"Mary..."

"Yes, James?" Mary replied sitting on her bed and filing her nails.

"Well, I need more help."

"More? I thought I gave you enough when we were planning how to get you and Lily together?"

"Please Mary!" James pleaded on his knees. "You are the goddess of help when it comes to Lily and I need some advice, desperately!"

"I guess I could give you some advice, what for?" Mary asked looking at James with a raised eyebrow.

"Ok, I need help on how to have a perfect date with Lily." James replied.

"I think I can work something out." Mary decided.

"Lily!" James cried running into the room.

"Uh huh," Lily replied not looking up from her book.

"Come with me, I have to show you something." He said tugging her arm.

"What?" Lily asked.

"I can't tell you but you have to put this blind fold on."

"A blind fold? Why?"

"It's a secret, just put it on."

"Okay," Lily replied putting it on.

"Now come on!" James shouted, giddy with excitement.

"I can't see you, you idiot."

"Oh. Right. I'll guide you. And smash you into a tree! Mwa ha ha!" James replied.

"James, you smash me into a tree and I'll strap you into a car that happens to be going full speed towards a limestone wall covered in spikes."

"What's a car?"

"Never mind."

"Ok," James said gently taking Lily's hand in his and helping her out of the room.

"James... Can I take the blind fold off?" Lily said after the dizziness of side along apparation had dissapeared.

"Oh, yeah, sure." James said grabbing his wand and vanishing the blind fold.

"You know, I could have just taken it off."

"Yeah, but doing magic is funner."

"Funner?"

"More fun, whatever. Forget grammar, I'm trying to enjoy our date."

"Date?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. We're on a date," James said.

"Did I have any say in this," Lily asked jokingly.

"Nope, none what-so-ever."

"OK, so I guess that means you'll be choosing where we go and what we do?"

"I hadn't thought of that," admitted James.

"Oh, stop looking so worried! I'll choose."

"So, I suppose you'll want to go shopping?" asked James, bracing himself for an answer.

"James! You aren't being very romantic!" said Lily, enjoying her "date" already. "Asking me to go shopping is like asking you to go hang out in a Quidditch store."

"Can we?" James said, a hopeful glint in his eye.

"Definately not!" Lily replied dragging away from the Quidditch store that was near them. "What is there actually to do at Diagon Alley?" Lily asked.

"Well, we can get some ice-cream?" James asked.

"Sure!" Lily said grabbing his hand and dragging him along to the ice-cream store.

"One chocolate icrecream with two scoops and white, milk and dark choc chips with chocolate sace on top please, also with a chocolate coated flake, and a..." James said to the ice-cream man, looking at Lily questioningly.

"Strawberry thanks," she said, laughing at James.

Lily had a feeling that her "date" was going to go just fine.

A/N I won't be able to update for about three weeks, but I might be able to fit another chapter in before Friday.