Disclaimer: sorry, but I really don't own anything. I promise.


Lily's first few days back to school were hell. In her classes, while she wasn't as far behind as she thought, she was still behind. And that could get frustrating.

Then there were her 'friends' Gia and Carla. She just couldn't figure out why she had become their friends in the first place. Gia was such a bitch! She was rude, mean, and wouldn't talk to anyone who was outside her small clique of friends. Carla wasn't so bad. But she was always complaining about something. A test she bombed, (which was, of course, the professor's fault), or she was having a bad hair day, or she broke a nail. Always some stupid thing that she wasn't capable of dealing with silently.

But Lily could always rely on James to cheer her up. She was starting to find that every small touch he gave her, in the hall, class, during meals, they made her day. His friends were rapidly growing on her too. Remus and Sirius hadn't made the best first impression at the hospital wing, but they turned out to be really cool people to be with.

Lily could always count on Sirius to give her a good laugh and Remus really helped her out in classes and was good to talk to about anything. Then there was Peter Pettigrew. Something about him felt off to Lily, but he was one of James' best friends, so she didn't say anything.

The other kids would give her weird looks when she would enter the Great Hall laughing with one of the Marauders, (what Sirius, Remus, James and Peter called themselves). And the professors were surprised to see Lily Evans laugh along at their pranks instead of yelling at them. Lily thought this was a little odd, but just shook it off. She was more concerned with when James was going to ask her on a date, cause she couldn't wait any longer.

Two weeks after the 'accident', Lily stepped into the Great Hall for breakfast. Seeing Sirius and Remus already eating and no James in sight, she made her way towards them.

Gia saw her walking along the table and called over to her. "Umm, I have to talk to some people right now. Sorry." She quickly ran off to the other end of the long table.

"Morning Lily! How are ya today?" Remus asked as she sat next to him and across from Sirius.

"It's Sunday, Remus. I'm doing as best I can on the last day of the weekend." She replied.

"Good to hear Sweets." Sirius said. He had just started calling her cute little names like sweets. But he only does it because it pisses off Lily and James gets jealous.

"Speaking of sweets," Lily began. "Do you guys know when James is gonna ask me out on a date?"

Sirius choked on his juice and Remus just stared at her. They glanced at each other, then back at the red head.

"What the hell does that have to do with sweets?" Siruis asked when he finished coughing.

"Don't try to change the fuc- sorry- the subject, Sirius." Lily warned. "I know you know. James tells you everything. Now tell me."

"We don't know. Sorry Lils." Remus told her.

She looked at both of them carefully, trying to decide if they were lying. The two boys felt uncomfortable under her intense gaze.

"You're lying." She finally said. "But if you two don't want to tell me, then I'm pretty sure I could get it out of Peter quickly." She made to stand up, but Remus stopped her and she sat back down, looking expectantly at them.

"Peter doesn't know anything. Don't do anything to him. If you get all scary like that at him, he might piss his pants, and we wouldn't want that." Sirius told her. He looked over at Remus and it was as if they could read each other's minds.

Lily figured they were having a silent argument, and from the looks of it, Remus was losing.

Eventually Sirius smiled widely, and turned to Lily. He was about to say something, but James chose thatmoment to sit down next to Sirius.

"Morning fellas. Morning Lily, sleep well?" He started piling his plate with all kinds of breakfast food.

"Great, thanks." Lily replied.

James started eating, (more like stuffing his mouth), but stopped when he noticed Lily's clean plate.

"Lils." James said, getting her attention away from Remus and some book he was reading. "Are you feeling well today?"

"I feel fine. Why?" She asked confused.

"How come you're not eating anything?"

"I'm not hungry."

"Well at least have some toast."

"James, I'm fine. Really. I'll have something at lunch."

"Lunch is a long time from now."

"James!"

"Lily!"

"I'm not fucking hungry!"

"I don't fucking care! Eat something!"

"Fine!" She angrily grabbed some bacon and toast from James' plate and with her fork picked off Sirius' omelet and put it on her own plate.

"Happy?" She asked, with her mouth full of eggs.

"Yes, thank you." He went back to eating the rest of his breakfast.

Sirius glared at an oblivious Lily. No one took his food. Never mind right off his own plate! Making a decision, he noisily moved to the other side of James and, making sure he got Lily's attention, started whispering in his ear.

Lily watched Sirius whisper to James. She wasn't an idiot. She knew he was telling him about her question earlier. She watched James' face for his reaction. She wasn't to sure what she wanted him to do, but she was definitely curious. At first he looked a little confused, then just happy. He flicked his gaze over to Lily, then quickly back to his pancakes.

Finally Sirius moved back to his original seat with a satisfied smirk on his pretty face.


James, Sirius and Remus had promised to show Lily the secret passages of Hogwarts. So, they spent the morning going to different tunnels and hidden rooms. It was around lunch time that they stopped at a statue of a hump back witch.

"What's this?" Lily asked.

"This, Lily, is the secret to our success." Sirius told her, patting the statue affectionately.

"Well, most of it anyway." James corrected.

"But it's just a statue." She pointed out. The three boys looked at her like she had sprouted three heads and all her clothes fell off. "What?"

"Just a statue? Just a statue!" Sirius yelled indignantly. "This is much more then just a statue. This, this, this masterpiece, is the first passage to ever be discovered by the Marauders. It's much more then a statue Lily, much more." Sirius might have gone a little over board with the fake tears at the end of his speech, but Lily got that it meant something to them.

"Right. Anyways. This lady is going to lead us to our date today." James informed her.

"Our date?" Lily asked.

"Yes." Remus pulled out his wand and tapped the witch's hump, while saying "dissendium". To Lily's surprise, the hump opened up, revealing a stony slide.

"I get in there?"

"Yep. Here, I'll give you a boost." James successfully got Lily into the tunnel and he followed her with Remus and Sirius on his tail..

When they met Lily at the bottom. They were in a dark, damp underground tunnel, that led into more darkness. Lily looked at Remus and Sirius then back at James.

"I thought this was a date."

"It is." Sirius told her.

"You go through the tunnel with one of the Marauders, you go through with all the Marauders." Remus explained.

"Peter isn't here." She pointed out crossing her arms.

"Sorry, but it's a rule we made long ago. And for today, Peter doesn't count. Now let's go. It's quite a walk." James said when no one could come up with a better come back.

Subconsciously, James took Lily's hand as they walked side by side. Remus and Sirius gave each other knowing looks, then continued behind James and Lily.


A/N: I know, it's been a long time since the last update, but I'm sorry, I've been busy and to be honest I had absolutely no idea what to write for this chap. Next chap. is the Date! Ahhhhh!

Thank you to all those who reviewed! Keep it up and I'll make you some cookies in my cooking class tomorrow!

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