Disclaimer; I do not own ANY part of Harry Potter, story and all – but I do own this plot…

James and Lily have always been mortal enemies – but what happens when they decide to settle their arguments by dares and challenges– and go through the consequences the losers face?

Chapter 6: Start of combined challenge…oooh

"Alright then, folks, your challenge is to…convince the rest of the school that you're an item! As in LilyJames, or JamesLily,"

"WHAT!"

Sirius looked at them gleefully, his eyes darting from James, and then to Lilly. Both of them had started twitching. "Oh, come on guys, don't look that shocked! I know you to really dig each other," he said, winking particularly at James. Lily cleared her throat in an assertive manner.

"I'm sorry, Sirius, but I fail to 'dig' your friend," she said, her air quotes sharp and short.

"And I don't favor Evans. At all," said James, his palm banging briefly on the wooden table. Peter and Kitty were both snickering behind Sirius; James threw a dirty look at them, before continuing to glare at his, supposedly best friend. There was a silence before Sirius pulled out his wand.

"Ah…I came across a spell for a lip lock. I think it'll be useful today, don't you?" Sirius said slyly, studying the wand slowly. "Hm…the book said it lasted for six hours…I was hoping to test that out, you know, on human test subjects?" There was another pause as both James and Lily cringed in thought, an image of them making out with each other imprinted in their minds.

"I can't believe I agreed to your terms," Lily said, an eyebrow twitching.

"Man. I should've known better," James groaned.

"Yes, but the point is, you didn't," Remus muttered, obviously trying to contain a laugh. "Why don't you give it a go, Prongs? I mean, this might improve your 'relationship'," there was another bout of sniggering from the mini-crowd behind Sirius.

"Why? Nothing else has," James said.

"Nothing will," Lily said, her eyes still fixed on the evil-ness people knew as Sirius Black.

"You might as well do it, unless you want to be making out with each other…" Kitty started, a grin spreading on her face at the sheer look of disgust Lily was showing.

"Oh god. Alright," James submitted, his head bent and inclined. Lily jumped up, spluttering. "What? Are you sick or something?"

"Why did you agree without my consent?" Lily snapped.

"Because I don't need it!" James said, getting hot around the collar. Sirius stepped between them before anyone of them could get any further in the argument.

"Guys…girls, any further with this bickering and you two could get married,"

"Shut up, Sirius," Lily said, groaning. "I'm stuck with an idiotic freak who thinks the world revolves around him and quidditch; for a pretend boyfriend."

"Did he mention that it lasts for a week?" Remus said, looking up from yet another thick book.

"What!"

"No!"

"Lip lock," said Sirius, gently reminding the two. "God. This is even more funny than I thought it would be! Well. We'll leave you two lover birds together for a while. You never know, you guys could get comfy. Fast," he grinned, stressing the 'comfy' part. Lily grabbed Remus's book and hurled it at Sirius before he could get away. It hit him square on the back. "OW!"

"You didn't say I couldn't attack you," said Lily sourly, crossing her legs as she sat down on the sofa. Sirius rubbed his back, wincing.

"Meanie," he muttered finally, after minutes of trying to think of an appropriate comeback. "You'd better keep your girlfriend in control, Padfoot." Another book flew across the room, missing Sirius' head by a few inches.

James swore. "Damn. Where are heavy books when you need them?"

Five minutes later, Lily and James were the only ones in the unusually silent common room. They didn't dare look at each other, both their gazes diverted towards the floor. Then, Lily decided to speak. "Alright. Since you agreed to that stupid dare, I have to make restrictions." James looked up, frowning. "No petting – what so ever, no kissing, no holding hands, no touching, no asking for s-,"

"It's going to be so obvious that we're going out," said James sarcastically, cutting her off.

"But that's the point, it's not like we want to go out with each other," Lily snapped. There was a silence as she waited for the agreement that never came. "Right?"

"Mm," said James, his hands clasped around each other, his head bent. "I mean, yes, of course." There was a slight bitterness in his voice.

"Exactly," said Lily, confused at the tone of his voice.

"Yeah. But if we don't convince the school, then Sirius will – well," he cleared his throat, "Um, use that lip lock thing on us,"

"I'm supposed to believe him?" Lily asked, even though she could sense the own doubt in her voice. James answered wryly.

"Well, considering the fact that you too also accepted the dare without your usual fight, I'd say 'yes'," He leaned back onto the sofa cushions, his arrogance climbing back at an annoyingly fast pace. "Besides, I know you want to,"

"Want to what?" said Lily, even though she already knew the answer. She couldn't believe she was stuck in this situation. Now…if she was stuck like this with some other boy – say, Knightly...she might just feel differently about the whole dare.

"Go out with me,"

"I'm not even going to respond to that," Lily said, snapping back to reality before he could take advantage of her silence. "Fine, some light petting. Which, by the way," she added, throwing him a sharp look, "Does not include making out with me," James sniffed in a cocky way.

"Please, the mere thought of having your face close to mine makes me hurl," he said. Lily refrained from hurting him in any way or form. "Looks like we're going to spend a lot of time together, Evans," he added with a cheeky grin.

"I feel as if I've just dropped into hell…"

Lily was surprised to see James patiently waiting for her the next morning. When he heard her come down the steps, he turned around, an amused look on his face. "Ready, Evans?" She found herself gripping the sides of her robes as she came to face him.

"What are you doing here, Potter? Shouldn't you be prancing about like fairies with your friends?" she hissed.

"If you've forgotten, I'll remind you. We're going out," said James, ignoring her last comment.

"I haven't forgotten," she said scornfully, "How could I forget?"

"Breakfast," said James, springing up from his armchair. "Aren't you coming?" Lily narrowed her green eyes.

"Does it look like I am? I don't want to be-hey!" she exclaimed, as James grabbed her wrist and literally pulled her along with him out of the common room.

"Must the man always be the more dominant one in the relationship?" said James, rolling his eyes.

"Shut up, Potter," said Lily, after she'd given up on trying to wrestle her way out of his grasp. She said acutely aware of the funny and bemused looks they were getting from the people around them. Lily and James, who would have guessed? She thought, depressed and letting herself be dragged across the Great Hall. Sirius greeted them with an annoyingly cherry smile.

"Good morning," he said, trying to suppress his grin. Lily rubbed her right wrist after James had let go of it.

"What's so good about it?' she said sardonically, slumping against the table. "I need coffee." She looked around for the coffee jug.

"Lily!" Kitty said, unable to hide the excitement on her face as she slid in the seat next to her. Lily looked at her wearily, pouring out her coffee and sipping it. "Is it true?" The red-head glanced at her friend over the coffee mug.

"Is what true?" she asked, fearing the answer. A sneaky little smile crossed Kitty's face.

"That…you and Potter are going out?"

Lily struggled against her will. Seventy-five per cent of her wanted to yell 'no! Bloody hell, no!', but the horrible image of her being in a lip lock with James overpowered that urge. With a grimace, she nodded, her eyes closed.

"Aha! I knew it! I knew it!" Kitty accused, pointing a finger at Lily. "Oh gosh! I can imagine your wedding…oh, Lily, you look so beautiful-,"

"We're not going to get married!' hissed Lily, kicking Kitty under the table before she embarrassed Lily in front of the Marauders.

Kitty shrugged. "Whatever you want to think, Lils," she stuffed a piece of bread in her mouth. "How many people know?" she asked.

"Apart from me and Potter, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Reid know," Lily said, drinking more coffee and treating it as if it was beer.

"Reid knew before me?' said Kitty, pouting. "That's not fair."

"Reid just happened to be there when Siri- I mean, Potter asked me," Lily said, her voice low. Kitty, however, failed to take the hint and drifted off into one of her 'marriage' fantasies.

This time Lily couldn't be bothered to try and bring her crazy friend back to earth. Instead, she turned towards the Marauders.

"Leave the spreading of the-,"

"Legs?" said Sirius, grinning. Lily jabbed him in the arm, before returning to face the others, flustered.

"A-hem. No. Leave the circulation of-,"

"Semen?" answered Sirius again, like some sort of perverted honor student. Lily felt her face go pink again.

"No," she said again. "Leave the…uh…distribution of-,"

"Condoms?" said Sirius, his face totally innocent. Lily twitched.

"I'm not going to get anywhere with this, am I?" she asked, peeved off.

"No," answered Sirius, crossing his arms in a superior manner, "I'm afraid not," Something 'accidentally' flew out of Lily's hand and hit Sirius in the head. Something that was heavy, cold; and called a goblet. "Jamie! Your girlfriend's meeaan," whined Sirius, rubbing the spot on his head. James sighed.

"I know, Padfoot, I know."

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