A/N-Hah! I'm finally updating! Yay! *Does updating happy dance* Hoorah! Hoorah for weekends! Boo for insane robot teachers! Boo insane robot teachers! I like this chapter. There's smooching! ^_^

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"So you're meeting Lily again tomorrow in the gardens right?" James asked Sirius as they walked down the halls towards their first class.

"Wellll," Sirius said doubtfully.

Remus groaned and James asked, "Well what?"

"Well, I'm having second thoughts about this whole thing," Sirius said.

"What? Why?" Remus asked. "I thought it was going so well," he added sarcastically.

"Well, it's all just too much work. I could get any of these other girls without half as much work," Sirius said, waving his hand around to indicate the "other girls."

"That's because Lily's different, Sirius. She's not like other girls," James said, sighing slightly. "She's really smart for one, she's really funny, and she has great ideas. And she wasn't grossed out by the nasty Malket slop that flew everywhere when we made them explode."

Remus glanced sidelong at James, arching an eyebrow curiously but James didn't see it. (A/N-See? Remus is giving him sidelong glances…Remus is smart ^_^)

"Yeah I know…but…" Sirius said, still doubtful.

"So all my work was for nothing?" James asked. "Hey, and what do you mean work? You weren't doing any of it! You just had to repeat what I told you to say."

"You know, there might be one way that is sure to work…" Sirius said thoughtfully.

"Oh no, what are you thinking now Padfoot?" James asked, groaning.

"Welllll…" Sirius said slowly. "Do you remember our Polyjuice Potion that we brewed just in case?"

"Yeees…" James said uncertainly, not quite sure where this was going yet.

"That's the one," Sirius said.

"Well what does that have to do wi-Oh no. No way Sirius," James said, making crossing gestures with his hands and shaking his head.

"Oh come on! This is sure to work!"

"No! It's sure to fail! Some way, somehow, this will fail, I know it!" James said.

"I have to agree with James, Sirius," Remus admitted.

"Come on James. As your friend, I'm asking you to do this for me," Sirius said seriously, for once.

James sighed. "Arright aright. This is going to lead me to a dark place…This is going to turn out badly, I know it."

"I tell you guys, you're just digging yourselves a hole the size of the Grand Canyon," Remus said, shaking his head and sighing. "And it's all going to come back to you and bite you in the arse."

James looked into the mirror. He looked exactly like Sirius alright. James sighed. He just knew something would go wrong. He didn't know how he knew, but only that he just knew. Maybe he should just tell Sirius that he wasn't going to do this. But no, he couldn't do that to his friend. He wanted to make things work between him and Lily so badly and James wasn't going to be the one to let him down. But things were going to go horribly wrong somehow. Things were going to go horribly insanely wrong and Lily would be hurt or she would be mad at them all. James didn't want her mad at him and he was sure the other Marauders didn't either. They had become really good friends. Now, James didn't want to ruin that by making her angry. Although, a tiny voice in the back of his mind reasoned, if she did get mad, you would be out of this whole thing then and there. No more worrying about it at all. And if she got hurt, you would be out of this whole thing as well. James frowned. No, he didn't want Lily to be hurt or angry. He wouldn't be able to take it if she were mad at him or if she was crying. He wanted her happy, and if Sirius was what made her happy, then she would get Sirius. But, the tiny, treacherous voice in the back of his mind said, just having to put his two cents in, she's not getting Sirius, she's getting you. James shoved the voice back to the back of his mind where it belonged and, assuring himself that everything was going to be fine the whole way, made his made to the gardens.

As he made his way over to where Sirius and Lily usually met, James spotted her sitting on the bench and stopped short. He couldn't do this. Telling Sirius what to say and writing letters for him were different from actually being him. Pretending to be him and fooling Lily like that was just…well low, even for a Marauder who was always for a good prank. This wasn't just a prank though, this was messing with someone's heart, someone's emotions. He couldn't do that, not to Lily.

James was just about to turn tail and run back into the castle, but Lily had already spotted him, so, taking a deep breath as if he was about to plunge into a tank full of sharks, which was, in a way, what he was doing, he reluctantly walked over and sat on the bench beside her.

"Hello Lily," James, looking like Sirius of course, said.

"Hi," Lily answered.

There was an awkward sort of pause and Lily was the first to speak.

"Who wants to see some pictures?" Lily asked in a singsong voice.

James (A/N-This could get confusing. Just remember that James is looking like Sirius and Lily thinks he's Sirius okay? Hah, reminds me of some of Shakespeare's comedies. You can never remember who is who in those things, especially in Twelfth Night. You can never remember who is supposed to be who in that play…) smiled. "They're developed already?"

Lily nodded, reaching into her bag. "I sent them in and I just got them back this morning. Where are those blasted things? Ahh…" Lily pulled an envelope out of her bag and handed it to him.

James opened the envelope and looked at the first picture. He burst into laughter. In this picture Lucius pounced on Snape again and again and then Snape ran off. He looked at the next one. The next one was a picture of Lucius rubbing against the girls' legs and purring. He looked through the pictures, laughing the whole time. And then he saw some other pictures. There were a few of Lily and Marissa together, a few of Lily and Marissa's other friends. There was one picture with Marly, Carlise, and Alyssiane with neon green hair and orange goop all over them, a few of the Marauders. There was even a picture of all of the Marauders with long white beards and long white hair.

"I didn't know you took a picture of that," James said, looking at the picture. All of the Marauders looked at each other in shock as they pointed out their hair to each other.

"That's why it's called candid snapshots," Lily said, smiling.

James looked up at her and smiled backed. When his eyes met hers, he felt something stir within him and he tried to look away but he couldn't. Her eyes were so green and full of life. They always seemed to be smiling. She had such gorgeous auburn colored hair. Why hadn't he noticed these things before? What a stupid question. He had noticed these things before. He had noticed other things too. He had noticed that she was smart, funny, kind to just about everyone, even Slytherins, except Malfoy and Snape of course, and she was beautiful. And she wasn't some ditzy, giggling girl. And she wasn't in puddles at the Marauders' feet either, like all of the other girls. She talked with them, laughed with them, and joked with them. He felt like she had been one of the group for a long time.

She is so different. That's what I like about her, James thought, surprising himself. He tore his gaze away from her and looked back at the photos in his hand. This was Sirius's Lily, not his Lily. He wasn't supposed to be feeling these things. Who are you to tell yourself what you should and shouldn't be feeling? That annoying voice in James's head said, coming back from his banishment to the back of his head. And besides, it's not Sirius's Lily if you think about the situation correctly. You wrote her the letter. It was practically you who was meeting her in the gardens all of those times. It's you who's with her now. James shoved the voice into the back of his mind once again, hoping it would stay there this time. (A/N- I love the little voice that's in his head…Kinda reminds me of the little voice in my head…Except in my head, there's more than one…)  

"Can't you just imagine the blackmail possibilities? I'm thinking school newspaper," Lily said, a devilish grin.

James laughed. "I think you're hanging out with the Marauders too much Lily. We're having a bad influence on you. And besides, the whole school was in the Great Hall, and if they weren't, they've surely heard about it by now."

Lily smile dropped and James felt bad about being the cause of making it go away. He was about to apologize or say something to cheer her up when she suddenly brightened up. "Ahh, well. At least we'll have these when we need them. Although Lucius and Snape don't know that we have them…" Lily said, trailing off thoughtfully.

James laughed again. "We'll have to let them know sometime then."

"Looks like it's starting to get dark. Looks about to…" Lily began, and then trailing off when she felt rain drops falling. "Rain," she finished.

"We better head inside," James said, standing up to leave.

"You go ahead," Lily said, standing up as well and, turning her face up to the clouds, she spun a little circle. "I love the rain."

James chuckled softly and just watched.

"Dance with me?" Lily asked, turning to face him again.

"What?" James asked, a bit taken aback.

"Dance with me," Lily repeated. (A/N-I love dancing in the rain…I just had to put that in here.)

"What? Here?" James said, looking around. It was dark now, and soon it would be pouring rain. Then he smiled and held out his hand, which she took into hers, and pulled her close to him. He knew something was going to go horribly wrong. He had known it all along, but he hadn't expected it to end up going wrong like this. He hadn't expected that the reason it would go so wrong was because he would find out he loved her. It felt wrong, so wrong, and yet so right at the exact same time.

James held her shoulders, leaned forward, and kissed her. It was nothing like he had ever felt before that was for sure. He couldn't even explain it. It was like he was dizzy and yet he was still able to think clearly. It was like he was floating, but he could still feel the solid ground beneath his feet. He felt this tingling sensation all over and even though they were out in the cold rain with the autumn, almost winter, wind blowing, he could feel warmth spreading throughout his body.

And then he felt himself slowly getting shorter and it took a moment for him to realize what was going on. Sirius was taller than him…That meant…

James quickly broke away. "I have to go. I was supposed to meet Remus and Siri-James fifteen minutes ago."

Lily nodded.

He gave her another quick kiss and then hurried back into the castle. James was lucky that it was so dark outside and that the rain made it harder to see, otherwise Lily might have been in for quite a shock. He headed to the bathrooms and changed back into his clothes quickly, and performed a drying spell on himself so that no one would know he had been outside. It wouldn't exactly do for Lily to see him wet and Sirius dry as can be. That would be a bit of a shock for her as well…

But little did James know that after sitting in the library with Marissa for two hours after their meeting in the garden, Lily entered the common room to get a tremendous shock, a shock worse than even James was imagining…(A/N-Dun dun dun…Sorry for ruining the moment like that, but I had to put that in there…It was just the perfect opportunity!)