And…here we go again!

Howling laughter could be heard all the way down the Gryffindor boy's staircase into the common room. Most would recognize the laugh and write it off as common, but those who didn't know would have to follow the laughter into the seventh year boy's dorm.

Sirius Black was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. He was sitting on the edge of his bed, facing his mates Remus and Peter. Remus was smiling and Peter looked as if he would wet his pants from all of Sirius' excitement.

"Then what happened?" He asked excitedly. Sirius held up a hand to catch his breath.

"Then my good ol' buddy Prongs realized, among other things, his hand two way mirror was in his pocket. So, he called me and of course I made him explain everything before I even considered letting him down."

"I don't happen to find it that humorous Padfoot." A lump called from under James' blankets, making Sirius break into another laughing fit.

"What were you thinking Prongs?" Remus asked, ignoring Sirius' laughing.

"I don't know Moony, it seemed like a good plan at the time, making her fantasy come true." James said, sitting up.

"Well, you read her private thoughts which contained feelings she hadn't been able to work out herself, then you turn around and maul her, making her even more confused and angry at your invasion of her privacy. " Remus said.

"And I don't think it'll be any better once she finds out you shared all of this with your best mates." Sirius said, finally calming down.

"It's not like she left me much choice, I couldn't let myself down, my wand was in my cloak!"

"I still can't believe you snogged Lily." Peter said, shaking his head.

Sirius patted James on the shoulder. "See mate, it's not all bad, you got to do something you've wanted to do for as long as any of us can remember." He said before standing up and walking towards the window. "Besides, you know Evans is probably telling all her little gal pals everything as we speak."

"Lily's not exactly one for gossip Sirius." James said.

"One, she's a girl, it's like built into her psyche to gossip. Two, do you consider telling us what's going on in your life gossiping?" Sirius asked.

James shrugged. "What can I say, you three are my best gal pals."

James quickly ducked to avoid the random flying objects zooming at him.

"I have an amazing idea." Mystery said, a mischievous look on her face.

"I think it will be to my benefit to say I don't want to know." Lily said, her head in her hands. She had just explained to Mystery what had happened.

"So, this all started because you had one of those dreams about Potter and decided to write it down to try to get a better understanding of it. When this didn't enlighten you, you balled it up and threw it in the bin where apparently Potter picked it up and read it."

"Then, under some delusion that you actually wanted him, he randomly decided to engage in a hormone driven tongue duel with you in the corridor, right?"

Lily groaned.

"I'll take that as a yes." Mystery said, rolling her eyes. "And you, being a hormonal teen girl who, no offense, is in desperate need of a snog…" Lily glared at her. "…You reciprocated in kind." Mystery finished.

Lily groaned again, covering her face with her hands.

"So, being as we're beautiful, powerful, individualistic women, we do what all beautiful, powerful, individualistic women do when someone pisses them off. "

Lily looked at her blankly.

"We get even." Mystery said, grinning.

"And how do we do that exactly?" Lily asked.

"Why, you my friend, are going to make James believe that the hot little corridor scene that took place earlier made you want to screw his brains out." Mystery said matter-of-factly.

Lily opened her mouth to protest, but Mystery held up a hand.

"Let me finish. We make him completely uncomfortable. You stare at him like you want to gobble him up all day. Make suggestive comments and, if you're up for it, turn him on then leave him hanging...actually the opposite of hanging would be better." Mystery laughed.

Lily stared at her and then shook her head. "You know, instead of shooting down this ridiculous plan now, I'm going to hear you out because I know you're smart enough to realize that stupid plan had no possible ending that could benefit me in any way."

"Other than your desperate need to get laid of course. Ouch!" Mystery glared at Lily and picked up the pillow which had just been thrown at her.

"This plan had better not be going anywhere near me and Potter sleeping together."

"Well I have it under good authority that James hates it when females are only after him for his body and/or money."

Lily gave an unlady-like snort. "Since when?"

"Apparently since he became delusional enough to think you're his soul mate." Mystery said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh wonderful, so this is why he's stalking me and stealing my written down dreams?"

Mystery shrugged. "Apparently that's what soul mates do in Potterland."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Ok, so James doesn't like gold digging whores anymore, so?"

"Ok. James wants you as his girlfriend. He wants to take you out on dates and he wants you to be with him and only him."

"Only because he's under a delusion we're soul mates of course, even though I want nothing to do with him." Lily added.

"Yeah, yeah." Mystery said, waving her hand at Lily's comment. "On top of his desire to have a relationship with you, he also despises girls who only want him for meaningless physical relationships."

"I'm still at a loss to see where this is going." Lily said, shaking her head.

"Well, you make James uncomfortable by demonstrating that you only want a physical relationship with him. Then, you begin dating someone else so any possibility of you falling for James through that physical relationship is non-existent."

"Being as both falling for him and having a physical relationship with him is pretty non-existent, don't see that being a problem. And by the way, that is the worst plan you've ever concocted, and you've had a lot of crazy plans these past seven years." Lily said, standing and walking to the bathroom.

"Come on Lily." Mystery called through the door. "You don't have to sleep with the guy, honestly sexual tension is worse than actual touching anyway. I can't imagine, especially from the way you reacted, that you minded kissing James that much. Honestly, how was it?"

There was silence for a moment, during which Mystery wished she could see Lily's face so she could tell if she was lying or not.

There was a sigh from the bathroom and the door opened. "It was amazing, happy?" Lily said, walking past Mystery and sitting back on her bed.

"So it wouldn't be so bad to do it again, for a good cause?" Mystery asked, moving to sit beside Lily on her bed.

"I guess not." Lily admitted.

"This will get James out of your life for good. That's what you want, right?"

"Yes…" Lily said after a long moment.

"Great!" Mystery said, jumping up. "Now you just need a pseudo boyfriend."

"Someone who dislikes Potter so he will agree to do this and I don't have to break some poor bloke's heart with this stupid scheme.

Mystery rolled her eyes. "I'll see what I can do. That's step 2 anyway, step 1 is to make Potter think you lust after him. Should be too difficult, he's far from an eyesore."

"Myst…I see this going horribly wrong." Lily said, looking up at Mystery. Mystery moved to sit beside her again.

"Look, you want Potter to stop harassing you and planning on your emotions and attacking you in corridors, right?"

"Yeah." Lily admitted.

"Then you know what you have to do, for all the girls him and Sirius have left in the dust when they grew tired of them. "

Lily nodded. "Fine, I'll do it."

Ah, the plot thickens…somewhat. Let me know what you think.

~Mystery