Third and very final shot.

"What is that supposed to mean?" James asked his friends. "What does she mean I have to tell the truth of how I feel about her? That's all I've been doing since fourth year. What doesn't she understand?"

"Calm down mate." Remus said to his friend. "Sit down and listen." James obeyed and Remus went on. "Have you been completely honest with her? Think about it. In the past few days you've done nothing but lie."

"Hang on a minute!" Sirius interrupted. "If you are getting at James needing to tell Lily about reading her diary. No. James you cant do that. Its suicide she will never go out with you."

"But if she found out she would be even angrier." Remus argued.

"How will she ever find out?"

"Sirius women are all knowing she will find out some how."

"Prongs just tell her some crap about loving her since fourth year. Pining after her and wanting to change because of her."

"But that's the truth Padfoot that is what I've done."

"Exactly!" Sirius answered. "That's what you need to tell her. Sweep her off her feet!"

"James do what you want but I think you would be making a mistake."

This conversation played in James' mind all night. He tossed and turned until finally he sunk into an uneasy sleep.

He walked down the boys stairs into the common room. Why was every one looking at him? Who cares, he needed to find Lily. He had to tell her the truth.

He heard a melodic laugh. That had to be her. It was. He walked over to her.

"Lily I have something to tell you." He heard his own mouth say. "In the past few days you believed I had changed you think I have been passing your tests, I know you were testing me because I read your diary. I'm sorry. I regret it. Honestly I do." He looked up into those shocked emerald eyes.

"You read my diary?" She looked at him distastefully. "Well it's not as if I would go out with you any way."

"Why not?" James asked confused- he had been doing so well with her tasks.

"I prefer my boyfriends to be wearing clothes." Suddenly James looked down realising he was nothing short of buck naked. He looked around as everyone began laughing and covering what his mother gave him he ran back up to his dorm…

Suddenly he woke up in a cold sweat. That wasn't real it was only a dream. He hadn't really gone down to talk to Lily in the nude. It was still all ok. Gosh he couldn't believe how much time this girl consumed in his mind. Why was she so important to him? Why did he like her so much?

James got up and went down stairs to the common room. But not before he made sure he was fully clothed.

He sat in front of the fire place watching the embers which were still glowing from the night before.

"James?" See now he was even hearing her voice. He was obsessed. "James?" He turned to see her leaning over him.

Lily's tired eyes looked concerned. "What are you doing down here?

Can you not sleep." James looked at her half in awe and half in anguish of the girl he couldn't stop thinking about. But just by looking at her he knew he had to tell her the truth.

"Actually I couldn't sleep. I have something on my mind, something I feel really guilty about actually. Lily will you sit down please. I have something to tell you and your not going to like me for it."

Lily sat down next to him. "What's wrong James, surely it cant be that bad?"

"Please will you promise me that after I tell you, you will let me tell you why and that you will know I regret doing what I did?"

"Ok James. Just tell me, you're scaring me now."

"In the past few days you believed I had changed you think I have been passing your tests, I know you were testing me because I read your diary. I'm sorry. I regret it. Honestly I do." He looked up into her eye opposite waiting for the look of hate and disbelief. But instead Lily smiled.

"I know you have James." She said softly. "I left it out intentionally, because I knew you would read it. I set you tests because I knew you would do them. In actual fact none of those were tests. This is the actual test; I wanted to find out if you would be honest to me and look you are." Lily smiled, but James began to bubble over.

"I don't understand why you needed to test me in the first place! Surely just giving me a chance would have been enough?"

"James believe it or not, after all this time, I didn't think you liked me. In actual fact I believed you were asking me out as a prank. It wasn't until Sirius persuaded me otherwise that I began to doubt myself."

"Oh great, you wont believe me but you will believe that prat! He was trying to persuade me not to tell you about the diary, infact he was the one who told me to read it in the first place!"

"Well it's kind of hard to believe that one of the most popular and best looking guys in the school is besotted with a dowdy know it all redhead who has never been asked out before in her life." James blushed at this.

"Well actually… hem… I'm quite sure that a lot of guys would love to go out with you, but for some reason because they've known that I liked you, they have kept their distance… I'm sorry I really have nothing to do with that…." Lily looked away passively then responded.

"Well I suppose it's not your fault and if a guy didn't have the balls to go against someone just because they are popular…"

""…and my mum is the minister for magic…"

"…Right, well then they are definitely not the guy for me. And you know what James I am impressed tonight. You are right. In what world do I have the nerve to test you to see if your worthy for me. Who do I think I am? I hope you can forgive me for that?"

"Of course I do Lily. As if I would say no."

"Good. Makes this next task a little easier. James Potter, will you go out with me?" Lily looked hopefully at the boy before her and James just couldn't believe his ears. He had believed that in telling her, he had read her diary, he was as good as dead.

"Well no, sorry Lily I can't." Lily looked startled.

"W…Why not?" She stuttered rather disappointed.

"Because I have liked you for years now, and every time you said no to me, it made me more determined to get you to say yes. And I have imagined the perfect way to ask you and how amazing it would feel for you to say yes. And this just isn't it."

"Are you saying you don't want to go out with me?"

"No, I'm saying wait here for ten seconds." James ran up to his room and seconds later returned, hands behind his back.

"Lily, please would you do the honours of being my girlfriend?" He asked producing a bunch of roses from behind his back. She smiled at him.

"Yes James I will." James smiled and pulled her into a hug.

"You do not know how long I have waited to hear those four words. But I have one more question…"

Lily looked at him quizzically.

"Can I kiss you?" Lily replied by taking his lips in her own. "Mmm that answer wasn't bad either." He smiled.

The next morning Lily awoke with a start. At first she had thought it was thunder, and then she thought maybe they were under attack. But finally she realised the entire Gryffindor common room was surrounding her and applauding. She turned to find that she had fallen asleep in her James' arms. That alone made her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

By the time breakfast came the entire school knew about the bickering head duo and their (or more the head girls) change in heart.

In James's three shots a lot had been learnt. James had learnt that the truth was best in most situations, not to pry in other peoples business (Or diary's), not to trust redheads or in fact Remus.

Lily on the other hand had found that in just trusting people a lot more can be achieved.

"Oh and James." Lily smiled. "When you hire young kids in Ravenclaw to fall over in front of me so you can heroically carry them down to the hospital wing, make sure you get their name right next time."

The End

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