Quick note, sorry I haven't posted in a long long long long long time, I haven't been able to write due to school, I know excuses, excuses, but this time it really went like that! Enjoy!

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Chapter 4

Explanations

/Recap/

"You," was all Sirius said, and he quickly walked ahead leaving a shocked Lily and James.

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Lily and James watched as Sirius quickened his pace down the hallway. Somehow he knew, that one way or another this wouldn't go down well, and he didn't want to be there when all hell broke loose.

Lily and James looked at each other, both with confused looks painted on their faces.

"BLACK!" "PADS!" they yelled at the same time, as they ran after Sirius.

Finally catching up with him, the two grabbed his arms, forcing him to stop.

"Don't hurt me! Please! All I did was tell you how things are, I didn't make them like this, well actually I kind of did, but still don't hurt me! Please, I'm too good looking!" he pleaded.

"Shut up Black, you aren't as good looking as you think you are, and we aren't going to hurt you, we just want to know a few things." Lily said as James and she pulled him over to the wall.

"So you admit it! You at least think I'm somewhat good looking." Sirius said with a smirk.

Lily realized what she had gotten herself into and looked to James for help.

"Ha! Sorry, Lily, but you got yourself into that one, you have to get yourself out."

"Fuck you!" she said harshly.

"Yes please, but I believe Sirius over here is waiting for a reply." He said smugly earning him a slap in the chest from his "Lily Dearest."

"Prick." She mumbled.

"Now, now, come on Lil's. I'm waiting." Sirius said still smirking.

Lily scowled at him and then sighed heavily realizing there was really no way out of the current situation. "Fine. You are somewhat attractive. There, you happy? I'm hopelessly in love with you, and right now you are making me weak at the knees! Oh, how ever will I go on without you?" She asked dramatically, as she pulled the back of her hand to her forehead and acted faint.

James was in hysterics, and Sirius just stood there smiling. He walked closed to her, and put his hands on her waist. At first Lily felt like smacking him, but then she saw him slyly glance over at James, and then by winking Lily knew it was ok to play along.

"Why don't you let me help you with that." Sirius said huskily.

Lily had to use all her might to keep from laughing. "What do you say to skipping Dumbledore's and finding someplace quiet?" She answered.

Now James was getting jealous. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on just a tic!" he walked over to the two embraced, and said, "here Pads, let me help you." He took Sirius' hands off of Lily's waist and placed them down by her side. "There, much better."

"But Potter! What if I liked them there?" Lily said squeakily, placing the hands back where they were.

"What? You can't be serious! You just said you liked me, what happened?"

"Correction, I said I could like you. Big difference. Besides maybe I just caught the Sirius bug." She giggled.

James scoffed, "fine, don't let me get in your way!" He sharply turned around and started walking away.

Lily and Sirius smirked at each other. Then Sirius did the unthinkable.

He whispered, "go get him, it's ok, I understand."

"Thanks." She whispered back, before running after the tall raven-haired boy.

James had jut turned the corner of the hallway, when Lily followed seconds later only to find him leaning up against the wall. Slowly walking up to him, she tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and was beyond shocked to see her standing there.

"Lily. I thought you and Sirius were-" he wasn't able to finish his sentence, because Lily pushed her lips up against his, and quite forcibly too.

They parted, and Lily blushed immensely, turning away was all she could think of to save her from the grave embarrassment. "I'm sorry James. I shouldn't have done that. It was stupid of me."

"Why?"

"Because, you obviously weren't into it. I'm sorry, it was stupid." She began to walk away, but he soon enough grabbed her arm, and turned her back around.

"Evans, the only stupid think about it was you letting go." (a/n: oh snap! So cliché, but so completely appropriate if I may say so myself).

"What, but I thought-"

"Well, you obviously thought wrong, now come here Evans." He pulled her into a long awaited kiss. It was only interrupted by something Lily mumbled.

They broke apart and he asked, "What was that Evans?" he asked, however kept kissing her, giving her no chance to reply.

Although he kept kissing, and although she was enjoying it very much, she had to say something. Pushing away from him, she said in a somewhat harsh tone, "the name is not Evans, it's Lily!"

"I'm sorry, you're right, it's Lily!"

"Mmm, much better, now come here." She pulled him into another kiss, however this time it wasn't the mumbling of Lily that interrupted their "fun," but the presence of the one and only Sirius Black.

"Pads!" James exclaimed as both he and lily pushed away from each other.

"Whoa Evans! I told you to go get him, not go jump him!"

James also thought he should stand up for Lily, after what just happened, which was exactly what he was going to do, however... she interrupted.

"Well then Black," Lily said, as she put her hands on her hips, "maybe you should be more clear next time."

"Ooh touché! Nicely done Evans." He replied.

"Right then, shall we go?"

"We shall." The two "marauders" replied in unison. James and Lily laughed at this, for it was quite a common occurrence in their own realm. Sirius, however, just looked at them oddly.

"So how, come if you two have been dating for three years, you let him call you Evans?" James asked with a cheeky smile.

"Shut up Potter." Lily said giggling.

The three of them continued walking down the hallway as if nothing happened, although now James had his hand on the small of Lily's back. Sirius was still somewhat confused, and a little broken up over the fact that his girlfriend really wasn't his girlfriend, but he knew that whatever was going on, would soon be sorted out by Dumbledore... at least he hoped.

Not only was Sirius confused, but Lily too had no idea what was going on. Sure she kissed James, but that was a first, amongst other things. She had only been kissed once, and even then it was she who had been kissed, not the other way around as it was in this case. Besides even then it was awkward. But this, this was amazing, and with James Potter too! Who would have thought that the arch nemesis Head Boy and Head Girl would get together? Lily certainly didn't.

Amongst all the confusion in the trio, James had none. He walked with his head held high, and his Lily beside him. Nothing could get in his way, or at least he thought so at the time.

The three of them were one corridor away from the headmaster's office, when they ran into the worst possible person alive... Lucius Malfoy.

"Well, well, well what's this? Black and Evans hanging out with a new crowd eh? Jeeze Black, you do sink low, don't you? First you betray the purebloods, then you go and date a fellow betrayer." This confused both James and Lily, but before either one of them thought anything through, and before Malfoy had the chance to give his third reason (for clearly there was one), James spoke up.

"Hey! You will not talk of Lily in that manner!"

"Ah, and bringing me to my third point, not only are you a blood traitor, and going out with one too, but now of all things, you go and befriend this filth! Really, Black you bring shame to your family name. Going and making friends with a mudblood? Honestly." Malfoy spit at James' feet, and began walking on.

Sirius made to go after him, and punch the living daylights out of him, but both Lily and James stopped him before he could pounce.

"No Pads! Leave him, it will only get worse otherwise! Just let him wallow in his selfishness!"

Sirius roughly shook himself free from the grasp they had on him, "I could have taken him."

"We know you could have. But the whole reason for going to Dumbledore's office is because we need to figure this out, not because Sirius 'The Almighty' Black couldn't keep his cool." James said.

"Fair enough." Sirius shrugged, as if nothing ever happened. "Let's go."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, captain slick. We aren't going anywhere until you explain what Malfoy just said." Lily said, coming into the conversation.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Sirius said as he averted his eyes to the portrait next to him.

"Bollocks, and you know it! Now spill! Why did he call me a blood traitor?"

"And me a mudblood?" James added.

"Because that is technically, though I wouldn't use such harsh language, what you are."

"What?" The redhead, and dark haired boy asked at the same time.

"You don't mean to say I'm muggleborn?"

"And me a pureblood?"

"Yup." Sirius said with a smile. "Is there a problem?"

Ignoring him, and turning to James, Lily asked, "you don't think that switched too, do you?"

"I guess so, I mean how else would I have muggle parents?" he replied.

"Oh my word! My family! What about them, they have to be witches and wizards too! Whoa, what if it's all different, what if I don't know my parents! Quick, Black what are my parents' names?"

'Please say Hyacinth and John, please, please!' Lily pleaded in her mind.

"Well... last time I checked they were Mr. and Mrs. Evans." Sirius said cheekily, as James snickered.

"BLACK!" Lily yelled. "Do not mess with me! I am under a lot of pressure right now, and I can just as easily change your genetic make-up, mainly Margaret Thatcher down there," she said as she pointed her wand towards his lower extremities, "with just a flick of my wand! Now who the hell are my parents?"

Sirius grimaced as he looked where her wand was pointing. "I'm waiting..." Lily said tapping her foot, while keeping her wand en garde.

"Ok, ok, but wait who is Margaret Thatcher?"

"BLACK!" Lily said pulling her wand up, as if ready to strike.

"Alright don't shoot! Your parents are John, and... and... some odd flower name, I can't remember it for the world, sorry. But I know your dad is John."

"Is it Hyacinth? Is that my mum's name?"

"YEAH! Hya-whatever. That's it! I'm positive!"

"Whew that's a relief. But wait, what about Petunia? She has to be a witch too, doesn't she?"

"What, that bitch? Yeah she graduated a couple years back, thank the gods."

"Ha! You're kidding! My sister, a witch! Oh this is too good! Look who's the freak now!" She said as she danced around the two boys.

"Umm... how about the red-head dancing around and talking to herself?" Sirius cheekily asked.

"Shut up!" She said as she hit him in the stomach.

"So that probably means my parents are the same too, only non-magical. Oh well, shall we go on?" James obviously didn't want to talk about it now, and Lily stopped Sirius from asking about it just in time.

The three of them walked on in silence. It turned out they had made a complete wrong turn in all the fuss, and now were at least ten corridors away from their destination, and Sirius was taking the misfortune out on himself.

"Padfoot! Pads! It's ok, we all weren't paying attention. We'll just go back."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah, no worries." Lily said.

They turned around and went in the opposite direction. "So Pads about this-" James started, however Sirius cut him off.

"Ok, now I have to know. I know you are a 'so-called' marauder and all, but what the fuck is with that name?"

"What name? Padfoot? That name?" James asked with a smirk on his face.

"Yes that name! Why do you keep calling me this?" James just laughed.

"It's not that funny James, I often wondered it myself. Why do these boys walk around with these silly child names?"

"I beg your pardon! Silly? Those names are far from silly... they are merely part of a... support system." After all, it wasn't all a lie. The Marauders had adopted those names when they found out about Remus' "furry little problem," and they decided to form the Marauders. So really, all to help a friend.

James didn't know about Remus' situation in this realm, and he was almost definite that Lily didn't know period, (however what he didn't know was that she did know about Remus, and that she kept his secret well).

"A support system?" Sirius asked doubtfully. "You're kidding me! You're walking around calling me this ridiculous name that makes me sound like I have fleas, all to help one of your mentally unstable friends?"

"First of all, once a month you do have fleas, two how do you know that this mentally unstable friend of mine isn't you." This made Lily laugh, "and third of all you might want to take into consideration who my friends are, because they just so happen to be your friends as well. Think about it."

"The same friends as me... same friends as me... hmm." Sirius mumbled to himself, both James and Lily could tell he was in deep thought. Sirius thinking doesn't happen very often, however when it did occur, it was quite the sight. He scrunched his brow, his eyes were squinting, he held the back of his neck, and as he sat down (on the hallway floor in this case), he crossed his left leg over his right, and then... his foot would twitch. So, as said before, quite the sight.

As funny as Lily thought this was she was starting to get annoyed with his ignorance. "Oh for god's sake man! Remus! It's Remus! His little problem? Ring a bell? You have the names because of him! Can't you put the clues together? Once a month you have fleas... the names are a support system! Because once a month, more specifically every full moon the four of you, James, Remus, Peter, and yourself change into your animagi form, save for Remus who has no say on his change. Hence the support system, you run down to the Whomping Willow, and have your night of fun! And I'm guessing that these names have something to do with the animal that you change into, am I right?" She was out of breath, as she looked at the two boys, who had their mouths gaping with shock. "Right?"

"I don't know what you just said Lils, but what I do know is I have never turned into an animal, and least of all have I had a fun time in the Whomping Willow!" Sirius ranted.

"What? Tell him I'm right James." She turned to James and realized what she had done. Not only had she blown her cover, the cover she had promised Remus she would keep, but she had now blown Remus' cover, that 1) possibly didn't exist in this realm, and 2) even if it did exist, Sirius definitely didn't know anything about it.

"Oh no." She said.

"Lily? How do you know about that?" James asked nervously.

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Alright so, I hope it is up to code for all of you dedicated readers. I will try to update more often. Enjoy... and please REVIEW! KISSES! Dominique (hpobsessor)