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Lily shielded her eyes and rolled on her stomach, stuffing her face in her pillow. The sun was shining bright as usual, and all Lily wanted to do was stay in her warm bed, sleeping till sun down. She knew she couldn't though, and rolled from side to side, trying to get herself more awake.

The other girls were watching Lily with amusement.

"It's too early, way too early." Lily said crankily. She sat up in bed and caught the other girls staring at her. "Wadda you want?"

"Nothing." They said together quickly. They exchanged smiles and trudged over to the bathroom.

Lily changed into her school robes when last nights events came flooding back to her. Her heart lifted as she thought of Joey. 'He's one of the most popular seventh years, not to mention cutest.' Lily thought to herself as she grabbed a pair of socks. 'Why would he want to go out with me?'

"Ready?" Sara asked from the bathroom.

Lily nodded and tugged her socks onto her ankles, then slipped on her shoes. "Ready."

Katherine and Marlee emerged from the bathroom and they all trooped down the stairs.

"STOP telling me what to do!" Came an angry voice from the bottom of the stairs.

The girls exchanged worried glances and picked up their pace. They reached the bottom of the steps and saw James and Joey glaring at each other evenly.

"You don't deserve her." James said through gritted teeth.

"Is that so?" Joey asked, his voice rising. "And I suppose you do?"

"Yeah," James exclaimed, "I do."

Joey took a step towards James and James replied with another step towards Joey. They were mere inches from each other's face.

"Stop!" Lily cried, stepping between the two feuding boys. She looked up at them.

"James, I think I know what you're doing and I want you to know that you can STOP." Lily said.

"Lily," James began. "He dates girls all the time, never being committed, I'm telling you this for your own good."

Lily stared disbelievingly at him. "You do realize you just described you, right?" Lily said scathingly. "Except the difference between me and Joey, and you and me, is that I like Joey, and I loathe YOU."

James stepped back and looked away. Everyone in the common room gasped. Lily looked surprised at herself, but determined at the same time to not give in. She grabbed Joey's lower arm and stomped off, dragging him to the portrait hole.

Once outside, Lily practically had steam emerging from her ears.

"Lily," Joey said slowly. "I wouldn't do any of the things he said I would do to you. You know that right?" He was looking at Lily carefully, complete truth in his eyes.

"Yes, Joey," Lily said, the steam ceasing some. "I know that."

Joey smiled and grabbed her waist, pulling her into a hug. "Let's get to breakfast."

"Alright." Lily agreed, her face slowing returning to its natural color, and not an angry red.

They walked down to breakfast slowly, when Joey suddenly reached down and grabbed Lily's hand. Lily looked down at their intertwined hands and smiled. Once at breakfast, they both took their seats at the Gryfindor table.

Lily smiled even bigger as she realized Joey was sitting next to her.
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It was just after lunch and Lily was heading to Divination.

"Lily!" Marlee exclaimed, falling into step with her friend.

"Hey, Mari!" Lily smiled.

They reached the stairs and climbed up into the Divination tower. They took their seats and awaited the rest of the class's entrance.

The whole class was almost seated when the Mauarders came filing in, they looked at Lily with disappointment in their eyes. Not James, James was determinedly staring off into space.

Lily sighed. "Marlee?"

"Mm...?" Marlee asked distractedly, her eyes staring at something else. Lily didn't bother to see what she was staring at and waved her hand in front of Marlee's face.

"Marlee!" Lily said in her ear.

"Oh, sorry!" Marlee said quickly, averting her eyes to Lily. "What is it?"

Lily took a deep breath and shook her head, her long red strands falling about her eyes. "Marlee, be honest…was I too hard on James?"

"Hard?" Marlee asked. "More like brutal."

Lily gave Marlee a glare. "Mari…he was so protective, you know? When he does the EXCACT same things!"

"I know." Marlee agreed. "But he was kind of protective, he wanted to make sure Joey didn't do anything that could hurt you."

"Yes I know that." Lily said sharply. "He always has a girlfriend, always, why on earth does he think he's any better than Joey?"

"Because he loves you, and Joey doesn't." Marlee muttered.

"Ugh! You're all saying that! I'm just a trophy, nothing more. He has no real feelings for me and people need to stop believing he does!" Lily said, her voice rising.

"Shh! Lils, c'mon…let's talk about this later." Marlee whispered, glancing around for Sara and Katherine for help. They were on the other side of the room, talking with Katherine's boyfriend. They had Divination with Hufflepuff.

"Fine!" Lily huffed.

Marlee breathed a sigh of relief.
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The rest of the week passed uneventfully. Lily and James didn't talk to each other, or even yell. Lily and Joey were becoming closer. They were always with each other when classes were over.

Finally Saturday arrived and the houses were studying nonstop for the tests the next week.

"It's so quiet in here!" Sara whispered.

"You can say that again," Sirius replied, who was seated across from the girls.

They eight students remained silent for what seemed like forever before Sara stood up. "I can't take it!" She hissed. "See you guys later!" And with that she bounded from the common room as if a gang of raging banshees were chasing her.

Sirius chuckled softly to himself and stood up. "I'm out of here too. See you later."

Once outside of the portrait hole Sirius saw Sara's cloak round a corner. He quickened his pace to catch up with her.

"Sara!" Sirius gasped when he finally caught up to her.

Sara jumped and looked at Sirius. "Hey, Sirius!" She sang.

"How are you?" Sirius asked, falling into step beside her.

"I'm good, but all this testing is making me CRAZY." She said grabbing fistfuls of her long blonde hair to prove her point of near insanity.

"Same." Sirius agreed. He stared at her closely. She was pretty. Not the typical girl he was used to dating, but an athletic Quiditch player who had a mind of her own. Sirius made up his mind and spun himself around, blocking Sara from moving past him.

"Wha-?" Sara asked, giving Sirius a questioning look.

"Sara, I know Hogsmeade has been cancelled and everything but I was wondering if…" He trailed off, flipping his hair and giving her his smile that made girls swoon.

Sara stopped trying to get around him and stopped dead in her tracks, she knew where this was going.

"So, Sirius continued, watching Sara with his deep eyes. "Would you like to, I don't know…be my girlfriend?" He gave her another grin and placed a hand on her cheek.

Sara stood there for a moment, contemplating her choices. "Sirius…" She began, she paused to smack his hand away. "I know you, maybe even a little to well. You don't stay with any girl long enough to even know them. I don't want to just be with you for a week and I know for a fact that's what you had in mind. I'm sorry, you're going to have to go find a different girl to snog."

Sirius stood still, his feet planted firmly in the ground. "So…" He said after a while. "Is that a yes?"

Sara rolled her eyes and stood up straighter. "No, Sirius, that's a NO! Go find a different girl, because I'm more than what you want me to be." She finished with a defiant look and swerved to the left, making her way down the hall again.
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"I cannot STAND her!" Remus, James, and Sirius all cried together in exasperation.

"Who?" Peter asked curiously from his place on his bed.

"Lily." James whined first. "It's always Joey this and Joey that. I can't take it! Did you see the way they were looking at each other? It was all mushy and shit. I don't understand," he continued, his voice quieting once more. "What does he have that I don't?"

"Maturity?" Peter offered.

"Sod off Wormtail!" James yelled.

Peter sighed and looked at Remus and Sirius. "What about you two?"

"Sara!" Sirius said as if he had been bursting to say it for years. "I'm sorry Sirius, but you're going to have to find another girl to snog!" He said, mimicking her voice. "I mean what is that?"

"The truth?" Peter offered again.

"Wormtail. That is NOT helping." Sirius replied through gritted teeth.

Peter through up his hands in exasperation and looked at Remus. "I'd help you too, but obviously I'm of no use."

Remus shook his head slowly. "Never mind," He mumbled. "It was no one."
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The weekend cam and went. Lily and Joey were found everywhere, holding hands, hugging and even kissing. Katherine and her boyfriend were quite close, and she talked about him all the time. The boys were on their last nerve.

By Monday everyone was beyond nervous. "Tests, tests, tests and more tests!" Marlee whined, heading to her Charms exam.

Lily was pale and had deep blue circles under her eyes. She kept muttering things no one could quite hear under her breath.

Katherine was snippy and she'd yell all the time, even to her boyfriend.

Sara just watched them with fascination. Sure, she was nervous about the tests, but she certainly wouldn't let anyone see it. These girls practically had it written all over their faces.

"To top it off, I have to think about packing, this is the LAST week of sixth year. It just flew by and I wasn't ready for it!" Lily exclaimed, wringing her hands together nervously.

"Wow." Sara breathed. "I never even thought of that. One more week, it seems weird, you know?"

The other three girls nodded and arrived at their Charms exam.

Remus resembled Lily, with his skin a ghostly white and the bags under his eyes the size of England.

Peter looked as though he were about to cry, with his face all red and puffy. He was biting his lower lip and glancing around nervously.

James and Sirius were watching their friends with amused grins. They looked so carefree, rocking back in their chairs and running hands through their hair.

"I don't understand." Lily whined when she saw the two boys. "They don't even care and yet they get perfects!"

"I know," Katherine agreed, watching the two boys with amazement. They all took out their quills and waited for the professor to arrive.
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It was Wednesday and the tests were over, much to the relief of the school. Everyone could breathe again and little by little, return to their natural color.

"Whew!" Sirius said, wiping his forehead dramatically, "I thought Moony and Wormtail were about to pass out if the tests dragged on any longer."

James nodded and grinned when he saw Remus and Peter give them defiant looks.

They were seated outside, cherishing their last days of the school year. James gazed around and ran his hand through his hair.

He spotted a flash of red hair and looked closer to find Lily laughing. She was sitting by the lake, her feet dangling carelessly in the water. The sun reflecting off her hair and giving her cheeks a faint glow. James smiled. He heard a deeper laugh and looked next to Lily to find Joey, his arm draped carelessly around her shoulders. James smile faded quickly to be replaced with a frown and narrowed eyes.

He heard a defiant grunt and looked over to find Sirius glaring at someone too. He looked around and saw Sara, not to far away from Lily, with a Ravenclaw seventh year by her side.

"I am so sick of this." Sirius cried. "Let's go do something else other than stare in envy at…people." Sirius finished with a wink and stood up.

"What are you doing Padfoot?" Remus asked uncertainly.

"I don't know." Sirius admitted. "Anything is better than this."

Peter looked up at the clock and then back down at his friends. "It's about time for dinner, let's go."

They nodded and wound their way up towards the castle.

"Hello there." Came a drawling voice from just inside the castle.

"Snivellus." Sirius said distastefully, spinning around to face his enemy of six years.

"Get out of here." James said through gritted teeth.

"Well, that wasn't very polite." Snape said, drawing his wand.

James and Sirius drew their wands, also.

"Not now you guys." Remus pleaded. "Not when it's so close to the end of the school year."

"You'd be wise to listen to your little friend, fools. But then again, that's not one of your strong points is it?" Snape said, advancing a tad, but still keeping a careful distance.

"Sod off Snape." James said hotly.

"Ah, the manners you need to learn." Snape said, sighing. He raised his wand and pointed it at James.

Remus stepped in between the quarreling boys and held up his hands. "Don't." He said evenly. "Either of you."

But it was too late. Snape had leaned across Remus and muttered a spell, causing James to flip on his back. James tried to muffle his yelp of pain of having landed on the stone floor.

"You'll pay for that one!" Sirius threatened.

There was a flash of light and Snape was dangling upside down.

"Put me down!" He screeched. "I'll get you. You just wait."

Sirius pretended to quiver and released the spell, causing Snape to tumble to the floor in a heap. He was almost to his feet when James put a spell on him, causing him to do several flips and land into the stone wall. He crumpled to the ground in pain and tried to regain his composer.

"Enough."

The five boys looked up to see Professer McGonagall, her eyes narrowed into an unpleasant glare.

"All of you, come with me." She ordered, turning around and walking swiftly away. The boys exchanged glances and followed her.

They arrived at her office and trudged inside. They were, once again, caught.

"Now," She said, her voice cold and disappointed. "What was going on back there? Shouldn't you boys be at supper?"

"We were on our way ma'am." James said politely. "We had just walked in when Snape started taunting us. We…well we…" James trailed off, for once at a loss for words.

"Taunted him back? Hexed him?" She offered.

"Yes, that's about it." Sirius agreed.

"Very well," She said. "I have known you boys since first year. The first time I saw you five dueling I was disappointed. Then I thought, well they're only first years, they'll mature eventually." Her eyes narrowed even more. "The battles carried out through first, second, and so on. All the time I was reminding my self, they will mature."

"Professor-" James started.

McGonagall held up a hand to silence him. "Today you boys have not only disappointed me, but you have proved my theory wrong. Perhaps you will never mature. And for that, I am truly sorry. You boys would have become nice young men."

The Mauraders' mouths dropped open, she had never been this disappointed, or harsh before.

"I will leave you here now, in hopes that you will finally mature. No detentions will be assigned, due to the end of the school year. But I assure you, that next time something like this happens, detentions will be the least of your worries."

The boys regained themselves and nodded, trooping out of the corridors. Snape glared one final time at them before taking off towards the Slytherin common room.

"Jeesh." Sirius whispered. "Old Micky seemed really angry."

"It's worse than that Padfoot," Remus said quietly. "She's disappointed. Really disappointed.

The four boys sighed and made their way back down to dinner.
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Lily waited nervously outside the common room. It was Thursday, and her and Joey had both decided they needed to talk. Lily wasn't sure if it was about the same thing.

"Hey Lily." He said from behind her.

Lily smiled weakly and turned around. "Joey." She whispered.

"Lily, what I wanted to talk to you about was…" He trailed off. "You go first."

"Joey…" Lily said quietly. "You're so cute, and smart, and loyal…I'm just not sure if…"

"It's working out?" Joey offered.

"Exactly." Lily said. "It's not you!"

"I know." He said. "I was going to tell you the same thing. You're amazing, but I'm leaving Hogwarts next year and we'll never see each other and… it just wouldn't work."

Lily nodded, obviously relieved. "Good, we both feel the same way. That makes it so much easier."

Joey grinned. "Yeah…yeah it does. Good luck at school next year Lil."

"Thanks." Lily said. "Good luck with becoming a healer. You'll be great at it."

Joey smiled and leaned down, placing a kiss upon Lily's cheek. "You'll be great at whatever you do. Good luck."

"You too." Lily whispered, flinging her arms around him and pulling him into a warm embrace.

"I'll see you around." Joey said, pulling back.

Lily smiled and nodded. He was such a sweet boy.

But he wasn't 'the one' that Lily so longed to find. The boy she would be with forever. The boy who would make her smile and laugh. Yes, she knew he was out there, she just didn't know who he was yet.

And she was the only one who didn't.
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"SIRIUS GET YOUR STUPID ARSE OUTTA BED! IT'S THE LAST DAY OF SIXTH YEAR!" James shouted, his lungs wearing out considerably.

Sirius shook his head and rolled over.

James and the other two boys raised their wands wearily. After performing their daily routine, Sirius was up.

They levitated their suitcases and walked down the stairs, finding many students already down there.

James spotted Lily's firey red hair and resisted the urge to go and hold her close. "Hey Lily!" He said instead.

Lily's ears perked up when she heard the sound of someone calling her name, but they flopped back down like a disappointed dogs' would, when she saw who had said it.

"Potter." She said coldly, before sweeping past.

James sighed and ruffled his hair. Lily was too blinded by her fury to see James' disappointed eyes.

"Well boys, I guess this is it." James said, looking from Remus to Peter after the train had arrived back at 9 and ¾.

"Prongs, we're not dying, we'll be visiting you and Sirius in a week." Remus said.

"Yeah well, excuse me if I was trying to make a dramatic exit." James said teasingly.

"Next year will be the golden year for us all!" Sirius said cheerfully. "You mark my words, we'll get the girls of our dreams. I'm working on mine this summer."

"How are you going to do that?" Peter asked.

"Well," Sirius began, it just so happens and Sara lives down the street of James."

"I already knew that." Peter said.

"Yeah, well, we're not just going to say hi, we're going to invite her over and I'm going to use my charm to lure her to me." Sirius said, sticking out his chest in a proud manor.

"And…" James said, his eyes gleaming as they would when they were about to pull a prank, "Sara is having the girls over for half the summer, starting this week!"

The four boys smiled mischievously. "We'll be at your house in a week." Remus said, "And if they're staying half the summer, they'll still be there when we come!"

"Ah, Remus, and they call you the smart one." Sirius said teasingly. Remus smiled and punched his arm before he spotted his parents. "See you later, boys."

"Bye, Moony!" They all chorused.

Peter soon spotted his parents and departed.

"You're right Sirius," James said, "This year will be our golden year. Lily will finally realize that we were meant to be!"

"James, don't get your hopes to high." Sirius said.

"It's too late," James said, "Like you said, she's the girl of my dreams."

A/N: Ah yes, don't we all love corny clinchers? Haha, well I hope you liked this chapter! I'll try to update as soon as possible! Please review.