*A/N: Alright you guys, I see we need some fluff in order. Lighten up our lives a bit. Hope this was worthwhile for you guys. ON WITH THE STORY!!! Long live James Potter, Lily Potter and *ahem* the other guy (yes, I don't' want to spoil it for people)!!! NOW ONWARD!!

James stared at Lily. He'd been doing a lot of that lately.

The sun was shining. The sky was a cerulean blue with clouds that looked like cotton puffs floating around. There were birds singing and butterflies floating. Even the whomping willow was on extraordinary good behavior today. Students were just walking around Hogwarts or laying by the lake lazily, watching other students play ball or ride broomsticks.

"What's up with you man?" Sirius nudged James in the ribs. " You sweet on Water-Lily over there?"

James blinked and then chuckled with Sirius. "What are you talking about?"

Sirius gave him a smirk that said he knew it all while a girl walking by giggled and stared. "You've been staring at her for the past 10 minutes. Care to share?"

James gave him a look and brushed imaginary lint off of his white sweater and unconsciously ran a hand through his hair.

"I have no clue what you're talking about."

Sirius gave a guffaw. " Yeah, and I might as well go and date Jeanne over there, next to Lily."

James laughed. " How are you and Jeanne by the way?"

"Jeanne?" Sirius smiled. "Fine. I can't believe we met so late. She made me promise to tell her if I'd ever finally fall for a girl. As long as she's here as my little sis, I don't need any other girl right?"

James smiled, but didn't say anything.

"Now," Sirius continued. " Don't try to change the subject. I know there's something between you guys. And Don't tell me you guys are just friends because from what I see, you guys are. But something is still there."

James opened his mouth in protest. " We are friends. We're really good friends."

Sirius smirked, " Sure. Friends with benefits?"

James snorted and punched Sirius lightly on the arm. " Whatever."

" I see all and I know all," Sirius said in a mysterious voice as he crossed his long longs and folded his hands up.  James messed up his hair.

"Come on, Prongs." Sirius said in his normal voice. " You stare at her everyday and when you talk to her in the halls, you sneak little peaks at her."

James started to protest but Sirius interrupted him.

"Not only that, I bet that if I'd ask you right now what her favorite color and why she likes it, you could answer it."

"Lime green because it's so spunky and bright, but Padfoot---" James blurted.

"See?" Sirius smirked again. " But Prongs. The best part is, she does the same."

"Padfoot, you---" James stopped suddenly. "What?"

Sirius nodded happily. " Yup, you heard me."

"Wait," James said. "What do you mean?"

"What I mean," Sirius began, "is that when you're not looking, she stares at you too. It's not like she's drooling or anything. I mean, come on Prongs, this is Lily we're talking about. But she stares at you and sort of looks wistful."

"Wait a minute," James objected. " Wistful? Lily? If anyone should be wistful, it should be me."

"AH HA!" Sirius laughed. " So you admit it!"

"Admit what?" Remus asked, as he sidled over to where the two handsome men were lounging on he grass. He had his favorite book with him and was catching up to some reading.

"Prongsie over here just admitted that he liked Water Lily over there." Sirius grinned widely as James groaned and covered his face with his hands.

Remus laughed. "Not surprising. Wolf instincts. You know." He smirked and nodded his head a bit, making some girls nearby giggle. " Besides, she looks at you a lot."

"SEE?" Sirius bellowed.

Now James was extremely confused. He looked off to where Jeanne and Lily were dipping their feet in the lake, tickling the giant squid that rose up to meet them. Lily's crimson hair was down today, and looked so carefree while the wind caressed it with its invisible fingers. She was wearing loose jean capris and a light blue T shirt with a pocket at the stomach and it made her look so down-to-earth. So beautiful, and approachable.

Remus noticed, but just smiled and opened up his book.

"Now that we have a fact in order," Sirius smiled happily, " I see her sometimes sneaking peeks at you. During lunch, she watches what you eat, and you make sure she eats. She always sits across from you, next to Jeanne and when she sees you, her eyes light up and she smiles even more than usual."

"How do you know all this?" James asked. " And why are you looking at Lily?"

"Jealous Prongs?" Sirius stuck out his tongue and chuckled. " Me and Jeanne have both noticed it. Although Jeanne doesn't say much about Lily and you, when I asked if she noticed it as well, she said yes. Numbers don't lie. 2 against 1."

Remus laughed, " Ooh, Prongs. Shot down." And he went back to his book.

James sat back on his elbows, deep in thought, unconsciously watching Jeanne and Lily splash the giant squid that was a sucker for cute girls. Jeanne's faded blue overalls rolled up to her knees were slowly getting wet and her white t-shirt underneath was getting wrinkled. But despite that little description, James couldn't help noticing how close the two young ladies were.

"Do you think it's right?" James asked Sirius. " Do you really think it's right to like a girl younger than I am? Would she even like me? I mean, Lily has a lot of guys to choose from, why would she choose me? And also, What if she doesn't even like me?"

Sirius tilted his head to the side, making some nearby girls giggle, thinking thoughtfully.

"All the clues are there, man." He said. "It's your chance to take."

"Yeah James," Remus smiled. " Where's the Gryffindor in you?"

That didn't help James very much. Doing anything to cross the lines of friendship could either improve the friendship greatly, or slice it apart dramatically and this wasn't one of the chances James was willing to take. None the less, James had to feel a bit euphoric that Lily was checking him out.

" Gryffindor isn't Cupid!!!" James bellowed as Sirius tackled him and gave him a noogie.

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Lily sighed and snuck another peek at Sirius, Remus and James sitting on the grassy plain. She impatiently brushed her hair back from her face and dipped her hand back into the warm warm water.

" Lily, how are you and Mr. Potter?" Jeanne said, laughing.

"Jeanne!" Lily hissed. " They're ONLY sitting 2 feet away from us."

Jeanne looked around and indeed saw that they were sitting quite near. The only thing was, they looked like they were having quite an intense conversation.

"Relax, girl." Jeanne smiled. " But how is he, indeed. Do tell."

Lily blushed. " He's fine, Jeanne."

"Ahh," said Jeanne who was looking quite philosophical. "He's fine is he?

Lily sighed dramatically and put a hand to her forehead. " I wish he'd just come over to me and sweep me off my feet so we can ride off in the sunset somewhere." Jeanne laughed and tickled the Giant Squid again. " Well, he does look awfully fine, wearing that nice sweater of his. Not that I'm looking."

"Whatever!" Lily laughed. " But he does look nice. He always looks nice. And Sirius always looks nice too. So does Remus. What's with this? Do they have a personal shopper or something? Half the Hogwarts population of men don't dress as nice as they do."

Lily snuck another look at the three guys who were now laughing heartily. James looked especially handsome today, wearing faded blue jeans and a light white sweater while Sirius was wearing a ribbed yellow Polo that contrasted with his tan quite nicely and was wearing sandblasted jeans. However, Remus was looking especially good-looking today as girls kept walking past all three of them, hoping to catch their attention. Remus, without even realizing that girls existed (just kidding) but was more focused on his book, was wearing a pair of comfortable black trousers and a blue collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

Jeanne grinned, " Actually, they have their own personal tailor."

Lily frowned, " You mean Madam Malkin's? Because, that means so do I."

Jeanne shook her head. " No, as in the three of them actually get regular clothes made for them. Not Robes.  My mom knows their seamstress, that's how I have one too."

Lily nodded thoughtfully. "I guess that explains why. Man, I wish I were rich too." She grinned jokingly.

Jeanne shrugged, " It's not really much. Money's just money. I want real happiness."

Lily reached out and tried to touch the flowers on the Lily pads. They were so beautiful. She reached for it, but it just wouldn't come near. Stretching out her finger tips, Lily stretched as far as she could and tried to touch the flower. Her fingers brushed over it. Just a little more. Lily reached out as far as she could and---

Promptly fell in with a splash.

"Lily?" Jeanne took her feet out of the water, knowing Lily all too well. "Are you ok? Lily?"

James and Sirius had stopped talking and now had wandered over. Remus was looking up, a bit concerned.

"Lily?" James called. " Are you alright?"

Lily brushed the water out of her eyes, laughing slightly from embarrassment.

"I'm dumb, don't mind me," She joked. " I wanted to touch that Lily pad." Lily pointed to the now far away, flower floating into the middle of the pool. She climbed out of the lake, shivering as the wind blew at her and water pooled at her feet. Her dark hair was now drenched and plastered to her face. Lily saw James, Sirius and Remus staring speculatively at her, slightly amused, and blushed.

"All for a lily pad huh?" Sirius smiled and transfigured a tissue into a towel. "Here. You must be freezing."

Remus closed his book and walked over, brushing his golden hair from his eyes. "Poor Lily, do you need to go back to the common room?"

"Naw." Lily grinned. " I'm a swimmer, water doesn't hurt me."

They all laughed and James put the towel around her, his strong arms enveloping around her as he helped her get a bit warmer.

"There," James grinned at her and took out his wand to put a drying spell on her. " you feeling alright?"

Lily smiled shyly at him. " Yup. Good as new."

Remus and Sirius grinned at each other, transmitting secret messages. " We'll umm…we'll just let you two, uh..AHEM." Sirius coughed loudly.

"Yeah, uhh." Remus grinned. "Come on Jeanne, uh.. yeah."

James felt his neck and ears get a bit hot as Lily bowed her head, trying to stop the flush from entering her cheeks.

"Come one Lily, lets go." James smiled at her and took her arm.

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"NO NO NO NO NO!!" Jeanne covered her eyes and screamed. " NO!"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU. YOU'RE PATHETIC. HOW COULD YOU HAVE FAILED YOUR TESTS. HOW COULD YOU HAVE MADE US SO ASHAMED OF YOU?"  Jeanne's mother screamed at her as Jeanne was cowarding on the floor, her wand forgotten. "WHAT WILL WE DO WITH YOU? YOU'RE GOING TO GROW UP AND LIVE AS A HOBO WITH THE FILTHIER OF MUGGLES EVEN. EVERYTHING YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU HAVE THROWN AWAY."

"I swear!!" Jeanne was sobbing uncontrollably. "You don't understand. I did everything. I studied. Please!!"

" HOW CAN WE BEAR WITH THIS SHAME!! YOUR SISTER WAS NEVER LIKE THIS! YOU'RE DISPICABLE. YOU'RE WORSE THAN A SQUIB WITHOUT EDUCATION!" Jeanne's mother continued to shout.

"Mother!" Jeanne was on the floor, curled up in a ball. " You don't understand. I tried."

" THERE'S ONLY ONE THING WE CAN DO WITH YOU. YOU'RE NO LONGER ALOUD IN THE WANG HOUSEHOLD. YOU'RE NAME WILL BE WIPED FROM OUR TREASURED BLOOD LINE. YOU MIGHT BE A WANG IN BLOOD, BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE A WANG IN NAME. NEVER. DON'T EVEN COME BACK FOR THE SUMMER. NEVER COME HOME AGAIN. IT'S NOT YOUR HOME ANYM0RE." The voice coldly echoed through out the room.

"Riddikulus!"

"Jeanne! Jeanne are you ok?! Jeanne!" Sirius frantically scooped up the petite asian girl in his arms. "Jeanne!"

Jeanne continued sobbing uncontrollably. Her tears wouldn't stop, they just kept flowing as she was shivering and trembling violently.

"Sirius!" Jeanne sobbed. "No one loves me. How can she do this to me?"

"Sweetie," Sirius cradled a trembling Jeanne. " It was a boggart. You're mother isn't going to disown you."

Jeanne just kept crying.

"Come on, girl." Sirius scooped Jeanne up, one arm under her neck and another one under her knees. Jeanne's arms reached for his neck. "We're going to the hospital wing."

Jeanne was trembling so violently that Sirius could feel her arms vibrating his neck.

"No one loves me, Sirius." Jeanne whispered. "I'm alone"

"I---" Sirius was at lost for words. He had never been in this situation. He looked down at the girl cradled in his arms. Her shiny dark hair was falling over his arms and she had fallen asleep in his arms. Her pale pink lips were slightly opened as her breathing rate slowly depressed. A slow tingly feeling started up from his stomach.

Sirius trudged into the Hospital Wing with Madame Pomfrey at his side, checking Jeanne's temperature.

"Poor girl," Madame Pomfrey clucked her tongue sympathetically. "She's had quite a scare. But she'll be absolutely fine. A little bit of chocolate's in order."

"But she's alright, right?" Sirius asked urgently.

Madame Pomfrey smiled at Sirius who towered over her by atleast one foot. "Yes, she's just a bit tired from all that sobbing. Poor girl."

Sirius sat down on the chair besides a sleepy Jeanne and stared at her for a long time. He reached to the bed and brushed some of her dark hair out of her eyes, noticing how her eyelashes looked so fine against her pale skin.

"I --…" He whispered. "I--… I love her…"

Sirius sighed, What was going on with him?

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"James!" Lily yelled as she raced to catch up to catch up with the tall Senior gryffindor. "James!! Guess what?"

James turned around and grinned at Lily who was running as fast as she could on her thick soled Mary Jane shoes. "What?"

"Guess!" Lily was breathless and her cheeks were rosy. She slid an arm through James' and beamed up at him.

Instantly, there were little butterflies in his stomach. Could what Sirius said be true?

" Um..You," James murmured. " You..you met the guy of your dreams in your first class?"

Lily laughed and slapped him playfully in the arm. "What are you talking about? No!"

James chuckled and held up his hands. " I don't know, tell me." He smiled.

Lily grinned right back at him and triumphantly held up a slip of paper. " I ACED the transfiguration test which means that It's possible for me to get an Outstanding in transfiguration class! Only if I do well on the final though."

Lily frowned and chewed on her lip in frustration. " That means I'll have to work even harder though, since the year's almost over. Ohh nooo."

James laughed and messed up her hair a bit, jostling her ponytail. " Don't worry! You can do it. I have faith in you, and besides," James puffed out his chest. " Transfiguration is my best subject. I can help you anytime if you want."

Lily reached up and thoroughly messed up James' already tousled hair and said, " Yep Mr. Potter, I think some revisions for my final would do."

James ducked out of Lily's reach, trying to smooth his hair rapidly.

" Yes, Mrs. Potter, I---" James stopped, flustered.

Lily blinked, the wistful feeling starting from the tips of her toes to her stomach to her throat.

" I mean, Lady Evans," James smoothed his mistake over. " We'll go over your final exam information next week. How's that?"

Lily grinned, but inside was screaming, and curtsied clumsily. " Merci beaucoup, Monsieur." (thank you very much, mister)

James stared at her. " I didn't know you knew French!"

Lily laughed, " I took French in  Muggle school before we came to Hogwarts."

James bowed, " Well then, de rien Mademoiselle." (You're welcome Miss)

"May I escort you to your next class?" James said gallantly.

"Yes, you may," Lily smiled, a warm feeling spreading throughout her body.

James offered his arm and Lily jokingly took it as he walked her off to Charms.

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Sirius had been thinking for nearly four hours. What had made him change his mind about Jeanne? Obviously that boggart had triggered these unknown feelings. But he had always thought that Jeanne was a sister figure to him. In fact, had he always felt this way about Jeanne and not known? Or was this brotherly sister love a cover of how he really felt. He'd have to ask James later.

Jeanne stirred.

"Hey, there hun," Sirius smiled as Jeanne opened her eyes and yawned.

"Where am I?" Jeanne asked, her eyes wide open as she checked the watch on her thin wrist.

"You're in the hospital wing. Relax." Sirius pushed a hyperventilating Jeanne back into bed.

"What about my mother? What about my tests?" Jeanne's voice rose.

"Fear not, oh fair maiden." Sirius grinned as the girl who came in looking for a pepper-up potion smiled wistfully at him. " I have rescued you from doom."

Jeanne stared at Sirius with a smirk on her face. "How long have I been asleep?"

"Just about 4 hours.  I rescued you from a boggart," Sirius said proudly.

"So, all that stuff, about me failing a test and my mother disowning me, didn't really happen?" Jeanne asked timidly.

"Nope, see?" Sirius took out a sheet of paper with Jeanne's scores. " You passed your test with flying colors."

Jeanne made a grab for the paper, embarrassed that Sirius had seen her scores.

"You looked at it?" She said, a flush creeping up to her cheeks.

" Sure," Sirius said shrugging. " After all, I did save you from your nightmare, so I thought I'd be the first one to announce your success to none other than—yourself."

Jeanne looked at the sheet and squealed. " Sirius! I got a 90!" She flung her arms around Sirius.

Sirius was a little bit taken back, but grinned nonetheless and hugged her back. " You deserve it."
Jeanne hummed to herself and took her wand from the table hand began to levitate her bags to her.

"Hey um.. Jeanne?" Sirius began hesitantly.

" Mmmhmm." Jeanne murmured as she organized the things in her bag.

" Um.. what would you say if.one of your close friends…found out that they um---"

Jeanne looked up, evidently worried.  Sirius never stuttered.

" Sirius are you ok?" Jeanne looked concerned.

"Oh huh? Uh. Haha yeah," Sirius jammed his hands into his pocket as he rose up and slid his bag over his shoulder. "Nevermind. I have to go find James. I'll see you later."

"Are you sure?" Jeanne looked at him with wide eyes.

"Yeah," Sirius smiled at her and leaned down.

" Hope the rest of your day goes well." He whispered in her ear and kissed her on the cheek.

Sirius left the room hastily, the tips of his ears turning red.

Jeanne stared at his back, a blush creeping up towards her cheeks. She put a hand to her cheek, savoring where he had kissed her.

"Oh, no no no." Jeanne mumbled to herself. "You put those feelings away a long time ago remember? Sirius was just being friendly. Stop thinking like this."

Jeanne jammed her folders into her bag, changed and left the hospital wing, perhaps feeling a bit more distraught than she should have felt.

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"Yo Prongs!" Sirius shouted from the end of the corridor on the outside entrance of the courtyard.

James who was whistling to himself, looked up and saw Remus and Sirius standing at the edge of the courtyard. He strided over to where his buddies were in about 5 seconds flat, his dark robes swirling around his feet.

"Sup guys?" He grinned.

"Whoa," Remus laughed and pointed. "Looks like James is in a fantastic mood. I wonder why…"

James smirked. "Oh, I'll let you guess."

Sirius rolled his eyes, grinning and impatiently interrupted. " You can talk to us later when we sneak out to Hogsmeade. But as of now, I need to ask you guys something."

Remus raised an eyebrow. " Obviously this is important since Sirius never gives up a chance to tease James about Lily."

James looked at Remus and asked, "What would make this so important than?"

Remus shrugged and looked at Sirius. "Come on Padfoot, what's so important?"

Sirius crossed his toned arms and tapped his foot. "We might as well sneak to Hogsmeade, now."

James looked around and shrugged. "Fine, let's go Remus."

Remus frowned, "What about Peter?"

Sirius shook his head, "Screw Peter, we haven't seen him in days."

The three tall boys turned on their heels and left for their biweekly trip to Hogsmeade.

"Anyway," Sirius said as they settled into their booth with three foaming tankards of Butterbeer sitting before them. "I saved Jeanne from a boggart---"

"So, this is what it's about." Remus smirked as he drank his butterbeer. " Jeanne, huh? What's happened? Have you realized  you like her yet?"

Sirius stared at Remus. " What do you mean yet?"

Remus shrugged and said, " Well, I always noticed that you treat her differently than any other girl."

Sirius guffawed. "Like how?!"

Remus looked at James, grinning slightly. "Back me up here, Prongs."

James laughed, " It's true Padfoot, mate. You're always threatening off the boys that talk to her."

Sirius looked defensive. " So do you with Lily."

James and Remus smirked. "But I like Lily."

Remus guffawed this time. " Hah. You're stuck Padfoot! Admit it,"

Sirius was, for the second time that day, at lost for words. " Jeanne—I--- We--- We're…."

James snorted into his butterbeer. "Don't be dumb, Padfoot. I already admitted that I like Lily. Come on, be a man." James teased Sirius who was scowling heavily.

"Fine, I like Jeanne, alright?" Sirius pouted.

"So," Remus smiled. "What ever happened to that Brother/Sister relationship of yours?"

Sirius looked away from Remus' teasing face. " Shut up, Moony," He said stiffly. "As I was saying. I saved her from a boggart today and I just realized that I liked her. Now, the real problem is, if she feels if I'm like a brother to her and I act differently than a 'brother' does, our relationship will be over."

"Hey, mate," James interrupted. "Are you going to ask Jeanne out, like on a date?"

Sirius shrugged, "I don't know. Hence my dilemma."

"Well well well." Remus grinned. "Looks like the men of Hogwarts who kissed dating goodbye, found courtship atlast."

James smiled, "Well, we're not sure."

Remus interrupted. "It's about time. You're parents are wondering if you guys will ever find a nice girl to settle down with and take the family business."

" Well, we still aren't sure," James said wincing. "I mean, I don't even know how I'm going to face Lily again. I accidentally called her Mrs. Potter for heavens sake!"

Remus choked on his butterbeer and Sirius snorted with laughter. "What?"

"Yeah," James ran a hand through his hair. " It just kinda—I don't even know what happened."

"Geez Prongs, I didn't know you wanted Lily that badly." Sirius said, laughing.

"Oh shut up, Padfoot." James said crossly and gulped down his butterbeer. " You too Moony."

Remus grinned, "Well, atleast it was an honest mistake, Prongs."

"Yeah, an extremely honest mistake," laughed a Sirius who was tearing up because he was laughing so much.

"Oh shut up guys," James said, cracking a smile that made Remus and Sirius guffaw with laughter all over again.

A/N: This chapter is really really fluffy, but I think it's cuz we all need some fluff after oOTP, so I'll be tying up this story in the near future. Hope you guys enjoyed~! I think I'll be writing another Lily and James fic, only more realistic to oOTP, so it's love/hate. Would that be good?  Alright, hope this chapter was happy enough for you guys. I know we all need a bit of fluff.