1Hope you liked the first chapter! Here's chapter two: Question Number One

James woke up and groggily looked around at his surroundings: He was sprawled out on a couch in the common room, with an afghan twisted around his ankles, no shirt, and his jeans were muddy. Then it dawned on him, just as the early morning sun rays spilled into his eyes from a peek in the curtains.

Last night had been a full moon, which would explain why Sirius was laying upside down in an armchair, with his legs perched on top, and his head lolling over the edge, and Peter, who was snoring face-down into the rug in front of the fireplace. The fireplace, with its ashes from a recent fire blinking brightly at him from behind Peter's head, was portraying the only other source of light, other then the slightly open window curtains. Of course Remus was no where to be seen, and since it was Saturday they didn't have classes, so James took his wand out of his pocket (thankful that it had not snapped in two as he was sleeping) and levitated Sirius off of his recent sleeping position.

He just started to ascend the stairs when shuffling movement caught his ears. Lily came walking down the stairs in a sleepy trance, and shook her head trying to be more awake, when she spotted James. He immediately flushed. She was wasn't wearing her regular School robes, but a white Camisole and a pair of long sleeping pants that went under her ankles and had little snitches on them. She blushed a deep red, probably thinking along the same lines as him, because all he was wearing was a pair of muddy jeans. Before she looked away to hide her blush, she did notice how well-toned his body had become since third year, when she accidentally ran into him as he was coming out of the bathroom with only a towel. Thinking about that only made her blush more.

"H-Hi James, w-what are you doing in the common room this early in the morning? Usually I have to send someone to get you so that you won't even be late for classes!" she said smiling, stuttering a little.

"Um, well, fell asleep in the, um, common room, I'm trying to take these buffoons up to their bed." He said simply.

"Let me help you!" she said and rushed back up the girl's staircase to get her wand.

James waited patiently (and because he wasn't stupid enough to let his crush look like a fool in front of him if she came down and he wasn't there) and smiled as she came down, with her wand in hand. James nodded his head towards Peter and Lily muttered to her wand,

"Wingardium Leviosa." And she carried Peter up the stairs, having to stand so close to James because of the narrow walls that their elbows were touching.

When the two boys were safely in their beds, Lily and James split up into their separate dorms to get dressed. After James had taken a rushed five-minute shower, he fled to his room and pulled on his best casual clothing. Not that he wanted to impress her or anything—okay, all he wanted was to impress her. He tried to comb his hair, but because

it was so wet and had never been tamed in its existence, it was kind of hard and after two minutes he gave up.

He remembered he had head duty with Lily in a hall on the other side of the castle, and they would be late if they didn't hurry, so he snatched his wand, from where he set it down on his side table before he took his shower, and met Lily in the Common Room, where she was standing and blending beautifully with the newly put on fire that made her hair shine like ember itself.

"Hello, ready to go?" she asked.

"Duty Calls!" and he held out his elbow. She blushed and gracefully accepted his offer by looping her arm through his and resting her arm in the crook of his elbow. They walked out of the Common Room together and made their way down the corridor.

"You hungry?" James asked after minutes of awkward silence.

"How could you tell?" she replied sarcastically, stating the obvious since it was six-thirty in the morning. A wicked smile shone on his face, making her beam with satisfaction. She had made the famous James Potter smile!

"Come on," he said and started to walk faster, almost to a run, until he came outside a portrait with a bowl of fruit on it. He reached up his hand (not much because he was really tall) and tickled a pear that was sort of hanging over the edge of the bowl, making it giggle and turn into a green handle. He grabbed the handle and pulled, and felt satisfied at her gasp. Four long tables, replicas of the house tables above them, were stretched out to the other side of the room and sweet smells suddenly filled their nostrils. A little house-elf, wearing a piece of cloth around its loins, scampered up and bowed lowly.

"Does Master James and Miss Head Girl need something to eat?" It asked in a squeaky, almost terrified voice.

"Yes, can we have some Toast, Eggs, and…ooh! Some Tarts please?" said James.

"Right away, sir. May I ask the name of Miss Head Girl?"

"Lily, Lily Evans."

"Most very grateful to meet you, Miss Lily. We house elf's hope to see you in the future, instead of that Mister Black." The elf said, quite bitterly to itself mentioning Sirius's name. Lily smiled to herself; she knew what kind of a drag Sirius could be. He had asked Jenny out at least a hundred times, and after about the seventh time, it got quite annoying. There was a short silence, in which afterwards the elf's kindly led the two to the corner of what would be Gryffindor table and sat them down across from each other. When they got seated and started to eat their quick breakfast, Lily decided to start out their conversation.

"I never got the chance to ask that little elf's name—"

"Snibble." James interrupted. "He used to belong to my parents, but asks a few years ago—I think it was second year—that he would like to work here with Dumbledore and of course, my parents being who they are, said 'whatever Snibble wanted, Snibble could have.' So, instead, we kept his daughter, Snibby."

"Oh. So you only have one house elf?"

"No…actually, my family is extremely rich and we have quite a few, but Snibble was our favorite." He smiled as her cheeks burned with embarrassment. "It's okay. It was a shame to let him go, but we loved him and wanted him to be happy."

"That's sweet…I asked my parents if we could hire a house elf, but my mother would not allow it. She said we had to keep our appearance as the most respected and formal family in the lot of the British Isle. Peh, little did she know that wizard money is worth five times then hers. I wish I didn't have to go live with them every summer. If only my father would divorce her, then everything would be perfect. I could buy my father a house after I moved out, with house elves and everything! Then I would meet someone, we would get married, and send money to my father. He loves magic, but I never get to show him any, because I'm not allowed to, but I wish I could. The only thing he's seen is the barrier in King's Cross and the train when it disappears after leaving the station." She paused and her cheeks reddened as her eyes widened. "I've been rambling haven't I?" James smiled good-naturedly.

"Keep going, I like the sound of your voice." She blushed and smiled at the same time and realization dawned on his face. He slapped his forehead, making his glasses fall a little farther down his nose then normal and he laughed as he said,

"Did I just say that out loud?"

They stayed like that for about fifteen minutes, Lily rambling on about her family and such, and James staring at her longingly, wishing that he could be the husband she mentioned before. After eating their eggs and toast, and James snatching a few tarts, they walked their rounds around the castle nibbling on the tarts and talking like they were old friends. James, of course, poured his heart and soul to her about his love for quidditch, after passing the beautiful green field, and all she could do was laugh and occasionally roll her eyes at his childish behavior. They made their way around the school towards Gryffindor Tower at the end of their rounds and said "Hullo!" (a little bit to perky since they woke up at practically the crack of dawn) to some prefects, before entering through the portrait hole. A few people were up, doing some homework or just chatting, but most were either still sleeping or had gone to the great hall to eat breakfast. James' friends were one of the ones who were in the great hall.

"I'll be right back," said Lily, and James could make out a little sadness in her voice since she probably wanted to continue their conversation, and she made her way to her own friends, Jenny and Aphrodite, and started to talk to them. James couldn't hear her because of the distance (him being by the portrait and them by the stairs to the girl's dorm) but could tell by her expression and their nod and their sudden movement towards him that she had invited them to join happy heads. They smiled at him brightly as they approached.

"Hello, James. Seen Sirius?" asked Jenny, smiling politely and trying not to burst with giggles at the same time.

"Um, No. We were making our rounds and he must have gone to the great hall while we were gone." Replied James shrugging, not even catching a hint in her voice. Then he remembered about their deal. He got to ask one question about Lily today, and tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and—

Well you get the idea—

"Okay, thanks James! See you both later! Aphy and I need our breakfast, bye!" And with that, the two other girls ran away towards the great hall, giggling like mad little school girls off their rocker (A/N: hence the 'mad'!)

"Um…okay…?" James said, dumbfounded by the girl's actions, and he turned to Lily with a questioning look on his face. She just shrugged apologetically and motioned for the Portrait hole. James nodded and again they set off together.

When they entered the great hall, they were surprised, but pleased to see their friends sitting together; Jenny and Sirius were talking animatedly about their last quidditch match where Sirius had hit a bludger so hard coming in Jen's direction that it had flown off and knocked down a section of one of the empty stands, and Remus and Aphrodite politely let them go on and on and on and smiled at each other when one would stutter out of excitement or food would fly out of their mouth when they yelled something extraordinary that someone did. Lily sat next to Aphrodite, who was sitting next to Remus, who was sitting across from Sirius, who was sitting next to Jenny, who James had just sat down next to so he could clearly see Lily's face two feet away from his (oh, how he wished it could be closer) and chat with her when he didn't want to listen to Sirius and Jenny's story for the third time (or so, they were informed by Remus) in a row.

They decided to start with what they left off in the kitchens, talking about their families, their belongings, recent pets—Lily excitedly asking about James's dragon that he had mentioned was his pet when he was four—until the other four joined into the conversation. James couldn't remember the last time he had had such a good chat with anybody before in his life. Unlike many others, he found more joy in hanging out and talking with his friends then, oh say, going out in the middle of the night as a stag and helping your friend who just turned into a werewolf not kill anybody along with the help of your two friends—Peter, being one who seemed to be still missing—who turned themselves into a dog and a rat.

They talked until mail; where Sirius had received a back-to-school gift from his little brother, a whistle that when you blew would make a random person around you giggle uncontrollably, and they had fun with that for a while until it was time to either go to their dorm or outside (or detentions in other people's cases), and in Lily and James case, to move into your new dorm.

Their friends agreed to help them move all of their belongings into their own rooms ("Lucky!" Jenny had mock-pouted when she found out that they wouldn't be sharing a room…or bed….she had added, receiving a smack upside the head from Lily and a 'shush!' from Aphy) Aphrodite picked up a big box labeled "School Books" then looked at it stupidly. She stayed like that for a few seconds then smacked herself in the forehead, accidentally dropping the box on Jenny's toe.

"APHY!"

"We're Witches! Why am I trying to do this the Muggle way? I'm a WITCH for magic's sake!"

"APHY! THAT HURT! WATCH WHERE YOU DROP THINGS!

"Guys, calm down and let me do the spell—"

"SHE!DROPPED!IT!ON!MY!FREAKIN'!TOE! I DON'T WANT TO CALM DOWN!"

"Sheesh! Wingardium Leviosa." Said Lily impatiently, sighing afterwards at her friend's childish behavior. All six friends (for Peter STILL was missing! Wanna guess why?-) levitated the boxes of belongings down the corridor, turned left, walked down that corridor, turned the corner and ran into a group of fourth year Hufflepuffs, then went down that corridor, and stopped in front of two glorious wooden doors that went closer to the ceiling then the portrait of the fat lady did. That's when they realized…

They didn't know the password.

"Didn't you ask Dumbledore, James!" asked Lily incredulously.

"No…it never occurred to me to even think of a password…crap." He replied, dumbly shrugging his shoulders.

"Oh! For Heavens Sake!" said Jenny, rolling her eyes, and pushing her way through to the portrait. "Name: Jenny Mara. Rank: Head Girl's best friend. Old Password: none. New Password: James is desperately and most deeply in love with Lily who happens to be desperately in love with him also." The Portrait swung open and everyone gaped at her long speech/password choice. "Didn't you hear Dumbledore talking to last years heads about how to change the password? You just recite your name, rank, old password, and the new password. I made sure Dumbledore put me, Aphy, and Remus ("Hey!") –AND Sirius be able to change the password….But the thing is…you can't change the password for at least a month." She secretly winked to Sirius. James was blushing madly, and the boxes he had been levitating had fallen to the ground with a loud "THUMP!", after Jenny had recited the password. Lily shyly, with a huge blush creeping onto her face, asked Jenny to write that down so she wouldn't forget; otherwise, she stayed frozen to the spot, until Aphrodite pushed her into the head dorm common room.

It was brightly lit by the many open windows, since it was a profusely sunny day in September, and was filled with soft cushy couches, a coffee table, an empty fireplace, a long wooden table on the side for homework, and a staircase that led to the two rooms upstairs that would inherit James and Lily's possessions soon enough. Aphrodite walked over to Remus.

"You've got Lily stuff, and I've got James. Switch me." But she did not give him a chance to reply, because she took his wand; giving him hers in the process. She had turned around so quickly that she didn't even notice the blush on his face; both of the mentioned had been very close for a few seconds. They went upstairs and decided that Lily's room would be on the left, and James' on the right; after many arguments about James being a man and the man should have the right hand of everything, and that a woman was merely there to help replenish the earth so she got the left side; the side that was rarely used for things. He made sure that Lily understood what he meant by "Rarely".

"So," started Jenny conversationally after entering Lily's room and levitating her boxes to the bed, "what happened with you and Diggerfly three days ago?"

"Oh, him?" said Lily, searching for her third out of seven set of 'Advanced Charms' books in one of the boxes Aphy had set down, "caught him snogging Narcissus Black in the dungeons while I was on duty with James. Oh, and it's 'Diggory'."

"You're kidding!" ignoring Lily's correction.

"No, it is Diggory, though you may try to convince me of your obsession with thinking his name is 'Diggerfly'."

"Not the name, Lils! About snogging Black!

"Oh? Then no, I am not kidding."

"Narcissus BLACK?"

"Yes, hard to believe."

"But she's a Slytherin!"

"So what?" Aphy cut into the conversation. "It doesn't matter if you're a Slytherin or whatnot! My philosophy is that if you love someone—"

"Yeah, yeah, Aphy: If you love someone it doesn't matter their background, 'especially' if they are muggle born!" Jenny mocked. Aphy angrily left the room glaring, to go get another box.

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about it." Said Lily, warily eyeing the door. "You're insulting Aphrodite."

"Bull." Said Jenny matter-of-factly, then she sighed. "Fine, I'll go apologize." The two came back minutes later and they all decided that it may be alright to continue the subject.

James had exited his room to get another box, when he heard the familiar sound of the female voices gossiping, even though, he thought, it was rare to see or hear Aphrodite gossip. Guess she couldn't help herself, he reasoned. He listened into their conversation:

"Well, beggars can't be chooser's." That was Lily's voice.

"But I thought you were in love with Diggory!" That was Aphrodite. 'Shut up Aphy!' thought James.

"Well…I was…Merlin, I probably still am." James felt knots squeeze together in his stomach.

"Don't kid yourself, Lils. Diggorfly is a jerk and doesn't deserve to even enter into your presence!" Yes! Kudos points for James! Thank you Jenny!

"I guess you're right…" Lily reasoned, he did cheat on her!

"And besides, nobody's even going to have the nerve to go out with you, not now that you're living with James!" Aphrodite reminded the two, though Lily didn't notice the look Aphy sent Jenny. James almost fell to the floor.

"And what exactly is that supposed to mean?" said Lily skeptically.

"Oh, nothing." The two said knowingly. That reminded James (for the SECOND time), he got to ask a question about Lily today!

"Whacha doin, Jamsie?" said Sirius popping up out of nowhere. James yelled and fell to the floor with a "THUD!" He thanked the gods that the girls didn't hear him and continued with their conversation.

"So…Was he a good kisser?" asked Jenny. James felt like smacking her right then. Whatever happened to being on her side?

"I guess so…he was better then Frank Longbottom, though Frank was extremely nicer and definitely more of a gentleman...and he did come strait out when he said that he loved Alice and not me, which was good for him because they make such a cute couple! I'm glad that he's my friend though, cause I like being friends instead of a couple...cause with friends you can joke around and stuff...well, anyways, he's probably the most gentleman-like person in this whole school." James made a mental note to go and see Frank Longbottom later.

"Well." Said Aphy, hanging up the last shirt in Lily's closet. "We're done! Want to go swimming? It is, still practically summer!" Swimming was Aphrodite's favorite sport, Lily's too, but Jenny preferred tennis.

"Are we allowed?" asked Jenny raising an eyebrow at her friend's enthusiasm, though she too wanted desperately to go swimming; who wouldn't with a body to die for? Which, all three girls and the Marauders had. The three girls had well shaped curves and the boys each had a six-pack that even adult body-builders would die for.

"YES! Didn't you hear the professors say that only seventh years can go swimming whenever they want this year? Of course, not during classes or mealtimes and after dark…you catch my drift." Said Aphy and winked at the two. Then Jenny smiled mischievously.

"Want to invite the Marauders?" she asked with a gleam in her eyes.

"Of course not!" yelled Lily, though there was a sparkle in her eye.

"Lighten up, Lily!" said Jenny, lightly punching her shoulder. Lily smiled shyly and looked at the floor, finally raising her head after a few seconds.

"Do I have to wear a bikini?" the girls squealed and flung their arms around her. All the boys heard this from James' dorm.

"YAY!GIRLS IN BIKINI'S! What could be better, Jamsie? Moony?" asked Sirius excitedly.

"Seriously, Padfoot, is that all you think about?" asked Remus skeptically folding his arms across his chest.

"No…I think about food…sleep…girl's in particular…oh! Did I mention food?" he said smiling. "Come on, Moony old pal! Don't tell me you're not looking forward to seeing Aphrodite in a bikini?" Remus blushed a deep crimson at that remark. "And James? I hear that Lily's matches her eyes." James drooled in his head, but blushed at what Sirius was implying…that he was as low as him and desperately wanted to see girls in bathing suits. "Let's accept! Please?" Sirius asked pouting. James rolled his eyes and Remus sighed rubbing his temple.

"Fine…if they ask." Said Remus lazily, though he did secretly want to see Aphrodite in a bikini. They heard footsteps down the hall and presumed the girls arrival, seeing first Jenny's freckles and glasses peer around the doorway.

"Want to go for a dip, you lot?" she asked raising an questioning eyebrow. Sirius leaned over the frame of the chair that he was sitting backwards in, grinning with wide eyes.

"Skinny, or actually with clothing?"

"Sirius!"

"I was only joking! Why did I even ask? Of course it was skinny!"

"SIRIUS!"

"Fine! Then leave the door open while I get read—" but he could not finish as Remus, with the flick of his wrist with wand, slammed the door in his attempt to shut him up.

"Okay, let's say you were a girl, and you were going to go swimming with a couple of hot guys in bathing suits…why would it take you fifteen minutes to get ready when you were the inviter of the swimming event?" asked James sitting on a rock by the lake throwing bread crumbs at the giant squid.

"I don't know…they probably have to put makeup on or something!" replied Remus, not really knowing what to say and was, sorry to admit, looking forward to the girls in their swim suits.

"Makeup? Why in the bloody name of going swimming would they do that? Its just going to wash off or smear or something!" yelled James throwing his arms wildly in the air. His acquaintances did not find this behavior odd for James, so they just let it pass for one of those 'moments' he had been having since fifth year; since he started liking Lily I mean.

Anyway, the girls chose then to make their appearance. Each with their hair tied up in a pony-tail—no makeup—Lily was wearing a forest green bikini, Aphrodite in a baby blue bikini with lots of strings hanging off the edges, and Jenny in a blood-red one-piece with a hole to show her navel.

Of course, the three boys gaped at how beautiful they looked but...twas to be expected.

"Hello boys." said Jenny and she sat on a two-foot-wide rock. Lily and Aphrodite sat on the grass by the edge of the lake and dangled their feet into the cold water; sending ripples coursing through the water and sending the giant squid into a spastic frenzy, making him throw out his tentacles, which he wrapped around the two girls legs, and he threw them into the air, sending James and Remus into a spastic frenzy. Jenny and Sirius

giggled and laughed on the side, seeing James swim to where Lily was and Remus, having swam fast enough that he caught Aphrodite, and sent them both deep into the murky blackish water. James and Lily also joined into the laughing when Remus and Aphrodite came up blushing, Aphrodite still being clutched carefully but firmly in Remus' arms. Everybody waded to the edge and heaved themselfs up, all sitting pretty much in a line by the side of the lake.

"Hey, you guys...its getting late, maybe we should get back inside." said Aphrodite after they had swam for a few more hours. The others agreed and the six friends made their way up the tiny hill to the front doors of Hogwarts Castle. While they walked, James tried as well as he could to slowly inch closer to where Aphrodite, Jenny, and Remus were walking.

"Hey Remus...Sirius needed to talk to you about something–"

"What?"

"Just go ask Sirius about...bath towels."

"Why?"

"Cause! Just go!" and he shoved Remus up to where Sirius, veeeery luckily, was having a heated conversation about bath towels with Lily. James sighed in relief and didn't even notice the odd stares he was attracting from Jenny and Aphrodite.

"Can I ask you the question now?" he asked in a low whisper. Jenny nodded and had a knowing smile on her face. "Okay...um...what are the terms?"

"Excuse me?"

"Um..I mean...Is there a limit onto what I can ask?"

"Depends." Jenny said rather loudly and almost caught the attention of other people in her suspicious question. James shushed her.

"Okay..um...the rules." he said looking quite frantic by then.

"Well...you can ask stuff like her favorite color or flower or Honeydukes candy...you know, stuff like that." replied Aphrodite.

"What!" he whispered harshly; it almost unnerved the two girls. He looked at them apologetically. "Sorry...I meant to say that, can I ask stuff like who her past boyfriends were..."

"Why would you want to ask something like that?"

"Um...blckml..."

"What?"

"blackmail..."

"Potter, don't even think about it! She'll know that somebody is up to something if all her past boyfriends show up one morning looking like you had a run in with Snape."

"Dang...fine." by then, the entrance to Gryffindor Tower was down the hallway. James, afraid that if he didn't hurry wouldn't get to ask the question, bent his head lower.

"What is Lily's...favorite flower?" Aphy face started to look dreamy. Jenny decided to answer for her.

"What she tells people are her favorite flowers are 'daffodils' and 'daisys', but, her truly, most favorite flowers in the world," here she paused and looked hesitant, "are purple tinted lilies."

"Why doesn't she just tell anybody?"

"Uh, hello? Her name." she pointed out. James made a sort of "oh..." sound to show that he understood.

"People would think her vain if she told them her favorite flowers were the same as her name..." said James. Jenny nodded.

"Exactly."

"Hey, you guys!" said a voice from ahead, which turned out to be Lily. "Come on! It'll be dinner time tomorrow by the time you make it over here. James, Jenny, and Aphrodite jogged over to the portrait of the Fat Lady where the other three stood, and one of them said the password, making it open wide. They walked over to the two staircases and each said their goodbyes; Remus gave Aphrodite a goodbye hug and whispered something in her ear that made her blush, hugged her tight, then released her to Jenny, where the two girls waved backwards while rushing up their staircases, Remus and Sirius winked to Lily and James before disappearing up their staircases, and James and Lily walked out of the portrait hole and to the hallway that led to the head-dorm.

When they finally, after a long time of walking, made it to the head dorm, they said their goodbyes to change for the night; but while soft, easy breaths emitted from the sound-asleep Lily, a certain James Potter was up half the night trying to find a flower shop the sold 'Purple-tinted Lilies'.

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the next chapter will be INTERESTING. But I have an idea that I wanna run by you guys before I start typing:

Should I, in the next chapter, make Diggory profess his undying love for Lily? OR should I make a certain curly blond haired, blue-eyed, Gilderoy come into the picture? ORRR should I do Diggory the next chapter and Gilderoy in the fourth chapter? PLEASE HELP!