Lily made her way down the hallways to get to the great hall for breakfast. She had thought that she would sit next to James today, instead of the girls. Perhaps he'll actually talk to her properly. He hadn't done that since the day he got injured, and that was two weeks ago. She didn't get him at times, all this spending so much time with her for a while and then completely lessening it to none. Why was he like that? Was he just really sensitive? Was it something she said?

Gosh... I should've just agreed to go out with him when he asked me the first time in sixth year.. after all, he had matured by then. He wasn't hexing anyone, nor was he bullying anyone.

Lily entered the Great Hall, her eyes immediately going to her house table, there sat James Potter with his group of three friends on the Gryffindor table. On one side of him sat Sirius, the other side conveniently, being empty.

She took a deep breath, squaring her shoulders and walking in the direction. She gingerly slipped in beside James, who turned his head to see who sat down.

"Evans?" He grinned, "you're sitting next to me? I'm flattered."

"Good Morning to you too. And I've sat with you before." Lily scoffed, determinedly looking at her cup.

"Once. Because he pulled you with him. Never did you sit willingly." Sirius smirked. Lily rolled her eyes, a blush threatening to form on her cheeks.

"Knock it off, Padfoot. Let the girl do what she wants." Remus rolled his eyes.

"No use, Remus." Lily said. All of them then quieted down, and she decided to just ask James, "hey, is everything okay? You've been distant lately." She whispered.

James quickly swallowed a bite of his food, which seemed to have been stuck as he heard the question. He cleared his throat, "yeah, about that. Funny story actually... I was er— sort of... embarrassed." He confessed.

Lily furrowed her brows, "about what,
exactly?"

"What I said... when we... kissed... I didn't mean it like that, it came out wrong. I'm sorry." He spluttered, grimacing.

Lily shook her head, "it's alright James." She laughed.

"Oh, good." He sighed in relief, "just so you know, I really regretted not kissing you. So when I did, I got all nervous and said that..."

"Aww, I make you nervous?" She teased, pinching his cheek, "you're so cute."

Why the hell did I just tell her I was nervous? He thought as he rolled his eyes. "We're okay then?"

"Yeah." Lily smiled.

James chuckled, shoving a piece of toast in his mouth. "So, Evans.."

Lily's heart raced, ask me to go out with you, ask me to go out with you she chanted in her head.

"Can I copy your charms homework? I forgot to do it." He gave a cheeky smile.

Lily mentally slumped. "No."

"Why not?" He pouted.

"Just no..." she averted her gaze from his face.

"Remus?" James turned to him.

"Sure, mate." He laughed.

"Hey! You never give me your homework to copy!" Sirius exclaimed, "what's so special about this twat?!" He gestured towards James with his hand, knocking his glasses off his face in the process.

Lily, Sirius, Remus and Peter all laughed loudly. James smacked the side of Sirius' head. "Oi! Watch it! It's a new pair!"

Sirius rolled his eyes, flipping his head, "Moony, I asked you something!"

"Because, Sirius, he hardly forgets to do homework. You don't even bother!" Remus said.

"I don't need to bother. I excel most classes, shouldn't that be enough?" Sirius rolled his eyes.

Lily meanwhile picked up James' glasses from the table and put them on.

"Lily Specks Evans!" Sirius grinned.

James turned his head to Lily, who thought how he looked so different without glasses, even more attractive.

Lily then giggled, "really, Sirius? That was so lame."

"Those my glasses, Evans? They look better on you." He smiled. She looks adorable.

"Thank you." Lily puffed out her chest, "everything looks better on me."

James' eyes flickered towards her chest, then back up. He turned his head back, eyes wide as he picked up the water goblet and took a big gulp.

"Prongs for example." Sirius said suddenly. James choked on the water and Lily widened her eyes, taking the glasses off.

"Sirius!" Peter laughed, "how can Prongs be on Evan— oh... wait." He stopped abruptly.

James coughed louder as Sirius barked out a laugh. Even Remus snickered. Lily blushed as red as a strawberry while patting James on the back.

"You—" he coughed, pointing at Sirius, "are so fucking dead."

Sirius rolled his eyes.

Lily glared at him. She handed James his glasses. He looked at her, their eyes meeting. Lily's heart raced as she studied his beautiful hazel eyes. "Thanks, Evans." He put them on, getting ready to stand up.

He nodded his head at Lily, asking her to come with them.

She stood up, then they all walked towards the doors. "Oi, Blondie! Come here." James called to Marlene, who looked up from her bag.

"Gonna invite her too, I believe." Sirius said, "what is with you and Lily trying to get us together?"

"What? We're not trying to do that." James pretended to be confused, Sirius rolled his eyes, but refrained from talking further as Marlene approached them.

"Yeah?" She asked no one in particular.

"Would you like to come with us to the forbidden forest tonight? Midnight to be exact." James spoke.

"What?" Marlene widened her eyes. "I'm in, but, is there a reason we're all going?"

"It's Sirius' Birthday." Lily smiled, "we're probably going down there for s'mores." She laughed, "great way to start a birthday."

"How did you—" Peter furrowed his brows.

"Easy to guess, wormy. What else could it be, wrestling animals?" Lily said. James laughed.

"Okay then, I'll come to the heads' dorm and we can go together," Marlene thought out loud, "oh and Happy Birthday in advance, Sirius."

Sirius nodded in acceptance, "thanks, Marlene." He smiled, putting an arm around her shoulders since she was standing next to him. "Good to know, you'll be joining us."

Marlene blushed slightly.

James and Lily exchanged a knowing look.

/

"Where the hell is James?" Lily asked Sirius, who sat on the sofa. They both and Remus were in the heads' dorm's common room. Peter and Marlene were on their way as said by the Marauder's Map.

"He had said something about helping someone in transfiguration earlier." Remus added, "busy Head Boy of ours," he chuckled. Lily had to agree, "yeah, he's doing a pretty well job."

Sirius raised his brows at Lily in amusement, causing her to blush. He then took out something from his pocket, "James!" Sirius exclaimed, holding a mirror in his hand.

"What?" James said, his voice strained. Lily came up behind Sirius on the sofa.

"Where the fuck are you? We have to go to the forest you bitch." Sirius said exasperatedly.

James' face appeared meaning he picked up the mirror. "I'll—" he breathed, "be there in a—" he squinted his eyes "few." Lily noticed some of his hair was wet and plastered to his forehead.

"What are you even doing?" Lily asked, James flickered his eyes towards her. "Um—" he bit his lip, "Evans.. hi... bye!" He exclaimed, putting the mirror away, upside down, so everything was black.

Sirius laughed loudly, as Lily looked at him confused. Remus came and put his hands on Lily's shoulders. "Lily, you should just come and sit here. Sirius, stop laughing and put that Goddamned mirror away!"

Sirius set it aside, his face red from all the laughter.

"I don't get it?" Lily looked lost.

"James was er—" Remus began but was interrupted by Sirius.

"Getting his dick sucked." He said bluntly, "sorry, Evans. But being subtle is not exactly my forté."

"What the fuck, Padfoot?!" Remus scolded, his eyes going wide.

Lily's mouth gaped open, her stomach turning unpleasantly as the information sunk in. She looked down towards the floor, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Curiosity does kill the cat." She said quietly, then made a face at her shoes.

Congratulations Lily, you're officially a bloody idiot, thinking James Potter is gonna stay smitten with you forever.

Sirius's face softened, he walked towards where Lily sat. "Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it like that."

"It's fine I guess." She muttered.

Remus slapped Sirius on the back of his head, "fuck your subtlelessness." He glowered, then glanced at Lily, who looked like she might cry.

"Moony, you are a werewolf, not a swearwolf." Sirius rolled his eyes. Now, Lily couldn't contain her laughter, and giggled.

Remus rolled his eyes. "I'll turn into a swearwolf if you ever dare to say that again."

"Not my fault Prongs is a manwhore!" Sirius mumbled, putting an arm around Lily's shoulders. "Do you fancy him?" He asked in a low voice.

She blushed, "maybe. Kind of why I end up kissing him at times..."

"Well, fuck. I really feel like shit now." Sirius groaned. "I swear Lily Evans, that I will get you and that little arsehole together."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Get him to stop shagging girls left and right first."

"On it! I'm captain of the ship, Lames!" He saluted. Remus smacked his forehead.

Lily giggled. "Gosh, all four of you boys are complete idiots."

Sirius rolled his eyes, running a hand through her hair. "Y'know what? Get back at him. I'll check the map, you kiss Remus when I say."

"What?!" Both Lily and Remus said at the same time. "How will kissing Remus—"

"You're very well aware of how much he likes you, Evans. Everyone knows that. He'll be jealous of anyone who's close to you. And Remus will really affect him." Sirius said wisely.

Remus blushed, so did Lily. "I don't know.." Remus said timidly, he used to have had a fondness for Lily too, But, didn't want to come in between her and James's way, so he never paid much mind to it. She was just that nice girl everyone liked.

"LET THE SNOGGING BEGIN!" Sirius yelled, standing up from the sofa, map in his hand, and pushing Remus to sit beside Lily.

"Uh... Are you sure? Er..." Remus stammered.

"Get on with it!" Sirius rolled his eyes.

Lily, frustrated on what to do, pulled Remus by the shirt and their lips met. She pulled him down with her on the couch. He was reluctant to kiss her back, thinking about how James would be hurt. But he felt rude that she was kissing him and he had just stiffened, so he went for it. I'm so sorry, Prongs. He thought guiltily as he kissed her back. It was a slow kiss, Lily couldn't help but enjoy the moment.

She had her hand in his sandy brown hair, Remus's hands resting on her hips. It was the safest place he could think of at the moment.

They heard a door open, "Oi, Padfoot!"

"About time!" Sirius sighed dramatically. James furrowed his brows, "where's Evans? And— are those noises what I think they are?"

"Yes they are, Remus and Lily are over there, kissing." Sirius snickered, gesturing towards the couch. James's eyes widened in horror as he reached over and peered at the pair over the backrest.

"What the bloody fuck are you two doing?!" He fumed.

Lily pulled away from Remus, pretending to be surprised. "James! Oh, nothing just casual snogging." Her breathing ragged. Remus then straightened up, "it was her idea!" He exclaimed, moving away quickly.

Lily slowly got up, smiling innocently at James. "We were bored."

"And you decided to snog Remus?!" He scowled, "what the fuck? I'm done here!" He growled, storming towards the staircase.

Sirius grabbed him by the back of his shirt, "ah! Stay."

"No!" He shouted, his face red.

Lily giggled, "you're a great kisser Remy." She ruffled his hair. Remus grinned, cheeks red.

James's mouth fell open and close like a fish. "Sirius, what's going on?" He was on the verge of crying. This cannot be happening.

"They were shagging behind our backs and now there's a cub on the way. So they had to confess." He said. "I'm so fucking happy for them!"

James's jaw went slack once again as he snapped his head towards Remus and Lily, "Evans, you're pregnant with Remus' baby?!" He exclaimed, horrified.

"NO!" Remus and Lily shouted, equally alarmed.

He then smacked Sirius on the head as hard as he could. "Fuck. You."

"Oi!"

James clenched his fists, "This was
all your idea, wasn't it?!" He roared.

"Yup." Sirius grinned. "You should've seen your face!"

"I fucking hate you." He grumbled, "was the kiss a joke too?" He asked hopefully, glancing at Lily and Remus.

Lily laughed, nodding. James sighed with relief. "Never. Do. That. Again." He said darkly, then turned to Sirius and thrusted his finger towards the side, tilting his head in that direction while he glared at him, indicating for Sirius to go there.

James didn't care how obviously jealous he was being. Too much. This was too much.

Sirius rolled his eyes, moving towards that space. James came up to him, "really, Padfoot? You know I like her, why would you do such a thing to your best mate? And I can't even be mad at Remus." James grumbled, scowling at him.

Sirius laughed, then quickly straightened his face, "I had a good reason. You tell me, you said a sixth year asked for your help in transfiguration, how did you end up like that?" He raised his brows.

"Well, I actually was helping her, and things got out of hand... she just had me, y'know? I'm not perfect, I have my weaknesses." James shrugged, "I already feel bad, if Evans was there you should've just put the mirror away. I believe you know how my face looks like that since you walked in on me that one time." He pointed. "And you were the one that dared me to, too!"

Sirius chuckled, "I remember..."

"What's going on guys?" Came Peter's voice as him and Marlene walked in.

"Nothing. Just pranking ol' prongsie here." Sirius laughed, walking over to her and grabbing her hand to pull her towards the couch.

Marlene's cheeks coloured.

/