Chapter 2: Spur of the Moment.
"Marl..." Lily broke off shaking her head. She tried to start again but couldn't find the words to say. She was completely astounded by what had happened. "You kissed him." It was the understatement of the year,
"I know and I don't know what came over me. It was completely on a whim. Spur of the moment."
Lily nodded sympathetically. "I didn't know you liked him."
"I don't... well I had a little bit of a crush on him in first year but that soon went away when he started picking on Snape and hurting you."
"Aw hunny." Lily sat down on the bed next to Marlene and pulled her friend into a hug. "I appreciate you for tolerating Severus, but our friendship is over. If you want to to start being friends with Sirius then I don't mind tolerating his friends."
Marlene grinned slyly; "Does that include double dating with Potter?"
Lily hit her with a pillow. "Don't push it." She threatened before the two friends collapsed in fits of giggles.
Sirius was having a hard time escaping from the catcalls and wolf whistles he was getting. It was Thursday the day after the incident. He needed to talk to Marlene, but he didn't know what to say. He had been and still was completely shocked by her reaction. He had expected a huge scene, a fight even physical aggression. The kiss had only lasted 2 seconds he had broken it off completely shocked and embarrassed. Fortunately Professor Dumbledore although shocked at what happened had dismissed the school and sent them to bed.
Sirius had gone the long way to Transfiguration he had ditched breakfast and arrived at class just as McGonagal turned up so nobody had the opportunity to mock him about last night. Normally he would have just laughed it off. He was confused about how he was feeling and why he was feeling this way.
"Maybe your becoming more mature." James said as Sirius slid into the chair next to him, ignoring Professor McGonagal's gaze.
Sirius shrugged and looked around the room for Marlene, Lily was at the table but the chair next to her was completely empty.
McGonagal took the register and started her sixth year speech about become more studious and bottling down with studying because their final exams were closing in fast.
"Final exams? We're only in sixth year at least another year of pranks I think." James whispered.
Sirius smiled still watching the door for when Marlene entered. It wasn't like Marlene to be late. A thought struck him. "Marl did take N.E.W.T Transfiguration didn't she?"
James nodded; "She's running some random errand for McGonagal."
That would explain why she wasn't in her seat. Sirius sighed he'd catch her another time.
"Yo Moony, you heading for the library?" James asked jogging up beside his friend and clapping his hand on his shoulder. A small nod confirmed his question. "I'll escort you." James jokingly linked
arms with his friend and skipped towards the Library.
"You're happy." Remus remarked as he managed to extract himself from the prancing stag animagus.
"What you going to do? Deduct house points because I foolishly skipped with a prefect?" James laughed and spun around.
"Watch it Potter." A voice from the door of the library exclaimed as James' bag hit the passer by on the head.
"Oh sorry Snivellus, didn't see you there. You're like a chameleon, your greasy hair allows you to bend in with the grease on the armour. I'm sure there's a muggle chip shop opening in Hogsmeade if you ever need more money..." James left his taunt at that and laughed as he waked into the Library.
Remus (with his selective prefect hearing) followed after smiling inwardly.
"How's my bouquet of Lilies today?" James asked sliding into a seat opposite Lily. He'll tell Sirius about his run in with Snape in Muggle Studies; he'll also mention his new idea for a prank involving a greasy fry-up.
Lily groaned inwardly; "Potter I have to go. I have Ancient Runes. Marls gone to get our books."
"But flower." James protested. "It's the start of a new term and I haven't popped the question yet."
Lily looked at him stunned; "Lets hope for your sake; you don't."
James got down on one knee."Oh silly-Lily; you are silly. With Sirius and Marlene's impending courtship ours is sure to be close behind. After all she's your best friend and Sirius is my best friend..."
"I promised I tolerate you; I think I upheld that promise by being in the same room as you."
James rose his eyebrows at the implications of that statement, but Lily just rolled her eyes and waltzed out the Library swinging her bag over shoulder and nearly whacking poor Remus in the face.
Remus shook his head; "I should know by now that you only come to the Library to make a scene."
James got up and linked arms with Remus again causing him to turn beet red and to glance to see if anyone saw. "My dear Moony the day for scenes was yesterday today is all about taking chances and spur of the moments."
Once again Remus extracted himself and dragged James to the Library door, "Asking Lily Evans was spur of the moment? Even though you do it at least a thousand times a term?"
"No proposing to her was spur of the moment; I even got down on one knee. Isn't that how Muggles do it?"
"They also produce a ring and have been dating for over a year. Now come on we'll be late for Creatures, don't want Kettleburn to attack us with Flobberworms again."
"You're ignoring Sirius Black." Lily whispered once Professor Futhorc's back was turned.
"And I'm ignoring that question." Marlene whispered back furiously scribbling down the Runes that were appearing on the blackboard. "Anyway Mary MacDonald said James Potter proposed to you in the Library."
"Touché." Lily went back to her runes smiling inwardly. James Potter's proposal was interesting to say the least. If he weren't so arrogant and adamant about the fact that Lily was his girl, if he just took a step back and smelt the roses (or lilies as it were). She might actually say yes to a date with him. She'd come a long way to comparing him to a giant squid at the end of last year.
Sirius was waiting just inside the Gryffindor Common room; he had not seen Marlene at tea or in Muggle Studies. (Although James had told him that she dropped the latter last year.) He had been rehearsing what he was going to say all through Muggle Studies and had nearly recited it when Professor Blogs asked him a question about aeroplanes. He knew exactly what he was going to say he just need to catch Marlene to say it.
He heard hers and Lily's voice as the portrait opened. He heard them say bye to their Hufflepuff friend. He then heard them discussing the Arithmancy homework Professor Chaldean had given them.
"It's the first day; surely there's an unwritten rule that says no homework on the first day."
"Slughorn gave us homework as well."
Marlene dismissed that with a wave of her hand. "I did that in class. Wrote it on a bit of parchment and handed it in."
Lily laughed her friend was brilliant when it came to theory potions but ask her to brew something and she's probably end up blowing it up.
Sirius stepped forward tapping Marlene lightly on the arm. "Can I have a word?"
Marlene shrugged; "Sure but make it quick as your idiotic best friend called a Quidditch practise." She rolled her eyes, "It's the first day back, we haven't even got a full team. I think me and James are going to be the only ones practising."
Lily smiled; "Here I'll put you bag upstairs and grab your stuff for you." She had spotted James waving furiously at her from the sofas and wanted to ignore him.
"Cheers hun." Marlene smiled and handed her stuff over before turning to the black haired teen. "S'up?"
"Well I'm just going to go out on a limb and say this. I warn you however it's going to sound utterly cheesy and quiet pathetic..." He trailed off Marlene had put a finger on his lips.
"And on the spur of the moment I'm going to say: next Hogsmead weekend and we'll give it a shot." She kissed him on the cheek and bounded upstairs to help Lily get her Quidditch stuff together.
A/N: Just a small note on the Professors I've added. Muggle Studies – Professor Joe Blogs (Joe Blogs is the British equivalent to John Doe.) Arithmancy – Professor Chaldean (Chaldean is a method of Arithmancy) and Ancient Runes – Professor Futhorc (Futhorc is an Anglo-Saxon variant of the subject.) I've also changed the summary of the fic, because it sounded better. Please R&R. Same rules apply as last chapter.
Disclaimer: Nae mine, never was and unfortunately never will be.