1Here's chapter three! Enjoy!

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She didn't know why she said yes...why she hadn't thrown something at his face, laughed, called him a dirty name, she didn't know why...It must have been that look...that darn handsome look in his hazel eyes...hazel like the river behind her house in the fall, where orange and red leaves littered the surface, which look like spun glass or silk.

She dotted the 'i' of her name at the bottom of the short piece of parchment. It was a simple letter, only said not to worry, she had made up that a last minute activity had happened, to the seventh years she added, that caused them to stay for the summer. It made sense...kind of...She was about to seal the envelope when something made her pull it out again. She unfolded it and, with the small space at the bottom, wrote:

P.S. Really Mum and Dad, I'm fine and don't worry. I'll send some Owls over the few weeks, but may not have time. Just to warn you if you don't receive a letter after a while. Again, love Lily, I'll miss you!

She closed the envelope, sealed it, and tied it to the leg of her Owl. She watched it soar away into the horizon then, giving a soft sigh, made her way down the staircase. Before she entered the last few steps though, she heard whispering and her name being mentioned. She stopped and listened.

"I can't believe she actually said she'd stay. Now, maybe I can convince her that I'm not all bad." James defended.

"I think 'not all bad' is the key term there. Mate, you have to be COMPLETELY goody-two-shoes to get into her good book." said Sirius.

"I don't think so Padfoot." said Remus thoughtfully. "I think that, deep down mind you, Lily actually believes him to be a decent person." Sirius snorted at that remark.

"Yeah...really deep down."

"Padfoot, you're not helping."

"The truth hurts Prongs." Lily, sensing an argument coming on, made her entrance.

"I'm not interrupting, am I?"

"N-no, of course not!" James stuttered. "Hey, Lily, I feel like taking a walk; care to join me?"

"Trying to win some alone time with Evan's here, aren't you Prongs?"

"Oh, shut up Sirius," said Lily good natured, "And yes, I would love to join you."

"Really?" said James, at a loss for words.

"Why, do you not want me to come after all?"

"Let's go!" he said grabbing her hands and leading her out of the portrait into the empty corridor...well...of course its empty...nobody's there!...anyways, it took a few minutes, of complete and utterly uncomfortable silence, before they reached the great oak front doors. James pulled one open, stood aside for Lily to go through first, then followed her.

"It's gorgeous out here, isn't it?" said Lily, trying to strike up a conversation.

"Yes...you are–I mean, not you, well, I meant the, the, um...tree's are um lovely, yes, very pretty. And the lake...it looks very...serene... you know, with the leaves floating along the smooth surface which looks like glass or silk or something." Lily looked at him incredulously. "Was it something I said?" he instantly looked very uncomfortable. Lily smiled and hooked her arm through his.

"I'm starting to like you."

"Then I must be doing something right."

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They spent about an hour by the lake, talking about random things like their favorite color, or food, their favorite classes (in which James had none and Lily four) among other things. James picked up his wand and swished it and a single blade of grass rose up, swirled into a blur of color's, then turned into a ripe, juicy strawberry.

(Mmm...strawberry's...that sounds yummy...dipped in sugar!)

"Impressive." said Lily, admiring it then snatched it and took a bite. James raised an eyebrow but just transfigured another blade of grass and took a juicy bite himself.

"So...do you have any pet's?" James asked curiously. Lily shook her head.

"Not really...I mean, Petunia has about five hermit crabs all in different color's that do nothing but sleep and watch television, but what I've wanted more then anything is a dog."

"Really?"

"Yes and—what is that!" James' head whipped around to where Lily was pointing a shaking finger. James' blood started to boil. Twenty feet away, a huge black dog was padding happily towards them. Leave it to stupid Sirius to ruin the happiest moment of my life...

"Oh! It's so cute James! I never knew you had a dog." James put on a fake sort of grimace, that was supposed to be a smile.

"Sort of...his name is Snuffles."

"He's so big!" she said patting its soft head. The big black dog laid over on it's back, exposing it's inky black belly. "I can't believe Dumbledore would allow such a large animal in the castle." she said stroking its stomach with a sweet smile.

"You's think he wouldn't. And besides, this animal is the dumbest, most stupid dog I've ever met."

"James!"

"And he smells, and is a dirty rotten friend." After that remark, the big black dog started to morph into the handsome body of Sirius black who, with his hands behind his head and laying on his back, smiled at Lily just as she screamed and snatched her hand away from his stomach.

"What the bloody merlin is going on!"

"Hey lilikins, that felt good. Could you rub my belly some more?" said Sirius smirking. Lily was blushing profusely and James was beside himself with fury.

"Sirius you dirty, rotten, good-for-nothing, show off–!"

"How the bloody heck were you a dog–!"

"Hey Lils, next time scratch behind my ears, okay–?"

"Padfoot, Lily's isn't putting her hand ANYWHERE on your body–!"

"I can't believe you two...–"

"No seriously, James you should show her your other form–"

"Sirius, we weren't supposed to tell ANYBODY–!"

"What other form? James, what is he talking about–?"

"I don't see why we can't tell Lily, I mean we're spending the next two month's with her for Merlin's sake–"

"Sirius you don't know how much is at stake showing Lily our forms–!"

"Oh, there's going to be more at stake then you're bloody lives if you don't explain to me what's going on you two–!"

"OKAY!" roared James. Everybody stopped rambling. "Sirius, Peter and I learned how to become animagus in fifth year and we did this because we help Remus who is a werewolf whenever there is a full moon so he wont attack any humans if he escapes the Shrieking shack, which has a tunnel leading to it from underground the Whomping Willow which, if you remember, was planted our first year when Remus was accepted here, and if you have any questions, Sirius can turn into a dog, Peter a rat, and I can change into a stag." James stopped for a breath and watched Lily's eyes become the size of baseballs.

"YOU DID WHAT!"

"See, I wasn't hoping for that reaction."

"How did you do it!" Lily asked with awe and slight disapproval.

"A WHOLE lot of reading." Sirius answered with a shudder. "Dang blasted reading, took us three bloody years to finally get it right and poor Moony had to suffer all that time by himself." he said with an exaggerated sigh. Then he perked up. "But all is well and you wont tell a single teacher, okay? Get it, got it, done." he said in a finality business-like tone. Lily was completely and utterly speechless.

"I don't believe it...well, seeing as I just saw Sirius as a dog...no, wait...nah, I'm just going mental!" Lily rambled to herself.

"We seem to have that effect on people." said Sirius matter-of-factly. James groaned and smacked himself in the forehead.

"We are going to have so much fun here aren't we?" said Lily sarcastically. Sirius turned to her.

"You can't spell F-U-N without the marauders!...wait a minute..."

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I'll stop here! The next chapter will take place the next day! Yes...in the morning I think...to Sirius waking Lily up! Oooh...I can't wait to start writing that. Review please or else I wont update!

Have to be a bit more harsh, you see...anyways, I'm starting to get migraine's from being on the computer so much...oh well, reviews please!

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