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Unreachable

James couldn't help but stare at her. Not that he minded in the first place. It was just that fact that she never looked back. Remus had a girl, a level headed, pretty one. Peter seemed content with admiring from afar. James wouldn't even get started about Sirius' flavor-of-the-moment love life. But James was always stuck with liking, possibly loving, the one he could not have.

"Lily, co-" James began in the most polite way possible.

"I'm not in the mood." She muttered, unfazed, as she poured her efforts over another essay.

"But I just saw you lend Nicholas Bitters a quill!" He knew how to think on his feet.

"Oh. Sorry, well, uhm, here." James could plainly see the rush of color meet her cheeks, and grinned to himself. His fingers clasped around the quill, his fingers momentarily brushing against hers.

"Thanks." Lily continued with her essay. She knew damn well that James liked her, and she had gotten used to him asking her to the Hogsmeade weekends. Lily was careful not to give him false hope. She tried hard not to lead him on, but he always came back. James was the kind of boy that never gave up on what he wanted, even when he was dead wrong. And he put that skill into action.

"Damnit Padfoot, that woman just won't let her guard slip for one moment." James reached into his pocket robes and extracted the golden Snitch he had nicked in the 5th year.

"Prongs, maybe you should find another girly to fret over. You know as well as I do that there's a number of girls out there that wouldn't mind the second-best thing." Sirius was propped against the side of a chair, one leg against the leg of the table, the other set against the coffee table. The hungry looks that were strewn across the room let a trace of a smirk creep up his chin.

"Second-best? To who? No, wait, don't answer that, big prick." James glared at Sirius until he shut his mouth. "Anyway, other girls aren't like Lily. She's smart, pretty, and a good challenge. Other girls are either one or another. Lily's something else." James ruffled his hair, a far-away look in his eyes.

"All I'm saying is try a little of everything else before you go and get stuck with her." Sirius eyed a certain raven-haired girl in the corner with a slight glimmer of Black Magic in his eyes.

"I see. But who?" James whirled around grinned. "Oh, I see. Once you see a girl's goodies, you move on?"

"It's not like that! She was looking at me first. It's not my fault I'm irresistible." Sirius threw a dirty look at James and made his way across the room. James watched him whisper into the raven-haired girl's ear and saw a broad smile grow across her face.

"One day a crowd of angry girls are going to come and break down your door for breaking their hearts." James absent-mindedly muttered as he ruffled the feathers between his fingers.

[--]

"Hermione! Guess what!" Lily pounced onto Hermione's bed, accidentally landing on the hard corners of a Library book. Although they had only just met, their love for education overcame shyness.

"What? Oh, that's Fifteen Ways to Ace the NEWTS you have up your-"

"Hermione! The Winter Ball is in 3 weeks! Go with me to Hogsmeade to buy a dress?" Lily pulled the book from under her and smoothed out one of the pages.

"I don't know if I'm even going. I don't mind that I don't have a date, but seeing as how James is bound to ask you, I'll be stuck sitting all alone at the table. I'm not about to go dancing with Peter." Hermione's eye twitched slightly.

"Oh, I'll find you a date! Don't worry." Lily's eyes glimmered happily.

Together, they made their way to the common room, smiling all the while. Hermione could plainly see Sirius whispering into a girl's ear, the same one she had seem at Hogsmeade. Lily coughed disapprovingly and set herself on the couch that stretched along the sidewall.

"Tell me about yourself. Then, I'll tell you about Hogwarts." Hermione smiled softly and racked her brains.

"Well, I used to go to Ho- Beauxbatons. The headmaster there was so kind. My two best friends, Harry and Ron, (it wasn't like she was telling her their last names.) they are always getting in trouble. Actually, trouble finds them." Lily smiled.

"I like that name. Harry." Hermione couldn't help but let a grin set itself on her face.

"Well, Harry's this really great guy. My boyfriend. But, then I got dragged here. I really miss him; he's what I think of every night before bed. James reminds me a lot about him, except for the fat head and enormous ego. And Ron! Ron is the greatest guy friend you could ever have! He looks out for you, makes sure you're doing the right thing. Everything Harry can't do. He's something special too. I really miss them. The three of us would always go on some type of adventure and we'd always be dead-scared and laugh at it after! Oh, and the crazy pranks we pulled on each other just to keep ourselves on our feet. I truly love them, but I can't help but get distracted." Hermione sniffed away a tear and stared at Sirius who was happily nipping at the girls' ear.

"What about you?" Lily had been listening intently, but smiled when Hermione asked her.

"Well, I'm a muggle-born. James and his friends are always getting into trouble, and they always pick on Severus, even though Severus picks on me too. I think James only picks on him because of the time in first year when Severus jinxed a muffin to cram itself into my mouth and not leave until I said 'I am a mudblood and I kiss Slytherin arse.' Of course, James hated him and jinxed the very-same blueberry muffin to wack him on the head until he apologized. I think he started liking me when I started being overly-nice to him." Lily tugged at one of her red locks, eyeing a split end at picking at it.

"Why don't you give him a chance?" Hermione eyed Lily in the eyes.

"I don't know. He's just too pig-headed. Always picking on people." Lily wrinkled her nose and chewed her lip.

"I haven't seen him pick on anyone this whole time I've been here." Hermione prodded Lily's thoughts, knowing that her helping-a-long wouldn't hurt.

"I know. I've considered it too! But, I don't know. He's seemed kind of apart from me lately." A resounding slap echoed through the room. Simultaneously, Hermione and Lily's heads snapped over to the far corner of the room.

"And don't you EVER lay eyes on me again Sirius Lee Black!" The raven-haired girl from before got up and sprinted out of the Gryffindor common room, leaving behind a red-faced Sirius. Instead of a blush, it was the after-effect of a reaction he had received.

"Apparently, he's broken up with her." Lily muttered out of the corner of her mouth. Hermione let a giggle escape her lips. Together they made their way out of the common room, clutching each other for support until they could freely laugh outside of the common room.

"That- never- gets- old!" Lily gasped between breaths. She made her way down the spiral staircase, Hermione trailing behind her.

"You mean it's happened before?" Hermione rushed through giggles.

"Almost every week!" Together, they made their way to the Quidditch Pitch, intent on getting air.

[--]

"Why do woman have to get all violent when you break-up? It wasn't like I was insensitive about it!" Sirius rubbed the side of his cheek, looking ahead of him into the fire.

"I say hormones. Otherwise it's because you used her for a week just like all the others. If you haven't noticed, you've dated every Gryffindor girl, half the Hufflepuffs, and a third of the Ravenclaws." Remus counted them off of his fingers, absent-mindedly jingling the change in his pocket.

"You've been keeping track have you? It's not like you've been dating anyone." Sirius propped his legs up on the table, brushing away the lint on his robes.

"I've got Jenny, we're happy, and we're not going to be breaking up anytime soon. Unlike you, I'm not afraid of commitment. Unlike you, I've found happiness and I'm not afraid that I might get hurt. Unlike you, Sirius listen, I've found someone and I'm not going to give her up just because I'm afraid I might lose her and get hurt." Moony eyed Padfoot carefully, intent on his words getting it's full-effect.

"I'm not afraid of commitment! I'm just trying to make myself known." Sirius muttered half-heartedly, staring up at the ceiling.

"Sirius, the longest relationship you've had was about two weeks with Jessica Hornstail. You know that you keep a girl as long as she's wrapped around your finger." Remus wrinkled his nose and fingered a knut in his pocket.

"Yeah well, women are weird. It's not like I haven't got feelings for them! It's just that I'm trying to find the one I'll be holding onto 20 years from now." Remus had chucked a knut at his head, where Sirius was rubbing the spot where it had made contact.

"How can you when you refuse to look past the exterior and get to know the interior? NO! Not like that! I mean by getting to know her personality, letting her into your mind. You've probably already met that girl but you're too thick to get her!" Remus fingered the larger Sickle in his pocket.

"How would you know? OW! QUIT THROWING STUFF!" Sirius picked up a throw pillow and continued from behind it.

"Well, maybe Jenny is the girl you'll be holding onto 20 years from now but what girl in Hogwarts is pretty, smart, and witty? That's right none! Believe me if there was one I'd probably dated her already and didn't like her. Like you said I've dated every Gryffindor, half the Huff-"

"Not every Gryffindor." Remus walked over to the window, Sirius groaning behind him.

"That's not the point, I've dated most of-" Sirius trailed off as he looked below him and onto the Quidditch Pitch.

About three figures were running around below them, shrieking as balls of snow were exchanged between them. Slowly, one figure attacked another from behind, falling into the snow together.

"Looks like James has found someone. Who's that walking away from them?" Remus jabbed a finger at the glass, pointing at a wobbly figure. Sirius held his breath as the small figure looked up, looking almost angelic with flakes of snow dusted around her face.

"Hermione."


A/N: woot woot! another chapter fin! ok, if you didn't get it, James followed herm and lils to the quidditch pitch and attacked them so they'd have a snowball fight! there's probably going to be another one later but anywhooo, i'm going to say thanks and get started on the next one!
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LunaShadows: OOPS! LOL oh well, I like mine better, it's a new one then! and the effects still stand!
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Padfootz-luvr: LOL ii know but c'mon THIS IS A MARAUDER! of course they found another way into the girls' dormitories puu whahaha like ii said to LunaShadows, since ii didn't spell it right it's going to become a spell I made up! :] thanks for clearing that up though!
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