Halo everyone! I'm an angel now, in case you didn't notice. Sorry it's been over a week since I updated :( and I'm not sure how long this chapter will take to write so by the end it might have been 2 weeks. But hey, if anyone wants to do my math homework for me I'll be done much quicker! ;)

Anyway this will be the next morning. Maybe all of this should be happening in year like 5 or 6, but I'm sorry, it's year 3. So uh yeah. Deal.

I was riding on a cloud. Everything was beautiful and down below me I could see hogsmeade next to hogwarts, as if on a map. It was magical until I became aware that I was sharing the cloud with both James and Severus, and all they did was bicker. The cloud started to darken, and suddenly I didn't feel so happy. Unlike in real life though, there was an easy escape. As if I was a bird, I spread my arms and jumped away from my problems, soaring through the sky, the wind flinging my hair backwards. I could taste the sweetness of freedom, feel my heart singing with joy, hear Marlene's hairdryer and crappy singing. Wait...

"MARLENE MCKINNON! WHAT IN MERLIN'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?!" I screeched, opening my eyes regretfully. One of the best dreams and she had to go and wake me up.

"Siiiriiuuusss Blaaacckkkk I'm over you! No lonnnnger shalllllll my heart be blue! You think your so cool with your ugly hair, well I'm here to tell you... Uh..." Marlene paused her singing, trying to think of a word that rhymed with hair.

"No one cares!" I shouted, throwing my pillow at her, mentally begging her to shut the hell up.

"Perfect! Thanks, Lil! You think your so cool with your ugly hair, well I'm here to tell you that no one cares!"

I rolled my eyes. I guess it was good she was getting over him, but honestly? At 5am? On s Saturday? Nothing was good.

"Hey which top do you think I should wear to make Sirius jealous?" Marlene asked, raising two very inapropriate shirts.

"Whichever one makes you shut up," Mary groaned. Alice and I nodded in agreement.

"Come on guys! Do you realize how hard it is not to break down crying right now? Like I can't believe this! Can you believe this?! The nerve of that git! Oh my god! Why? Just why?"

Seeing she was about to have another mental break down, Alice and I tiredly wiped the sleep from our eyes and trudged over to Marlene.

"What about this?" I asked pulling the hottest dress from her drawer I could find. It was a sundress with spaghetti straps.

"Yes! That's so much better than those shirts! Don't let him think he's changed you or anything, Mar. Just be normal and perfect," Alice said kindly. "Wear this hat, and these sunglasses, and we'll style her hair perfectly. Then, since it's a hogsmeade weekend, we can all go there together, buy some sweets, and make Sirius even more jealous, okay sweetie?"

Marlene nodded, smiling again. "You guys are the best."

"We know."

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James was stuffing food into his mouth when we walked into the great hall. Sirius was sitting next to him, frowning at his full plate. When he saw the three of us walking in together laughing, saw how completely unaffected Marlene looked, I could have sworn his eyes reddened.

Even I had to admit, Marlene looked pretty damn good. If I was Sirius, I'd be doing some life reflections, because Belinda over Marlene? What universe was he from?

"Hey Lily!" James grabbed my arm.

"Oh hi James," I smiled, gesturing for Marlene to keep walking. Too much time with the git sitting next to James would probably end up with someone dying or something.

"So... Uh... You know that prank we were gonna do? The amazing one?" I nodded. "Well, Sirius decided not to participate anymore; this whole Marlene thing is killing him. So we were wondering if you could help us plan? We just need one more component: who to play it on."

"Why me? Why not Frank or someone?"

"Well, not to be blunt, but Lily, you're evil."

I fake gasped. "Rude! Well, anyway, don't you usually play these pranks on Sev?"

"Yeah, but McGonnagal's starting to suspect us, so we need a new person. Anyone you've got in mind?"

I grinned deviously. This was just the revenge I needed. "Lucius Malfoy." I blurted out quickly.

"Lucius, the 7th year? Why?"

"Oh uh no reason. I just heard he supports Voldemort, and he's in slytherin after all, so why not?"

"Okay! Thanks Lily!"

I smiled and walked away, my heart light with revenge plots.

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I could feel guys' eyes glancing at us as we walked down the streets of hogsmeade. Since Marlene had dressed up, Alice and I had too (obviously), so we made quite a trio.

2 5th year boys stopped in front of us, both cute, but one shy and the other obnoxious and rather pervy it seemed.

"Hey ladies," said the pervy one, a cocky grin plastered onto his face. He looked at Alice first. "Wanna hang out with us?" He stared more at her chest than her face. Gross.

"Haha no sorry, I have a boyfriend," she laughed.

"What about you, sweetheart?" He looked me up and down,

"Haha no sorry, I have taste," I replied sarcasticly. He frowned.

"And you, beautiful?" He asked Marlene. She just grinned. Ew, was she really going for this guy?

"Come on girls! Let's just get a butterbeer with them!" She exclaimed. Alice and I frowned, but Marlene had just gone through a breakup so how could we say no?

"I'm Steve, Love." He grinned. She blushed.

"Hi, I'm Marlene and this is Lily and Alice. What house are you in?"

"Ravenclaw." The shy boy finally spoke up.

"Well as long as you're not slytherin we can go." Alice laughed, and we began to walk.

"Hi Lily, I'm Jake." The shy boy said, falling to the back of the group with me. I stared at him for a second. He had shaggy blond hair, brown eyes, and the cutest smile. Him, I liked.

"Hi Jake. Er sorry for being rude to your friend. He just seemed..."

"Douchey? Yeah, he kinda is sometimes. I don't blame you." I smiled.

"It was the hair talking," I giggled, letting my orange hair out of its bun.

He took in a sharp breath at the sight. "Wow, that's really... pretty." He finally choked out. I smiled.

"Thanks."

At the Three Broomsticks, we met up with Frank and actually had a pretty good time. I really liked Jake, Marlene and Steve made out a lot, which may have been just what she needed, and Frank and Alice had already won couple of the year so there was nothing else to be said about that.

Every once in a while I'd shoot a glance at Jake and see him watching me. When he looked at me his eyes kept flickering across my face, making them look like they were dancing, and when he laughed he looked so adorable, all I wanted to do was snuggle up against him.

When we were back at hogwarts and saying goodbye, he whispered into my ear really quickly, "I really liked this and I really like you wanna do this again sometime?"

I smiled and nodded, completely taken with this boy. He seemed so... Perfect.

That's all guys! I'm not sure about this Jake fellow, I just really wanted to add him because I really like his character. But obvi they can't date, or if they do, I'll have to break them up. Just to notify you, when I said Jily in the title, I DID NOT mean Jake and Lily. This is a James and Lily story, 100% but it's a process, ya know? I need some James jealousy in there!