Ok ok ok, I just realized James was actually a chaser- too bad, he's Seeker in this story, got it? Good! grins Enjoy!

                                                                              As Told By Padfoot

            Even though I know you girls dig guys who are all sweaty and smelly after a good Quidditch practice, I decided to take a shower anyways. Sorry :'(

            After getting out of the shower, throwing on a pair of shorts, I headed to the common room to check on the Lily/James situation. I had a gut feeling he was going to ask her out; I wasn't going to miss it. And hey, if she shot him down, hopefully it would be comedic and I'd have a future source for blackmail.

            Doing my best not to be noticed as I entered the common room, I quickly spotted James. He was pretending to be reading the book, but from where I was, I noticed two things; he was staring at Lily, and his book was upside down. Lily however, was thoroughly engrossed in a novel, which was right side up. I stealthily made my way to the other side of the common room, but then-

            "Sirius, where is your shirt??!" Drat. Foiled again!

            "Oh, erm...hiya Moony. You see, I was, err, so terribly anxious to be graced with your company, that I came looking for you in such a rush that I... forgot, to, erm, don a upper body covering piece of, uh, attire."

            "You could have just said you forgot to wear a shirt."

            "That wouldn't have been putting all my brilliant brain-cells to work though!" I protested.

            "I'm just surprised you know such big words." I growled at him.

            "'The' and 'was' and 'to'; how long did it take you to learn them?" Moony quickly dodged my fist as he finished this statement. I wasn't going to hit him too hard, I promise.

            However, James was as into staring at Lily as she was into reading her book, so he didn't notice this exchange between me and wolf-boy.

            "What are you doing?" Moony asked me suspiciously as I ducked under an armchair. I shushed him and pulled him down behind the chair.

            "Prongs is about to ask Lils out."

            "Wha-"

            "Shhh!"

            Looking from around the chair, I had a clear view of James and Lily, but I doubt if they could see us. Ever so slowly, James closed his book, set it down on his chair, and walked over to Lily. She didn't notice him until he cleared his throat.

            "Yes?" she said, obviously anxious to get back to the novel.

            "W-what are you reading?" he stammered nervously.

            "Oh. It's a fairy-tale, I love them. This one is called 'Cinderella'."

            "I think I've read that before," James said unconvincingly.

            "Really?" Lily asked, showing minor signs of interest.

            "Well, no. But- hey, listen Lily. Are you going to Hogsmeade next weekend?"

            "I think so. I need to buy a few things. Can I ask why?" She put her fairy-tale aside, careful not to lose her page, and looked James straight in his eyes. Meanwhile, I mimicked crying, and Moony handing me an invisible box of tissues.

            "Thanks," I whispered. "Oh, I just can't believe it; they grow up so fast nowadays..." Remus fought hard to suppress a fit of laughter.

            "I was wondering..." James started.

            "Yes?" Lils asked, raising an eyebrow slightly. Gah!

            "W-would you like to..."

            "Uh-huh?" she said.

            "Would you like to..."

            "Go on," she said, as if speaking to a three year old.

            I was starting to get impatient.

            "If you're not busy, maybe we could..."

            "We could?" she asked.

            Forget it! I can't take it anymore! "Lils, he wants to know if you'll have a drink with him at the Hogshead and then move on to become his girlfriend, whereupon graduation you two will be married; I shall be best man, and Remus and Peter will be flower...men! And you shall bear his child(ren)!" I clapped my hands over my mouth; Remus slapped his forehead. James looked horrorstruck; but Lily, on the contrary, looked highly amused.

            "I don't know about all that Sirius, but of course I'll go to Hogsmeade with you James." Prongs looked utterly relieved; he sunk into the nearest chair, smiling feebly.

            "I guess I should be off to bed, good night Sirius, Remus...James." She smiled at the latter as she made her way up the stairs to her dorm.

            "Well done mate!" I said, jumping onto James's lap.

            "Oof! Get off me you great ogre!" He then proceeded to push me onto the floor. "Honestly mate, how much do you bloody weigh? You need to go on a diet or-"

            "Muscle weighs more then fat, my friend," I said, flexing my arms and tightening my stomach. Pettigrew, however, chose that moment to walk in. He looked at me strangely for a second. I stood up straight, and there was an uncomfortable silence for a minute.

            "Right, well, I'm off for the night." James hurried out of the room, closely followed by Remus. I was suddenly very aware of the fact that I didn't have a shirt on; Peter gives me the chills. He creeps me out sometimes, just staring at me or James or Remus. I have no clue why James lets him hang out with us really. sigh

            "James just asked Lily out!" I said quickly.

            "W-what?" He somehow looked disappointed.

            "I know! Isn't it great?!"

            "W-wonderful."

            "You don't look to happy about it."

            "Oh, I am, I am! Just surprised, that's all. I thought they hated each other?"

            "Wormtail, where have you been the past six years?? Under a rock?"

            He laughed a high-pitched, obviously forced laugh.

            "Whatcha got there Pete?" I asked, eyeing something Wormtail was hiding behind his back for the first time.

            "Oh, it's n-nothing. It's nothing... Night Sirius."

            "Night mate." He walked up the staircase to our dorm, careful to keep the secret item, well, secret.

            I looked around the room thoughtfully. For some reason it dawned on me that my best mate had a girlfriend. I sincerely hope that we'll still be as good of friends as ever, but no telling when girls get added to the picture. Only time will tell, I suppose.

            I made my way up the scarlet and gold carpeted stairs, all the way to the top of them, where the door to our dormitory was located. I had a sneaking suspicion that everyone would be asleep, so I opened the door very slowly and quietly. I got into bed, but couldn't fall asleep. Silvery streams of moonlight shone through the windows, illuminating the room with an almost dreamlike glow. A particularly large beam fell across the waste paper basket in between my bed and Wormtail's. I stared at it for a good few seconds before I realized what I was looked at. Flowers. Roses, in fact.

            I leaned over and snatched them up, quietly as I could. There was an even dozen. I searched for a card, and finally found one. It was a small gray rectangle, with pink letters that read: "Lily, you are more beautiful then even the most gorgeous rose. Here's to us- Peter." HERE'S TO US?!!

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