A/N This is JKR's world, I'm just playing in it. This is the final chapter of this story, thank you so much to everyone who reviewed, I loved reading your comments. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 5

The following day, just after Charms, Lily and Sam headed to the Great Hall for dinner. Sam noticed something different about Lily.

"What's going on with you today" she asked "you've had that silly grin on your face since this morning"

"I'm just in a good mood that's all, nothing's going on" Lily replied still smiling.

Sam narrowed her eyes, "Come on, who is he? You've got that 'just had sex' look about you".

Lily choked, "what! That's just ridiculous, who would I have had sex with, I'm not the kind of girl who'd just jump into bed with anyone you know" how can she tell, she thought.

"I know you're not Lils, I'm just saying there is something different about you today, that's all, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it"

Lily smiled to herself, her and James had talked about letting their friends know about their relationship soon, but it wouldn't hurt to keep it quiet a little longer and see if they can figure it out for themselves.

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Over the Christmas holidays James and Lily took every opportunity to sneak off and be alone, and on the Saturday afternoon before the new term started they both skipped lunch in the Great Hall in favour of something more intimate.

James and Lily made their way to James' room, relieving each other of their clothes on the way and leaving them scattered over the floor of their common room in the haste to get to the bed.

They made love urgently, full of passion and the need to be close to each other. They were both fast approaching climax, Lily cried out "James" as another voice sounded in the room.

"Whoa, what have we here Prongs" Sirius said grinning and leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed.

James was not impressed "get lost Padfoot," he said, "can't you see I'm busy" neither he nor Lily had heard the door open.

From where Sirius was standing he couldn't see who James was with and James kept it that way by making sure Lily was blocked from view. "Aren't you gonna tell me who your little lady friend is" he asked swinging Lily's pink bra around his finger "only by the look of this, I'd say she's hot! And you better not let Lily catch you bringing girls back here, the head girl would not approve."

"Well Lily doesn't need to know, she's in the library. I swear if you don't get out of here Padfoot, I'll…"

"Alright, alright, i'm going, have fun" he said with a wink "use protection" he backed out the room and shut the door just as a pillow came flying towards him.

When Lily and James heard the common room door shut they both broke out in a fit of giggles.

"Good old Padfoot, he certainly knows how to kill the mood" James said laughing.

"That was embarrassing, I'm just glad he couldn't see me" James pulled her into his arms and they lay there for a while catching their breath.

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Sirius was intrigued, who was James with and why was it such a secret, he'd never kept quiet about a girl before. He moved into a dark alcove just along from the entrance to the heads common room and decided to wait and see who it was that'd been moaning James' name.

After only five minutes he noticed a familiar dark haired girl coming down the corridor towards him.

"Psst, Sam, over here" he called to her

"Sirius, what are you doing hiding there, I've just come to find Lily, she wasn't at lunch" he pulled her into the alcove with him.

"Lily's in the library, I just caught James shagging some girl, but I couldn't see who, so I'm just waiting here to find out, but now you're here, we can have a little fun of our own while we wait" he kissed her.

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James and Lily got dressed and decided to visit the kitchens to get some food, as they reached the common room door Lily grabbed James' arm and held him back.

"Someone's outside" she whispered, she crept closer and pushed her ear to the door hoping to work out who, she could hear muffled voices.

James joined her and listened too, "It's Sirius" he said, "I know that voice anywhere, and he's with a girl"

"Must be Sam" Lily said.

"Listen, I've got an idea" James told her "Sirius is obviously waiting to see who I was with, let's just let him see, we were going to tell them anyway, let's mess with them a bit".

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The heads common room door opened and James stepped out, closely followed by Lily.

Sam gasped and Sirius clamped his hand over her mouth and pulled her further back into the shadows. They watched as Lily kissed James and the two turned in opposite directions and walked away.

When they were both out of earshot Sam pulled Sirius' hand away from her mouth "Lily and James!" She exclaimed, "I knew something was different about her, but I'd never have guessed this", Sirius was standing open mouthed apparently too shocked to speak.

"It was Lily" he eventually uttered "he finally got her to go out with him, no wonder he was angry when I walked in" he grinned "I caught him in bed with the girl of his dreams."

Sam frowned "hang on, I know Lily and she wouldn't do something like this on a whim, this must have been going on for a least a couple of months, why haven't they said anything?"

"James probably thought I'd take the mic, I always do with the girls he dates, but I never would have with Lily, I know she means something to him, none of the others ever did, he should have told me".

Sam had a mischievous glint in her eye "how about we do something to make them tell us" she said.

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James had just left the changing rooms after Quidditch practise the following Wednesday evening when Sam stepped out of a door in front of him and blocked his way "Hi James" she said sweetly, twirling a strand of hair through her fingers "mind if I walk back with you".

"Sure" replied James, noticing she was flirting with him and deciding to play along "how could I refuse the company of a pretty girl like you" he held out his arm for her and she took it.

"You know James, there's another Hogsmeade trip in a couple of weeks, how about taking me?" she asked smiling.

"Tempting." James said "But you are my best mates girlfriend and I wouldn't do that to him"

"Sirius doesn't have to know, I've heard you've got an invisibility cloak, how about the two of us just disappear for a couple of hours?" She batted her eyelashes at him, this was harder that she thought it would be, it just didn't feel right coming onto James like this.

James, who knew exactly what she was doing just shrugged and said "Maybe, I'll think about it" and they went their separate ways at the entrance hall.

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Lily felt a hand touch her shoulder, she was in the Library catching up on some homework, glancing up at the person behind her, she smiled "Sirius".

"You're tense Evans, fancy a massage?" he asked

She closed her eyes and felt his fingers ease away the stress in her neck and let her mind wander to James and the lovely evening they had spent together the night before.

Sirius spoke and it brought her back to the present "Come out with me Lily, I'll show you how to relax".

"Really?" she asked cheekily "and how will you do that?" but she didn't wait for a reply "Ok Sirius, how about you take me to Hogsmeade and you can show me all about relaxing" she frowned slightly "but this has to stay between us. Sam is my friend and I don't want her hurt"

Sirius was a bit taken back at how easy it had been to convince Lily to go out with him and he told Sam this in the common room that evening.

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"They know, we know" she said, "Lily would never agree to go out with you"

"Cheers" Sirius huffed.

"I don't mean it like that" Sam reassured him "she just wouldn't do that to me". She looked thoughtful for a moment then said "they think we'll just back off if they go along with us, so we have to put a bit more pressure on them, they'll have to admit they're together if we push them hard enough"

Sirius smirked "they picked the wrong two people to mess with".

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The night before the Hogsmeade trip Lily and James were on the sofa in their common room chatting.

"They know, we know, they know" James told Lily.

"yeah, I figured as much, we've got to keep it up for one more day, we'll go on these dates with them tomorrow and do everything we can to break them, they'll have to admit they were spying on us before we are finished with them." Lily grinned.

James leaned towards her "it will be so good to be able to kiss you in public", he said as he brought his lips to meet hers.

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James took Sam's hand as they walked into Hogsmeade, careful that no one spotted them. They found a secluded table in the corner of the Three Broomsticks and ordered lunch. Both were flirting with the other outrageously, both convinced the other would crack soon and admit the truth.

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At another table just around the corner, sat Lily and Sirius, he had taken her hand and entwined his fingers through hers, he was leaning very close to her and she was starting to feel nervous.

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Sam lightly kissed James on the cheek, she paused, he wasn't backing off.

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Sirius's lips were only an inch from Lily's, he was moving closer.

"I'm sorry" Lily whispered. "I can't"

She had cracked. Sirius grinned and leaned back in his chair "and why not?" he asked crossing his arms.

"Fine. You win." she almost shouted "I'm in love with James" she smiled at the knowing look on his face.

James and Sam had heard Lily and came over to join them, Sam was looking very pleased with herself as she sat down on Sirius' lap. "I knew it" she was beaming at Lily "I said all along you belonged with James, I knew it, I knew it".

"Why didn't you tell us Prongs?" Sirius asked "and how long has this been going on?"

James explained to both Sirius and Sam how he and Lily had got together at the beginning of September, and all about their keeping it quiet from everyone else, about the fun they had sneaking off, how they knew their secret had been discovered that day and about winding them up by playing along with the game Sirius and Sam had started.

Sirius clapped James on the back "I'm happy for you mate, you should have told me, but then Sam and I wouldn't have seen you squirm when we came onto you, Lily's face when I nearly kissed her was priceless" he laughed and the others joined in.

The four friends sat and enjoyed the rest of their lunch together, as they left the pub, Sam and Sirius said they had some shopping to do and said their goodbyes. James pulled Lily into his arms "what now?" he asked.

"How about another trip to the Shrieking Shack" she winked and he grabbed her hand and ran off up the hill, with Lily giggling and hurrying after him.

The End