A/N: I hope you liked the last chapter and this one as well. If you've seen the movie, then you can probably predict what's going to happen in this chapter but I hope it is still enjoyable.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the recognizable aspects of the plot line.

Chapter 7: The Secret Relationship

It had been almost a week since Lily and Sirius slept together and every night since they have snuck out to a secluded dungeon room to repeat that night. They weren't dating exactly, just sleeping together, keeping it a secret still so that James didn't get hurt. The Marauders all figured that Sirius was sneaking around with girls just he he always did and Lily cleverly snuck around her friends so they were none the wiser about her going out at all. They both figured that they were in the clear.

It was Saturday afternoon and Sirius was the only one of The Marauders still sleeping, the rest were scattered around the grounds already. That is until James came back to the room and woke Sirius up.

"Is there a reason that you woke me up on a Saturday?" Sirius groaned sleepily.

"She's seeing someone!" James screamed.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Lily. She's seeing someone, and I'm going to find out who".

"Prongs, mate, please. You have to forget about Lily-Bean, for your own good".

"I can't just give up Padfoot! We had something on our date. I know I wasn't the only one who felt it!"

"Prongs if the date with me wasn't enough to scare her into your arms then I don't think anything you do or say anymore is going to work".

"But it did scare her towards me. Not completely into my arms but definitely in the right direction. That is until some bastard decided to ask her out" James sneered.

Sirius sighed. The situation was already complicated enough without James knowing that she was seeing someone. Now he's going to be snooping around and we'll be caught for sure. "What if I found you someone else? Someone who could take your mind off of Lily?"

"I don't want to take my mind off of her! I just want to be with her".

"Just one date. If it doesn't work out then you can blame me".

"Fine! But I'm telling you right now that it's not going to work".

Meanwhile, in the sixth year Gryffindor girls' dorm Lily sat with her two roommates and best friends, Marlene and Bella.

"So I have a date tonight so I probably won't be coming back to the room" Bella stated and then winked.

"Not only did I not need to know that, but I also feel way less rebellious telling you the same news. Except, I definitely will not be coming back to the room" Marlene said.

Lily smiled thinking that for once her and Sirius could come up to her dorm. He told her that he had secretly wanted to do that. Once she realized how she must look to her friends she laughed lightly and shook her head to make them believe she was laughing at them. "So you guys are going out and shagging random guys all night, leaving me here all alone. I totally feel the love" she joked.

"Well you could find a random guy of your own to shag all night so that you didn't make us feel so guilty" Marlene suggested.

"Yeah!" Bella agreed. "What are you doing tonight though?"

Lily shrugged trying to play it cool. "Oh, I don't know. Probably just study".

"Is there any way that we can convince you to do something else with your Saturday night?" Bella asked.

"Umm," Lily pretended to think, "nope".

"Alright fine, but by next Sunday you have to go on a date" Marlene dared.

"I-I-I. . . ugh!" she gave up when she saw the seriousness in her friend's face. "Fine!"

"Yes! Now, now that that's over, I have to leave. See you lovely ladies tomorrow!" Bella waved on her way out.

"Yes, I should be leaving too. I'll see you tomorrow Lily!" Marlene copied Bella's actions.

As soon as the door shut Lily whipped out parchment and a quill and wrote a quick letter to Sirius:

Baby,

Room to myself tonight. Come over?

-L

She then attached the note to Marlene's owl just in case he wasn't alone and someone recognized her's and sent it away.

Back in the boys' dorm Sirius and James still sat. Making the final plans for James' date before the small barn owl swooped in and landed right in front of Sirius.

"Oh!" He quickly unattached and read the letter, getting hard just from thinking of what they were going to do.

"Who is it from?" inquired James.

"Oh, you know, just some random girl who told me to meet her in the broom cupboard by Ravenclaw Tower" Sirius quickly lied.

"Nice! Score one for Padfoot" James joked.

"Alright, that means you have to leave now so that I can get ready". Sirius smiled at his best friend. "Now go and have a good time on your date!"

"Ugh! Fine!" and James left the dorm and stomped down the stairs playfully.

Sirius dressed quickly and ran down the stairs to the common room. Making sure no one saw him, he quickly muttered the counter curse to the stairs so they didn't turn into a slide and took them three at a time to get to Lily. Without even saying a word he walked over to Lily and they were going at it again.

About half an hour later Lily and Sirius laid in each others' arms in silence. Meanwhile, James was on his way back to the common room. The date that Sirius set up didn't work out. Truthfully, he probably could have tried harder but to him there was no point. He knew that the only one he would ever want was Lily. All of a sudden he started running, making it to Gryffindor Tower in record time. He said the counter curse to the stairs on his way over to them and ran up, on a mission to find Lily.

When James got to the landing of the sixth year girls' dorms he hesitated and took a deep breath before pushing the door open and walking in. He started to explain why he was there before he was cut off by Lily's loud gasp. It was then that he saw him, his supposed best friend. There's no way this is happening. Someone please tell me this isn't real. "H-He's the guy you're seeing?" James stammered.

"Mate-" Sirius tried to explain.

"Don't! Do not talk to me!" James cut him off before looking back at Lily, silently asking his question again.

"James, I-I just. . . We aren't-, I'm not seeing anyone. We're not. . . together!" Lily didn't know how to explain what she and Sirius were to each other. An occasional shag?For some reason I feel as though it wouldn't be with me if that's all he's looking for. She also didn't want their friendship to be over, though she knew that at this point, there was no controlling it. "I-I told you that I was going to get some life experience so that I can be comfortable being in a relationship with you".

"Yeah, well sorry for not thinking that that experience was you shagging my best mate!" James screamed.

"Please! I-I'm sorry but. . . I really don't know what to say here" Lily said defeatedly.

"I should go" Sirius said to break the silence that ensued after Lily spoke.

"No, no, no! You stay, I'll go" James said angrily. "I never want to see you again" he continued before he turned to walk out.

"Prongs!" Sirius screamed. He was desperate, he couldn't loose his best friend.

James paused in the doorway and turned around wordlessly.

Sirius couldn't form words. He just opened and closed him mouth a few times before sighing and looking down.

"That's what I thought" James said before once again turning and heading out the door.

A/N: Did you like it? Was it dramatic and intense and emotional and everything else that I was going for? I really hope it was! Please tell me what you think, I would love your reviews.