Hello readers. Thank you for your patience. This is the new version of I Think I Like Lilypad Better Than Lily. I just really didn't like the way the other one was going and now I'm going to try to keep up with writing. I can't always guarantee that the chapters will be long, but hopefully I can get back on my game. This will be similar to the original Lilypad but hopefully a little more like... spaced out. I hope you all like it and please review. Read on!

Seventh Year. This was it. My last year to make everything exactly how I had imagined it to be. I stared out the window of the Hogwarts Express. I knew everything would be perfect this year. My only problem so far, was that I was Head Girl, and I still didn't know who Head Boy was. I sighed heavily.

"You okay, Lily?" Mary MacDonald asked me, her blue eyes filled up with concern.

"You look a little worried." Marlene McKinnon noticed.

"Oh, she just wants to know who Head Boy is so she can get her flirty face on." Dorcas Meadowes smirked. She didn't even look up from her notebook. Not any of us, Mary, Marlene, or I, knew exactly what Dorcas was writing about. But we were fully aware that she was an outstanding author, she had filled up notebooks with countless short stories and ideas for stories. I attempted to hide my blushing but I had known these girls for too long and they knew that I was turning red.

"Oh, please. I'm not going to date the new Head Boy."

"Well, maybe you should." A voice came from the entrance of our compartment. I looked up to see the messy haired, hazel eyed, James Potter leaning against the doorway.

"What's it to you, Potter?" I spat.

"So you're Head Girl?" He asked me, as if he was confirming.

"Yes, I am. Why do you care?"

"Well, I'm Head Boy." His eyes sparkled as he said it.

I just looked at him. He had to be joking, right? I mean who in their right mind would make James Potter Head Boy? I wasn't trying to insult Professor Dumbledore or anything, but... Potter as Head Boy?

"Ha. Yeah, right! Good one, Potter! Now who really Head Boy?" I laughed.

"He wasn't kidding, Evans. James really is Head Boy." Sirius Black appeared by Potter's side. Merlin, those two were inseparable. It was kind of annoying how much time they spent together.

"We don't need your input, Black. And shouldn't you be tormenting First Years?" Dorcas sneered. She was very good at hiding her feelings. Dory had liked Sirius ever since Sixth Year. He has asked her out every day in Fifth Year and every day, she turned him down. But in Sixth Year, he had kind of laid off. I just wish James had caught on like Padfoot had. James asked me out every day since Third Year and I was tired of it. Maybe, just maybe, this year would be different.

"No. I would much rather be here than tormenting First Years." Sirius sat down next to Dorcas and wrapped an arm around her. She stared at him for a moment with her eyebrow raised before shoving his arm off.

"Potter, how did you get to be Head Boy?" I asked, frustrated.

"Easy. Dumbledore looked at me and said to himself 'Wow. That boy should be Head Boy with that beautiful Lily Evans. They would be so perfect together. It's practically a match made in heaven.'" Potter replied, smiling. Merlin, he was conceited... and persistent. I blushed a little. And thinking he saw me, I heavily sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Why did you two even come over here in the first place?" Mary asked, annoyed.

"I came to ask Lily if she wanted to work on anything with our meeting with the prefects." James replied.

"And I don't know what I'm doing here!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Well, I figured we would go to the Head's compartment a bit early to discuss our plans, but I guess we could go over there now." I suggested.

James nodded in response and I grabbed my bag and said goodbye to everyone. When we were far enough away from the compartment that no one would see us, James slipped his hand into mine.

"So, you and me? Head Boy and Head Girl. It's fate, Lily. Face it." He whispered. I yanked my hand away and stopped dead in my tracks.

"Look, Potter. I'm. Not. Interested. Let's just get this meeting over with and try not to talk outside of meetings. And if we do talk, please, make it about business."

"Come on, Lilypad. Don't be like that. Can we at least be on a first name basis?" He pleaded, giving me the puppy dog eyes.

"Fine." I huffed, starting to walk again.

"Fine, what?"

"Fine... James." I muttered, forcing myself to call him James.

"That's much better, Lily. You'll get used to it."

We made it to the Head's compartment and he opened the door for me. What a gentleman. Ugh! What am I talking about? It's James Potter, the closest thing he came to a gentleman was Remus I thought to myself. Remus Lupin was another one of James' best friends. He was intelligent and kind and sweet and caring. I was surprised he had put up with James and Sirius for as long as he had. I sat down and opened up my book bag and got out a notebook that I had been writing down ideas for the prefects ever since I got my Head Girl letter.

"So, how are you doing, knowing that we're going to be living together this year?" James asked me, smirking.

"What?" I looked up quickly, staring at him.

"We're going to be living together. Head Boy and Girl always live together in a private dorm. Surely you knew that?"

"Well, if I had known that I wouldn't be so surprised, would I?" I spat, looking back down at my notes. How could I have not known? Was it a joke? No, it couldn't have been. James hadn't hit on me at all so it had to be true.

"Whoa! Calm down, Lily. I just thought you knew." James said, defensively.

"I am calm!" I lied. I wasn't calm at all. I was freaking out.

"Sure you are, Lily." A voice came from the doorway. Remus Lupin was standing there with a smile on his face.

"Remus!" I cried, getting up and hugging him.

"Lily!" He exclaimed, mockingly.

"James!" James jumped up and hugged us both.

"Ugh. James, get off!" I cried, trying to shove him off.

"If you go out with me." He smirked back.

"Prongs, you're not really my type. Thanks for the offer though." Remus interjected as he let go of me and sat down. James rolled his eyes and I giggled. James and I sat down across from Remus and started talking about summer and school. Soon, other prefects came in and I decided to start the meeting.

"Hello everyone. Thank you for coming here. We have a few things to discuss. James, do you want to start with the round schedules?" I said.

"Sure, Lily. So for round schedules, Lily and I were thinking-" James started, but was cut off.

"Wow, Potter! You were thinking? That's a shock to me." Severus Snape sneered, causing giggles from the other Slytherin prefect, Katherine Kettletoft.

"Bugger off, Snape. Please continue, James." I snapped, glaring at Katherine and Snape. I had no time for Snape's antics. Especially after Fifth Year.

"As I was saying, for round schedules, we were thinking of posting them in the prefects bathroom, that way we can all see them privately. Does anyone have any questions?" James continued.

"How will we be divided up to do rounds?" Remus raised his hand.

"James and I were thinking that we would be divided up by house and year. For Gryffindor this year, James and I will do rounds together and Remus and Gwendolyn will do rounds together." I told everyone. They all seemed pretty happy with the arrangements.

"We will talk to Professor Dumbledore about Hogsmeade trips and other events. Anymore questions?" James added. "That is all, thank you."

The other prefects left, leaving me and James to walk out together.

"That went well, love. You were very good." James commented, as we walked back to our compartments.

"James, we agreed that we would be on a first name basis. No nicknames." I smiled, lightly hitting his muscular arm.

"Aw. Come on, Lils." He whined.

"If you say so, Prongsie-poo." I smiled, noticing his immediate frown.

"Oh, how sweet, Mr. and Mrs. Twat have given each other pet names. You two are just adorable together." A sticky voice said from behind us.

"Bugger off,Snivellus." James snarled.

"I just wanted to say how glad I am that you and your little mudblood girlfriend are happy together." Snape growled back. James tried to lunge at him.

"James… I can handle this one," I said, placing my hand on his chest to hold him back. "Look, Snape, do you know why we stopped being friends? It was because I finally woke up and realized that you are one of the most rude, inconsiderate, judgmental assholes of all time. You introduced me to the wizard world and I thank you for that. But now you need to go run back to your little Death Eater friends and leave me and James the fuck alone." I spat. James grabs my hand before marching off towards our compartments.

"Wow, Lily. You were really back there." James smiled at me.

"Thanks. I guess I'll see you later." I replied dropping his hand. I slide open the door of my compartment. I kind of missed Snape sometimes but it was times like these that made me realize why we had gone our separate ways.

"Yeah, I'll see you around, Lily." James said still smiling. I walked back into the compartment, taking the empty seat next to Dorcas.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did James Potter just call you Lily?" Marlene asked completely in shock.

"Yeah. We agreed to be on friendly terms." I said, waving it off like it was no big deal.

"Lily Evans, you never cease to amaze me and your way of snatching up men." Dorcas smirked.

"I am not going to snatch him up, Dory. We're going to be working together, so we agreed to be civil."

"5 galleons says she snogs him before Christmas. And we can't dare either of them to do it." Mary whispered to Marlene.

"You're on, MacDonald."

"Now, since you have nothing better to do than to make bets on my love life, why don't you change? We'll be a Hogwarts any second." I snapped at Mary and Marlene.

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We made our ways off the train and over to the carriages. We watched as Remus and Peter got into a carriage with Alice Prewett and Frank Longbottom. I was just about to climb up into a carriage with Dorcas, Marlene, and Mary when Sirius Black jumped in front of me and climbed in himself.

"Lily! You need to learn to be faster!" Dorcas yelled back at me. Another carriage came up next to me, and sitting in it was (you guessed it) James Potter. He extended his hand and I reluctantly took it. We sat in the carriage for a moment or two before he broke the silence.

"Congratulations, Lily. I know you really wanted to be Head Girl." He bashfully smiled at me. Was I making James Potter nervous? No, there was no possible way.

"Oh… thanks, James. Congratulations to you, too. Though I still wonder how you managed to snag this." I grinned at him.

"I am too, Lily." He laughed. I suddenly realized that I had spent more than a minute with James Potter without having an argument with him. It must have been a record. I was just happy that we could be civilized towards one another.

And in that moment… we were different… and I liked it.

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