HISTORY, james sirius potter

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"It appears someone can tame the great James Potter after all," Lily said, turning to wink at Annabelle, causing her to giggle a little. 

"Only you, my flower," James said as he gazed into her eyes and slid the ring onto her finger. "Now that we are engaged, will you go to Hogsmeade with me?"

The weirdest part was that she had to catch herself from saying yes. But, then, she firmly reminded herself of who this was. It was James Sirius Potter for Merlin's sake, they were friends and nothing more.

"That was a nice try. I'll give you brownie points on that one," Lily said with a polite smile as she slid the ring off her finger and placed it into James's palm. His smile dropped a little bit as she closed his fingers around it. "Let's go and get some breakfast, shall we?" 

James hesitated before nodding with a slightly sad smile. Lily lecad the way as the two groups combined at the Gryffindor table. Others, who were not privy to the events that happened between them, were confused and slightly excited. What could this possibly mean?

"Hello, boys! Don't you look dashing," Lily said cheerily as she sat down in the space between Lorcan and Estelle. This caused Lorcan to blush a little and adjust his neck tie.

"You know it, Edwards. It's our last year, how could we not?" Lysander said, leaning over the table a little to add emphasis. 

"And, we decided to plan something," Fred said with a smug smile as he sat back in his seat. 

"What did you do, Weasley?" Ruby asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Oooooooh nothing ... if anything it was lover boy's idea," Fred said with a smug smile as he looked at James, who then hit him on the back of the head. 

"It's nothing grand, but we planned a picnic for all of you. Lily mentioned you guys like to take muggle polaroids every Halloween and what a better setting than a picnic?" he asked, laughing awkwardly a bit at the end.

"That's really sweet, Potter," Estelle said with a smile. "Like really sweet." She nudged Lily in the side, making Lily roll her eyes, but her smile remained just as bright. 

"That sounds amazing," Lily said, shooting another smile at James. He grinned in response, she actually liked his idea and agreed to come. Could this day get any better?

He had been, in secret, planning this picnic since they agreed to do a group costume all together. He had all of it — pumpkin pasties, butterbeer, caramel apples, shepherd's pie, Bertie Botts, sugar quills ( Lily's favorite ) and every other sublime treat from Honeyduke's. He had used his grandfather's map and his dad's invisibility cloak to make midnight trips to the cellars. 

"2 pm. The field near the Black Lake. Don't be late. Sorry ladies and gents, but you'll have to bid farewell to this gorgeous face! Boys — we have serious business that we need to discuss," Fred said as he pointed to each member of the table. After his statement, he shared a look with each of the boys. The same look that they shared when they were planning another prank. 

Little did they know that Nyah and Ben shared a secret look as well. Though their pranking had been put on hold by the planning of their birthday, they were back.

The second the boys stood up, green goo ( meaning to look like ectoplasm ) dumped all over them. 

The Thomas siblings couldn't breathe, that's how hard they were laughing. Normally, they would choose a first year or some 4th years as their victims, but because they weren't expecting it, they chose the kings themselves.

"Holy Helga, you should see your faces!" Estelle managed to get out through her laughter. 

The whole hall had gone silent, except for Estelle, Nyah, Ben and Ruby who were laughing. The kings never got fell, only they conquered. No one had ever successfully pranked them. But, then again, a lot of impossible things were happening that year.