Hello, people of fan fiction. My internet is apparently going to be unpredictable for the next couple of weeks (ugh), so I'm gonna post when I can, but, well, yeah. And a huge thanks to xJulle for being my first reviewer! Now I know what it's like to be so excited when I get a review… I never got that before. Oh, and I'm sorry about all these long Author's Notes. I tend to talk way more than I should sometimes. So, here's Chapter 4 for y'all (and no, I'm not from the South)!

Lily POV

James took Lily immediately into Zonko's. While he looked at all the perfect prank-pulling gadgets, she shot him a puzzled look. However, before she could say a word, he answered her question.

"Ammunition. Sirius, Remus, and Peter will be following us, trying to see what we're doing. Becca, too, if they can convince her."

"Oh, Becca will come as soon as she can. She'll do anything Sirius is doing. Becca fancies him." Immediately, Lily's eyes widened and she covered her mouth.

"Please forget I said that." James just smiled, and she knew that James was going to tell Sirius the first chance he got. Becca was going to kill her. Oh, well. She had James! Smiling back at him, Lily put Becca out of her thoughts. Together, Lily and James walked into the Three Broomsticks; neither wanted to attract too much attention down the street at Madame Puddifoot's. Over butterbeer, the two of them talked for what seemed like hours, about classes, friends, teachers, and just about everything else. Lily couldn't believe it! This was not the James she had seen since they were only eleven years old. Maybe he really had changed…

James POV

After about an hour of talking, James finally gathered the courage to ask Lily the question that had been bugging him all day.

"Lily, why did you finally agree to do this? And how long have you been waiting for me to ask you to go to Hogsmeade? I had almost given up, you know. How long has Becca known that you've been waiting, too? Oh, and when did the issue of us being together ever become an issue in the first place?"

Well, maybe there was more than one question.

"Well, I guess I agreed to do this because, um, I wanted to give you a chance. I'm not usually even open to giving you the smallest chance, and I guess I just wanted to see what you're really like. I only waited three days, because Becca told you the moment I told her. I still can't believe she went and did something like that." There was only one thing he could say to that.

"You only fancied me for three days before I asked you?" Lily laughed, and that's when James saw a flash of Peter's trainer nearby, not two meters from Lily's seat.

"One second," he whispered. Under the table, he aimed his wand and muttered Petrificus Totalus under his breath. Hearing a thump and muffled swearing, he grinned and focused back on Lily.

"Sorry, they were attempting some dropping of the eaves. So, I hit one of them with a curse. If that didn't scare them off, I have some more tricks up my sleeve. Don't worry, I won't hurt any of them!" he added hastily, seeing the expression on Lily's face. Well, he thought, they won't be hurt badly. And she won't know, so I can still have Lily and curse Padfoot. And Moony, he caved! He said he wasn't going to give any plans to anyone…

Becca POV

As Sirius whispered the countercurse, Becca could hear him swearing anything and everything he could think of under his breath. At Peter for slipping, James for noticing… She was surprised he wasn't mad at Remus for breathing! Quietly, she left Sirius chewing out Peter, who looked close to tears, and almost dragged Remus outside with her, ducking so that they wouldn't be seen by either James or Lily.

"What did you do that for?" Remus complained. Becca shushed him.

"We need a different strategy, Moony! Sirius swearing is not going to cut it." Funny, Becca thought, how easily the name Moony came to her. She had just learned that name a couple of hours ago! Maybe she belonged with the Marauders all along, and she just never knew it.

"Becca? Becca! Will you listen?!" Remus was almost screaming in her ear.

"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking."

"About Padfoot?" Remus smirked, looking very un-Remus like. Becca blushed.

"I'm the brains, remember? I observe a lot, too. And you fancy Sirius, don't you?"

"Please don't tell anyone, Remus! Only Lily is supposed to know!" Remus just stared at her, thinking.

"Fine. My secret for yours. You don't tell anyone about me, and I won't say a word about you. Although, your secret isn't exactly that big of a deal… But alright?" Becca nodded.

"And I was not thinking about him! I was just thinking about how strange it was, how Moony came so easily to me." She could tell instantly that he didn't believe her.

"Really! I'm telling the truth!"

"Sure, and I'm not a Marauder. But anyway, I came up with something else while you were, er, thinking. A new plan." Suddenly, Sirius appeared next to them, dragging what was obviously a re-petrified Peter behind him. Instantly, Becca shot Remus a look, trying to tell him You promised! with her eyes. Remus stared back, obviously saying Duh!

"Something wrong, Padfoot?" Remus asked, a little too innocently.

"Yes, something's wrong!" Sirius looked pissed off at Peter, and Becca was glad she was not Peter right now.

"Wormtail here messed up our entire plan! How are we ever going to get that close again?" He glared at Peter, who was staring pitifully at their feet. Remus aimed his wand, and Peter stood up and fixed his Gryffindor tie.

"I'm so sorry, Sirius! Really, I didn't mean to slip! Please, please forgive me?"

"Just be more careful next time."

"Now, can I tell you all how we can get back in? Finally?" Remus sounded impatient.

"Any day, Moony. We don't have too much longer." Now Sirius sounded back to his old self. Remus cleared his throat.

"Well, if we…" Becca tuned out, know Sirius would fill her in later. Why did she want almost nobody to know that she fancied Sirius? Maybe, maybe… Maybe because she was getting so close to him finally noticing her, and she didn't just want to be "another fan girl" or someone who just wanted some popularity. She didn't want to be another girl who wanted to be with him because of his super sexy smoldering grey eyes. Although, she had to admit, those were a bonus. She wanted to be with Sirius because of his personality. She needed to stand out, though, to be able to be with him. And Becca knew she would have to work harder than she was right now. What if she…

That's when the yelling started, breaking up all conversation between Remus and Sirius and stopping Becca dead in her tracks.

Lily POV

When James hit one of them with a curse, Lily almost smacked him. Then he apologized, and her heart practically melted. When was she going to get the hang of this? She couldn't help it. James was so funny, cute, and all around fun to be around. Wait. Lily cautioned herself. Since when was she, Lily Evans, like this?! She must be going crazy. It was the only reasonable explanation. But at the same time, it was fun and it made everyone happy, so she would go along with it. For a while, at least.

"Hey, Lilyflower? I need you to hold my hand really quick and laugh like I said something funny." Lily looked wary.

"Why?"
"Don't look now, but Snivellus is behind you and he looks murderous!" James chuckled, unaware of just how much Severus meant to Lily.

"Well, Potter, Severus happens to be my friend." Her voice was eerily calm. However, James didn't take the hint. His voice rose.

"Friend?" He scoffed.

"Have you seen who he considers his friends? Avery, Nott, Mulciber…" Lily looked furious.

"Watch where you step, Potter." She couldn't believe he would do this! Instead of pulling out his wand, however, Potter only laughed.

"Really, Lilyflower, that wasn't meant to insult you! You shouldn't take Snivellus's insults for him."

"Don't ever call me Lilyflower again. And maybe I will take his insults if I want to." Lily pulled out her wand, and noticed out of the corner of her eye that Becca, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were sneaking in. Becca. What a traitor.

"Langlock." Instantly, Potter's tongue glued itself to the roof of his mouth. "Maybe that will remind you not to insult Severus or myself." With that, she stormed out of the Three Broomsticks, leaving a lost-looking James and a smiling Severus behind.

Becca POV

As soon as Lily walked out, Becca went after her.

"Lily! What was that for? I thought you were beginning to like James, remember?" Lily spun on her heel.

"Oh, stop pretending, Becca! You only ever wanted the date to go well so that you could be with your beloved Sirius more!" Becca narrowed her eyes.

"Really?! So it's not alright for me to want my best friend to be happy? Because if that's the case, then maybe I would be better off with James and Sirius anyway!"

"Traitor."

"Says the person who wanted a date, and when I got you the date, you accuse me of setting you up, Hypocrite." At that, Lily turned back around and walked up to the castle. Becca felt like screaming, but instead she went back to Hogsmeade to find the Marauders. When she walked back into the Three Broomsticks, all four of them stopped what they were doing and stared at her.

"Er… Hello?"

"Well?" James asked, "What did she say?" Becca hesitated.

"We yelled about… Stuff. She called me a traitor, and I called her a hypocrite. After that, she walked back to the castle. I guess we aren't exactly best friends right now. So to sum it all up, she's pissed at all of you and she's not talking to me, as well." They stared at her. Eventually, Remus spoke up.

"So you fought with Lily… Over us?"

"Well, I guess so." Sirius elbowed James.

"And you said that not enough girls were noticing you anymore, Prongsie? Here's living proof that you're wrong, mate." Becca rolled her eyes, but inside she was smiling. She was in for good.