A/N: You guys are so awesome, keep reading. Oh, for those who think this is their seventh year, you're wrong; it's the sixth as in the prequel to the story in which I have the seventh one. This is the year when James stops acting like a total immature four-year-old!

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"What are we supposed to do?" asked Claire as her, Sirius, Lily, Tanya, and Remus walked to their next class.

"Well, Remus has always done the research, so I guess he'll be doing that, and since Claire is always good with that stuff too, she'll be helping him. Tanya, Lily, and I will execute the prank, understood?" asked Sirius.

"No," said Remus. "We can't be at the scene of the prank or else James might suspect us. Tanya and Lily can be the only ones there, so, Sirius, you'll be helping Claire and I research, got it?" asked Remus.

"I have to work with him?" asked Claire angrily.

"I have to work with her?" asked Sirius…equally angry.

"Yes," said Remus simply.

"No, no, no, no," said Claire quickly. "Remus we'll have killed each other in seconds if you force us into this."

"That's a risk I'm willing to take," said Remus. Tanya turned to Remus.

"My bet's on Claire coming out on top, you?" she whispered.

"I'm gonna have to agree, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," Remus quoted. "And we both know Sirius'll do something incredibly stupid, that's just how he is."

"Yeah," sighed Tanya.

"So, any classic ideas or anything?" asked Lily.

"That's another thing…we can't use Marauder ideas or James will be suspecting us, so, once again, we need original things," said Remus thoughtfully.

"Albright, pranks go on embarrassment, correct?" asked Lily.

"Yeah," said Sirius, turning to her.

"Well, what embarrasses a guy most?" asked Lily.

"Well…there are very few things. Having a worst fear exposed, especially when it's a stupid thing to be scared of. Another is being embarrassed publicly stripped of manliness or, in other words, wearing something pink or frilly, you know the things grandmothers knit and are never worn," explained Sirius. "There's also being turned down by a girl in front of a huge crowd, but you've already accomplished that one, Evans."

"So, mark that one off the list and let's get to planning," said Claire thoughtfully. "Next period we all go to the library and try to get something we can have a foundation for."

"Sounds good to me," said Sirius without looking at her. So, after class, they all escaped to the library, seeing as they all had a free period. They looked through book after book after book, but they continually came to the same thing. Make James go crazy by making him jealous. He would, of course retaliate badly, but it was definitely worth it. The only problem was, what guy would be willing to risk his neck just to do a favor for Lily?

"We need to think of someone who isn't too smart, who is really good-looking, who James would never think Lily could be with, and someone who it would make crazy to know she's dating," explained Sirius. Everyone turned to look at him, it was perfect, he was perfect. James would never expect his best friend to go behind his back and do something like that. It was a prank after all and technically they wouldn't be going out. The only people who didn't like the idea were Sirius and Claire.

"C'mon, Sirius, it's the perfect ploy. You wouldn't really be going out with her, just a spoof, you know?" explained Remus.

"As much as I hate Sirius, I have to agree with this plan," said Lily thoughtfully.

"Hey!" objected Sirius.

"I hate you, and you know it, it's the truth of life and you hate me, so we're even," explained Lily.

"I…I think it's a good idea," submitted Claire at last. Sirius looked at her with severe distaste.

"Fine," he snapped quietly. They decided to start tomorrow (Saturday), before James could get anything in and it would be perfection. This was going to be great.

"Alright," began Remus the next morning. "You two need to be convincing, no disliking each other at all. You two better be great actors."

"Moony, when you've lived with my parents, you learn to act," laughed Sirius.

"When you visit your muggle friends, you learn to act," said Lily jokingly. They made their way to the Great Hall and Lily sat next to Sirius. They waited for James to enter the Great Hall, and as soon as he did, Remus gave the signal. Lily immediately got a flirtatious look in her eye and ran her fingers through Sirius's hair, whispering something in his ear as close as a person could possibly get. James slammed his fist on the table and sat down angrily.

"What the bloody hell is this?" he demanded.

"I was just telling Sirius how amazing he looks today," sighed Lily. James gave Remus a questioning look and Remus simply shrugged. Tanya was trying not to laugh, but it probably wouldn't have mattered if she did or not because James was to preoccupied watching Lily and Sirius. Lily eyes had narrowed cutely and she was whispering in Sirius's ear again. Sirius had that signature smile of his glued to his face and James was fuming. After about five minutes, James slammed his fist on the table again.

"You were my best mate, and you…!" he trailed off, pointing at Lily. "You're just terrible!" Lily winked at him and then looked back to Sirius. She was definitely a good actor, but acting was all she was doing, nothing more, nothing less. Sirius was the same way. When James stormed out of the Great Hall looking like someone had just murdered his best friend, Lily turned around and looked back at her food.

"I have to say, Evans, you're a pretty good actress," sneered Sirius.

"I could say the same about you," she replied haughtily. Claire couldn't help but laugh this time and Tanya was bottling it up again. Remus was just shaking his head like he didn't know any of them. When they finished eating, they went up to the common room and began planning their next idea.

"I think the best thing is to have James catch them doing something more than just flirting like crazy," said Tanya.

"I agree," agreed Remus.

"You've got to be kidding!" shouted Lily exasperatedly.

"Yeah, what she said!" whined Sirius.

"Look, I think the best we can do is have him catch you two in a broom cupboard together. You guys don't have to do anything, but make it look convincing when he opens the door," said Remus thoughtfully.

"I'm a prefect, I'm supposed to discourage things like that! I'm supposed to send kids that do crap like that to detention," said Lily angrily.

"Which is why you can slip past the rules," said Remus with a very Sirius-like grin.

"Moony, you've got to be kidding," said Sirius with an angry glint in his eye. "James is mad enough at me as it is right now. He probably expects me to come crawling back to him asking for forgiveness. Lily is and will always be his – "

"Hey!" interjected Lily. "I am no one's property!"

"So says you. James thinks you're his and that's why anyone who gets within two feet of you gets hit with something," replied Sirius.

"Sirius," Remus warned him. Sirius was making his way into dangerous territory and everyone knew it, especially Lily.

"No, Moony, she should know the truth. James thinks he owns you and that if any other guy touches you it's like…I don't know, like a Gryffindor rooting for Slytherin in Quidditch," explained Sirius.

"Shut up!" shouted Lily. "I'm gonna kill him!" She stood up and marched out of the common room. Lily turned back and Sirius was stuffing a piece of paper in his pocket.

"He's at the lake, Evans!" Sirius shouted after her. She didn't look back, but made her way to the lake in amazing anger. Her face was practically as red as her hair out of anger and she was so mad that she didn't know if she could resist hitting James again or not. She stormed out onto the grounds and James scrambled to his feet when he saw her coming, his hand jumping into his hair immediately.

"What the bloody hell is your problem?" she asked angrily.

"I could ask you the same question, Evans," he said angrily.

"What are you babbling about?" she asked angrily.

"You and my best mate. You conniving little bitch!" he snapped. Lily snapped at these words too. No one ever said something like that to her; it was going too far. Her hand rose like a coiled snake and struck him across the face, leaving a handprint emblazoned upon his face once again. It stung more than the other one. She was clearly angrier than last time too.

"I cannot believe you think I am your property, you ass!" she yelled, smacking him again. "And calling me a bitch didn't make it any better!" She smacked him a third time. "And Sirius and I aren't even dating, we wanted to make you angry by pretending to date so that you would give up on this stupid war." She went to smack him again, but he caught her hand as it neared his face.

"Evans, shut up!" he yelled. She tried to strike him with her other hand, but he caught it too. He was holding both of her wrists like manacles. His grip was amazingly strong and she couldn't break free of him. She struggled, but he wasn't letting go.

"What!" she snapped.

"Why would you torture me like that?" he asked. His tone immediately changed to something sad and lonely, something that made Lily sad just hearing. Her guilt swelled in her chest and felt like a boulder. "How could you, Lily?" he asked. He seemed on the verge of almost crying. Lily had never seen James act like this before.

"James, I…I didn't now that…I'm sorry," she whispered softly, looking at the ground. James put his hand under her chin and lifter her face up to look into his eyes. She really did look sorry. Sorrier than James had ever seen her for something she had done to him.

"Lily, you know I adore you more than any other girl I've ever met. I can't comprehend why, but you're amazing to me. You're perfect to me," he said softly. Not breaking away from her emerald eyes. It was like trying to stare down death.

"James, I don't want to date you, why can't you just accept that and move on? Why can't we be friends? Why can't we just get along?" she asked with a sigh,

"You called me James," he said softly. "So, friends?" he asked, backing away from her and holding out his hand. She took it.

"Friends, and this time, I will personally make you life hell if you ever break a deal like this again," she threatened.

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A/N: Aww, how sweet. So, James is growing up, about time, he was being so immature! So, read and review because we all know you guys love me!