Disclaimer: I DO NOT own All You Need is Love. The song and the lyrics belong the Beatles.

…And in the Tenth Hour…

The affect was instantaneous and as desired.

Lily leapt from the bed, her whole form red and shaking in fury, Sirius popped his head up from the floor next to Lily's bed, looking quite interested, James stared in horror first from Remus, then to Lily, and Peter fell off of the window sill again.

Scrambling from the bed, James attempted to fix the situation as best he could, but Lily spoke—or more like roared—first.

"JAMES! WHAT THE HELL!"

"NO—" James yelled, "I NEVER said that! He's making it up!"

Lily seemed to cool down a little, and James thought with relief that maybe he had gotten out of the mess before Remus spoke again.

"Actually, Lily dear, he said you two shagged in the bathroom earlier."

Peter, who was back on the window sill, fainted at these words and er— fell off yet again, Remus grinned evilly, James put his face in his hands and whimpered sadly, Lily was staring at Remus, and Sirius said, "Way to go, PRONGS!"

Lily was silently thinking over the situation. Surely James wouldn't have told Remus. It had been him, after all, that had thought not to tell anyone. She had gladly gone along with that—Remus, Peter, and Sirius would tease them mercilessly. And it didn't seem like James to tell anyone and not let her know first.

On the other hand…

Lily was a little tired of keeping it a secret. She wanted James, and obviously his friends came along with him. It was something that she was going to have to deal with, sooner or later. And she could deal with it. She loved him that much. And that was saying a lot.

She was torn, but…James was the one who wanted to keep it a secret, so she had to respect that.

Aw, James looked so sad over there, like he was in trouble.

Ok, she had to have him now.

Lifting her chin, she looked Remus right in the eye and said coolly, "Yes, actually, we did. And let me tell you, it was mind blowing. James has quite a few talents you don't know about."

Remus dropped his evil grin. He was right, but…this wasn't any fun! He had been hoping for a fight. Sirius let out a whoop and came over to slap James on the back. James, however, was looking embarrassed—yet flattered and he dropped his hands from his face and met Lily's gaze.

She smiled at him—and the affect it had on his heart was ridiculous. He was sure at minute now it was going to beat right out of his chest. Lily was feeling something quite similar. Her stomach was doing somersaults and her heart was fluttering-

"Oh gross!" Sirius suddenly looked disgusted by their display. "Please don't turn the gooey eyes on each other!"

"Shut-up, Black!" Lily snapped, coming out of her love daze.

"Wait a second—" Remus came forward, looking confused. "When did this start?"

"Er…" James looked over to Lily uncertainly as she nodded at him. "A week ago." He said, turning back to Remus with a grin.

"And why weren't we told?" Sirius asked, sounding offended.

"We wanted to get used to it before everyone else found out." James told him.

Folding his arms across his chest, Sirius glared at Lily and James. "You should have said something. We won't embarrass you." He said before grinning. "Much."

Lily, scared, backed away. James dropped his face into his hands again with a groan and no one noticed as Peter woke up from fainting, rubbing his eyes and looking around at them confusedly. Remus, however, was still annoyed that no one was fighting. He would have to fix that.

"Yeah," Remus nodded. "Prongs gave me some PRETTY gory details of what went down in the bathroom." He stopped to wiggle his eyebrows at Lily's horrified look. "I dare say you made me blush, Miss Evans."

Speaking of blushes, the one that lit Lily's face on fire was of a spectacular deep crimson color.

"WHAT!" James gaped at Remus who was once again grinning evilly. "Lily, I didn't say that!"

Lily's face just got redder.

Sirius came to stand next to Remus and was wearing an identical grin. "And what exactly was that, Moony? Or maybe Lily would like to enlighten me?" He asked, turning towards Lily. "Did you kiss him and say breathlessly—'James!'" Sirius said in an over dramatized breathless voice, "James, oh I wish you were Sirius!"

"Shut-up, both of you before I kick both of your asses!" Lily, red faced, snapped at them.

Peter was making his way over towards them. He was looking between all of them, trying to figure out what they were talking about. His head was swimming from fainting and his thoughts were a bit muddled. He tried to take in what was being said but all he caught were little snippets of the conversation that ended up sounding like: 'Lily-and-Moony-would-like-to-kiss-both-asses!'

Peter gaped around at them all. How odd it was that THOSE words were the ONLY words he ended up hearing. Yes, very odd indeed.

Sirius and Remus both ignored Lily's threat and laughing, started making kissing noises in Lily and James direction.

"James and Lily sittin in a tree," Sirius sang while Remus provided a funky and interesting beat. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Lily bit the inside of her cheek and tried to remain calm. She had, after all, brought this on herself. She wasn't going to freak out. She wasn't going to hit anyone and she WASN'T going to knock Remus and Sirius's heads together like she was currently envisioning in her head. Nope, she was going to remain calm, no matter what. Because if she didn't, James would be the one to suffer…And also Remus and Sirius.

Maybe they would suffer at the end of an ax.

NO! She was NOT going to lose her cool.

Sirius and Remus now had their arms slung over each other's shoulders and were singing 'All You Need is Love' by the Beatles.

Lily clenched her fists and took a deep breath. She was ok. She just had to breathe in the good and breathe out the bad. This wouldn't be so hard if that hadn't been her FAVORITE song. Or more like her former favorite song. She would never be able to listen to it again after this.

"All you need is LOVE!" Remus and Sirius sang joyfully, "All you need is LOVE, LOVE! Love is all you NEED-"

They both screamed the last word and broke apart as Lily dived for them. Remus ran across the room as Sirius ran in the other direction, jumping over Lily's bed and laughing himself silly. James approached the furious Lily from behind and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and caressed her hair soothingly.

"Now, now dear," he said as he glared over her head at the laughing boys. "It's ok now. Let's just remember that we have each other."

Though she was still growling in frustration, Lily turned and wrapped her arms around James's waist.

Peter was watching all of this with his mouth open. He had thought he had heard Remus mention Lily and James shagging before he had passed out. But he had thought that surely this must have been a figment of his imagination. But now that Lily and James were openly holding onto each other, he knew that what he had heard must have been true.

"WAIT!" he suddenly burst, causing the couple to look over him. "You two did it in the bathroom?"

They both flushed at the same time, answering his question.

Peter stared at them disbelievingly. "And how long have you been going out?'

"A week," James said slowly.

"Um," Peter blinked, "don't you think that's a bit fast? You've been going out for a WEEK."

James shrugged but Lily suddenly looked upset.

"We've known each other for years," James said, worriedly looking at Lily's upset expression.

"That is fast," Lily said quietly. "Oh my God…I'm a harlot!"

"What!" James said, alarmed, "No you're not, no you're not! Damn you Wormtail!"

Peter rolled his eyes. "Oh, and doing it in the bathroom with ALL OF US OUT HERE? That's gross! What if we had heard you? Don't you have bathroom smell on your backs now? Don't you-" Peter suddenly faltered as the angry look from Lily (usually reserved for Sirius) was directed at him.

"Uh-oh," he managed to get out before Lily started towards him. James let her go without even bothering to try to calm her down. Peter had asked for it.

Plus, it was fun to watch his friends squeal and run like little girls from his girlfriend.

Ten minutes later, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were a laughing heap on the floor as Lily threw random things at them, trying to still look mad herself and not laugh at them. James was watching them and shaking his head. His eyebrows lifted as Lily threw a clock from her bedside table that hit Sirius squarely in the back.

Sirius screamed, lifted his head to glare at Lily, and was unfortunately met by Remus laughing and shoving his armpit into his face.

Peter poked Remus in the ribs and Remus, who happened to be ticklish in that particular spot, yelped and jerked away just as Peter lifted and farted on both him and Sirius.

Sirius and Remus gasped for fresh air and automatically started trying to scramble to get up as Peter fell into the wall, laughing. Lily, seeing her opportunity, ripped the cover off of her bed and threw it over Remus and Sirius, trapping them under it with the smell. Then she pulled up her shirt collar over her nose and sat on their struggling forms, trapping them in place.

And after another ten minutes after that, Sirius was washing his face in the bathroom sink, Remus was breathing in the fresh air from the open window, Peter was waiting for Sirius to finish so that he could wash his face too, since James had come over and farted on his face, Lily was putting the cover back on her bed, and James was silently appreciating the site of Lily bending over said bed.

"Ok," Sirius said to all of them a few minutes later when he came out of the bathroom. "Now that we all smell like rat farts, I think Lily and James should tell us exactly how they came to be…together."

Remus and Peter nodded in agreement and Lily, who was sitting cross legged on her bed, shrugged.

"Alright," James said before turning to the three other boys, "but NO kissing sounds, no OOOOO's, no did you do its, no asking for explicit details and no, absolutely NO asking for reenactments."

Sirius pouted. "But if you don't do any reenactments, how do I know that I have the right picture in my head?"

Remus shook his head. "Padfoot, I'm pretty sure that no matter what they say, you're going to have only one picture in your head the whole time."

Lily shuddered, James rolled his eyes, and Peter looked confused.

Sirius grinned. "Yeah, you're right. James!"

James, startled at this sudden burst, stared at him. "What?"

"Go sit next to Lily while you tell the story," Sirius said sweetly as he sat on the floor next to Lily's bed.

"Er, why?" James asked, confused, but made his way to Lily's bed anyway.

"Because if you're telling the story together, it's better if you sit next to each other while you do it."

"What? How is that?"

"Trust me Prongs, I just know these things." Sirius said matter-of factly.

As James sat next to Lily, he muttered something that sounded suspiciously like, "At least you know something."

Sirius shot him a look.

"Ok!" Lily said loudly before Sirius could say anything. "Well the story starts-"

"A week ago?" Remus cut her off.

"No," Lily said, annoyed, "it actually starts a month ago."

"A month ago?" Peter asked, "I thought you said you started dating a week ago."

"We did." James said.

Lily nodded. "Yes, but the story starts a month ago so shut your holes."

Flashback

Lily Evans was walking down the hall, heading to Charms class. She innocently made her way through the throng of students, NOT hoping to catch a sight of James because she had NOT had any sexy dreams about him lately. None at all.

End Flashback

"Wait, WHAT?" Remus interrupted rudely. "What has that got to do with anything?"

"Quiet Black!" Lily snapped. "I mean Pettigrew—I mean…whichever one you are! Be quiet. Now where was I?"

Flashback

Lily was walking to her Charms class, blah, blah, blah, and NOT thinking James. That was when she walked strait into James.

"Oh hey, Evans. Looking good. Go out with me! Go out with me! Go out with me! Go out with me! Go out with me! Go out with me! Please! Oh, and have I mentioned how good looking I am today?"

James chuckled as he ran his hands through his hair. "Yes, I am SO handsome and very full of myself because of it. Now go out with me wench!"

End Flashback

"WHAT!" James screeched.

"James, I'm telling a story," Lily said seriously.

"When did I EVER call you wench? I wouldn't call you that!" James said while wildly flinging his hands through the air.

Peter, Remus, and Sirius, who were enjoying story time, (not to mention this other entertainment) watched delightedly as they looked to Lily for her response to this.

Lily was rolling her eyes. "Ok, so maybe I embellished a bit. I'm sorry."

James grinned and leaning forward, kissed her nose lovingly. "Ok." His expression suddenly turned into a serious one. "But I'm telling the story now."

"But-"

Flashback

Once upon a month ago, James was walking to Charms class from the hospital wing. He had just come from there because Sirius, who was supposed to be his best friend, had thought it would be funny to magic the toilet seat off of the toilet and send it flying in his direction.

But that's a story for another time.

Just as James was thinking that he would never call anyone a wench because of all the respect he had for all women in general, James ran into Lily. He had a strong suspicion that this run-in was not at all accidental. He was pretty sure that Lily had run into him on purpose, because who wouldn't? James was an extraordinarily good looking man.

But he wasn't full of himself!

But James was sure that Lily had run into him on purpose because he had a STRONG suspicion that Lily had been having some very sexy dreams about him as of late.

"Hey Evans," James greeted, "You look pretty today. Want to go to Hogsmeade this weekend?"

For no reason, Lily suddenly looked very angry and murderous at his proposal. "NO, Potter!" She screamed, sending spit flying in all directions as her eyes bulged out. "I will NEVER go out with you! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! OH, AND WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY? OH YEAH, NEEEVEEERRRR!"

James was a bit scared by this point and backed away silently, hoping that Lily wouldn't jump on him and ravish him right out in here in the open, because there was a VERY strong possibility of that happening.

End Flashback

"Why didn't I stop you in the middle of that?" Lily asked in a bored tone.

"Probably because you knew that that was how it really happened," James grinned.

"Wait a second," Peter said suddenly. "I think I remember that day."

Remus lifted an eyebrow at him. "You remember a random day a month ago when we were heading to class? Everyday is like that, how could you possibly know what day they're talking about?"

Peter shook his head. "No, I remember that because it's the same day that I remember-"

Flashback

On the same day that Lily and James were referring to exactly a month ago, Peter was walking down the hall after lunch, stuck behind a group of seventh year girls. He really didn't try to hear what they were saying, but their voices traveled back to him anyway.

"Why won't you just give him one chance, Lily?" A girl with brown curly hair was saying. "I think he really might like you."

"Yeah," another girl with short black hair agreed, "I mean, he's been chasing you for years, I think that says that he likes you."

"Maybe you're right, Debbie," Lily said to the black haired girl, "but I just…he's very…big headed. His head might just explode if I accepted a date."

"Yours might if you keep having those dreams," the brown haired girl said and caused both she and Debbie to burst into a fit of giggles.

Lily shook her head. "I should have never told you guys that."

"Ok Lils," Debbie grinned. "That's it. I'm tired of you saying no. So I triple dog dare you accept a date with James."

Peter's eyebrows shot up at this. A triple dog dare was nothing to joke around about…yes, he was serious.

Lily was gaping at Debbie. "You can't do that!"

"I can," Debbie countered, "and I did. I triple dog dared you. Now you have to go out with James."

Lily sighed. "Oh fine then. We'll see."

End Flashback

"You wench!" Lily yelled at Peter.

James was gaping at Lily. "You went out with me on a DARE?"

Lily chewed her lip nervously as the boys looked on with identical grins on their faces.

"I…I…yes." She winced slightly, waiting for the screaming to start.

James stared at her for a long moment before finally, slowly, he grinned. "No kidding? Far out."