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A/N: It's the long awaited update! You can stop threatening me now. On with it!

>Chapter Four

Lily groaned and squinted up at the large object currently resting on her knees.

"Hiya Lily!" Ellie called cheerfully as she bounced a little. Lily winced.

"Just a little painful."

"Sorry." Ellie readjusted herself and settled for a place at the end of the bed. "So, big day today."

"Excuse me?"

"C'mon Lils!" Ellie said, exasperated. "We have a HUGE exam in potions. One that could very well screw all of us over!"

Lily shifted the covers and pulled apart the hangings. "You sound like Sirius more and more every bloody day." She got out of bed and shuffled to her trunk.

Ellie also stood and went to stand behind Lily. "Speaking of Sirius…"

Lily, who had been comparing socks, whipped around. "What?"

"Er…we sort of nearly…almost…not really, if you think about it…but if you're technical, like I know you are…oh bugger! We nearly kissed!"

Lily's frown turned into a smile. "That's fantastic. Really."

Ellie remained frozen in place. "But…you hate Sirius with an undying passion."

"No. I hate James with an undying passion. There's a big difference…" Lily patted Ellie on the shoulder and retreated to the girl's bathroom. "I'll see you at breakfast."

Ellie nodded to an empty room and headed for the stairs.

Sirius nodded towards the direction of the doorway. "See Remus? There she is!"

Lily had just entered the Great Hall and taken her place next to Ellie a little ways down the Gryffindor table.

"Do you think we can slip it into her drink without her knowing?" asked Remus as he spooned eggs onto his plate.

"It's worth a try. We should do it now, before James gets down here." Sirius responded quietly. "You distract Lily. Ask her a question about class or something."

"Right. Let's go."

Sirius and Remus rose from the table and walked smoothly down the length of it, to where the girls were sitting. Sirius sat beside Ellie, and Remus sat beside Lily.

"Hey Lily! I've got a question about Charms." Remus said quickly as he looked sideways at Sirius. "Er….I need help on my wand work when it comes to….er…the charm we were working on…"

While Remus was busy trying to distract Lily, Sirius did his best to slip the potion into Lily's goblet. The only way he could do this however, was to grab Ellie's attention. Sirius smirked to himself as a very pleasant idea came to mind. Without warning, he grabbed Ellie's neck with one hand, and forced her lips to come in contact with his. At first she resisted and attempted to pull away, but after a moment she began to relax.

Lily and Remus looked around wildly of course and it wasn't until Remus felt something hit his leg, that he realized Sirius had thrown the potion bottle at him from under the table. Remus ducked down and retrieved the small bottle, finding that it was still intact. He carefully hid it in his hand and accidentially knocked over his fork onto the ground, where it conviently landed under the table.

Remus, whose head had just come up from under the table asked, "Lily, could you grab that? I think it landed over by your feet."

"Sure." Lily ducked down and Remus quickly poured the potion into Lily's goblet of pumpkin juice. She reamerged and handed Remus the fork. "Here you are."

"Thanks."

"No problem." Lily smiled, reached for her goblet, and took a long draft. "Bugger, I'm parched. Do you know the time?"

Remus checked his watch. "Yeah, it's 7:33. We've got plenty of time."

This startled Lily however, and she began to mutter things about "failing", being "unprepared", and "foolish". Lily looked over at Sirius and Ellie, who were still snogging. It appeared to have become more heated. "Ellie?" she asked. Snorting, Lily slapped Ellie on the back of the head. Ellie quickly broke away and began cursing.

"What'd you do that for?" Ellie exclaimed. Next to her, Sirius just smirked.

"We'll be late if we don't get a move on!" Lily chided as she grabbed her bag and rose from the table.

"Lily, we've got plenty of time! It doesn't take 20 minutes to get down to the dungeons!"

"We need to study." Lily said as she stood her ground.

Ellie grunted and reached her bag as well. She smiled down at Sirius. "We'll finish this later, Black." With that she swung her bag onto her shoulder and her and Lily set off across the hall and out into the entrance hall.

"Wow." Sirius said as he ran a hand through his mussed hair.

"You're telling me. We should have just enough to add to James's goblet."

"Speak of the devil…" Sirius muttered as he waved James over. James had just entered the Great Hall.

"Good morning, gits!" James called cheerfully.

"Cheers!" said Sirius jovially. "How about a touch of Firewhiskey?" Sirius brandised the small bottle containting the rest of the love potion. He shook it slightly and grinned.

James squinted at the bottle, frowned, but eventually he nodded his head. Sirius poured a hefty amount into James's goblet and then placed the bottle back into his pocket. Remus looked on with interest. James mock toasted is goblet to thin air, and downed it. He wiped his mouth and grinned as he grabbed some toast and bacon off of a platter.

Sirius smirked. "Cheers, James, cheers."

"Lily."

"Lily."

"Lily Evans."

"Lily Evans!"

"LILY EVANS!"

Lily started and quickly lifted her head. She had been sleeping at a table in the Gryffindor common room, surrounded by a large pile of books. She squinted at a frustrated Ellie, who was glaring and frowning. Lily leaned back in her chair and stretched.

"Now that you've decided to exit dreamland," Ellie hissed, "you can help me."

"With what?" Lily asked as she spotted Cait heading toward them.

"Sirius." Ellie whispered wildly. Lily gave her a look.

"Hey!" Cait called as she approached Lily and Ellie. "Nice goin' Ellie."

Ellie blushed.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of." Cait said with a smile. "It's nice that you and Sirius are finally snogging. The tension was becoming a bit unbarable."

"How did you…?" Lily began but Cait cut her off.

"I heard about it in Herbology. The whole school should know about it by now."

Ellie groaned and all but ran for the stairs leading for the girl's dormitory.

"I thought this is what she wanted? Those two have been flirting for a billion years." said Cait with a shrug.

"I think she's a bit taken aback. Sure she wanted it to happen but now that it has, I think she's kind of confused."

"Well, she'll sort it out. I'm going to meet Owen. I'll see you later." With a flip of her hair, she headed toward the portrait hole and disappeared through it.

Lily sighed and rolled her eyes. It was going to be a long night.

AN: It's a bit on the short side, but it's done. I've got another story in the works, and as soon as I feel happy enough with it, then it will definately be posted. Until then, enjoy this chapter, because I have no idea when you'll see the next one!

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