September 4

Well.

Detention was certainly strange.

Sirius came down the stairs and held out his hand. I took it and he pulled me out of my seat.

"Shall we, Milady?" he asked. It was like we were on a date or something. Not that I've ever been on a date. But I've watched Iris go on lots of dates. She already has a date for the first Hogsmeade weekend in October. All I could say was: "Um. Okay."

That is exactly the reason why Frank will never ask me out. I mean, if he ever asks me to marry him (Yeah, right) I'll probably just say "Um. Okay." And then he'll probably regret he ever asked me out in the first place. If he ever asks me out. This won't happen because I'm an overweight dirty blonde who can't speak properly. Or at least, that's what Bellatrix Black says.

So anyway, I followed Sirius out of the portrait hole. We made our way to the trophy room. On the way, Sirius yawned and muttered something like "Pity."

Me: Sorry?

Sirius: What?

Me: You said something about pity.

Sirius: Oh, it's just that me, Mooney, Wormtail, and Prongs have this…er…thing tonight.

Me: A thing?

Sirius: Don't ask.

Me: Why do you guys call each other Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs? I just don't get it.

Sirius: You're not supposed to get it.

Me: Oh.

We entered the trophy room and we got to work on cleaning those trophies. I was stuck FOREVER on one given to Tom Riddle. He was unusually annoying. His trophy, I mean, I don't know him personally.

We worked for an hour until Sirius said: "You know James really likes Lily."

Me: Um.

Sirius: He wishes she would give him a chance.

Me: Er.

Sirius: He actually cried because she rejected him.

Me: Okay.

What's wrong with me anyway? Sirius Black is telling me deep, dark Marauder secrets and all I say is "Okay."

Sirius: He still likes her even though she turned him into a frog.

Me: How do you now, can you talk to frogs or something?

Sirius: I know my best friend.

Me: I see

Sirius: He's written "Lily" all over his school books.

Me: (utterly confused.) Sirius, um, why are you telling me this?

Sirius glared at me. "Because," he said, speaking to me as though I were a little kid or whatever, "I'm James' best friend, and you're Lily's best friend. You're supposed to pass this on to Lily so that James and Lily can get together. That way, I won't have to hear James go on about why Lily won't go out with him.

Me: And I won't have to hear Lily rant on about how stupid he is.

Sirius: Exactly.

Fine then. I'll just mention this info to Lily and she'll go running into James' arms. I'm so sure. Dream on, Sirius, Lily and James can't possibly get together. Why does everyone think that it would be so cool? They would get together, James would annoy Lily, Lily would dump James, James would be broken hearted, and Lily would feel bad but be too proud to take him back. Believe me, I know my friends.

Later, History of Magic

Another note from Jewel concerning James and Lily.

Alice,

Remember that note I sent you two days ago? Wouldn't it be awesome if we got Lily and James together? They would be SO cute!

Iris.

This is what I'm sending back:

Iris,

I don't know, maybe Lily will feel like we're a conspiracy or whatever.

Alice

Iris sits right behind me, so it's easy to pass notes in History of Magic. Lily sits next to me, and Stacy sits next to Iris, behind Lily.

Oh, no, here's her reply:

Alice,

Just because you and Frank aren't together doesn't mean that you should stop Lily from finding true happiness. I know that deep, deep, down she actually loves him, and the special attention he gives her. Just because you might not understand the inner workings of Lily's mind doesn't mean that you should disagree with those who do. So just help me and Stacy get them together, okay?

Now listen, here's the plan: Friday night- that's the day after tomorrow, by the way, I come to Lily and tell her that Professor Binns wants to talk to her about her grades. Then we walk down to the history of Magic classroom- the long way, so that we'll stop by the broom cupboard. There you and Stacy will be. You will open it, and Stacy will push her in. We close it, and lock it. Then, Sirius comes up to James and tells him that the Hufflepuff quidditch captain wants to talk with him about an upcoming game in front of that same cupboard (I already talked to Sirius about this, he and Remus both agreed to help.) As soon as they get there, Remus opens the door and Sirius shoves James in. We lock it again, and they should start making out or something, see, it's brilliant!

Iris

That probably won't work. Lily would NEVER forgive us for locking her into a cupboard with James. But if I tell Iris I won't help, SHE'LL never forgive me, so I guess I have no choice. Lily is a very forgiving person anyway.

Why did the Sorting Hat put me in Gryffindor if I can't even stand up to my own friends?

I mean, seriously.

Gryffindor Common Room

Sirius just returned from the Hospital Wing. He was visiting James, who, by the way, is still a frog. Lily looks very guilty and is working on her potions essay so she doesn't have to meet the marauders eyes. Stacy is doodling all over her DADA book, and Iris is telling Remus that he looks way to pale, and "Have you ever considered the Under Eye charm? It takes away those awful bags under your eyes."

Iris uses a million charms every morning to make herself look nice. And she does. Look nice, I mean.

Ugh, time for the second night of detention. Sirius said that he would bring butterbeer this time.

A/N: And a HUGE thank to my first reviewers- Tufstuf, EboniteEvans, ginny-luna, Queenoffrootloops, Wicked Wheat Chex and quidditchgirlie! I love you all! Sorry for taking so long to update!

Oh, and Lady Avada and Lady Avada's friend- I'm awfully sorry about that. It was just me getting mixed up with names and other things. But everything is fixed now!