The next morning, Hermione awoke to Lily and Ginny jumping on her bed.

"Get up! You're gonna be late for classes and it's your first day!" Lily shrieked. Hermione simply groaned and pulled the covers over her head, but screamed when she felt herself being levitated and taken downstairs into the common room.

"PUT ME DOWN!" She yelled, as Lily flicked her wrist and Hermione landed on the sofa. The Marauders were all staring at her with wide eyes.

"I am never going to talk to you again!" Hermione yelled at Lily as she stormed up the stairs in her teddy-bear nightie. Sirius was grinning broadly at the sight he'd just seen, while Remus and Peter had gone bright red at seeing a female in literally nothing. Ginny and Lily glanced at each other, then burst out laughing.

"Did you see the look on her face?" Ginny asked.

"Never seen someone look so terrified in all my life!" Lily giggled.

Half an hour later, Hermione stormed into the common room, her eyes ablaze. Sirius winked at her, but she was fuming so much that she didn't notice.

"Ginny Weasley! Come back here with that book!" she shouted as she ran after her best friend.

"It's only Hogwarts: A History, it's not that interesting" James told her. Hermione looked at him as if he'd gone mad.

"Never say that to Hermione!" Ginny warned "She'll freak" Hermione threw her a dirty look before fleeing from the Gryffindor common room.

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Ginny smiled as she walked over to the Marauders.

"Hey, Remus is it?" she asked, looking at the sandy-haired boy who had his nose buried in a book. Remus looked up and nodded, blushing slightly.

"Uh, yeah, that's me"

"Can I have a word with you?" Remus looked at her, slightly taken aback, but not before standing up and walking outside the Gryffindor common room.

"I needed a word with you" she said seriously. Remus raised an eyebrow.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I . . ." she took a deep breath, then carried on "I need to know if Sirius is seeing someone" Remus' heart sank, she didn't like him in that way, she wanted Sirius. He scowled; Sirius always got the girls that Remus liked.

"What's it to you? Anyway, if you're so interested, then why don't you ask him yourself?" Remus asked, rather rudely. Ginny looked at him shocked, but then it clicked.

"You-you don't think that I like him, do you?" she asked incredulously, before starting to laugh. Remus felt relieved at this, but then curiosity got the better of him.

"Which girl is asking you to ask me?" He asked.

"No one, I'm just curious because-because he keeps looking at Hermione strange and I was worried that maybe you guys placed a bet to see who could bed her first or something like that" Ginny said, looking worried. Remus blinked a few times, not believing what he was hearing.

"Sirius just likes your friend, that's all"

"Trying to charm her into bed before dumping her?" Ginny asked heatedly. Remus raised an eyebrow.

"Same thing happened last year" she replied at Remus' questioning gaze "I don't think she quite got over it; do not repeat what I just said to anyone!"  Remus nodded seriously.

"Please, if Sirius is doing exactly that, stop him, I don't want my friend to end up being heartbroken" she pleaded, her eyes shining with unshed tears. Without realizing it, Remus had pulled her into a hug. Ginny returned after getting over the shock that her old teacher was hugging her! When she pulled away, they both blushed.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have done that" Remus said, looking apologetic. Ginny waved it away.

"No problem, listen, I'm gonna go find Hermione, so see you later, okay?" and with that, she rushed off. 

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"Sirius?" Remus asked, taking a tentative step towards his friend.

"Yeah, Moony? Bulls-eye! You lose!" Sirius laughed at beating Peter at wizards' chess for the tenth time in a row. Peter flushed, then turned to Remus, who was looking serious. James obviously noticed that his friend wasn't about to say something silly, so he shut up and waited for Remus to talk also. Sirius' laughter died down when he saw that no one else was laughing. He turned to Remus, who sighed.

"I need to talk to you about your 'plans' with Hermione" he told him. Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, what about them?" he asked slowly.

"I don't think you should go through with it" Remus stated firmly. Sirius looked as if Remus he had gone mad, while James laughed.

"Moony, what's the matter with you? There's nothing wrong with Padfoot sleeping with Hermione"

"And then dumping her afterwards?" Remus asked, looking angry. Sirus shrugged.

"Depends how good she is in bed" Remus' jaw dropped.

"Moony, what's wrong? You don't normally get all worked up about Padfoot sleeping with girls, then dumping them"

Remus wanted with all his might to tell them about what Ginny had said, but he'd promised her he wouldn't tell a soul, so he kept quiet.

"I just think that at seventeen, you would be mature enough to realize that you break the girls' hearts when you just dump them like yesterday's rubbish" he replied quietly. They all stayed silent as they watched him exit the boys' dormitories.

"You know what, I think Moony's been drinking too much" Sirius stated, before rubbing his hands and turning to James "Up for a round?" But James was too preoccupied with what Moony had said.

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Hermione grinned madly at Lily and Ginny.

"That was so cool!" she told them. Lily and Ginny nodded.

"So, how do you two fancy then?" Lily asked, looking interestedly at the two new girls.

"No one" they both said in unison, but their faces burning bright red gave it away.

"Come on, tell me! I won't tell anyone! Cross my heart and hope to die!" she told them seriously. Ginny and Hermione both said at the exact same time

"Sirius/Remus!"

"Whoa! Calm down, one at a time girls!" Lily said in alarm, then it clicked who they both said and she grinned.

"Oh, really now?"

"You promised you wouldn't tell!"

"I won't, oh, look at the time, I need to go and see James" and with that, she rushed off. Ginny and Hermione both sat there for a few minutes before they both realized what Lily had said.

"Oh no, she doesn't!" they both screamed as they ran after her.

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"James, I found out who Hermione and Ginny fancy!" Lily gasped as she slammed the boy's door shut. The Marauders stared at her curiously.

"Who?" James asked, looking interested. As she moved forwards, she grinned.

"They like . . ." Suddenly, the door burst open and Hermione tackled Lily to the floor, with Ginny putting her hand over Lily's mouth.

"You bitch! You promised you wouldn't tell!" Hermione yelled. Remus smirked at them and winked at Ginny, who blushed and looked away.

"I think we can most probably guess who they like" James said with a grin. Lily bit Hermione's hand and yelled out "Sirius and Remus", before Hermione grabbed her by the hair.

"Ow! Ow! Hermione, LET GO!" She screamed. Ginny laughed as she gave Hermione a high-five.

"Come on, let's go, oh and James? Lily also likes Sirius" Ginny added as they left the room, leaving James flushed with anger and Sirius looking worried.

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"WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM FOR?!" Lily screamed, looking upset.

"Well, you went and told the guys who we liked" Ginny yelled at her "I think he had the right to know, don't you?" Lily looked on the verge of tears.

"Do you realize that you've probably ruined our relationship?" she cried.

"Yeah, right, if he loves you as much as he says he does, then he won't leave you just 'cos you've got a little girly crush on his best friend" Hermione told her and with that, she stormed out of the Gryffindor common room.

"What's with her?" Lily asked.

"Oh, you mean the fact that whoever Hermione's fancied and told her friends, they go and blab it to whoever the guy is. She's always been teased because of it. Back in our old school, she fancied one of her best friends, who was a guy and also my brother, but one of my other brothers went and told him"  Lily immediately looked guilty.

"I'm sorry, I guess I wasn't thinking"

"Well, let's just hope that they think that she likes Remus, at least he won't go around boasting that the new girl is in love with him" Lily nodded.

"Do you want me to come with you to find her?" she asked timidly. Ginny shook her head.

"I'll go alone"  she said and left. Lily immediately felt guilt surge through her. As she walked upstairs, she knocked on the door and opened it.

"Can I come in?" she asked. The boys nodded and smiled.

"Listen, what I said earlier, I was joking, alright?" James grinned.

"Lils, it's obvious that they like Padfoot and Moony, otherwise they wouldn't have tried covering your mouth" Lily blushed.

"Just leave them alone, alright?"

"And we heard the conversation between you and Ginny" Sirius added. Lily looked shocked.

"What?!" Remus nodded. Lily groaned.

"Great. Well, I guess you're gonna go around boasting, so I'll warn them both to beware" she said as she made to leave.

"Whoa, wait a sec, what makes you think we're gonna boast?" Sirius questioned.

"Well, it's what you always do, isn't it Sirius?" Lily snapped "Great, I've got another girl on the go, let's spread it around" Sirius stared at her, taken aback.

"I'm not going to-"

"Whatever. Just don't tease them. I tell you, Hermione's really nice and I don't want her getting upset" she told him sternly as she left, closing the door with a SNAP!

James and Remus glanced at each other worriedly, while Peter sat there, his mouth agape. Sirius merely shrugged and sat down.
"I'm still gonna go for her" he said determinedly "She's hot and I don't care what anyone says, she's mine"