The Marauders: Year Four

The Future Mr. Evans

Lily sighed, "What's taking so long? Seriously!"

"You've just answered it yourself. Sirius-ly. Sirius is why it's taking so long," James smirked.

"Why is what taking so long?" Annalee injected.

Lily said, "Just that Sirius has a crush on somebody and he hasn't told them yet and... oh it's going to be marvelous when he does."

Annalee frowned, "Perhaps he wants to let my sister's heart mend a bit before he goes strutting about the castle, snogging some other girl!"

Lily blinked in surprise at the heat in Annalee's voice.

"Alright, I don't fancy witnessing a catfight, and honestly I'm a bit dizzy from being upside down. Bye love." James rolled the broom in a rather impressive motion that made the first years marvel (as he'd known it would) and flew off back to the pitch.

Lily was still focused on Annalee and barely waved her hand at James's departure. "Rather, I think it'll help her when she finds out," she said to Annalee. "It'll... explain a lot."

"Explain a lot?" Annalee asked. "Who is it? I was thinking it would be Meg."

"I can't tell you," Lily said, "I've promised someone."

"Potter knows," Annalee pointed out.

"Well Sirius told him, didn't he?"

"So why do you know?"

"Because Potter told me."

"Potter tells you secrets now?" Annalee asked, a smirk on her face.

"Ooohh," squealed one of the first years, "He really likes you a lot, I could tell, the way he was looking at you. Maybe he really is your future husband!"

Lily rolled her eyes, "No. He's a bully is what he is, and he's very rude and he smells awful. Goodness."

"I thought he smelled rather good myself," Annalee said with a shrug.

"You've got a crush on him, of course you do," Lily said.

"Yeah, me and every other girl in Gryffindor. But he doesn't see a single one of us, it's like he's girl-blind, except for you," Annalee said. "Seriously, you should go out with him just to break his heart so he'll be available already! There's a queue waiting behind you for him - starting with me."

Lily laughed, "What are you talking about, you're mad. Besides, you've had a date with him."

"During which he stared at you the whole time."

Lily shook her head, "Definitely mad."

Annalee shrugged, "The only one of us that's mad is you if you can't see it! Mad and blinder than Mopsus." The first years nodded solemnly. "That boy is so smitten by you that he can't even see straight."

Lily shook her head, "He's not! He just says that stuff to be a pain in the arse because he knows it annoys me and for whatever twisted little reason that's floating about in that mad, over sized head of his, he enjoys annoying me."

Annalee looked at the first years with a raised eyebrow and a smirking smile. "Can you believe, this one's actually one of the brightest witches in the school?"

Peter leaned back against the bleachers. "I'm bored and I'm hungry," he complained, "Can't we go back to the castle yet? I have a load of Honeydukes under the bed... We can share a fudge bar. Hell, if we leave right now, I'll give you two whole fudge bars!"