Chapter Twenty-

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Remus walked the hallways, on prefect duty, the next morning, just thinking. Three weeks. Three weeks since Lily started hanging out with us. How did this all happen in three weeks? , he thought. Then he thought about the prediction he made in Divination last week. Lily with a water gun. A running figure. A dog pouncing on a figure and James in our room with a girl. Lily had a water gun yesterday, all of us were running, too. Friday Sirius, as a dog, had to jump me, a big figure, but that didn't explain the last part. Had he actually predicted the future? That was impossible, right? A bunch of mumbo-jumbo, yeah? Maybe.

Lily came walking towards Remus, smiling. "C'mon, we've patrolled enough. Let the Heads worry about the rest." she said. "Besides, I'm hungry" she giggled.

"Me too" he chuckled as they walked into the Great Hall. Lily sat down by Sirius and Remus, with Peter across from her, as they began talking.

"At least James is getting out of the infirmary today" Sirius said, "Moony as a Divination partner was no fun" he chuckled.

"There he is" Lily said, nudging Remus. James walked through the Great Hall, smiling brightly at the Gryffindor table. Lily, Sirius, Remus and Peter stood up, walking towards him.

"Finally, we missed you!" Sirius said, hugging his best mate.

"Didn't you see me yesterday?" he asked.

"Yeah, but we missed seeing you walk" Remus said.

"I missed seeing me walk too" James agreed. "So, how'd you keep yourselves busy without yours truly to make you laugh?" he asked.

"We...Managed" Lily said.

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Later that day, during dinner, James sat in his dorm, alone. "I knew they wouldn't tell me" he muttered to himself. "But why not? And Lily, pulling a prank! Why is that?"

Then there was a knock.

Lily pushed the door open and walked in. "James?" she began, "We're going to dinner, we didn't know if you wanted to come or not" she said.

The whole day James seemed a bit withdrawn, and hardly paid attention during classes, or added to the conversations at hand. He looked up at her and smiled, "Nah, I'd just like to be alone" he shrugged.

"Well, could I stay with you, while you're alone?" she asked.

He chuckled, "'Course" he nodded, patting the seat next to him on his bed.

She walked over and sat down by him. "I wanted to talk to you, all day" she began, "It's been three weeks, well, more like two and a half, since we became friends, right?" James nodded, "And in that time, I found out you were a stag, you dueled Snape, locked some Slytherins in a washroom, and got knocked out with two bludgers."

"And you pranked a bunch of Slytherins" James muttered.

"That too-Wait, what?" she asked.

"Nothing" he said.

"Who told you?" she demanded.

"You know" he said, "You really should work on your Communicating Charm" he said slyly.

Lily rolled her eyes, "I don't know what you're talking about" she said innocently.

"Don't you, Marauderette?" Lily ducked her head down, her cheeks went bright red and her eyes went glassy.

"I'm sorry" she whispered, "We should have told you"

"Why didn't you?"

"I dunno. Why didn't I?" she asked herself

"That's what I want to know!" James agreed.

"I guess because, if I did, then what I'm about to say would be a lot harder"

"What is it?"

"When I was dying Lucius's hair, and slipping the fireworks into Snape's pack, and tasering him, and covering Lucius in all that cement-"

"You did all that?" he asked.

Lily giggled, "Yeah. But, when I did all that, I felt...Not me. I'm not a prankster. You are. You and Sirius and Remus and Peter. I'm...I'm like the person that sits back and watches, not wanting to know what you did or what happened. I can't be a Marauder like you guys. I just can't." she said.

"Wait. Hold up. Being a Marauder doesn't mean you're a prankster. We do that stuff 'cause we get bored. Being a Marauder means that you're our friend, which you are. You hang out with us, and talk to us like you do with Melissa and Alice. We watch out for each other, like Remus, during the full moon, or Sirius when he doesn't get the homework, or me....Before you and I were friends." he said.

Lily frowned, "We can't be friends James" she began

"But-" he interrupted. She put up a finger and silenced him.

"We can't be friends, because I want to be more" (corny, cheesy, done a thousand times, but never by me. :)

James smiled "You're lucky I can't say no to you" he whispered before kissing her cheek.

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Outside the dorm, Sirius leans against the wood, his ear pressed against the door. "What's he saying?" Remus asked.

"They're not saying anything" he whispered back.

"Damn" Remus muttered.

Sirius moved away from the door and looked at Remus, "That could be a good thing" he told him.

Remus chuckled, "Let's give them their privacy, before they hear us" he said.

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As they made it to the great Hall, Sirius beamed. "I can't believe it! Those two dating!" he said.

"Shh!" Remus hissed, putting his hand over Sirius's mouth, "Don't say it too loud, it might not even be true" he whispered.

"Hey, what's up?" Melissa asked as they sat down.

"Lily and James are dating" Sirius said involuntarily. He winced slightly, "Oh, shoot! I wasn't supposed to say anything. You won't tell anyone, will you?"

"I won't tell anyone" she began, "That Lily and James are dating" she practically yelled.

"They are? That's great!" Alice said.

"It only took him five years" Frank Longbottom muttered.

"It won't last" Snape grumbled, "She's too good for him"

"Nice going Sirius" Remus said, slapping him upside the head.

"Hey, it's true! She said, and I quote, 'We can't be friends, because I want to be more'."

"Really Sirius?" Remus asked.

"No! You're such a git, Rem" Sirius chuckled.

"Why is he a git?" someone asked.

"Oh, cause-" Sirius began as he turned around, before coming face to face with James. "James...buddy...How long've you been standing there?" he asked evasively.

"Oh...I dunno...Five minutes maybe. And you're wrong, you're the git" He chuckled.

Sirius let out a breath, "Yeah. Yeah. Go get hit with another bludger, then we'll see how cool you are" he said. He had undoubtedly missed joking around with his best friend, even if it had only been a week.

Lily sat down next to Remus, and smiled. "You guys are such goofs" she giggled.

"Yeah, but isn't that why you love us?" Sirius asked. She rolled her eyes and smiled at them all. The only thing that made the day better was that they only had a week left of school.

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Okay, I know you must all hate me a lot for what I'm about to say, but I think this should be end. :( I know, they finally got together, then its over, but I don't really know what else to put in this! Sorry, I truly am. 'Kay, bye! And review, I'd like to know some great ideas on what I could do next, or if I should continue or not.