A/N: AAA!! I'm a terrible person! I'm sorry to keep you guys waiting so long. It just seems that my life got incredibly busy all at once. First my highschool musical took up all my time. Then I had trouble with darned Algebra 2. Then I got sick. And now I'm busy composing and rehearsing for my band! I actually wrote the first half of this chapter several weeks ago. I haven't had time to finish it until now.

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The next morning, Lily awoke to the sound of birds chirping cheerfully outside her window and the golden sunbeams streaming in her window. Groaning, she rolled out of bed, grabbed a ponytail holder, and tied back her tousled hair. Then she shuffled into the living room to make a cup of coffee. "Good morning, sunshine!" Bella said cheerfully. Lily grunted in response, focusing all her energy on making the coffee.

Once she had the coffee maker going, she flopped down into a chair across from Arabella. Only then did she notice that Arabella was laughing at her. "What's so funny?"

"Lily! I already made a pot of coffee. It's sitting right there."

Following her finger, Lily whirled around. "I knew that," she snapped, "I just… wanted to make some."

"Oh come on, Lils. We both know you're not at your best in the morning."

"Humph," Lily said, crossing her arms, "Neither are you."

Bella just raised an eyebrow in response. At that moment, a popping sound came from the fireplace. They both turned to see a grinning face appear in the fire. Lily immediately started laughing, while Bella gave a scream of frustration. She jumped to her feet and strode into the living room. "Sirius Marcelano Black! I thought I told you NOT to call this morning!"

Lily burst into a fit of giggles, "Your middle name is Marcelano?"

Sirius blushed, "Yeah. Dunno what my mum was on when she named me."

"How about stupidity pills?" Arabella asked, "It's obvious they affected your mind as well."

Sirius looked shocked, then he smiled charmingly, "But that's why you love me, isn't it, Ma Belle?"

Arabella rolled her eyes, but remained silent. "Sirius. Just lay low for awhile," Lily advised. "Believe me, this isn't helping." With a nod, Sirius's head disappeared.

When they were both seated again, Arabella glared at Lily. "You're helping him? How could you? You know how much I hate him!"

"I know how much you think you hate him," Lily returned, "Face it, Bella. You think he's hot."

Arabella blushed but continued to protest, "I think he's annoying. End of story."

"Nope. You forgot the next chapter."

"Which is?"

Lily began to recite, melodramatically, "The next day, the incredibly handsome Sirius Black fell to his knees before the lovely Arabella Figg and cried out, 'Ma Belle, I love you so!' to which the astonished Arabella answered passionately, 'But Siri, dahling, we've only just met. How can this be, I-' And before she could finish, he took her in his tanned, muscled arms and kissed her senseless. Then-"

"All right. All right, Lily! Please stop. I'd like to keep my breakfast inside my stomach if it's not too much trouble for you," Arabella said, trying to hide a smile.

"Aha!" Lily had noticed it, "So you do like him!"

"Oh my God, Lils. I do not like him. He annoys the hell outta me and I can't stand his attitude. So shut up already."

Lily just shook her head, knowingly. "Well, I'm off to Potter's Corner. See ya this afternoon."

It was Arabella's turn to tease. "Potter's Corner? You wouldn't happen to be looking for a certain James Potter, would you? Because I have a feeling he'd love to fall down on his knees before you, declare his undying love for you, and then kiss you senseless."

"Bella. I'm just going to use his Quidditch pitch. I have to practice everyday if I'm gonna try out for a professional team."

Arabella raised an eyebrow, but kept silent and sipped her coffee. When Lily grabbed her broom, she finally spoke, "Didn't you forget something, Lils?"

Lily turned with a confused look on her face, "Umm… no?"

"Lily, you're still in your PJs!"

"Oh yeah…."

"Thinking about lover boy, eh?" Arabella called after her as Lily ran into the bedroom to change. A few minutes later, she emerged in proper attire and walked to the fireplace. She grabbed some Floo power, threw it in the fire and said, "Potter's Corner!"

Exactly 33 seconds later, she stepped out of the fireplace into James's living room. Seeing no one, she turned to the door and walked right into a hard, muscled, decidedly masculine chest. Crap. Why does this keep happening to me? Then she felt two arms encircle her and squeeze her in a huge bear hug. "Lils! Great to see ya!"

"Sirius?" she gasped out, quite surprised.

He let go of her and noted her expression. "Aw poor Lily. Were you hoping I was Jamsie?" he teased.

"Sirius, please. Arabella is bad enough." At the mention of Arabella's name, Sirius scowled and crossed his arms. "And I'll bet you were hoping I was Arabella…"

Sirius smiled, "All right, truce. But if you just happen to be looking for James, he's out on the pitch."

"That's where I was headed," she looked behind her for her broomstick, only to realize she had left it behind. "Crap! I forgot my broom."

"I'm sure James has plenty to spare. Just ask him."

"Thanks, Si," Lily said, heading for the door. Once she was outside, she straightened her navy blue robes and smoothed her ponytail. A second later, she realized she was preening and dropped her hands. Pointedly ignoring the strange fluttering in her stomach, she walked briskly toward the Quidditch pitch.

James sighed and brushed a strand of hair out of his face. For the umpteenth time that day, his thoughts had strayed to a certain redhead, despite his efforts to resist. Resist? What are you talking about, man? She's simply irresistible. Giving in, he pointed his broom toward the ground, as his thoughts headed back to Lily. Instead of landing neatly, he collided with a solid, yet soft object. Jolted out of dreamland, he realized he was laying on top of someone, and his ears registered a muffled scream, "WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME?!" Once his brain registered the fact that he was lying on top of Lily, he had to force himself to roll off of her. Even when he was lying on the grass beside her, he fought to keep his thoughts under control.

Lily lay on the ground, seething. Not only was she annoyed with James for landing on top of her, she was furious with herself for wanting him to stay there. To top it all off, she was too embarrassed to look at him, and he seemed to be having the same problem. So what are we supposed to do, just lie here? Suddenly, she laughed at the absurdity of the situation.

Her laughter loosened James' tongue. He rolled over on his side and looked at her. "What's so funny? Please tell me you're not laughing at me."

"No, no. Although you did make somewhat an ass of yourself. It's not every day that famous Quidditch players fall of their brooms onto helpless bystanders."

"Well you could have gotten out of the way," he retorted.

"Well you could have flown out of the way."

"I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking about something."

"You should always pay attention when you're flying, genius." Lily turned to look at him, "What were you thinking about?" she asked.

James blushed, "Erm… nothing." Feeling that a change of subject was in order, he added, "So I hear Sirius called at your flat this morning."

Lily burst into laughter. "Arabella was so mad. And Sirius. He was shocked. As if he honestly thought she wanted him to call her. He seemed so dissapointed when I talked to him a few minutes ago."

James nodded, "That he is. I've never seen him this determined to get a girl before. Then again, he's never had a problem with the ladies."

"Yeah," Lily replied, "He could definitely use some help."

Brightening, James said, "Then why don't we help him?" Lily looked skeptical, but James continued. "We could… umm lock the two of them in a room together for an hour."

"Well if you don't mind the room being completely wrecked then I suppose that's an option," Lily said. "But I really think a double date would work better. If they could actually spend some time together, but not alone, it might help."

"Sounds good. But who else are we gonna get to come?" James asked.

"Ummm…." C'mon just say it. You know who you want it to be. "Well, I was thinking that…"

"Hey Lily!" James interrupted, "Why don't you and I go? I mean, I know we're not a couple or anything, but we need to keep an eye on them anyway. How bout it, Lils?"

Lily's eyes widened, "Are you actually asking me out?"

James reddened, "Uh… I guess maybe… sorta… yeah." Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say- shut up.

Lily giggled, "Okay."

Grinning, James replied, "It's a date. Now shall we go plan it?" Lily nodded her agreement, and they headed back inside, each one mentally shouting for joy.

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A/N: Ok I finished it. But guess what? FF.net won't let me log in! I swear this happens EVERY TIME I have a new chapter to post. I'm sorry, folks. I tried. Oh and by the way I GOT OVER ONE HUNDRED REVIEWS!!! Teehee! I so happy. :D