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Chap. 8-The fight at the lake

"I think everyone's convinced that we're actually dating." Dani whispered so only James could hear.

"Well that was the whole plan, no?" He grinned while dipping her back up and walking towards their friends. Remus and Peter were shocked, Lily annoyed, Molly, Alice, and Ana beamed with pride, and Sirius looked furious as hell.

"So, you two are still together." Sirius said while looking at Remus.

"Yeah, we are." James said while reaching towards the eggs, bacon, and the pumpkin juice. "Is that a problem?" Sirius scoffed.

"No. No problem here. Everything's perfect mate. Nice score, by the way."

"Excuse you?" Dani said interrupting. "Potter here hasn't "scored" anything, and he won't anytime soon." She passed a rolled up piece of parchment to Lily, who unrolled it, sighed, and signed in several places, before handing it back. James read it over her shoulder, and Sirius read it upside down from where he was sitting across from Dani.

"I, Lillian Alexandria Evans, promise to tolerate James Michael Potter. I promise to not kick him, call him names just because I'm annoyed, (if I'm angry then it's fine), to not deflate his ego unless necessary and to not scowl at him with a simple look. I promise to not always just assume that he is wrong about absolutely everything, even though in my eyes he is. I also promise to try to hold my tongue about him for my best friend's sake. Lily Evans."

"What is that, mission impossible?" Peter and Sirius said at the same time.

"Evans, are you under the Imperius Curse? Is that how Dani made you sign this?" Lily's hand gripped her wand on the table. Dani noticed, as did Remus who was sitting beside her.

"Lily." Dani warned.

"Potter, the contract is prohibiting me from speaking my mind and true feelings." She said in a rush. Sirius jumped up, unable to take it anymore.

"I'm going to class." He said before walking out, hundreds of girl's eyes following him. When he got to potions, he took a deep breath and hit his head on the door. He then began to pace.

"I don't like Dani. This is just…big brother, over-protective feelings. I don't want James to hurt her. Yeah, that's it. I'm not jealous. I don't want her. I don't, I don't, I don't." He rambled to himself.

"You don't what?" the voice made him jump. He saw it was Dani.

"I…don't…want to um…take Slughorn's test. I don't want to take his test today." Dani nodded and took a step closer.

"Slughorn's test is next week." She said while crossing her arms. 'Damn!'

"Must be thinking about someone else's." Dani was still getting closer, and Sirius was now against the door.

"No other teacher has warned us about a test." She was less than a foot away and Sirius was running out of excuses. Dani was the only one who could make him babble like an idiot.

"Sirius, are you alright? You don't look so good." She asked while placing the back of her hand against his forehead. Sirius's breathing was becoming irregular and quick. He began to act on impulse.

"No, I'm not alright." He said while pulling her body closer to his by her hips. Dani was taken back, but wasn't complaining.

"Well, what's wrong?" she asked. Her hands were now on his shoulders.

"I can't stop thinking about this one, gorgeous, completely amazing girl." He said leaning so close that his lips were only inches from hers.

"Who?" Dani whispered.

"Yo-" The door holding them up opened, and they fell in, Dani on top of Sirius. The lifted their heads to see Professor Slughorn staring down at them, smiling.

"I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew you two would end up together. I knew it. Flitwork owes me five galleons! Now when James and Lily get together-"

"You've got it all wrong Professor. I, we, she,. We're not…together." Sirius said quietly while helping Dani up. "My head was hurting and she was just checking for a fever. Besides, she's…dating…James." Sirius nearly spat out the last word. Slughorn's face fell and his cheek's became less rosy.

"Oh. I, I just assumed. Terribly sorry. To the both of you." Just then James walked in. Slughorn walked up to him. "And I apologize to you, Mr. Potter." He then walked over to his desk, leaving James, Remus and Peter confused. James walked to Dani and held her hand.

"What was that?" Dani shook her head.

"Don't ask, because you won't like the answer." She led him over to a table in a corner. Sirius sat next to James, Remus next to Sirius, Peter next to Remus, and Lily on the other side of Dani.

"Okay class. Today we will be making a Wolfsbane Potion. Does anyone know what it does?" Slughorn asked smiling. The whole class turned around to look at Lily, whose hand had shot in the air. When she saw everyone staring at her, she put it down and blushed to her roots of her hair.

"Miss Evans? The answer if you please?"

"It's to help control a werewolf during a full moon. It doesn't stop the transformation, it just helps control it, so they become less deadly." She muttered just loud enough for Slughorn to hear. He clapped his hands.

"Correct, as to be expected of course! Five points to Gryffindor!" The Slytherins groaned.

"He's the head of our house, yet he's constantly awarding bloody points to them!" Lucius Malfoy whispered loudly to his girlfriend Narcissa Black, who nodded vigorously.

"If he keeps this up, there's no way we're going to win the house cup."

"Ms. Black, Mr. Malfoy. Is there anything you'd like to share with the class?" When they realized Slughorn was talking to them.

"No professor."

"Well then. See me tonight for detention and we can discuss it privately, eh?" The Gryffindors smirked, while the Slytherins glared at them.

The rest of the lesson was quite enjoyable. Lily, who true to her promise, was being quite civil to not only James, but the rest of the Marauders as well.

"Potter, would you hand me the Siylion Roots?" Lily asked while stirring her caldron intently.

"Su-sure, Evans." James said while handing her the roots. She took them without so much as a glance in his direction.

"I wasn't sure before, but I'm positive now. You put Lily under the Imperius Curse, didn't you?" Sirius whispered in Dani's ear. She shook her head.

"No, and believe me, I'm just as amazed as you are." The rest of the class, hell the rest of the school noticed that James and Lily weren't tearing each other's head's off by the end of the day. There were rumors about potions, bribery, yada, yada, yada. The six simply ignored it. Well, the Marauders and Dani ignored it, while Lily attempted, but not that well. She nearly lost it when someone hit her with a Thief's Downfall. (If you're not sure what this is, check the Gringotts chapter in the 7th book) Dumbledore, seemed to find the whole situation humorous, and was seen wearing a small smile, as if he was hiding some kind of secret that no one else in the world knew. And the fact that he was Dumbledore proved that he did indeed know quite more than everyone else.

"Minerva, did you know that Mr. Potter was dating Ms. Carlson?" Dumbledore asked Minerva over dinner that night. McGonagall, who had been, reading over her lesson plans for the next day looked up.

"What?"

"Did you know that James was dating Dani?" McGonagall stared at him wide-eyed.

"Potter and Carlson? Well that doesn't seem right. What do you think?" Dumbledore looked thoughtful for a second before answering.

I think we should watch Mr. Black's actions as carefully as possible."

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Dumbledore and McGonagall weren't the only ones watching for what Sirius would do. Remus and Peter watched, as did Dani, James, and Lily, though none would ever admit to doing it. Sirius was watching his own actions as well. As he watched James and Dani feed each other food from across the table, he noticed his fists were clenched tightly underneath the table. He unclenched them, to find 4 half moons in the palm of each hand.

"Would you two knock it off already?" He suddenly said, startling everyone around them. Dani, who had been drinking from James cup, put it down to stare at him.

"Man, what's up with you?" James asked. Sirius glared, his blood boiling.

"It's you two. You're disgusting." Sirius said while standing up. James got to his feet as well.

"Why? Dani isn't my first girlfriend and you never had a problem when I did this with the rest. Why does it suddenly bother you?" Sirius was about to say something, but decided against it, and stormed out of the hall instead. James followed, as did everyone else.

Sirius went out the front doors and headed toward the lake. It was about 6:30 PM, and the sun had just begun to set, making a beautiful view over the grounds. Once he reached the lake, he took a few deep breaths, and closed his eyes to calm himself down. James turned him around to face him.

"What's with you?" James asked, eyes ablaze. 'Come on, stupid. It's not that hard! Admit it!' he thought, sending messages to Sirius' brain with his mind. It appeared to work at first, cause he opened his mouth, but soon snapped it shut, and shrugged James' hands off his shoulders.

"Get off me man." He said while heading back towards the castle. The other 4 watched on in an anxious silence. James turned him back around to face him.

"Not until we're done talking."

"I said get off of me." By now both boys were staring at each other with fire in their eyes.

"And who's gonna make me?" They were dead silent for a while, during which Dani and Remus had each discreetly moved behind James and Sirius, ready to break them up when necessary. After about 10 seconds of quiet, James and Sirius charged at each other, rolling and wresting in the grass. Before they or the others could stop them, they rolled into the lake. They both broke the surface of the water, and still tried to fight each other before realizing that it was nearly impossible and settled for yelling insults at each other instead.

"Bastard!"

"Wanker!"

"Womanizer!"

"Like the bloody hell you aren't?" James retorted back. Sirius climbed out of the lake and shook most of the water off. With a final glare at James, he stomped back towards the castle. Dani and Remus sighed and helped James out of the lake, while Peter and Lily stared on awkwardly.

"Maybe us dating, wasn't such a good idea after all." Dani whispered in James ear when she thought Remus wasn't paying attention. James nodded and added back,

"I'm beginning to think the same thing."