When she stepped foot on stage the band started playing a slow song. Lily had the time of her life tonight, and this was the perfect end to it. Her head was on James' shoulder, her arms around his neck. His arms on her hips and head resting atop of hers breathing in her winterberry shampoo.

They swayed slowly to the music outshining every other couple who just looked clumsy compared to their grace.

The song ended and James went and whispered something into the drummer's ear. He nodded and took the microphone. Again.

"Ok, well before we wrap it up I want to make an announcement. Well not really an announcement, but a question. One I haven't asked in quite some time actually."

He turned to face Lily and smiled her favorite heart melting smile, "Evans, will you go out with me?" he breathed.

Lily's heart skipped a beat. Did he really just ask that? In front of all of their peers and their teachers?

James was looking at Lily expectantly like he'd been waiting this moment for half his life, which he sort of was.

Lily stared deep into the depths of James' warm hazel eyes. They told her everything she needed to know.

She walked with a certain elegance and grace that made her seem all the more beautiful despite her clumsiness. As she walked, the hall was silent other than a few jealous girls whispering about how she was a slut and had obviously set this up.

She reached out her hand to caress his face, she breathed so softly she could barely hear herself, "Yes," and kissed him in front of the whole school. You could hear Sirius' wolf whistles in the back round above all the cheers. Even the teachers were smiling and clapping politely as they kissed.

Truth be told, the kiss was with Lily doing most of the work, for James was still in shock.

When the two broke apart both their eyes were a little dazed, but for different reasons.

Lily was thinking to herself how much James had changed over the years and wondering how she could hate such an amazing guy in the first place. Then again maybe she loved him all along but just didn't recognize this kind of emotion and misread herself.

James on the other hand. . . Well James was thinking, 'Bloody hell! Lily just kissed me! In front of the whole school! Well I think she kissed me anyway. Maybe it was a dream. . . I hope not, but if it was the was the best dream kiss ever. Lily is a pretty good snogger, Sirius would approve.' he touched his lips and got Lily's sticky cherry lip gloss on his fingers. He knew it wasn't a dream.

When they broke apart James swayed on the spot a little, stumbled, eyes fluttering, and--- James Potter fainted. On stage. Right onto the floor. With the whole school watching.

The whole school was silent again except Lily and Sirius who were laughing quite openly at the scene.

The band was in the back round, the rest of their year in the audience, teachers to the side, then there was Lily standing next to James' limp body laying on the stage, spread-eagle.

Sirius hopped on stage shared a come-on-you-know-you-wanna-help-me-carry-him-up-four-floors kinda look. Lily rolled her eyes at Sirius' silent antics but obliged anyways.

Sirius grabbed the upper half of this body while Lily got his legs. The whole school stared at them like they were bonkers as they drug James' unconscious body out of the great hall quickly and quietly like they'd been training for this their whole life. In formal wear of course.

Which was preposterous.

Maybe.

. . .

Thirty seconds later

"UGH! What the bloody hell does this boy eat!?" Lily exclaimed to Sirius, her trust sidekick and partner in crime.

"Well lets see," Sirius said, thinking, "this morning for breakfast he had three waffles, five eggs, two biscuits, some bacon, two glasses of pumpkin juice, and a pancake with a mountain of butter and a syrup stream. Then for lunch he had-"

"Sirius! It was rhetorical! Ugh. I kissed though lips?" Lily said disgusted and wiped her mouth off on her arm.

"Yep!" Sirius said cheerfully while attempting to skip down the hallways, pathetically dragging a cursing and muttering Lily along.

"You know Sirius, you have taught me a very valuable lesson today." Lily said smiling up at her friend.

"And what may that be Lily, love?"

"Boys are like human garbage disposals." She said matter of factly with a nod to back it up.

Suddenly Sirius' barking laughter could be heard bouncing off the stone walls throughout the corridor. Soon Lily's laugh joined him. They walked up three stories like this, high on their own laughter.

By the time they got to the hospital wing Lily had dropped James' legs seventeen times, he fell down the stairs once, his head got banged on the floor and a suit of armor by Sirius, and if he was faking being knocked out before, well, he wasn't now.

They were still giggling and snorting like two nut cases as they walked into the infirmary and Madam Pomfrey found them. She shrieked shrilly when she saw the three teens on the floor. Two laughing their heads off and one unconscious.

She levitated James up into one of the beds and tried to fix them up, but she couldn't concentrate on her healing while Sirius and Lily were making all that noise, so, naturally, she silenced them with a flick of her wand. They were still falling over themselves, just quietly was all. At the time that was all that mattered to Madam Pomfrey.

After she had patched up James' bumps and bruises he acquired on the way up to the Hospital Wing.

Sighing Pomfrey went and got two doses of calming drought and force fed them to Lily and Sirius.

"What were we laughing about in the first place?" Sirius asked dumbly while they were walking back up to the tower.

"Oh you know-"

"Um, no I don't."

"Well you should."

"You're the smart one."

"Why thank you."

"You're supposed to say, 'No Sirius, you're the most devilishly handsome, clever, and smartest person in the entire universe."

"Fine. Sirius your the most devilishly handsome, clever, and smartest human being in a two inch radius of yourself. How about that?"

"What's a radius?"

Lily smacked her forehead.

"I rest my case." she said smugly.

"Well if you're so smart miss smarty pants then why didn't you answer my question?"

"I was pausing for the dramatic effect!" she exclaimed indignantly and blatantly lying to her boyfriend's best friend.

"Oh yeah, sure. That's what they all say."

"Whatever Sirius."

"Whatever Lily, love."

After a few moments of comfortable silence Sirius spoke up again.

"Lily?"

"Yes, Sirius?" she inquired, curiously.

"Can I tell you a secret?"

"Erm- that's a bit random, but sure. I promise I won't tell."

Sirius sighed and took a deep breath.

"My brother's a death eater." he said in a surprisingly sad tone of voice.

Lily stopped in her tracks. "What?!"

"My brother's a-" but Lily cut him off.

"No, no, I heard you. I just don't believe it."

"Are you calling me a liar, Evans!?" Sirius yelled, looking furious.

"No! No! Sirius, I mean, you're brother's in his sixth year. Just are you sure?" she asked worriedly. She sat down and leaned against the wall in a more comfortable position and Sirius joined her with his head in his hands.

Another dejected sigh.

"Yeah. Positive. Dead positive. He wrote me a letter last summer, bragging about it. Bragging, Lily!" he said with a pained look in his eyes.

"He's my little brother! I'm supposed to protect him, be a role model for him. . . I tried to be there for him when father beat him after he was talking to me after I was disowned. He pushed me away, though. Pushed me away like he would a Muggle Born. . . No offense intended."

"None taken, love." Lily said softly.

"It's just that. . . I feel as if it's my fault. He's only sixteen! He's going to get killed out there and it's going to be all my fault. I wasn't a good enough big brother. I feel like I'm worthless just like my mother always tells me."

"Sirius Black. Look at me. No, lookat me," Lily said pulling his chin up to look at her with her forefinger, "Now don't talk like that. You and I both know your mother is a bitchy old hag with never ending PMS," she waited for a chuckle to escape Sirius' lips before she continued, "Now you were shunned from your family when you got into Gryffindor. Now don't deny that that was the best thing that ever happened to you. You met James, Remus, Peter, Frank, and Logan, who I know would punch you in the face for saying you were worthless if they were here right now.

"You met amazing friends you never would have gained if you had been in Slytherin. Sure your brother would still be talking to you, as would your family, but he'd still be joining the Death Eaters. You can't change fate. You can fight it all you want, but it doesn't change it."

"Thanks, Lily. You're right. My mother is on never ending PMS and she's already been through menopause. Isn't that just dandy. At least I moved out and don't have to put up with it anymore."

Lily had momentarily forgotten Sirius had gone to move in with James the summer of their fifth year.

"No problem Sirius. If you ever need to talk, you know I'll be here to listen." she said caringly.

She slowly stood up straightening her dress and held out a hand for Sirius to grab onto.

Sirius grinned and took her hand. When he stood up he enveloped Lily in a huge bear hug.

He whispered in her hair, smelling of that same winterberry shampoo James had smelt earlier that night, "Thank you, Lily, love. . . For everything."

Inhaling the musky scent that Sirius carried she responded, "Anytime."

A mischievous smile crossed the handsome man's features and he lifted Lily up in a fireman's lift cackling like a mad man.

"Oh, not again," Lily moaned, "SIRIUS BLACK! PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!"

"NEVERRRRRR LILY, LOVE!" the handsome man laughed as he ran down the corridor bumping right into the Fat Lady causing him and Lily to topple over.

And... another laughing episode began. Only this time, no amount of Madam Pomfrey's extra strength Calming Draught could calm them down.

A/N: Well I was holding out on posting because I didn't get that many reviews--- But I felt now was the time to post.

So this time I want at least fifteen reviews before I post again. I KNOW it's not that hard. You just have to click that little button down there. I know it's cute. Don't resist it. Okay so here are your five new RANDOMMMM facts.

1) The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used

2) The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

3) When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food

4) Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush

5) The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

xoxo

Britt