A/N : the obvious belongs to the Queen.

~That night~

"So he said "I think you know?" and you said the same to him! OH MY GOD THIS IS HUGE!" Marlene gushed, scooting closer to Lily.

Lily sat with Marlene, Mary, and Donna on her bed and told them about her romantic date with James. They were all so excited for Lily, she finally had a boyfriend!

"Wait wait wait, I don't have a boyfriend! James isn't my boyfriend!" Lily exclaimed, making the other girls laugh.

"Well, sweetie, he isn't your boyfriend until he asks you." Mary said teasingly, wagging her eyebrows.

"What will you say if he asks you?" Donna asked

"Of course she'll say yes!" Marlene said

"Let her answer!" Mary yelled

"Well there's only a month left of school-"

"But he invited you to his house this summer!"

"Oh, yeah I forgot." Lily mumbled

"So, what will you say if he asks you?" Donna asked again

"Then of course I'll say yes." Lily said.

"FINALLY!" The girls screamed, tackling Lily.

"So I guess that means we won't have to go through with our plan-" Marlene said. Donna and Mary shot death looks at her and Lily was just confused.

"What plan?"

"Well," Donna started, "the whole lot of us met up and were trying to think of a way to get you and James together, but I guess we won't need that now."

"What was the plan?" Lily asked seriously.

"" Marlene spat out.

"You guys thought of that?" Lily asked, sounding hurt.

"We're so sorry, we were just trying to help." Mary said

"We'll go tell the boys that the plan is off" Donna said, getting up.

"No, I'll do it." Lily said, getting up and walking out of the dorm.

She walked down the steps and when she finally got to the common room, she found the Marauders sitting in a circle near the fire. James popped his head up and a huge smile overcame his entire face. He never ceases to amaze me, she thought. He stood and made his way over to her,

"Hi"

"Hi James."

"What brings you down here at this time? Weren't you girls screaming about something upstairs?" he questioned, his eyes glowing.

"Yep, and I was looking for you actually"

"How may I be of assistance?"

"Did the rest of the marauders tell you about their little plan?"

"No" James said, and turned back to his friends, "were you guys planning something?"

"How do you mean?" Peter asked

"You guys were planning something involving James and I, the next hogsmeade trip?" Lily said and, much to her satisfaction, they got very nervous very quickly.

"How do you know about that?" Sirius asked, looking very ashamed.

"The girls told me. And there's no need to do it anymore, by the way."

"Brilliant! So you guys are together?" Peter asked excitedly.

"Nope." Lily said, avoiding James' eyes. He had absolutely no idea what was going on and he hated it. He would have been much angrier if it weren't for Lily right next to him. She always kept him sane, this time by keeping her fingers very close to his. Her very presence calms him, yet arouses him at the same time.

"So are we at an understanding?" She asked, the boys nodded, and she left the room with James following.

"What was that about?" He asked once they were alone.

"They were just thinking of a way to get us together by making you jealous."

"Kind of like what happened today?" James asked

"Yep. But they thought it would prompt you to ask me out."

"Oh"

They paused for a moment, looking at each other. Kiss me you idiot, Lily thought. Oh god I want to kiss her, James thought, it's too soon. It isn't perfect yet. Instead, James took her hand, padding his thumb over the top of hers.

"Want to go to the kitchen?" He asked hopefully.

"I would love to, but I have homework to do."

"Okay." James said, letting go of her hand and she started walking away.

"Wait!"

"Yeah?" She asked, turning around.

"I'm going to visit my dad again this weekend, want to come with?"

She smiled widely, her entire face lighting up. "I would love to."

"Good, it'll be fun. 'Night Lil"

"Night James"

~That weekend~

"James! Lily! What a pleasant surprise!" Mrs. Potter said, getting up from next to her husband to greet them.

"How is he?" James asked, looking at his father. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but in a coma you never know.
"He seems fine, but they don't exactly know yet." Mrs. Potter replied.

"Well, we're here to keep you company. I brought cards, I'll teach you a muggle game called "War"". Lily said.

They spent the rest of the afternoon playing cards and laughing, not realizing that the monitor hooked up to Mr. Potter was beeping slower, slower, slower, until it stopped completely.

He died that day at 5:30pm.