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Sarah walked up to Lily and looked her straight in the eye.

"You are nothing but a filthy mudblood." She said coolly. Lily raised her eyebrows but rolled her eyes. She wasn't going to let Sarah know what she said hurt her, but inside, it really did.

Chap.8—It's Payback Time

James heard Sarah and walked in front of Lily.

"Dare to repeat?" He said, in a voice as icy as possible. Sarah knew better than to face James Potter, one of the strongest wizards at school, but she did.

"Yeah. I'll say it as much as possible. Evans is a filthy mudblood." That did it for James. In half a second his wand was out and Sirius and Remus were right behind, with their wands. This really surprised them, as Remus was usually against James and Sirius doing that. Lily stood behind, with her arms crossed, not at the Marauders, but at Sarah.

"You know, you really should wash out your mouth, Sarah Kylie, it's dirty. Scourgify!" James yelled. Soap suds filled her mouth, reminding them all of a prank on Snape in fifth year. The Gryffindors laughed loudly at them. The Marauders suddenly 'forgot' the countercurse. James grabbed Lily's hand and dragged her into the castle. They ran away laughing and looking back as they ran. The ran all the way to the Gryffindor tower, James leading the way.

"I can't believe we skipped class!" Lily said, out-of-breath and laughing at the same time.

"Hey, what's it like being on the bad side?" James played around.

"I like it!" Lily laughed.

"Alright!" James answered, giving her a high five.

"I don't wanna go to class. Skive off with me?" She turned to him.

"You're asking me? Hey wait, perfect little Lily Evans wants to skip classes?" James joked.

"Why not?" She answered smoothly. James laughed and they flopped on the couch.

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James and Lily skipped the rest of their afternoon classes. Since it was Friday they would make-up their work over the weekend.

"Will you teach me how to play chess?" She asked randomly.

"You don't know?" He replied. She shook her head, "Well, sure I'll teach you." He answered and conjured up a board and pieces. He taught her the game, which he definitely had to use patience as she kept getting confused. She finally accomplished it and they sat once again on the couch, relaxing.

"Still want to go to Hogmeade tomorrow, Lily?" James asked.

Lily smiled, "Of course." She replied. James grinned at her.

"C'mon let's go to dinner, everyone else is there already." Lily said. James looked at her.

"I really like you Lily." He said, out-of-the-blue. Lily smiled again.

"I know and I like you too." She answered quietly. James grinned at her once again.

"Really?" He looked at her. She nodded and James laughed a little. Lily gave him a quick kiss on the lips and took his hand.

"Let's go." She smiled and lightly tugged on his hand. He followed and they walked down to dinner, hand-in-hand.

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"Finally!" Katie cried. She saw James and Lily walk in the Great Hall, hand-in-hand, Lily laughing at something James said.

"Huh?" Sirius, Remus, and Teresa all replied.

"Look." Katie pointed to James and Lily.

"Oh my gosh that's so awesome!" Teresa said happily.

"Aww, how cute." Sirius said, jokingly and Katie lightly elbowed him in the stomach.

"I figured they would!" Remus announced.

"Oh, really?" Teresa turned to face him. He nodded quickly and grinned. Teresa laughed at his behavior. James and Lily came over and sat down.

"What?" Lily said at the smiling friends.

"Nothing." Teresa answered in a sing-song voice. Lily smiled at them, knowing the answer.

"Ha! Finally got her, Prongs!" Sirius announced. They all laughed, even Lily and James.

"Oh how pathetic." Narcissa sneered. Sarah smirked at them.

"What a perfect couple." She said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, what a perfect couple! Hey, did you ever tell Black what your parents call you? SaraBeara? Lollipop? Sweetie pie?" Lily laughed, along the Marauders. Sarah turned red at Lily's words. James laughed.

"Lollipop?" He said, in between laughs.

"Oh shut up Potty Boy." She sneered back. Sirius grinned at James, who returned it. How do they know what to do? Lily thought. The boys got out their wand and cried, "Greasier!" and immediately Narcissa and Sarah's hair turned disgustingly greasy.

"Compliments of the Marauders—."

"Lasts one week--."

"No matter how hard you wash it." James and Sirius told them.

"Enjoy." Sirius smirked as they stomped off, looking disgusted at their new hair. Lily laughed along with Teresa and Katie.

"Priceless, James, priceless." She grinned at him.

"Hey, what about me?" Sirius pretended to look hurt.

"Good job, Sirius." Katie smiled at her boyfriend and patted him on the back. They all laughed and enjoyed another nice Hogwarts meal.

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Lily waited at the bottom of the stairs for James to come. She smoothed out her perfect jeans and t-shirt. James came out dressed in jeans and a t-shirt also. He smiled at her.

"Ready?" He asked, taking her hand.

"Lead the way." She looked up at him.

They walked into the village. "Where do you want to go?" James asked her.

"Honeydukes?" She suggested. James nodded in agreement and the entered the sweets shop. They waved to Teresa and Remus who were picking out all these yummy chocolates and sweets for each other. They kept handing each other ones they recommended. Lily laughed at the fun couple. James disappeared for a minute and came back, handing Lily a sugar rose. She smiled and thanked him.

"Can we go to Zonko's?" James asked, almost desperately. Lily giggled at his pleading and nodded.

"Sure." They walked down the cobblestone street into Zonko's. Lily rarely went in there so it was quite interesting for her. They saw Katie and Sirius, their fingers laced together with one hand and Sirius picking up all this joke stuff with his other hand, which Katie looked quite amused watching. Lily followed James to the back where a lot of extra special pranks were. After looking around for 20 minutes James came out with a very filled bag of joke products and he and Lily headed to Three Broomsticks. Lily got them a nice cozy booth and James returned a couple minutes later with butterbeer and tasty snacks. James and Lily enjoyed the delicious treat together.

"Can we please, please, please go to the Quidditch store?" James begged. Lily laughed, "Yeah, of course." He smiled and they walked into the tiny shop. James looked at everything there was. Lily was quite interested too, as she liked played Quidditch but wasn't on the house team. She bought James a cool Servicing Kit he would probably like. Together they walked out and Lily handed him the kit. James looked at it and became wide-eyed.

"Thanks, Lily!" He cried, giving her a hug that lifted her off her feet, literally. James put her back down and they once again walked down the cobblestone street. Lily and James spotted Sarah and Narcissa, their hair incredibly greasy, at the same time. With one look at each other they burst out laughing. James searched through one of his Zonko's bags. He pulled out a long pole with a horn at the end.

"It's a voice magnifier. They look like they're whispering so let's bust them." James said. Lily laughed as James pointed it towards them.

"I LOVE MALFOY!" Came Sarah's voice. She threw her hand over her mouth as the whole street started to laugh.

"HUH?" She yelled. "WHY IS MY VOICE LOUD?" The street kept laughing harder. Sarah saw James and gave him a death glare. He put it back once Sarah saw him and he and Lily walked back into the castle, laughing at Sarah's confession.

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