Here we are, then.

Lily's notes are in italic

Sirius is in bold.

And James is in underlined

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Meant to Be

(Or Seven Minutes in Heaven

Part II)

The bell rang for first lesson. A rather disgruntled Lily Evans walked into History of Magic. Her lips were chapped from a rather passionate seven minutes of kissing, the previous evening. She could feel her lips and body longing for the touch of the stranger she had been so intimately acquainted with the last night. That morning she was on a mission. Find Sirius Black and discover the identity of said lover.

She sat down next to her friends. "Lily, you made it," one of them said.

"So it would seem," she said in a tone that she had picked up from Severus Snape, while they were still friends. Checking to see that Binns had not entered the classroom, she walked over to Sirius' desk.

He was leaning casually back on two legs of the chair, his ankles rested on top of the desk. He was sitting with his latest girlfriend. A blonde girl with blue eyes and curls. He had his arms around her possessively.

"Ah, Evans, Darling…" he greeted.

She frowned, "Darling?"

"Little habit I picked up from Prongs, you see pet names are so… attractive," he told her, raising an eyebrow. The girl next to him nodded in agreement.

Lily meanwhile ignored the comment. "Where's your mates?" she asked.

"Still in breakfast," he replied. "I came up here for some much needed snogging."

"Sirius, I'm not interested in your love life," she told him. "I have a question to ask you."

"Well it seems you are very interested in my love life if you're gonna ask me that," he teased. "But I'm sorry, I don't think Prongs would approve."

"I'm not going to ask you that!" Lily said indignantly. "I want to ask you about last night."

"Oh," Sirius said. "What do you wanna know?"

"Who my partner was…" she trailed off, fiddling nervously with her fingers.

"Why… what're you gonna do with him?" Sirius asked, frowning.

"I'm not sure," she breathed. "Either hex him for being so bold or snog him within an inch of his life."

"I can't tell you, Lily," Sirius said.

"What?" she asked, "why the hell not!?"

"You see the game rules clearly stated you could know once you came downstairs. You chose not to know," Sirius replied coldly.

"Sirius…"

He cut her off. "Besides we're no longer playing the game."

James came over, "what's going on?"

"Black, I hate you!" she snapped, "there was never a rule that I couldn't know later!"

"Sorry, love, I just made one," he called as she stormed off.

"Try not to upset her, Sirius," James said, "I don't need any more reasons for her to hate me."

"True, Prongs," Sirius laughed.

"What did she want to know?" James asked, sitting down next to his best mate.

"Who her partner was in our little game last night," Sirius raised his eyebrows at him.

"You didn't tell her?" James smiled.

"No," Sirius confirmed, "you want me to tell her?"

"I don't know," James said. "What does she have in mind?"

"What do you mean?" Sirius frowned.

"What does she want to do to me?" James asked.

"She said, either hex you for being so bold… or snog you within an inch of you life," Sirius told him.

"Wow!" James said. "I want you to tell her mate."

"What!? What if she hexes you?" Sirius asked.

"That's a risk I'm willing to take," James said.

"Prongs…" Sirius said, "are you serious?"

"No, you are." He rolled his eyes. "Yes, Padfoot, I am."

"You're mad!" Sirius said. "She'll hex you, mate."

"Yeah, but if there's a slight chance she'll snog me, it's one I've gotta take," James said softly.

Sirius looked at him, "I'll go and dig your grave then."

"Sirius…" James warned. "Just tell her."

"Okay," Sirius concurred.

He grabbed some parchment and scribbled a note. He watched the professor out of the corner of his eye, before chucking the note at Lily's head.

She turned, narrowing her eyes at him. He pointed at the note, which had fallen next to her chair leg. She reached down to pick it up and read it.

Evans, do you want to know who your partner was.

She grabbed her quill. Yes, Black.

She watched him read the note, laughing with James as he shared her answer.

Ah, ah, Evans, ask nicely. Sirius grinned at her.

Nicely, Black. She replied.

Sirius wiggled his eyebrows at her. Promise you'll snog him for me.

Maybe she laughed. Please just tell me.

Ah, okay, Evans. He grinned at James.

Black?

One minute, she thought, why was Sirius so desperate for her to snog her partner. She was sure he wasn't just being suggestive. Besides, James would kill him. She was suddenly very aware of who her partner was. No wonder Sirius was so worried what she would do to him. She gasped; she'd enjoyed kissing him too. Evans, you traitor, she thought to herself.

It was James.

The note confirmed her suspicions, and she was sure it was the truth. She bowed her head, damn. Why Merlin, why? She gazed back across the classroom, glowing read. James' eyes had gone gold with lust, behind his glasses. She blushed deeper.

Alright? James asked.

Debatable. She wrote back.

Aw! Come on! I won't bite… much. He raised an eyebrow suggestively at her.

She shook her head in amusement. Okay.

Besides, you were enjoying it, love.

Lily did not want to be discussing the matter over notes, in a lesson. Meet me at eight o'clock sharp, at the astronomy tower.

Very well, love, I look forward to it.