Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Lily and James or any other characters you may recognize throughout this story. I also don't own the wizarding world or basically anything else you recognize from the Harry Potter series. That all belongs to the wonderful goddess of writing, J.K. Rowling. So don't sue me!

A/N: Wowza! So many shiny reviews! Thank you all:

RebeccaLynn: I am SO sorry again for not replying to your review last time. My inbox is a mess and it got lost in the jumble! :( Anyway, I know you've been waiting patiently for this chapter, so here it is, Lily and James. I hope it lives up to your expectations. And don't ever think your review wasn't strong enough. I love your reviews. Plus I reply to ALL my reviews, including the ones that are two words! :) Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.

chprincess: I'm glad you liked Alice punching Rabastan, I loved writing it. And everyone plotting against Amelia and Remus is supposed to be funny, so I'm glad you think it is! Don't worry, I Lily and James will not die in this chapter, promise! Hope you like it.

LauraKay: Yeah, Spring Break makes updating easy, especially with these short chapters. Unfortunately I'm back at school, so I may not be as consistent. We'll see though. I'm glad that Alice punching him made sense and didn't seem odd. Anyway, hope you like this chapter.

Rinnington: I'm glad that everyone seems to think Alice getting mad about Frank made sense. Oh, I keep forgetting that not everyone has read my other story. Yeah, I made the Lestranges Head Boy and Girl. For some reason I think they may have been. And I'm glad you think my characterizations are on! Yay! I liked Sirius' speech too. He's probably one of my favorite characters to write for. As for Remus, I'm sure he had a girlfriend at some point, but I just can't see it happening during school . . . he was probably scared not only of accidently turning someone into a werewolf, but about people finding out that he was a werewolf. All well, I'm sure I'll write a fic where he finds love at some point! :) And don't worry about not reading my other story, I know how it is to get busy. Sometimes I'll find a really long fic I want to read and I'll be like, well I'll just read a couple chapters a day and then it is SO hard to stop reading! Anyway, hope you like this chapter.

MuGgLeNeT27: Glad you liked the chapter, and yes here is Lily and James. And I'll pop over and look at your stories sometime soon.

Tarheelsrule01: I'm glad you like Alice. I adore her. She's not in my other story nearly enough, so it was fun to write that last chapter. And I'm glad you liked the punch. I'm glad you like the variety of characters. I only really use canon characters. I'm not a big fan of OCs. My other story has even more variety, because I have people in different years and things like that. Anyway, I'm glad that it can remind you of the real books! That makes me feel great!

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Padfootlet: Hee hee, cute name. You sure are bossy though! :) Anyway, here's the next chapter.

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Chapter 5: Lily and James

"You are SO lucky I don't have my wand right now," Lily said whipping around to face James.

James just smiled innocently at her and said with wide eyes, "What?"

"I know you're throwing rocks at me, just quit it!" Lily said turning back to the tent. After a few minutes she threw the poles down and grabbed her sleeping bag and screamed into it in frustration.

When she sat up again, smoothing her hair down in a dignified manner, she chanced a glance at James and saw him staring at her with a look of horror on her face. She giggled.

"What? You've never seen anyone scream out their frustrations?"

"No," James said slowly, "I can honestly say I haven't."

"It's quite therapeutic; you should try it some time," Lily said, smiling as James contorted his face in such a way that made it clear he'd rather go swimming with the giant squid than act like an insane person screaming into a pillow.

"Anyway, what made you so angry that you had to scream? It can't just be because you're paired with me," James said.

"Well that's part of it. Other than that, I just don't like camping."

"Why not?" James said.

"I just don't, okay! Drop it," Lily said her green eyes flashing dangerously.

"Okay," James said putting his hands up as a sign that he was backing off.

They sat in silence for a while, Lily absorbed in her thoughts while she twirled a strand of red hair around her finger, and James watching her out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but think how pretty she looked when she was thinking.

After a while Lily stood up suddenly and began walking into the brush.

"Hey, where're you going?" James said standing up to follow her.

"I can't stand all this silence. I'm going for a walk," Lily said without turning around.

"Wait up, I'll go with you. It could be dangerous out there, and you don't have a wand," James said jogging up to her.

Lily rolled her eyes and turned to face him. "Neither do you."

"Yeah, but I'm a guy. I'll be able to fight off anything that attacks us," James said puffing out his chest.

Lily snorted. "Potter? How many times have you gone camping . . . without using magic?" Lily added as she saw James about to open his mouth to reply. When he shut it again and looked down she laughed again. "Exactly. I used to go camping about four times a year when I was younger. And in case you've forgotten, my parents are muggles. We did everything the muggle way. I know what to do in case I come across any wild animals and I know how to treat just about any injury I could get, so believe me I'm just fine on my own."

James watched as Lily walked away and then grinned as an idea crossed his mind. He ran to catch up with her once more. This time she turned around and yelled, "What Potter?"

"Well, now that I know you know so much about camping, I feel safer with you. After all, I've never really been without magic and what if something happened to me? I'd be lost. I need you to protect me," James said sticking is bottom lip out slightly so he looked about five years younger.

The corners of Lily's mouth twitched up slightly, but she immediately narrowed her eyes and maintained her frown.

"Fine. But you better not annoy me or I'll lead you so far into the forest you'll never be able to find your way out again and then I'll leave you."

"No problem Evans! You'll barely even know I'm here," James said skipping along beside her.

Lily rolled her eyes heavenward and shook her head. The boy was impossible.

The two wandered around in silence for a while, steering clear of any campsites and just admiring the beauty of the forest. After about an hour of wandering Lily decided she wanted to head back. She turned around and began walking a few paces. She paused, looked around and turned to her right. She paused again, looked around, and then looked at James.

"Don't tell me . . . " James said with his mouth half open.

"Um . . . I think we might me lost," Lily said biting on her lower lip and smiling sweetly.

"What? Did you even bring the map?" James asked looking around and realizing he had no idea which way was which either.

Lily looked down at her feet and shrugged.

James threw his hands up in the air and said, "Merlin Lily, I thought you were supposed to be smart. Little miss prefect and what not. Great, now we'll be stuck in the woods with no food and nowhere to sleep."

Lily snapped her head back up and took a few steps towards James, "Hey! I never even wanted you to come. You could have stayed back at the campsite, but NO, you wanted to come and annoy me!"

"I did NOT want to annoy you, I just wanted to . . . " James yelled while stepping closer to Lily.

"What? You wanted to push me in the dirt? Throw rocks at me? Do something to make my life miserable like you always do?" Lily screamed throwing her hands in the air.

The two were standing face to face, James looking down at the considerably shorter Lily. They were both breathing heavily in anger. Then they heard snickering from the bushes.

"Ten knuts says he kisses her."

"You're on."

James and Lily both looked at one another, then glanced towards the bushes. Lily narrowed her eyes and looked back at James, a devious smile on her face. If there was one thing she hated more than James, it was being spied on.

Lily winked at James and he nodded to signify he was on the same page as her.

"Oh come on Lily. No one is around now. You can drop the act. You know how I feel about you, and I know how you feel about me," James said running a hand through his hair.

Lily giggled and looked away, then stared up at James, green eyes shining, "Oh James! You know I just lead you out here so I could be alone with you."

James put his arm around Lily and pulled her closer, "I knew you felt the same. All those comments about me being conceited and having an oversized head were just a cover."

"You're right you big lug! I love your oversized head!" Lily said, fighting to keep back her giggles, which was hard because James looked about ready to burst.

"Come here, my little redhead," James said pulling Lily behind a tree out of sight from the bushes where the voices had come from before.

James put a finger to his lips and got down on all fours. The two of them crawled into the brush, unseen and made their way around the clearing where they had been standing in the direction of the voices.

"Where'd they go?"

"I bet their snogging on the forest floor!"

"Oh honestly Peter! Lily has more class than that. I can't believe she didn't tell me she liked James though!"

"I don't."

"Aaaaaggghhh!" Alice, Sirius, Peter, Severus, and Mundungus screamed as Lily and James popped up behind them.

"Hey mate, I didn't see you there," Sirius said lowering his eyes and running a hand through his hair.

"Yeah, Lil, um . . . we were just walking and . . . we stopped . . . and . . . "

"Decided to spy on us?" Lily cut Alice off with a raised eyebrow. She stood with her hands on her hips and she tapped her foot and looked remarkably like a ticked off Professor McGonagall.

"Yes," Alice said looking at her feet.

Lily grinned and said, "Eh, whatever. If I hadn't have heard you and Sirius whispering, I probably would have murdered big head over here."

James gave an indignant huff and said, "Yeah, like you could hurt me!"

Lily looked about ready to start another argument when Peter interrupted and said, "So, now that you guys are here, do you want to help us?"

"Help with what?" James said still glaring at Lily. He could so take her, not that he'd ever hit a girl, but he could take her.

"We've decided that it's unfair to expect us to survive out here without wands, so we're going to steal wands from the only people likely to have them: Remus and Amelia," Sirius said.

"You're going to steal from your best friend?" Lily said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup. And don't look at us like that. Alice here is in on it, and Amelia is her friend. Not to mention Dung; he's prepared to steal from his own girlfriend. And Snivelly here, well, he doesn't like anyone, so I suppose him being in on it really isn't a surprise," Sirius said.

Lily looked at Severus who shrugged his shoulders. Lily was surprised to see him participating in such a juvenile outing.

"Sounds awesome, we're in," James said giving Sirius a high five.

"Ugh, excuse me? Since when do you speak for me," Lily said tapping James on the shoulder and giving him a haughty look.

"Hey, for this weekend we're partners, so I made a decision. We're going along. I hate not having a wand," James said giving Lily an equally haughty look.

"Whatever. I'm coming along anyway. I've got to see this," Lily said as a thought crossed her mind. She smiled to herself and followed the roving band of thieves.

She grinned as she heard Sirius say to James, "We have this whole big plan. Snivelly came up with most of it. Who knew he was such a strategist!"

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A/N: Well, I hope the Lily/James chapter lived up to the hype. I had fun with it, though I felt like they got along too much. All well, Lily never really hated him . . . you can't just go from truly hating someone to loving him or her, so there always had to have been some affection there. Anyway, the big wand stealing extravaganza chapter is next. It may not be as quick an update as usual. I'm back at school, and really shouldn't even have taken the time to write this, but I knew it was being anxiously awaited for, so yeah. Hope you liked it, and don't forget to review!