Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and the related characters, terms, etc., I only accept credit and/or responsibility for the plot that you do not recognise. So... yeah.

Summary: James Potter and Lily Evans were married and had a prodigy of a son named Harry James Potter. That is for certain. What happened before then, and to whom Lily's love was promised before an accident tied her to James is left totally up to yours truly. Enjoy.

Chapter:  "Nervous Admissions"

"We Can't Forget."

"Peter, I want you to listen to me and pay attention like you never have ever before," said Remus earnestly, his hands still gripping Peter's small shoulders. Peter nodded enthusiastically. "Lily and I, we're going to be our own little secret for a while, understand?" Peter nodded again. "I'll tell James and Sirius myself, don't say anything."

"Mum's the word," chirped Peter as the pair began to walk again.

"Mum's the word," repeated Remus quietly, suddenly feeling extremely foolish.

"Remember," said Remus sternly once they'd reached the portrait hole, "not a word about Lily."

"Not a word..."

Remus took a deep breath before giving the Fat Lady the password, (sugar dumpling) and stepping into the Commons Room. He had honestly hoped that Sirius and James wouldn't be there, but they were right where Remus had left them, on a sofa in front of the fireplace.

"Remmie dah-ling" called Sirius, jumping up and down to catch his attention. "Jamesie here has the most fah-bulous news!" 

"Does he?" asked Remus casually, meeting them at the chair where James sat staring unseeingly at the fire, apparently deep in thought.

"I do," replied James, turning to smile at Remus and Peter, "sit." They sat and James stood in front of them. He had a thing for control. "I know how to get Lily," he announced, Remus cringed.

Sirius chuckled softly at James as he perched himself on the arm of the chair. "Go on, tell them your reasoning..." 

 "Well, I've been lying low for the past year or so, and I think she's noticed. I'm going to casually ask her to Hogsmeade… I'll catch her off guard, and she'll say yes!"

Sirius jumped up and exclaimed that he would play Lily and James would be himself. "Go to Hogsmeade with me," declared James gallantly, bending to one knee. Remus began to feel a large boulder sliding uneasily down his throat as the show continued.

"Oh James, you haven't asked me out in a year, and you totally caught me by surprise... I would love to be your date to Hogsmeade and then someday make lots and lots of little babies with you," cried Sirius is his best girlish voice. This was quite a feat in itself because Sirius' was the huskiest voice of the lot.

James and Sirius bowed as a few students in the room cheered. As they returned to the sofa, Peter spoke up. "That's a great idea James, it's just too bad that Lily's already got a boyfriend!"

"What?" sneered James, the smile and colour withdrawing from his face.

"She has a boyfriend!" crowed Peter again, who was thoroughly enjoying having all of James' attention directed at him.

"Who?" demanded James dangerously, advancing on a now quivering Peter.

"I'm not allowed to say!" he whimpered, scrambling away from James.

"Let him alone," said Remus quietly, throwing himself between James and Peter.

"You know who it is too, don't you?" accused James softly. The impulse driven rage had subsided and he now seemed desperate and as defenceless as a lamb. Remus felt several particularly sharp stabs of guilt as he nodded. He hadn't meant to tell James like this... "So why are you protecting the slimy git?"

"Because I'm the slimy git James." The few students who had been watching the scene snapped around in their chairs, knowing that they wouldn't want to get involved.

"Wasn't expecting that one mate," said Sirius sympathetically, letting out a low whistle.

"You're not serious are you?" asked James, frozen in front of Remus, as Peter still shook from behind the two.

"As of today, I am serious," said Remus quietly.

"You bastard!" spat James, and in a matter of seconds he had thrown himself onto Remus and begun pummelling him. It took Sirius' pulling at James' neck and several pathetic sobs from Peter, who had been effectively crushed under his two best friends, to get James to relent. The few students who remained in the room took the commencement of the fight as a signal to leave. They hurriedly packed their books, each mumbling some sort of incoherent excuse. When they'd all left, and the Marauders had each caught their breath, James had a few more choice words for Remus.

"Alright, stop," said Sirius firmly after James had advanced on Remus for the third time. "Peter and I are going to step back to, er, over here," he began, indicating a smaller chair close to the fireplace, "and the two of you are going to talk and... er... do other sensitive. feeling. type things... OK?"

"Right," said Remus cautiously, wiping a drop of blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Why do you hate me?" roared James dramatically, slumping into the sofa.

"I don't."

"Do you love her?"

"I don't know," responded Remus, who had taken to leaning on the fireplace mantle. "I care a lot about her..."

"Does she love you?" he asked, the smirk reappearing on his face.

"I don't know..."

"Then break up with her!" he announced, jumping out of the sofa for the second time. "Do it because you love ME!" he exclaimed, throwing his hands up for effect. He winced and dropped back onto the chair, clutching his side. "I think you bruised one of my ribs Rem!"

"I'll bruise more than that if you continue behaving like this!" exclaimed Remus, finally tired of James' childishness. "You haven't mentioned Lily for a year, you said it yourself, you made it seem like you didn't like her like that anymore! I've been friends with her since our second year and you want me to break up with her just because you ask me to?! No, sorry, not going to happen... She doesn't want you, she wants me, So deal with it James!"

"You're kidding right?" asked James, matching Remus' tone of voice.

"No. I'm not," said Remus, considerably quieter as he left the Commons Room.

Author Note: Hehe, oops… I've had this saved on my computer for a while but until I got a new review this morning, I'd sort of forgotten about it. I'm on summer holiday now, so you can expect quite a few new chapters soon… cheers