A/n here is the second chapter. Thanks Drops of Jupiter and Kia for reviewing the first chapter.

Disclaimer: The same as in the first chapter.

Just a game

Chapter two:

James looked up from the game of chess, looking interested.

"What sort of bet?" He asked.

"I bet that you can't get a certain person to go to the dance with you" said Sirius.

"Okay" said James.

"A bit confidant aren't you, you don't even know who the person is yet" said Sirius grinning.

"Well I don't mind who it is" said James, Sirius looked round the room.

"You will when I tell you its Lily Evans" said Sirius.

"Sirius, how on earth am I going to get her to go to the dance with me?" Said James not sounding at all happy about the bet now.

"I don't know, you agreed to the bet" said Sirius.

"Yeah and I'm not going to back out of it now" said James looking over at Lily. She had always disliked him and so they had never really tried to get along.

It was after dinner and Lily and Carla were in the library getting some studying done. Olivia who disliked studying had gone back to the Gryffindor common room. Carla was the first one to finish her homework, Lily looked up from her writing.

"Carla, shouldn't you be going to quidditch training?" She asked. Carla looked at her watch.

"I'm going to be late again" she said shoving her books and work into her bag.

"I'll see you later" said Carla as she ran out of the library. Lily just smiled at her friend and went back to completing her Transfiguration homework.

It was a while later when she'd finished her homework that she decided to get some fresh air.

The air was cold but she didn't mind, she walked towards the forbidden forest not planning to actually go there but no one went near there often so she could get some peace and quiet. As she got closer to the forest she heard voices, one of the voices was so cold that Lily didn't think she would want to meet these people so she hid.

James looked at his watch for about the fifteenth time.

"Will you stop doing that?" Said Sirius.

They were at the quidditch pitch waiting for three other people who were on the team. Carla Leng who was a chaser, John Conway (5th year) who was a beater and Samantha Imrie (6th year) who was the keeper.

James, Sirius, Olivia and Dominic (6th year) were waiting for them. James was a chaser, Sirius was a beater, Olivia was seeker and Dominic was a chaser. There were hurried footsteps and the three of them turned up.

"Sorry we're..."

"Never mind, can we please get some practice done now" said James.

The practice was short but went well, even James had little to complain about which didn't happen often. They went to the Gryffindor common room happy with how the practice had gone.

James and Sirius went over to Remus who was reading.

"How did practice go?" Asked Remus putting down his book.

"Very well considering three of the team were late" said James.

"Have you talked to Lily yet?" Asked Sirius.

"No" said James.

"Why not?" Asked Sirius.

"Sirius, the dance is weeks away I've got plenty of time" said James.

"What's going on?" Asked Remus who knew nothing about the bet.

"Do you really want to know?" Asked Sirius.

"Maybe not" said Remus.

"Wise choice" said Sirius.

"Does anyone know where Peter is?" Asked James. Sirius and Remus both shook their heads.

The voices were coming nearer and Lily was hoping that the people didn't find her.

"What did you mean by that?" Asked the cold voice which almost made Lily's blood freeze.

"I didn't mean anything, but it's difficult with Dumbledore always watching" said a voice that sounded a bit like her potions professor.

A hand went over Lily's mouth she tried to scream but it was very muffled.

"Quiet" said the person with their hand over her mouth.

A/n Thanks for reading this. Please review. I'll try to get the next chapter up quickly.

Andrea