A/N: so that chapter, uh, oh, was kind of emotional between James and Sirius (Just kidding, peoples, but, I am an emotional, and yes, romantic freak—half the books I own are romance).

Here are the last few sentences for the last chapter in case you forgot:

"Forgiven," James said, grinning. He sniffed.

"What?" Sirius asked in concern.

"I'm just Soooo happy," James said, grinning even more widely. If his mouth had gotten any bigger, it might have split.

Sirius pushed him.

Six

The next morning at breakfast, Lily had a glazed sort of expression on her face. Alice kept moving her hand in front of Lily's face, but Lily didn't notice.

"What's with her?" Serindra asked, pointing at Lily. Alice, Sarah, and Sandra shrugged and continued eating their oatmeal. (A/N: yeah, I know that they ate that for breakfast the day before, but I don't have something better for them to eat, bear with me here.)

Meanwhile…

"Moony, did you ever notice that when a woman appears to be thinking, they have a glazed look on their face?" James asked, watching Alice trying to catch Lily's attention.

"No, can't say I have, why?" Remus asked curiously. Sirius looked up.

James rolled his eyes. "You know, you can be so ignorant at times. Look at Lily," he said. Remus leaned back to look at Lily. She did have a glazed look on her face, as though thinking about something.

"You know, mate," Sirius said, "maybe you're right. She does seem to be thinking. But I wonder why."

"Oy, Serindra, come here for a sec, 'k?" Remus called down the table.

Serindra looked up and, leaving her friends behind, walked over to the marauders. "What?" she asked as she sat down.

"We were just wondering what has Lily so preoccupied over there. Do you know?" James asked her, trying to eat but finding that he couldn't concentrate on his utensils.

Serindra shrugged. "We aren't sure yet. We've been trying to get her to eat, but so far, she's ignored us. Why?" she asked suddenly, getting suspicious. James was being too innocent for his good.

Five minutes later, she still believed what she thought. Yep, too innocent for his own good.

A/N: its not breakfast time, so you know. Actually, it's Charms class right now. I'm not spoiling it for you, just read!

"Stupid, stupid wand!" Ashley exclaimed as her wand sent a jet of spray at Emma Robins.

"It's not a jab, Ashley," Lily explained while she demonstrated the proper maneuvers. Ashley didn't look too pleased by this; she muttered, "Show-off."

"Hey, watch it, Ashley Aven," Sarah said, reaching her limits. "In case you didn't know, she's a Prefect, which means that she can give you detention."

"Drop it, Sarah," Lily muttered so that Sarah could hear her.

Ashley looked outraged. "Yeah, so?" she snapped. Her eyes were colder than ice. (A/N: good description, huh?)

"Miss Aven, will you kindly keep your voice down?" Professor Flit-wick said from his desk. He was sitting on his usual pile of books, as he was so short (A/N: sorry to those who find that insulting. I know my mom finds that word insulting.) That he couldn't see over it.

Serindra looked up from the feather she was trying to freeze, and Lily knew she was listening to see whether Ashley would be quiet. She was.

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James looked up at Professor Flit-wick's admonition of Ashley Aven. "She doesn't look too happy, does she?" he asked Sirius, who was watching the girls and not paying attention to his feather.

"Sirius, your feather's on fire," Remus said, looking up to see what the smell was that had reached his nostrils.

Sirius looked down quickly, and used his wand to put it out, looking sheepish. "Sorry, Moony," he said, as he placed his now-dripping feather back on the desk. "Well, now it's easier to freeze," he said, grinning.

James rolled his eyes. "Sirius, we were supposed to not get it wet," he explained, smiling gently. He shook his head.

Lily stood up, stretching. She'd been working on her homework for the past hour and a half. She yawned. (A/N: I'm tired. What can I say?) "Well, I'm going to bed. I've got about a foot to go before I'm done with this essay. What about you guys?"

"Not fair," Serindra pouted, "You're always farther then the rest of us. How on earth do you do it?"

Lily shrugged. In truth, she didn't know. It was just that way. "Well, are you going to answer my question or not?" she persisted.

"I've got about four feet down," Sarah said proudly. She had three feet and eight inches written and her hand was cramped.

"Ahhh, no fair, I've got two feet," Sandra complained. Her hand was even more cramped, as she wrote small, to save room, she insisted.

Serindra sighed. "I suppose I have no choice, do I?" she said. Lily shook her head. "Fine, I have eight inches written. Happy?" Serindra shook her hair out of her eyes and rolled up her parchment.

"Oh, great," Lily complained as James and his friends came in. "Where the hell was he?" she asked herself out loud.

"Uh, Lily? Are you okay?" Serindra asked quietly. She saw Lily looking at James and looked at the other two, who were arguing over how long their parchment was. They looked at Serindra and immediately went quiet. They looked between James and Lily, as though worried about the tension between the two.

"What's going on with those two?" Sarah murmured quietly. Her friend seemed hypnotized and either under a spell or acting of her own accord.

Lily suddenly shook her head. She seemed to come out of a trance. "What the heck are you doing, Potter?" she snapped.

James looked shocked. "Uh, nothing," he said meekly.

Sirius looked at James. "What was that about, mate?" he asked, as soon as they reached their dormitory.

"What do you mean, Padfoot? Nothing was going on between the two of us, why would you think that?" James said, as Remus and Sirius looked at each other. They had a feeling there was more then what James was telling them.

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