So I helped the love of my life get the girl of his dreams. I had no idea how hard it would be for me to do this and I didn't care, so long as I got to spend all my time with James: Even if it be for him to find someone other than me.

Lily was stupid not to have loved James in the first place. His eyes, so blue and captivating, his smile lighting up even the darkest of rooms, his incense of cologne covering up the scent of Quidditch, the way the muscles in his arms moved beneath his clothes, but mostly importantly, his personality made the people around him – the ones who truly knew him – smile all day long. How could she have missed these things?

Chapter 2 – Plan A

"The first part of the plan is for me to make friends with Lily Evans. After that I gradually pull her into our group where she can finally be introduced to you. From there we will work on your image to her. We will try and tame that mess you call hair, you need to keep levitating Snape to a bare minimum, and basically become the man of her dreams." Alyse spread out the diagrams across the table. Each contained stick figure pictures, words of advice scribbled in random spots, and the accomplishments they hoped to reach before a certain date. "The annual dance is four months away, so that will be our goal."

James sputtered, choking on his pumpkin juice, "The dance! I'm asking her to the dance?! No, no, I'm not ready for that."

"Keep your voice down! Do you want her to hear you?" Alyse scanned the empty common room before returning to the papers, "You'll be more than ready in four months, James. Now, judging by the amount of hate she holds for us I'd say it'll take her two to three weeks to warm up to me enough to even be on a conversation level. So make sure that you or Sirius don't do anything idiotic and make it harder than it needs to be. And I mean it, James. One wrong move and this whole plan could be off kilter."

"The dance…" James shook his head, eyes wide and frightened. His knuckles white against the golden goblet in his hand.

Alyse sighed angrily, "Now honestly! You call yourself a Gryffindor? Stop being suck a wuss! You're James Potter, best Seeker at Hogwarts!"

"That still leaves the best Beater, right? Why are you guys up so early?" Sirius rubbed his eyes as he walked over to the table. He looked over the charts and smirked. "Ah, I see: A plot to get Mrs. Lily Evans to fall head over heels for our little James. I want in."

"Not so fast, Sirius. I was just telling James that if either of you do anything stupid it'll ruin the entire plan so what you can do is make sure you don't do something that'll make Lily hate us even more. The only Marauder I'll need any help from would be Remus. He knows how to treat a lady."

"Yeah, sure, I'll just sit back and let you two enjoy all of the fun. No thanks!" Sirius turned to watch a tiny, pale girl walk by. He eyed her unusual striped socks as she turned to look at him as well, her eyes widening.

She was so distracted that she ran into Peter Pettigrew, who was climbing down the stairs. James, Alyse, and Sirius all laughed as she scrambled to grab the drawings that had fallen from her brightly colored binder. She and Peter mumbled apologies to each other. They both turned their heads when red began to tint their cheeks.

When the girl disappeared from sight Sirius chuckled, "Who's that? I don't think I've seen her before. Hey Alyse, maybe you should create a plan to make her the hottest girl in school and get her to hook up with me."

"Cut it out, Sirius," Alyse rolled her eyes, "And besides, Annabelle Summers would never go for a guy like you."

"What: Tall, dark, and handsome?" Sirius posed near the table. While his attention was diverted, James jumped across the table and tackled him.

Alyse giggled at the brotherly friendship the two shared. They were the best of friends, which would put a bit of a dent in James's strategy, but it's what Alyse had to deal with. On more than one occasion Alyse found herself gazing at Sirius because of the strong resemblance of personality that he and James shared.

The two boys wrestled, each trying to headlock the other. Sirius, stronger and faster, forced James into forfeiting and calling 'Uncle.' Both turned to meet my amused, slightly disapproving stare, and turned their expressions into something that resembled mock remorse.

"We have a long way to go," Alyse grinned at her friends, feeling a strong sense stress.

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"Lucius is staring," Sirius remarked.

Alyse sighed, "Lucius always stares. I thought you'd be used to it by now."

"No, it's different this time. He's not glaring at us; he's staring at the back of your head Alyse." James grimaced in the general direction of the Slytherin table. "Really, Alyse, you should see his face. It looks like he's actually thinking."

"Seriously guys, I hardly doubt-," His posture was completely straight, his aura was one of arrogance; but his face held something deeper. His eyes caught mine at that moment his expression altered something of dominance. Lucius raised his eyebrows slightly before turning to Severus and whispering something to him. Severus glanced up through his long black hair, smirking. Alyse quickly twisted back to her companions, "That was extremely odd."

"Told you," Sirius chewed a piece of toast, waggling his brows. "Lucius wants in your knickers."

"Sirius! I can't believe you would say that! Just because someone looks at you doesn't mean they want to shag you all over the place." Alyse chunked a muffin across the table. As she suspected, Sirius caught it in his right hand.

"Face it, you are the only pureblood he hasn't shagged, or much less snogged, yet. He got Narcissa, the Molly girl, and the Bellatrix lass. You're next on the list."

"Way to get our friend's knickers in a twist. She's terrified now!" James shoved Sirius, knocking him into the Weasley kid, who bumped into the beloved Lily Evans. She gasped, leaned forward, and glared straight into James Potter's eyes.

Alyse groaned, "Well, Sirius, I might have to take you up on that Annabelle offer. It's going to be a bloody hell of a lot easier than this."

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Well guys, I'm super sorry about the extremely long four month delay. I've been busy, and quite frankly I just lost all my inspiration. But I've found it, for the time being, and I plan on writing more. It still doesn't make me any less busy though. My life is chalk full and I hope I can find some free time in my life.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this latest installment of Sayings of Life. Now it's time for Poison from a Bite.