A/N: Amenti, opalshine, Whitelight72, ReadingRobyn, whiskeygurl007, and Roki, thanks for the reviews they were sweet, keep reading! So, we've made it to chapter three. Sorry to disappoint you all, but the date isn't 'till next chapter; this one has some funny stuff in it though.

The boys woke up tired and sore. Peter had already escaped to breakfast, seeing as they woke up very late. They took their showers and dressed, talking about what they had discussed last night and what they were doing tonight, the full moon having arrived now.

"You know we can't let him out of the Shack tonight, right? Not with all those people in Hogsmeade, not on a Saturday, never," said James seriously.

"I agree. Keep me in the Shack tonight. I don't want anyone getting hurt, okay?" said Remus thoughtfully.

"Okay, sounds good," said Sirius. "What about Lily? You know she'll want to know what's going on every step of the way."

"Leave her the map," said James. "Speaking of the map, where is it?" They began searching the dorm, interrupted by a sharp knock on the door. James opened the door and Lily stood there, map blank in her hand. "Where'd you get that?" he asked, eyeing her suspiciously. She handed it to him and he slipped it in his pocket. He was wearing a pair of slightly ripped jeans that were faded at he knees, obviously worn and a white t-shirt that clung to his muscled chest, subtly hinting at it. Lily, although not too used to liking being around James, liked his clothes.

"You three pinheads left it down in the dorm last night," she said jokingly. "I found it when I went to see if you had gone to bed yet. It was in plain sight, open and everything. What would you do if someone found it?"

"I don't know," said Sirius, walking past the doorway.

"Where's Peter?" asked Lily, looking inside the room.

"Left already, he's probably elbow deep in his fifth helpings by now," answered Sirius with a barking laugh.

"Well, James, the headmaster wants to see us. We'd better go then right?"

"Yeah, I guess," answered James, leaning forward to kiss her cheek. She grabbed his hand and pulled him out the door and down the steps, opened the portrait hole and fumbled out.

"What's Dumbledore want?" asked James warily.

"Don't know. McGonagall came and got me when I was sitting in the common room and said he wanted to talk to us two. She also said something about how she hopes our relationship won't interfere with duties and how happy the headmaster will be about this. Remember, ever since first year he was pushing us together," said Lily, shaking her head. James laughed and they kept walking, holding hands the whole way. When they climbed the enchanted staircase to his office, Lily called to mind the last time she was sent here.

It was in her fifth year and she was called to act as a witness for something James and Sirius had gotten themselves into. They were picking on Severus Snape, as usual, and ended up hurting him badly enough to send him crying to a teacher. Lily was the only one who had witnessed the whole thing. Lily tried to defend Snape while the fight was going on, but Snape demanded that he didn't need any help and called her a very foul name…a Mudblood. From that day forward Lily said she'd never bother to help him again, and so, after promising that, she told the whole story, landing all three of those boys in detention, Snape, James, and Sirius. She hadn't been back since then.

James went to knock on the door, but before his fist connected with the wall there was a soft "come in" from Dumbledore. Dumbledore had always been very…energetic for his age. He was probably at least one hundred years old, and he still ate candy by the pile and was grandfatherly to every student, but more so to his personal favorites, which both Lily and James had ended up as. They entered the office and were surrounded by the familiar room filled with strange instruments and magnificent tools and potions and the professor's new pet, a large crimson, gold, and orange bird, resting on a perch next to Dumbledore's desk, a phoenix. Lily didn't recall the bird to memory.

"Good morning, my selected head students," he said kindly, gesturing to two chairs that had appeared in front of his desk. Lily and James, finally releasing each other's hands, sat down. "Now, I wanted to bring you up here to congratulate you on two things. One, obviously, becoming the heads this school year, an immense privilege, and honor that you have received. I doubt your new power and rule enforcing abilities will not go to your heads. Knowing you two, I doubt they will. Second, congratulations for finally seeing that you two are perfect for each other. I knew it had to happen eventually. How did you get her to say yes, James?"

"Don't know. It's not like I played a prank on her or anything, just asked her again and she finally said yes," he answered.

"Well, it really doesn't matter, does it? So, you two heading for Hogsmeade today?" The two nodded simultaneously and Dumbledore clapped his hands together thoughtfully. "Well, better be off, shouldn't you?" James nodded, but he had somewhat of a Sirius-like grin on his face. Lily felt like she was missing some inside joke, but didn't say anything. James and Lily stood, going to leave. James grabbed her hand, but she didn't follow, her eyes still on the magnificent bird. Dumbledore followed her gaze.

"Amazing creatures, phoenixes. This one I like to call Fawkes. He has produced two tail-feathers for two wands, only two though. One was given to a student I had a few years back, far before you two were born, named Tom Riddle. He was a different child, never really did feel like he was a good boy. He seemed…strange."

"How long have you had it, Professor?" asked Lily.

"I bought him just before term, he is amazing, good company and an amazing singer," explained Dumbledore with a whimsical smile. Lily turned to leave and left the headmaster's office, James still holding her hand. They made their way back to the dorm and Sirius, Remus, and Peter were there waiting for them.

"So, you guys almost ready?" asked James.

"Pompfrey won't let me go, and Peter is staying so I can help him with the essay that's due first school day. He did all the research, just needs a good way to word it," explained Remus with a regretful smile. Sirius stood up.

"I'm going, though," he said proudly. James slid the map from his pocket and looked it over.

"We better go now, no one is anywhere near that corridor," began James. "So, Remus, we'll be back 'round five no later, possibly earlier, all three of us. That should give us all plenty of time, okay?" All four boys nodded, Lily looked puzzled. Why were they going to an empty corridor, weren't they supposed to go with the rest of the students? James pulled Lily back through the portrait hole, Sirius following closely. They began walking in the opposite direction of the entrance hall. Lily was too curious to ask questions at the moment, so she basically stayed silent, occasionally looking to James for some small clues as to where they were going. Finally they stopped in front of a large statue of a one-eyed witch with a large hump on her back. It was a very ugly statue. Lily remembered it from the map immediately.

"So," began Sirius. "Let me get this straight. Evans has absolutely no idea that we're going to Hogsmeade through the tunnels?"

"That's exactly right," answered James with a joking smile to Lily. She understood it now, why he was biting back laughter in the headmaster's office. James cleared the map and tapped the statue with his wand.

"Dissendium," he whispered. The hump opened up for a passage so small that Lily was sure she wouldn't make it through that hole. James lifted her up and dropped her in gently. Lily squeezed through, turning her body around so that she was facing the direction she was moving, and began crawling on all fours forward. She head two loud thuds behind her and knew James and Sirius had come down in that order.

"You know, this seemed easier last year, mate," said Sirius. "WE need to stop growing before we can't do pranks anymore." As Lily kept going, the passage widened so that she could stand and have to bend over slightly. It was uncomfortable, but doable. Lily soon realized why the boys made her go first, a perfect view of something, she was sure, they wanted to see.

"James Potter!" she exclaimed.

"What?" asked James sin a faking innocent voice.

"You know perfectly well what," she said, matter-of-factly.

"Okay," said James. I wasn't going to go in front of you and leave Sirius behind you, who knows what he'd have done. Obviously we weren't going to make you go last because you could have gotten lost, and you couldn't go in between us either because Sirius and I weren't sure if we could still fit through here. Then, the passage began to narrow again, and she heard a sharp bark from behind her as a large dog pushed past her, running in front of her and towards the small glint of light coming from the trapdoor in the cellar of Honeydukes. She caught up to Sirius, who had opened the trapdoor with his nose and was sniffing around before swinging it open with his hands after transforming back to human. He climbed out himself, James lifted Lily by her waist out and Sirius grabbed her hand, helping to pull her out. The cautiously climbed the steps and entered a store filled to the brim with every wizarding candy imaginable.

"So," began Sirius. "We hit Honeydukes first, then we definitely need to go to Zonko's and then you two can go on your date. We'll meet back at the Three Broomsticks at four-thirty, okay?" James and Lily nodded.

Lily looked around Honeydukes. She had been here before, but never bought anything. She always either forgot her money or her friends dragged her out before she found something she actually thought looked good. James put his arm around her shoulders.

"I am buying everything that catches your eye, okay?" he asked with a grin.

"No you aren't," objected Lily. She reached in her pocket. Darn it, she forgot her money again.

"You know, whether you like it or not, this entire day is my treat, okay. So if I have to knock you out so that I can buy you stuff, I might just have to." Sirius barked a laugh at James's side and then began exploring shelves, grabbing one of everything he walked past. James guided Lily to the front of the store and told her to look at everything and grab what she thought looked good, he would take care of the rest. So, Lily did what he said, very grateful for finally being able to have something from Honeydukes after seven long years. She grabbed the usual stuff that she thought looked good: Licorice wands, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron cakes, acid pops, sherbet lemon (Dumbledore's person favorite), Enchanted Animal Crackers, etc. They had to have spent hours in Honeydukes, and James had to have spent at least twenty sickles on her. She felt bad for it a bit. The two dragged her into Zonko's where she looked around at the prank and joke objects, rolling her eyes at each one because each one had to have been played on her at least once by either Sirius or James in the past years. Then they dragged her over to the Magical Menagerie insisting that she get a pet. Each of them had an owl, but Lily had no idea what she enchanted, so James decided to surprise her, exiting the store with a beautiful cat. It was all black and very agile-looking. It had emerald eyes.

"I got it because its eyes were the same color as yours," said James, blushing. Lily recalled the hundreds of times James had told her of her "beautiful, emerald eyes" and blushed, picking up the cat.

"How are we supposed to get it back?" she asked skeptically.

"I already said I'd watch it while you two were on your date," Sirius said pessimistically.

"You don't have to do that, Sirius. I don't need a pet, honestly," she said.

"Yes, you do," said James with a teasing look in his eyes. James put the cat back in its cage and handed the cage to Sirius.

"You'll need to name her, Evans," said Sirius with an impish smile.

"How about…Midnight?" she asked.

"Can we say cliché?" asked Sirius sarcastically.

"Well, what do you think I should name her then?" challenged. Lily.

"I don't know," admitted Sirius.

"How 'bout…Moonstone?" asked James. "It's some kind of potion ingredient and a rock I think."

"Fine with me," said Sirius.

"Alright," conceded Lily with a slight smile.

A/N: I promise I will update this think in like a day, so hold your horses, read, review, you know the drill. The date is next chapter and I know ya'll are super duper excited, haha!