Disclaimer: If I were J.K. Rowling, my brother wouldn't be sitting here with a plastic army on.

A/N: This chapter takes place at James's house. Italics are people's thoughts, parentheses are my thoughts, and the POV changes.

Chapter 2: Dinner At the Potter's

Lily's POV

"Mom! I already know James from school, can't I just wear jeans and a nice shirt?"

"Now Lily, you want to make a good impression on Mrs. Potter, don't you?"

Actually, I could really care less if it's stupid bloody Potter's mother. But that's not what I said.

"Mom, if Mrs. Potter has a problem with the way I dress, when she raised James, I think she has serious issues." I laughed to myself thinking of James's complete disregard for any and every rule. No, you are not thinking of Potter as James. That would be just wrong!

"Fine honey! I don't care! Where whatever the hell you want to! I just give up! But if James is in a tux, you are marching straight home to put on a dress, you got that!"

"Yes Mum!"

Oh my gosh! What if James, Argh, I mean Potter, is wearing a tux? There is no way in hell that I am wearing a dress over there!

A loud tapping on her window interrupted her thoughts. She opened it and had to dodge a pebble that came flying at her face.

"Oi!"

"Lily? Lily is that you?" James's voice called into the night.

"Who else would it be? Santa Clause? And what was up with the rock you threw at me?"

"I didn't hurt you did I? I just needed to get your attention."

"You didn't hurt me, just missed my nose. Now you have my attention, so what do you want?" I snapped, the hardness in my voice apparently shocking him into silence. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. I've just been trying to convince my mum not to make me wear a dress for the last half hour and then got a pebble thrown at my face. I'm just a little cranky is all. So James," I said in a much cheerier voice, "what is it that you want?"

"So you're not wearing a dress?" James asked happily.

"Not unless you're wearing a tux, 'cause if you are then my mum says I have to come back home and change."

"Hold on a sec," he said and walked away from the window. I heard him yell something downstairs, and he came back with a triumphant look on his face.

"What was that all about?" I asked.

"My mum wanted me to wear a tux, but I said that there was nothing on Earth that could make me wear a tux to dinner. I've been arguing with her all day. She just gave in 'cause you weren't wearing a dress." I laughed. Parents can be so alike sometimes.

"So Lily," James started, "do you really have your nose and bellybutton pierced?"

"Yah, why? Do you have a problem with that or something?"

"Oh no," He sounds innocent. That's a bad sign. "You just have to promise to show me."

"The stud in the nose you can't miss, but there is no way I am lifting up my shirt for you. Nice try though." He laughed.

"Oh well. It was worth a try."

"Lily!" yelled my mum, "we have to be over there in fifteen minutes! Are you ready?"

"Got to go. My mum's freaking out. Seriously, you'd think we were going to meet the queen or something." I laughed and shut the window.

Was I just having a good time with James Potter? Hmm. Maybe dinner won't be so bad after all.

Fifteen minutes later:

My mum is so nervous. I told her to chill a second ago, but she gave me a look fit to kill. We walked up the steps and she rang the doorbell. Mrs. Potter came to the door and she didn't look anything like James. She looked really kind, like she'd be a mother to anyone if they asked. She also looked like if she ever got mad you were doomed. Then James came down the stairs.

He looks really good. Almost, (dare I say it), hot!

Then we were ushered into the dining room.

James's POV

I just finished getting ready when the doorbell rang. I walked down the stairs and saw Lily meeting my mum.

She looks so pretty!

"Come on James," remonstrated my mum as she ushered Lily and Mrs. Evans into the dining room. "You know," she whispered, "you never mentioned that this girl had her nose pierced!"

"I didn't know. She just got it done this summer. I don't see how that's a problem."

"It's not!" she hissed. "I just wasn't expecting it is all."

I smiled and walked into the dining room. I sat down across from Lily. She looked nervous. She's pretty when she's nervous. Hell, she's pretty all the time! My mom came in then, with a big tray of food and my thoughts on Lily ended there.

Lily watched me as I stuffed my face unceremoniously. I could tell she was trying not to laugh. I looked at her questioningly and she pointed discretely to her nose. I still didn't get it, so she tried again. She pointed to me then her nose. I still didn't get it. Finally, she laughed and got up. She came around the table, picked up my napkin and wiped off my nose. Then she sat down. Her mum and my mum burst out laughing. Lily told me later that I turned the color of her hair.

"So Minny (James's mom) Lily tells me that James is quite the prankster. How do you handle it at home?" My mum laughed.

"He's not that bad until Sirius comes to stay. He's coming tomorrow right dear?" I nodded. "You know Sirius don't you Lily?" She said she did. Then the timer sounded from the kitchen. "Oh the roast!" my mum said and hurried into the kitchen.

"I'll go help her," Lily's mum volunteered, leaving Lily and me alone. I cocked an eyebrow at her.

"Whaddya reckon?" I asked. Lily laughed at me. "What?" I asked, and reached instinctively up to my nose. Why is she laughing at me now? Lily laughed harder.

"Can't you…see what…they're try…try…trying to do?" Her face was bright pink now.

"No, but would you be so kind as to enlighten me?" I asked politely. This just made Lily laugh harder. I slouched down, crossed my arms over my chest and pouted. If she didn't want to tell me, well that was just fine.

Lily's POV

I managed to get myself under control, when I looked over and saw him pouting. I giggled a little, and then went over and sat next to him.

"James," he turned away from me. "James I'm sorry. It wasn't fair of me to laugh at you like that. I heard my mum on the telephone with yours earlier this morning. Your mum was worried that you were to obsessed with this one girl and they decided to try and set us up." James turned and looked at me. His eyes smiled but his face stayed indignant. "Little did they know, I've been the girl you've been obsessing over. It was a nice thought on their part though."

"They should just butt out," he said, but I could tell he didn't mean it.

"They just care about us is all. Now, I think we should make-up so that they think that they did a good thing."

"Can we kiss and make up?" James asked hopefully. I laughed.

"No! But I'll give you a hug if it will make you feel better." He grinned. I gave him a hug and went to pull away but he wouldn't let go.

"James, let go."

"No. I like you this way. I have you exactly where I want you!"

"James, I really am sorry about this." I stomped hard on his foot. Then I retreated to the other side of the table.

"Oh you will pay for that!" He threw mashed potatoes and they hit my shoulder.

"You. Did not. Just do that," I said and then threw a whole potato at him. It splattered when it hit him and most of it clung to his shirt. He threw corn at me and it went down my shirt.

"You are so dead!" I shrieked, and lunged at him. He was ready for me though, and picked me up and put me over his shoulder. I shoved mashed potatoes down the back of his shirt and he put some on my butt. Then he started to spin around.

"What is going on here!" a voice said from the kitchen door. It was James's mum. Our smiles immediately faded and James mumbled something along the lines of "She started it…really sorry…no disrespect meant."

"James," Mrs. Potter's voice sounded strained and tired. "Put Lily down. Now!" I was placed roughly on the floor.

"Why don't you two go upstairs and change out of those messy clothes, while I clean things up, and me and Mrs. Evans try and finish dinner. Lily dear," she turned to me, "you can borrow some of James's things. James, don't do anything else stupid while our guest is here, please?"

James and I left the room. I followed him upstairs. He went into his room, rummaged around a bit and came out with a baggy t-shirt and some plaid pajama bottoms. I went into the bathroom and changed. James's things were comfortable. They smell like him. I thought, and then hit myself for thinking it. I couldn't like James, I just couldn't.

After I finished changing, I went back to James's room. I knocked on the door and he let me in. I sat down on the edge of his bed. He seemed to like this arrangement because he smiled and sat down next to me.

"So this is your room, huh?" I asked.

"Yup."

"Somehow, I pictured it messier." He smiled mischeiviously, and I knew I'd said the wrong thing.

"You pictured my room Lily?"

"Not like that you idiot. I just meant, you seemed to be a messy room kind of person, not at all semi-organized, like this."

"Oh and I suppose you're rooms spotless is it?" I laughed.

"Not spotless, no. More like an organized mess. I know the vicinity of everything and that's good enough for me." He laughed. I liked the sound of his laugh.

We talked and talked late into the night, with each passing hour getting more comfortable on the bed until we were just barely whispering to each other. I don't know when I fell asleep, all I know is that I did and I was woken by none other than Sirius Black.

Sirius's POV

I couldn't take my mum's screaming anymore so I set off for the Potter's early in the morning. When I got there I figured I'd just go in and surprise James. I'd long since had a key. I dumped my stuff by the door and snuck up the stairs.

As I came to the door of his room, I heard snoring, so I figured he must be asleep. This is going to be fun.

I burst into the room and turned on the light, expecting to find James asleep. What I found however, was so alarming, I was thrown off my guard.

"Lily! James!" Both of them shot awake and jumped to other sides of the room. I realized that Lily was wearing James's pajamas. I grinned mischeiviously at the pair of them.

"I'm owling Remmy!" I stated triumphantly, and I ran out of the room ignoring their spluttering and protesting. This is going to be one hell of a summer.

A/N: What will Remus say about the two of them? Will Sirius ever let them live what didn't happen down? Review and find out. Don't review and live in tormented suspense for the rest of your life. It's your choice.