Thanks to Idonotget (sorry for the lack of attention of this story) and syd004 (A delightful new viewer of mine)!
Idonotget: I would suggest a romantic evening. Dinner with candle light, a starry night, great food. Something little like that.
syd004 : Try wearing hipster glasses and a fadora
Remus frowned at the genius of a smile James was giving him. He turned his eyes over to Sirius who was beaming with pride. Finally, his eyes rested on Peter who merely shrugged and gave Remus an I-don't-know-so-don't -ask-me look, which was a normal face wearing expression for Peter.
Remus pressed the front of his robe down, trying to smooth out the wrinkled material James had earlier placed while grabbing the front of Remus' robe. "I have to say you really thought this through more so than other plans. But…" Remus carefully stated.
"That means it's a go!" Sirius grin was huge and he patted James on the back for a job well done.
"I'm so excited! Evans is going to love this and then love me!" James jumped up and down. Peter was quick to get caught in the moment as he grabbed James' hands and started jumping up and down with him, squealing like an excited fangirl.
"I did say 'but'," Remus held up his index finger but the boys were off on another one of James' genius plans of wooing Lily Evans. Remus blinked at the dust his fellow Marauders left in their wake of departure. He bit his lower lip in thought. Finally he shrugged and sighed. "The library. It's the best place for an alibi." He said to himself as he headed to the safety of, as Sirius dubbed it, the big room of books.
"She's coming around the corner." Peter whispered as he peered around the corner one of the many castle walls. "Get ready."
"Remember to grab her wand." James whispered frantically to Sirius. "There are things she can do that put our own crimes to shame."
"I got your back." Sirius stated in a fervent tone.
"Peter…er, just stay here." James patted his friend on the head, leaving him behind the wall as he and Sirius squared their shoulders and strutted forward to the Perfect Evans.
"Potter. Black." Lily stopped walking as soon as she seen the pair walk out of the shadows. She quickly glanced over her shoulder, expecting the other half of the Marauders lurking in the darkness. "What are you two about?"
"Us?" James pointed at his chest while he glanced at Sirius. "What makes you think we are up to anything at all?"
"Now, you wait a minute Evans," Sirius fumed, ignoring the sharp jab of James' elbow ploughing into his ribs. "Just because James and I are walking side by side in a dark, empty corridor doesn't mean we are up to anything at all."
Lily placed a hand on a thrust hip and raised her eyebrow in disbelief. "Where is Pettigrew and Lupin?"
"Idontknow." James rumbled his words and his swept his hands through his hair.
"Probably in the Common Room, enjoying a bit of toast by the fire." Sirius shrugged.
Peter giggled from around the corner.
"Or Peter might be back there." James pointed his head to where Peter was hiding.
Lily walked forward towards Peter's hiding place. She pushed past the two taller boys and brought her wand out to ward off any spell the Marauders may have set.
James and Sirius turned at each other, staring in dumbstruck before shrugging their shoulders. James took a sack from under his cloak and tipped toed up to Lily. He closed his eyes and pushed the sack over her head as Sirius went for her wand.
"Potter! Black!" Lily screamed as she twisted and turned punching her fist out as she tried to ward off the attack.
"Ouch! Bloody hell!" Sirius rubbed his chins. "It's not like we are going to murder you or anything."
"We're not some funny blokes, you know that Evans." James told her through the sack. "I just want to have dinner with you but you keep refusing. It's really all it is. No reason to get physical in the damage sort of way, is there?"
"Help! Someone help me!" Lily cried out.
"Buggar all. She's going to alert the students!" Sirius raised his wand. "Langlock. How do you like that, Evans? Snape's own inventetion. Still think he is a nice gent?"
Lily moaned, trying to speak but her tongue was sealed to the roof of her mouth.
"Incarcerous." James whispered. Quickly Lily was bound with rope that prevented her from thrashing her fist or feet at the boys. "Sorry to do this, luv. But hell is taking an eternity to freeze over." James hoisted her over his shoulder. "Throw the cloak over us, would you Sirius? Don't want the wrong sort spotting us."
"Sure." Sirius covered the couple up and they made their way to the Astronomy Tower.
Sirius was to depart after he open the door to the outside world from the tallest tower of Hogwarts. "I'll wait below in case she tosses you over." Sirius told James. "Oh, before I go." He took out a hat and a pair of glasses for James. "Try this look."
"Thanks mate." James pushed up the hipster glasses on his face and a fadora hat on his head. "Almost forgot. How do I look?"
"Like an outdated Buddy Holly." Sirius shrugged.
"Am I suppose too?" James asked. "I don't think my hair can breath. It covers my wind swept hair."
"Don't rightly know, mate. It worked for Buddy Holly." Sirius put James' old spectacles on his own face. He gave his best friend a frown, squinting against the blurry vision. "Just taking the advice as it is given. Catch you later."
"Yeah." James gave a partial wave.
James placed Lily on a cushioned chair and pulled off the sack. He watched as Lily blinked her beautiful green eyes as her surroundings. The tower was décor with roses, moonflowers, and any of flowering plant the boys could find in the greenhouse. Properly placed before her was a candlelight dinner made by the house elves. Above her the moon was vacant, letting the stars shine down on them.
James carefully unbounded the spells before he took a seat across from her. "Please for once, don't get mad. Just enjoy a meal with me, Lily."
"You kidnapped me, Potter." Lily growled. "You put a sack over my head and bound me."
"You never say yes. Not even to the breakfast. What else was I to do?" James asked.
"Wait until I do say yes would be pretty good." Lily scolded him.
"But you never do!" James reminded her.
"Did you really think throwing me over your shoulder and hauling me to a romantic dinner and dressing like your dad would help your crusade?" Lily asked.
"Obviously." James held out his arms, as if saying 'duh'. "I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think it would work. Dad doesn't dress like this. He goes for a little more colour. Listen, luv. All I need is one night and I promise afterwards, you won't be saying yes fast enough. You will be wanting this. Excited for this. I'll be charming and you will be…"
"Perhaps next time you can bring a mirror." Lily leaned forward slightly to flick the fedora hat off James' head. "That way you could see just how stupid you are."
"What?" James asked, fixing the over-sized hipster eye-wear.
"Having you tell me that I will be jumping at the chance to have…this with you? Are you serious? Are you really so full of yourself that you don't realize how vain you sound?" Lily stood up. "Grow up. Get over yourself . Then ask me. Until then, watch your back because when I get my wand back you and Black will be getting some pay back."
"Don't be that way." James sulked. "You're not perfect either but I can overlook it."
"You are an arrogant, big-headed jerk. There is no overlooking that. You are despicable and cruel with your pranks." Lily told him.
"Well…your hair is too red." James shouted back.
"And if you ever do grow up and if I ever do say yes to something like this, I don't want it to be in the middle of winter!" Lily pointed to the snow that covered the edge of the roof.
"Fine..wait. Does this mean you might say yes to me in the spring?" James asked.
"Unbelievable!" Lily threw her hands up in the air as she stormed off, muttering to herself.
James repeated his story to the other Marauders. When he finished they all looked pretty beat, filling James' pain.
"I just don't understand where I went wrong. I thought girls liked to be swept off their feet and carried off. I thought they thought it was romantic." James looked at his friends for their opinion.
"Well they do like that." Sirius told him. "But they aren't wired like us men, James. They short circuit often."
"I think you should finish listening to what I say before you scurry off to spread hell." Remus told them. "I'd like to add that instead of putting a sack over her head and hauling her to the Astronomy Tower for a diner under the stars, you might want to just ask. Also I'd like to advice to do so on a better night. It is much too cold in winter to dine outdoors in just our robes."
"Where were you in all this?" James nodded at Peter.
"I stayed, like you told me too James." Peter smiled proudly at James, his idol. His sun. His glory. His….
"You were hiding the whole time?" Remus asked.
"I did go after a bit of cheese later." Peter admitted, guilty.