InsanityInside strikes back ;P I finally have some time, so here's another theory (:

2. Don't tell Doris!

'Doris managed to get some tickets for the concert next Friday,' Lily informed her husband and his friends 'Want to come?'

'I'd love to, darling,' James said 'But I think I… erm… I have to stay at work late on Friday'

'Yeah, I'm busy too. Tell Doris I wish I could go to that concert wih her, but I can't…'

'Isn't it… you know…one of those nights?'

'I… er… don't really like this kind of music…'

Of course, Lily knew perfectly well, that James never worked that late on Fridays, Peter simply loved this sort of music and the nearest full moon was on Sunday. But she also knew that asking any more questions was no use. They wouldn't tell her anything anyway.

'All right,' she said a little disappointed 'I guess we'll go without you.'

'Have fun.'

As soon as she left the room, the four men looked at each other and laughed.

'Wonder if they'll ever work it out…'

'I'd rather they didn't.' James said.

'And why not?' Peter didn't understand.

'I don't know what Lily will do if she does.'

'Can't we at least tell Doris?' Sirius asked.

'What the hell do you want to tell Doris for!' James wanted to know.

'I… err… think she might like me if she knows about it…'

'But you know what Doris is like,' Remus said 'If you tell her a secret it's not a secret any more!'

XXX

'Wonder what the boys are up to' Lily said as she and Doris made their way through the crowd at the concert.

'I thought they were at work or somewhere?' Doris said.

'Well that's what they told me, but I'm not quite sure I believe them.'

'Oh, well' Doris didn't seem worried at all 'They just don't know what they're missing.'

Suddenly the audience exploded with cheers. The girls looked up at the stage and saw that Paul, Robert, Jack and Stubby were already there. Doris sighed, gazing at the lead singer as he picked up his guitar.

XXX

Near the end of the concert the crowd began to go a little wild. Random objects started to fly in all directions. Probably nobody knows, who threw the unfortunate turnip, but it hit Stubby in the head, and the sunglasses he usually wore on stage fell off. Doris hardly noticed it at all (This was about the only moment of the concert when she wasn't staring at the singer.), but Lily realised that he looked oddly familiar without them. She looked at the rest of the band. Robert and Paul looked sort of familiar too. And Jack… Suddenly Lily realised where she had seen him. And who he was. And why the boys hadn't come to the concert with them.

'What's the matter, Lily?' asked Doris, as Stubby picked up his glasses.

XXX

'Hobgoblins, eh?' Lily asid angrily as she entered the room. The four men looked at her in shock. 'Why the hell didn't you tell me!' she demanded.

'Told you we should have told the girls,' Sirius said to James.

'Lily, I'm sorry…' James said, ignoring his friend.

…

'Just don't tell Doris, ok?' James said when the argument was over and Lily had calmed down at last.

'And why the hell not?'

'Well, you know what she's like…'

'Yeah,' Remus added 'If you tell Doris, she will tell everyone…'

XXX

Some fifteen years later…

'What's so funny?' Remus asked. Sirius stopped laughing, looked up at him and handed him the magazine he had been reading.

'She's worked it out,' he said. Still confused, his friend quickly read the article.

'Told you,' he said 'If you tell Doris a secret, it's not a secret any more.'