A/N: Sorry that this chapter is kinda late. I had a huge research paper due and my ACTs are just around the corner (jdgal06...you know what I mean!). Anyway, I'm gonna try to update once a week, maybe a little less depending on how many track meets I have (once again, jdgal06, you know what I mean!) So...without further ado...

The Next Day

"Wake up, Moony!" Sirius yelled as he flung open Remus' bed hangings.

Remus glared at Sirius. "Padfoot, what the bloody hell are you doing up at" he looked at his bedside clock, "six o'clock in the morning on a Saturday?"

First of all, I really want to see the Slytherins' new wardrobes, but first I think we need to prank our new Head Boy."

Remus smiled slightly. "What did you have in mind?"

"An ice cold shower," Sirius said simply, but his infamous grin was in place.

"Do you still have the cloak?"

"Yup"

"Have you even tried to wake Wormtail up?"

"Yeah, but he said that he didn't want to go, so it's just you and me."

Fifteen minutes later, Sirius, and Remus were under James' invisibility cloak, on their way to surprise James, carrying a bucket of ice water. They quietly crept into the Heads' common room (James had given them the password the day after they had arrived at Hogwarts). Sirius and Remus walked toward James' room. Remus tried to open the door, but it was locked. But Sirius, who, like most guys, didn't have the common sense part of his brain, took out his wand and unlocked the door.

They slowly opened the door...

The first thing that Remus and Sirius noticed that there were a lot of clothes lying on the floor, some of which included a bra that most was not James'... And that wasn't the only thing that was more than a little weird...

Their was a certain red-head sleeping in the bed next to James, both of which looked naked, except for strategically placed sheets. At first, Sirius thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him. That can't possibly be Lily, it just can't be, he thought to himself, but their was not denying that it was, in fact, Lily Evans.

Sirius turned to quietly close the door behind him as James began to stir.

"Did you hear that?" he asked Lily, staring at the door.

"No,"she replied lazily.

But James continued to glare at the door. Lily turned to her right, exposing her bare back to the two invisible Marauders, to better see James. For a few moments, they lost themselves in each other's eyes.

"I really, really don't want to say this, but we probably need to talk about last night," James said.

"Yeah...your right...So, what so you want to do?" Lily replied.

"I definitely don't want to leave it as just a one night stand...I really care about you...But telling everyone is gonna be pretty hard,"

Sirius nearly snorted after James' last comment. If he hadn't actually seen what was happening before his own eyes, Sirius would never had believed it himself.

"Maybe...maybe we should wait before we tell everyone," Lily said slowly, choosing her words carefully, "I mean, we've both had very public relationships that have failed miserably. We could be a secret." After James remained silent, Lily added, "I know it won't be easy to not tell our friends, but we'd tell them eventually, once we can sort everything out between us"

James nodded. "Okay" he replied, as he leaded in to kiss Lily, who didn't object.

Suddenly, there was a swift knocking on the door. Everyone, all four of them, jumped.

"Potter, are you in there?" came the steely voice of their Transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall.

"I'm coming" said an extremely surprised James.

"What the hell is she doing here!" Lily whispered wide-eyed.

"More importantly, what are we gonna do?" said James.

Lily glanced around the room. "Through on some clothes, give me mine, and shut the hangings"

James did as Lily said; after he dressed at top speed, he tossed Lily her clothes and shut the hangings. He opened the door to see Professor McGonagall.

"Can I help you?" he asked her, trying not to sound annoyed or like a smart-ass.

"I would like to speak with you and Ms. Evans in my office. Do you know where she is?"

James tried to look innocent. "She maybe in the library"

"As I said before, I need to speak with the two of you. Could you find her and the both ou you meet me in my office in about an hour?"

"Sure,"

Professor McGonagall nodded at James, and turned to leave. He held his breath, hoping she wouldn't turn and tell him something else. Luckily, she took her leave without another word.

James shut the door and walked back to his bed, still completely oblivious to two of his best friends hiding under his invisibility cloak. He opened the curtains to see a fully dressed Lily sitting on his bed, looking relieved. She slid off the bed and put her arms around James' waist, who did the same.

"I'm going to take a shower, but I'll met you in the common room in little while." Lily whispered into James' ear.

"Okay." He leaned down to kiss her soft lips. Sirius just couldn't believe, or understand what was going on.

As Lily left James' room, Sirius and Remus followed her. Once she had gone to her own room and shut the door, Sirius and Remus crept out of the Heads' common room as Remus made the bucket of water disappear with a wave of his wand. They pulled off the invisibility cloak and, without a word to each other, started walking to the Room of Requirement.

The Marauders had discovered the Room of Requirement in their fourth year while roaming the castle one night. And because they were pretty sure that no one, not even Dumbledore, knew of it, they had used it when they and researched and practiced how to become Animagi.

Once inside the Room of Requirement, Remus locked the door and turned to see a very confused-looking Sirius.

"What in the hell happened last night! I mean, I know that James has had a thing for Lily, for, like, ever, but what the hell crawled up Lily's ass to make her want to have sex with him!"

If Sirius hadn't been so pissed off, the whole thing would have been funny.

I know...it's very hard to believe. But their isn't exactly anything we can do about it," Remus said rather reasonably.

"Do you think he was serious about not telling anyone...not even us?" asked Sirius.

"Well, James has always stuck by his word..."

They were both silent for a few moments.

"So what should we do?" Sirius asked, sounding slightly desperate.

"There's nothing we can do, James and Lily don't know that we were even there...Until they come out and tell us, we have to act like we don't know."

Lily and James went into Professor McGonagall's office to find the professor sitting at her desk, grading papers.

"Sit down, this shouldn't take to long; I know the two of you are ready to get into Hogsmeade." She gave Lily and James a smile as they sat down.

"Professor Dumbledore wanted me to ask you two if you would be interested in organizing a dance for students in fourth year and above. It would take place the last night of the term, the night before the majority of the students will leave for Christmas break. If you two are willing, that is. And, of course, the prefects would help you, as well."

"Why couldn't Professor Dumbledore tell us this?" asked James, his curiosity getting the better of him.

Professor McGonagall chose her words carefully. "He is at the Ministry of Magic for the day"

Realizing he wasn't going to get a detailed answer, James turned to Lily. "What do you think?"

"Well, a dance would help inter-house relationship, which is something we've been trying to achieve, but its not working. I say lets go for it," Lily said.

"Alright, we'll do it,"

Over the next few minutes, Professor McGonagall went over the things that Lily and James needed to organize. Professor Dumbledore would book the entertainment, but it sounded as though everything else was up to them.

Lily and James met their friends in the Great Hall for breakfast, all of which were laughing at something that Sirius was saying.

"What's up?" James asked Sirius. There was something odd about the way Sirius was smiling at him.

"Well," Sirius began, "The bloody Slytherins fixed their robes before the rest of the school saw anything."

"What did you do to their robes?" asked Lily.

"We turned them neon pink" Sirius replied. Immediately, everyone started laughing again.

Once Lily and James had started eating, Sirius, hoping to catch Lily and James off their guard, asked them, "So why we you two so late to breakfast this morning?"

James tried to think of something, but Lily rebounded first, "McGonagall wanted to see us."

"About what?" Sirius pushed.

"There's gonna be a dance not to long before Christmas, and we have to organize it." She replied.

James glanced at his watch. "You know, we'd better get to Hogsmeade"

They all got up and walked to the village together. When they reached Hogsmeade, the boys headed towards Zonko's Joke Shop as the girls when off to go shopping.

Although Alice, Dorcas, and Elizabeth were talking and laughing with each other (as usual), Lily was not listening to a thing that they were saying and didn't really care. All Lily could think about was James and last night. She couldn't get the thought of how he kissed her out of her mind. But the other girls soon wondered why Lily was being unusually quiet.

"Are you alright, Lils? Your being very quiet today," said Elizabeth, her voice filled with concern.

"Oh,"said Lily, being pulled out of her sensuous thoughts. "I'm fine...I just didn't sleep very much last night." Well, she thought to herself, it's not a total lie.

"So, James, did anything interesting happen last night?" Sirius could of kissed Peter for asking James that. Remus and Sirius has decided not to tell Peter about what they saw that morning.

"Not really...Our patrol was pretty boring" James asked, although her really wanted to tell his friends what had happened.

"What about after the patrol?" Sirius pressed him as he received a warning look from Remus.

"No, we just went to bed,"

Around midday, the Gryffindor seventh years met in The Three Broomsticks for a drink. They laughed together and talked about everything from the upcoming Quidditch match (Gryffindor vs. Slytherin) to the growing threat of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. More than once, Lily and James would catch themselves gazing into each others eyes.

But they had to be careful...They couldn't blow their cover...