It had been a month since Anna and Sirius had gotten together, and so far, all was well. Things were also going well for Taylor and Remus. After meeting Remus, Taylor's parents had discovered that he was a kind, intelligent, friendly guy, who was perfect for their daughter.

Anna had decided to wait to tell her friends until Taylor was back, and Sirius had decided to wait for Remus. The girls—Anna, Alice, Taylor, and Lily—spent the whole of Sunday evening talking excitedly of the relationship updates.

"I knew you couldn't resist Sirius forever," Lily laughed after Anna told her friends of the events from the previous night.

"What? No you didn't!" Anna exclaimed indignantly.

"We all did; it was a bit obvious," Alice said. "Don't worry though. Soon you'll be the one laughing when Lily finally gives into James!"

Lily stopped laughing immediately. "That'll never happen. He's an arro—"

"Arrogant, bullying toe-rag. We know Lils," Anna, Alice, and Taylor spoke the words they'd heard Lily recite a thousand times.

"I still think you're going to change your mind about him by the time we graduate," Taylor said. "Hey! We can all marry Marauders!"

The other girls laughed as Lily groaned.

"Wait…" Alice said, "I'm not marrying a Marauder…"

"You can have Petey!"

"Ugh."

"Well Frank is like an honorary Marauder," Anna said. "You know he'd be one of them if he was in their year."

"Well than Thank God Frank was a late baby!" Alice joked. "2 weeks off from being a Marauder…"

Meanwhile, Sirius, James, and Peter sat in their common room trying to come up with new prank ideas, when Remus walked in.

"Moony!" James cried, "So how was meeting the parents? Terrifying?"

"Actually no, it was quite nice," Remus answered, "and Taylor says they liked me… I just hope she wasn't lying so as not to make me feel bad."

"I'm sure they liked you Moony, how could they not?" Sirius reassured his friend.

Remus laughed, "Well I hope so… how were your weekends? Did you have a big party after Gryffindors' victory?"

"Of course!" James said. "Although… Sirius, what happened to you? I saw you at the beginning of the night and then when I went to bed. Where were you during the party?"

"Well," Sirius began. James eyes narrowed in suspicion at his friend's suspicion. No doubt he was shagging some girl, James thought. Some things never change… oh well. Although.. I thought he wanted to impress Anna? "Actually I was with your sister, Prongsie."

"Wh-WHAT?!" James spluttered.

"I wasn't shagging her or anything! We just went for a walk."

"Oh, ok," James said, regaining his composure.

"…And we kissed." James eyes widened. "…And we're dating…"

"You… and Anna?" James asked. Sirius nodded. James didn't know how to react. "…She's my sister…"

"I know."

"You hurt her, I kill you."

"I know. And I won't."

James sighed. Remus looked back and forth between his two friends. Deciding everything was ok, he asked; "So, what were you guys doing?"

"Planning pranks," James announced. "You're still going to have time to hang out with us, right Pads?"

"'course." Soon the boys were planning again, and the tension between James and Sirius eased. James quickly accepted the idea of Sirius and Anna being a couple. He knew Sirius really cared about her, and liked her enough to treat her well. Besides, James would rather have Anna date Sirius than Jackson Ramsine…

Exams were fast approaching, and as Anna was a fifth year, with OWLs coming up, she didn't have a lot of time to spend hanging out with Sirius. Although, she did manage to convince him to join her studying outside on several occasions; no doubt Sirius would do the best he'd ever done on exams, thanks to Anna.

Sirius could only handle so much studying though, so he spent most of his time with the Marauders, who were doing more pranks than ever to make up for their lack at the beginning of the year. On the morning of the last Hogsmeade visit of the year, they managed to put permanent sticking charms on the Slytherins' seats in the Great Hall. It was 2 o'clock before the Slytherins had all been unstuck from the tables—Flitwick had found a counter charm—and get to Hogsmeade.

Their friends had managed to convince Anna, Alice, and Frank to take a break from studying for their owls, so the whole group spent the day together in Hogsmeade. They spent most of the day in the Three Broomsticks, but also paid a visit to Zonko's Joke shop and Honeydukes.

"So Lily," James said as they sat sipping butter beer, "fancy going on a date with me over the summer?"

"No Potter," Lily replied, though she didn't use the same annoyed tone she usually did with James.

"Aw come on," he said, "I'm one of the best guys in the school; Smart, good looking, funny, and captain of the best quidditch team!" Gryffindor had won the quidditch cup a few days previous.

"And not at all full of yourself," Lily replied sarcastically, though she couldn't hide a slight smile. Alice, Frank, and Lily returned to the castle early to study, ("Lily, you don't even have OWLs to worry about!") but the Marauders, Anna, and Taylor stayed in the village until sunset.

"You know," James said, as the group headed back to school. "I think I might actually be getting through to Evans." For the first time, no one could disagree.

AN: Wow 7 reviews came fast! I logged on and saw I had them, and hurried to write this chapter, as promised. For this chapter, I'd like only constructive criticism please. I'd really like to know how to improve. This story's almost over (it will end with the school year or maybe with the end of summer), but there will be a sequel and I'd like it to be even better. So, while I love all your sweet reviews, please offer critique this time, and save the nice reviews for the next chapter! Thanks! (No flames though please)