Lily watched as he came over to her. He was getting really close to Lily when she realized what he was doing. Lily backed away and smiled a little uneasy.
" You know we're just friends, right? " Lily said, trying to remind James in a nice way this time.
" Oh . . . uh, yeah! "
Lily and James sat on rocks by the creek talking for a while about anything and everything. ' Wow! Spending time with James really isn't that bad! ' Lily thought as she noticed how dark it was getting. It was getting to be 8:00. Not that her mom would mind her being out of the house late, it was just that she was out late with James Potter.
She got to her feet and told James that it was getting late and she had to be getting home. James just nodded and started walking back to his house.
" I had fun tonight! We should do this again sometime, " Lily said as she grabbed some Floo Powder.
" Yeah! That would be great! Well, I'll see you later, I guess! "
Lily threw down the Floo Powder and said Evan's house, but nothing happened. She tried again but still nothing happened. James frowned and told her that the network might be down.
" Yeah, I guess so! "
Lily took out her bright pink cell phone and called her mom. She told her that the Floo Powder wasn't working. Her mom just laughed and said, " I guess you'll just have to stay at your friends house then! " and hung up.
Lily glared at the phone and then looked up at James with a slightly uneasy smile.
" Parents won't come get you? That's all right! Just because I'm from a family full of wizards and witches doesn't mean I don't have a car! "
James went and picked up his car keys. He wasn't the best driver in the world, seeing as how he just got his license last month, but he'd take Lily home anyway. It was better that leaving her in a car with his parents.
Lily hopped into James's car and gave him directions to her house.
In less than 5 minutes, they had arrived at her house. Petunia was outside as they pulled up in the drive way.
" Ewww! Lily brought home a boy! Beware! She has a nasty temper! "
" Uh . . .Hi!" James said, rather unsure what to think of Lily's sister.
Petunia raced inside to go write this in her notebook.
" Sorry about that! " Lily apologized to James.
" No problem! " He smiled and came really close to Lily. Closer than he'd ever been before.

" Ummmm. .I'm telling mom about this! " Petunia said as Lily walked into the house.
Lily just walked on upstairs not hearing her sister. ' Did that really just happen ', Lily asked thought to herself. ' Did he really just do that? '"
" Mom! Lily just let a guy on the porch grope at her! " Lily heard Petunia yelling.
" He was not groping at me! ", Lily yelled downstairs as she snapped out of the daze she had been in, " He just hugged me! That's all! "
Lily sat down on her bed. That wasn't considered groping was it? Well, he did slide his hand down Lily's back. But that wasn't groping, or was it? Lily shivered at the thought of James groping her. She wasn't even too pleased that he had hugged her. But then again, she had a strange longing to be back on the porch, in James's arms.
Lily shivered. She wasn't going to think about this right before she went to bed.
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James got back into his car smiling. He had just hugged Lily! Maybe there was hope after all.
The whole ride home, his thoughts were on Lily. So when he pulled into the driveway, he was kind of surprised. He hadn't even realized he had been driving. Yet, he came home safely!
Sirius had come home and James could see his shadow on the upstairs window. He was in James's room.
James rushed upstairs and fell over on his bed.
" So . . . how'd it go? " Sirius said with a sly smile.
James just smiled at him.
" That well? Come on mate! I want details! "
James could see the eagerness on his friends face. There was something about it that made him spill everything. Sirius had a way of doing that! It drove James nuts because he could never keep a secret from him for very long.
Sirius sat down and laughed.
" Wow! Evan's actually let you get near her. And even hug her? Wow! You know what mate? I think you actually do stand a chance with her. A couple more dates like that and she'll be all over you! "
James smiled. After a while he couldn't take it any more. He started laughing.
" Yeah! I do stand a chance with her! "
" Woooh mate! Don't get too cocky now. Oh and you seriously need to brush up on your driving. I'm surprised you didn't wreck! "
" Really? It was that bad? "
" Yeah! Go see how you parked your car! That says it all! "
James looked out his window to see his car parked diagonally across the drive way. He smiled and sat back down on his bed by Sirius.
" It's not my fault! I was thinking about Lily. "
Sirius smiled, " Well keep the girls off your mind while your driving or you'll end up killing yourself. Or at least totaling your car. And I know your mum wouldn't be too happy about that! "
Sirius got up and walked around. He grabbed a piece of parchment and wrote a note to a girl from school that had a major crush on him. Of course, MOST girls had major crushes on him also. He called to his own owl and tied the note to its foot. As soon as it flew off, he turned to James's owl.
Dusty flew over to Sirius stuck out his leg. Sirius tied another note and Dusty flew off as Sirius whispered the recipient.
James asked what Sirius had just done and all Sirius said was " Wake up early tomorrow. You want to be early when Lily arrives. "
Sirius went to sleep with not another word said.

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" Come on James. Wake up! You don't want to be late. " Sirius said waking James up as he pulled a shirt over his head.
" Okay? What exactly are we doing? " James asked as he fell out of bed.
" You'll see! " Sirius said from inside the bathroom.
" You're movin' pretty fast. What time did you tell the girls we'd see them? "
" In an hour! But we want to be early anyway." Sirius laughed and came back in the room. He moved toward James smiling.
" What are you -" James fought as Sirius tried to put ice cubes down James's shirt. Sirius ended up winning by getting three ice cubes down James's shirt. James had snatched one and had shoved it down Sirius's shirt. So they were now sort of even.
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Lily woke up as an owl taped on her window. It looked exhausted.
This owl was none other that Dusty. She quickly opened the window and took him. Dusty just collapsed in her arms.
" Awww! Poor little guy." Lily took his note and set him in her owl's cage and let it rest.

Lily
Come to James's house around 11:00 AM.
Sirius

Lily looked at the clock. It was already 10:00!'Couldn't he have sent this earlier? ' Lily thought to herself. Or maybe Dusty had been out there all night. That would explain why he was so worn out.
Lily went into her bathroom and took a quick shower. She put on a pair of jeans and a shirt. Lily yelled down to her mom that she was going to be at a friend's house and then did her hair and put on her shoes. She ran downstairs and grabbed her car keys right as the clock moved its hands to say 10:30. She turned the keys in the ignition and left. Right as she was about to turn into James's neighborhood, she began to wonder for the first time what Sirius was planning and if James's even knew she was coming. Lily pulled up on the driveway and got out of her car and rang the doorbell.

She heard feet running to the door and a voice saying, " I got it!"
Sirius opened the door and pulled Lily in. He shoved her into the a room and locked the door behind himself.
" Sorry about that! ", Sirius said smirking, " Didn't think you wanted to meet Mrs. Potter! "
" Oh! Yeah! I've heard that she's interested in muggle borns." Lily said and started laughing.
Sirius smiled and took his hands off her shoulders and listened for Mrs. Potter to go back to the kitchen. He opened the door and grabbed Lily's arms. Lily let Sirius pull her along. She didn't really feel like meeting James's mom at the moment. Sirius looked down at Lily's feet and grinned. She had heels on. He picked Lily up and then set her back down again when her was on the carpet.
" You could have just asked me to take my shoes off " Lily said, laughing.
" Now what's the fun in that? Anyway, would've taken to much time and she was coming around the corner. Sorry about that though! How much do you weigh? You're like as light as a feather. "
Lily smiled, " At least 90 pounds."
" Really? You feel much lighter than that! " Sirius said and showed Lily upstairs.
Sirius knocked on the bedroom door. " Is everything ok for Lily to come in? "
" Yeah! " James said as he opened the door. He smiled at Lily.
" Ok! Now we just have to wait for Allison to get here. Then we can go! "
" Where exactly are we going?" James asked.
" You'll see when we get there! " Sirius smiled mischievously.

The doorbell rang again. It didn't ring just one time but three times in a row! Sirius rolled his eyes and called down to Mrs. Potter to answer the door.
Lily looked at him curiously.
" Do you not like her or something? "
" No! Not really . . . but your not going to tell her that! Ok? " Sirius smiled.
Lily loved his smile, " Yeah! Of course! Why did you invite her then? "
" Needed a date for our little double date! "
Lily rolled her eyes and sat down by James on his bed.
" Sirius, honey, there's a girl down here that's come to see you! " Mrs. Potter called up to him.
Sirius slowly went downstairs and called for Lily and James to come.
James got up and helped Lily up. Lily, realizing that James had her hand let go as soon as she was standing. James smiled and followed Lily downstairs.
Sirius was at the bottom of the steps waiting for him. Lily started to laugh as she saw Allison. Allison was clinging onto Sirius's arm as if she thought Sirius was trying to run away from her.
Allison glared at Lily and clung to Sirius even harder. Sirius winced a little. Now it looked as if Allison thought Lily was trying to steal Sirius. Lily tried to stop herself from laughing. James looked over at her, curious to know what she was laughing about.
" I'll tell you later", she whispered to him as they walked over to the fireplace.
James nodded and watched as Sirius . . .then Allison disappeared.
James gave Lily some Floo Powder and then she too disappeared. James stepped into the fireplace and said " Diagon Alley. "
He rushed off, swirling into a familiar place. He brushed himself off and walked over to Lily, who was laughing once again.
Lily looked at Allison and then at James and laughed.
" Okay then! Follow me!" Sirius said as he shook off Allison.
They passed quite a few shops before they came to a stop. Sirius had taken them to a nice little coffee shop/ diner. They walked in and sat at one of the booths.
A waitress came over and took orders for drinks. Once they ordered, Sirius said he had to do something, winked at Lily, and got up.
Lily whispered to James that she'd be right back.
James just nodded.
Lily walked over to Sirius who had found a place that was out of view and ear shot of his date.
" She's driving me insane! " Sirius said to Lily.
" Really? I couldn't tell. " Lily said laughing.
Sirius rolled his eyes, " James is going to ask you to stay after we go back to his house, so how do I get rid of Allison? "
" Umm . . .when we get back, just tell her you have homework from Snape that you never did over this whole break and you have to work on that. I don't know! "
" Ok! Thanks anyway! "
Lily went back to where the table was. She stopped and then turned back to Sirius.
" Do you think James will mind if I go home? " Lily asked Sirius.
Sirius looked at her curiously and peered around her.
In the booth, Allison was leaning over the drinks, kissing James.
Sirius walked back to the table.
" I'm sorry but I think I'm confused now about who's going on a date with who! " Sirius glared at them. He led Lily out of the coffee shop and sat down on one of the benches on the other side of the coffee shop.
" Sorry you had to see that! " Sirius said to Lily.
" I can't believe I actually liked him! " Lily said and started to cry.
Sirius sighed and put his arm around Lily's shoulders. He sat there and let Lily cry for a while before he asked if she wanted to go back to the Potter's house.
Lily nodded and got up. Sirius walked her over to the fireplace and watched her disappear. Then he also disappeared and reappeared in the Potter's fireplace.
"Are you going to go home or do you want to chill here for a while with me? "
" I'll stay here with you for a while ", Lily replied. Sirius nodded and led Lily up to his room.

Sirius opened the door and let Lily into his room. She walked in and looked around. It was much more different from James's room. It was a little neater.
Sirius went over to his bed and sat down. He beckoned Lily to come sit next to him and she did.
Lily was still crying so Sirius put his arm around her. He told Lily that James wasn't worth crying over. Lily nodded and laid her head on Sirius's shoulder. Sirius looked at Lily. She was starting to stop crying.
Just at that second, they heard James coming through the fireplace.
Lily got up and locked Sirius's door.
" You don't mind if I lock it, do you? "
" No. I don't want James in here anyway. Not after what he just did. "
Lily smiled and did something she totally wasn't expecting to do.
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James stormed into the house. Sirius had taken his date home before he could explain. Now he was probably trying to convince Lily that he was a horrible person. Well, maybe not. That didn't exactly sound like Sirius. Allison fell from the fireplace and onto James.
" Hey Baby! " Allison said and kissed him.
James shoved her to the side. He was furious.
" GET . . .OFF . . .ME! "
James struggled to get up as Allison clung to him.
" You just RUINED my chances with Lily! " James yelled at her as he finally broke free from her.
" Baby, you still have me! " She blew him a kiss and smiled.
" I'd rather date a Pig before I'd date you! "
James rushed upstairs to Sirius's room. The door was locked. James took out his wand. Before he said anything, he heard laughter from within the room. It was Lily. James stood there stunned. What were they doing? Why was Lily laughing after what she had just seen?
James knocked on the door.
Lily opened it and stared at James. Lily glared at James and went back over to Sirius. She whispered something in his ear. Sirius smiled, nodded and closed the door in James's face.

A/N: Thanks for the reply!