A/N: the obvious belongs to the Queen. I'm starting to have writers block, leave me some reviews with ideas? Thanks! Also, I realize that I messed up James' eye color, saying first that they were hazel then brown. They're hazel. Sorry for the mixup!

~One month later~

Things had been going swimmingly between James and Lily over the past month. Ever since the hospital incident, they were rarely apart. However, there was one thing you had to know. James Potter and Lily Evans were not a couple. No, they were most certainly not. Sure, they were friends who were insanely attracted to each other, but they haven't even had any physical contact besides the occasional hug. No, they were most certainly not a couple, even though their friends wanted them to be. While James and Lily were studying in the library, Marlene, Donna, Mary, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all had a super-secret-meeting in the corner of the common room.

"Let's begin" Mary said, sitting up straighter in her chair.

"Yeah," Sirius said, leaning back. "This is bloody outrageous"

"What is?" Peter asked, picking at his fingernails.

"What do you think? James and Lily!" Sirius exclaimed

"Yeah, we all know that they're crazy about each other-" Donna started.

"But they have no idea-" Said Remus.

"And that's the problem-" Said Sirius.

"They have no idea that the other is in love with them. Wait, I don't think that was English" Marlene finished.

"So the problem is that James and Lily don't know that they're in love?" Peter asked, a look of understanding washing over his face.

"Yes!" The rest chimed in.

"Oh," He said, "Well, we just have to make them figure it out."

"How?" asked Mary

"Make them jealous." Sirius said, after a moment.

"Okay, how?" Mary asked again

It took everyone a second to think, but after a moment Donna figured it out.

"Next hogsmeade trip, we use polyjuice potion, disguise ourselves as someone else and flirt with Lily. That'll tip James right over the edge and then Lily will know that James loves her."

"See, there are a few problems with that," Remus started, "How the bloody hell are we going to get polyjuice potion? And isn't it illegal? And who would we use?"

"Well it can't be one of us," Mary said.

"No shit Sherlock" Sirius scoffed, making Mary turn bright red.

"It has to be someone that no one knows. Or…." Peter chimed, stroking his imaginary beard while he thought.

"How about this," Donna said, "We go to Hogsmeade, get some random blokes hair, put it in the polyjuice potion, have Sirius drink it and flirt with Lily for an hour while we make sure James watches, and bam."

Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement and the plan was set into motion. Since Marlene was the best at potions out of the bunch, it was her job to brew the stuff in the Room of Requirement. Everything else was just as normal, to Lily and James anyway. But they were caught up in their own little universe, getting more and more wrapped up in each other by the day. One night, they snuck down to the kitchens at midnight and had tea and fruit while chatting about life.

"So James" Lily said, tucking her bare legs under themselves. No, she wasn't naked. She was wearing one of James' quidditch jerseys and some shorts.

"Yes Lily?"

"What do your parents do?"

"They're both Aurors. My mum does the paperwork while my dad does the crime-fighting" While he said that, he jumped and kicked the air like a two year old, making Lily laugh like mad. Her red hair shook with the ferocity of her laughter and James had to stop himself from staring. Merlin, she's so sexy and she doesn't even try he thought.

"What do yours do, Miss Evans?" He asked, wagging his eyebrows.

"Well, my mum is a teacher and my dad is a doctor."

"Oh lovely, now I see where you get your brains from. And your niceness. Is niceness even a word?" James asked.

Lily couldn't help but blush at the compliments, taking a moment to sneak a peak at James while he picked at the fruit. His black hair was a mess as usual, but for some reason tonight his hazel eyes popped behind his glasses more than usual. His lips were bright red, stained from eating the fruits. It took all of the willpower not to grab him by the shirt and kiss the bloody hell out of him, but he wouldn't want that, she thought, he probably doesn't even like me anymore.

"So," James said, breaking the silence, "Have you noticed that everyone has been acting weird lately?"

"Yeah I have actually."

"Weird, huh?" James asked, looking Lily dead in the eyes. A rush of warmth ran through her at the exact moment when their eyes locked.

"Yeah, weird."

James stared at her. He couldn't get over how lovely she looked, with his shirt and her shorts and her hair a mess and no makeup and her lips just sitting there taunting him. Gah! She had no idea what she did to him.

"Got any summer plans?" Lily asked. Summer was only a month away, classes were starting to wrap up.

"Nope, I'm staying at home with the Potters. The rest of the marauders will probably be coming over and we'll hit the beach. You?"

"Nope. Staying home with the family. It'll be brutal" Lily sighed, she was not looking forward to being home with her sister.

"Yeah, I'm sorry you'll be suck with Petunia for the summer. But, hey, if your parents would let you, you're welcome to come to my place for the summer." James offered, hoping he wasn't coming on too strong.

Lily, on the other hand, was shocked. And pleased. The idea of spending the entire summer with James was perfect, but she highly doubted her parents would let her.

"Really? That's awesome, James! I'll definitely ask."

"Yeah, do that. Anyway, we should get back upstairs. It's almost 2am."

Lily nodded, slipping off of the counter and walking out of the door in front of James. He, on the other hand, was hypnotized by the way her hips were swaying under her shorts. He highly doubted she was wearing knickers, because if she was he'd be able to see them through the material. The thought of a naked Lily got him hard instantly, so he switched his mind to something else. Snevillus in a bikini, Snevillus in a bikini, Snevillus in a bikini, ah there we go. Problem solved.

~The next morning~

The entire gang marched down to the Great Hall bright and early for some breakfast, each having gotten a good night sleep. The general mood was good, the food was delicious, and the conversation was flowing. No one was expecting what was about to come next,

"Can James Potter please come to my office, now" Albus Dumbledore said, his voice booming over the entire room. James instantly looked at Lily, got up and left the room. When he made it to the headmasters office, the old man was sitting at his desk with a very sad look on his face.

"James, sit down."

And he did.

"What's going on?" James asked, wanting answers right away. He didn't like being out of the loop.

"There's something I need to tell you. Something happened."

"What? What happened?"

"James, your father was hurt while on a mission. He's currently at St. Mungos in a coma, and the healers don't know when he's going to wake up."

And in that moment, James felt his entire world falling to pieces.