His Last Chance

Moony

JK's

THANK YA'LL SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!! I really hope you like this story!!! It's only my second romance I've ever written. – Moony

Chapter 4

"Sirius – what exactly is your plan?"

"I already did it."

"And what plan would that be?"

"Ok, look, you know Lily's best friend Anneliese?"

"Um... sort of, I had to work with her in potions once and she kept winking at me."

"Yeah, well, anyway. I asked her out to a date at the Three Broomsticks, and I told her to bring Lily. And now you just have to get James to come with us at 3:00 pm at Hogsmeade."

"How's that going to work?"

"I'm gonna walk off with Anneliese and leave them alone. They're gonna have to talk to each other."

"And if they don't?"

"Then we go to Plan B."

"And what's that?"

"We're gonna sing."

"Sing?" Remus asked skeptically.

"Kiss the Girl... you know, from that Muggle thing called a Movie I think it was like The Little Mermaid or something."

"But Lily would never allow him to do that."

"Not unless everyone is screaming to do it, and a kiss is always what convinces a girl."

"If he does it passionately."

"Right."

"So it's settled then, I'll bring James to the Three Broomsticks."

"And I've got Anneliese and Lily."

"Ok."

"Look! Lily's sucking on a Banana and Orange Quill! Maybe I should get one of those! Then maybe she'll notice me!" James whispered excitedly during charms.

"Get a life James, no one's gonna notice you just because you suck on a Banana and Orange Quill," Peter whispered back.

"Well it's possible," James said sulkily.

Sirius and Remus exchanged glances.

"Hey, maybe if I'm a good student, and take notes and stuff and get good marks, Lily will notice me."

"You do get good marks, you don't need to take notes, you always get good marks," Peter said dully.

"Yeah, but still..."

It lasted like this all through potions, and James' friends were sick of it.

"We need drastic action and fast," Sirius whispered to Remus.

"But the next Hogsmeade date isn't until like three weeks!" Remus moaned.

"Argh!" Sirius cried and started on his mashed potatoes.

Lily did not give James one thought until Anneliese pointed him out to her.

"Lily, look, James keeps staring at you! I reckon he has a crush on you."

"No, really? He's just had one for the past what – six years?"

"I know, but I think something happened during the holidays – I mean, it's what my instinct tells me."

"You could take over Professor Trelawny with her idiotic 'mind-reading'."

"Tell me what happened."

"No. I'm not talking about James Potter if you paid me."

"What did he do to you?"

"Rather what I did to him I guess," Lily said guiltily.

"Did you turn him down?"

"Not exactly..."

"You're such an idiot James. All normal girls would KILL for James or Sirius or Remus. Like me," Anneliese giggled.

"I'm not a normal girl then Ann."

"Oh... why don't you just give him a chance? I reckon he's not as bigheaded as he was before. I mean, look at his eyes Lily. He doesn't just have a crush, it's love."

"Anneliese- don't start your ridiculous romance stories."

"I wasn't going to."

"Well good then."

"You know you like James too Lily, you're just too stubborn to admit it, you're too determined in thinking he's a big prat. But open your eyes Lils, look at him."

"Anneliese – stop your wisdom talks. I don't like James Potter, and that's a general fact. I don't have any stubbornness in not wanting to admit it. He is still the same arrogant prat I've known since first year."

"Whatever," Anneliese sighed and yawned, "I'm going to bed. 'Night Lils."

"I'll come up when I finish this essay and the Astronomy one."

"K."

And Anneliese left Lily to sit alone, writing her Charms essay.

Remus jabbed Sirius as he looked up from his essay.

"Wait Moony, one more sentence and I'm finished... done. What?"

"Look," he whispered, and pointed at Lily, sitting alone at the table, her quill moving across the parchment.

Sirius shrugged, "So?"

"If we can get Peter to come up with us and leave James here, them two will be alone and we can forget the whole Anneliese and Hogsmeade plan!"

"Ohh... smart Moony."

Sirius stood up and gave a fake yawn.

"Ahh I'm tired. I'm going up to bed. 'Night everyone," he said.

"I might as well go too. I'm bored," Remus replied and gathered up his book.

Peter looked up.

"Well if you guys are going I'll go too, I don't want to finish this essay anyway. I'm having a brain freeze."

They looked at James. James waved them away saying, "I'll finish my astronomy essay and come up."

"Ok," Remus said, and he exchanged triumphant glances with Sirius.

James looked up from the corner of his eye, and saw Lily scrawling away in a corner. He couldn't believe his luck. Walking slowly, dreamily, he sat down beside Lily. Lily did not notice him and continued writing, pausing only to dip her quill in an ink bottle. James looked at his astronomy essay and found it was blank.

"Lily," he said.

"What?" Lily said, not looking up.

"I need help on this essay."

Lily raised her head and froze for a moment, considering the fact she could just say no and leave. But some part of her heart told her to help him and it was her heart that acted faster.

"Oh all right, what?"

"When does Mars appear?"

"James, don't tell me you don't listen in class at all?"

James chuckled and gave an innocent shake of his head.

"Oh for crying out loud!" she said exasperatedly, but with a smile on her face, "Mars appears in June (A/N: I don't know if this is true)."

"Ohh..." James said thoughtfully, "Thanks."

The two bent over their parchment and began to write. As Lily wrote, James watched her. A red strand of hair fell from behind her ear and swished elegantly by her cheek. James longed to touch it and put it back where it had been. Lily too looked up from her essay, and her emerald green eyes locked into James' hazel.

Remus and Sirius had just come down in James' invisibility cloak, when they saw James lean closer and give her a ten second kiss.