Hi sorry it's been a while but I thought as I uploaded 3 chapters in quick succession then you might forgive me. I have moved it on a bit and thought it was about time to bring a bit of angst into it as it's been pretty happy and fluffy up till now. I have also brought Sirius, Remus and Peter in as I wanted to see how they all inter-react and work as a group. I hope you like it thank you to everyone for supporting me. Please comment it does help and I do appreciate it.

3 weeks later

It was a lovely hot day so James was sat by the pool at "Potter Manor". He was not seeing Lily today as she was having a girl's day out with Sarah and Mary as she had not seen them for a few weeks and they wanted to hear how it was going between her and James. James didn't mind as he wanted to catch up with Sirius, Remus and Peter. Remus and Peter where arriving any minute and Sirius was nowhere to be found. Just as James thought this the French windows slide open behind him and Sirius walked out.

"Hello mate" James said cheerily happy to see Sirius. Sirius just grunted in response and sat down on the sun lounger next to James and closed his eyes. After a couple of minutes Sirius' eyes shot open and he looked at James wide eyed.

"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE ALIVE" and with that he leaped on James sending both of them and the lounger toppling. James could not help but think this was a slight over reaction. This was how Remus and Peter found them when they arrived.

"Do you want us to leave you two alone?" Remus said looking down on his friends sprawled in the grass. He took his sunglasses off and smiled at them like an indulgent father would. That was how the group worked so well though they each had their roles to play. Sirius was the rebel (as he liked to put it) he did what he liked and did not think about the consequences, James was similar however he did think before he acted and no matter what anyone else said to the contrary he did do some of his homework. Remus was the quiet studious one who made sure that they did do some work sometimes and did not hurt anyone from the first and second years and last but not least Peter who if James was honest he didn't really know what he did, but the group wouldn't be the same without him.

"No we're fine thanks Remus." James said and tried to push Sirius off him but he had in a tight grip " . .NOW" at this Sirius did.

"Sorry mate I just haven't seen you for like forever" It was then that he noticed Remus and Peter "Hey what are you doing here" he looked at each of them confused

"I am not seeing Lily this weekend so I thought we could have a Marauders weekend. I can tell you all about Lily and you can all take the piss out of me" James smiled a Sirius who's smiled could not get any bigger.

"Good job I got some Fire Whiskey the other day. It's in the Marauders room" and with that Sirius ran off to their room. James, Remus and Peter followed behind. The door to the Marauders room itself, so named after the group, was a big, oak door and had a sign on it saying it was the Marauders room in case anyone got lost or forgot what it was. When you walked in the first thing you saw was a massive oak table with chairs surrounding it, this was where they planed what they would do at Hogwarts that year. The right side of the room was a massive bookshelf which had books on all different this that they may need to know, in front of this where cushions that they could sit on to reads them. On the left side was a massive fireplace that was surrounded by settees and armchairs with a table in the middle. It was here that they sat to talk and drink.

"So what is this famous Lily like then, don't skimp on the detail" Sirius said stretching out on one of the settees. James sat on the second settee with Remus and Peter sat on the third.

"Ok, Lily is about 5:3, with red, curly hair and the most amazing emerald green eyes. She goes to the local secondary school and is one of the cleverest and funniest people I know" James said smiling the whole time.

"James did you say the local secondary?" Remus asked looking at him quizzically.

"Yes. Why?" James looked back at him.

"Does that really matter Rem really. Let's get back to the important stuff. How big are her boobs and have you touched them yet?" Sirius said sitting up cross legged on the settee and smiling cheekily. James looked at him and shook his head, trust Sirius to ask that.

"Sirius shut up" Remus said to him "James is Lily a muggle?" He looked at James and James could not look him in the eyes.

"Yes she is" James looked at the floor he knew where Remus was going to go with this.

"CHRIST James what are you thinking?" Remus said looking daggers at him "Well your clearly not." It as was then that Peter chipped in

"What's wrong with that as long as she doesn't find out?" Poor Peter looked so confused by Remus's anger, as did Sirius.

"Yhea Rem as long as he doesn't tell her then it'll be fine" Sirius said, sometimes he could be so thick.

"No it won't Sirius how will I be able to write to her during school? How will I explain that I can never bring her home? How will I bring myself to break it off with her probably at the end of summer because of all this? It's that that is the hardest because I really like this girl more than I have any other and I really don't want to break up with her or hurt her in anyway." James looked so sad as he said this that Remus realised that this was the real thing for James and he felt an idiot that he had not realised that his best friend would have realised this.

"There has to be a way that it can work" Peter said unhappily he hated to see his friends upset. The four boys sat there for hours just thinking of a way that James could be with his Lily. Suddenly Sirius slammed his cup down on the table.

"This is bullshit James. Just tell her if she feels the same then she will stay with you" He was so angry with the world for doing this to his best friend and there being nothing he could do about it.

"Sirius he can't do that, he could get into real trouble for that" Remus said calmly although secretly he did fell the same. James just sat there looking crestfallen as they argued over what he should do. All he could think about was Lily and her beautiful eyes, lovely hair and stunning smile. The way that she made him feel instantly better when he saw her. It was then he realised that a tear was working its way down his cheek, he brushed it way, stood up and walked over to the window with is hands in his pockets. Sirius walked over to him and placed an arm around his shoulders.

"She really is special to you isn't she?" He said looking out of the window. James couldn't speak as the tears were coming thick and fast now so he just nodded. "Ok you have to tell her and bugger what everyone else thinks and says. I'll come with you if you like and we can tell her together" James looked at Sirius and remembered why Sirius was more than his best friend he was his brother. Remus walked over and stood on James other side.

"I'll come too if you want me too or I could help you work out what to are going to say when you tell her." James looked at him and smiled. Behind them Peter piped up

"Me too, I'll not be much use but I'll do my best" he smiled shyly at them. Sirius got a glint in his eye and jumped on Peter

"What have I told you about putting yourself down like that?" Peter was wetting himself with laughter by the time Remus went to pull Sirius off him. James just stood there and watched, he knew that he would not be the man he was today without his brothers. No matter what was going on they were always there for each other and he knew that if he was going to have any chance of telling Lily the truth he was going to need them all beside him. He laughed when Remus pulled Sirius off Peter and Sirius growled at him, sometimes he really was more dog than human.