Date Posted: 7th May 2010

Disclaimer: I do not own HP nor do I make any money from this.

RemusPOV

I woke up to the singing of the birds, rusting of leaves, the chirping of insects…and the roaring snore of Sirius. All of Hogwarts has attempted their strongest silencing charms in hope of conquering his monstrous snore...and all have failed. All of Gryffindor tower woke up to this sound every day, and not one of them could cast an effective enough charm. Alas, not even Flitwick, McGonagall and Dumbledore himself were unable to silence him. Talk about raising the dead.

I diverted my line of vision to James. I could still see tears trailing from his eyes. Last night, I could hear him sobbing in his dreams, desperately crying for Lily to forgive him. I feel sorry for him much of the time, not only as a friend or fellow male, but I can tell he truly loves Lily; albeit expresses it the wrong way nine million percent of the time. Can't he see that he's trying to impress Lily in all the wrong ways? Honestly, I have never met anyone dumber!

*SNORE*

...I stand corrected...

Sigh. I proceeded to wake the others; there's only one way to wake a Marauder…raising hell. For normal people, nicking the bed sheets, violent shaking, cold water, loud, annoying and blaring sounds usually did the trick. Not for the Marauders. They were practically a different species (well, I'm a werewolf, but that's beside the point.)

Waking up Marauders is a long, frustrating, painstaking job. It required skill, finesse, a hell lot of patience and earplugs; otherwise, you'll make yourself deaf before you wake them up. Usually, the entire Gryffindor tower woke up before these three lazy leeches. I really need to consider changing dorms – maybe Ravenclaw? Yes, peace and quiet, shelf after shelf of books, people who understand my passion for books and knowledge, and most importantly – no deafening snoring first thing in the morning!

A smile grew on my face as I thought about my friends. Well, they're not that bad, sure they have a lot of flaws and faults...my smile drooped as I thought of all the stupid things they have done, from drunken cross-dressing, to trying dog food - you name it, they've done it; but they are the bestfriends anyone could ever ask for, especially a werewolf.

I conjured three buckets of ice cold water, earmuffs, alarm clocks, sound amplifiers and enough pots and pans to make an Eiffel Tower replica.

3...

2...

1...

*BOOM*

*BANG*

*CRASH*

*CLATTER*

*CLANG*

*POW*

*WHAM*

*WHACK*

...

*SNORE~*

Looks like it's the last resort...

*Deep breath*

"OH MY GOD! JAMES! SIRIUS! YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR THE QUIDDITCH MATCH!"

"JAMES! LILY IS WAITING IN THE COMMON ROOM BEGGING FOR YOU TO MARRY HER!"

"SIRIUS! THERE'S A REALLY HOT CHICK WITH A HUGE SET OF RACKS OUTSIDE ASKING FOR YOU!"

"GET UP PETER! MRS. NORRIS IS HERE!"

They all shot up from bed faster than a bullet. These guys seriously have a one-track mind. *sweatdrop*

"I always knew you were just playing hard to get Lily! I'll take you to Hogsmeade right after I win this game for you! Wait for me my beautiful Lily flower!" guess who.

"Should I wear clothes? School robes, a bathrobe, boxer, briefs or just be natural? " do you even have to ask?

*Squeak*

"Get her away from me! Help! She's gonna eat me! I can't die yet! I have yet to betray and frame you guys!" said a certain filthy bastard…well, maybe he didn't exactly say that last part…but you know he wants to!

I stare blankly at my bestfriends.

Just another average day in the life of a Marauder.

LilyPOV

I was happily enjoying my book wearing a set of muggle earmuffs to block out the sound of Remus trying to wake up his friends. Poor guy. Such a nice person like Remus doesn't deserve this. I don't even know why he's friends with those nutcases. He's so much more sensible and smarter.

He seemed to be done, since I couldn't here anymore noise pollution (they're so loud I can hear them through the muffs).

I snuggled into the comfortable armchair and returned to my book, captivated by its fascinating knowledge. Turning the page, I followed the timeline on the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon blood and took a sip of steaming hot tea, just the way I like it. Everything was so peaceful first thing in the morning. Just perfect.

"Lily! I knew you loved me! We can go to Hogsmeade after the match and ask Madame Rosemerta to marry us straight away! Everyone, Lily and I are getting married!" He merrily announced.

I spurted out the tea I was drinking and got it all over the book. Great, Madame Pince is gonna kill me.

"Lily flower! I'm so glad you agreed. When do you want to pick out the dress? Who's your bride's maid? Are your parents coming? Would you rather have an emerald ring or diamond? Personally, I think the emerald matches your eyes better, but you women seem to like diamonds. I know! How abo-"

*thump*

"James 0, Lily 2," broadcasted Sirius.

"James 0, Sirius 0, Lily 3," corrected Remus.

"What the hell is wrong with you Potter?" I screamed, "I thought we went through this last night, and every other day since we started Hogwarts. I-DO-NOT-LIKE-YOU! I-AM-NOT-MARRYING-YOU! I-HATE-YOU! In fact, I'd rather sooner date Sirius before dating you!"

"Hey! You make it sound like it's a bad thing dating me. I'll have you know, you'd be lucky if I dated you. Women come in flocks to just see me. Then there's this 5' 3" waiting list to snog me in the broomcloset, and a 16' 9" parchment to be my girlfriend for the week. Not that I can blame them, being as hot as I am. Just last night I wa-"

*thump*

"James 0, Sirius 0, Lily 4," inserted Remus.

JamesPOV

Whilst I hobbled to the Great Hall I thought about Lily. She's so perfect. It's just like her not to take any shit from anybody, but god does she kick hard. The first time she showed she hated me, I felt so dejected. This feeling continued for a while, sometimes I still feel it hard, but I have mostly come to accept that Lily Evans hates James Potter. Whilst Jasper and Lily may be bestfriends, but she loathes James even though we are the same person. But I took it; I accepted it, and worked by Lily's wants and rules. If Lily didn't want to be friends with James, then James and Lily wouldn't be friends. This of course didn't mean I didn't constantly try to change her mind. In fact, right after the incident on the train in first year, I tried to improve her image of me by pleasing her.

Flashback JamesPOV

If there was one thing I knew Lily loved, it was lasagna. Whilst she wasn't looking, I switched her salad with a plate of lasagna. She was too busy talking to the girl next to her, Alice I believe her name was, to notice, and just forked a portion and stuffed it in her mouth. Her eyes hardened and she spat it out.

"Who the hell swapped my salad with a plate of lasagna!" she demanded.

"He did it." accused some girl, pointing towards me.

"Potter! I am so going to hurt you!" she spat murderously.

"Why are you so angry? It's just a plate of lasagna." I reasoned, totally perplexed. Can a person turn from mass addiction to lasagna to despising it in a span of a fortnight?

"I'm a bloody vegetarian!" she screamed through her teeth.

"Er…Ooops? Isn't it ironic you said bloody vegetarian? Ha-hah?" I laughed shakily, I was toast. I don't see her for two weeks and she turns into a vegetarian. What are the chances of that?

End Flashback

That basically glued, nailed, sealed, drilled and screwed Lily's hatred for James permanently in memory. He had tried other ways to apologise, but it always ended up backfiring.

He tried buying her a small trinket in the form of a modest necklace, but she accused him of being a spoilt brat, trying to buy her friendship, and thinking that money can buy everything. He was about to explain himself, but she threw the necklace at him, conveniently landing inside his mouth and got swallowed into the stomach. Madame Promfrey extracted it from his stomach, but he still had a horrible stomach ache, on the day of the Halloween Feast too!

James also tried giving her a bird display by freeing a huge flock of doves (her favourite type of bird) at the same time, but they somehow ended up pooping all over her. She hexed him. He resided in the hospital for a week after that. Ouch.

Of course there were other attempts, some better than others…most worse, and many too embarrassing to mention. But they all had one thing in common. They failed.

A/N - Was this better than previous chapters? Or am I still a total failiure? Please R&R.