A/N: Hey everyone. I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update. My cousins from california are here and it's just been so hectic. Starting on the 29th of december ill be able to update as fast as i have before.

This chapter is incredibly fluffy. It's kind of just for humor and romance...also a next step in Lily and James' relationship. I figured i should get something happy in here before the story becomes slightly more dark, considering i haven't written much about Voldemort, i decided i should soon. I hope you like the chapter nonetheless.

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James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all sat huddled around the common room fire after patrol late Thursday night, talking in hushed voices, which was quite unnecessary considering the common room was mostly empty. When Remus tried to mention this, Sirius waved his hand as if Remus was an annoying fly and said that Remus was, in fact, an annoying fly.

"It's just buz buz buz all the time!" Sirius ranted.

"I thought buzzing was reserved for bumble bees." James pointed out.

"No one asked your opinion," Sirius snapped.

They were talking about themselves and their relationships, which made Remus feel as if he were a girl. He opened his mouth to point this out to Sirius, but closed it immediately at the look he received. After Remus and Peter were finished speaking James lunged foreword immediately into his topic.

"Saturday is Halloween," Remus informed James once he had finished explaining that their second date was planned for Saturday.

"What!" James cried, "I completely forgot, and Lily must have too, unless-"

"Unless what?" Sirius asked, watching as James broke off mid sentence, looking particularly white.

"She remembered it was Halloween…and she was expecting something special!" James explained.

"It's you, Prongs," Sirius said with a laugh, "Of course she wasn't expecting something special."

James gave Sirius a hard glare before turning to look at Remus worriedly, "Muggles and muggle borns get so worked up about this day. It's supposed to me fun and special. Should I cancel?"

"No, you shouldn't cancel," Remus said, "Just do whatever you had planned."

"But what if what I had planned isn't good enough?" James cried desperately.

"It's you, Prongs, of course it isn't good en-"

"Stuff it," James told Sirius through gritted teeth.

After a few more minutes the four boys trudged up the stairs to their dorms, James still mumbling to himself. When they had pulled off their robes they flopped down on their beds. It was rather late and three of the boys sank their heads deeper into their fluffy pillows, sighing contentedly. They turned out the lights and pulled the covers higher.

"Should I dress up like Ramia?" James asked, staring at the ceiling in the blackness of the room. When he received no answer but a few annoyed sighs, he continued, but louder this time, "I think I should dress up like Ramia, he's a stud." His roommates remained silent but James thought he saw the outline of a dark figure on Remus' bed flinch. "What's wrong with Ramia?" James asked sadly.

Remus let out a little cry of anger and sat up in his bed, flicking on his bedside light once more, "First of all, it's Romeo, second of all, stop talking about your date with Lily! Worry about it later, Prongs." Remus said, leaning to the side to turn the light off again.

"Romeo…" James pondered, "Yeah, I guess that does sound right…isn't it a muggle thing?"

"It's a muggle play," Peter chirped from his bed, still curled up in a small ball.

"Oh yeah," James said, "Well, wasn't he a stud?"

"I thought so," Peter said.

Remus closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Okay, now that we're done with this, let's go to be-"

"How do you know he's a stud?" James asked Peter curiously.

"I saw the play with my uncle," Peter said, "The one I told you about, he's a muggle."

"Okay," James said, turning to face Remus who had his eyes shut, "How did you know his name was Romeo?"

"Because," Remus began, his eyes still closed as if he were praying for patience, "Everyone has heard of Romeo and Juliet…well, everyone normal," He added quickly, sensing that James was about to open his mouth.

James ran a hand through his hair and rolled over on his side. "Padfoot?" He asked, "Are you awake? Do you think I should dress up as Romeo?"

James' only response from his friend was a particularly loud snort. Remus opened his eyes and shook his head slightly before flicking out the light once more.

"Or…" James said quietly, "I could be a beast, you know? To make Lily feel extra pretty. Like that fairytale story, beauty and the beast…" He sang in dreamy like tone.

James could see Remus' figure shake with fury.

"Well sorry," James said defiantly, "But I heard that song before…somewhere…I just can't remember…"

"Peter sings it to his reflection," Sirius said quickly, opening one eye to gaze at the dark form of James.

"I thought you were asleep!" James cried.

James only received one more loud snort from his friend.

Friday morning came much too early for the four boys who did not have a wonderful nights sleep. They rolled out of bed one by one, and it was unusually hard to wake up Sirius.

Remus hitched his book bag onto his shoulder and glared at James, "We wouldn't be so tired if someone hadn't had a flow of brilliant ideas,"

"They were brilliant," James said haughtily, "Muggles dress up all the time for Halloween, so I thought hey…Lily's a muggle, why don't I dress up?"

"We know what you thought," Remus said grumpily, "And they most defiantly were not brilliant."

James did not talk to Remus the rest of the time they were getting ready.

Finally, when they all arrived at their house table, they slid into their seats and shoveled large proportions onto their plates. A few moments later the girls entered the Great Hall, and Lily plopped down next to James with a grin.

"Hey, James," Lily chirped, leaning in slightly to kiss him softly on the cheek.

James dropped his fork with a clatter and brought a shaky hand up to touch his cheek in admiration. His face broke out into a beaming smile and he stroked his cheek affectionately.

Sirius mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like, "Some Romeo…" And James gave him a cold glare.

"Hey, Lily," He said, turning to face the blushing red head. "How are you this morning?"

She swallowed a mouthful of pancakes and smiled, "I'm fine, thanks. And yourself?"

"Tired." Remus grunted, having been eavesdropping on his friends.

"Oh, why?" Lily asked, turning to face Remus sympathetically.

Remus opened his mouth when he caught James eye, which was looking at him rather pleadingly.

"Not the Ramia!" He whispered over Lily's head, "Not the Ramia!"

"Not the what?" Lily asked, spinning around in her chair to look at James in confusion.

James grinned and took an unnecessarily large bite of waffle. He gave Lily a 'let me chew this quick' look, and he pointed to his mouth. He chewed his waffle slowly until he figured out he was munching down on nothing. Lily rolled her eyes and took a sip of juice.

"Whatever, James," She mumbled, "I don't think I want to know."

Classes were passing by slowly, and most people weren't paying attention. Even Lily was seen glancing out the window longingly during one of Professor Binns long drones on Goblin Wars. Finally, after Flitwick squeaked the assignment that was do the following class period, the bell rang and the students filed out gratefully.

"Let's go to the kitchens," Sirius said, rubbing his stomach.

"Can't," James said simply, "I'm getting ready for tomorrow."

"I've heard of girls needing hours…but days? And you're a boy! At least, I was pretty sure you were, unti-"

"Oh stuff it, Sirius," James sniffed, "I'm also going to get my costume ready."

"You're wearing a costume?" Sirius sniggered.

"As a matter of fact, I am!" James cried defiantly, looking at his three friends.

"What are you going to be?" Peter asked.

"Well…" James paused for dramatic effect, "I'm going to be…"

"No one cares that much, Prongs, if you leave us hanging that long we'll just head to the kitchens without you." Sirius said bluntly.

"Fine," James snapped, "I'm going to be Ramia."

Sirius snorted loudly and stuffed a hand in his mouth in an attempt to muffle the laughter. James let out a huffy breath and folded his arms across his chest, "What's wrong with Ramia?" He demanded.

Sirius clutched his stomach in laughter as he placed his hands on his knees to steady himself. James growled before turning on his heal and stalking off. Sirius howled at James fading figure.

"It's Romeo," Remus said wearily.

Remus, Sirius and Peter arrived at the common room an hour later to find it packed full of students. They wound their way through the crowd and peered around students in hopes of catching a glimpse of their friend.

"He must be upstairs," Remus said, already beginning his walk towards the stairs.

The three boys flung open the door and charged inside to find James lounging about on his bed, eating chocolate frogs.

"Those are mine!" Sirius cried, snatching the remaining frogs from James' grasp.

"What are you doing up here?" Remus asked, "I thought you were working on your Romeo costume."

"Ramia is a no go," James sighed, licking his lips and looking longingly at the chocolate in Sirius' arms.

"Why? What happened?" Peter asked, flopping down on the floor and leaning up against his bed.

"I don't know what the guy looks like," James said sadly, rolling off his bed and landing in a heap on the floor.

"Then what are you going to do?" Sirius inquired.

"I don't know…" James said glumly, crawling on the floor towards Sirius.

"You know that new bookshop in Hogesmeade?" Remus asked suddenly, "We should go there."

"Moony, as much as I appreciate your love for books, this really isn't the time." James said.

"You don't appreciate his love for books," Sirius said with a loud chuckle.

Remus rolled his eyes, "As I was saying…they have books of all sorts there, even books on muggles."

When he only received blank looks from his roommates he threw his hands in the air in exasperation, "Romeo is a muggle character, therefore…they may have facts about him in the books on muggles."

It was quiet until Sirius kicked James' middle, for James had made a lunge for the chocolate frogs.

"That actually might work," James said, rubbing his middle sorely while glaring at Sirius.

"You don't say," Remus said dryly.

"Then it's settled," James declared, springing to his feet and rummaging in his truck for something. He pulled out the invisibility cloak and threw it at Remus. "Go get me a book on Ramia."

"Romeo," Remus said through clenched teeth. "And no way, why don't you get it?"

"Fine," James grunted, snatching the cloak from Remus and heading towards the door, "Anyone want to come with?"

"I will," Sirius volunteered, still chuckling slightly.

About an hour and a half later James and Sirius arrived back into the Gryffindor common room. They traipsed upstairs, the cloak still over them, and swung open the door to the boy's dorm room.

"What'd you find out?" Remus asked as they swung the cloak off themselves. He cocked his head slightly to see each of his friends with a couple of bags dangling from their arms.

"Yeah," Peter said excitedly, "Did you figure out how Romeo dresses?"

"He dresses like a sissy pants, that's what he dresses like," James said dismissively, plopping down on the floor and relieving himself of a few bags.

"A sissy pants?" Remus repeated blankly.

"Yeah," James said, "There's no way I'd dress up like him, even if he is a stud. So instead-"

"Don't tell me you're going to be a beast," Remus groaned.

"As a matter of fact I'm not," James said defiantly.

"Then…what are all those bags for?" Peter asked.

"We went shopping," Sirius said, flinging himself on the floor next to James.

"I got Lily some stuff," James informed them all.

"James, you shouldn't have gotten her all that," Remus said, gesturing to the few bags sprawled among James' feet.

"I didn't," James said lightly, "Most of it's for me."

"Don't you have patrol tonight?" Sirius asked, handing Peter a gadget from Zonkos.

"Yeah," James said, checking his watch, "I should head down, it's already eight twenty."

He descended the stairs a few moments later and crossed the threshold to a small table in which a small redhead sat, hunched over piles of paper. James walked behind her and put his hands lightly on her eyes, she jumped slightly.

"Guess who?" James asked.

"I wonder," Lily laughed, putting her hands on top of James' to pull them away from her eyes. She looked up at him and grinned, "Is it patrol time already?"

"It sure is," James said, watching as Lily stacked her papers together.

Finally she stood up and wiped the hair out of her eyes, "I'm ready."

They walked along the corridors slowly, talking animatedly. They decided to meet tomorrow for their date at five o'clock. Over an hour later, the pair decided, although reluctantly, that it was time to go back to the common room.

"I'll see you tomorrow," James smiled, waving good-bye to Lily as she disappeared through her dormitory.

The sun seeped through the windows Saturday morning; the cold wind seemed to wriggle its way into small cracks and emerge into the warm dorms. James woke up with a shiver and he pulled the covers to his chin. He attempted to go back to sleep, but found that he was already too much awake. Reluctantly, he swung his legs out of bed and unfolded his glasses to prop them on top of his nose. James ran a hand through his hair and made his way to his wardrobe.

After pulling on a pair of jeans and a black sweater, James made his way out of the dorm without bothering to wait for his fellow roommates.

"Hey, James," Sara said from her place by the fire.

"Hey," James said, taking a seat next to her. "What are you doing today?"

"Not sure actually," She admitted, "Might hang out with Sirius."

James nodded, "If you were a girl…wait, scratch that, now that you are a girl…I mean you are a girl, you always have been…I just meant…"

"James," Sara laughed, "I am a girl. Always have been, always will be. Continue."

James grinned, "Okay, since you're a girl…where is your favorite place to have a date?"

Sara paused for a moment in thought, "Hogesmeade I suppose."

"Well…what if you can't go to Hogesmeade for fear that your date would murder you?" James asked.

"Well, then…the Astronomy Tower I guess…" She said, "But it can't be just for a snogging session. It's actually really romantic up there. Granted, it could be for a snogging session…especially if you're with Sirius…then of course that's what you'd want to do…"

James screwed up his face with disgust, "Thank you for the update." He said dryly.

"You know what I mean!" Sara laughed, "Anyways…why are you asking me this? Are you planning on taking Lily there today?"

"Yes ma'am," James said, "Do you think that'd be okay?"

"Of course." Sara confirmed.

At 4:45, James and Sirius were close to tears, for different reasons.

James was standing in the mirror, exclaiming desperately that his hair was 'especially messy and sickly like.'

Sirius was clutching his stomach and having trouble staying on both of his feet. Every time he regained himself he looked up at James and resumed his cackling.

"Shut up, Padfoot!" James cried, licking his hand and thumping it down on his head, "My…hair…is…so…bloody…foolish…" He mumbled through clenched teeth.

Sirius howled with laughter and tears streamed from his cheeks, "You are such a sissy pants…"

"No I'm not!" James snapped, "Romeo is!"

Remus rolled his eyes from his perch on his bed as he flipped a few pages in his book.

"You'd better head down there, James," Peter said.

"What!" James yelped, "Already?"

"No, James, next year." Remus said dryly.

James let out a huffy breath and he puffed his chest out, "Fine then, I'll go. Good-bye." And with that he crossed to the door and swung it open.

He reached the floor of the common room just as he saw Lilly emerge from her room and descend the stairs.

"Hey James!" She said, once she was close enough. Her hair was in large ringlets and they curtained her face gracefully.

"You look beautiful," James said, extending his hand.

She grinned and took his hand, "So where are we off to first?"

"Are you hungry?" James asked.

"Yes…but we've already been to the kitchens, show me someplace new." She said.

James raised his eyebrows, "Have you ever been to the Astronomy Tower?"

Lily rolled her eyes, "Yes, and I would rather forget all those incidents."

"Come on," James said, "Let's go, just to talk…I promise."

Lily felt herself blushing, "Um…okay. Just to talk."

"Exactly," James grinned, tugging on her hand gently as he led her out of the common room. Once into the corridor they wandered along towards the Astronomy Tower. James readjusted his book bag and turned to look at Lily who was smiling up at him.

"You've changed so much," She said quietly.

James brought her hand up to his mouth and gave it a soft peck. A few minutes later they had reached the Atronomy Tower.

James swung his book bag off of his shoulder. He rummaged through it and pulled out a blanket. He spread it on the floor and grinned when he saw Lily's expression.

She arched an eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips, "James Potter…"

"Yes?" He asked sweetly.

"What are you planning on doing up here?" She asked skeptically.

"Talking!" James laughed, "I promise. What did you think I wanted to do?"

Lily turned a shade of pink and she bit her bottom lip, "Nothing…I just…well, you know…"

"You are a dirty little girl," James noted.

"Am not!" Lily cried indignantly, "It's just that…we're in the Astronomy Tower, which is basically the number one snogging hangout, and two, you just set out a blanket and three…you're James Potter."

James flinched, "What was that supposed to mean?"

"Oh I didn't mean it like that…" Lily said quickly.

"Then what did you mean it like?" James asked quietly.

"Well…you have a…reputation, you know?"

"You don't trust me do you?" James asked, looking into her eyes.

"Of course I do!" Lily cried desperately, "It's just…"

"You're willing to believe what people say about me more than you are to just believe me?" He asked.

"No, of course not…" Lily said, "This is ridiculous…"

"Do you trust me, Lily?" James asked quietly, but his voice was firm.

Lily paused and closed her eyes, "Of course I do."

"Do you want to be here with me?" He continued.

"Yes…I do…" Lily said, "I really do…I didn't mean it like that, trust me."

James nodded and watched as Lily looked up at the sky that was steadily growing darker, "It's so pretty out." She said quietly.

James said nothing but took a step nearer to her. She shivered slightly as he slipped his hands around her waist and rested a chin on her shoulder. He bent his head down slightly and Lily could feel his warm breath on her neck. He kissed it gently, and tipped his head up to look at her.

She had her eyes closed and when she opened them she looked at James and smiled slightly. He closed his eyes and moved so that they were facing each other. He arched his head foreword and leaned in closer to her. He felt a something touch his lips and he opened his eyes abruptly to see Lily with her finger over his lips. He took her hand away from his mouth and stepped back.

"Why can't I kiss you?" He asked, somewhat desperately, "I don't want to push you outside your limits, but can't you just tell me why?"

"I don't know what you're talking about…" Lily said briskly.

"Don't lie to me." James said, "I know something's bothering you, what is it?"

"Nothing," Lily began.

"Lily!" James cried angrily, "Can't you be honest with me?"

She bit her lip, "I really like you, James."

"And I like you, too," James said without hesitance. "So what's the matter? I saw you kiss Joey or whatever his name was without any problem…"

"Don't bring him into this," She said, "It's about us, not him."

"Then why won't you talk to me? You and Joey were always close…always holding each other, so I know kissing isn't the problem, so why won't you tell me what is?" James asked.

"Don't you see?" Lily cried, her voice wavering slightly, "Of course I could kiss him…"

"But why?" James asked desperately, "Why could you kiss him?"

"Because I didn't feel for him the way I feel for you!" Lily shrieked, "I don't want you to go away!"

James was dumbfounded, "What?" He asked blankly.

"You've dated so many girls, and none of them have lasted…how do I know this won't last either?" Lily asked, her voice shaking, "I like you so much and if we kiss…I know I won't be able to bare it if you leave me!"

"I won't leave you," James said quickly, "I like you, too…"

Lily took a steadying breath and shook her head slightly, "Don't you understand?"

"I do now," James said, "I-I'm sorry I've made you feel as if you can't trust me…"

"It's not you," Lily said, "I do trust you, I'm just scared."

"I know all my manliness will probably be washed away but…I'm scared, too." James said with a slight grin.

Lily laughed lightly, "Your manliness is still there," She said.

"You dirty little girl…" James said as he put on mock disgust.

Lily screwed up her face in disgust, "You are so nasty!" She cried, "I was talking about your face."

"And I was talking about my voice…" James smiled, "What did you think I was talking about?"

Lily rolled her eyes and punched him on the arm.

"Come on," James said with a chuckle, "Let's sit down." Lily nodded and sat down on the floor next to James.

"I almost forgot," He said, pulling his book bag closer to him, he reached inside it and pulled out flowers that would have been smashed if Remus hadn't put a small shield charm on it.

"Lilies!" Lily laughed, taking them from James.

"Do you like them?" James asked hopefully.

"Yes…" Lily said, "Very creative."

"I thought so," James laughed as he reached in his bag for a third time and brought out a second blanket. "Is this okay?" He asked, refering to them sharing blankets..

Lily nodded and James draped the blanket over both of them. "Where is everybody?" She asked suddenly.

"Oh, the lovers will be coming soon," James grinned, "Once it's much later."

Lily giggled and shook her head, "We should probably bust them."

"For what?" James asked.

"We're Head Boy and Girl, James!" Lily cried, "This is what we're supposed to do. If students are out late we should definitely give them some punishment."

"We don't need to talk about other students and their love lives right now," James said, "We need to talk about ours."

"What about ours?" Lily asked, turning to face him.

James reached out and touched her cheek, "I don't want to ruin what we have, because you mean so much to me, but…" He paused and took a deep breath, "Would you like to make it official and…be my girlfriend?"

Lily flushed a dark shade of crimson, "I would." She said quietly.

James beamed, "Great!" He sang as he pumped a fist in the air.

Lily laughed, and turned her head as she heard some noise coming from the stairs.

"Oh, look," James said, indicating towards the couple that were standing at the top of the stairwell, "Lovers."

Lily looked at the girl of the two. She was smiling and looking at her boyfriend in admiration. James looked a little crestfallen, seeing as his girlfriend was almost on the bridge of tears moments before. Lily could almost see James' mind working furiously on how he could be more like that boy in hopes that Lily would have more fun. Lily smiled and turned to look at James, "You know what, James?"

"What?" He asked as he turned to face her.

"I bet her boyfriend isn't as manly as mine is."

A/N: Did it seem like they went from fighting to being boyfriend and girlfriend? Because that wasn't what i was going for. I thought they needed to get to know eachother and stuff before James asked her. Okay, i know it was just a bunch of silliness...but i hope you found it to be a good bunch of silliness. like i said before, i thought i should make this chapter fun and light, before voldemort comes more into play. Sorry about the looong wait, and about its shortness. pleeeasee review. they encourage me to write more.

thanks again and happy holidays everyone!