Lily Evans smirked. Today was her day of revenge. She and Remus Lupin had been playing pranks on each other all summer long, and today she would end it. Today she would win for good.

"Remus Lupin!!!" She shrieked, shaking the water off of her. Remus grinned, the second water balloon aimed right towards her. Lily tackled him, and they both tumbled into the lake. Remus came up sputtering and laughing. Lily glared daggers at him.

"I really hate you sometimes, Remus." She told him icily. Remus grinned, and put his arm around her protectively.

"Hey now, Lils, just because I ruined your makeup on the day that James and Sirius and Peter are coming is no reason to get all huffy with me. You look fine." He soothed. Lily giggled suddenly.

"You don't. By the way, Amy and Michelle are here." She grinned up at her friends who had just arrived. Michelle smirked, and pulled a piece of seaweed out of Remus's hair.

"Michelle, leave it. It suits him." Amy teased. Remus groaned and lay back on the ground. He hadn't known that Amy and Michelle were coming. The seven friends were all leaving for Hogwarts the next day, so they had decided to get together one last time before they left for school. Lily grinned.

"Paybacks are hell, Remmybear." She ruffled his hair. Remus smirked.

"I'll have to remember that." He commented. She laughed. Amy and Michelle exchanged an amused glance.

"We've missed this." Amy giggled. Michelle nodded her agreement.

"The summer has been extremely boring without you two arguing and playing pranks on each other." Michelle complained. Remus and Lily laughed.

"We've done this every summer for as long as I can remember." Remus hugged Lily. "And we never mean what we say, right Lils?" Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Speak for yourself, hon. I mean what I say." She told him coldly. Remus winced playfully, and grinned.

"Right. Whatever you say, Lils." He said lazily, stretching out on the lawn. The sun was hot overhead, and the heat did much to dry off Remus and Lily. Lily smiled affectionately at him. Remus grinned again. Michelle rolled her eyes.

"Once you two stop flirting, tell us about your summer." She demanded. Lily glared at her.

"We weren't flirting!" She retorted hotly. Amy grinned.

"You called him hon, he used your nickname. Therefore, you were flirting." Amy clarified. Lily blushed, and ignored it. Remus merely laughed.

"Lils and I spent the summer joking around and having fun. We stayed away from her evil sister as much as possible, and managed it quite successfully." Remus yawned. Lily laughed.

"Yeah, that's about it. You two?" She asked. Michelle shrugged.

"I spent the summer with my Grandmother. She taught me how to crochet. I'm very thankful to get away from there." Michelle sat on the ground and leaned back. Amy flopped down next to Lily.

"As for me, I spent the time with my older brother. We had a blast. He taught me how to play Quidditch." Amy grinned. She knew that Lily and Michelle would have killed for a day of that. Their jaws dropped.

"Chris taught you how to play Quidditch?!" Remus demanded, jealous. Chris Horsley was a 5th year Gryffindor, and the Captain and a Chaser on the house team. Amy nodded.

"He says I'd be a good Chaser. I guess it runs in the family." She said. Lily and Michelle had more important things on their mind. Chris was not only a star player, but he was extremely hot. He was 5'9" and strong. His dark hair failed to take attention away from his piercing gray eyes. All in all, he was by far the most wanted guy at Hogwarts. The two girls had spent many hours drooling over him the year before. Amy, instead of being annoyed by her friends' obsession with her brother, was highly amused by it.

"What I wouldn't give to spend an hour with him." Michelle sighed. Amy smirked.

"An hour, say, at a family dinner?" She asked. Michelle nodded. "What would you say if I told you that you, Lily, and the Marauders have all been invited to my house for Christmas Break this year?" Michelle and Lily looked at her in shock.

"Omigosh, are you serious!?" Michelle shrieked. Sirius and James looked at her like she was crazy.

"No, man, I am! Why does everyone confuse that?!" Sirius joked. Lily grinned up at him.

"Weak weak joke, Sirius." She accused. Remus smirked.

"How many times have you tried that one, Sirius?" He asked. Sirius grinned.

"Many times. It's never worked though." Sirius admitted.

"Hey ya'll." James said softly. He was watching Lily, amazed at how much she'd changed over the summer. Lily hesitated, and smiled.

"Hey James. How was your summer?" She asked sweetly, all of her anger from the previous year gone. James smiled back.

"Interesting. My parents decided that I had to take a cooking class after I gave them food poisoning on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." He told her. Lily laughed.

"Remind me to never eat any food that you make." She teased. James grinned.

"I've gotten better. Now I can even make turkey sandwiches without killing anyone." He joked. Remus and Sirius groaned. Peter was standing in the background.

"Hey Peter!" Lily called. "Come sit down, make yourself comfortable. Don't let these two idiots scare you." She teased, meaning James and Sirius, who both grinned. Peter shyly took a seat on the other side of Lily. Sirius sprawled out on the ground, and James sat down across from Lily.