Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, and if I did, all the books would all be out by now and I would be reading them. This is a small romance fanfiction about Lilly and James.

Catch it like a Snitch

Chapter 2: Pretty Please

"Ah, there she is…"

James peered over the book he was pretending to read and watched as Lily sat down and started to write an essay. Sirius chuckled, measuring his parchment to make sure he had written enough, and put his feet up on the table; the librarian had given up on trying to yell at him for this.

"Well, go ask her then." Said Lupin, putting down his book about dragons, "She's alone for once, now's the perfect opportunity."

James nodded at this, stood up, and ruffled his hair. Lupin, Peter, and Sirius watched as James strut across the room to ask Lily on a date. As soon as James was out of earshot, the three boys exchanged glances and bust into laughter. Sirius reached into his pocket, pulled out his money bag, and turned to look at Lupin.

"Ten galleons says Lily tries to jinx him." He grinned.

Meanwhile Lily, sighing at the extra homework she had to write for potions class (no thanks to James), leaned back in her chair and gazed out the window. It was a lovely, sunny day, and she was stuck inside doing all this extra work… it was totally unfair to work on such a pretty day, in her opinion.

"Hello, there, Lily!" James sang.

Lily almost fell over in her chair.

"W-What?" She said stupidly, whirling around to see who had spoke.

James grinned happily at this, sat across the table from her, and began to twiddle his thumbs and hum. Lily stared at him for a minute, and when James said nothing, she began to get extremely annoyed.

"What?" She groaned, bracing herself for another one if his tricks.

"Well, Lily…" James began, failing horribly to sound mature, "As you know, everyone is going on the Hogsmead trip next weekend. I was wondering, ignoring all past arguments we've had, if you would perhaps accompany me on this wonderful excursion."

Lily let the stupidity of this statement sink in, checked to make sure he was serious, and began to roar with laughter.

"What makes you think I would go on a date with you, James Potter?" she replied, hardly able to speak.

"Aw, come on Lily." James continued, looking slightly mischievous." Pretty please? I promise to behave myself…"

Again, Lily laughed.

"Behave? You!" she spat, taking James aback, "You couldn't behave yourself if your life depended on it!"

James said nothing at this, but instead screwed his face up in concentration. Wondering what he was planning to do, Lily gazed thoughtfully at his fellow marauders across the room. They were watching the pair with great interest, and Sirius went as far as to give Lily a sarcastic thumbs up. Lily turned back to James, ignoring the laughter of his friends, and waited for him to finally speak.

"I'll tell you what." Said James, suddenly sounding businesslike, "How about we make a little wager?"

Lily cocked an eyebrow.

"Like what?" She asked, sounding a little more nervous then she wanted to.

"If tomorrow I behave myself," Said James, leaning forward and grinning, "You have to come to Hogsmead with me next weekend."

Lily, who hadn't been expecting that, took a moment to consider.

"And if you don't behave?" she asked, also leaning forward.

"If I don't behave…" Said James, pointing to her parchment on the table, "I'll do your homework for an entire month."

Lily thought hard about this, weighing the options in her mind, and turned her gaze to the lovely day outside the window. It would be nice to have a little break for once, and it wasn't like James was stupid, or anything. Aside from her, he had the best grades out of all the Seventh year students.

"James Potter, you have a deal." She smiled, holding out her hand.

James beamed at this, ruffled his hair again, and shook Lily's hand to seal the deal.

James stood up, strut across the room again, and sat down with his friends to tell them about the wager. Lily returned to her homework, grinning slightly as she did, and began planning in her mind all the things she would do with her month off.

James, on the other hand, started planning his date.

Well, that's chapter 2! Chapter 3 coming soon!