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A/N: Oh my god! I'm so sorry for not updating in like forever but I had such awful writer's block on this story and I know that's not really an excuse but I'm mostly over it now and I updated so…yeah. So yeah, here's the next chapter!

Oh and it's nighttime out.

Chapter 8: The Sleepover

"Guys, which pair of pajamas do you think look best on me?" Lexi asked holding up a blue tank top and gray sweat pants and a purple tank top and white sweatpants. Lily grinned mischievously.

"Don't you mean, which pair do you think Sirius will like best on you?" Lexi flushed as Nikki and Lily burst out laughing.

"No! I do not like Sirius like that!" Lily waved her hand dismissively.

"Yeah, sure you don't. And the purple looks best. It matches your hair." Lexi turned to the mirror and held up the purple tank top. It did indeed match the purple streaks through her straight brown hair. It also brought out her dark blue eyes. Lexi smiled.

"You're right, of course. Alright Nikki, your turn." Nikki stepped up holding a white tank top and happy bunny pants and a pink tank top with hello kitty pants. Lily thought for a minute before pointing to the hello kitty outfit.

"Pink always looks good with blonde hair." Nikki smiled causing her brown eyes to light up.

"Thanks Lily! What would we do without you?"

"Probably walk around naked, because you can't decide what to wear." Lexi burst out laughing, while Nikki flushed slightly.

"Okay Lily, your turn!" Lily sat back.

"I already have my pajamas." She held up a green tank top and black sweat pants. Lexi shook her head and Nikki walked out of the closet holding a large t-shirt and plaid pants. Lily's eyes widened in horror.

"These look much more comfortable." Lily shook her head.

"I can't wear those." The two girls looked confused.

"What? Why not? It's not like they clash with your hair or anything." Lily mumbled something incoherent. "What did you just say?"

"Thosearen'tmypajamas."

"Could you try that again?"

"Those aren't my pajamas." Lexi and Nikki smiled mischievously.

"Oh, really? Well then whose are they?" Lexi asked, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Jms."

"What?"

"Jam's"

"Sorry you're going to have to speak up." Nikki said, smiling evilly.

"They're James' okay!" Both girls burst out laughing.

"You…kept…his…pajamas!" Lexi said in between giggle fits.

"They were comfortable all right! It's no big deal!" Nikki and Lexi continued to laugh while Lily sulked dejectedly.

Then Nikki let out a shriek as something hit the window. Lily rolled her eyes and got up from her seat on the bed. She walked to the window and opened it. Then she jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding a stone that came flying at her.

"What is it with you and trying to hit me in the face with rocks?" Lily said, resting her arms on the windowsill, leaning out. James grinned sheepishly from the other window.

"Well, I didn't hit you. You gotta give me credit for that." Lily rolled her eyes again.

"What do you want?"

"Sirius wants you to bring over a movie." Lily giggled.

"You're not serious."

"No, I'm not. I'm James." Lily rolled her eyes. "But yes, he does want you to bring over a movie."

"He does realize that both Lexi and Nikki are going to be there, right?"

"Uh, hold on. Let me check." James' head disappeared from the window. A moment later his head reappeared, and he was smiling.

"He knows. He wants you to bring the one about the fish girl over."

"The Little Mermaid?"

"That's the one!" Lexi and Nikki burst out laughing, and Lily giggled slightly.

"All right then. If Sirius really wants me to bring that over."

"He does."

"Fine. We'll be over in a few." James disappeared from the window and Lily closed hers and turned to a hysterically laughing Lexi and Nikki. Lily smiled, and went downstairs to get the movie.

When she got back upstairs, Lexi and Nikki were waiting patiently for her.

"Since when is Sirius into Disney movies?"

"Since I caught him crying at the end of Beauty and the Beast." Lexi and Nikki burst into another giggle fit.

"You are not serious!"

"No, last time I checked I was Lily." Lexi and Nikki groaned, at the extremely old joke. "But yes, he really was crying at the end. Remus can vouch for that." Another giggle fit consumed the girls.

"This is so going under the category of blackmail." Lexi said, a maniacal smile spreading across her face.

Just then another stone hit the window, and the girls shrieked in surprise. Lily opened the window and jumped back as a stone came flying at her. It whizzed past her head as she walked towards the open window.

"That's the third time that's happened!" She grumbled at James. He flashed her a guilty smile.

"Yeah, but I haven't hit you yet." Lily sighed.

"Alright, so what do you want now?"

"Are you guys coming over soon?" James whined.

"We're on our way. Give us like ten minutes."

"But Lilllllyyyyyyy! I'm hungry!" James whined pitifully leaning on the windowsill.

"So eat something!" She said exasperatedly. James sighed pathetically.

"But Mum won't let us eat anything until you get over here!"

"Well, then wait until we get over there!"

"But I'm hungry nowwwww!"

"Well, if you didn't keep interrupting us we'd be over there by now!"

"But I had to tell you how hungry I am so that you'd hurry up! Lilllyyyy! I'm really really hungry!"

Lily growled and turned away from the window and Nikki handed her the rock that had landed in her lap, from James' last toss. Lily came back towards the window and chucked it at James' head.

However, years of Quidditch kept James' reflexes quick, and so he ducked the small rock easily. Sirius, on the other hand, was not so lucky. He did not have as quick reflexes and did not have the advantage of seeing the rock coming, as he was too busy stuffing his face with popcorn.

"OUCH!" He shouted as the rock hit him in the back of the head, spitting popcorn everywhere. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" He yelled, hopping around the room, and holding the back of his head.

"Sirius! We were supposed to save the food! And how come you got to eat some, when I'm starving and I can't eat any!" James half-whined, half-shouted at the hopping Sirius.

Lily shut the window laughing and packed the pajamas that she had originally chosen into a bag and then went into the bathroom to get her hairbrush. Nikki and Lexi shared a mischievous look and quickly swapped her pajamas for James's. Lily reentered the bedroom, threw her hairbrush into the bag and closed it up without noticing the swap. Nikki and Lexi shared a look of triumph. The girls' dragged their bags down the stairs and Lily got the movie that Sirius wanted, provoking more giggles from the trio.

One by one they called their goodbyes to Mrs. Evans, and trooped out the door to James's house. When they got there, they were greeted by an exuberant Mrs. Potter, followed swiftly by the three boys who immediately commandeered their bags and practically flew up the stairs, leaving the girls standing in the hallway, looking at their now empty arms in shock. Mrs. Potter shrugged.

"The boys must be hungry." Lily laughed, and led the way up the stairs, as she was the only one of the girls who knew the way.

They found the boys in the Entertainment Room, busy stuffing their faces with all manner of junk food. The table on which the snacks rested, looked an awful lot like a warzone. Lily wrinkled her nose at the display, but Lexi strode forward and pushed the boys out of the way, swiftly righting toppled bowls and straightening everything up so that it once again looked appetizing. Then the girls took their turn.

James sulked slightly, at the loss of his food privileges, but Sirius was soon distracted by the flurry of activity that embodied all six of them getting ready for bed. The girls and boys scattered, Nikki and Lexi going to a guest room, while Sirius and Remus stayed behind to set up the sleeping bags, as they were already in their pajamas. James, who had set up shop once more at the food table, noticed Lily kneeling absolutely still in front of her overnight bag, staring at the contents in horror.

"Lily, are you all right?" Lily snapped her jaw shut and looked up at James grimly.

"I'm going to kill them." James looked slightly frightened.

"Who?"

"Lexi and Nikki, the devious little witches." James sighed in relief.

"Um, why?" Lily blushed.

"They switched the pajamas I packed."

"So? They're still your pajamas. It's no big deal. And if they're really horrible or something you can just borrow another pair of mine." Lily sighed.

"That's the problem." James looked at her, confused.

"I don't get it."

"They packed your pajamas for me to wear."

"Where did they get a pair of my pajamas?"

"My closet," Lily admitted. "I had them since you lent them to me before."

"Oh. Well… Look if it makes you uncomfortable you can go back and get a pair of your own. It's not like it's a long walk or anything." Lily looked surprised, but smiled.

"No, it's fine. Just as long as you don't mind." James shrugged, waved her off to the guest room where the other two girls were changing, and returned to his food. Lily smiled and went to get changed.

Nikki reentered the room first and noticed that the boys had set up everyone's sleeping bags in pairs, and looked at Remus questioningly. He blushed and shrugged and sat down on the one with his name embroidered into the front. Nikki, also blushing, sat on her purple sleeping bag, conveniently situated right next to his.

Lexi and Sirius, quickly engrossed in the movie, slithered into their respective, adjacent sleeping bags without acknowledging the proximity between them. But Lily, who entered just after Lexi and who was seated next to James at the food table, smiled as she saw Sirius take Lexi's hand in his own. Nikki, too, it seemed had gotten over her initial embarrassment and had her own hand intertwined with Remus's.

James was also, Lily saw, looking at his friends with a fond smile. Lily handed him a piece of cake, which he looked at warily, making her laugh. But after a brief assurance that it wasn't charmed, he quickly inhaled it.

"So…" James started.

"So?" Lily asked.

"So, I guess we won't have to implement Plan Getting the Idiots Together, will we?" He said gesturing to their friends. Lily smiled.

"No, I guess not. They seem to have realized everything pretty well on their own."

"Still, it would have been fun, you know, making them notice the love between them."

"I guess." Lily shrugged.

"No, it would've! With your creativity and my practice in toeing the line, we could have seriously pranked them for a good long while, until they opened their eyes," James insisted. Lily blushed at the compliment.

"If you say so," Lily shrugged again. James got a determined glint in his eye.

"Look, what say you and I prank them anyway. You know, as a sort of 'you finally got it, hooray' prank. Then I can prove to you what a great team we'd be."

"Oh alright," Lily grinned. "We'll do it when we get back to school. Let's say the second week?"

"Great! It's a date!" Lily's smile grew pink once more, as James spluttered slightly at what he had said, but neither acknowledged the word that hung heavy between them.

"Oi!" Sirius shouted, causing Lily and James to jump in surprise. "Are you two gonna stuff your face all night or come join the party?" James grinned and got up, holding out his hand to Lily.

"My dear Lillian, would you do me the honor of letting me escort you to your bag of sleep?" Lily laughed, and accepted his hand.

"Of course dear sir," James smiled and they walked over to their sleeping bags. Once they were snuggled in, James shut off the lights with three claps. Lily grinned at him in the soft light of the television.

But as both turned their eyes to the television, that paralyzing word bounced around and around in their heads. Date?

A/N: So what do you think?

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