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The next three days continued in much the same way. James, Remus, Sirius, and sometimes Peter would come and visit her in between classes and every morning, and then James, Remus, and Sirius would smuggle her out at night. On occasion, one of Lily's two best friends would stop in and talk to her endlessly for hours and they would catch up on everything. Lily would do her schoolwork when she was alone and in the dead of night she would unlock the door to the hospital wing and the three boys would rescue her. Usually they took her down to the kitchen to have some edible food at least once in her day. The Marauders knew what the hospital wing food tasted like, eww…. The house elves were happy to help in any way they could, and it went on like that for those full three days. Lily began to notice that everytime she was James now, her heart was misbehaving and her pulse raced, the butterfliues in her stomach flapping. James was beginning to notice the same thing about himself.

When Lily's period of prison was over, she left the hospital wing, with many protests from Madam Pompfrey, and headed for breakfast early that Tuesday morning. The Marauders would be waiting to meet her there because they knew she would be getting out today.

"Lily!" cried her best friend Claire, bounding up and hugging her before she even got to her seat, her other best friend Tanya on Claire's heels. "We're so sorry we didn't visit as much as we wanted to, really, but Slughorn's been piling on the homework, I even missed the Quidditch after party."

"I missed the game," wined Tanya. Claire, of course, couldn't and wouldn't miss the game, being one of the three chasers on the Gryffindor team. The other two were a fifth year boy and Sirius. A sixth year girl was keeper, and James, of course, was seeker.

"So, you and James, huh?" suggested Tanya, as they began to walk to the table. Lily blushed and looked the other way. How on earth did they find out? "It had to happen eventually," she finished after a brief silence.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Lily warily.

"Well, if he kept asking you, you would have to say yes sooner or later, and we were right, weren't we?" answered Tanya. Lily noticed Claire staring at something and followed her gaze to see Sirius. Lily almost died right then and there.

"Claire, you cannot be serious. I mean, yeah, he's my friend, but he's also a womanizer who has a different girlfriend every three days," explained Lily. "He'll only want you for a day or two and then he'll dump you like the rest of them."

"Hey!" Claire rounded on Lily, her blue eyes blazing with anger. Claire was the prettiest girl in their house, maybe even in their year. She had perfect, crystal blue eyes and long, straight blonde hair. She was one of the nicest people Lily had ever met too, well, nice to anyone but a Slytherin on the Quidditch field. Sirius, surprisingly, had never asked her out. "What if I'm different from the other girls?" she asked, more to herself than to anyone else.

"There's always a chance," Tanya chimed in.

"Maybe you're right," conceded Lily. She made it to the table and sat next to James, who was in the middle of his third plate of food. Tanya sat on the other side of Lily. Lily noticed Claire sit across from Sirius. She had liked him ever since they became teammates, and she always tried to get his attention. James, on the other hand, noticed the look that Sirius gave Claire. It wasn't like the looks he gave other girls, and James knew it too, but only he noticed it. Lily looked back down at the food in front of her. The four Marauders were shoveling in food so fast that they could rival a pack of wolves.

"That's disgusting," commented Lily, grimacing. She took a bite of toast, waiting for an answer.

"You'll get used to it," countered Remus in between bites. "What're we doing after classes today?"

"I've got plans," said James quickly.

"Me too," said Sirius.

"What are – " began James.

" - You doing?" finished Sirius. If Sirius and James looked alike, they could've passed for twins. They practically read each other's minds and finished each other's sentences. After all, when Sirius's family disowned him, the Potters took him in, and from then on, Sirius lived with them during summer break. They looked at each other suspiciously, each thinking that pranks had been thought up, one without the other, a sin for them.

"Nothing," they said in unison. Lily tried her best not to laugh, but a small giggle escaped. The two adopted brothers turned away from each other, trying to figure out what was going on.

"So…um, Claire," began Sirius. His voice sounded weak and nervous. Lily's, James's, Remus's, Peter's, Tanya's, and, of course, Claire's heads snapped up abruptly, eying Sirius suspiciously. Lily and Tanya knew that Claire liked Sirius, but he had never asked her out. They assumed it would be weird with her being Lily's friend and him being James's or maybe it was a teammate thing, they didn't really know. On the other hand, James and Remus knew that Sirius never asked Claire out because Sirius liked her, liked her more, and in a different way than he liked his other girlfriends, but Sirius never had the courage to ask her out. (Aww!)

"Yes, Sirius," urged Claire expectantly.

"Um, would you…I don't know…maybe want to go for a walk on the grounds tonight…you know, after classes." Sirius's close friends (Lily, James, Remus, and Peter) could hear how nervous and shaky his voice was. Lily had never in her life seen Sirius like this, and especially not around a girl. It made Lily wonder a little.

"I'd love to," came Claire's eager reply. James's jaw dropped. Remus dropped his fork, and Sirius…well, he held it in pretty well, except for screaming "yes" in the middle of the Great Hall. Peter was too interested in food to take much notice of the reply. He assumed that if Sirius screamed a positive thing, she had given him the answer he was looking for. Lily placed her finger under James's jaw and tapped it once and he closed his mouth.

"Sorry," he said, sounding embarrassed. After the Marauders finished what seemed like four plates of food, they went to their classes, thankfully, they all had Defense Against the Dark Arts together, and they walked together. Sirius walked next to Claire, grabbing her hand after talking a while. James and Lily walked together, of course, and were holding hands the entire time, staying so close together that, if Lily had been closer, James would be carrying her. Remus and Tanya walked ahead of everyone; they were good friends, and talked animatedly about what might happen between Sirius and Claire, not to mention James's mystery plans tonight. When the entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts Room, Lily went to her usual seat, James did not, he sat next to here, Sirius on the other side of him and Claire next to Sirius. Remus and Tanya sat together too. James pulled out a piece of parchment and began writing a note. He passed it to Lily. She unfolded it and read it.

I have a surprise planned today…I think you'll like it

Lily began to write the note back.

Tell me what's going on, James.

Can't

Why not?

If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, and I'd have to kill you.

Ha, Ha, very funny, would you just tell me?"

Nope, hang on, Pads has a not for me too.

I swear, if you land me in detention…

James opened up Sirius's note.

What's going on, mate?"

It's a surprise for Lily, don't worry, no pranks without you, promise.

So, what're you gonna do?

I was thinking that since Lily probably wants to spy on Claire, and I definitely want to spy on you, we were going to take a ride.

Wait, you mean…

No, Padfoot, gosh, get your mind out of the gutter if you wanna impress Claire.

So, you mean, you're taking her flying. She deserves a good scare. I haven't seen her on a broom since first year flying lessons.

Exactly. Don't tell her though; it's a surprise.

You got it, mate. Now go talk to your girlfriend, I need some sleep.

Thanks.

James moved back to Lily's note, watching Sirius fall asleep next to him.

Don't worry, Lils, you won't get a detention. I've never been caught passing notes before.

Not sure I can trust that…So, are you sure you won't tell me?

Yes, I am very sure that I won't be the one to tell you, and if Padfoot does, I'll strangle him.

Thanks for the tip. So, what do you think Sirius and Claire'll talk about?

Not sure, but I think we'll find out sooner than you think.

Still not trusting that notion, Potter. We should be taking notes on this stuff.

But taking notes on interesting stuff like what you say to me is so much more…well, interesting.

Cute, but, I need to take notes, I missed two weeks of classes remember?

So did I.

Doesn't matter, please let me take notes.

Fine, but make it snappy, and you can always keep passing notes with me if you want to, I mean if class gets too boring for the genius Lily Evans.

Shut up, James.

Lily didn't write anymore after that, and she didn't look at the note either, because she knew if she did, she would be wrapped up in another conversation with James that got her breaking the rules like he had a tendency to get her to do. All day long, the seating arrangement stayed the same and James and Sirius passed notes all class period. It was funny. Lily kept a close eye on Sirius every time he sat next to Claire.

A/N: Oooh...looks like another date, only this time it's a complete surprise for Lily, and Sirius...A CRUSH! Wow, breaking news ladies and gentlemen! So, read, review, you know what to do! Next chapter will be up sometime tomorrow!