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James woke up an hour later with Lily sleeping serenely, cuddled up onto on his shoulder. He didn't want to wake her, but it was freezing and still raining hard and even the heat of their bodies wasn't enough to stay warm.

"Lily.." he whispered hoarsely. She groaned sleepily and stirred a little. "We should probably go sleep in the castle."

"Not now." Lily snapped groggily.

"No, we really need to get to the castle." James said while rubbing his eyes.

She yawned and blinked "What time is it? It's like dark out."

"I dunno... I took off my watch.." said James as he tried to feel around on the ground. Lily rolled off of him, and he promptly grabbed his watch.

"About 1 am." read Lily as she smuggled another yawn. "Ok, let's go back now."

The two stood up and began to drag their feet through the wet grass, feeling the cool misty breeze of the barely existant drizzle.

"I'm so tired." groaned Lily as she rubbed her sleepy eyes.

"Me too, and even I haven't been staying up until dawn to study. Lily, you gotta relax, we have quite a while until NEWTS." said James.

"I know, but I have just been kinda stressed lately."

"Books don't heal stress. Kissing does." smiled James as he wrapped his arm around her and planted a kiss on the lips.

Lily grinned inwardly. Kissing did help make her feel better. As James nibbled at her lip affectionatley, she bushed some unruly and now wet black hair out of his face, and pulled off the glasses that somehow made him even more attractive.

"Hey." he laughed while reaching his hand out, but Lily backed away and put the glasses on her face.

"Whoa, I can't see." she giggled while spinning around in a circle and hoding her arms out.

"Neither can I." laughed James as he reached out and grabbed, his fingers entwining in hers.

"It's raining again." said Lily as drops began to fall out of the sky, splashing in the already muddy puddles that littered the ground.

"Well whoever said sunshine brings happiness has never kissed in the rain." James whispered romantically while kissing Lily again. She pulled off the glasses and draped her arms around his shoulders.

"Having fun?" asked a voice from a few yards away.

"Lumos Maxima!" said James as he quickly drew his wand. A bright light began to shine, illuminating the smiling face of Veronica.

"Vee, what are you doing here?" gasped Lily.

"Me? I always stroll around at 1 in the morning spying on people shagging by the lake."

"We weren't shagging." said Lily defensively. "And where did you come from?"

"Sure you weren't shagging, and miniature green owls are building an advanced civilization inside my nose. But anyway you nosy little lovers, I came from Hogsmeade. Why was I in Hogsmeade? I snuck in to get some things ready for the most killer Halloween prank you will ever see, so get ready to be scared shitless." explained Veronica.

"Nah, me Sirius and Remus have been planning a prank forever. You won't get one up on us." said James.

"Don't be so sure." grinned Veronica.

"I would love to stand and argue about pranks all night, but I think my arse is freezing over." commented Lily dully.

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The next morning Veronica woke up sprawled across her bed, same place as she fell the night before. She shivered in her still wet robes, and looked around to see everyone gone. As she got up and off of her bed, a small slip of paper slid out of her pocket.

In miniscule and cramped handwriting, the words '11 am, Astronomy Tower.' were scrawled across the page. Curiosity got the best of Veronica, as it usually did, so she showered and got ready, walking up to the far South corner of the school at around 11.

"Where to Veronica?" asked James from his lounged out position on the couch next to Sirius and Remus.

"Owlery." she lied. "And why is everyone sitting around in their boxers?"

"It's a plan to get rid of Peter gone backfired, you see. We told him he could only hang out with us if he wore only boxers, but people ran away screaming when he actually did, so he ran up to the dorms in a self-conscious fit of annoyance ad locked us out." explained Remus.

"And here we have the technical geniuses who can't pick a lock." said Veronica dully, smiling slightly at their strange attire.

"Won't work." frowned Sirius as he swished his wand lazily, turning rock into a chocolate frog, which he promptly ate and spit out due to the fact that it still tasted like rock.

"Well, have fun. And James, you might wanna warm up closer to the fire, your canary yellow boxers have pitched a nice tent." she smirked while walking out of the portrait hole.

Sirius barked with laughter and Remus chuckled while handing a James to cover himself.

Veronica let a laugh escape her lips as she trampled up the spiraling marble staircase, making tracks to the Astronomy tower, very unprepared and unsuspecting for what was to come.

"Hey Vee." cheered Devonny as she rushed over. Veronica sighed and checked her watch, seeing two minutes past 11.

"Hey, I can't really talk now, gotta go." she said.

"Off on a hot date?" smirked Lily as she walked up next to Devonny.

"Actually more like a blind date. But I can't explain now-"

"Cheating on Sirius already? Tsk tsk." said Devonny, voice full of mockful scorn.

"No I am not cheating, and why are you two so happy?" she asked quizically.

"Off to do something fun, my friend. Anyway, go, wouldn't want you to be late." laughed Devonny as the three friends went seperate ways.

"Ok so tell me the big secret now" prompted Lily.

"We are going to the library. But there is no studying involved, I am here simply to check out if some gossip I heard was true. Apparently that young wild librarian, Ms. Pince, got arrested in Hogsmeade, and I heard the sub is totally cute." giggled Lily.

"But we have boyfriends." said Lily. Devonny pushed open the library door, revealing the hottest man either girl had ever seen. "But nobody said looking was a crime." she whispered under her breath.

"Can I help you fine, young ladies?" asked the man while pushing a piece of long, silky blonde hair out of his face. His warm blue eyes had specks of green floating around the pupils, and his soft looking lips curved into an attractive smile.

"Um... just browsing..." chuckled Devonny nervously as she strode in to the library and began filing through a pile of books.

"Are you Lily Evans?" asked the librarian, turning to face the red-headed girl.

She blushed at being adressed. "Yes, I am." she replied shakily.

"I would remember that hair from anywhere. My name is James Splendore. Remember, I was Head Boy when you were just a first year." he grinned.

"Wow, I do remember that name." smiled Lily.

"James Splendor, the superhunk?" gasped Devonny dreamily from a few feet over. The pair turned to look at her, but she buried her face in a book.

James laughed. He had a hearty and warm laugh that made Lily's inside fill with jelly.

There was a crash from elsewhere in the library, and James turned to see a shelf of books falling on a small first year.

"Well I'd better fix that, see you later." he smiled while rushing off. Devonny jumped up.

"He is sooooo hott! And I totally remember him from first year, back then I was like, He is soooooo hott!" she giggled.

"I have a feeling I am going to be studying a lot here." smiled Lily. "But now we should get back to the common room, the other James and I have some last minute plans for tomorrow night."

"Yeah, OMG we should ask Mr. Library hunk to the Quidditch game later!" squealed Devonny.

"You have a boyfriend, and besides, he probably has a girlfriend. And he is seven years older." laughed Lily.

"FINE, I will keep my romantic fantasies to myself." Devonny grinned as the girls walked out of the library. "Or I could ask him to the dance, I was gonna be a naughty librarian anyway!"

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Veronica sprinted up to the abandoned Astronomy offices, flipping her hair and quickly putting on lip gloss before walking in.

"Snape." said Veronica quietly as she walked into the room. "I should have known it was you."

"Veronica." he sniffled. There was a short silence. "I really like you."

"I know." said Veronica, smiling slightly. "But I just don't feel the same way."

"I know.. but I just can't stop thinking about you." he said while gently pinning her against a wall, stepping on her feet and holding her arms.

She didn't object or strain.

"I know." she said. that was the only thing either of them could think of to say.

"Will you marry me?" he blurted out. Veronica drooped her head, trying hard not to look into his determined eyes.

"I... can't." she said. "I'm sorry."

He tightened his grip on her arms.

"Can I at least have.." he sniffled again. "Compensation?"

"Compenation." she repeated, slightly perplexed. Veronica looked up into his eyes, so sad from years of mockery and torture.

"One kiss." he said slowly. "To clear me of the love, and I will never bother you again, I promise."

"One kiss." she repeated. Her mid was in a slow, lazy, daze. Her eyes glassed over, and she felt a tingling sensaton in the pit of her stomach. Was it pity? Or was it just guilt of what she was inevitably forced to do?

"So, one kiss and no more, EVER, or am I going to have to sadly obsess over you my whole life?" he frowned.

Veronica sighed deeply, taking a small sniff of the mint Severus was chewing on. Was she to take a leap of fate and agree, or refuse and face the unknown? Either way there were bound to be consequences.

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