Okay, I'm really sorry this has taken sooo long to get updated. I really tried to get it up to date, but I'm trying to handle a bunch of other things at the same time, which is not easy, as most of you probably know. Well, it's here now, so enjoy! Don't forget to review, eh?

Chapter 5

Two of the three marauders and Lily sit around a table in the common room (Peter doesn't count because he is, well, he's a loser). The excluded member, James, was sent off on some errand to the kitchens because it was his turn to snatch food for the group.

"Okay. We need to come up with a way to prank 'the master of all pranks'," Lily said as she finished with the all too familiar, air quotes.

"Yeah, and it has to be good, so good that James doesn't even realize that a prank was set up on him," Remus piped in.

"How about we—" Sirius began, but Lily held up her hand.

"And," She began, dragging out the 'a' sound, "It needs to be original. Something he's never seen, or even heard of, and definitely nothing he's ever done himself.

"Oh," Sirius responded, letting his idea slip away.

"What to do. What should we do?" Remus pondered.

The group of three sat and pondered through prank ideas. Well, two of them did. Sirius, rather than wasting his time thinking, was off staring at some girl's butt. After several minutes of thinking, Remus came up with an idea.

"Okay! I've got one!" Remus stated aloud very suddenly, snapping both Lily and Sirius back into the real world. "Okay, so the timing on this is key, as well as the basis that leads up to the prank…"

Okay, so when I got back from getting the food from the kitchens, I saw Lily, Sirius, and Remus all at one table conversing in a low, we-are-hiding something kind of whisper. That's never a good sign. Never. Especially when Sirius begins to stare off at some girl's behind, (it was a very nice behind, mind you) then that means that deep thinking is involved. But, I didn't think anything of it because Lily's with them. She's responsible and a goody two shoes and wouldn't let anything outrageous happen, right? Well, I hope that I'm right. And I better be…

James was on his way back from Astronomy at 5:15 in the evening. He decided to skip the common room, because he was very hungry, and went straight to the Great Hall. He eventually found a seat, by himself because he couldn't find Lily or any of his other friends anywhere.

"Well, that's odd," He said to himself as he seated himself near the end of the Gryffindor table.

As James ate, he became lost in his thoughts…

…Lily's been acting a tad strange lately. She's treating me nicer and she's been giving me many gifts, like life-size, realistic, golden snitches, or drawings of me and her, Which, kinda is really actually very creepy, now that I think of it. And, she's also been spending a ton of time with Remus on school projects, which is bogus. They have two classes together, both of which I am in, so I know if they have a project or not.

I wonder what's behind the strange behavior. Maybe I should ask…

And with these final thoughts, James finished eating and began to walk to the common room.

Lily was pacing around the common room frantically. Remus and Sirius groaned as she made yet another round about the room to ensure that everything was perfect.

"Lily! Everything is fine!" Remus shouted, frustrated with her perfectionism.

"No, no, no, no, no! It's all wrong!" Lily began in hysterics. "It's not going to work! He's not going to be fooled! I know he won't!"

"Lily! Lily, come on! There's no need to get this worked up about a prank, even if it is on James," Remus said, in a friendly, supportive way. He walked over to Lily, put his hands on her shoulders, and looked into her eyes. Lily shivered. "Everything's going to be all right. It will work. Trust me. Me and Sirius are pros at this by now," Remus finished with a slight, supportive smile.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Lily sighed, her gaze still caught in Remus' eyes.

Remus smiled. "All right! Let's do this thing!" He grabbed Lily by the arm and pulled her onto a nearby couch.

James came to the portrait of the fat lady after nearly five minutes of walking while deep in though.

"Password" the fat lady sang.

"Um…Dingy Tarts," James said brightly after moments of pondering the password.

"Took you awhile," the fat lady sassed as she swung open to reveal that gorgeous Gryffindor Common Room.

James walked in, looking towards the floor. Sirius greeted him and wrapped his arm around James.

"Hey! What's happening? Let's play some chess, eh?" Sirius ordered.

"Sure," James said. As he was walking to a nearby table with Sirius, he noticed something peculiar. He saw Lily's red hair moving with her furiously moving head, which, to his displeasure, was too close to Remus. In fact, it was too close to Remus' head!

"What in the—" James began, but was too shocked to continue. He walked towards the couch a few short steps to get a better look. Sure enough, just as he had suspected, Lily and Remus were snogging on the couch. Upset, James ran to the stairs in a blur of sadness and anger.

Sirius came over to the couch. "Okay, we did it! He fell for it entirely!" Sirius said enthusiastically. "Umm…guys? You can split apart anytime now."

However, Lily and Remus did not stop, and Sirius then had to pry them apart.

"What's with you two?" Sirius outcried. Lily erupted into tears and ran up the stairs to her dorm. Sirius looked at Remus for an answer, but all he got was a deeply reddened face.

"Whatever," Sirius muttered as he rolled his eyes and walked away.

I can't believe them! How could the sit there and snog each other like that?! Lily knows I like he, a lot, and she and I both know that she likes me back. It's a known fact! And Remus! Don't get me started! He's known for forever that I like Ms. Lily Evans. We are best friends, well, now possibly were, and he betrayed me like the Benedict Arnold that he is. That just makes me mad, how he knows that I liker her, but doesn't pick up on the fact that I really care about her, more than anything else in the world…

(Lily's Diary)

Wow! I can't believe all that's happening to me right now. It's all going so fast that I can't decipher any of my feelings. Recently, however, I've felt a lot of positive, or negative, feelings, depending on who you are or how you look at it.

When I was kissing Remus, I felt totally different from when I kiss James. It was so much sweeter and so much more, tastier, I suppose. Remus is a sweet guy and all, but James would be, well, is, very upset. I'm not surprised either. I would be more than upset. I would be angered. I just, just, I just wonder how I got to this point. It was just supposed to be a prank, nothing more…

"Okay! I've got one!" Remus stated aloud very suddenly, snapping both Lily and Sirius back into the real world. "Okay, so the timing on this is key, as well as the basis that leads up to the prank."

"Okay, go on," Lily prodded eagerly. Both her and Sirius were awaiting what was coming next.

"Well, as I was saying," Remus began, "Everything that leads up to the prank is very impor—"

"Get on with it already!" Sirius snapped as he stood up.

"Well, I would if some people would quit interjecting!" Remus sneered as he also stood up. Sirius sat down. "Thank you," Remus said politely as he too retired to his seat. "May I proceed?" He asked. Both Sirius and Lily nodded their heads.

"Okay. So, Lily is going to have to treat James with as much care and love as she can; by giving him things, helping him, and other things," Remus began. Lily snorted in disgust.

"Yeah right!" she outbursted.

Remus, ignoring her outburst, continued, "But then she will also need to have unexplained absences with lame cover-up excuses to lead James on. Everyone with me?"

Lily and Sirius both muttered yes in response.

"Now, as the prank should go, Lily will be snogging someone in the common room as James walks in the door. Sound good?" Remus finished with a question.

"Sounds good to me," Lily responded. Sirius merely grunted in agreement.

"Okay, that's settled. Now, who should Miss Lillian Evans be kissing?" Remus questioned with a slight hope and mighty passion alit in his eyes.

"Well, she could kiss me," Sirius suggested after pondering the thought for a moment. A sly grin spread across his face.

"Eww! No way!" Lily uttered in disgust.

"Yeah, um, I'd have to say nay on that one. It has to be believable. Who would believe that Lily was kissing you?" Remus asked.

"True. True." Sirius agreed.

Lily thought for a moment. "How about I kiss you? That would work!"

Remus blushed. "Well, I guess," he muttered shyly.

"It will! Trust me," Lily said as she walked away, Remus' eyes following her.

(Remus' Journal)

James is going to hate me forever. He'll never forgive me for kissing his Lily. I can't believe that I thought that this prank would be a good idea. I guess I was just jealous of James, just a teensy, weensy little bit. But that's not my fault, it's normal. And plus, I've liked Lily ever since…since I first met her. When I first met her, when I accidentally walked into the girls' bathroom. And I liked her a lot more than James does. And for more than just physical reasons, too. She hasn't always looked the way she does. It just makes me mad, how I can show all of these really obvious signs that I like her, and he doesn't even pick up the fact that I like her, more than anything else in the world. (Not that he would care anyway.) It's just, annoying, how he can be so daft, and selfish, to not even realize that his best friend likes someone. How irritating is that?…

(Lily's Diary)

…Remus is really a sweet and caring guy. I think I'm starting to fall for him…

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