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Chapter 1

"Oi! Prongs! Wakey, wakey!" James Potter was lying on his bed, pretending to be asleep and hoping his friends would leave him alone.

"Get up!" roared Sirius. He must've just stepped out of the shower, because he took his wet towel and whipped James' bare back with it.

"I'm up, I'm up!" he yelled, rolling over and grabbing his glasses from the nightstand. His friends Sirius and Remus came into sharp focus; Sirius' long, dark hair and Remus' sandy brown tresses. He glanced at his clock. "It's not even ten o'clock yet. What the bloody hell did you two wake me up for?"

"I thought it was obvious," Sirius muttered to Remus, who shook his head sadly.

"You remember Lily Evans? Who used to hate you until you learned to work together this past school year? Who's one of your best friends that you just happen to be in love with?" Remus said patiently.

James nodded. "How could I forget her?"

"Well, you must've been dropped on your head while you were asleep, because you obviously forgot today is the day she's coming to spend the rest of the summer here, like Moony and me!" Sirius said.

"Oh, shit!" James said, his memory returning to him suddenly. "I'll be right down; give me fifteen minutes."

"Hurry though, Prongs. She'll be here any minute and we all know you don't want to miss that," Sirius said, winking at him.

James sighed, trying to tame his unruly jet black hair with a comb. "See you on the flip side, Padfoot."

"James!" shrieked the redhead. Lily Evans threw her arms around James Potter, her best friend. "It's so good to see you again!"

"Lil, it's only been a fortnight since the school year ended," he laughed. "It's not been that long."

"Well, if you had to live with a horse-faced sister, it'd seem like a lot longer to you too," she sniped, greeting Remus and Sirius in turn. "Speaking of sisters, where's Starr?"

"I'll call her," he said with a grin. He trotted into his house and stood at the foot of the stairs. "Oi! Nova! Get your lazy ass down here!"

"'Nova'?" Lily giggled, coming up behind him.

"She's an honorary Marauder; she had to have a nickname," he shrugged.

"I'm coming, fat head!" a girl called from a bedroom up the stairs. After a few moment, a black-haired girl emerged from the room, her hazel eyes twinkling with laughter at the banter she shared with James. She hugged him, saying, "What's up, bro?" Then she spotted Lily. "Lily!"

"Starr!" Lily squealed. The two girls embraced, jumping up and down excitedly. Starr Potter was James' younger sister and Lily's best girl friend. Starr was a mere one year younger than them, and she was one of the oldest in her year, so she fit in quite nicely with them.

"Sorry I took so long getting up, Lily," Starr said. "Someone forgot to wake me up." She cast a icy glance at her elder brother.

"Not my fault," he said defensively, throwing up his hands. "Sue me."

Remus and Sirius finally managed to join them. "There's my lovely Starr," Sirius said, draping his arms around the raven haired girl. She rolled her hazel eyes, looking remarkably like a female James, but blushed faintly. Lily hid her giggles behind her hand, knowing full well that Starr had fancied Sirius since the beginning of her fourth year.

"Sirius, get your paws off of me. Who knows when you last washed the dirt off of them?" she jibed, shrugging his arm off.

"Like brother, like sister," he chuckled.

"For your information," Sirius said, "I showered this morning and whipped James with a wet towel." Starr sniggered at her brother.

"Oh, hey!" she said suddenly. "Let my dear, old, lazy ass brother give you a tour of our humble abode."

"No one has a lazy ass but you, Nova," James said. "I'm not the one who sleeps in 'til noon every day."

"That's because I don't watch Saturday morning cartoons," she mumbled. Lily laughed, loving the affectionate banter between the siblings.

"Come on, Lil," James said, ignoring her laughter. "I'll give you the grand tour."

As soon as they were out of earshot, Starr whispered to Sirius and Remus, "That's our cue."

James was leading Lily around the Potter Mansion, showing her every room and explaining everything she needed to know about each of them, unaware of the fact that Sirius was following them closely under James' Invisibility Cloak. "That's your room?" Lily inquired.

"Yeah," James nodded, watching her intently. "What is it?"

"It's so… messy. It's like a pig sty, James," she laughed.

He laughed along with her. "What did you expect?"

"Nothing less," she said, boring her emerald eyes into his hazel ones. Sensing it was time for him to move, Sirius crept forward quietly, gently nudging James closer to Lily. Unfortunately, James was caught off-balance and toppled forward, falling onto Lily. They were both lying the floor, their lips inches apart.

"Sorry," James coughed, hastily getting up off of her and helping her up. "Now, let me show you Starr's room…"

"So those two idiots had their lips inches apart and he just rolled off of her? And she let him?" Remus asked incredulously. He slapped his hand to his forehead. "They're both in love with each other, but too thick to do anything about it. Are we ever going to get them together?"

Starr sighed, looking up from Quidditch Through the Ages. "You two have been trying for years to get them together. Why don't you let somebody else try?" she asked, closing the book in her lap.

"What are you saying?" Sirius asked, cocking his head at her.

Starr stood up, head lifted high. "What I'm saying is," she said, "step aside wannabes, and let the pro have a go."

"You?" Sirius said, letting loose a bark-like laugh. "Nova, how are you possibly going to get them together if Moony and I can't?"

"James is my older brother. I think I know him pretty well. Lily's one of my best friends. I think I know her pretty well, too," she said. Remus and Sirius still looked unconvinced. "Trust me. I've got this."

"All right," Remus said reluctantly. "Take a shot, Nova."

"Moony's right," Sirius said, smiling broadly at her, "you deserve a chance. You're an honorary Marauder, after all."

She brightened, asking, "Does that mean I can come along tonight? Tonight being a full moon and all?"

"No," Remus said firmly, looking paler than usual due to the full moon. "James will never let you, especially since you're not an Animagus."

"Shit," she muttered. "You're right." She picked up her book and headed towards the door saying, "I'll see you all later."

As soon as she had left, Sirius turned to Remus and asked, "Do you really think she can pull this off?"

"Well," Moony said thoughtfully, "she is Prongs' sister."

"True," Sirius said, flashing him a grin, "but even if she doesn't, I do know one thing."

Remus looked at him warily. "And what would that be?"

"We're in for a real treat this summer."