Wow, I can't believe the response I've gotten from this fic recently! If only you could all see my hit count for this story! I'm going to make a bigger effort to write more and update because it seems like a lot of you are liking the story. I recently noticed that i posted the wrong chapter 2 so if anyone hasn't read the proper one, read it because it's my favourite, and sorry about the mistake. A lot of my story starting from chapter seven will have influence from information from HBP (best book EVER). Anyway things start to happen in this chapter- introductions are pretty much all done. enjoy and make sure you send a review my way and tell me what you think and how you think i can improve.
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Chapter Six
Lilac

The Marauder's sat in the shade of the birch tree, surrounded by fellow Gryffindors.

"I heard you guys almost got expelled for that prank you played last week." Exclaimed Hank Mooreson, a fifth year.

"Completely unfair considering it wasn't our fault. It was Peeves," James said, shaking his head.

"We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Sirius added, the grinned brightly, "Do you want to hear the real story now?"

The crowd around them nodded anxiously and Remus let out a soft laugh. The truth was Peeves did pull the prank on Professor Carr, but Sirius loved the attention. As he listened to Sirius's story, Remus looked around the grounds and noticed that Lily Evans was lying face down on the ground next to her friend Michelle and was staring right in the direction of their group. He turned to James next to him to point this out, but to his surprise, James had already noticed and was staring right back at her with a faint grin on his face. He gave a wink and then looked away, not noticing that the exchange had been witnessed. Sirius had just finished his story and the crowd laughed raucously, Peter joining in although he had a confused look in his eyes.

James stood up. "Got stuff to do." He said to Sirius and turned towards the castle. With one last glance towards Lily, he jogged across the grounds and out of sight. A few minutes later, Remus watched Lily get up and apologise to her friend before following.

Remus stood up. "Where are you going Mooney?" Asked Peter instantly.

"Things to see, people to do." Remus said as he hurried towards Lily. "Hey Lil, where are you running off to?"

"Oh I told a friend I'd meet them, I'm running a bit late actually." They reached the doors and Remus pushed them open, letting Lily in before him. They started up the stairs. "So where are you going?" Lily asked nervously.

"Owlery." Remus replied randomly.

"Oh." Lily sighed in secret relief. "I'm going in the opposite direction; astronomy tower."

They made their way up the moving staircases, chatting distractedly. When they reached the top, Remus jumped off and Lily waited for the stairs to move around to the next platform before making her way to the astronomy tower. Remus jumped into action instantly. He knew a secret passage that led to the astronomy tower but it was in no way a short cut.

When he reached the end of the passage, Remus stopped and caught his breath. He pulled out his Marauders map and hoped James didn't have his. There is tiny writing the words Lily Evans and James Potter were written above the two dots situated in the astronomy tower. Remus tapped on the wall in front of him with his wand and it faded away for a few moments, just enough time for him to jump out. He made his way quietly up the last staircase leading to the top astronomy room and looked around the corner.

There he saw James and Lily, looking friendlier then he had ever thought they could be. Lily was sitting on the teachers table, legs wrapped around James who was standing in front of her. They were kissing quietly, not noticing that they were being watched. Remus watched James' hand slide gently up the back of Lily's shirt and decided he'd seen enough. He crept back down the stairs, trying to convince himself that he was asleep, that it was all a crazy dream and he was going to wake up at any time.

Lily and James had been hiding their love for so long, they were starting to get reckless. They were so in love, they wanted to see each other all the time, not realising that this increased the chances of being seen. Oblivious to this, they stayed in the astronomy tower all afternoon. They watched the sun set and soon it was dark.

"Will you dance with me?" James asked Lily.

"Dance? To what?"

"The music of our love…" James laughed, "Come on."

He stood up and held out his hand to her. She took it and accepted James's embrace. He hummed quietly as they swayed.

"What are you humming?" Lily asked quietly.

James hummed for a bit longer and then started to sing. "I'm happy just to dance with you, before this dance is through; I think I'll love you too."

"I'm so happy when you dance with me." They sung together.

Lily giggled, "You're a much better singer then me."

James hummed again and then spun Lily out, making her grin in surprise. "I don't wanna kiss or hold your hand, if it's funny try and understand there is really nothing else I'd rather do because I'm happy just to dance with you." James shocked Lily with a series of fancy dance moves.

"How suave! I didn't know you could dance." Lily giggled.

"I'm full of surprises darling." James said as the danced, "My parents hold a lot of fancy parties and my Mother taught me to dance, but dancing with you…" He twirled her and then stopped her to look into her eyes. "there's nothing I would rather do, I'm happy just to dance with you." They started dancing again. "I don't need to hug or hold you tight. I just wanna dance with you all night. In this world there's nothing I would rather do 'cause I'm happy just to dance with you."

James entered the common room fifteen minutes after Lily and joined Remus and Peter in their usual corner. "Where's Padfoot?"

Peter shrugged. "He went somewhere with that Hufflepuff girl. He said he was going to show her his stallion. I didn't know he had a horse."

James laughed and shook his head. "Stallion…yeah right. He'll probably be back soon."

"Where have you been all night?" Remus asked casually.

"Well I was planning on working on my Quidditch plays, but I ran into Lily and she wanted me to help her with some head room plans."

"So you guys are getting friendly lately?"

"Yeah she said that we can't fight anymore, now we're heads together. I don't know why not, it was something to do, you know, when it got boring." James gave a wave to Marlene McKinnon.

"Imagine if you guys ended up getting together after all." Remus said with a forced grin.

James laughed, "Yeah imagine that, all my fourth year dreams come true. Hey, Sirius." He got up and greeted Sirius who had just come in through the portrait hole, leaving Remus with his thoughts.