Okay, got through my first fluff scene. Haha, thanks to everyone who reviewed:

ForNeverandNever: Yeah, Sirius finally got some. I just felt so sorry for him. Although I feel weird guy on guy stuff, which is why there was not much of that…because for some reason I find it hard.

Mr. Prongs: Thank you so much! You have saved my story! Well, I'm sure I would've come up with an idea eventually. But that would have taken me weeks. Much appreciated!

LadyKnightSusan: I totally agree with you. Ahh I think I should do more fluff scenes too, I hope that last one was okay, it's the first one I've written.

Chapter Ten: Deer in the Headlights

The next morning at breakfast was certainly interesting…

Lily was the first to arrive, followed by Remus, who sat down opposite her.

"Enjoy yesterday?" He asked pleasantly.

"Yeah, it was fantastic, wasn't it?" She replied, popping a pastry into her mouth.

Remus and Peter arrived next, sitting on either side of Remus. Sirius yawned widely and reached out to pour himself some pumpkin juice. He shot a quick look at Lily, and she grinned.

"I'll tell you later," she mouthed at him.

He nodded.

"Morning, boys!" The voice of James Potter echoed throughout the Great Hall.

"Anfsgrislss!" Lily said indignantly.

"Oh, sorry. And Lily. You know it's rude to talk with your mouth full," he said cheekily, sitting down next to her.

Lily swallowed and rolled her eyes.

"All that food will make you fat, Miss Evans."

"Oh come on, I don't eat nearly as much as Sirius here," she retorted, this time without a mouthful full of pastry.

"I would have to second that," Remus added.

Sirius grinned, shoveling three whole pastries into his mouth at once.

"Sirius that's disgusting," said a familiar voice from behind him.

"Smirnov," he nodded, swallowing heavily. "Glad to see you've joined us finally."

"I slept in," she snapped, taking a seat next to Lily.

"What do we have first?" Lily decided to intervene before Anna and Sirius had an argument.

"Transfiguration with the Ravenclaws," James responded immediately.

At this, Remus shot a sly glance at Sirius.

"What?"

Remus just grinned, returning to his food.

"Potter, feet off the desk," snapped McGonagall as she entered the classroom.

James grinned and reluctantly slid her feet off the desk in front, allowing Lily, who had been standing exasperatedly in front of him for the past five minutes, to take a seat.

"Thanks so much, James," she muttered.

"Oh you're very welcome, Lily."

"Alright, seeing as your N.E.W.T.s are looming in the very near future…" There was a groan from the class. McGonagall cleared her throat. "Yes, you may as well come to terms with it now, or risk potentially failing them."

James grinned as he imagined the shocked look on Lily's face.

"Today I will partner you up and you can practice whatever it is you think you need help with. May I remind you to use this time wisely, it's for your own benefit. Potter, Black, that means you too."

Ten minutes later, Lily was struggling to transform her desk into a bowl of spaghetti, whilst Sirius lounged comfortably on his chair, slurping his own bowl of perfectly cooked bolognaise.

"Damn you, Sirius," Lily growled. "Whatever happened to you being awful at everything?"

"Oi [A/N: We say that a lot in Sydney. Yes, it is quite bogan. I'm highly offended! I'll have you know I am not awful at everything."

"Yes, I know. It's just a little depressing when I can't do it and there's only a month till the N.E.W.T.s," Lily sighed. "You seem quite cheerful today, though, what's up with you?"

Sirius winked at her slyly.

"Well, I was going to tell you, actually. I'm not sure here is the time and place, but…" And he leaned forward, whispering in her ear.

Ignoring the fact that his breath reeked of bolognaise sauce, Lily screamed in shock, clasping a hand to her mouth.

"No!"

Sirius nodded, leaning back into his chair.

"Yep."

"Oh my god! This is…wow, Sirius!"

"Miss Evans and Mr. Black, would you mind – Mr. Black! Is that a…bowl of spaghetti you are eating?"

"Uh, yes Miss, I'll put it away…"

"Incredible! And to think I thought you never paid attention in my classes! Keep up the good work, Mr. Black. As for you, Miss Evans, I believe you need to try that extra bit harder if you wish to pass your N.E.W.T.s next month…" And with that, she strode away to inspect Anna's bowl of spaghetti, which looked more like ravioli.

"Well, aren't you the new teacher's pet," Lily drawled, but she was smiling.

An hour or so later, it was time for Potions. Lily had finally managed to produce a bowl of spaghetti, although it tasted, as Sirius had spluttered before he spat it out, 'funky.'

As they left the room, Lily saw Sirius duck out quickly and sprint down the corridor.

"Sirius, where are you going, we have Potions…" Lily called after him, but was interrupted as a tall blonde Ravenclaw shoved past her.

"Hey!" She called indignantly. "Oh…hey Trent."

He grinned at her.

"Hi Lily. Uh, see you in class!" And he ran off down the corridor in the same direction as Sirius.

Lily turned around to see Remus glancing curiously after him.

"I take it things went well in the Shrieking Shack yesterday?" He muttered to her.

She was surprised that he knew, but nodded.

"I've always known, you know," he continued. "Even if James never noticed."

Before Lily could reply, she felt someone grab her arm.

"Hey, let go – oh, James, it's you." She looked at him quizzically.

"Come on, we don't have much time, I don't want to be late for Potions," he muttered, as he dragged her into an empty classroom.

Ohhh, Lily realised, her cheeks flushing. And once again she felt James' lips on hers, which was starting to get a little familiar. His hands grasped her waist, finding himself wishing the cumbersome material of her robes could magically disappear.

Unfortunately, they had Potions, and any more time they spent in the empty classroom would most likely be spent serving detention. Well, James would. Lily was Slughorn's favourite.

James pulled away reluctantly, his hands still resting on Lily's waist. She looked at him, a little disappointed, but well aware that they were late for class.

"I couldn't stand sitting behind you that entire lesson," he whispered. "I kept thinking about what we did last night, and how much I wanted to touch you."

Lily blushed furiously.

"Sorry," he grinned at her. "But it's true. You turn me on. And it's worse now that I know I can actually do those things to you…"

He leaned in, pressing his lips to hers gently, brushing her lips with his tongue. Pulling away, he sighed deeply, running a hand through his messy hair.

"We should get to Potions."

Lily just nodded. He grinned at her silence.

"Enjoyed that, did you?"

"Maybe…a little," she replied.

"Hmm, we'll have to do something about that. Maybe…later tonight?" He winked suggestively at her.

"James!" She shoved him hard on the shoulder. "Come on, you've distracted me enough already, we really need to get to Potions."

They left the classroom rather conspicuously, and made their way towards the dungeons. As they passed other empty classrooms, there were couples doing the same thing they had been doing only minutes before. Lily couldn't help but giggle. But, as they made a short cut through a deserted corridor, she caught sight of two people through a classroom window that made her stop abrubtly.

Holy shit!

"What, Lily? What is it?"

"Oh, just Sirius making out, nothing...unusual…" Yeah, apart from the fact it's with a guy

"And that's why you look so shocked?" James smirked, peering through the classroom window. "MOTHER OF MERLIN!"

Inside the classroom, Sirius and Trent pulled apart instantly. Sirius caught sight of James in the window, and stood, shocked, like a deer in the headlights.

"Oh, shit," he muttered. "This is not good."

Lily watched, horrified. Now she realised why Sirius had never wanted to tell James. He was, indeed, looking at Sirius as though he were a ball of slime.

"James? We uh…really need to get to Potions…"

James just shook his head, his mouth gaping, letting Lily drag him by the arm away from the door.

"S-Sirius is…?"

"What did it look like?" Lily snapped back. "Come on!"

They arrived at Potions just in time. Not bad for James, who between classes had made out with the love of his life, and come to a startling revelation about his friend's sexuality. Not bad at all.

James leaned over to Lily as she was stirring her cauldron.

"Sirius isn't here…"

"Yes, James, I can see that."

James had been standing over his cauldron for the past fifteen minutes, staring into space.

"I just…can't believe it," he kept saying, over and over again.

Eventually, Lily snapped.

"What is wrong with you? Okay, so he's gay, big deal. If you don't start doing something soon Slughorn will give you detention again!"

"Lily! I just found out my friend is…" he looked around nervously… "homosexual".

Lily nodded.

"Wait a minute…why are you not surprised? Did you…did you know?!"

Lily stirred her potion anti-clockwise three times and looked up at James.

"What does it matter if I knew or not?"

James just gaped at her, incredulous.

"You knew. For how long?"

Lily shrugged calmly. She had to try not to make a big deal out of this. Although she knew that it probably wouldn't make things any better, James definitely wasn't taking the news well.

Potions ended, and Lily and James wandered back to the Heads dormitory together, James still dumbfounded. As soon as they reached the dormitory, he went to his room and lay down on the bed.

"Sirius…renowned womanizer…my best friend…likes men? Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me," he thought to himself.

But no. The image was clearly imprinted in his mind. Sirius and Trent, their tongues well and truly wrestling – oh merlin, he didn't want to think about it! But he knew he had to confront Sirius about it. If only for the fact that he had been hiding possibly the biggest secret a person could keep from his best friend for seven years.

"Where are you going?" Lily asked James as he brushed past her, heading towards the portrait hole.

"To find Sirius."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Lily asked him, cowering slightly at the look he gave her.

"What do you mean? Why wouldn't it be a good idea?" He almost yelled at her.

"James, please don't yell at me, all I'm trying to say is that…well, maybe there was a reason he didn't tell you…"

"Like what, Lily?"

"I saw the way you looked at him James, I know what you think. And I think he never told you because he didn't want you to think of him like that."

"Like you can talk! You've known for, well I don't even know how long. And he probably told you himself, didn't he? I think I'm entitled to a shock here."

Lily watched, teary-eyed, as James stormed out of the dormitory.

"Just when everything was going so well…"

I didn't even get to tell Sirius about what happened with James.

Oh poor me!

Sirius, stop feeling sorry for yourself. You got some action didn't you? Besides, this is just a story. You worry me sometimes, you really do. I begin to think you think of these things as actually real...

Well, it's all I have going for me. How else do I spend my time up here?

I don't know...dwelling on your untimely death?

I'd rather not.

Yeah, if I was killed by my cousin I think I'd be quite ashamed of myself too.

Pfft, I outlived you, Prongs.

I was killed by the most evil wizard to walk this earth. Did you expect me to survive?

Oh shut up you two. Don't you have anything better to do than argue over whose death was the most significant?

Uh...

No, not really.

You are pathetic.

But you love us anyway, Moony.

After reading this story I am inclined to ignore that comment...you might get the wrong idea. Anyway Peter...how did you like the story?

Well, I was in it this chapter...

Yeah! That's great!

Yeah...he was mentioned once, Moony. Hardly a starring role there.

Well no wonder, he entered the room with me. Obviously I attracted all the attention.

Okay! Enough! I think we'll move on before we start another argument. I think Sirius won, anyway.

WHAT?! No way! Come on, Peter was mentioned once...

Tough luck, Prongs old pal, I win. Now, hand over.

Uh...Padfoot?

What?

It's not like we have any money here you know.

Oh. Then what should we bet with?

Good question. Guess I don't have to pay up.

You still lose.

Aaaaand that concludes another chapter. Thanks for reading, I'll do my best to shut these two up a bit better next time. Please review!

Yes, I'd like it if someone would say "It'd be nice to see a bit more of Peter in the next chapter."

Yeah, like anyone would leave a review like that...

I'd have to agree with you there, Padfoot.

What else can I say? They said it all: review! I will love you forever and ever. The little GO button is calling to you...