He asked her to Hogsmeade one hundred and thirty seven times. Then he stopped. And now Lily Evans has to battle her own fat mouth and mad head and the probability that number one hundred and thirty eight's going to have to be on her if she wants James Potter to ever smile her way again. Oh dear.

When their time at Hogwarts is over and they have to head out on their own, how will the marauders cope with what life has to throw at them? Basically our interpretation of life up until Halloween 1981. Sequel to Fairytales of Yesterday but can easily be read as a standalone.

Lily J. Evans had rules - lots of rules - and she was the sort of person who would very rarely break them. James Potter, however, did not have much respect for rules at all. In 1976, Lily would find herself disregarding all but five of her rules, and in 1976, James would find himself, more often than not, following them.

In their final two years at school, the marauders begin to realise that nothing stays the same forever. Love is blossoming, NEWTs are coming up, the threat of war grows ever closer, and as their time together at Hogwarts draws to a close, difficult decisions about the future must be made. James/Lily Remus/Sirius

She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.