But I know if I can get him back, I know he'll grow to love me just as much as I love him. I just need him to give me another chance."

"Kara," Lily said slowly. She touched her fingertips together. "You do know that there is no way that I would ever, ever have a—threesome—with anyone, let alone you and Potter?" She snapped her book shut, and placed it in her satchel. She got up to leave; she wanted nothing to do with this.

"But listen! Hear me out, okay? I—I made James promise that if I did this, he would leave you alone. He wouldn't talk to you, stare at you, flirt with you, ask you out… you would have complete freedom!"

Lily froze. Well, that certainly was interesting. She turned back toward Kara, and sat back down. "Oh really?"

"Yes," she said. "And—I was thinking, you wouldn't even actually have to have sex with him, right? I'll be the one doing it, since he can't actually shag two girls at the same time. I mean, you'll have to participate… but you don't have to go all the way."

"I suppose I would have to be undressed for this, yes?" said Lily.

"Well— you would have to take some clothes off," Kara said desperately. "Or else it won't count. But please, will you do it?"

"Are you insane?" said Lily as Kara's face fell. "Do you actually think, that for one moment, I would even consider doing what you are proposing? I mean, what kind of girl do you think I am?"

Kara bit her lip. "Well, you certainly sounded like you were considering it."

"Of course not," Lily said with disgust. But she had an idea. "Listen to me. Do you have a friend or someone who might possibly want to do this with you?"

"Well—yeah, I guess. All my friends have crushes on James."

Lily rolled her eyes, but continued. "Kara, have you ever heard of the Polyjuice Potion?"

"The—what? What's that?"

"Hmm," Lily said thoughtfully. "I thought Slytherins knew all about stuff like that."

Kara gave her a blank stare.

"Very well. The Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to look like someone else, for a short period of time. I propose we get one of your friends to look like me, do the thing with James, you get him back, he leaves me alone, end of story."

"That'll work!" Kara said excitedly. "That would definitely work! Do you have some of this—Polyjuice?"

"No, I'm afraid I don't. It's not just something you can whip up in an hour, and the ingredients are quite rare."

Kara hit the desk in frustration. "Then why did you—"

"Because I know someone who has it. A whole store of it, that no one knows about. And this person happens to be in your house."

Kara closed her eyes. "Snape," she said with revulsion.

"Yes, Severus has the potion. Normally I would just go and ask him for some, but as we aren't friends anymore, you will have to get the potion."

"How should I do that?" asked Kara. "Should—should I seduce him?"

"Please, do not seduce him," Lily said with a pained expression. "Just—tell him that you need it to get revenge on James for dumping you. He'll give you anything you need."

"Hey, partner," James said to Lily as he took a seat next to her in Transfiguration. "You're looking quite lovely today."

Usually this type of greeting was met with either a groan or a stiff 'thank you', but today, Lily just nodded. There was no lecture today; Professor McGonagall assigned them practical work, so James finally had the opportunity to talk to Lily.

"So, there's been something I've been wanting to talk to you about," James said carefully. He was aware that Transfiguration probably wasn't the best place to discuss this, but he knew Lily wouldn't be able to hex him in front of a teacher. Although if what Kara said wasn't true, Lily might not care.

"Whatever could this be about?" Lily asked, giving him a fake but brilliant smile. Lily so rarely smiled at him that James he took the opportunity to stare at her for a moment. "Merlin you're pretty," he told her.

Her smile quickly disappeared. "If you say it that much, Potter, it kind of loses its meaning."

"Sorry," James said quickly. "It's just that—okay. I made this deal with my girlfriend—ex-girlfriend—and she told me you agreed to it. But that's not true, right? Do you even know what I'm talking about?"

"I know exactly what you're talking about. And yes, I agreed. Friday night, right?" she said calmly.

"Evans—" James paused. He was so confused right now. "Did she—did she tell you exactly what the deal was?" He lowered his voice. "That it's a—threeway?"

"That's what she told me."

Although Lily was still waving her wand, James had forgotten all about his assignment. He moved closer. "And why, exactly, did you agree to this?"

"Let's just say the thought of you not bothering me the rest of my life was rather enticing."

"So—it wasn't my remarkable good looks?"

"Not in the least."

"Well Evans," James said, running his hands through his hair in distress. "You're kind of messing up my plans here. See, I never thought you would actually agree to this—"

"What's the matter James?" Lily said in a seductive voice. "Don't you want to see me with my clothes off?"

"Well yeah, of course I do, but… it comes at a pretty high cost."

"Indeed."

James frowned. "Do you really hate me that much though? I mean, sometimes we get along, when were just have actual conversations. Am I that horrible that you're willing to hook up with me just to get me to stop talking to you?"

Lily hesitated. Then she looked up and said, "Yes. That's what I want."

James scratched his head. "Then why haven't you ever just asked me to stop talking to you?"

Lily frowned. "Well—" she started. She paused. "I mean, would you actually have listened?"

James grinned. "Probably not."

A/N: Okay, so I have one more chapter planned, but I was thinking about adding some more scenes. For example, James' girlfriend actually getting the potion from Snape or something... do you guys think I should make it longer? Or should I just get right to the point in the next chapter? Let me know what you think, and thanks for everyone who reviewed so far, you're so inspiring.