The Date
"This is stupid", Peter huffed, kicking a stone across the ground as he glanced over to James.
Sirius wrapped an arm around his shoulders, "Way to be supportive, mate", he pushed Peter over to James.
Sirius glanced over to Remus, still a few feet from the others, walking over slowly, as he was engrossed in a book.
Sirius ran over and snatched the book, tucking it under his arm.
"Hey!" Remus complained, trying to grab his book back.
Sirius began to walk by his side, "We're here for James, not to study for Charms."
Remus huffed, but conceded, sitting down on the short brick wall that James was currently ducking behind.
It was a Hogsmeade weekend, but they had trekked away from the shops once James heard about Lily's date.
James pitifully sighed, staring as Lily happily chatted to Amos in the distance.
Sirius hit his shoulder affectionately, "Come on, James", he began to grin widely, "Buck up."
The four boys proceeded to burst out in laughter at Sirius' deer pun, the noise catching Lily's attention from across the field.
Once she had caught sight, she immediately ditched Amos to storm over to them.
"What on earth are you doing here?"
"It's a Hogsmeade weekend", Sirius gestured around them, "So we're in Hogsmeade."
Lily huffed, "And you four decided to come to the hookup spot because you realised your dysfunctional friendship wasn't as platonic as you thought?"
Sirius grinned, "Exactly! Come here, Pete!"
He smacked his lips against Peter’s cheek, the other boy not quite resisting at all.
James stood up fully, "You're on a date with Amos", he commented, "Y'know he's a git?"
Lily turned away from Sirius, who was now in some sort of play fight with Peter, "You're the git, Potter. And yes, I am on a date, so I'd really rather you lot leave."
Remus glanced over her shoulder, "Your date's coming over, Lily."
Lily swirled around to see Amos heading straight for them, and swirled back in a sort of panic.
"Okay, uh, don't be a prick, please!"
James frowned, seeing the usually suave and confident Lily become a stuttering mess. He recognised the sudden change easily- in himself.
"Lily?" Amos smiled, "Oh, Hi, lads. What you lot doing down here?"
"Hooking up with each other according to Evans", Sirius barked a laugh, in the middle of a thumb war with Peter a few feet away.
"Ah", Amos frowned in confusion.
"Well, we should probably get back", Lily tucked her hair behind her ears, swinging her arms in a strange way before noticing it and quickly folding them against her chest- her face bright red.
"Right", Amos nodded, "Bye", he addressed the four boys.
Only Remus replied, giving him a polite wave.
"Wait!", James jumped over the wall with ease, "Amos uh", he nervously glanced to Lily's growing angry expression, "Lily's special. I just mean she's one of the best people I know, she's smart, talented, confident, honest, beautiful, creative. Just, she deserves the best so. Make sure you give it to her."
Lily stared at James in suprise, looking at him as if she had just noticed something about him she hadn't seen before.
"Oh, well", Amos shrugged, "It's just the first date, mate. We'll see how it goes."
As the two began to walk off, Lily couldn't help glancing over her shoulder to look at James.
James proceeded to climb back over the wall, and drop to the ground.
"She's in love with Amos diggory."
"How do you know that?" Remus asked, moving from the wall to the ground in solidarity.
"She acted like I do around her."
Sirius ran back over, chucking Remus his book back and sitting on James' other side. Peter followed suit just behind Sirius.
"Maybe you should move on... if she's into someone else", Peter shrugged.
Sirius groaned, "Absolutely not, Pete."
He grabbed James' arm, pulling him up a bit and making him look at Lily and Amos' retreating forms, Lily still looking back around every few seconds.
Sirius grinned, "She keeps looking back, mate."