Here's chapter three! Sorry it's so late... first there was Pottermore, then I just couldn't focus... But the ever wonderful Whitewolf200056 motivated me a bit, and beta'd, so thanks to her! And this is extra long, so there you go!

Hope it's good and you like it and stuff! =D

Remus was sitting in the corner of the common room, immersed in his notes. He was nearing his NEWT's, or Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, and was currently attempting to study for History of Magic.

Usually, he was one of the rare few who actually had the materials to study, as he was possibly the only Gryffindor besides Lily who was able to resist Professor Binns' power to put everyone to sleep. Though he had missed nearly a week a few months back, after a particularly brutal full moon. His three friends hadn't been able to come with him to the shack he went to during his transformation, so he wasn't able to leave it and let off his energy. He'd taken it out on himself, ending up with injuries severe enough that he'd had to stay in the hospital wing for four days.

So, he was now currently sitting and trying to copy Peter's notes, though he wasn't having much luck. There were a lot of disjointed sentences and random words. Peter had obviously fallen asleep a few times as well, the sentence just stopping and a line of ink trailing towards a blob where the quill laid as he slept.

Remus tried copying down what he could, though he was interrupted as a large spot of ink appeared where his ink pot was tipped over. Sirius appeared nonplussed at the fact that he had just ruined Remus' notes; he was instead practically bouncing up and down with excitement. Remus raised an eyebrow at him while he conjured a handkerchief to try and wipe the parchment off.

"Tergeo," he said, pointing his wand and syphoning off the leftover smudges. Sirius kept staring at him, obviously waiting for him to say something. He was practically wriggling around in his seat.

Remus just went back to his notes, knowing it would exasperate his friend, and he was rewarded with an irritated sigh.

"Moony!" Sirius said, finally giving in and speaking up first. "Guess what I've got?"

"What?" Remus asked, slightly nervous. He didn't look up from his notes. He'd had Sirius ask him this question before, and it never seemed to end up with good results.

"Guess what I've got?" Sirius asked again, voice quivering from the grin on his face. Remus rolled his eyes a bit.

"What, Padfoot?"

"Look."

Remus sighed and gathered up the papers that were spread out on the table in front of them, arranging them into a neat pile and shoving them into his bag before looking. He could tell from years of experience that he wouldn't be getting any more work done as long as Sirius was still there. As soon as his supplies were back in his bag, he looked up at his anxious friend, and once he did, his attention was fully caught.

Sirius was holding an absolutely enormous bag of muggle candy. Mixed chocolate chips. Remus saw through the clear section of the packaging that it was a mixture of milk and white chocolate chunks. He immediately felt his mouth begin to water, but he also saw the giant smirk on Sirius' face.

"What about it?" he asked casually. He could tell that Sirius wanted something in return for the bag, and was determined to play it cool until he found out what it was.

"Well, I know how much you really like these muggle candies," Sirius said slowly. "And we may need a little bit of help with something…"

"What, a bribe? Really?" Remus asked, rolling his eyes.

"No! Of course not! I'm hurt you would accuse me of that, Moony!" Sirius exclaimed immediately, placing a hand on his heart and acting over-dramatic as usual. Remus snorted.

"What is it then?" he asked.

"Just a little… motivation!" Sirius answered brightly. Remus snorted again.

"I'm going to assume that 'we' means you and James. So what do you two want?" he asked, trying to get to the point right away.

"Well, first of all, just know how much trouble this was to get. I had to sneak down to Honeydukes and order it specially. It cost twice what a normal bag of chocolate goes for!" Sirius said, nodding solemnly.

"I suppose so," Remus said carefully.

"But then, that means you owe me a favor, right?" Sirius asked.

"What do you want?" Remus asked again. He was starting to doubt what he was going to be asked to do. Sirius usually didn't go through this much trouble.

"Well, you see," Sirius started of gently. Remus almost groaned, able to tell that his steely eyed friend was trying to approach this carefully. "Prongs and I were plotting…"

"Oh, god," Remus said quickly. Plotting was never good.

"No no, listen! We just need to ask you a little tiny favor!"

"And if I do this favor, then you'll reward me with that giant bag of chocolate?" Remus asked, eyeing the bag again.

"Exactly!"

Remus sighed again. He knew what he could be getting himself into, but the chocolate was so tempting...

"What do you need me to do?" he groaned.

"Okay. James thinks he's got a sure fire way to get Evans to go out with him," Sirius stated.

"Again?" Remus asked. This had happened multiple times before, each with its own… interesting outcome. Remus was a bit skeptical that it would really be 'surefire', seeming to remember James using that word before.

"Yes, again," Sirius said understandingly. "But this time, it's actually a really good plan."

"And what's my part in it?" Remus asked, fearing the worst.

"All you have to do is get Evans to come out to the Quidditch pitch in an hour. That's it," Sirius said.

"That's all I have to do?" Remus asked, almost afraid he'd heard wrong.

"That's it. What do you say?" Sirius asked, holding up the bag of chocolates again.

"James must really be serious about this one if you're bringing out the fancy chocolates," Remus said. "Deal. Now give me the bag."

"Yes!" Sirius cheered, chucking it over. Remus caught it and immediately ripped it open, popping a few of the sweet morsels into his mouth. Sirius cheered again.

"Remember," he called as he stood up. "Quidditch pitch. One hour."

Remus nodded to show he was paying attention, and Sirius got up, walking towards the door. Remus sat there for a few more minutes, eating the candies and unpacking his notes again, attempting to work a bit more. He ended up studying for another half hour, before deciding he should probably go and find Lily.

He packed up his things and ran his bag up to his dormitory, not wanting to carry it around with him while he searched. Though, he made sure to keep the bag of chocolates with him. As he stepped off of the last stair back into the common room, he scanned through the faces of the people who were sitting around lazily. He knew she hadn't been there before, but he was hoping she might have come in, making his job much easier. He sighed and walked over to the door leading to the girls' dorms, biting his lip as he thought about how he was going to find out if she was up there.

Luckily, Alice stepped out of the door as he was observing it. He jumped back as it opened, almost getting hit by it. "Excuse me, Alice? Is Lily up there?" he asked, catching his balance and her attention.

"No, she's not. Why?" she responded, turning to him.

"James," Remus sighed. He figured that would be explanation enough.

"Ah, I see. What's he got cooked up now?" she asked, nodding.

"I don't know. I've just been told to take her to the Quidditch pitch in about a half hour," Remus said, glancing at his watch.

"Well, I think she might be in the library. You could try looking there," Alice said.

"Thanks!" Remus said, hurrying off towards the portrait hole. He waved at Alice.

"Hope you find her!" she called.

"So do I," he muttered to himself, starting down the hallway quickly.

He checked his watch again as he walked into the library, seeing he had just less than fifteen minutes to get her outside. He spotted Lily's bag sitting on a nearby table, though Lily was nowhere to be seen. He scanned the shelves, looking for a trace of red hair, but saw none. So he decided he'd just go and sit at her table to wait for her to reemerge.

He caught sight of Madam Pince as he pulled the chair out and sat down, and he discreetly put the bag of chocolate into his pocket. He remembered well the last time she caught him with chocolate, and he didn't want any repeats of that particular incident. She eyed him for a moment, looking suspicious at the fact that he hadn't brought anything to work on.

He breathed a sigh of relief as Lily walked back up to the table and Madam Pince looked away. He'd though for a second that she was about ready to come and interrogate him.

"Hello, Remus," she said as she sat down. "What are you up to?"

"Well, I've been told by… someone in particular that I'm to bring you down to the Quidditch pitch in ten minutes," he said as he checked his watch again.

"Someone in particular?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. Remus nodded at her, seeing her slight exasperation. "Well, I wonder who that could be?"

Remus laughed slightly at her sarcastic tone, before saying, "Sirius reckons that James thinks he's got the perfect plan this time."

"Again?" she asked. Remus laughed loudly, earning a glare and a shushing from Madam Pince.

"That is exactly what I said," he told her, and she giggled.

"So what did they do to get you in on this one?" she asked. He spared one more look at Madam Pince, who was watching him carefully. He motioned to Lily to follow him, which she did, packing up her things.

As soon as they made it out of the library, away from Madam Pince, he produced the bag from his pocket. "Wow," she said, her eyes widening.

"Yeah," Remus agreed. "Apparently, Sirius had to place the order specially."

"Of course he did," she laughed. He offered the bag to her and she picked out a few of the white chocolate pieces.

"So, are you finally going to accept this time?" Remus asked slyly a few minutes later as they stepped out into the sunshine. She just popped another candy in her mouth as she shielded her eyes. He looked over at her, waiting for her to say something, noticing her cheeks had gone slightly pink.

"I don't know," she said finally.

"Come on. You told me a month and fifty proposals ago that you liked him," Remus said, giving her a slightly exasperated look.

"I know," she said slowly. "He's not such an egotistical prick anymore. He can actually be civil to people now. But… it just feels so weird trying to say yes. Hard to work up the courage, I guess. It's been four years of consistent no's."

"Time to break the routine, then," Remus said simply as they walked into the empty stadium. He spotted Sirius sitting in one of the seats right by the entrance, and he walked over to join him. As he sat down, he watched Lily walk onto the field.

She stopped in the middle and looked around for a few seconds. Nothing happened, and she turned back to where the two Marauders were sitting, looking at them questioningly. Sirius just waved back happily. Remus watched as she turned back, facing the goal posts on the other side, and put her hand on her hip.

"James? Hello? What is it this time?" she called, her voice floating along in the still silence.

Suddenly, a large, sparkling rainbow appeared, stretching from the ground on either side of her. At the very top, a bright white light glowed, and flower petals started to fall down around her. Lily petals, Remus guessed, knowing James.

He saw her turn around in circles, looking up at the giant rainbow, smiling and laughing. She stuck out her hand and plucked one of the petals out of the air. She examined it for a few seconds before, with a pop; it turned into a small scroll of parchment.

She unrolled it, and Remus saw it was almost completely full of inked on words, where James had most likely written. She sat down and began to read it.

"What does that say?" Remus asked, leaning over and whispering to Sirius.

"Everything," a voice whispered from over to his right. He jumped and looked over, seeing that James had suddenly appeared by his side, clutching his broomstick.

"James!" Remus whispered loudly. "Where'd you come from?"

"I'm not gonna miss this, am I?" he asked, grinning. "And in answer to your question, it says everything. Exactly how I feel, and exactly how much of a hopeless case I am when it comes to her."

Remus smiled over at his messy-haired friend, who was watching Lily's back, seeing her red hair falling around her shoulders as she hunched over the letter. The flower petals were still falling, and every now and then one would land on her shoulder. She would reach up and slowly brush it off, eyes not leaving the parchment.

"She's almost done. I'd better get down there," James said after a minute, standing up. He was suddenly looking very pale, and slightly terrified.

"James," Remus said, catching his friends' attention before he took off. "Believe me, she's gonna love it. I've got a good feeling about this one."

James nodded and clambered onto his broom, taking off and landing soundlessly behind Lily. She didn't hear him, still engrossed in reading the parchment.

"What makes you think that?" Sirius asked him, eyes turned to the scene in front of him.

"She told me," Remus said simply.

"What?" Sirius asked, looking over at him in surprise.

"Yeah. About a month ago now. She's just been trying to work up the courage to say yes."

A relieved smile appeared on Sirius' face. "Good. I'm pretty sure he would have cried if she hadn't accepted this time."

They watched as she rolled the parchment up carefully and stood back up. She suddenly whipped around, presumably because James had said something and alerted her of his presence. Her face broke into a wide grin, which Remus took as a good sign.

James suddenly held out his hand, palm up, and the petals that were still falling started swirling around, before flying together in his hand. He held up a delicate wreath of petals after a few seconds, and he slowly placed it in her hair, the soft yellow petals standing out.

She grabbed his hand as he withdrew it, looking into his eyes, which prompted Sirius to mime vomiting, and Remus to laugh. She reached up on tiptoe and kissed him, and James reacted so enthusiastically that he lifted her off her feet, twirling her around.

Sirius started clapping and cheering, and Remus couldn't help but join in. So ended four years of constant chasing, rejection, and nights spent awake consoling James. He pulled the bag of chocolate back out as he walked out of the stadium with Sirius moments later (they left the couple to it, which still hadn't broken apart).

Yes. Things were changing, and for the better. In the wake of the looming war against Voldemort, he was glad that Lily had finally given in to James. There could always be a little bit more love in the world.

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