CHAPTER TWO

They arrived at Hogsmead at 4:00. Sirius said his goodbye and went off to meet Melissa at Madame Puddifoot tea shop, and Peter dragged them over to Honeydukes, to buy the new gum called Droobles best blowing gum. They all sighed as they entered the sweet smelling shop. A huge sign towered over people in a corner of the shop sporting a flashing sign that said "DROOBLES BEST BLOWING GUM!" There were people all around it, buying it. They pushed themselves to the front of the crowd, and each grabbed a pack of it. James grabbed an extra pack for Sirius. Then roamed around the shop, looking for something else to buy. Peter got about everything from the store.

When they finally reached the door, after paying the witch, they made their way up the cobblestone street towards "The Three Broomsticks" They finally found an empty table and ordered. They all ordered Butter Beer, but had to wait, because there were so many people in the bar waiting for their own drinks. When their drinks finally arrived, Sirius slunk in, looking put out.

"What happened to you?" asked James. "Did Melissa dump you?"

"No," said Sirius as he sat down next to James. "I dumped her."

"Then what are you so sad about?" asked Remus starting his drink. (Peter had already finished his.)

"What happened?" asked James. "I thought you really liked her!"

"Well," said Sirius pulling James's drink towards him. James pulled it back.

"Then why did you dump her?" asked Remus

"Well," said Sirius thoughtfully, "She was already talking about our marriage, and it was moving to fast for my taste, so I said that we should distance for awhile, you know... So, she put a charm on me that made me really depressed..."

"So you weren't actually sad about breaking up with her, you were just sad because you were under a spell!" said Peter after a while.

"Thanks for stating the obvious, Wormtail." said James.

"But I don't feel as depressed anymore!" said Sirius suddenly, "So lets go get some of that new gum from Honeydukes!"

"No way," said Remus. "We already got you some. That shop was soooooo crowded, and I am not going in it again.

"I've got an idea!" said James. "I'm going to go get Lily a flower, so that next time I ask her out, I can give her something!"

"OK." said Sirius. "lets all try the new gum from Honeydukes now!"

James reached into his bag and pulled out two packs of gum. He gave one to Sirius, and opened one for himself. The four of them made their way towards the flower shop called "The Pink Lily".

"I love the name of that shop." said James. "It reminds me of Lily!"

"Lets go in." said James. They all walked into the store, and to their surprise, they saw Snape in the shop to!

James walked purposely to the other side of the shop, as if he was scared to go close to Snape. He selected a very pretty purple lily, and paid the witch five galleons. When they got outside, James bewitched the flower, so that it wouldn't wilt. Then bewitched it to glitter in the sun.

"Do you like it?" asked James

"Yeah, it's cool!" said Sirius absentmindedly stroking his pants.

"Hey you guys," said Remus "Tomorrow's full moon..."

Sirius suddenly looked up. "Excellent!" he cried

"Why didn't you tell us before?" asked James

"Well, I didn't know whether you would want to come with me... I mean, if you don't want to come with me, I'd completely understand..." said Remus

"Don't be silly Moony!" said Sirius. "You know we love coming with you! It's cool!"

"Maybe for you," mumbled Remus. " But to me, it's pain."

"But we help you, don't we?" asked James

"Of course you do!" exclaimed Remus. "But I just don't want you to get in trouble, that's all."

"You know us, Moony," said Sirius. "Hard to catch!"

"We should get going, shouldn't we?" asked Sirius

"Yeah, ok." said Remus. They then noticed that James wasn't with them.

"Come on Prongs! We can't stay here all day!" said Sirius.

"I'll meet you guys in the castle. I uh, have something I have to do..." said James

Sirius then spotted Lily, and knew that he would want to go and talk to him.

"Meet you in the common room..." said Sirius. They left.

James walked over to where Lily was sitting with her friends.

"Hi Lily." said James

"Oh," she said. "hi." her friends giggled.

"How are you?" he asked

"Fine" she said

"Want to come for a walk with me?" he asked

"Ok." she said. "See you guys later." she said to her friends.

They walked around Hogsmead, until they reached the Shrieking Shack.

"Hey Lily." said James

"Yeah?"

"I got you something..."

"You did? Oh thanks!" she said.

"Here it is." he gave her the flower.

"Oh it's so pretty James!" she hugged him.

"You know James." she said.

"Your not that bad. I've been watching you lately, and you really are becoming a better person."

"Really?" he asked her

"Yeah..."

"You want to go out with me then?" he asked

"Yeah, okay."

Then, suddenly, he reached out and kissed her. But to his surprise, she didn't stop him! They kept on kissing for what seemed an hour to him, but he didn't care, this was what he wanted for years! He had finally reached his goal.

When they finally broke apart, he found his voice back.

"I really like you Lily," said James

"And I really like you." she said.

"We should get going, though, or my friends will get worried." said Lily blushing furiously.

"Yeah." said James

They walked away, and when they finally reached her friends, he said goodbye. Then ran up to the castle. He couldn't wait to tell hi friends!