"I can't believe I'm actually playing this," Jane grumbled, leaning her head back to the marble wall.

"Jane, come on," Lily insisted, a big smile on her face, "It's a muggle way to get to know you're friends, I saw my sister playing it with her friends over the summer."

"You know how Lily feels about her relationship with her sister," Dorcus added much quieter, the words only heard by the female Potter, who let out an exasperated huff.

And Jane did know, having sat through multiple rants from Lily of how her sister had so many interesting things to do, how her sister was this and that and… Perhaps James' own rants about how annoying Lily's sister was affected her more. It was all too confusing, but she knew Lily didn't always feel that she could live up to her sister.

"Fine." She shook her head and wrapped her arms around her legs, resting her chin on her knees, "Oh, I don't know! What did you get on your N.E.W.T's?"

"Jane, that's so lame!" Emmeline accused giving her friend a glare, "Besides we already shared our test scores, which you would know if you weren't off in Merlin-knows-where."

"You ask a question then! There's no reason I have to start it off," Jane shot back, hitting Marlene's arm lightly.

"First kiss," Marlene announced, almost immediately a collective grumble from the girls sounded. "And just so we get started; James Potter, second year, after he helped beat the Slytherins in Quidditch."

"Marlene, why would you kiss that frog?" Lily exclaimed at the same time Jane threw her arms up in exasperation while shouting;

"My brother."

"Jane, we all know you're related," Hestia noted, lifting an eyebrow, a mischievous glint in her eye, "But you have to admit, he is quite fit."

"No. No," Jane repeated, waving her hand to emphasize her point, "My brother is nothing of the sort, as my bloody twin, he is exempt from those terms. Next."

As she sat to Marlene's left Hestia spoke next, "Abigal Evenstar, third year, I was curious."

Next was Emmeline who coughed in surprise before admitting, "Oliver Evenstar, second year, I don't actually think I had a reason."

Then Alice, which everyone had guessed, "Frank Longbottom, third year, when he –"

"Asked you out, it was so romantic," the others (Dorcus and Kennedy exempt) chorused, "We know."

While a blush quickly covered Alice's face, a similar one coloured Dorcus', though likely for a different reason as she was next with a small mumble no one could really make out.

"Could you repeat that, Dor?"

"Dante, yesterday I kissed Dante."

Jane's drifting attention snapped to the book-y girl as a grin spread across her face, "Dorcus Meadowes!"

"That is adorabl—nice." Lily stated, correcting herself at the last second and sharing a knowing glance with Jane.

Marlene gave a low whistle, and Emmeline winked, "Way to go, Meadowes."

All the while Dorcus very obviously tried to hide behind her book before Alice took pity on her, "Alright, alright! That's enough. Kennedy?"

"Sirius Black, fourth year, he was cute."

Jane resisted the urge to roll her eyes, at least it wasn't her brother, though Lily's answer came as a shock, "Peter Pettigrew," she grumbled, "Third year, I wanted to prove a point to James."

Last was Jane and during her extended silence her friends raised eyebrows and gave pointed looks, she debated lying but… She groaned and covered her face with her hands, "Lucius Malfoy."

There was a pause after her answer.

A pause that seemed to last years

But was probably only a few seconds, before a collective, "What?"

"I'm sorry," Jane didn't raise her head as Lily spoke, "Can you say that again, because I could have sworn you said that you kissed Malfoy."

"Not just that," Hestia added, "He was your first kiss?"

"Malfoy?" Dorcus murmured, tilting her head to the side, "As in, well, Malfoy?"

"Yes, yes, and yes," Jane grumbled, "Now can we all move on please?"

"Was it good?"

"Marlene!"

"What," the girl in question shrugged, "I just want to know if the 'Prince of Slytherin' is as good of a snog as his girlfriend insists."

"She's not his girlfriend—" Jane muttered, quickly realizing that was really not what she should have said, "And that is not what I meant, for the love of Rowena, get your head out of the gutter!"

"Okay," Marlene insisted, "But was he a good snog?"

Jane groaned, her answer cut off by a new voice, "Was who a good snog?"

Then it was Lily's turn to groan, waving her hand and cutting off James' next words as the rest of the Marauders caught up, Sirius leaning on his best mate's shoulder with a smirk, "What about a snog?"

"Can we please move on now?" Jane questioned, well aware of Sirius' eyes on her own as she looked back to him, then to the other three, "And what are you all doing here anyhow?"

"I just came to see my darling little sister," James replied, plopping down, conveniently between Jane and Lily. The latter practically hissing.

"We're the same age, James," Jane noted, giving him a pointed look, "And I'm three minutes older if you want to go into specifics."

"Anyhow," James continued, completely ignoring his Ravenclaw sister, "What was that about 'a good snog' and my little sister?"

Said 'little sister' rolled her eyes and smacked the back of her brother's head, she may be used to his protective streak but she didn't have to like it.

"We just talking about first kisses," Marlene drawled, twirling a piece of hair around her finger, "And how Jane's was—"

Jane's wand was out in less than a second when she knew where Marlene was going, "Silencio."

Alice had the look of an angry parent as she scolded the older Potter twin, "Jane! That was rude -"

"So was saying something like that in current company," Jane grumbled, likely the perfect picture of a scolded child.

"—and although slightly called for there were better ways to handle the situation. Now apologize and give Marlene her voice back."

"Yes, Mother," Jane grumbled, rolling her eyes before looking to Marlene and then back to Alice, "I may be rotten at charms but there are a few I've made a point to learn correctly. However the counters to those few…"

"Jane you did not!"

Lily's exclamation was muted by the howls of laughter coming from James and Sirius, Peter always following their lead gave a forced laugh not entirely understanding what was funny, and even Remus chuckled.

"I think we've just established that I did, actually," Jane murmured, biting her lip to keep from laughing herself. She was a bright witch, honestly, she was always top of the class in D.A.D.A and Transfiguration, she had a 'natural skill' for Divination if any of her teachers were to be trusted, Arithmancy and Potions came easily, she had even tutored for multiple subjects! But Charms… she had never been good at it, she had known enough to pass the written tests, but Flitwick, and her prior teachers, had all given her the same look before telling her that perhaps she should take another elective instead.

Luckily, or not so luckily, something caught the boys' attention and James was quick to call out, "Snivellus! Ever heard of a shower?"

But for once Lily wasn't the first to hit him, instead Jane smacked the back of her brother's head, "Oh, drop it, James. Severus is not that bad, and you are a damn hypocrite if you think he needs to shower. Find someone else to pick on, he is not your damn plaything."

"You're standing up for him?" James sneered, having gotten to hit feet to insult the other boy he was looking down at his sister until she stood in front of him, easily his height, with her arms crossed and an even glare on her face. "That slimy snake? Why the hell would—bloody hell, was he the one you were talking about?"

"And if he had been?" Jane challenged, never breaking their staredown.

"Then I cannot believe I'm related to you."

"Trust me, Brother, the feeling is mutual," Jane snapped, bumping into her brother forcefully as she stalked past, never stopping until she caught up to her brother's target, putting a hand on his arm to slow him.

Before James could turn his attention to something else a hard slap stung his face, his eyes quickly meeting those of one Lily Evans, "How could you say that to your own sister?"

The second she stalked off the rest of the girls were up, readying their own insults before Alice stepped forward, only one thing ended up being said before they left, "We weren't talking about him, Potter. Apologize to her."

They were siblings, they fought. They argued, they disagreed. Sometimes they couldn't be more different, but… they were still siblings, so no one was surprised when James approached his sister in her window perch. Despite the book open on her knees she still knew when he was walking in her direction and she debated ignoring him before shutting her book and crossing her arms. Even without his three constant companions hall traffic slowed and whispers grew louder. Of course the combination of both of the Potter's giving looks that quite clearly told any bystanders to get lost cleared them a relatively empty hallway.

Jane leaned against the window, raising an eyebrow when her brother didn't speak.

James let out a slow breath, biting on the inside of his cheek before he met his sister's eyes, "I'm sorry." His eyes darted to the window again and he had to take another deep breath, anyone who said talking to an angry Potter was easy was a bloody liar, "I'm sorry that I insulted Sni—Severus. It was really…"

"Idiotic? Stupid? Pointless," Jane supplied, "Hypocritical? Aimless?"

"Yeah," James admitted, scratching the back of his neck in a nervous habit, "All of those things, and probably more if you keep thinking of synonyms." Sadly his attempt at a joke fell flat, and Jane just continued to wait with an expectant expression, "And I'm sorry for insinuating that you had kissed him."

"I don't care about that, James."

"But—"

"Why do you think it would have been such a bloody bad thing for me to kiss him?"

"I-I," James shrugged, running a hand through his hair, "He's always hanging out with Lily and—"

"And you're jealous."

"I am no—"

"I'm your sister, I've dealt with you for longer than anyone else here, I know you better than our parents, James." She shook her head, James recognized the small things only a sibling could, the almost invisible signs that Jane was holding back tears, "Yet you said you couldn't believe you were related to me because of a possible snog? Because of a boy you're jealous of for no good reason? You envy that Lily enjoys his presence, but if you took Lily out of the equation… Then why in the world would you want to bother someone who's never done one bad thing to you?"

"He-!"

"What? He called you names? He gathered his friends and publicly humiliated you? He tried to get your best friend to hate you? I know I've missed things the past three years, but James for the love of Merlin; he hasn't done to you what you have to him."

James took in her words with a bowed head "I am sorry, Janey," he whispered, lifting his gaze to meet her eyes and letting out an uneven breath, "I'm so sorry about what I said, I don't know what I'd do if you weren't my sister, I know I can be a jackass, but you've always been there for me. I'm sorry, Jane. Please don't be mad?"

"I hate you," Jane stated, her brother's eyes widening, she rolled her eyes reaching out her arms and pulling her brother into a hug, "But I love you, too. Even though you are an absolute idiot."

"I am an absolute idiot," James parroted with a laugh, returning the hug and lifting his sister up in a show of strength that earned him a swat.

However the surge of pain in her head had Jane letting out a small shout before she was pulled into another memory.

Jane had been walking down the hallway slowly when arms had wrapped around her back lifting her in a circle. If it had been anyone else she would have been on the defensive but somehow Jane knew who the arms belonged to and she twisted in their embrace meeting mischievous dark green eyes. She shook her head giving her friend a smile and mussing up his hair with her hand.

"And how was Quidditch?"

"Lovely, I do believe I've been demoted."

Jane let out a light laugh, "How could you possibly have been demoted? All you do is sit on a bench and wait for someone to let you on."

George looked at her in false confusion, not able to hide his small smirk, "Is demoted different than promoted?"

"Yes, you idiot!" Jane exclaimed, wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing him tight, "That's wonderful! Now I might actually have a reason to go to one of your games."

"You're hilarious, Jane," George snarked, "Honestly, funniest person I've met."

The scene shifted and the stone halls around them shifted to one of the familiar spaces behind the quidditch stands, in front of her George changed to a light haired Slytherin.

"Malfoy, I understand that you dislike my brother, but he is not that bad," Jane defended, even in her second year she was well known for protecting her baby brother, and James was well known for getting himself into trouble, "Whatever it is you're planning, leave my brother out of it."

Lucius scoffed, taking a threatening step forward, as lanky as he had been at the time he towered over her, "Or what?"

Jane straightened her back, glaring hard enough to make the boy take the slightest movement back, "I'm not going to threaten you, it would be pointless to send you running to your 'Daddy' crying about what the mean little Potter girl did to you." The insult hit its mark and Lucius practically growled, but Jane didn't give him a chance to speak. "Whatever you do will not involve the Marauders, agreed?"

"This sounds suspiciously like a deal," Lucius countered, "So what do I get out of it?"

For a moment Jane seemed to debate this in her head, eventually shrugging, "A favour, within reason of course, when you need me I'll help you."

"Why would I ever need a blood-traitor like—"

"Which of us has the highest mark in Divination?" Jane questioned, interrupting his insult, when he didn't answer she continued, "Believe me, Malfoy, you will need my help. Leave my brother out of this and all plans to come and you'll have it."

"And if it's against your brother?"

"I did say within reason," the sarcastic Ravenclaw replied.

Like any good business-man-to-be, Lucius thought over her offer, nodding, "Fine." Before Jane turned to leave, however, Lucius caught her arm, leaning down and cupping the back of her head, planting a soft kiss on her lips before stepping away with a smirk, "To seal the deal."

"Honestly, Malfoy," Jane shook her head, a smirk of her own forming before she slipped away, "I would have kissed you if you had asked."

oh no people keep sending me headcanons and i want them allllll, expect small strange mentions

the italics are being used for memories :) sorry i didn't mention that earlier