Title: Fight
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Remus/Lily, James/Lily, Sirius/Lily
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 594
Summary: They never thought a girl would come between them.

Notes:

100 Word Prompt Collection Challenge: 13. Tie

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: September Event: Back To School Teamwork Event - 23. (action) Several friends being attracted to the same person / 8. (word) Drama

Year Long Scavenger Hunt Challenge and Competition: C36. Write about best friends fighting

The Ten Pairings Challenge v2: Remus/Lily

Remus, James, and Sirius faced off against each other. Peter watched nervously from the sidelines.

Usually, there wasn't much drama between the Marauders. They were too much of a close-knit group, and they had a very small number of arguments. And the number of large arguments they have had in the last six years could be counted on one hand.

That was why the current faceoff was so scary. Most people thought nothing could tear the group apart, but the tie that kept the group bundled together was loosening, and it was all because of a girl.

One Lily Evans.

"I've wanted Lily for two years!" James angrily yelled.

Sirius smirked. "So what? She has made her aversion to you quite clear."

"And you can't claim her, especially if she doesn't want to be claimed by you," Remus added.

Sirius glared at Remus. "That doesn't mean you should get her," he retorted.

Remus rolled his eyes. Usually, he was relatively passive, but Lily was way too important to not fight for. "In her eyes, you're on the same level as James. She has always lumped the two of you together."

"And you think you're higher than us on her list of preferences. What makes you so special?"

Remus's amber eyes flashed. "Maybe because I treat her like a person instead of an object."

James chuckled darkly. "Oh really? You're panting after her like a dog in heat. Lily will be mine. She'll give in. We're destined to be together."

"You're delusion," Sirius snarked. "Lily and I would be perfect together. I would worship her like the queen she is."

"Until you get bored and toss her aside like you did to Marlene. You remember Marlene, right? Lily's best friend? I doubt she'll ever look at you favorably after that," Remus reminded him.

Remus was sure of that. If he didn't know anything else, he could be certain that Lily would never forgive Sirius for breaking Marlene's heart. She was a loyal friend.

Sirius's glare was as furious as James's was.

A delicate throat clearing alerted them to a presence of someone not Peter. They simultaneously looked at the door of the empty classroom and paled at the sight of the redhead they were fighting over.

"Peter came and got me. He was afraid you three would start casting hexes on each other. You know, I'm not a prize to fight over and win. And the fact that the three of you would sacrifice your friendship over it is appalling. You three should be ashamed of yourselves."

"I really like you," Remus whispered.

"I love you," Sirius said louder.

"I love you the most," James declared the loudest.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Frankly, if I had to choose between the three of you, Remus would be the lesser evil, but I'm not choosing any of you. Your friendship is supposed to be the most important thing, so stop acting like children and start apologizing to each other. Or else," she threatened, turning on her heel and leaving the three of them.

Remus momentarily smiled at being Lily's choice, but the look dissipated when she said she wasn't choosing him.

Three of the four Marauders looked at each other with sheepish smiles.

"Sorry," they all muttered.

It was silently decided that they would never speak of the fight again. After all, Lily was right. Their friendship was more important. That didn't mean any of them would give up on having Lily as theirs of course. They just wouldn't tell the others that they weren't giving up.