Chapter 2: Revelations

A/N In case any of you didn't read my long note at the end of the last chapter, I'm having a contest of sorts where you can pick out the name for a future child of Sirius and Jasmine (or Sazzy). Don't be afraid to throw out some crazy and unique names. I'm open to anything and any gender, but if you want it for a specific gender let me know. Please don't be shy, I won't judge, and I would hope others wouldn't either. Though, if you don't want everyone to see suggestions, you can always private message me with your suggestion or something. I'm on a lot of fanfic websites with the same username (knk6700). Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy this lovely new chapter, my readers.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything in this story that appears to come from anything Harry Potter related. The only thing that I own in this story is my OC, Jasmine, as well as the plot of this story.

Upon arriving at Hogwarts, the Marauders plus Lily all met up and rode in the carriages up to the castle together. Though upon entering the Great Hall for the beginning of year feast, Lily opted to sit with Marlene, Alice, and Mary instead of the Marauders (including Jaz). Lily told Jaz, "I need some time with the girls. I'll see you later, Mina. And James, don't forget we have to set up a time to meet up and discuss things later on." The redhead left the group and headed toward where her friends were sitting at the Gryffindor table.

James had a huge grin across his face as they walked to their usual spot at the Gryffindor table. He was of course excited that he would be working so closely with Lily this year, but James had decided after getting the Head Boy badge that Lily wouldn't be his main focus this year. This was his last chance to get with Lily, but James realized that there were other things more important than getting Lily Evans to go to Hogsmeade with him. She hadn't said yes yet, so James figured that he would ask her out again this year. If she agreed, James would be happy, but if she said now James would but the whole thing to rest. He wasn't sure when he was planning on asking her, but he figured he would know the right time when it came.

James hadn't told anyone about his plans involving Lily, but he was planning on telling Sirius. James believed that his best mate could help him plan on a way to ask Lily out. After all, if James was only going to do this once more, he was going to do it right. And James could do it by himself, but he felt that two heads would be better than one. Plus, who better to ask for help than his partner in crime and pranks for help, especially when said partner had been dating Jaz for over 6 months. James figured, between the two of them, they could come up with something that would definitely get Lily to say yes if she felt the same way about him. So, James decided he would tell Sirius, but not until after classes the next day since they would all be pretty tired after their long journey and the big feast.

As James continued thinking about his plans and new responsibilities, Jasmine and Sirius were discussing things amongst themselves about Jily and getting them together this year. "So, pads, he hasn't said anything about Lils lately?" Jasmine asked of her boyfriend.

"Yeah, and that is what has been so weird. I know I've only spent part of a summer with him before, but even last year he would talk about Lily Evans way more than he has this past year. It is so strange. I have no idea what is up with him. I just hope he says something soon." Sirius glanced over at his best mate, who seemed to be lost in thought eating his dinner. He seemed to be staring into space, but when Sirius followed his gaze, he saw that James was staring at Lily. "Or maybe he just decided not to talk about his feelings for a certain redhead?" Jaz looked at Sirius curious as to what he meant. Sirius pointed over to James and indicated to her that he was staring at Lily.

"Oh, wow. He is not being subtle about it at all," Jasmine giggled. "Could he be any more obvious about how he feels?"

"Probably not, but this is James we are talking about, so anything is possible."

Jasmine nodded before turning her attention back to her meal. As she ate, she couldn't help but wonder if they could actually pull off getting Jily together this year. It wasn't like the two didn't fancy each other. It was rather more Lily's stubborn nature that was keeping them apart, which frustrated Jaz. She knew this wouldn't be easy, but she was determined to get her cousin her own happy ending like Jasmine herself currently had. Though, Jaz was surer that Lily and James would live happily ever after than she was about her and Sirius. Not that Jaz didn't want to end up with Sirius or that she didn't love her, Jasmine just didn't know if Sirius would stay with her. She sometimes thought that Sirius deserved better than her, and Jaz wasn't sure if that feeling would ever go away completely. She and Sirius were still pretty broken people, her more than him it seemed.

Jasmine was brought out of her self-doubt when her loving boyfriend pulled her into a side hug and squeezed her arm. "Jaz don't go down that path. You and I both know that I love you and you love me. There is no one that I would rather be with than you, so don't you dare think that I don't deserve such an amazing girl as you." He ended his small speech with a kiss on his girlfriend's head.

Jasmine looked up at Sirius and gave him a small smile. She was so grateful for him and that he could even tell when she was starting to go somewhere in her thoughts that she shouldn't. He knew her in a way that Lily didn't even sometimes. It was almost like he could read her thoughts at times, but she knew that wasn't possible. Being the grateful girlfriend that Jasmine was, she pulled Sirius down by his tie and planted a kiss on him right there during the feast. Their kiss went mostly unnoticed, though, as most people were still digging into their meals. The only people who really noticed were the other Marauders, James having shaken himself out of his thoughts by this point.

After pulling away, Jasmine whispered on Sirius's lips, "I love you too, Padfoot. You are my everything, and I am grateful to have you in my life every single day."

Sirius pulled Jasmine into a hug. Then whispered in her ear, "I'm grateful for you too, Love. You mean everything to mean."

Despite how cute the two looked, James, being James, had to ruin the moment and interrupt their intimate moment. "Oi, Get a room, you two. No need to show the whole student body how much you love each other." And of course, because it was James, he said it much louder than he needed to, especially since the couple was sitting right next to him.

Immediately Jasmine and Sirius blushed a deep red and pulled away from each other. They were clearly embarrassed, but still mad at James for ruining the moment. They were both glaring over at James.

"Leave them alone, Potter. Let them be in their own happy lovey dovey world." Lily had walked up behind them, making all three of them jump in surprise. Remus and Peter, who were both on the other side of the table and had seen the head girl coming, didn't jump.

"Hello, Lily," Remus greeted.

"Hi, Remus," Lily smiled at the werewolf.

Upon gaining back some of his composure, James teased, "So we're back on a last name basis now, Evans?"

Lily rolled her eyes at his teasing. "No, James. But come on, we need to go."

James, with food in his mouth, stared at the head girl. Upon swallowing, he asked, "What?! Where do we need to go? The feast isn't even over yet, Lily! I'm not about to leave my last opening feast early."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Fine! You better make room for me then." Immediately James scooched down, squeezing Sirius and Jasmine even closer together. Luckily, Lily was small, and Sirius and Jaz were okay with being closer to each other. Otherwise, James would have been in some serious trouble for pushing his best mates over to make room for Lily. Although, the couple was still annoyed with James just pushing them over instead of asking them to move over first.

Lily took the spot that James had just made for her. And grabbed some dessert that had just appeared on the table. The feast would be over soon, but that still didn't explain why Lily had suddenly come over to them. "Lils," Jaz was the first to voice what the rest of the Marauders were thinking, except maybe James, who seemed to already know why the girl was there. "What are you doing here? I thought you were hanging out with Marlene and Alice."

"I was. We caught up and had a great time, but I told them I needed to talk to James. I told them how he is the head boy and since I'm head girl, we need to go over some things before the end of the feast, such as the password to Gryffindor tower that McGonagall just gave me." Lily turned her attention away from her cousin and looked straight at James. "So, we really need to get this out to the other prefects so they can then tell the rest of the students."

"Can't we just gather them in the common room after the feast and tell them then? I mean if we lead them to the tower, then there shouldn't be a problem since you already have the password."

Lily stared at James in amazement. "Wow, James. That's actually a great idea. I mean it shouldn't be a problem to do it that way. It would be easier too."

James gave her a smile. "What can I say, I'm a problem solver."

Jasmine couldn't help the laugh that managed to escape her lips. She just couldn't believe James just said he was a problem solver. James turned and glared at her, but that only caused Jaz to laugh more. Soon the laughing girl was joined by her boyfriend. Her laugh was pretty contagious, especially for Sirius, who really loved to hear her laugh.

Soon James just ignored the couple and continued to eat the dessert that he had grabbed. He and Lily talked about setting up a time to discuss when they would meet with all the prefects to set up rounds. Besides that, the rest of the feast as well as the rest of the night was rather uneventful. James and Lily told the prefects (plus Sirius who was waiting for Jasmine) the passwords as they had discussed. Jasmine and Sirius said their goodnights and that was basically it. Nothing all that significant happened until tomorrow evening before dinner.

The Marauders plus Lily got their schedules the next morning. The day went by like any other one that they had had in years past. They shared some classes, but not all of them. Sirius and Jasmine were both still taking Muggle Studies, while Lily had opted to drop the course. None of them were taking History of Magic anymore. Otherwise, though, everything from previous years was pretty much the same, except for James and Lily being the head boy and head girl, respectively.

After they had finished their classes for the day, Lily, Jasmine, and Remus had all decided to get a head start on their homework. Peter was who knows where, which worried Jasmine a bit since she had wanted to keep an eye on him, but she dismissed it as nothing. So, James and Sirius had the dorm to themselves for the time being as they opted to put off their homework for another day. It was at this time that James figured would be the best time as any to tell Sirius about his plans with Lily.

"So, Padfoot, I've been thinking a lot this summer, especially since I got this Head boy badge."

"I hadn't noticed, Prongs," Sirius said sarcastically.

James rolled his eyes. "Whatever Padfoot. I'm here trying to tell you something and you can't even be serious for one second." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, James regrated them. He couldn't believe he had said that.

"What do you mean I can't be Sirius? I am Sirius!"

"Goddammit, Padfoot. I knew you were going to make a joke as soon as I said that. But for real, I have something important that I want to tell you." James glared at Sirius.

Sirius realized that James was in no joking mood at the moment, so Sirius put all joking aside and got serious (even though he already was). His best mate had something to tell him and whatever it was, he hoped that James wouldn't make him keep it from Jasmine. Sirius knew how hard it was for her to keep why she was hanging out with Remus so much last year, and he didn't think he would do much better. It was hard enough keeping his family story from her, but now that they were together, Sirius doubted there was much he could keep from her.

It was only moments later that James spoke up again. "Pads, I think that if Lily doesn't say yes the next time that I ask her out, I'm just going to give up. Clearly, if she still doesn't have any feelings for me, then my attempts at wooing her are pointless. There is no point in trying anymore because if by this time she doesn't like me like I like her, I don't think she will ever feel the same way." James ducked his head to hide the upset look he was sure was on his face. He hadn't wanted to admit that, but he knew it was true. This was his last chance.

Sirius was shocked that James was actually thinking about giving up on Lily. Sure, he had expected that James would eventually come to him about his plans to woo Lily this final year, but Sirius had not expected to hear his best mate say he was going to give up on Lily Evans. "Wait! Hold up!" James looked up, his eyes the only key to how he was really feeling about his decision. "You haven't asked her yet have you?"

James hadn't been expecting that question from Sirius, maybe Jaz, but not Sirius. "No…" James denied, dragging out the "o" in confusion. Upon hearing James's denial, Sirius let out a sigh of relief, which only further confused James. James pushed his confusion to the side for the moment. "That's actually why I wanted to tell you. I'm not about to go down without a fight. I figured that you could help me come up with a plan that would get Lily to say yes for sure, that is if she fancies me. So, what do you say Pads? Will you help me?"

Sirius gave James a big grin. "Of course, I will, Prongs, but on one condition." James tilted his head to the side curiously then gestured for Sirius to continue. "We get Mare in on this."

James could deal with that stipulation. He gave Sirius a grin, then rolled his eyes. "Of course, you want to tell Jazzy. She's your girlfriend."

"So, is that a yes?"

"Really? What do you think?"

"I think that I'll go let Mare know about it now."

Sirius headed for the door of the common room, but James stopped him. "You can't let Lily know though, Pads. I want it to be a surprise. Also, I don't want her trying to stop me from going through with it."

"Who do you think I am? What kind of idiot do you think I would be if I told Lily? Don't worry, Prongs. I can get Mare alone and tell her about it without your precious Lily knowing about any of it." Sirius then left the room to go find his girlfriend, who he was sure would still be in Library with Remus and Lily.

James started at the dorm door that his best mate had just left through. He couldn't help but wonder why Sirius had been so relieved that he hadn't asked Lily yet. "Does Sirius know something that I don't?" James asked himself but quickly dismissed the thought. "If Sirius knew something, there is no way he would keep it from me." James then set off to start some of the homework that he needed to get done.

Sirius found Jasmine and Remus with Lily right where he expected them to be, the library. They were all quietly working on their homework at the same table. They were all so focused, Jasmine in particular, who was chewing on the end of her quill, and Sirius couldn't help but notice just how cute his girlfriend looked. Thus, instead of going right up to them and distracting Jaz, Sirius stood and just stared at his girlfriend for the moment, admiring her beauty and thinking about just how lucky he was. He was so grateful for her every day.

Jasmine was just about finished with her work when she felt a pair of eyes on her. Wanting to know who could possibly be staring at her, she looked up. She saw that both Remus and Lily were still hard at work, so it wasn't them. She looked further around her and soon spotted Sirius standing not that far away and staring at her. Their eyes locked and he gave her a sheepish smile as a slight, almost unnoticeable, blush appeared on his cheeks upon getting caught staring. Jasmine gave him a small smile and mimed to give her 1 minute before starting to quietly pack up her stuff. She knew that Sirius must want something from her if he was here. Normally he would just let her study and do her work in the library because he knew that she needed to focus. They had learned early on that when trying to do their work together, they both had trouble focusing on what needed to be done. They could do it, but it would just take longer than it normally would. So, when Jaz wanted to get her stuff done in a timely fashion, she usually headed to the library to study. Sirius seldom interrupted her when she was there, so this must be something important if he was there.

Sirius stayed where he was and waited for Jasmine. He knew right when she spotted him that she would know that he needed her something. He didn't like interrupting her studying, lest he angers her or feels her rath at the interruption. Plus, if he continually interrupted her, that would eventually mean less time that she would spend with him. And he couldn't have that, now could he?

As Jaz packed up her books, neither of her companions even looked up from their own work. It appeared that they were both too focused on their own work to even notice. Well, that was the case for Lily, but Remus noticed immediately. He just chose not to look up in favor of finishing his work. He just figured she was already done anyway. Given the number of times that Remus had studied with Jasmine before, he knew she was rather smart. It didn't usually take the girl all that long to finish her work, as long as Sirius wasn't there to distract her. Then she would take extra long to finish her work. So, Remus just kept his focus on his work rather than his companion packing up her things, or at least that was what he was doing until he heard Sirius after Jaz had left the table. That is when Remus suddenly looked up from his work and turned around just to see Jasmine and Sirius walking out of the library together, with Sirius pulling Jasmine closer upon slinging his arm over her shoulders.

Just as the couple was leaving, Remus managed to catch Sirius's eye. He winked at the werewolf, who was confused by the move. Then it dawned on Remus that it was probably some stupid signal or sign. Since there was only one thing the three of them had been planning/working on together, Remus figured that Sirius was letting him know that he had something in the works for Jily, or he had at least learned something from James finally. Instead of going after them, Remus decided to finish his work. He figured that they would let him in on it later. Maybe Jasmine would tell him during the rounds they were sure to have together that night. Remus figured that was what Lily was working on since he was sure she had already finished most if not all of her work. Dismissing these thoughts, Remus turned his attention back to his homework and go back into it.

Meanwhile, when Jaz got up with her stuff and walked over to Sirius, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I didn't expect to see you here." She whispered. "So, what's up?"

Sirius chuckled, "I didn't anticipate I'd be here either, but I've just talked with Prongs. And he told me something that you need to hear," Sirius explained, as he threw an arm around Jasmine's shoulder and started leading her out of the library.

"Shouldn't we tell Remus, then?"

Sirius brushed off the question. "We can tell him later, but for now, it would be best if I just told you. It will look less suspicious to Lily if only you left, especially since it's with me. I'm sure Remus will understand."

Jaz nodded in agreement and decided it would be pointless arguing, so she let it be. Jaz, then, leaned more into Sirius's hold and sort of snuggled into him deciding to get lost in her thoughts rather than pay attention to where he was leading her. Therefore, since Jaz wasn't really paying attention, she didn't see Sirius wink at Remus. She only felt him turn his head as well as place a kiss on her forehead.

As they continued on, Jasmine still didn't care where they were going, preferring to just embrace her time with Sirius for the time being. She trusted Sirius to lead her and not let her crash into anything. She assumed he was taking them to the empty classroom they would usually use to discuss Jily and getting them together, which is why she was surprised when she realized they were at Gryffindor Tower instead. She only realized this when Sirius gave the password to the Fat Lady. She didn't understand why they were back at the tower but decided to just go along with it. Sirius had to have a reason for bringing her back to the tower.

They entered the common room, Sirius allowing Jasmine to go first causing him to drop his arm from Jaz's shoulders. The common room was practically deserted. There were only a few scattered Gryffindors doing their work, but Sirius's didn't care about any of them. Instead, he grabbed Jasmine's hand and dragged the redhead up the staircase to the boys' dormitories. They ended up in front of the door that led to the Marauders' dorm room. Sirius knew James would still be in the room. He figured that during his absence his best mate had started some of his work, but he wouldn't mind the interruption. That is why Sirius proceeded to swing open the dormitory door loudly and dramatically.

James, not expecting the loud noise, jumped at the sudden loud noise, but really he should have expected nothing less from Sirius. James collected himself and turned around to see his best mate and "sister" standing in the doorway. Jaz looked annoyed, which was understandable. James knew Sirius could be a bit much at times with all of his theatrics and dramatics. Though, standing in the doorway, holding hands, with Jaz looking all exasperated and annoyed Sirius, James couldn't help but think how cute the two looked together. They really did belong with each other.

Sirius ushered Jasmine into the room with him. He led Jasmine by the hand to stand right in front of James. James, in return, greeted the girl with a smile. Then turned to Sirius saying, "You better not have been that dramatic when you got Jazzy from the library."

Sirius gasped and clutched his chest with his free hand. "How dare you, sir?! I can be discrete when necessary." Sirius didn't keep the act up for much longer, though, and soon fell into laughter. James soon joined his best mate in laughter. Meanwhile, Jasmine was just standing there shaking her head at the two boys. They could be really ridiculous at times, almost enough to make Jasmine question why she hung out with them.

The laughter soon died out, but neither boy was the first to speak. "Well, now that you idiots are done with your dramatics, can someone tell me why I'm here?" Jasmine asked. She knew she was there to talk about James's feelings for her cousin, Lily, but she still wanted to know why Sirius had brought her to James.

"Padfoot, here, agreed to help me create an amazing plan to get Lily to go out with me since I only plan on asking her one more time before finally giving up. And Pads only agreed if you were brought in on the planning. And since you know Lily better than either of us, I figured it was an acceptable condition. So, you're here to help us, Jazzy."

Jasmine stared at James for a moment trying to take in everything that he just said. She was still a bit stuck on the part that he was only planning on asking out Lily one more time. It didn't really sound like James, nor was it like James to give up so easily. "Wait a minute. What do you mean you only plan on asking Lily out one more time?"

James looked at her confused. "Just like I said. I only plan on asking her out once more because if she doesn't like me now, it's pointless to keep trying."

"Who are you and what have you done with James?" Jasmine questioned the head boy.

"Jazzy, I'm still me. And I'm not giving up without a fight, which is why you are here. I want to ask her out this final time in a way that I know she won't be able to say no, especially if she fancies me. To do that, I'm going to need Sirius's and your help, so what do you say? Will you help me?"

Jasmine rolled her eyes. "Of course, I'll help you, you moron. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?"

James pulled the girl into a bear hug before releasing her. "That's great Jazzy. We can start planning later though. It's almost dinner and afterward, I have to go over the prefect schedule with her." Then he left the room intent on heading down to dinner, or possibly try to catch Lily coming from the library so he could walk with her to dinner.

After James left the room, Jasmine turned to Sirius, "We have to tell Remus." She knew this plan had to be perfect, and with both herself, Sirius, and Remus, it might just be perfect. Plus, though she loved James, the boy would need as much help as he could get. "Looks like we have a lot of planning to do." Sirius nodded in agreement. Then Jasmine took his hand again and they headed down to dinner together.

A/N Finally got around to finishing Chapter 2. Don't forget to recommend names for Sazzy's future child that will appear in Book 3. Anyway, I would promise another chapter soon, but given that my 21st birthday is Monday (June 7th), and I am celebrating on Sunday and Monday. Plus, I'm playing a computer game today with some of my friends. Also, I'm taking a summer class, so I really don't have much time. I hope to update you soon, but I can't promise anything. Chapter 3: The First Last Prank.

See you in a week, probably,
 Knk6700