A/N: This chapter basically covers the marauders trying to get their date. I noticed that I've missed a part of Remus' personality. I'll try to cover that up here. Sorry for the longer time between the updates- I was vacationing again. Here's the chapter-

James decided that he could ask Lily on the date during NEWT charms the next morning. When he arrived to that class he slid over to Lily as he winked to the marauders. The marauders all knew what he was up to.

"May I sit here?" James asked, as he gestured toward the empty chair beside her.

She looked up to him and smiled. "Of course," Lily said. Suddenly, James had an idea. If I warm up to her now, she's more likely to accept going out with me. Better start with the last name problem then.

"I wanted to apologize for calling you by your last name," James said.

"It's alright. You didn't do anything wrong," Lily replied, honestly confused. James was flustered- why didn't she understand?

"I don't think you understand. You don't call people you like by their last names," James said.

"Well, we hardly knew each other then. It's no big deal," she responded, only beginning to grasp the concept of calling people by their last names.

"It is a big deal! I call Snivellus by his last name," James said, strained.

Unfortunately, right at that moment, Severus had come up to "Patty Walter"'s desk to ask her for a sheet of parchment. As Severus heard James' voice call out his nick-name, Severus realized that James was having a friendly conversation with his only better-than-acquaintance. Severus turned and stormed back to his desk- he could write his notes on his hand again.

Lily stood up and apologized to James, "Oh dear. I have to go explain to him."

"Wait! You speak on friendly terms with him?" James said, honestly aghast.

"Yes," Lily said, plainly.

"But he's Snivellus." James said the name as though it was poison.

"His name is Severus and I can talk to who I want," she said, mildly angry. The picked up her stuff and went to sit next to Severus Snape.

James gaped at her. Did she just ditch me? No way!? I never got to ask her out either. Stupid James! Stupid, stupid, stupid! He looked toward the marauder's usual table to see Sirius sitting there alone looking at him and failing to control his laughter.

"Do you need do step out into the hall?" professor Flitwick asked Sirius. Sirius nodded and walked out the door hunched over laughing.

Lily approached Severus.

"I'm sorry about him. He's kind of pig on the 'All Slytherins Are Bad' thing," Lily said.

"I guess it's alright. I've just always disliked him."

"And you have reason to. I'm completely on your side about that."

"Thanks."

The two completed the rest of the class together.

"Would you like to eat dinner with me tonight?" asked Severus nervously. He had decided that Patty was an extremely nice girl and she was pretty.

Lily gave a fleeting glance toward James before responding, "Sure. I'd love to."

As Sirius entered NEWT level charms with the other marauders, Sirius decided to ask Electra on the date too. He looked over to where Electra was sitting and noticed that she was in heavy flirtation with Amos Diggory. Sirius shook his head and decided to try at lunch.

As James went to talk to talk to Patty Walters, Remus also decided to ask out Alice. Remus had planned out exactly what he was going to say. He had a crush on Alice before, but he never had the courage to talk to her about it, so Remus didn't feel like he was exploiting her. Just as he reached Alice's table he received a death glare from Frank Longbottum, who was sitting on the other side of Alice.

"May I sit here?" Remus stuttered. Frank was making him nervous. Alice turned to Frank and the two locked eyes for a moment.

They seemed to come to a decision as Alice said, "OK. Is Black being... special today?"

Remus laughed nervously, "Yah..."

As the Alice and Frank took out their books, Remus noticed on how the two shared the same book bag. They seemed to be completely in tune with each other.

Remus plucked up the last of his courage and asked, "Alice, will you-" Remus ended what he was saying abruptly. It doesn't seem right to come between what these two have, but the others will probably laugh at me. In the end, good Moony won.

"-let me borrow your ink?" Remus ended.

As Alice was about to hand Remus her ink, Frank handed him his. Remus looked at him curiously as he accepted the bottle. A look of realization dawned over Remus' face.

"Oh! I didn't mean to sound suspicious. I understand. I am a marauder and shouldn't be trusted," Remus said with a smile to Frank- Frank and Alice seemed like nice people.

Just then, Sirius began to have the laughing fit. Alice looked at Remus knowingly. The rest of the class passed without further events.

At lunch, the marauders had planned to get their dates if they hadn't already. James looked toward where Patty usually sat and was puzzled to find that she wasn't there. Searching the whole Gryffindor table, he was even more puzzled to find her not there. He recalled one of the conversations that they had before when she had said something about her having other places to eat.

She wouldn't be at the kitchens, he thought. Suddenly he had an awful thought, What if she was eating with Snivellus? He looked toward the Slytherin table and sure enough, she was sitting next to Severus eating with a smile on her face. Oh dear Merlin! My girl's a Slytherin lover! He calmed himself down and decided to do the unthinkable- he was going to walk to the side of the Grand Hall where the Slytherin table was.

The walk to the Slytherin table was almost dramatic. Lily caught his eye with her own partway there and held it until he arrived. James cleared his throat and asked her, "Patty, will you go out with me on the next Hogsmead trip next weekend?"

Lily was extremely surprised with all of James' actions in the last minute. She was most surprised by the question. And I thought he was into me for friendship. Would it really be that bad to go out with him? If I get more involved with him he might actually hate me when I reveal myself to him...

As "Patty" was thinking, James became vividly aware of Severus' glare. James started sweating. What if she rejects me? Potters never get rejected. I should have waited.

James' fears were ended when Lily finally responded-

"Alright, James."

She gathered up her things and stood up.

"Excuse-me boys. I need to go use the washroom," Lily said when, in truth, she just needed to go somewhere to think. When she had exited the doors, Severus stood up and went dangerously close to James.

"If you hurt Patty in any way, you'll feel sorry for it," Severus warned, his voice dangerously low. For once, James actually felt afraid of him. James left without a word and sat at the Gryffindor table. He had a lot to think about.

Remus had spoke with Sirius for a minute after Charms, and Remus had been right. The other marauders would make fun of him if he didn't get a date with Alice, but when he entered the Great Hall and saw Alice and Frank holding hands under the table, he knew he couldn't do it. It just wasn't in his morals.

Remus had no choice, in his mind, but to lose this challenge, but that was somehow OK with him. He sat down at the marauder's usual place at the Gryffindor table alone.

Sirius walked into the Great Hall confidently. He knew exactly what he was going to do. He planned on walking right up to her at the table, giving her his dashing smile, and straight up asking her out.

He walked up to her part of the table. Partway there, Electra stood up to meet him. As they met together, Electra clung seductively to him and purred in his ear, "How about we take the next Hogsmead visit together?"

Sirius was feeling slightly warmer than usual, but kept his cool exterior. "Sure. Whatever you ask."

When Sirius started to return to the place where Remus was sitting, he immediately turned around and went out the doors. Remus heard him muttering, "Cold shower. Cold shower. Cold shower."

A/N: ALRIGHT!! All of them now have their dates or don't. The next chapter will probably be their dates and maybe the preparation for the dance. I noticed that for the last chapter you guys reviewed way less than the 11 from before. I'm sorry if I was a little too ecstatic about the 11 reviews or if I boasted without knowing it. Thanks for reading! (and reviewing)