"Hm...I don't really think that will work," Remus said.

"What are you talking about, Remus? Of course it will!" Sirius insisted. "What do you think Peter, my good buddy?" He said giving an extra charming smile.

Peter laughed, "You're smile won't work on me this time, Sirius. I agree with Remus, in order for this plan to work, we all meet in the Common Room. It's the best there because everyone's there all the time!"

"No, no, my friends. You are all wrong again." Sirius emphasized. "In order to execute this plan, we will need them to be in one place at the right time. It doesn't matter where they all are, just as long as they are together!" He contradicted.

"But wouldn't it put more pressure on them if everyone was watching?" Peter asked logically.

"Hm...I think I will have to agree with Peter on this one, Sirius," Remus said intelligibly, "We don't want them to think that their isolation from everyone else makes it easier for them to back out on each other."

"Oh! I get what you're saying! Alright then, the Common Room it is then." Sirius declared.

"Alright, we'll do it right after dinner; that way, everyone will be there." Remus added. Both he and Sirius were wearing mischievous grins.

"I get the feeling this will work out nicely," Peter predicted.

"Of course it will, buddy!" Sirius said rolling his eyes in a matter-of-fact way.

The three walked back to the dorms laughing. This is gonna be great, Peter thought in his head. He now had friends that treated him as an equal. That was something new for him. Before the train incident, nobody would talk to him and always made fun of him for his baby-ish appearance. This year, he could tell, it was going to be totally different.

~*~*~

"Hey Lily! I told you I was right!" James grinned. Lily looked up at James who was pulling a chair out next to her at the dinner table.

"And what were you right about now?" Lily smiled back. She scoot over three seats down to let Sirius, Remus, and Peter sit down, too.

"As I was saying," James said once everything was settled down, "I told you we were all going to be in Gryffindor," he said happily. His eyes gleamed with delight.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot you said that, James," Remus said. "Isn't it funny? All the kids in our compartment are all in the same house and in the same dorm! Cool, isn't it?"

"Ahem," Lily caught their attention, "We aren't in the same dorms. The boys are in the same dorms," she corrected, and then laughed.

"But don't I know somebody who wants to share with you, Lily," Sirius said slyly shooting his view towards James.

"Huh? What? Did you say something, Sirius?" James blushed. The table laughed at his ears now turning red.

"Ooh! I forgot to introduce my friends. Guys, this is Serena, Tyina (Ty-ina), and Mina." This time it was the guys' turn to redden. They were now staring at the most beautiful girls in school! (A/n: Besides Lily, of course. Everyone knows that. Lol)

"Wow, Lily!" Sirius said under his breath, "Why do you get to have all the hot girls?" he gasped.

Lily chuckled, "I don't have them, Sirius! They're my friends!" Her friends were now colored. (A/n: isn't it funny? Everyone's blushing like crazy!) Remus and Peter were gazing at their faces now, too, and boy, did they wear the funniest expressions of love. It was rather scary.

Snap! James shattered his friends' flight of imagination with a snap of his fingers.

"Hey! James, don't do that! We were just having a moment with the ladies," Sirius said.

"What moment?" Lily sniggered.

"A moment in our minds! Have you not heard of fantasies, Lily?" Remus asked.

The girls giggled, clearly flattered. "Hey, guys! You're not making me feel special anymore," Lily said in a mock hurt tone.

"Don't worry, Lily, you're the most beautiful person I've ever met," James declared. Lily's cheeks turned crimson and James averted his eyes again after realizing the effect it had on her.

Sirius shot furtive glances to Peter and Remus. "After dinner!" he mouthed silently. Remus and Peter nodded and smiled back. This was going to be great and exciting.

"Um...excuse me guys, nature calls," James said, not embarrassed at all. "Be back in a sec!" and then he took off in quite a hurry. Lily giggled as she watched him go.

"Ooh, I see this chair is empty! Might I sit down next to you, Lily?" a strange boy asked. Sirius glared at him.

"Um, sorry, Nick. This chair is taken my James." Lily replied.

"James? James who?" The boy asked.

"James Potter to you, now get your scrawny little butt outa here!" Sirius informed.

The boy frowned at Sirius and said to Lily, "Alright then, I'll see you around later!" he said with a bright smile and he turned to walk away.

"Look at that kid, thinks nobody was sitting there, eh? Well, I'll show him!" Sirius said.

"Wow there steam engine! I don't think he really knew who was sitting here. And why were you so mean to him, Sirius?" she asked, cross-examining him, to see if there was anything he was hiding.

"Uh, uh, nothing!" Sirius stuttered. He had to be careful not to give away his plan.

(One minute later...)

"Hey, Lily! Is someone sitting next to you?" another boy asked.

"Well, actually yeah, someone is."

"Oh, ok. Well then, I'll just find you tomorrow when you're alone." He winked.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Whatever, Tim." And the boy walked away.

"Geez, Lily, you're quite popular, aren't you?" Peter asked.

"Of course she is," James replied behind Lily, "she's cute, nice, and smart!" Lily spun around and kissed James lightly on his cheek and sat down again.

"That's for making me feel special all the time," she said. "Um...James? Are you okay?"

James was still standing, holding his cheek where she had just kissed him, mouth hanging wide open. "Huh? Ohyeahi'malright" he said blurring his words.

Remus, Sirius, and Peter shared surreptitious smiles, "This is working out nicely," Peter whispered, approving the situation.

"Of course. That's because a brilliant genius is behind this," Sirius said to him. Remus rolled his eyes heavenward and laughed.

"What's so funny?" James asked slowly, still a little dazed.

"Oh nothing," was the response. (-More laughs)

~*~*~

(After dinner)

"Boy, am I full," Peter groaned happily. The table laughed.

Meanwhile, Sirius and Remus were devising just how to get their cute couple to the Common Room. "We should go now," Remus murmured silently to the boy across from him.

"I agree, let's make an excuse to go," he said quickly back to Remus. He then turned to the group "Hey guys, I think Peter's tired. Let's get him up to the Common Room" he suggested.

"Alright, I'm with you, man. I'm tired and you know what's funny? I think I'm too full to walk!" Everybody laughed with humor.

"Alright, let's go," Remus hurried them all, careful to act as if everything was normal.

"Good idea. Let's go" James said.

As they got back to the crowded common room, James and Lily sat down nest to each other on the comfy couch. Tyina sat next to Peter; Serena perched next to Sirius, and Mina to Remus. Each boy had a girl and each girl picked a boy. Sirius bent himself around to meet his buddies' eyes. They both nodded and decided this was the perfect time to do it.

Sirius then stood up and cleared his throat. "Ahem! Ladies and gentlemen, as you all know about the Hogwarts dance, I'd like to inform everybody that James Potter will ask out Lily Evens out now--this instant!" he added excitedly. Everyone in the Gryffindor common room became as silent as a lonely night's presence in anticipation. All the girls gasped and held their breaths.

"What?!?!" James exclaimed, incredibly bewildered.

"Oh, come on, James!" Sirius hissed to his best friend away from the crowd, "Everybody knows you like her!"

"Sirius! It's only been the third day here!" His friend whispered back in an angry tone.

"I know! But...fine, if you can give me one reason why you wouldn't want to go out with Lily and I'll call this whole thing off." Sirius said cleverly.

"Because! Um...I can't think of anything right now. "

"See? Because deep inside, you know you like her just as I much as I am sure you do!" Sirius pointed out.

James returned his comment with angry look. Slowly, it turned into a grin. "Well, I guess you're right, I was going to ask her anyways," he said, his cheeks slightly burned. "Did you plan this all by yourself?"

"Me? By myself? You think I'm smart enough to pull this off all on my own?" Sirius asked incredibly.

"Yes" was all. "Well, I mean, who could plan such a plan other than you? It was uncalled for just like your surprise dung bombs."

Sirius laughed. "Yes, I totally agree with you. You got to admit, my dung bombs were ingenious." The boy laughed again, but then turned serious again--well to the best of his ability. After all, this was Sirius Black. "Ok, well, here's your chance. Ask her out now. Plus, everybody's watching you, hee hee hee. But no pressure buddy, just do it right." Sirius winked.

James turned to Lily, who was watching the two boys curiously. When she saw James look nervous, she braced herself for what was to come. "Lily," he started, "will you go to the dance with me?" He asked quickly and the shut his eyes for fear of her rejecting him.

"Yes. Yes I will James Potter." Lily broke into a smile at James. Her bright eyes glistened.

"What? Did you just say what I thought you just said?" James asked truly amazed.

This made Lily giggle. "I think so. I said yes, James."

"Really?? Oh wow! I mean, um... great."

Sirius glanced at his other two friends and smiled in a mission-complete way. "Told you it was going to work."

And that was the beginning of the couple. Lily and James, James and Lily. Inseparable until that day on. Young lovers in the mist of the future, destined to be with each other from the start.

(A/n: Do you like that second chapter? I admit that I was in a bit of a hurry in writing this, but I still hope you enjoyed it. The beginning of this chapter was a little confusing, but that was on purpose. I hope I the middle part in the story cleared everything up.) *(:0D)