A/N: I'm sorry I haven't updated for awhile, I'm going to try and add chapters to all three of my stories. Enjoy!

Chapter Ten

The next night, Lily, Clare, and Tereesa were all laying down on the floors, forming a three-pointed-star sort of shape with their heads touching, looking at the ceiling.

They always made this pose when they were all extremely bored.

"So, what's going on with you and Remus?" Tereesa asked Clare.

"He was just a simple crush. I've moved on to Dave from Hufflepuff. He is so kind!" Clare said dreamily.

"He's that Seeker, isn't he?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, he's pretty good at it." Clare remarked.

"Not as good as James." Tereesa said.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." Lily said bluntly.

Tereesa smiled, "Sticking up for your man, I see. How sweet."

Lily rolled her eyes.

"James and I are just friends. Anyway, you'll never guess who asked me out, Tereesa."

Tereesa sat up, with a look of interest on her face.

"Who?"

"Kyle Boltcher." Clare replied dully and examined her cuticles.

"Oh." Tereesa replied and lay down again.

"I'm going to Hogsmeade with him tomorrow. He is so perfect. He's undertanding, sweet, cute, charming, wonderful..."

Tereesa cleared her throat loudly.

Tereesa knew Lily more then Lily thought. Tereesa knew that Lily liked James, Lily just didn't know that she liked him yet.

Lily went into a sort of daze while she was thinking of Kyle.

"I'm going to bed." Tereesa said and climbed into her bed.

"Me too." Clare said and yawned.

Lily sighed sat on her bed. 'Kyle is so great...'

James walked into his dorm that night, dropped his bag on the floor, and plopped on his bed exhaustidly.

Sirius cleared his throat.

"Where were you last night?" He asked James.

James smiled at himself as he remembered falling asleep on Lily's lap.

"I fell asleep in the common room." James said honestly, still laying on his back.

Sirius shrugged and turned to Remus.

"The full moon is tomorrow." he remarked quietly.

James shot up.

"It is?" He asked.

"Yeah...you guys will be there, won't you?" he asked hopefully.

"Aren't we always there?" Sirius said, grinning.

Remus gave a small smile and heaved a sigh.

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Lily was making her bed, singing as she did so. She had a great singing voice (After all, she practised A LOT when taking showers -wink-)

"Shut up!" Beth screamed at Lily and covered her ears with her pillow.

Kate was already up and brushing her hair.

Lily walked behind Kate.

"May I?" Lily asked Kate.

Kate nodded and handed Lily the brush.

Lily flipped her hair over her should and started brushing Kate's hair.

"You have beautiful hair, Kate." Lily remarked and hummed while brushing Kate's hair.

"Why are you so happy?" Kate asked and smiled at the mirror she was sitting in front of.

"I have a date with Kyle today." Lily said and put the brush down.

Lily started braiding Kate's hair.

"Will you let me put make-up on you today?" Lily asked Kate.

Tereesa and Lily always wanted to give Kate a makeover. She would be so pretty if she would just remove her hair from the messy bun and put on a few finishing touches. She already was pretty, but jewlery and a new hairstyle could make such a difference. Kate always refused to let them change her sppearence, but today, she didn't want to spoil Lily's good mood.

"Sure, Lily. Just...be careful..." Kate said.

Lily clapped her hands excitedly and started aplying make-up.

Tereesa dragged herself into the bathroom and slammed the door, causing Beth to scream in frustration.

Beth stomped around the room muttering things like "I'm changing rooms tomorrow."

Lily kept singing though.

Clare climbed out of bed and attempted to calm Beth down while Lily gave Kate pretty blue earring to put in.

"Viola!" Lily said and looked at Kate.

"You might want to dodge Sirius today, because he'll be drooling over you like a dog." Lily remarked and Kate blushed.

"Time for me to get ready!" Lily said happily and skipped over to the bathroom.

She opened the door and kicked (literally kicked) Tereesa out of the bathroom.

Lily finished brushing her teeth and started combing her knotted hair. She threw her brush down in frustration.

"I need a haircut." Lily said grumpily.

"Clare!" Lily yelled.

Clare was known to be a very good hairdresser.

Clare rolled her eyes and joined Lily in the bathroom.

"How short?" was Clare's automatic question.

"Hm..." Lily pointed to a place about two inches down from her shoulder.

"That short?" Clare asked in surprise.

"Yeah, and can you make it layered?" Lily asked.

Clare nodded and grabbed some scissors.

"Are you sure?" Clare asked and Lily nodded. Clare cut off a good seven inches of hair when she was finished.

Lily examined herself in the mirror when Clare said she was done.

"Thanks Clare!" Lily said and walked out as if Clare had only just handed her a peice of candy.

Clare shook her head and waved her wand and all the hair that was cut off disappeared, leaving the room looking like it had before Lily got her haircut.

Clare placed her scissors down and decided that Lily's very straight and very dark red hair went well with the layored cut she had given her.

Lily put on some tight but comfortable jeans on and a light yellow tank top. Lily applied her make-up and looked at herself in the mirror. Although Lily thought she looked boring, she looked stunning. Who wouldn't fall for her?

Lily put her wallet (she hated purses) in her pocket and walked out, saying good-bye to all her friends.

Remus' jaw dropped when he saw Lily coming down the stairs.

James looked curiously at Remus and followed Remus' gaze when his jaw dropped as well.

'Lily looks even prettier with the way she cut her hair.' James thought as he looked at her.

James glanced at Sirius, who was looking stupidly at Lily.

"Oy! Lily! Come 'ere!" Sirius yelled and waved his arms.

Lily looked over at the Marauders and smiled.

She walked over to them and Sirius looked her up and down.

"You know, there's something different about you, but I can't tell what." Sirius said and scratched his head thoughtfully.

Lily rolled her eyes and waved her hair in his face.

"Wait a second! You cut your hair, didn't you?" Sirius said, proud he figured out the answer.

Lily rolled her eyes again.

"No shit, Sherlock. It only took you five minutes to figure it out this time." Lily said sarcastically.

James, Remus, and Peter laughed.

Lily smiled brightly and hummed as she sat down beside Sirius.

"What are you so happy about?" James asked.

"I have my first date with Kyle today!" she said excitedly.

James' expression darkened.

"Congradulations." he muttered, and Remus looked at him worridly.

"Thanks. I should probably be going, I'm going to meet him in the Great Hall. I'm starving." Lily said.

"Tell him we said hi." Sirius said.

Lily nodded and skipped to the portrait hole, still humming.

"She looks quite pretty today." Sirius remarked and stood up. "I'm hungry, too. Let's go eat." Sirius said and dragged the other three out of the portrait hole.

James was hoping to see Lily in front of them, but all he saw was a bit of red hair whip around the corner towards the Great Hall.

James sighed and Remus looked at him again.

"You've got it bad." Remus said.

"What?" James snapped.

"Nevermind." Remus muttered and walked slightly ahead of them.

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"Hi Lily! I like your hair cut." Kyle said when Lily walked up to him.

"Why, thank you!" Lily said and flipped her hair dramatically.

"Shall we go to Hogsmeade after breakfast?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, that would be great." Hyle replied and smiled.

"Ok, see you then." Lily replied and kissed him on the cheek, right after James walked through the Great Hall doors.

The second James walked in the Great Hall doors, he spotted Lily kissing Kyle.

James felt his cheeks burn as Lily made her way to the Gryffindor table and sat next to a girl named Susie.

Lily launched into conversation the second she sat down and James just watched her talking happily about what she planned on doing at Hogsmeade.

James glared at Kyle as he sat down at the Hufflepuff table and talked just as happily as Lily was.

Sirius lead James to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to Lily.

"Probably sleeping in late." Lily replied and shrugged.

James sat there staring at his plate.

"Hello!" Ally (Kate's best friend) said cheerfully and sat down across from Sirius, and Kate sat next to Ally.

"Hi Ally!" Lily said brightly.

"What's she so happy about?" Ally asked Sirius.

"Why do people keep asking that? Is it not normal for me to be happy?" Lily asked. Sirius ignored her.

"She's going on a date with Kyle today." Sirius informed Ally.

"Ah." Ally replied and snatched Sirius' toast, taking a bite out of it.

"Hey!" Sirius yelled.

Ally shrugged and took another bite of his toast, before giving it back to him. Sirius looked at the bite marks and handed the toast back to Ally.

"Nevermind, you can have it." He said and grabbed a fresh piece of toast from a basket on the table.

"Did you miss us?" Tereesa asked from behind Ally, who she sat next to. Clare sat next to Tereesa.

"Hello." Lily said.

"I have to go. I'll see you all around later." Lily said brightly and exited the Great Hall.

Tereesa and Clare waved at Lily's retreating back before returning to their food. Just as Sirius was about to bite his new toast, Tereesa snatched it from him and took a bite.

"Why is everyone eating my toast?!" Sirius yelled as he snatched his toast back. This time he ignore the bite mark and just stuffed the whole piece in his mouth.

Tereesa grinned.

The Marauders, Clare, and Tereesa decided they would roam around Hogsmeade together for the rest of the day.

First, they went to buy ice cream. Tereesa complained that the person who worked at the ice cream parlor gave her the wrong flavor, so she dumped it on Sirius' head. Sirius chased her around the villiage, before catching up with her, picking her up, and throwing her in a trash barrol. Tereesa laughed so hard she fell over in the trash, getting it all over her. Sirius said he would take her back to Hogwarts to get her cleaned up.

Clare spotted Dave from Ravenclaw, and told the Marauders that shewould be busy for the rest of the day before hurrying off to flirt with Dave.

That just left the remaining three Marauders.

James was having a pretty good time in Honeydukes and forgot about Lily and Kyle. Until he saw them.

They were looking at the Levitating lollipops.

James felt like someone had just ripped his heart in half.

He remembered the time he picked Lily up because she couldn't reach the lollipops.

Kyle grabbed a few from the high shelf and handed them to Lily. She thanked him and they walked over to the counter to purchase them.

James watched their every move, and when they left Honeydukes, he followed.

He left Remus to deal with Peter by himself.

Lily and Kyle entered the Three Broomsticks holding hands. James gritted his teeth and followed. He just realized how suspicious it would seem if he entered the bar without the other Marauders or a date.

So he did something very stupid.

He walked up to the first girl he saw, which was, unfortunatly, Beth.

"Beth?" James said.

Beth turned around to face James and her eyes widened.

"Wanna get a drink with me?" he asked her.

Her eyes widened even more and she nodded enthusiastically.

"OK, great." James said and she followed him to the bar, were Lily and Kyle were sitting, having a conversation.

James walked up to Lily and Kyle, but they didn't seem to notice him.

"Well, my friend, Clare, you know her, right?" Lily asked Kyle.

"Yeah, we talked once in Charms."

"Yeah, that's the one. Well, she was like..."

James cleared his throat. Lily and Kyle turned to face him.

"Oh, hi James! You know Kyle." Lily said and motioned at Kyle.

"Yeah, we might have met once or twice before." James replied bitterly.

"You did a really good job in the last Quidditch match." Kyle complimented.

"Thanks." James muttered.

"And you a talented Chaser!" Lily said to Kyle.

"So are you!" Kyle said to Lily.

James cleared his throat again.

"I'm just getting drinks for me and my date." James said, motioning towards Beth, who was standing next to him.

"Oh, a date! Congrats, James! I don't want to be rude, but Kyle and I are done with our drinks, and we were planning on going to Zonko's next. Maybe we'll see eachother again soon?" Lily asked.

"Yeah." James replied quietly.

Lily didn't seem disappointed at all the James had a date. She didn't even care that it was Beth. Lily and Kyle got up and left the bar.

"James, are you going to get our drinks?" Beth asked uncertaintly.

"Oh! Sorry, Beth." James appologized and ordered two butterbeers.

A/N: Wow! That was a long chapter! Suggestions for future chapters are welcome -cough cough wink wink-