Of Friends, Lovers, and Secrets Summary: One night, Sirius looks for James and gets a shock as well as an eye-opener into his friend's darkest secret ever. Sorry, I suck at summaries but please read and review.

Disclaimer: Like the nursery rhyme:

10, 9, 8, and 7

How long lasts this writing heaven?

6, 5, 4, 3, 2

How many days until they sue?

Hmm… let's not answer that one shall we?

In the meanwhile, James and Lily finished their homework and decided to begin their patrols. They walked side by side with their hands barely touching but you'd have to be a troll not to see the apparent chemistry between the two. With every shared smile, James and Lily felt a comfortable space that their words couldn't seem to describe but it just felt right as well as whole. If only Sirius could see them in these private moments, then he would realize that he could no longer be selfish and that he must share his friend with the world. No matter how much it pained him. On these patrols instead of trying to find a better definition of what they had, James and Lily would speak of their pasts before Hogwarts. James recounted to Lily the years of being an only child. With both parents in the Ministry of Magic, they loved him truly but were always so busy. This is why, James had inferred, that he was so troublesome and mischievous, just to see if his parents would actually notice. Lily shared with James her fears of becoming her family's outcast, though her parents loved her, they would never understand the person she was destined to become or the fact that they would never really have any true part in it. And as for her older sister, Lily knew that her sister despised her beyond belief for the gifts that she was given and Lily truly wished that things between them were better but Petunia never invited her to the wedding nor to her baby shower and was now expecting her first child in a few weeks. At this point Lily began to cry in the shadowy corridor and James offered open arms as a source of comfort. When she was quite finished and merely held on to him for the warmth he offered, with gentle hands he cupped her face and gave her the softest kiss he could offer in such an emotional time. With that kiss, those green eyes he loved to adore lighted and softened with such tenderness that James knew finally that Lily's feelings for him were strong.

Meanwhile, Remus was pissed that his mate would use that sad puppy trick, knowing Remus' weakness for sad faces. But unfortunately he just agreed to get himself involved in another one of Padfoot's hare-brained schemes. Dammit! He hated when this mess happened.

"Alright, Padfoot. What are we going to do?" Remus asked in a sullen tone.

"YAY! So you'll help me Moony? You and Peter?"

"Yeah sure, what are best mates for?" Remus continued in the same monotonous way.

"Alright then. First we must give ourselves a name… hmm… let's see," Sirius pondered deeply, which was BIG for him. (Hell, the whole fact that he's an evil mastermind in this fic, is BIG for him).

"What about Jamesy's Angels?" Peter asked.

"I like that Wormtail but how about the Heart Breakers?" Sirius suggested.

"I'm surrounded by idiots," Remus mumbled under his breath.

"What great ideas do YOU have then, Moony?" Sirius asked quite exasperated.

"I was thinking Prongs' Defenders. What do YOU think Padfoot?" Remus replied in a superior tone.

"I think that'll do just fine," Peter interjected feeling as though his voice needed to be heard.

"Now, as for my plan. I propose that our incentive is to show James the cruel wench that Lily really is. We'll go about this by-"

"But I like Lily," Remus interrupted.

"I don't care Moony, you've already agreed to help me so that's that," Sirius said in a wearying tone, "as I was saying, we're going to unleash the real Lily by playing practical jokes on her and making her think James is the one behind them, then we'll make her think Kingston wants to make up again because the whole bloody school knows Lily's still absolutely wild about him. She was going to practically murder Amelia Bones when she was flirting with Kingston on the Quidditch field."

"Wow Sirius, it looks like you've thought about this quite a bit," Remus said in an awed tone after Sirius finished his little speech, "I have to admit, though I don't agree with the methods… it's still a first-rate plan."

"Good," said Sirius happy that the two hours he spent on practicing his pitch even made Remus revere him, if only for a moment.

Knowing their places in this plot would be essential for its success, Sirius explained to the two pairs of wide eyes. As the three boys whispered above their parchment in the common room, the glow from the fireplace gave their keen faces a more sinister look, giving them the appearance as that of little demons. They all shared one thought though; Evans should be afraid, very afraid…

Hahahahahaha! I love the way I finished this! It seems so deliciously evil! Alright now, I've composed myself and am now waiting for some reviews. Come on now, don't be shy…