"LILY!" yelled Eliane.

Lily opened her eyes blearily, blinking several times.

"Wha – "

"What the hell are you doing? We have breakfast in five minutes!"

"Oh insert curse word? I don't know what you want this story to be rated. I would go with Pg-13 if you want to insert a curse word there…and it is romance!"

"Where were you last night? You weren't there when I went to sleep!"

"Oh, er.." said Lily, trying to think of a probable excuse. "I was..with James."

"With James?" said Eliane, raising her eyebrows. "And why did you not tell me of this?"

"It was kind of supposed to be a secret," she admitted, crossing her fingers under her covers. Elaine laughed and helped her friend out of bed and pushed her off to the shower.

"Crap," thought Lily. "How am I gonna keep this secret from Eliane? And how am I going to explain to James that Elaine thinks we're going out when we aren't even friends?"

"Hurry!" said Eliane in a singsong voice...

"Alright, alright!" exclaimes Lily as she rushed towards the bathroom.

Five minutes later she emerged from the bathroom dry and fully clothed in her Hogwarts uniform, the Head Girl badge pinned to her robes. She stood at a medium height, her red hair brushed and hanging in wavy tresses halfway down her back. No boy could decide, however, what was more beautiful – her hair or her eyes. Gorgeous emerald eyes. Her nose was small, and there were a few sprinkles of freckles across it. Her lips were red and full, and her stomach was pale and flat.. People knew that Lily had no idea she was beautiful, but a fair few boys forgot to include her in their wildest fantasies.

Her friend grabbed her by the hand and pulled her to the Great Hall. They ran in to the jungle of talking students, and sat down at the Gryffindor table. It was only when the chaos of hundreds of students just barely out of bed died down that James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter made their grand entrance. The door crashed open, and the four boys walked in nonchalantly, enjoying the fact that all girls' eyes were on them. Though two girls remained an exception: Lily and Eliane.

Eliane and James had always been very close, and when Eliane confessed that homeschooling was living hell, he took matters in hand and brought her to Hogwarts. She was a bit taller than Lily, but her chestnut hair fell down to her waist. Her eyes were the same blue as her cousins. All the boys flirted with them incessantly, but most, when finding that they weren't going to sleep with them the first night, left, disappointed. But they were still left with a fair amount of admirerers...

"Oh no..." groaned Eliane."Here come..."

She was cut off by the noise of four incredibly loud boys sitting down at their breakfast table. The Marauders had recently discovered that Lily was a great person, after meeting her through Eliane. They had taken to eating with the girls, and she enjoyed the fact that something was always happening. They were not close, but more... Well they hung out together. The difference being Lily was not sure that she could trust the Marauders... Then again, who can blame her?

"So, Lily, how's your love life?" asked Sirius.

"Um... Sirius?" questioned Lily, raising her eyebrows.

"Oh come on, Eliane talks about HER love life to us," pleaded Remus.

"Well if you want to know – oh my god - James, can I talk to you?"

"Sure," said James, throwing her a questioning glance, and ignoring the 'Oooooooooo's from Sirius and Remus.

"James," said Lily softly. "Elaine asked why I came back so late last night, and I said I was on a date with you."

"What?" James exclaimed.

"I know, I know," said Lily in a hushed voice. "But this is the perfect coverup, you see? That's why we will be spending so much time together…"

"Oh," said James, cottoning on. "We can just kiss in public, hold hands, and overly flirt, and the mission's in the bag!"

Lily winced. "Not too much kissing. We can announce our 'relationship' in a few days. Meanwhile, we'll just flirt in public and then you can 'ask me out'. Got it?"

"Got it."

"Hey guys, what took so long?" said Sirius, eyeing their hands, which were linked.

"Oh, nothing," said Lily, giggling.

"So who are you going out with this week?" asked Eliane, rolling her eyes.

"Oh! Thanks for reminding me!" exclaimed Sirius. He got up and walked over to the Hufflepuff table. He paused as he overlooked the table. All the Hufflepuff girls turned their heads at the same moment, reddening. He made his choice, and headed over to an incredibly attractive - and vulgar, might I add - girl. Her pretty features were completely ruined with the excess make up she wore. Her hair was very obviously charmed, but none of that mattered to Sirius - she was popular, and anyway he would dump her after.

"Hey... I've been thinking... Do you wanna go out with me?" said Sirius.

"Well... Uh.. It's so sudden!" said the girl in a falsely sweet voice.

"Oh well then," said Sirius, smiling as her turned around. Sure enough, as soon as he took one step towards the Gryffindor table, the girl's perfectly manicured hand grabbed his arm.

"Sure," she said.

He winked at her and left, pausing only to listen to the excited whispers. "Who's he going out with this week? Oh, with Victoria." Victoria, so that was her name...

"Sirius, you are SO shallow!" exclaimed Lily.

"Yeah, really..." sighed Eliane.

"Now now, don't bother the playboy!" exclaimed Remus.

"Who are YOU going out with Remus?" questioned Eliane.

"A Ravenclaw... What's her name..? Um... Mar... Mary?"

"Uhh... Remus? Her name's Georgia." said Sirius.

"Yeah, yeah..." said Remus.

"Why do you guys even do this?" asked Lily.

"Aha! Well that my friends," said Sirius knowledgably, "Is to break the RECORD. To go out with 94 of the Hogwarts' female population, to beat our dear old Paul Kirtenbook's record of 93."

"I can't BELIEVE YOU!" yelled Eliane.

"The day you really love someone, she probably won't believe you- she'll just think you want to use her," said Lily softly, but no one heard her.

BEEP

BEEP

James opened a sleepy eye. "Stupid alarm," muttered James as he hit it to turn it off.. Then he remembered. He had to meet Lily in the Book Room, as they liked to call it. He got up sleepily, and grabbed his robes, butting them over his boxers, too tired to get dressed properly.

His messy black hair made him apart from all the other boys of Hogwarts-who, atleast once in a while, bothered to comb their hair. James, however, knew that no matter how hard he tried, his hair could not be combed. So he gave up on that... His shining blue eyes were "the reflection of the sun on the navy blue sea," as Sandra Henry, a Hufflepuff poet in her fourth year who was quite crazy about James, had put it. His fine features and Quidditch player body made him the most wanted guy of Hogwarts... Along with Sirius, of course.

Slowly he edged down the stairs from the boys dormitory, feeling his way through the darkness. He paused at the bottom of the stairs leading to the Gryffindor common room, and glanced nervously around the empty, but none the less, cheery room. The fires were still lit despite the late hour. He headed over to the fireplace, and placed the thumb of his right hand on to the Latin inscription, and headed through the small doorway thus opened.

He stepped into the room. He hadn't realized how dark and dreary it was until now. Lily wasn't there yet. He walked around the room, looking at the box, when he came across a door. He hadn't noticed it when he and Lily had explored this room yesterday. A roll of parchment was attached to the door knob by an emerald colored ribbon. He untied it and opened up the parchment:

"Dear Mr. Potter and Ms. Evans,
I have provided this room for your entertainment. Use it well! My best wishes in your work.
On the small table between the arm chairs you will find a time turner. It is only to be used in order to catch up the hours of sleep you have missed by working on this. It will only work when both of you are holding it. It is quite illegal and for this reason I ask that you keep it a secret. It is not to be shown to anyone. Take good care of it and never leave it out. When you are done using it, place it in the box with the Virtus Spes.
Sincerely,
Professor Dumbledore."

James walked over to the table first, touching the solid gold object. He then turned and headed towards the door. It opened slowly, and James opened his eyes in awe.
It was a beautiful room. A red plush carpet covered the floor. The walls were red, lined with gold. A beautiful grand piano stood on the side. Some sort of a contraption was on a small round table by the piano, and he walked over towards it, trying to figure out what it was.

"It's a CD player," stated Lily.

"AAH!" James yelled, flailing around and falling backward. He felt whatever he had landed on squirming. Jumping up, he realized it was Lily. "Sorry," he said, helping her up.

"It's alright," said Lily, grimacing. They both realized at the same time that their robes had been pulled off when James had fallen. Lily had obviously had the same idea as James, for under her robes was a small yellow tank top and mini shorts. James could see Lily's cheeks burning as she stared at his boxers.

"Sorry," said James again hastily, as they both quickly pulled on their robes. "So what is it?"

"Well... You see these flat round... things? They play music."

"Oooh! I've heard of 'em. Do they work?" said James excitedly.

"Lets see – how can I phrase this? – you're an idiot."

"Okay, let's work now." said James, a bit miffed at Lily's comment.

A/N: well, that's all for now... I'll juice things up a bit really soon, ok! If you've got any suggestions, e-mail them to me!

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K.J.