Chapter 7: Is This Real?
After the interesting revelation of their caring, the boys began wondering something else.
"James?" Remus jerked his friend out of a quite state, a very rare instance. "Are you in love with Lily?"
"Huh? What? Did you say 'love' and 'Lily'?"
"Yes. Do you love Lily?"
"I… think so." James seemed unsure, but also like he'd been thinking about the same thing. "Do… you love Amy?"
"I don't know. Maybe. What makes you think you love Lily?"
"It's weird… I just see her face, or think about her, and I feel like flying."
"Then, yeah, I might love Amy."
They both turned to Sirius. "Yes," he said quietly. "The only problem is I'm wondering if I loved her before I started dating even Erika."
"How," James asked thoughtfully, "can we prove to them we love them? If we really do, like we think we do."
"I don't know." Sirius sighed. "I told you what she told me. I'll be lucky if she ever even looks at me again."
"Well," Remus said, "there's always the truth."
His friends looked at him. "Like that would work." They both started laughing. Remus knew, though, that, in the end, they would see he was right. As always. This prank had gone wrong, hadn't it?
"Really," Sirius said, "what we need is a good, solid plan…" And they made their decisions… three different couples-to-be, three different strategies were needed!