An: wauw...I'm on a roll people...two updates in the matter of days? damn...thank you all for those wonderful reviews!! this is a rathe pointless chapter really..at least in my opinion...i just had this idea and had to put it in x)

And now a question that is of most importance...

Deares readers and reviewers.
I have 2 ways...or 2 ideas rather on how this story will proceed...we are getting closer and closer to the seventh year and well..here's the question: should I:
A) continue the storyline along the books...you know everything that happens in the books happen here and it gets kinda boring coause you sort of already know whats going to happen? ooor...
B) go abit AU...but still sort of follow the original plot from the books with minor...or well rather big changes...and have this HUGE twist that I really dont think anyone can see coming...

I've decided to write and post both scenarios...but...I want one of them to be in this original story...and the other one I'll make this smaller oneshot recap thing or something...i dunno yet...but both will be posted either way...

So I hereby turn to you Reader...please tell me what you think I should do...and I will post which one I decide to do in the next chapter...which is finished and awaiting to be posted btw! so everyone review and tell me which one you like better!!

Luv-Snuffles-sweetie

Disclaimer: I dont own it...havent i said that already?

Chapter 21-Forgive Me?

"Have you seen Padfoot?" Prongs asked me when we were sitting in the common room. I had just left Amelia after our valentines date. And was currently reading and watching prongs pace around nervously.

"No Prongs."

"What about Char?"

"No. but they are probably together"

"Damn…this could take forever…I want to tell them about my progress with Lily!" I rolled my eyes at him. Sometimes he could be really selfish. I doubt that he even noticed that thanks to his little problem, Sirius and Char had had less time to themselves, the same for me and Amelia. They had all concentrated on James really. And I had no doubt about that it would be a while until Sirius and Char showed up. If I know Sirius he will take advantage of this situation as much as he can. When I thought this a giggling Char entered the common room followed by a grinning Sirius. Well at least someone was in a good mood.

"Padfoot! Char! Finally! Do you two know what time it is!?" prongs shouted as soon as he saw them. Padfoot rolled his eyes and said;

"Finally? We haven't been gone all that long…and why do I feel like we are being scolded by an angry parent…" he smirked at Char and she laughed. And prongs scowled at them both.

"For your information I have some very important news about me and Lily…"

"Prongs…cant you tell us tomorrow…Char and I already decided that today was going to be about us…" Sirius said, looking pointedly at him. James pouted and I looked at Char who had sat down in the couch next to my chair. I looked at the red mark on her neck and started chuckling.

"What are you laughing at Moony-kins?" she said pouting at me. I cleared my throat and pointed at her neck.

"It looks like some huge mosquito has taken a bite on your throat" I smirked when she blushed and slapped her hand on the mark and hissed;

"What? Give me a mirror" I handed her a mirror I just conjured up. She took it and started examining her throat. She swore and then threw a pillow at Sirius head who was still arguing with James.

"Oi! What was that for?" he said and turned around.

"This" she hissed and pointed to the mark on her throat. James got a bit red in the face, and Sirius just grinned and scratched the back of his head looking at her through his lashes. A look that he had perfected, a look that would make anyone forgive him.

"What about it..?" he said still looking at her. She made a frustrated sound and then said;

"Haven't I told you that I would really appreciate it if you didn't leave such obvious marks…at least without telling me so I can hide them?" she raised an eyebrow and stared him down. When he figured that the look he was giving her wasn't working he sighed and then gave her his best puppy dog look.

"I'm sorry love…I just couldn't help myself…and then I forgot to tell you…" he actually sat down on the floor next to the couch looking up at here with huge eyes. And I could see that she was already breaking…the boy was a mastermind.

"Please forgive me…you know I hate it when you're mad" she looked down at him, her lips twitched and then she sighed….

"You're forgiven" she said and rolled her eyes. Sirius grinned and then crawled onto the couch with her, gave her a quick kiss and then manoeuvred them so that he was sitting leaning against the couch's armrest with Char leaning on him. I chuckled and James stared at them.

"Why can't Lily forgive me that easily?" he blurted out. Char smiled at him and Sirius stopped playing with char's hair for a second and smirked at his friends saying;

"You just don't master the same skills I do prongs, it's impossible not to forgive me!" James just stared at him and then looked at Char who rolled her eyes and said;

"Unfortunately…he's right…at least when it comes to me…I can't be mad at him for long…"

"James…didn't you have news about Lily?" I said, deciding that we should change the subject. This made James light up and he started to describe how he found Lily at the three broomsticks where Amos apparently had left her when his ex-girlfriend who he had tried to make jealous showed up. Apparently James had hit Amos and then comforted Lily, and she was calling him James again. Char was going to go and find Lily but we told her that she hadn't come back from Hogsmead yet. Jasmine had showed up and taken her with her somewhere to cheer her up. This made her relax and we started talking about how to make Amos life miserable, now that we had finally stopped bugging Amber.

Amelia's POV

When Jas and Lily found me outside I couldn't believe what Amos had done to Lily. But the fact that James Potter had comforted her made me smile. She was now on somewhat good terms with him again. And while she wouldn't admit she fancied him…we all knew that things were processing. We found Alice who had just finished her date with Frank and made our way back towards the school.

"Have any of you seen Char?" Lily asked. I knew this was coming since the two of them were really close…and well Char was just someone you noticed was missing.

"No…but you don't have to be Merlin to guess where she is…or at least who she's with…" Jas said smirking. I rolled my eyes and smiled. Yeah there was no doubt on who she was with, Sirius of course. We arrived at the common room and found Char. She was sitting on the couch leaning against Sirius; James was sitting opposite them in the same couch and Remus next to them in a chair. They were all laughing and joking around.

"She really fits in with those three doesn't she?" Jas said smiling. We all nodded and decided to leave her be we had hogged her attention a lot and she obviously needed to spend time with her other friends and boyfriend.

"I never actually thought I'd see Sirius Black stay with a girl for this long…" Lily said once we reached our dormitory. We all nodded in agreement.

"To be honest…I was really afraid that he was going to dump her like every other girl he's dated and well break her heart" she said looking at us.

"You're not the only one Lily" I said smiling. Because I too had thought about that more then once, when Sirius and Char first started to go out.

"But I think this is different…" Alice said smiling.

"Yeah…he really cares about her…I mean did you see the way he was looking at her downstairs?" Jas said smiling as well.

"Yes I did…and that's what got me thinking about it…she really is good for him. And he…well you can see that he would do anything for her" they nodded in agreement and then Jas smirked and said;

"and if he ever hurts her…he will be missing some really important body parts" we all stared at her and then burst out laughing. All secretly agreeing with her.

Char arrived an hour later telling us about the fantastic valentines she had with Sirius…yes this was very different indeed.

Chars POV

Weeks and even months went by and Lily, Amelia and Remus started freaking out about the tests at the end of the year. They thought that we all should study for them months in before hand. Did it work? No, I and the rest had a lot more calm view about the tests. The marauders except Moony and I concentrated on pranking Snape and Amos Diggory instead. We were now in May and nothing had changed really. Lily had become slightly friendlier towards jamesie but nothing near romantic. So we still had to work on that.

It was actually the week before the first tests was supposed to start when James, Sirius and I pranked Snape. The prank involving dung bombs, a ferret, some liquorice and a quill. It went a bit out of hand and we ended up duelling Snape. And got caught by Slughorn. So we were supposed to serve detention with him at seven, directly after dinner. So when I sat down next to Lily and she had to pull on one of my braids to get my attention I knew she wasn't going to like me that much today.

"Char…the girls and I are having a study date in the library and I'm hereby forcing you to come with us. You need to study" she told me looking at me with piercing eyes. The others just shot us amused looks. I started fidgeting and then gave her my most charming smile.

"Eer…sorry Lily, I can't" I winched when her eyes flashed.

"Why not? And you better have a good reason…because snogging Sirius is not a valid one" here Jas burst out laughing and Sirius butted in saying;

"Actually I think that it's a very valid reason" he quickly wiped the smirked off his face when Lily glared at him.

"WedueledandprankedsnapesoIvegotdetention" I mumbled really fast and she just looked at me and sighed rolling her eyes.

"Excuse me?" I sighed and repeated;

"We sort of pranked Snape and then got into a duel with him….so I can't study with you because…" I looked up at her and smiled slyly.

"I've got detention…valid enough?" she stared at me and then said;

"You pranked Snape…?" James and Sirius nodded and I just smiled and gave her a nod too.

"You idiots! You're wasting time….you could be studying instead of sitting in detention!" she scolded us.

"It wasn't our fault!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Yeah!" James and I said together. Everyone looked at us as if we were joking. Moony rolled his eyes and said;

"How can pranking Snape and then ending up in a duel with him and getting caught not be your fault?"

"Well…" I said looking at James and Sirius.

"If Snivellus hadn't moved in the first place…" James said.

"We wouldn't have missed him and the prank wouldn't have gone wrong…"Sirius continued.

"So we wouldn't have had to duel him when he noticed us cursing…"I said pouting at the thought.

"And then we wouldn't have been spotted by Slughorn…" James said grinning.

"So we wouldn't have got caught…" Sirius smirked.

"And we wouldn't have gotten detention….so when you think about it…"I said winking.

"It's all Snivellus fault" we said together. All our friends stared at us and we looked around us and said;

"What?" together.

"Is something wrong?"

"Do I have something on my face?"

"Do we smell?" we all said at once me and James checking our faces in a mirror and Sirius smelling himself.

"How did you…why…what?" Jas said looking at us. Moony sighed, rolled his eyes and said;

"Don't even bother trying to figure them out…." We just grinned at them but then we spotted Snivellus walking reluctantly towards us and our grins turned into scowls.

"What do you want Snivellus?" James said looking like he just stepped in something that smelled really bad.

"Yeah haven't you bugged us enough for one day, Snivellus" Sirius said smirking. I saw Lily scowl at us disapprovingly…but hey, this is Snivellus…see if we care.

"I don't like being anywhere near you, anymore that you do…but professor Slughorn told me that our detention starts now…and I was to collect the three of you…not that I see why I have to be punished…it was all your fault" he sneered at us. We shared small smirks and James stood first looking really intimidating since he was at least half the head taller than Snivellus.

"That's where you're wrong Snivellus…it was actually all your fault" he said as Sirius and I stood as well, looking down at him. He nervously looked at us and then sneered again, can't he do anything else?

"What makes you say that Potter…" he said looking at us in turns.

"Because we know so"

"That's not a reason"

"Sure it is" Sirius smirked.

"After all…we are…well…" I said grinning.

"Us" we said together smirking. Then we made a handshake and leaned really close to Snivellus screaming;

"HEH!" in his face, he got so surprised he fell down on his ass. We laughed turned around to our stunned friends and saluted them and said;

"See you later guys…we must attend detention…" James started strutting, yes actually strutting, away and Sirius put an arm around my waist and we walked after him. But before we went through the doors I swear I heard Moony say;

"Those three will somehow always be able to surprise me"

An: Anyone recognize the HEH! part? thought you would...and yep that was from 21 Jumpstreet...I was watching an episode with the McQuaid Brothers (my new heroes I LOVE them x)) and I just HAD to put that in there...x) Until Next Time...Ta! Snuffles-sweetie