A/n: I'm sorry the last chapter wasn't that much, but I promise this will make up to it…well, sort of… well anyways, thanks for the lovely reviews, and here's what I promised…the next chapter! : )

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Chapter 9 – Practice Makes Perfect

Days passed by quickly, and girls once again starting fawning over James again, now that they knew he was single. The full moon had passed, so Remus was back to his good and healthy self. Sirius surprisingly hadn't thought of any of his brilliant ideas over the past couple of days, and Lauren and Lily were too busy studying. Actually, Lily was busying studying, and Lauren was just bored.

Unfortunately, Quidditch had been canceled for the year, on the account of a Dark Wizard (Lord Voldemort) had been attacking the wizarding world. So, Dumbledoor thought it would be safe if there were no outdoor activities of any sort, until the attacks had gone down. Lauren sighed, and looked out of the common room window. It was such a beautiful day outside, and what was she doing inside? Studying. Lily was making her study for their N.E.W.T.'s. But Lauren didn't understand why she was making her study now, when they didn't even start until March.

Lily went to the library, and only Merlin knew where James, Sirius, and Remus were.

"Probably planning a prank," Lauren muttered to herself. She often did that to herself, when she was by herself and lonely. Than, she started jumping to conclusions. "What if they were playing one on me right now? Those bastards," Lauren mumbled to herself, quietly. She didn't want people staring at her, and thinking that she was weird. They already thought that she was weird enough. She then turned around, not expecting two pairs of eyes looking cheerfully at her.

"Holy shit!" She shrieked, making other people in the common room glare at her for being such a disturbance. Lauren gave them an apologetic smile, but glared at Remus and Sirius for scaring the…cheese out of her.

"Lauren, I got another plan. Come with us to our dorm before James comes back," Sirius said, running up the stairs to the boy's dormitories, with Remus following. Lauren reluctantly followed, knowing that she had nothing else better to do.

Once they entered the dorm, Sirius explained his next plan to Lauren. She was a little confused, but figured that she'll understand once James got there. Than, the door opened, and walked in the mentioned boy himself.

"James, my boy, we're going to help you with your little problem," Sirius announced, once he walked in. James knit his eyebrows in confusion.

"You guys, mine isn't that small," James started, but clearly, he was talking about a whole different situation.

"Uh…James, were talking about Lily," Remus informed him. James slightly blushed of embarrassment, and Lauren was trying hard not to giggle.

"Oh, ok…what about Lily?" James asked sitting down on his bed.

"Yeah, well you've got to ask her out, because you like her, you stupid git!" Lauren said, smacking him upside the head, for being so clueless.

"Yeah, but just because I like her, doesn't mean that she likes me," James started, but Sirius cut him off shortly.

"Shh…James, don't speak," Sirius said, pacing back and forth around the room. Than, he started muttering to himself. "This is going to be harder than I thought…" The three gave him a weird look, like he was going psycho or something. "Well, slap my arse, and call me Charlie! I got it!" Sirius said, triumphantly.

The three just stared at him. But, he just continued anyways.

"James, James, James. All you need is practice! Everybody knows that Practice makes Perfect!" He explained.

"Practice what?" James asked, slightly confused.

"Practice asking out Lily of course!" Remus exclaimed.

"Okay…but how?" The confused James asked.

"Well, first we need someone to act as Lily. Than, you'll practice asking the 'Lily' to be your girlfriend. You know, confess your everlasting love to her," Sirius explained. "Okay, all we need is someone to be Lily…" He trailed off. All eyes looked at Lauren.

"Oh, no, no, no, and NO! I've already done enough role-playing with James, thank you very much," Lauren said, stubbornly. Being James's "girlfriend" was nothing much, but him confessing his everlasting love to her was a whole different story that she didn't want to be a part of.

"Oh, fine then you party pooper. Remus will be Lily than," Sirius structured.

"What? Why me?" Remus asked, alarmed.

"Because your more feminine than me," Sirius said, simply.

"What? No! I'm just as manly as you guys are!" Remus exclaimed, very offended.

"Yeah, but you have the sensitive side, so you could be the girl!" Sirius argued back. Remus was about to protest, but Lauren beat him to it.

"Remus, just be the damn girl. Anyways, it takes a real man to act like a girl anyways," Lauren said, finishing their argument. Remus childishly stuck his tongue at Sirius. Sirius said something about him being a girly-man, and Lauren smacked them upside the head.

James and Remus stood in the middle of the dorm. There were facing each other, but nobody was saying anything.

"Oh, for Merlin's beard! Say something James!" Sirius complained.

"What do I say?" James asked, confused.

"Confess your love to her! And DO NOT be afraid to use pick-up lines," Sirius told him. Lauren raised an eyebrow at him.

"Pick-up lines?" She asked, confused as James.

"Yeah, you know," Sirius said, and Lauren shook her head. "Like, Hey, sexy. Want fries with that shake? Or, Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven? Or, the most famous one of all: If one of your legs was Thanksgiving, and the other was Christmas, how 'bout I spend some time between the Holidays." Sirius made clear, by giving examples.

Lauren fell on the floor, and rolling around laughing. After about a good ten minutes, she was done, and wiped her tears of laughter as she sat up. The three boys looked at her strangely, wondering if she was on drugs.

"You guys actually think that pick-up lines will make you win a girl's heart?" Lauren asked, sitting cross-legged on a bed in front of them. The boys nodded, she shook her head.

"I'm afraid that all of you are wrong," Lauren confronted them, "I'll show you and tell you the proper way. It's a good thing that you guys are my friends, or I'll have to charge," Lauren said, getting up and walking over to where James and Remus were.

"Okay, so tell me what do," James ordered, facing the 'Lily'.

"Well, first off James, you have to look deep into his, I mean, her eyes."

"Ok…"

"Next, you tell her sweet things like, "you are the most prettiest girl I've ever seen," and sappy love things like that. Sirius, you better be writing this down for your own good."

"Gotcha," Sirius said, getting a piece of parchment and a quill.

"Okay, so I just say sweet thing to her?" James asked, and Lauren nodded. "What's next?"

"What is this? 20 Questions? Practice saying sweet thing to Remus, than ask him out," Lauren ordered, pointing to Remus.

"Okay, Rem—I mean Lily," James started.

"Yes, James?" Remus said, in a very girl, seductive voice. Sirius was about to roll off the bed laughing, but Lauren was observing them carefully.

"Well, I just…uh…I just…wanted…" James stuttered, feeling that this was a tad bit weird, practicing confessing his love to one of his best friends was just not normal for him

"JUST SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!" Sirius scolded James, like a mother scolding at her child for not telling her where he got the 'naughty' magazine. James and Lauren shot Sirius a nasty look.

"Well, before I was rudely interrupted, what I was trying to say was that I think you're wonderful. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever met, and you make me really happy whenever you're around me. So, I was wondering…" James trailed off.

"Yes, James" Remus said in his 'Lily' voice, pretending to twirl a strand of his hair with his index finger.

"Well, I was wondering… if you would like to be my girlfriend?" James asked the 'Lily'.

Remus smiled, and gave his buddy a huge hug. "Oh, James! I would love to be your girlfriend! And we could have oodles and oodles of kids!" He said in his 'Lily' voice.

Lauren and Sirius clapped, and just when James and the 'Lily' were about to part, the real Lily opened the door, and saw Remus hugging James.

"Now there's something I don't see everyday," She said, clearly confused.

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A/n: Okay, well this is long…sort of… well, this is going to be my last chapter in a long time, because I'm going to be very busy for the next couple of days. Than, on Friday I'm going to visit family up in Florida So that's going to be a long…long…long drive from where I live. So hopefully than I could write some of the next few chapters during that long…long…long…long drive. Merry Christmas!  And have a happy New Year! And when I come back, I'll make sure that I'll have at least one chapter ready for you! Bye! : )