Disclaimer: Aha! This is not mine! It's ALL JO'S! –gives credit to Jo- I'm just having fun here!

Author's Notes: Here it is! The end! Short, but so what:)

Chapter Five

Melody Bones awoke the next morning to her alarm clock blaring loudly She wanted to hit it, but didn't have the strength. Her face was buried in her pillow and then she suddenly remembered why Lily wasn't clobbering her with a pillow to wake her up.

James and Lily were still in the closet.

All the conspirators had agreed to meet in front of the closet at eight am sharp, but they would wait for her if she was late. Melody checked her clock. It was twenty minutes before eight.

The chestnut haired teenager quickly showered and dressed, grabbed her bookbag and found Sirius, Remus and Peter all on their way out of the common room.

"Oi! Looks like Bones is joining us fellas," Sirius commented as Melody tapped his shoulder.

Remus smiled at Melody. "I do hope our plan hasn't caused either of our best friends to kill the other. Because murder isn't a pretty thing. And I rather like James, and I'm pretty sure Lily would kill him before he'd kill her." Melody smirked and shook her head, not even replying.

"But Lily feels the same way towards James; his spell yesterday proved that," Peter pointed out.

They walked along the corridor to find Mitch Macmillan already standing outside the broom closet. "Ready to face whatever disturbing sight lie behind this door?" the Hufflepuff questioned the group.

"I wonder what we will find," Remus mused.

"Probably James and Lily in a very compromising position… and when I say compromising I mean-"

"Shut up Sirius," Melody growled. "Perhaps we'll just find them cuddling… nothing more," she added with a glare at Sirius who pretended to look innocent.

"I still wouldn't be surprised if Lily killed James or if they're still angry with each other as always," Mitch shrugged. "Then we'll have to do this again tonight and every night until they get it through their thick skulls that they like each other," Melody half-shouted.

Mitch looked down at his passionate girlfriend and kissed her forehead. "You. Relax. Later."

"What he means if that he wants to snog her in a dark corner later," Sirius mumbled. Melody and Mitch both shot him glares, but Peter and Remus snorted, the latter covering it up with a cough.

"Let's just open this door shall we?" Melody suggested.

"Please, let me do the honors," Remus winked at his friends as he pulled out his wand and muttered 'Alohamora' and the door flew open. Everyone gasped, despite if they were expecting this sight or not.

James looked very pale and still, and he was covered in one cloak while Lily was balled up in a corner, shivering and looking crazed with her red hair awfully frizzy under her own cloak.

"Did you… hurt James in some sort of way?" Sirius asked rather frightened and angry.

Just then, James leaped up and tackled Sirius. "You guys are so gullible!" James exclaimed as Lily began laughing too. "We heard you shouting and you woke us up from our rather comfortable sleeping position. We wanted to surprise you."

"Ha ha very funny," Sirius grumbled. Remus, Melody and Mitch were smiling, but Peter was outright laughing. James patted Sirius on the shoulder as Lily stood up and stood beside James.

"So… do you two hate each other or are you getting along or are you dating?" Melody asked the two sleepy looking friends she had locked in a closet.

James grinned mischievously at Lily and didn't take his eyes off her as he told Melody, "Why don't I show you?" Lily's green eyes were sparkling back at James, and it seemed that last night had really revealed something for both of them, and how much they truly cared about each other, despite their differences and Lily's former dislike of him.

Melody gasped and sank back into Mitch's arms sappily as James pulled Lily into a kiss. Peter stopped laughing and stared, wide-eyed, at his best friend snogging Lily. Sirius was mocking Melody's reaction, but Remus was just smiling.

"I knew it!" Melody shrieked, delighted as she hugged Lily. "I knew you two liked each other! You better thank me someday!"

"You finally got Evans didn't you?" Sirius asked his pal. "You always said you were going to, and I always hoped you would, but I never believed you."

"Because of that, I believe you owe me five galleons?" Remus smirked at Sirius. The latter grumbled as he dug into his bag and pulled out a few gold coins and slapped them into Remus' hand. The giggling from Melody finally stopped as the group stood around the broom closet.

"So what happened in the closet?" Peter asked the two victims.

James and Lily exchanged glances before they decided on an answer. "Use your imagination Wormtail," James told his pal. Peter didn't seem very satisfied with the answer, like the rest of the group, but the two were not budging.

"I guess it'll just be one of the many mysteries of Hogwarts," Melody sighed.

"We'll meet you down at breakfast," Lily told the group, James' arm dangling over her shoulders. "I think we both need to change."

"Or snog," Sirius coughed. Melody kicked his shin.

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It was quite a shock for the whole of Hogwarts to see James Potter and Lily Evans walk into the Great Hall together, hand in hand. Whispers spread as quickly as fire and at the head table where the teachers sat, Professor Albus Dumbledore's blue eyes twinkled from behind his half-moon spectacles.

"I told you it would happen," he told his colleague, Professor McGonagall, the Transfiguration teacher and head of Gryffindor house. "Lily's friend Melody Bones had quite the plan."

"You knew about students locking fellow students in broom closets and you didn't do anything about it?" McGonagall asked incredulously. "And how did you know?"

"Now what good would it have done? Mister Potter and Miss Evans would still not get along, and perhaps they would never realize how deeply they care for one another," Dumbledore explained, watching as Lily and James sat down with their friends at the Gryffindor table.

"And Minerva, I know everything that happens inside this castle. As Headmaster, it is my duty, though, it quite interests me to know what is going on so it is no trouble for myself." Dumbledore smiled at McGonagall who seemed to understand.

"They're a fine young pair," she said fondly.

Lily felt more happy than she would've ever imagined feeling being James' girlfriend and the object of his affections. She never could doubt the way he felt about her when she looked into his eyes and saw the joy in them as they spoke, argued, kissed or bickered.

Perhaps I should thank Melody, Lily thought to herself as James squeezed her hand, his other holding a piece of toast he was eating.

Both of them were exhausted from the little sleep they had gotten, but they would manage. Because they had each other now. And that was enough for them.

But little did the two lovebirds notice as all around the Great Hall, dozens of galleons, sickles, and even knuts were being exchanged, because everybody had been curious as to when or how Lily and James would get together. But no matter the winner, everyone at Hogwarts had known the same thing.

Everyone knew Lily and James were going to end up as a couple.

"I say it lasts two weeks," whispered a third year Hufflepuff girl across the aisle to a third year Gryffindor boy.

"I say it lasts four," the Gryffindor whispered back.

"And I'd say it lasts until they die," Remus cut in as he walked along the aisle, watching both the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor as they drew back into their seats.

"Our little Jamsie is growing up and falling in wuv!"

"Grow up Sirius!"

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THE END!

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I didn't want much of a fluffy ending, so I went for more of the humor. I was too tempted to make James appear dead to his friends to pass up the opportunity. I don't think the ending was the best, but it had to be written, and I really wanted to finish it before Half Blood Prince comes out. Tomorrow! Can you believe it!

Anyways, thank you SO much everybody for the reviews. They meant the world to me and made me love writing this little piece of fan fiction up. I love you guys! You rock so much! XD

Don't expect any more for this story, it's over. But it was fun to write. Funny how random ideas come from the mention of being locked in a closet…

7-15-05