A/n: Hi! Well, there was a change in plans, and I'm not going to Florida, until Monday so I had time to write the next chapter! Well, here's my gift to you, and all you need to do is send me a gift by reviewing…please? : ) Oh, and by the way, have any of you guys seen the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show? It's like an old movie. Well, anywho, that's like the best movie ever!

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Chapter 10 – Task Four: When All Else Fails, Resort to Love Letters

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

"LILY!" Her four friends in the room exclaimed in complete surprise.

"Uh…hi? Is there any particular reason why Remus and James are…hugging?" Lily asked, very, very, confused.

"Well, Lily…you see…" Sirius trailed off, looking over at Lauren for help. As you could tell, he wasn't that good at making up excuses.

"You see, Remus was acting out his part in a muggle play that we're doing in Muggle Studies," Lauren said, being the quick thinker she is. This was actually a pretty good excuse because Lily didn't take that class.

"As a girl?" Lily asked, noticing a blanket tied around Remus, looking like a dress.

"Yeah, well, he wanted to get in touch with his feminine side," Sirius said, as if he practiced this line before. Lauren elbowed him hard in the ribs, and Lily just rose and eyebrow questioningly at them.

"Right, ok. Well, lunch is about to start pretty soon, are you guys coming?" Lily asked, still confused about Remus and his feminine side.

A few days passed, and the five Gryffindors were in the library studying for their N.E.W.T.'s, courtesy of Lily. They were at a table, and Remus, Sirius, and Lauren made sure that James and Lily were sitting next to each other.

The three 'secret agents' were watching James and Lily closely, observing their every move. They noticed that James and Lily would 'secretly' sneak glances at each other, and when they both looked at each other at the same time, which happened a lot I might add, they'll smiled and look back down at their books, blushing. This process repeated over, and over, and over…AND OVER again.

"This is making me sick," Remus said, propping his book up, so they won't see him talking. Lauren and Sirius did the same.

"Me too, James has got to do something before I do," Sirius said, with a thoughtful look on his face, coming up with a plan.

"Yeah, that's what this whole 'Match Making Mission' thing was for right, to do something about it? So what are we going to do?" Lauren asked, clearly not wanted to think up of anything, because for the fact that she didn't want to.

"We need to talk to James about it, but how?" Sirius said, looking over at the 'subjects'.

"Ok, I know what to do," Remus said. Sirius and Lauren looked at him, listening carefully. "Okay, I will stay here with Lily, while you guys ask James to go help find a book with you. If he asks why, just say that you need to talk to him about Quidditch, or something." Remus explained. The two nodded, and set their books back down on the table.

"Hey James, me and Lauren are going to find a book, can you help us?" Sirius asked, getting up from his seat.

"Why me? Why not Remus?" James asked, not wanting to get away from Lily.

"Because, James, we want to talk to you about Quidditch too," Lauren answered, hinting that they wanted to talk to him in private. But, James being James, he didn't get the hint because he was as smart as a cucumber in wheels.

"But—" James was about to ask another thing, but Sirius just grabbed his arm, and led him to a table in the back of the library. Lauren was following closely behind.

"What was that for?" James asked, rubbing his arm.

"For being so damn clueless!" Lauren replied, smacking him upside the head.

"Okay! Okay! Enough with the abuse! What do you guys want to talk to me about?" James said, now rubbing the back of his head.

"Well, it's what we have been bugging you about for the past few days! Does asking out Lily ring any bells?" Sirius said, exasperated.

"Sorry you guys, but I just can't. It's not as easy as it looks," James answered, guiltily.

"Well, than if you can't ask her in person, than write a love letter to her," Lauren said, setting a piece of parchment and quill in front of him. Sirius and James gave her a look of shock.

"Uhh…Lauren? Writing love letters isn't a guy thing to do…" Sirius said. Lauren gave a deep sigh.

"Well, you want Lily to be you girlfriend, right?" Lauren asked, looking at James, and he nodded. "But you can't ask her in person, right?" James nodded, slowly, as if taking in this information wasn't as easy either. "Well, than that settles it. When all else fails, you have to resort to love letter writing. It's like a rule or something." Lauren finished.

Sirius and James looked at Lauren as if Christmas had been canceled. Wait, no, worse. They looked at her in pure terror as if anything dealing with naked ladies doing the nasty in magazines and movies had disappeared. Forever. Such a shame, isn't it?

"What are you looking at? Start writing!" Lauren ordered not caring about what they had thought about the idea.

James had the quill in his hand, ready to write, but he didn't write anything, just staring at the blank parchment. Sirius was peering over James's shoulder, also staring at the blank piece of parchment. After a while, the both looked up at Lauren, giving her a pleading look. She returned their look with a questioning one.

"Can you help me?" James asked, pleadingly. Lauren sighed and banged her head on the table.

"This is going to be a long day," she muttered to herself.

"Is that a yes?" Sirius asked, as pleadingly as James. Lauren looked up from the table, and nodded.

"Well, first off, do you know how you're going to start?" Lauren asked, hoping that he would at least know this answer.

"Dear Lily?" he guessed.

"Yes, but not good enough. That sounds like something her mum would start off with. Be more sincere, like… My Dearest Lily, or My Beautiful Angel," Lauren explained, and James scribbled something down on his parchment.

"Hey, Lauren?" Sirius asked.

"Yes?" Lauren responded.

"How do you know all this stuff?"

"What 'stuff'?"

"You know, the love letter stuff, what to say to a girl, and all that girly stuff?"

"Well, it just so happens that I am a girl…are you just noticing that now?"

"No, it's just that, you're not girly…"

"Well, anyways…" Lauren continued, trying to ignore the comment that Sirius just made. "Second, don't cut off to the chase right off the back, and don't use pick-up lines, especially from Sirius. Start by saying sweet things like a poem or something. Than when you're done, ask her to be your girl friend, and sign it with Love, James."

Once Lauren finished explaining, she looked at James, scribbling something down. After a while, he gave it to Sirius to read, and he gave him a high-five. Lauren eyed them curiously, and James handed her the letter.

My Dearest Flower:

I'm sleeping

And right in the middle of a good dream

Like all at once I wake up

From something that keeps knockin' at my brain.

Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head

And spring up in my bed

Screaming out the words I dread:

"I think I love you!"

This morning

I woke up with this feeling

I didn't know how to deal with

And so I just decided to myself

I'd hide it to myself and never talk about it

And didn't I go and shout it

When you walked into my room.

"I think I love you!"

I think I love you.

So what am I so afraid of?

I'm afraid that I'm not sure of

A love there is no cure for.

I think I love you.

Isn't that what life is made of?

Though it worries me to say

I've never felt this way.

I don't know what I'm up against.

I don't know what it's all about.

I got so much to think about.

Hey, I think I love you.

So what am I so afraid of?

I'm afraid that I'm not sure of

A love there is no cure for.

I think I love you.

Isn't that what life is made of?

Though it worries me to say

I've never felt this way.

Believe me,

You really don't have to worry.

I only want to make you happy

And if you say,

"Hey, go away," I will, but I think better stay,

I'd better stay around and love you.

Do you think I have a case?

Let me ask you to your face:

Do you think you love me?

In other words my dear flower, will you be my girlfriend?

Love, James.

"James?" Lauren asked, disappointment in her voice.

"Yeah?" He answered back.

"Did you just happen to forget that I'm muggle born?"

"No…why?"

"Because I asked for a poem, not a song."

"Yeah, but you have to admit it, David Cassidy is cool!"

"True, but your missing the point. You're not going to give this to Lily!"

"So what am I going to do now?"

"I don't know yet, but I'll make sure Sirius thinks of something soon."

"Ok."

Silence…

"Why me?" Sirius asked, in a whiny voice.

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A/n: Okay, well I hope you enjoyed. Well, please review! And Merry Christmas! : ) Oh yeah, and the song is called I Think I Love You by David Cassidy.