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And, right he was. For only two minutes later, James and Lily stepped in –arms full of baskets -, the latter laughing at something he had said.

Wait a second. Rewind that.

Lily? Laughing? At something James said?

Has hell frozen over, or what?

That was apparently what their friends thought as they shared bewildered looks.

Lily turned to them, smiling, and handed each of them some snacks, keeping some for her and James.

Instead of sitting back in the armchairs, they stood in the floor, side by side, still smiling. It was then that Lily remembered. 'Oh, Sirius, the house elves sent you a present…' she said, and took out from a basket a bottle of butterbeer, with Sirius' name on it.

The latter's eyes lightened when he saw it, and without waiting for Lily to hand it to him, he snatched it from her hands and drank it all at once.

Lily and James shared a look, and burst into laughter, rolling on the floor when it became too much. Finally, they calmed down only to see their friends confused expressions.

James cleared his throat and said, as serious as he could manage 'Um…yeah…So, let's continue. Who's next?'

'Lily', Peter said, not at all liking it when the redhead's smile turned into an evil grin.

'Sirius, Truth or Dare?'

'Truth', he answered, not wanting to repeat the experience from earlier that evening.

'Okay…Tell us your most embarrassing secret'

Before he could stop himself, Sirius began blurting out 'In first year, I had a crush on McGonnagall, and one night, I went by her window and sang her a serenade.'

Everyone, including Peter, gaped at him.

Kassia and Lily stared at each other, then started laughing like fools, and soon, everyone joined in.

Sirius, however, was really embarrassed, but that didn't stop him from glaring daggers at James, who was doing his best to look innocent.

'You're gonna pay for this' he mouthed.

But James just smiled.It wasn't until he saw him and Lily exchange a look that Sirius realized the truth.

'YOU!' he shouted, pointing at Lily.

'What did I do?' the redhead asked.

'You were part of this' he accused.

'Well, I had to help James somehow…' she said, not noticing her friends' shocked looks, She frowned as she turned towards James, who was just as shocked as the others.

'What?' she asked him.

'You just called me James' he whispered.

Lily raised her eyebrows 'So what? We did call a truce, didn't we?'

James nodded.

'Then I don't see what the problem is.'

James just smiled. 'Okay, then, Lily.' Then, to the others, who had been whispering among them 'Are you done yet? Can we go on with the game?'

'Let's just clear something here', Sirius said, stuffing some food in his mouth –hey, he is Sirius, he talks with his mouth full - 'You two---speak—to each other? You called a truce?'

'Yes' Lily answered most sincerely.

Sirius nodded, still a bit bewildered, and turned to Kassia 'Truth or dare?'

'Dare' she said bravely

'I dare you to tell us who is the guy that you like' Sirius said, and he had never looked so serious in his life.

Kassia gulped. She really couldn't escape it his time.

'You' she mumbled.

Sirius looked dumbstruck, but a slow smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he sat up and went to sit next to Kassia.

'Good' he whispered in her ear 'Cause I like you too'

Kassia blushed but couldn't help to smile as she asked 'Remus. Truth or dare?'

The next morning, the sun lightened a quite abnormal scene in the Heads' common room, where seven teenagers were sound asleep.

Last night, the game had went on for hours and finally, the girls had won in the end –just after Kassia had dared Sirius to set his butt on fire, and he had refused, picking Chicken and saying that his butt was way to precious to meddle with –with five more clothing articles than the boys.

Now, they were to do the girls' homework for two months, and James would no longer annoy Lily Evans.

Sirius Black stirred, his eyes snapping open when he felt a weight on his shoulder. He smiled fondly when he realized it was Kassia, who had fell asleep on him. He looked around the common room, and saw Remus and Alexa sleep in the armchairs, and Peter somewhere in a corner.

Then his eyes fell on his best friend and he had to master himself from not crying out his victory. Not only was James asleep on the couch, but Lily Evans was also asleep on his shoulder.

He smiled, then bent down to kiss Kassia tenderly on the lips, smiling as he felt her eyes flutter open. He put his finger on her lips to make her understand that she should be silent, and then motioned for her to help him wake up Remus, Alexa and Peter,

'Guys!' he whispered. 'Guys, come on, you have to see this!' he trued again. Finally, the other three woke up and Sirius showed them what he himself had seen.

'I think our work here is done' Alexa said softly.

The others nodded, and they crept as quietly as possible to the portrait and then got out of the room. Sirius took Kassia's hand as he kissed her once more.

'I think we won't be hearing them fight again.'

'I do hope so, Sirius' she answered.

'But that won't stop me from getting my revenge on James and Lily' he added.

'Oh, shush!' Kassia scolded him and then silenced him with a tender kiss.

Sirius abandoned his revenge plans to relax into his girlfriends embrace, wondering how it would go between his best friednd and Lily when they woke up.

Oh, well, I guess I'll just have to wait 'till breakfast to find out.

'Breakfast!' he yelled out as he pulled from Kassia and ran down the corridor, with Kassia shaking her head –chuckling –just behind him and shouting 'SIRIUS!'

James felt his face getting warm, and he slowly opened his eyes to see the whole room lighted by the sun. As he looked around, he saw no one.

He only felt a light weight on his shoulder.

He looked down to see a peaceful Lily still sleeping. She looks like an angel, he thought, no longer trying to hide his feelings for her. Too bad I won't be able to touch her again.

He knew what he had promised at the beginning of the game, and he was going to stay true to his word, even if that meant letting go of the only love in his life.

As if she had heard him, Lily opened her emerald eyes and gazed into his deep hazel ones. 'Hello, James' she smiled warmly, but frowned when she saw the look on his face. 'What's wrong?'

'Nothing' he said, trying to smile too, but failing miserably.

'James' she was really worried now.

'It's just that…you won' he finally said.

'What?' she asked incredulously. 'You're sad because we beat you at your own game?'

It was only then that she realized what he meant.

It was only then that she remembered the stakes.

'I guess I'll have to keep my word' James sighed.

Lily smiled then, and raised her head a bit so that their faces were only inches apart. Then, she softly brushed her lips against his, slowly turning the soft kiss into a more passionate one.

'Does this look like I want to you to keep your word?' she asked him as they pulled apart.

James grinned. 'No…But just to make sure…'

He lowered his head and kissed her once again, happy beyond imagination that he had finally gotten the girl he loved.

The girl that had, unknowingly, stolen his heart the first they had met.

As they kissed there, in the sun's light, they somehow knew that nothing could ever touch them as long as they remained faithful to their love.

THE END

Well, this is it…The last chapter….I hope I didn't put too much at the end…Anyways…

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