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A/N: I know it's been like forever. But I'm trying. Here's the second chapter. I hope it meets your standards!

"Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness."

-Cullen Hightower

>Chapter 2

Sirius mumbled quietly to himself as he counted out the correct amount of spider legs. He'd gotten up in the middle of the night, broken in to the potion supply cabinet, and was now currently counting out the ingredients he would need. He'd taken the Marauder's Map with him, to insure that he wasn't caught. He just needed a little bit of dragon liver, and then his list would be complete. But as Sirius reached into the back of the cabinet for it, he heard a noise from behind him. He turned around sharply, his hand automatically going to his wand in his pocket. Sirius gave a muffled yelp as someone appeared out of thin air.

"Remus?"

"Sirius, what are you doing?" Remus folded James' invisibility cloak, and pinned it under his arm. He walked up to Sirius and stared him in the eye. Sirius instantly took a step back.

"Moony, my old friend. What can I do for you?" Sirius nervously ran a hand through his hair.

Remus glared. "Well, for starters, you can tell me why you're stealing potion ingredients, in the middle of the night."

Sirius stuttered.

"I mean if you're going to pull off a prank or something, the least you can do is include the rest of us." Remus picked a ball of lint off of his pajama top.

Sirius did a double take. "W-What?"

Remus peered into the bag containing the ingredients Sirius had collected. "What do you plan on doing? Are you going to brew a love potion or something?" He snorted and started to laugh loudly.

Sirius shifted his weight uncomfortably. "Well….er….actually, yes. I was planning on brewing a love potion. I want to use it on James and Lily."

Remus stopped laughing. "Are you serious? James will murder you if he finds out. Not to mention Lily will have your head as well!"

Sirius smirked. "I know. Brilliant, isn't it?"

"Michelle?" Lily called loudly. There was no answer. "Michelle?"

Michelle popped her head out from inside the curtains on her four-poster bed. "Lily, you know I hate that name. It's way too….old. It's not me."

Lily rolled her eyes and approached her friend. "Ellie?"

"Much better, my darling." Ellie climbed out from behind her curtains, and rubbed her eyes. Her tall, tan figure looming over Lily's small, pale one.

"So, what did you want?" Ellie ambled over to her trunk and started rummaging trough it. She pulled out a pair of wrinkled robes and smelled them. She shrugged her shoulders and tossed them on her bed.

Lily sighed. "Please tell me you aren't going to wear those?" She pointed to the robes and crinkled her nose in disgust.

"Relax Lily. They smell descent."

"We're going to be late for breakfast if you don't get a move on!" Lily smoothed out the front of her robes self-consciously. She turned towards the mirror on the wall and double- checked her reflection. Her red hair seemed to be staying somewhat straight. She adjusted the crooked "Head Girl" badge pinned to her robes. With a sigh she turned towards Ellie.

"Are you ready yet?"

Ellie hopped around on one foot as she tried to put her shoe on.

Lily grinned. "You're hopeless."

Sirius had spent half of the night trying to convince Remus that his plan would work. He explained that James did technically tell him to brew a love potion, and that technically James couldn't get mad. After quite a bit of arguing Remus agreed, although reluctantly, to help Sirius brew the potion. They both agreed to start as soon as possible. Since Sirius had collected everything they needed, they just had to find a place to brew it in. This had caused quite a problem actually. Sirius and Remus were still discussing possible locations as they sat down to breakfast in the Great Hall.

"No, no, no!" Sirius said quietly, as he buttered himself some toast. "It's too risky to use a secret passage. What if James were to use it one day, and come across it?"

"Very true," Remus muttered as he loaded his plate with eggs. "What about the Forbidden Forest?"

Sirius was about to answer when he caught sight of James entering the hall. He shushed Remus quietly, and began a random conversation about the weather.

"So, I hear it's supposed to be warm today." Remus rolled his eyes.

James walked up, and took a seat next to Sirius. Sirius had stopped his fork halfway up to his mouth out of shock. Surely James couldn't be over this by now?

"Look mate, I'm sorry about yesterday. Evans just really had me going, and I blew up at you for no reason." James said this all very quickly as though it were no big deal, and then turned his attention towards the food laid out before him. "Smashing, I'm starved."

Sirius returned his fork to his plate and looked at Remus. Remus gave him a "we're going to talk about this later" look and returned back to his plate.

Sirius paced up and down the corridor, his hands shoved in his pockets. Remus would be arriving shortly to discuss their plan. Sirius looked up and stopped walking as he heard footsteps approaching. He sighed in relief as he saw that it was Remus.

"What do you think?" Sirius asked quickly.

"Well, I think we should do it. Just because James made up with you, doesn't mean we can't still do it. You've already collected everything. Besides, I think this is what Lily and James need to push them in the right direction." Said Remus in a rush.

Sirius stared at him dumbfounded. "Really? You still want to do this?"

Remus grinned. "Definitely. I even found the perfect place to brew this potion in. We won't be disturbed, and there's plenty of space. It's the safest place I can think of."

"And, where is this exactly?"

"Follow me. We're actually quite close. I passed it on the way here." Remus led Sirius down the corridor and around a corner. Halfway up the corridor he stopped, and turned to face a door. "Here we are!"

"Remus, we are currently standing outside the girl's loo. What are we doing here?"

"This is where we're going to work." Remus replied. He pushed the door open and entered the room. Sirius paused outside the doorway, and checked that nobody was in the hall. He entered the bathroom quickly and shut the door.

He noticed that Remus had walked over to one of the cubicles. He appeared to be holding a conversation with someone. Sirius crept over quietly, hoping to make his presence unknown. He peered over Remus' shoulder and grinned.

Remus looked around at Sirius and laughed. "Sirius, I believe you know Moaning Myrtle."

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