"YOU GUYS" James crashed through the front door of Remus and Sirius's apartment. A room a way Remus was hastily trying to redo the button on his jeans, while Sirius had opted for the easier choice of just diving under the covers.
"You know I'm starting to regret giving him a key." Sirius mumbled as James crashed through the door of their bedroom.
James, who was obviously freaking out about something, didn't notice the clues telling him he had interrupted a rather private moment. "YOU GUYS!" He shouted, not lowering his voice even though his friends were literally a foot away from him...in bed...at four thirty in the afternoon.
"What, James?" Sirius tried to subtly put his shirt back on, but he could have been standing on the dresser stark naked and James wouldn't have noticed.
"I ASKED LILY MOTHERFUCKING EVANS OUT AND SHE SAID YES!" James couldn't contain the news any longer.
Remus tucked the tag on Sirius shirt in. "I didn't know Lily's middle name was motherfucking." He was enjoying the look of exasperation on James's face.
"Remus did you not hear me? She said yes! She said yes, oh my god I have a date with Lily Evans tonight." He swayed a little, and sank back into a chair in the corner of the room.
"Calm down mate. Did you not think she was going to say yes?" Sirius asked, playfully grabbing Remus's thigh under the covers. Remus swatted him away.
"Considering he waited until freshman year of college to ask her out?" Remus asked. "Seriously, James you're the only one who couldn't see how much she already likes you. Which is ironic considering the only reason you couldn't see it was because of how much you like her."
"You really think she likes me?" James asked, his hand on his forehead in disbelief.
"Yes you idiot." Sirius lobbed a pillow at his head.
Remus's phone pinged on the bedside table.
Lily(JAMES MOTHERFUCKING POTTER ASKED ME OUT)
"Hey James," He chuckled, "You and Lily have the same middle name." James lunged over the bed.
"Is she texting you? Let me see, let me see." Remus hopped out of bed holding his phone above his head and James chased him around the room trying to tackle him.
"She's texting me, not you. You wanna know what she's thinking you have to ask her yourself!" He jumped on top of the dresser, bending down so his head didn't hit the ceiling. He held is phone up so James couldn't reach and texted back a quick reply.
Remus(About damn time)
James was still jumping for the phone.
"Sirius, come get him." Remus said, sticking his tongue out at James.
"I would, love, but I'm afraid I can't."
"Ha!" James cried in triumph. "He's on my side! Hand over the phone, Lupin."
Remus laughed, suddenly remembering. "No, I think it's because he's not wearing any pants." Sirius shrugged.
"Wha-" James turned his head before realizing the context of the situation. Suddenly he was shielding his eyes and fleeing the room. "Oh my god, put some pants on, Sirius what the fuck."
"Not like he had a whole conversation with us before realizing or anything." Remus shut the door so Sirius could get dressed, and then they went out into the living room to find him awkwardly sitting on the couch.
"You could have put a sock on the door or something."
"Considering that we're the only two that live here, you can understand why we thought that wasn't necessary." Sirius laughed.
"So Lily motherfucking Evans huh?" Remus asked, grinning as he watched that huge smile split James's face again.
"I think I'm going to pass out. Is it tacky to pass out on a date?" James asked. He kept rubbing his sweaty palms on his jeans.
"I think it's only tacky if you pass out when the bill comes so you don't have to pay." Sirius said.
"Come on, be serious." James said, and Remus groaned.
"I am," Sirius sent himself into a fit of giggles.
"We've lost him," Remus sighed, rolling his eyes. They let him giggle for a few more minutes before he finally composed himself.
"Ok Ok, " Sirius wiped a tear from his eye. "I'm good." Remus turned back to James.
"So where are you taking her?"
"I can't think of any place good enough for her."
"Ahh young love." Sirius sighed, his head in his hand.
"Oh my god, shut up. You're nineteen." Remus said. "James if you put too much pressure on the first date, it's not going to live up to your expectations and you're going to be disappointed."
"But it's the first date! It has to be magical."
"Nope." Sirius linked his arm through Remus's. The two of them were sitting across from James, on the kitchen counter. "I mean the first date should be good, but the magic comes later."
"Honestly, you're just trying to get her to agree to a second date." James looked panicked, so Remus followed up with a "Which I'm sure she will."
James continued to berate them with questions, which they happily answered, throwing in little anecdotes from their own first date here and there. James was asking if it mattered what socks he wore, when all of a sudden…
"YOU GUYS" The front door crashed open once again, this time with Lily Evans on the other side.
"We really need to stop giving out our key." Sirius mumbled to Remus.
"JAMES FREAKING POTTER-" She stopped when she saw James Freaking Potter staring at her from the couch. "Oh my god" She squeaked and went right back out the door, slamming it shut behind her.
"Tag team." Remus nodded to Sirius as he hopped of the kitchen counter and went out into the hallway to find her. She had her forehead pressed to the wall, her face redder than her hair.
"That. Was. So. Embarrassing." Each word was punctuated with a tap of her head against the wall.
"You know, if you people would learn how to knock, you wouldn't have these problems." Remus grinned at her. "Big day, huh?"
"Have you ever been 100% nervous, but 200% excited at the same time?" Lily asked him.
"Yeah, I can think of a few times." Sirius's eyes swam in the front of Remus's mind.
"What was he saying about me?" She asked eagerly.
"Like I'm going to tell you. You people have to learn to communicate with each other." Remus sighed.
"That's not fair."
"How is that not fair?" He asked, knowing the queen of comebacks wouldn't have a response. "Oh! Would you rather go to Olive Garden, or for pizza?"
"Why?"
"Why do you think? He wanted to do something fancier but he has like twenty dollars total. He couldn't decide between those two." Lily laughed.
"Pizza. I'm not kissing him after garlic."
"I'll let him know."
Lily yanked his sleeve as he went to go back inside. "Don't tell him that last part."
Remus opened the door and Sirius and James both fell out. "Really? Eavesdropping?"
"I was trying to pull him back from the door." Sirius blurted, knowing full well he had led the charge.
"Yeah sure." Remus wasn't fooled for a second. "Lily wants pizza. Sirius get him back inside and get ready. You have five minutes and then you're leaving."
"What!?" Lily and James protested simultaneously.
"If we send you home, James will take five hours to do his hair, and you-" He pointed at Lily, "won't be able to decide on an outfit. You both look fine, we'll get you ready, and then you'll go get pizza and have a wonderful time." Remus looked at Sirius. And then you and I can get back to where we left off.
Sirius got the message and shoved a blushing James back inside. "I have a shirt you can borrow, mate." Remus turned his attention to Lily.
"Hold still." He turned her around and started to french braid her hair away from her face. "Your makeup looks good today, this way he'll be able to see it."
"Aw thanks."
"Plus now your hair won't get in the way when you're making out in the parking lot."
"REMUS!"
"I'm kidding. Chill." He finished the braid and slipped a hair tie off his wrist.
"Remus you barely have any hair, why do you have a hair tie?"
"Oh I keep one so I can put Sirius's hair up when he goes d-" Remus paused. This probably wasn't a fun fact he should share. "You know what. It's not important." Lily turned back around.
"How do I look? I wish I would have worn something nicer to class today."
"You look amazing. Besides you dress nice everyday. And don't even try to deny that it's because James Potter is in every single one of your classes." Lily glared at him.
"Am I that transparent?"
"Honestly, it's a good thing. All that blatant flirting finally got him to ask you out didn't it?"
Sirius poked his head out of the doorway. "Ready?"
Remus looked at Lily. She nodded.
Sirius hauled James out from behind the door, putting both hands on his shoulders. "Alright son, you have a good time." Sirius put on his best dad voice. "And if you hurt her, well… She'll kill you." Lily laughed
"Let's go James." She grabbed his hand as they started off down the hall, Remus and Sirius watching them leave like proud parents.
"That's my blowjob hair tie in Lily's hair isn't it?"
"Yep."
