A Possible Possibility

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LPOV

It has been three months since the school year started and Potter hasn't caused a fit. Maybe being Headboy has finally changed his cocky self. I have him for all my classes and every time I took at him (not that I looked at him a lot) he's paying attention, writing notes on the teacher's lectures, or doing his work. He hasn't asked me out since the last school year (not that I missed him asking me). He still hangs out o with Sirius, Remus, and Peter but they're not doing their usual pranks, actually they hardly do none at all. I see him in the common room actually doing school work and not playing with his bloody snitch (again not that I look at him a lot). He's in front of the fire right now writing what looks to be a novel. His cloak was off to the side of the chair, he had the first button unbuttoned, and had his tie hanging loosely from his collar. He ran his fingers through his hair but not out of making him look cool or, in my case, like an idiot but out of frustration.

I walked over and sat across from him, "What's wrong James?"

He looked up from his novel and smiled. I have seen that smile for the last six years and then it irritated me but now I loved seeing it on his face. It wasn't the sneer I have come to know to see. I had to stop myself from sighing out loud.

"Nothing. Just homework from McGonagall. I thought she couldn't get any tougher than during O.W.L.s. well I'm almost done anyway. How about you? Are you finished?"

That has also changed. his demeanor is. . . polite. I would have to have seen it for myself to believe it.

"Its just about there. This is our N.E.W.T.s James, you should have seen this coming."

He laughed. Before it would be a cocky laugh that he would do just so that girls will swoon over him. This laugh however is just that, a laugh.

"Yea, I guess so. Well I have to stop anyway we have Headboy and Headgirl duties."

"Oh yea. I almost forgot about that."

He gasped, "Lily Evans forgetting her responsibilities. Call the Daily Prophet, Ministry of Magic, the Aurors there must be something wrong with the world. Unless a Death Eater has kidnapped the real Lily Evans and we have an imposter," he said dramatically.

I hit his shoulder and said, "Shut up you prat. I'll meet you outside."

He nodded laughing and started to put his things away. I walked through the portrait hole and into the corridor. I leaned against the wall and waited. He came five minutes later rearranging his tie.

"Ready?" I asked.

"Yep but can we stop by the kitchens, I'm starving."

I laughed, "You guys re always hungry."

"Hey I'm a growing man, I need my energy."

I had to smile at that. His humor still hasn't changed except this time I didn't find it irritating.

"Well too bad. We can't go down to the kitchens, we'll get into trouble."

"Come on Lily haven't you at least done one thing against the rules?"

He also used my first name instead of calling me Evans. Something that I just noticed right now is that I love hearing him say my name. "No I haven't. now get your head out of your stomach and patrol."

He groaned but started walking like a military soldier in the muggle movies. With his wand being his rifle.

I laughed, "James what are you doing?"

"Patrolling just like you said. There will be no wrong doers while I'm on patrol."

He turned to me and stood up straight and saluted me.

"You sound like Sir Cadogan. Where did you see people act that way?" I said still laughing.

"Hey I resent that," he said smiling. "From Mike Kent, he's in Ravenclaw. He's muggle-born, in potions he was doing imitation of muggle military soldiers."

"No wonder you know how they act. They only show that stuff in movies or in theater performances. You wouldn't know that stuff."

"Ahh yea, what theater? Sounds like a disease or something," he asked.

I smiled. They really need to show wizards about the muggle world. "It where you see movies or people perform."

"Perform what? Diseases? Nooo thank you I'd rather hear it from Mike."

I laughed, "No James. Oh never mind. Just continue your patrol march."

"Well as long as it gets you to lighten up alright. Your too tense Lily. You can't always be Ms. Headgirl, have some fun. Pull a prank, or something."

"Ok then, what's your idea of fun James?"

"Oh that's easy, watch"

He stopped in the middle of the corridor and turned to me. He pulled out his wand and tapped my head, nose, ears, and mouth.

"There that should do it," he said and burst down laughing.

"James what did you do?" I screamed.

"N-nothing," he said still laughing.

I went over to the glass window and saw my reflection. My hair was bubble-gum pink, my nose was that of a pig, I had house-elf ears, and my mouth looked like I ate something I was allergic to. I tried every spell I knew to get it to change back but it just got worst.

"James put it back right now!"

"Alright alright here. Aguamenti."

I was drenched in ice cold water. James rolled with a new fit of laughter as I turned to the glass window and saw that the charms are off.

"James! I'll murder you!!"

I ran at him trying to hit him, totally forgetting that I'm a witch, but he just dodged and ran off. When I got close enough to hit him he got me from the waist and started tickling me.

"James. . . you g-git. . . stop i-it," I laughed.

"This is how you lighten up Lily, by laughing."

"Ok ok. . . point p-proven. . . now s-stop."

He stopped tickling me and let me go. I tried to stet around him and put a lot of distance between us as wave after wave of some emotion I didn't recognize crashed over me but I tripped and almost fell. He grabbed me by the waist and caught me. There was the same felling but it increased by ten-fold.

"Are you alright? I didn't mean to trip you, I'm sorry," he apologized.

I looked into his eyes and I found myself losing all recognition of where I was. My stomach was doing flip-flops as I gazed into his hazel eyes. They were sparkling with amusement and mischief. It was then that I realized that maybe I had feeling for James Potter.

"Y-yea I'm fine," I stuttered.

"He set me up right, "We better finish before we get into trouble," I said lamely.

"What have I just said--" he started.

"Ok ok tomorrow," I said. He rolled his eyes but said no more.

We spent the rest of the night patrolling the corridors talking about random things. I liked his company and, with a pang of sadness, thought whether he still liked me or not. No he doesn't, he got tired of chasing me all these years. I lost my chance already. After we were do patrolling we headed for our common room.

"I'll see you tomorrow James."

"Ok goodnight sweet dreams Lily."

He went up the stairs and disappeared. I stared after him in longing. After a minute of pathetic staring I went up to my dormitory and got into bed. Before I fell completely asleep my last thought was the look in James' eyes as he caught me.