It didn't take long for things to between James and Lily to turn into more than one date after a weekday show. And while her nerves didn't just evaporate, as she worried about everything normally, she never felt like hiding from James or shrugging him off or giving him polite smiles as means of a deterrence. Quite the opposite really. She found herself far more inclined to hide with James and snog him.

And they did quite a bit of hiding, because she wasn't too keen on anyone posting any photos of the two of them and giving actual credibility to the whole, #jily nonsense. Of course, after a few weeks, it wasn't nonsense so much as it was true, but still, she didn't want anyone to know that they were right. At least not yet. And James, keen as he had been about posting that first picture of the two of them, was in agreement. He didn't seem to want to walk their new relationship into the spotlight now that it was actually a relationship.

After a couple of months though, it became just unreasonable to hide, and while there was a certain minority that freaked out, most people seemed to have already assumed that they were dating and weren't surprised at all.

Sirius was another person who hadn't been surprised at all by the change in James and Lily's relationship. Though he did love to give her a hard time about it whenever he could. Including this morning.

"Looking good, red." He said, walking into the kitchen of the house he shared with James. Lily was clad in one of James' t-shirts and a pair of leggings, and she was frying up some eggs while making coffee and toast.

She looked over her shoulder at him and scoffed. "At least I'm wearing more than you are."

"I actually live here," He reminded her, grabbing a mug from the shelf and going to wait by the coffee pot. "Unlike some interlopers I know." He gave her a pointed look and she returned the favor.

"You know, you're awfully ornery in the morning."

"Well maybe it's because I couldn't get to sleep last night. Seems like some kind of ghost has moved in above my room. Always moaning about and causing a ruckus."

Lily felt her cheeks heat up at the thought of Sirius having heard anything of the sort, but she shook her head. "We didn't even- we were studying last night." She muttered, turning back to the stove.

Sirius let out a bark of laughter and then picked up the coffee pot, helping himself. "What is it that you were studying? Anatomy?"

"Shut up," She muttered, wishing that James hadn't decided to take a shower just then so that he would be down here to properly tell off his mate. Or apologize, she wasn't sure which was appropriate here. Probably both.

"I mean don't get me wrong, I'm all for Prongs getting some, and he's been much more tolerable since you've come round to the idea of-"

"Letting him woo me?" She interrupted, not wanting to know what it was that he had been about to say.

He laughed again and then there was a mug of coffee on the counter next to the stove and Sirius was leaning against the counter next to her. "Yeah. Thank goodness for that," He said, winking at her, adding just a slight emphasis to the word 'goodness.'

She and Sirius were friends now, good friends she liked to think. "I'll have to agree with you there."

"Agree with him about what?" James walked into the kitchen and Lily looked over at him and shrugged at the same moment that Sirius did. "You two aren't allowed to keep secrets from me you know."

"I can do whatever the hell I want to." Sirius said with more bite than was necessary, pushing himself off the counter and walking over to the table, coffee in hand.

"And what's your argument?" James took Sirius's vacated spot against the counter and Lily looked up at him.

"Oh no, his argument works for me too. I can also do whatever I want."

James didn't seem to mind that they didn't tell him what they'd been talking about, because he seemed to like the fact that they were friends. He'd seemed nervous the first couple of times that Lily had hung around with him and Sirius. He'd told her that it was because Sirius had never liked any of his girlfriends before, and her response was that he'd apparently been dating terrible people if absolutely no one liked them.

She hadn't been worried though. She knew that she and Sirius would get along. She'd never had a problem making friends, and Sirius had seemed to have made up his mind about her after their first meeting in the library anyway.

Remus wasn't hard to get along with either. It turned out that the two of them actually did have quite a bit in common, and he wasn't as rough around the edges as James or Sirius. And Peter, who had forgiven her for saying that he wasn't a real person while she'd been drunk, came round to her as well.

And the fact that she got along with his mates was good, because she'd been spending an awful lot of time at his house during the last few months. A lot of time.

She flipped the eggs in the pan and then pulled out a couple plates, getting it all fixed up before walking over to the table and sitting in the chair that she usually sat in.

"You two leaving soon?" Sirius asked as James walked over with their drinks and sat down as well.

"Not real soon, why?"

"Because I want you to leave." He shrugged, taking a piece of James' toast and stuffing it into his mouth. James rolled his eyes.

"You know, you don't have to pretend that you don't love us," Lily said, picking up her fork so she could eat her eggs.

"I'm not pretending that I don't love you, don't be ridiculous. I just want a quiet house to myself for a bit. Remus is at the library with Emmeline and Peter is working at the shop."

"Lily and I won't bother you." Lily could feel her face heating up prematurely as she was a bit worried about what Sirius would say to that, given what he'd said to her earlier. He laughed, and she looked up seeing that he'd been looking at her.

"Your girlfriend knows that's a lie."

"I know no such thing." She said determinedly and shoveled more food into her mouth.

James looked back and forth between the two of them and then sighed, "I'm not going to ask."

"That's for the best." Sirius said, still smirking at Lily's expense. Then he picked up his coffee and now a piece of Lily's toast and headed for the door. "Thanks for breakfast."

"You're most welcome." Lily replied sarcastically.

"You know he's just messing around, right?"

"Sweet heart, it's been a few months, of course I know he's just messing around."

"Right." He nodded. "I've been apologizing for him most of my life. It's just habit."

"I'm sure it's one I'll pick up," She grinned, reaching for her coffee and taking a sip. She didn't realize that James was staring at her until after she put it down and he hadn't said anything in response. "What?" She asked, narrowing her brow slightly.

He shrugged one of his shoulders and smirked, turning back to his meal. "Nothing. I just like it when you casually mention that you're going to be hanging around for a while."

She rolled her eyes, because even though she definitely did plan on sticking with James as long as she could, she didn't like him having turned her slight at Sirius into something sappy. She wasn't a sappy person. "A habit only takes thirty days to form, James." She huffed out dramatically.

He laughed, "Well alright then, I've got at least thirty more days with you. I'll take it." She waited a moment before looking at him, wanting to make sure that he was looking at his food first so that she didn't get caught. She got caught quite a bit, but she didn't get caught slightly more. She was almost always watching him it seemed. And the small smirk on his lips let her know that he knew she was looking, but she didn't really mind so long as he was willing to play along.

"So what should we do today?" Lily asked, "We don't have to be at the studio until four."

He shrugged. "I don't know, but I guess Sirius wants us out of the house. We could go get you a proper jersey for the next game you come to. You can support me in more than just spirt." She rolled her eyes.

"We don't need to buy one," She said, pushing her plate away and pulling her coffee forward. "I can just wear one of your old ones or something."

He looked over at her and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know if you're being cute or if you just genuinely don't want to spend money on a football jersey."

She pursed her lips and looked at him. "Clearly it's the later."

"Right because you don't like being cute." He rolled his eyes to mock her and she shoved his shoulder.

"I'm cute all the time thanks, I just don't want you to live under false assumptions." She took a sip of her coffee and then leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. "You know I like you though, that's enough."

"You don't just like me," He grinned, turning his head and pressing a kiss to her forehead. "You told me just the other day that you love me." She hummed quietly and then nodded.

"I did say that, and I suppose I do."

"Always so reluctant."

"I'm not reluctant." Lily argued, "I'm just a bit difficult at times." James laughed at that.

"You were difficult for about twelve hours three months ago and that's it." She rolled her eyes again.

"Fine. But I'm not reluctant. I'm just not a sap."

"But you love me."

"That's starting to be questionable." She warned him, turning her head and putting her chin on his shoulder now. She didn't remember falling in love with him, she just realized one day that she did so of course she was just giving him a hard time now.

"Nah," He shook his head, kissing her cheek now.

"Nah," She agreed, reaching up her hand to tangle into his hair. "I love you." She said quietly, turning his head so he could kiss him.

"I love you too," He said, cupping her cheek and pulling her close. She still got a rush every time he pulled her close.

However, their kiss didn't last for too long before they were interrupted.

"Honestly you two," Sirius's voice came from the other side of the kitchen and James chuckled as he pulled away. Lily slouched back in her chair and tried not to feel disappointed. James would probably be able to tell and then he'd tease her about it.

"Sorry mate." He stood up to clean up their dishes. "I can't keep her off me." He ended up teasing her anyway.

Lily clicked her tongue. "Bastard." She muttered and then got up herself. "Keep that up and see where it gets you." She warned him.

"You've told him that you love him," Sirius said and Lily looked over at him. At least he was wearing a shirt this time. "He's going to be insufferable now."

"How long were you listening?" Lily narrowed her eyes at him.

"Not long, Red. You think James didn't come running to tell me the moment he got the chance?" James whipped the dishrag at him, but Sirius didn't seem to mind. He just laughed and tossed it at Lily.

"Of course he did," She grinned. "He's completely smitten with me."

"I am." He nodded. "Glad to be so too."

"Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there," Sirius held up a finger and shook his head slowly.

"You came back down here." Lily shrugged. "If he wasn't to be sweet on me, I'm not going to stop him."

"But you won't return the favor." James teased, and Lily shrugged.

"I'm plenty sweet, just not sappy."

"Thank god," Sirius said. He looked over at James. "You know, I might end up liking her more if you keep this up." Lily smirked and then looked at Sirius.

"Careful, he gets sappier if you mention the fact that I'll be sticking around for long enough for that to happen."

"I don't even mind you two ganging up on me, I'm in love and I don't care what you two say." He grinned at the both of them and then frowned. "Which is a weird thing to say to your girlfriend I'm realizing." Lily shrugged and Sirius laughed.

"Alright, come on boys, I've decided that we're all going to the library to study with Remus and Em. I've done very little of my homework all weekend."

"You told me that you were studying last night," Sirius said, feigning innocence.

"Oh hush up," Lily snapped. "Go and get your books." She pointed in the direction of the room. "Both of you," She looked at James as well. He sighed and then left the kitchen to do as he was told.

Things had changed quickly, and while Lily normally wasn't good at adjusting to change, this was a good change and she was too excited and hopeful to think that it wasn't worth the adjustment. She smiled as she thought about what her daily life had turned into and then left the kitchen as well to get dressed and collect her books.

AN: And that's a wrap! Let me know what you think! What were your favorite parts? Who was your fav? I had so much fun writing this fic, thanks to everyone who was here for the ride (and the re-write.)