A/N: Hi everybody! Sorry I was long on the update, but you know, busy times.
Rabbits Cats Panthers: Thanks a lot for your comment about Miera. I asked my friend who used to write the story and she said that Miera's stuff never made it into the final stuff. I'm going to put some stuff in here about her. Thanks a lot!
Spjgurl: It is about James and Lily but they can't fall in love in just like two months after hating each other, so I'm takin it easy with them…and Sirius is James best friend so he has to go in the story somewhere
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognize as JK Rowlings and I don't own chapters 1-8…
James sat by the fire watching his best friend run around the room like a maniac. There was definitely something going on that Sirius wasn't telling him, and James had a slight idea on what it was. Sirius kept smiling or just phasing out while people talked to him just as James had when he'd been smitten with Lily and Miera. Judging by the way Sirius and Holly kept sneaking glances at each other, James had a feeling that they were finally a couple. But why they were keeping it a secret was something even James couldn't figure out.
"Padfoot will tell us when he's ready Prongs," Remus said startling James.
"What?"
"You're thinking about why Sirius isn't telling us about Holly and him," Remus said with a slight smile, "He'll tell us when he's ready."
James looked at Remus slightly appalled. It sometimes unnerved him that his friends could always tell what he was thinking. Sighing he looked back to Remus, "But why keep it a secret? I mean it's Sirius for crying out loud, he couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it."
"He could if your life depended on it," Remus didn't even look up from his parchment, but went right on writing.
"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked confused.
Remus looked up from his essay, "I mean that if you asked Sirius to keep a secret for you, he would keep it to his grave. If he cares about you enough, he's the best secret keeper there is, but he's also the worst person to tell a secret to."
"Sometimes your analysis of people scares me, Moony," James replied looking utterly bewildered, "But you lost me when you said, 'Sirius is a good secret keeper,' because, quite frankly mate, he can't keep his mouth shut."
Remus closed his eyes for a moment as if he was thinking before replying, "Have you ever told Sirius anything you didn't want anyone else to know?" James gave him a look, "I mean, serious stuff, like that you wouldn't want people to ever know. Like me, for example; has Sirius ever told anyone what I am?"
"Well, I don't know," James said sarcastically, "Snape comes to mind off the top of my head, but—"
Remus rolled his eyes, "Well, it wouldn't have really mattered if you hadn't stopped Snape, I mean, he wouldn't have lived to tell anyone. So really, Sirius was still keeping the secret."
"So as long as you kill the person you tell, or at least try to," James asked, "It makes everything ok?"
"Forget it," Remus replied, "It was a bad example. How about how Sirius is treated at home? Only a few people know that because he's wanted it to be kept a secret. How about when Miera cheated on you? He didn't tell anyone about that until he thought that something had to be done. Do you see what I'm saying?"
"I might," James said slowly, "If it's something that would affect the people he cares about most, he'll keep it a secret. But if it's no big deal, he'll tell the whole world."
"Right," Remus nodded.
"That makes absolutely no sense," James snorted.
"Of course it doesn't, its Sirius," Remus pointed out.
"Point taken," James shrugged, "Anyway, I'd best get up to the common room, we've got quidditch practice tomorrow night."
"Night Prongs," Remus murmured, "I'll let you know if Padfoot says anything."
"Thanks Moony," James said taking one last glance at Sirius before he went up to bed.
"Padfoot," Remus asked during Muggle Studies, "What's with you and Holly?"
"Er—nothing," Sirius said quickly, a flush in his cheeks.
"If you going to trick Lily into asking James to the dance by using Holly and you going together as bait, you've got a long way to go," Remus replied swiftly.
Sirius gaped at him, "When did you get so damn smart, Moony?"
Remus replied with a grin, "When did you get so damn stupid?"
"Ah, hell's teeth," Sirius said shaking his head, "I reckon Lily's going to do it. Holly said Lily was going to ask him, at least."
"When James decides to kill you, don't tell him I knew," Remus muttered.
"You're not going to tell him?" Sirius said appalled, "And I was the stupid one."
"Personally, I think it's a great plan," Remus sighed, "Now you've just got to convince Lily and James to it. They were made for each other."
"You don't think James will say no, do you?" Sirius asked worriedly.
"What do you think?" Remus said looking at Sirius.
"I think he'll say yes because he could really get one up on Diggory, but he'd better show Lily a good time."
"I think he'll say yes. James isn't stupid, he knows a chance when he sees one," Remus replied, "Hopefully, Diggory doesn't find out about it."
"I reckon James could take him," Sirius said thoughtfully.
"I don't doubt it," Remus said laughing, "But it's going to be a bit hard for Lily to fall in love with the guy that beat up her fiancé."
"Correction, not her fiancé yet. Holly says Lily might not say yes," Sirius said quietly, "And if James is there to catch her when she falls…"
"They fall in love and end up happily ever after," Remus finished for him, "Except, here's the thing, Padfoot, usually when you're involved, things never end up like their supposed to."
"That's why I'm putting you in charge of Project JL," Sirius said grinning.
"Somehow I knew that was coming," Remus muttered, "Where do I sign?"
"Lily," Holly said in a singsong voice, "You have to do it sometime."
"Do what?" Lily asked innocently.
"Ask James to the Ball" Holly said sweetly, "You'd best get a move on or else Sirius will be taken."
"I'm doing it tonight," Lily said in a timid voice.
Holly's eyes lit up, "Are you really?"
"Yes," Lily said sighing, "The sooner the better. I just hope he goes with me."
"See, I told you that you wanted to go with James," Holly replied.
"No, I meant that he still isn't over Miera," Lily rolled her eyes, "Honestly, like I'm really looking forward to going with him."
"Speaking of Miera," Holly asked, "You haven't talked to her lately, have you?"
Lily thought for a moment, "I've hardly talked to her all year, she's never around anymore. Have you talked to her?"
"No," Holly snorted, "You know I've never been able to stand the girl. I just figured that she might talk to you because she used to worship the ground you walk on."
"Holly, I still don't understand why you've never liked her," Lily said.
"She is a stuck-up, prissy, gossip queen," Holly sneered, "A bit of the opposite of me, I mean, gossip for her was like the sun. And I can't stand those people, so I couldn't stand her."
"She did talk a lot," Lily frowned, "But still, she was our friend. Where do you reckon she is all the time."
"I don't need three guesses," Holly muttered, "Her and Dean might as well be stuck together with glue. She's with him, Lily sometimes you are so naïve."
"Do you really think she cheated on Potter?" Lily asked.
"Heck yes I do," Holly said obviously, "Why can't you just accept that James didn't do anything wrong Lily?"
"Because that's not his character," Lily replied.
"Well maybe he's changed," Holly said as if she were explaining the theory of evolution, "Maybe he was never been that bad in the first place."
"He might have changed," Lily said, "But he's still a jerk."
"You Lily are hopeless," Holly said, throwing her hands into the air, "Would it be bad if he changed? Isn't that what you always wanted, what you were waiting for?"
"I don't know what I want anymore," Lily said miserably.
"Well you'd better decide before Pretty-Boy Diggory comes and expects to whisk you off your feet," Holly said darkly.
"Good practice everybody," James said leading a disgruntled team into the locker room, "It was a little wet, but we've accomplished a lot."
"A little wet," Sirius whispered into Holly's ear, "It was only pouring," she grinned at him.
"Now get out of here, and take a shower," James said looking at his teammates who were covered in mud, "And don't get the common room muddy, else Evans will have a hay-day."
"You don't look to good yourself Prongsie," Sirius said laughing as he headed out the door, "You'd better not take so long here that you don't have time for a shower, you'll make me look bad."
"You don't need to have anyone do that," James called after Sirius. Shaking his head, he agreed to Sirius' advice. He was covered and mud and he needed a shower. Smiling to himself he headed out of the locker room into the pouring rain.
"Potter? Is that you?" a voice from behind him rang out.
"What are you doing out here Evans?" James said without even turning around.
"I needed to ask you something," Lily said catching in with James' step. She looked him over and grinned, "Rough practice?"
"It was a little wet," James said looking at Lily who had an umbrella, "I reckon this rain right now is giving me all the shower I need."
"Ugh," Lily said making a face, "I'd suggest a real shower, Potter."
James flashed her a grin, "I'll think about it. Anyway, did you come down here to discuss my showering methods or are you going to ask me that question?"
Lily didn't say anything for a few moments, "Holly has forced me to ask you to the Halloween Ball so that she can ask Sirius and we'll be even," She said very quickly.
James' eyes began to dance as he tried not to laugh, "Well, it sounds like your excited about it."
Lily shot him a look, "I have a boyfriend Potter."
"And a hell of a lot of good he's done you," James said his smile growing wide, "I say no to your offer."
"You what?" Lily said actually stopping in her tracks.
"I say no," James said shrugging, "If you don't want to go with me, I'm not forcing you to."
"You can't say no," Lily argued, "What about Sirius and Holly?"
"They're already together Evans," James laughed, "Looks like somebody set you up."
"I'm going to kill Holly," Lily said angrily making her way into Hogwarts, "I'll murder her with my bare hands."
James grabbed her arm, pulling her back into the doorway and the rain. She dropped her umbrella in surprise. James looked at her for a long moment and finally he smiled.
"Evans," He asked as the rain dripped off both of their faces, "Will you go to the ball with me because you want to, not because Holly said to?"
Lily looked up into his eyes, which was her first mistake. Their warm comfort locked her green on his hazel ones. Her second mistake was noticing how incredibly adorable he looked with his hair sopping wet and big raindrops rolling off his face. Her third mistake was giving in to that gorgeous smile that had charmed so many girls before her.
"Yes," She whispered.
"You will?" James asked, his grin widened, "It's alright with Amos?"
Lily jerked back into reality. Would it be all right with Amos? 'I'm not marrying him yet,' she thought to herself, 'And James and are just friends,' she said reassuring herself. Lily smiled, "Friends," it sounded nice.
"I don't know why he'd have a problem with it," Lily said laughing.
"Well then," James smiled and got a funny look in his eyes, "I guess I've got myself a date."
"I guess you do," Lily said cheerfully, "The question is, will you keep it?"
"I couldn't do that to you Evans," James said laughing, "Now, if it were anyone else," he wriggled his eyebrows, "I just might share two girls for the night. But I'll make an exception for you."
Lily rolled her eyes and unsuccessfully tried to hide her laugh. After giving James a quick smile, she turned and hurried back inside. James stayed out in the rain.
"I've just got myself a date with Lily Evans," James said to no one in particular, "What do you know?"
Lily poked her head back out of the door, "You know Potter, I wasn't kidding about that shower thing."
"Right," James said laughing as he followed her inside, "Like I said, I'll think about it."
A/N: I hope you guys liked it. What did you think of Lily and James? Was it ok? Anyway, Please review, please please please! Thanks a lot for giving it a chance!
