Chapter Two

Version: Revised! Yay!

Author's Note: Another revised chapter before I have to go back to school. Sigh. I want everyone at my school to die. Die! DIE!!! Hiyaaaaaa....!

We are sorry to announce that Ms Lily has been arrested and thrown in a ward for the terminally insane for immediate treatment after the murder of her school. She has a laptop. (He he)

OH WITH THE STORRY! Storry. Stor-stor-story! Yay! Story!

Lily, Kate, and Chelsea sat down in the middle of the Gryffindor table, each helping themselves to some breakfast. Kate bit into an apple and peered over at the Slytherin table.

"I know this is uncharacteristic of me and we should never ever say this again about a Slytherin, but who is that gorgeous hunk of man flesh?!" Kate asked, her jaw dropping. Chelsea turned her head and looked over as well.

"Ha! Man flesh. You're starting to sound like Sirius," Lily said. "And that could be either a good thing...or a really really bad thing," she muttered. She chuckled and turned to look as well.

"Hmmm," Chelsea said, going back to her breakfast and pursing her lips. "That's Andrew, my brother, you know. How he made it into Slytherin, I'll never know." Lily and Kate returned to their breakfasts too.

"Even so, not like I'd ever date a Slytherin!" Kate said, appalled. "I'm not like Narcissa Black, or even Andrew's current beau, Clarice!"

"I hate her," Chelsea grumbled. Kate nodded pointedly and looked up to see the Marauders approaching.

"Besides, I have Sirius, now don't I!" she said as Sirius himself slid in next to her.

"That's right, babe! I'm one hot chunk of man flash," he growled seductively. Lily and Chelsea looked at each other and burst out in laughter. Sirius looked rather taken aback. "Well now!" he sputtered.

"Ha! Padfoot's finally been rendered speechless. I commend you, Walters!" James said as he and Remus sat down next to Lily and Chelsea.

"Damn good of you, Potter!" Kate returned, taking another bite out of her apple.

James smirked and slid his arm around Lily's waist.

"So, Evans, how 'bout that date that you've been putting off, eh?" he said, flashing her his famous grin.

"In your dreams, Potter, as I've said countless times before. Goodness! Sirius!" she whined. "Why did you have to get him pestering me! I would've been fine without a boyfriend after Amos Diggory broke up with me, you know." Sirius grinned and shoveled some eggs in his mouth. Lily sighed and quickly removed James's arm from around her waist.

The Head Boy and Girl, Frank Longbottom and Alice Prewett, came by, handing them all timetables for the year. The group read over them quickly and exchanged timetables to see what classes they shared.

"Ah, no," Chelsea moaned. "See here, we have Double Potions with the Slytherins for the third year in a row! I think Marulus just wants to punish us!"

"I'm sure he does," Remus commented knowingly. "It's common knowledge that Professor Marulus despises Gryffindors, especially, might I add, us," he said, gesturing to the group.

"Oh well, we have Charms with the Ravenclaws this year...on Monday! Oh goody, that's today!" Lily exclaimed, reading over her timetable. She was best in all of her classes, though closely rivaled by the others. She was the best witch in her year with the highest marks in all of her classes except one, Transfiguration, where James Potter had beaten her year after year. "Oh, and Herbology with the Hufflepuffs on Wednesday and Thursday. Good for you, Pete, you can see your girlfriend. And...hmmm, Ancient Runes and Arithmancy on Monday and Friday for Potter, Remus, Chelsea, and I. God, that's with the Slytherins again!"

James chuckled as he watched the petite girl go on about their schedules. It was true that Sirius had told him to ask the girl out to make her feel better after a big Hufflepuff git had broken up with her, but by now he also had ulterior motives. He fancied her now, and not just because of her looks. He wasn't that shallow. He loved her personality, everything about her. James had been harbouring this crush since the end of Fourth Year, and he was trying his hardest to finally make Lily see that he really wasn't as bad as she thought.

Remus's voice broke through his thoughts quite abruptly and James realised he had been staring at the same spot on the table for a rather long time.

"Sure, we'll meet in the library after classes. I'm sure Sirius and James would find it a nice new adventure, seeing as how they've never been before!" Remus said, exasperated.

"That's not true! I went that one time...you know...Lily was there! Lily, you tell them!" Sirius retaliated. Lily shook her head and chuckled lightly.

"Sirius, hun, that was when Kate and I decided to kidnap you and stuff you in the secret closet in the back of the library. That hardly counts!"

"You kidnapped Sirius? When did this happen? Why wasn't I informed?!" James asked, feigning hurt.

"I was sort of ashamed, Prongs. Hey! You would be, too, if they tied you up and gagged you and stuffed you in some dark place with," he shuddered and lowered his voice to a whisper, "creepy crawlies!"

"Well, anyway," Remus began again, staring at Sirius with one eyebrow raised. "We can meet at around seven, after dinner, I suppose. Is that all right?" Everyone nodded as the bell rang, signaling the start of classes. They stood up and went their separate ways, Lily, James, Chelsea, and Remus to Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts, Sirius to Divination, and Kate and Peter to Advanced Herbology II.

Later, the seven friends met in the library and settled themselves at a table near the back. Sirius looked around in awe a the immense amount of books and scrolls packed away on every shelf. The others smiled at the boy and took out their already massive amount of homework. They had been working for about an hour when Lily felt someone tickling her right hand with an eagle feather quill. She looked up and sucked in a breath, her face inches away from James's. He smirked and pointed down at a scrap of parchment with his quill. Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously, but opened the note anyway.

Will you go out with me, now, Evans? I've been quiet alllllllllll day!!! Pretty please? With sugar on top?

Lily sighed and scribbled a reply.

No, you dork.

He looked at her again and realised she was glaring at him pointedly, as if to say "shut up now, before I hex your mouth shut with my evil spells...of dooooooom!!!" Well, that was what James thought the glare meant, although he could hardly imagine someone like Lily Evans actually saying "dooooooom!" with an evil, yet unbearably sexy, little cackle. He bit his lip to keep from laughing. This made Lily's glare harden.

You know, babe, if looks could kill, I bet I'd be dead by now, hmmm?

And six feet under, she wrote back. She smirked at him and went back to her essay on Chicken's feet and the many uses of them when pickled. Trust Marulus to give them some unbearable assignment.

Please? Sil-vou-play? Or, however you spell that?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?, she wrote back.

Hu?

Ugh! Never mind.

Lily giggled and started singing the song under her breath. James just stared at her.

"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi se soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?!" James raised an eyebrow, although he couldn't help but notice how unbelievably...lovely the song sounded coming from her light rose coloured lips.

"What're'you singing, Lily?" he asked quietly, making sure the others couldn't hear him talking to her.

"Oh!" She laughed lightly. "It's French."

"And...?" he asked impatiently.

"It's by Lady Marmalade. You know, Voulez-wous coucher avec moi ce soir?"

"Ah, no. What does it mean?"

"I'm not going to tell you!" She smirked. "Besides, Sirius probably knows. Ask 'im."

"Hey, Sirius!" James called. Sirius jumped out of his little trance and looked around for the source of the voice. "Sirius!" He looked at James. "What does...erm...what was it again, Evans?" Lily bit her lip to keep from laughing and look Sirius in the eye.

"Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?"

"Oui oui, Mademoiselle."

"Oh, monsieur, I'd love too," Lily said in a fake French accent. By now, everyone at the table was watching the two...especially James.

"A dance, Mme. Evans?" Sirius said suavely, standing up and offering his hand. Lily took it and stood up as well before Sirius pulled her in close. He slid his arm around her waist and tipped her back until her hair was brushing the floor. He pulled her up again and spun her out, then back in. Lily bowed and Sirius did a small curtsey to the cheers and applause of their friends. The two sat down and smiled at James.

"Well, that didn't explain a thing," the messy-haired boy said, smiling awkwardly and ruffling his hair. Lily hated when he did that. She glared at him.

"Well, maybe this will help," Sirius said in his normal voice. "My bed or yours, Evans?" Lily covered her face with her hands and she could practically feel James's glare directed toward the back of her head.

"Well, that was interesting," Remus commented. The group returned to their homework once more before Chelsea leaned over to Remus and beckoned him to come closer.

"Well, it's obvious that James was jealous, no?" she asked quietly. Remus nodded. "And I actually think Lily's acquired some feelings for the bloke. Notice how she's been letting 'im down easier this year."

"I have noticed. We should do something."

"I know. Perhaps we could all take the secret Marauder way out of the castle to Hogsmeade this weekend, since there's no Quidditch yet," she said, referring to the Wizarding sport, much like football. "It will be a chance to make those two spend as much time as possible in each others presense. Sigh. We could also do the typical and quite cliched Muggle game, Truth or Dare. It does get it done right. You know, drop the bomb, make 'em snog, et cetera et cetera."

"I suppose. We've got to be careful about it, though. Lily's clever and James...well, let's just say that James is stupid enough to notice what's going on."

"Too true. All right, it's settled. Hopefully, we can get them to be friends by the end of the year, though I highly doubt they'll even let us get them that far! The lives of my friends!"

"Hard to believe it, isn't it?"

"Oui oui, monsieur! Oui oui!"

Next chapter being revised! I hope to get it up about next weekend!