"Bye-bye James!" Delia said as she left the common room to go to the library. As soon as she left, Remus hit him in the back of his head.

"Ow! What was that for?" James said rubbing where Remus hit him. "What did I do?"

"Delia." Remus said. "If you liked Lily so much, why are you going out with this dimwit? Lily is really upset and guess who is upstairs comforting her? Sirius."

"What? You're kidding me!" James said. "Sirius said Lily didn't like me that much, so I should go out with another redhead to make her jealous and like me more!"

"Why would you believe Sirius?" Remus said. "I know he's your best mate, but you know he likes Lily."

"He told me he was over her." James said.

"Okay, what exactly happened?" Remus asked. James took a deep breath and told him.

"So I'm in my room, still pretty happy about Lily and all..." James said. James remembered lying on the bed, thinking about where to take Lily on their first date.

"Hey there, pal." Sirius had said coming in. 'Now that I think of it, he was smiling a little weird.' James added while he was telling Remus. "What's the smile for?"

"Lily" James had said. "We kissed."

"Wow, that's big mate. I didn't except that since...well, that's great." Sirius said turning around.

"Since what?" James said getting up. "What happened?"

"Well, I just heard Lily telling Norma and Sara that she didn't really like you." Sirius said with a fake sad face. "Sorry, Prongs."

"Then why did she kiss me?" James said. "It doesn't make sense."

"She did mention a big mistake..." Sirius said trying to 'remember.' Sirius' eyes light up. "Now I remember her exact words! 'Big mistake with Potter. Don't know what I was thinking.' Sorry, James boy.'

"Yeah...yeah..." James had said. "How can I win her back?"

"Win her back?" Sirius said. "Man, you never had her. But I know a trick I used on girl once that worked. I went out with another girl and it made her real jealous. A girl wants nothing more than something she can't get."

"I thought that was with us guys?" James said.

"It works with girls, too." Sirius said covering up his mistake quickly. "Try to find a redhead, since Lily's a redhead. That'll get her real jealous. Well I gotta run. Later, mate."

"Yeah, later Padfoot." James said. "By the way, thanks."

"Anytime, Prongs." Sirius said and closed the door.

"Wow, he really got you good." Remus said after James finished.

"I can't believe I got fooled. Lily is probably making out with him right now." James said. "At least I still have you as a friend. You wouldn't do anything like that to me."

"Well, not anymore." Remus said.

"What do you mean 'anymore'?" James said.

"Sirius asked me to help him learn how to be a gentleman to win Lily back. He paid for this book." Remus said, indicating the book he was reading. "Don't worry though, I doubt it will work."

"So you think if I go back out with you, James will get jealous, dump Delia and come back to me?" Lily said to Sirius outside her room.

"Definitely." Sirius said. "A guy doesn't want anything more than what he can't have."

"And you'll be fine with the fact that I'll basically be using you?" Lily asked. "That doesn't sound like you, Sirius."

"I've changed, Lily." Sirius said. "Besides, anything for my best mates. So, will you go out with me Lily?"

"If I can get James, back..." Lily said. "Then of course I will." Sirius leaned down for a kiss. Lily blocked him. "Just not too much of that, okay?"

"If he doesn't see us kissing, he'll know it's a fake for sure." Sirius reasoned with her. "C'mon, would I every deceive you?" Sirius grinned an especially broad grin. Lily shrugged and kissed him. It felt so good, just like old times. "Now, for the first test. Ready, Lily?" Sirius said holding out his hand. Lily took it and nodded. Since the kiss, she still couldn't talk. It was amazing. More amazing than she had remembered. 'Just get James back and forget Sirius.' Lily told herself. They walked downstairs and James looked up and saw them. He cursed under his breath and left as the new 'couple' kissed. Remus looked up from his book and slammed it shut.

"Sirius Black, you are the worst person I know." Remus said and took off to get James. James needed to know as soon as possible the real deal. Remus just figured out that Sirius told both Lily and James that they had to make one another jealous for his own advantage. Once Remus found James, he was afraid to approach him.

James was just sitting in the hallway against the wall crying. 'James Potter never cries.' James always boasts. Remus back away slowly and went back to get Sirius and talk some sense into him instead. When he got back to the common room, Sirius was playing a game of chess against Peter. Lily was nowhere in sight.

"Sirius, how could you?" Remus said.

"Before you give me that whole I-have-more-moral-sense-than-you-so-listen-to-me speech, I want to tell you two thing." Sirius said. "One, you helped me, so this is also partially your fault. You got your book, I don't see why you should have a problem with this."

"The book isn't even that good." Remus said.

"And two," Sirius said as though he had not been interrupted. "I'm very happy now seeing as Peter is letting me win a game of chess."

"I'm not letting you win." Peter said. "Why does every think I always let people win?"

"Because you do." Remus said. "Now, Sirius before you go any further in this endeavor, please listen to what I have to say."

"Uh, no." Sirius said. "I'm sick of you always telling me about morals and stuff. Nobody likes you telling him or her what to do, and that is all you do. I mean, who talks like you? 'Before you further this endeavor...' Normal people would just say, 'shut it and listen to me.' But you're not very normal, are you, Moony?" Remus softened a bit and left. Sirius turned back to the game of chess and Peter was smiling broadly. "What's wrong with you?"

"Checkmate." Peter said.

(Will James and Lily find out what Sirius did? Will they forgive him? Will Remus forgive Sirius? Will Sirius ever win a game of chess? Please Review!)