A/N: I'm not going to mention Pettigrew much in my story.

Also, PLEASE R E V I E W!! That's all I'm asking!

"Wah!" cried Lily as she fell back and landed on top of James.

"Ow..." Groaned James as he rubbed the back of his head.

"What are you doing here?!?" shouted Lily.

"Shhhhh!" whispered James as loudly as he can.

"Don't tell me to shhhhh!!" Screamed Lily.

At that moment, James grabbed Lily by the wrist and dragged her into the closest broom closet he can find.

"What the…let me out!" Ranted Lily towards James, moments away from actually physically hurting him.

"Stop yelling! Do you how many people were staring at us?" Asked James covering Lily's mouth with his hand.

Lily fought back and cried just as loudly as before, "Do you think I care?!? Here you are dragging me into a broom closet and you expect me to stop yelling?!? I'll yell and scream and shout as much as I want!"

James just stared at Lily with a sly expression on his face.

"What?" asked Lily in a now normal tone after she'd cooled down.

"This is great. I have Lily Evans all to myself in a broom closet. It won't be long before…"

"Before what?" Asked Lily in a bored tone.

James flashed her a devilish grin.

"What the-" It took Lily a second to finally get it. And then came the explosion.
"UGH!! OH. MY-"

(I'm not going to get into detail on how she blew her head off at James)

Lily looked at James in disgust after having thrown a fit so big, it's surprising the door didn't come right off its hinges, and reached to turn the knob of the door but it wouldn't budge. She tried again, this time much harder than the first but it was still locked.

She looked at James who had a ridiculous grin on his face.

"Let. Me. Out." Lily said in a deathly tone.

James, still with the annoying grin on his face, said coolly, "I will if you'll go out with me."

Lily turned back to the door and practically started kicking it and punching it but it would not cooperate.

She turned back to James and screamed, "LET ME OUT!!!"

"Not until I hear a 'Yes, I'll go out with you, James.'"

Lily looked at the doorknob again as if the secret to opening it was to stare at it long and hard.

Suddenly, the doorknob turned and the door opened, Sirius standing if front of them, his hand on the doorknob outside of the door.

"What's going on here? Did you guys get stuck in here or something? The door's always getting jammed, you know. Poor Filch has lost his touch, I'm sorry to say…"

Lily looked at James in disbelief. Even if she had said yes, they'd still be stuck in the closet.

Lily walked out of the closet, turned and headed towards the Gryffindor common room trying to go as fast as she can without actually breaking into a run.

Back at the broom closet, James just stared at Sirius, not believing what had just happened. He had Lily right where he wanted her until Sirius came and ruined it.

"What?" Asked Sirius, apparently not knowing what he had just done.

"You ruined it, that's what!" Shouted James, still in shock at what had just happened.

With that said, James ran towards the Gryffindor common room, hoping he might still

have a chance with that date.

"What? What'd I do?" Asked Sirius in disbelief at what had just happened. He too, started running towards the common room in hopes of finding an explanation to James' outburst.

"Hey! Wait up!" Sirius cried. He finally caught up with James but still had to run down the halls.

"What'd I do?" He asked again, clearly confused.

"You let Lily out of the closet!" James said as if that would answer his best mate's question. Sirius just looked at him with a confused look on his face, unable to figure out what he'd done except the fact that he "let Lily out of the closet", whatever that meant.

When Lily reached the portrait hole, she climbed into the deserted common room. Knowing Regina is probably with Lupin, Lily started looking for her other friend, Miranda, who she realized she hadn't seen since they got off the Hogwarts Express.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, someone behind her shouted, "BOO!"

"AH!" cried Lily as she jumped around to find Miranda laughing her head off and completely forgot about her little incident. Some people turned their heads briefly to see what the noise was all about but then quickly turned their attention back to what they were originally doing.

"I am so going to kill you." Lily said laughing as she reached to grab a pillow from the common room sofa and was about to fling it at Miranda but was stopped when she heard footsteps coming from the common room entrance.

"Oh, God no" she said to herself and turned her attention to Miranda, "If it's Potter, tell him I'm not here." She instructed her friend as she raced up the stairs to the girls' dormitories just as James and Sirius stepped into the common room. Unfortunately for Lily, James was able to catch a glimpse of Lily's flowing cloak and immediately knew she had ran away.

He turned his attention to the only girl left in the room.

"Hey, I know you. You're that girl that sat next to Evans on the train." He greeted her.

"I expected a 'Hi, I'm James Potter, and you are must be Miranda Leslie' but yeah, I'm 'that girl'" Miranda answered sarcastically as reached for the pillow Lily was holding before she took off.

"Allow me." James said quickly as he lunged for the pillow and threw it back onto the sofa with little consideration. "I'm going to guess you talk with Evans a lot, am I right?"

Miranda looked at James and his messy jet-black hair to his fierce, penetrating dark eyes but replied coolly, "So? What's in it for you?"

James grinned one of his usual "girl-hypnotizing" grins, ruffled his hair that made Miranda scream inside, and answered, "So you can talk to her about things and stuff, right?"

Maintaining her cool, she spat, "Get on with it! I have a life to live, you know."

A little taken back, James finally got to the point.

"I need you to set up a date with me and your friend, Lily."

Surprised at how he used Lily's given name, Miranda widened her eyes. She took a long, deep breath, and replied with a small smile, "I'm not going to play matchmaker for you two. If Lily thinks you're a total jerk, never wants to see you again, or even says she hates you, there ain't nothing I can do about that. You know how she is with you."

Disappointed at the news Miranda surprised him with, James closed his eyes, moaned a small moan, and gestured Sirius to come with him to the boys' dormitories. Sirius just stared at Miranda with widened eyes, shocked at the conversation that just took place, and followed James to the boys' dormitories. He did, though, after taking one last hard look at Miranda, who started towards the stairs of the girls' dormitories, at the same time resisting the urge to race up the stairs like Lily did, and was one her way to see Lily who, was waiting un-patiently by Miranda's bed.

Meanwhile, Regina was walking slowly down the halls of the school from the school library towards the Gryffindor common room, unable to think clearly and stunned at what had just happened. She and Remus were in the library and he told her something she couldn't believe the first time she heard it. Remus had just told her a huge secret about himself that she promised she wouldn't tell any living soul. She just didn't know whether or not she could keep it from Lily.