A/N: Here is Chapter 5. This is the last chapter before the contest between my cousin and I close. So be sure to vote 1-5 when you review! The contest ends the Thursday the 7th so get those reviews in… Tho I'm sure if you review this chapter after the 7th we will still count them. Thank you to everyone who reviewed last chapter. I hope you enjoy this one.

CASOCCERCHIC02: Thanks for the info… Tho I thought that there were a bunch of prefects from every house… Can anyone verify this cuz I'm rather intrigued now lol.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter universe... Just the plot and the OC's I make.

Chapter 5: Hogsmead

James woke the next morning in his usual half asleep stupor. This morning however it was not long lived. When his eyes opened he saw a figure grinning at him, sitting on the side of his bed. James yelled out in surprise and jumped, which threw him off the other side of the bed. He sat back up quickly to see the laughing face of Sirius.

"Oh wow Prongs," Sirius said amidst gales of laughter. "You shoulda seen your face! You were all, 'Waaah!' " he imitated which renewed his fit of laughter.

"How the bloody hell did you get in here mate?" James asked mildly upset as his heart rate retuned to normal.

"You told me your password last week. I wouldn't have had to come get you but its 9:30. You missed breakfast and I'm sure you don't want to miss your first date with Evans. It's not like you to sleep in anyway… You had me worried sick," he added with mock concern. "Why are you still in bed?"

"I was having a fantastic dream if you must know," he said untangling himself from his sheets. "Thanks though. I'd better get ready." James headed through the deserted head common room to the bathroom while Sirius left. They planned on meeting for lunch in the Great Hall before their trip to Hogsmead.

The three Marauders ate lunch together along with the girls. They chatted about Quiddich and schoolwork while waiting for the trip to start. They soon became impatient wanting to get to Hogsmead as soon as possible. After what seemed like an eternity Professor McGonagall arrived announcing the start of the Hogsmead visit. Everyone rushed outside quickly handing in their permission forms and piling into the carriages. The six friends got into one of them and they were off. The trip was very short and before they even had much chance to converse they had arrived.

Their first stop was Zonko's joke shop. Lily rolled her eyes as the three boys ran about looking excitedly at all the different jokes and pranks boxed up on the shelves. There were the usual dungbombs, hiccup sweets, frogspawn soap and nose biting teacups along with several new items. "Wow," Sirius said in awe. The two others rushed over to see the display of boxes he was staring at. Zonko's newest product was called Pixie Powder. The box read: One spoonful in your target's drink and they will spend the rest of the day as a tiny pixie. "I'm getting some!" Sirius declared grabbing two boxes. When they finally left the shop each was carrying a bag full of different pranks and jokes.

"Well then," James said to the other Marauders. "Were going to Honeydukes. What about you guys?"

"Shrieking Shack," Sirius stated plainly, grinning.

"Were going to Madame Puddifoot's," Remus told them, much to Yumi's delight.

"Well lets all meet up at the three broomsticks before we have to leave," James said. "How does two hours from now sound?" Everyone nodded in agreement. "Shall we then?" He asked Lily extending his arm to her. She took it without any hesitation, slightly to her surprise. With this they split up into their respective groups and were off.

Lily and James arrived at Honeydukes arm in arm talking and laughing. The people they passed gave puzzled looks. Everyone knew they hated each other. Why were they together? Puzzled looks turned into angry looks from nearly every Hogwarts girl they passed. Lily was getting a little worried seeing all the looks she was receiving, but chose to ignore them and enjoy her day. They entered the shop, Lily on James' arm but they parted in order to look through all the different candies. While Lily was looking around James went off grabbing two sour apple sugar quills and a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and went up to the counter. The owner of the shop, Ambrosius Flume greeted him warmly.

"Welcome back James," The man said. He was an elderly man, though he didn't look it. He had a wide stomach presumably from sampling his own sweets, and very kind smile. He had taken a liking to James in his fourth year when he stopped some Hogwarts students from knocking over his displays. "Finding everything you need?"

"Yes Ambrosius, I sure am," James replied casually. "You wouldn't happen to have a box I could wrap these up in do you?" He asked him indicating the quills.

"Of course my boy, of course," He ducked down under his counter and pulled out a long white box. "Which lucky lady are these for?" He asked intrigued.

"Lily," he replied smiling.

"Chasing after her again eh?" Ambrosius asked. "Didn't she shove like five pepper imps in your mouth then hold it shut once?"

James shook his head as he was reminded of the incident. "Yea, but this time I already asked her out. These are just a gift."

"Ah, well good luck to 'ya James," the man said handing James the box of quills.

"Thanks," James said and paid him for his candy. "Give my best to Mrs. Flume. He found Lily, who was carrying a few boxes of chocolate frogs. As they left, James paid for Lily's candies. It was a date after all and James was a gentleman. They found a shady spot underneath a tall oak tree a little ways off the main street. They both sat down leaning against the trunk of the tree and relaxed.

"Here," James said, holding out the white box to her. "I got this for you."

Lily smiled and thanked him. She opened the box to see the two dark green sugar quills. "Oh wow! Sour apple is my favorite!"

"I don't really like sour apple myself," James told her. "But I knew you did."

"Oh and how did you know that?" She asked smiling at him while she was trying one of the quills.

"You said so," he stated. "In fifth year at Honeydukes, you told me."

"I can't believe you remembered that," she said amazed. They sat together leaning against the tree enjoying the breeze and each other's presence, and Lily enjoying a sugar quill.

"So," James began. "What was it that made you finally change your mind about going out with me?"

Lily smiled. She knew this question was going to be coming. She just didn't know what she was going to tell him. "Well," she thought. "You were right," she told him. "About what you said the first day back. You have grown up. I don't want to lie and say I never wanted to go out with you in the past. It's just back then you acted so immature and like a jerk most of the time." James laughed softly nodding his head. "I wanted to be with someone who cared about me. I didn't want to just be some other girl you slept with." She concluded her speech looking away from him.

James put his arm around her shoulder. "Lily you will never be just some other girl to me. You are nothing like anyone else. Trust me when I say I want to have you and no one else in my life, and that I do care about you."

Lily smiled looking back at him. "Really James?" She asked him.

"Of course," he said. Lily had planned on saying more but was interrupted by James' lips crashing into her own. She was surprised for a moment but then lost all ability to think as a wave of happiness rushed over her. She reached up putting her arms around his shoulders kissing him back. James leaned over putting his hands onto the ground as Lily laid on her back in the grass continuing the kiss. "You have no idea how long I have been waiting for that," James said, looking into her eyes when he finally broke the kiss, propping himself up on one arm.

"Then why did you stop?" She asked. He smiled as she grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him back down into another long sweet kiss. James tasted the sour apple sugar quill on her lips, 'this is fast becoming my favorite flavor' he thought.

"Where are they?" Sirius asked Remus who was sipping on his butterbeer.

"Dunno," He replied James usually isn't late.

"He's probably busy" Yumi said who was resting her head on Remus' shoulder.

"He better not do something stupid and hurt Lily's feelings," Jenny warned.

The boys laughed this off. "Don't worry, James isn't an idiot," Sirius reassured her. At that moment James and Lily walked in the door and spotted them. "See. There they are and neither of them had killed the other."

They quickly apologized for being late and ordered some butterbeer. Before long unfortunately they had to get back to Hogwarts. They finished their drinks in one big sip and walked back and got in the carriages. Once back to the Castle the six of them stayed in the Gryffindor common room until late, sharing stories and roasting marshmallows, provided after a quick run to the kitchens by Sirius. Night came quickly and soon everyone was tired. Remus and Yumi parted and each went back to their separate dormitories. Sirius however waved his wand at the stairs up to the girls' dorm and began to walk up with Jenny, who was surprised the stairs didn't turn into a slide as usual when a boy set foot on it but was also very happy. James couldn't help but laugh about this as he and Lily walked hand in hand back down to the head dorm.

"How do you suppose he did that?" Lily asked still amazed at Sirius' spell.

James shrugged. "He's Sirius Black," he answered.

Lily laughed at his reasoning. When they got to the painting to give their password they both grinned at it. James was hugging Lily around the shoulders who was standing in front of him. She was holding onto his forearms smiling broadly. James leaned down kissing her on the cheek. "I really like this painting," James said. Lily giggled and gave the password. "I'll see you tomorrow Lily." He kissed her goodnight and they each went to their rooms.

A/N: Chapter 5 finished. Thanks for reading. Don't forget to review and give a 1-5 rating when you do. This is the last chapter that you need to rate cuz the contest is gonna end. So to all of you who review... Rate it too!! If you have any questions about what's going on in the story, just ask me in a review and I'll answer in the author's notes in the next chapter.