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Thanks to all who reviewed, and thanks to Faxness-Fan48 for all the suggestions and constructive critisism.

And special thanks to Amy and Jess, who continue to support me!! huggles everybuddy

A/N: I know that in Chapter 2, I should have made Frank say, "I'm in," too, but I goofed. I am only human. Please use your imagination and pretend he said it. Thank you and have a nice day.

Chapter 3

"98...99...100! Okay, ready or not, here I come," James said brightly, sprinting out of the Common Room and heading down the stairs. If he knew Sirius Black, he would probably be on the 6th floor, seeing as it was the closest one to the 7th.
"Oh, Sirius, come out, come out," James taunted once he was on the 6th floor. He looked around for a moment, but didn't see any sign of Sirius anywhere. Everything looked exactly like it should. He didn't feel like wasting time looking for Sirius, so he continued down the stairs.

Sirius, hearing James on the stairs, popped his head out of the bathroom he had been hiding in. He grinned, and, making sure James was gone, ran up to the 7th floor and waited, leaning against the wall.

Remus panted as he stood behind a tapestry on the 5th floor, rubbing his forearm. As he had been looking for a hiding spot, he had tripped over a suit of armor, knocking it over into another one. Both suits had grumbled angrily as he tried to set them right. Just when he thought he had both of them up right, one fell over onto his arm. By the time he had both suits of armor set up right, he knew James must be done counting, so he just hid behind a tapestry. A few moments later, he could hear James coming down to the 5th floor, so he tried to be as quiet as he could.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are," James said, walking onto the 5th floor. Remus froze behind the tapestry, trying to ignore the sudden urge he had to sneeze.

James walked around a little bit, not noticing that one of the tapestries had a large person-shaped bulge in it. Behind that same tapestry, Remus had his eyes closed and his hand over his nose, trying not to sneeze.

James sighed, giving up, and was about to head for the 4th floor, when he heard a loud sneeze. He spun around and saw a tapestry moving. He ran up to it and threw it back, to see Remus.

"Dang it," Remus said. "Stupid sneeze." James laughed.

"C'mon, Moony, let's go find everyone else and let them know that you're it," James said.

"We might as well start on the 7th floor, because Sirius was hiding on the 6th," Remus said, stopping James from walking down the stairs to the 4th floor.

"Are you serious?!" James exclaimed. "I looked there!" Remus laughed.

"Apparently, you didn't look very good, because he was there." James sighed and followed Remus to the 7th floor, where they saw Sirius leaning against the wall, grinning.

"About time you two showed up," he said.

"Whatever, Paddy," James said irritably. "Let's just go find the others. I'll go down to the Entrance Hall, Paddy, you look in the library, and Moony, you look on the other floors. Tell them that Moony's already it and to come to the Common Room."

And with that, they seperated. James sped down the stairs, eager to find out what clever place Lily had hidden in. When he reached the Entrance Hall, he went straight to the Great Hall, where a few late-risers were still eating. As soon as he walked in, he saw Tifa and Aria hiding in a corner.

"It's okay," he yelled to them, making people stare. "I've already gotten Moony. He's it, so c'mon."

"Should we trust him?" Tifa asked apprehensively.

"If he's lying to us, then we'll just refuse to be it," Aria said simply, standing up and following James out of the Great Hall.

"You two go on up, I'm gonna look for the others down here," he said once they had caught up to him. They nodded and ran up the stairs.

Mohalia, hearing him, slowly made her way out from behind the hourglasses and walked up behind him, where he had his back turned to her and was looking around. She threw her arms around his neck and said, in her most seductive voice (which isn't saying much), "Hey, baby,".

James spun around, making Mohalia lift her legs off the floor to avoid behind dragged to the ground. Now, Mohalia had her arms around his neck and they were facing each other, with about 5 inches between their faces. James just stood there, shocked, and Mohalia quickly closed the space between them, kissing him.

Finally, James snapped out of it. "What the hell are you doing, Mohalia?!" he said, pushing her away. She grinned maliciously.

"C'mon, Jamsie, you know you want me," she said, trying to wrap her arms around him again.

"No, I don't," James said, pushing her off again and turning away. He quickly ran up the stairs, and Mohalia followed him closely. Once they had both reached the 7th floor and said the password ("Truffles") the the Fat Lady, they walked inside the Common Room to see everyone but Lily was already there. He also vaguely noted that Frank had something that looked remarkably like lipstick on the top of his lip, and that he and Alice were sitting awfully close...

"Where's Lily?" James asked concernedly.

"Erm...We thought she'd be with you, mate," Sirius said.

"Well, she's not, and I didn't see her in the Entrance Hall," James said, now starting to panic.

"Calm down, James," Aria said in a calming voice. "She's probably still in her hiding spot. Nothing to worry about. We should probably just keep playing, because eventually someone will find her. Don't be so paranoid."

James nodded, but was still worried. He had already decided that if Lily didn't turn up next round, he was going to get the Marauder's Map out and find her. But he didn't say anything else about it, and walked out with the rest of them as Remus counted to 100.

Mohalia followed Tifa and Aria into the library, Sirius hid on the 4th floor, Frank and Alice stayed on the 6th floor, and James walked all the way down to the Entrance Hall. He just couldn't help feeling that she was down here. He walked around and around, knowing that it wouldn't matter if he hid or not, since no one in their right mind would look all the way down here.

"Lily?" he called loudly. "C'mon, Lily, come out!".

Lily, still frozen in her awkward position, heard James calling her, but couldn't say anything. C'mon, James, she urged in her mind. Just open the door. I'm right here. Man, what she would give to have telepathy, or something like that.

James sighed exasperatedly and leaned against a broom cupboard door.

Lily's heart leapt as she heard something hit the door, but after another few minutes of silence, she got discouraged. Why couldn't someone just open the stupid door?

A/N: I might update one more time before I leave, but after that, you'll have to wait a few days. Please review!!!!!!