A/n: Ooook, writing is new to me so pleeease cut me some slack!! But constructive criticism is more than welcome :) . The story takes place in James and Lily's final year at Hogwarts. This chapter is a tad long, but i needed to say a few things before i finished it. I have quite a busy life so i'll try and update ASAP! Reviews would be wonderful, so please let me know what you think... other than that, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
Lily's POV
"Bloody hell."
Lily Evans couldn't find any of her friends as she tried to stare over the heads of a bunch of excited first years standing nervously in front of the steaming scarlet Hogwarts Express. She had thick dark red hair, just past her shoulders and startling green almond-shaped eyes. Lily was in her seventh and final year at Hogwarts School and had turned 17 in late January of this year.
"Oi Evans, you shaped up well over the summer."
Lily rolled her eyes and turned to face James Potter. He was slightly taller than her, with long messy black hair, hazel eyes and a narrow, yet hansom face. He had a smile on his face and winked at her as she gave him a look of disgust.
"Is it true what they're all saying, Evans? You've been appointed the satisfying position of ah, let's see… Head girl?" he said, still smiling.
Laughter came from behind him as Sirius Black appeared and pulled James into a one-armed hug. Sirius, on the other hand, was tall with neat, tidy hair and dark hansom eyes.
"Thought I'd find you over here with Lily, can't go a day without saying a smart-arse comment to her can you, mate… Or attempt to flirt with her. Oh, hold up… Lily and James are head boy and girl, what a coincidence."
"You got head boy? How is that possible? You weren't a prefect, you can't be head boy." said Lily, slightly louder than she anticipated.
"Would you like me to pull out my badge and show you, Evans?" James said, smiling even more.
"Hey Lily, how was your summer darling," Interrupted Sirius.
"Not too bad thanks Black and yours," Said Lily, ignoring James.
"Yeah it was quite uneventful, bashed up Regulus, got kicked out of home, the usual."
"Oh sounds like you had a blast," Lily replied, laughing, "Anyway; I guess I'll catch you round Black. Oh, and… No, Potter,' and with a nod of her head towards Sirius, she turned back around and began to scan the hundreds of students on the platform again.
"No what?" he shouted after her.
"I will not go out with you!" Lily shouted back.
"I didn't even ask you out! Oh my god. Sirius, did I ask her out? NO! I'm pretty sure I didn't. hold me back, Sirius, hold me back…" and he turned around and stormed off.
James… head boy? What the hell were they thinking? What about Remus? Where was Remus anyway?
"Ah, Sev!"
A skinny tall boy with black greasy hair turned round and gave her a small smile. Severus Snape looked as if he had the worst summer possible and as Lily approached him, he avoided her gaze.
"How have you been? I didn't hear from you all summer Sev... Are you ok?"
"Why do you talk to him Lil? He's a git and you know it! But you still talk to him and make his fat head even bigger," he replied, finally looking up at her. "You know he fancies you, he just wants your attention."
"What? Oh Potter. Sev, I wasn't talking to him I was talking to Black! Plus I was standing there first, it's not like I walked over and started a conversation with them."
"Black is just as bad as Potter, you know that too! Anyway I'm going. There's not going to be any compartments on the train left. Are you coming or what?"
"I'm really sorry Sev but I've got a meeting with the new prefects to show them what to do and that."
"Oh. Congratulations… I guess, on getting head girl." He turned and left Lily standing there staring at his figure disappear through gaps of mothers and fathers saying rushed goodbye's to their children.
"Lily! Over here, Liz has got us a sweet compartment," called Emer.
Lily smiled and ran up to her and they hugged. Emer was Lily's best friend, she, like Lily, was very attractive with light brown hair, almost blonde and green eyes. Lily hadn't seen Emer over the whole summer as she (Emer) had gone back to Ireland where she lives.
"Oh my God it's great to be back. Come on, say goodbye to your mum and dad and let's go. I'm so excited to be back you have no idea," she finished breathlessly.
"I can tell how excited you are from how fast you're talking. I take it you missed me?"
"Of course."
Lily said a rushed goodbye to both her mum, dad and sister Petunia (who ignored her) just as the final whistle went off signaling that the doors to the train were about to be shut. The two of them ran, rushing between parents who were waving to their kids, and together they jumped off the platform. Finding the compartment with Liz in it was easy and they finally sat down as the Hogwarts Express began to make its way north.
"Lily, show us your head girl badge! I was so stoked when I found out," said Emer.
"Ok ok, hold on. I think it's here somewhere."
Lily searched in her pocket and pulled out a shiny badge with a large gold 'H' in the center and handed it to the other two girls.
"Woah, you can put James on detention now, there's something to look forward to," joked Liz. Liz completed the Lily-Emer-Liz trio, who were perhaps the most popular girls in their year. She had long back wavy hair and dark eyes. Liz and Emer were the trouble makers in the trio, whereas Lily was known as the 'goody-goody', but not in a bad way.
"I would, but there's a slight um, dilemma. I know he's had enough detentions to last him a life time," Lily replied laughing, "But he's head boy."
Silence.
"Potter? Head boy? What's the word coming to? Well look at it this way, the two coolest people in the grade are head boy and girl."
"I suppose you could call him the height of cool, yeah. Anyway, sorry to bail but the head boy and girl have to show the new prefects what to do and stuff so I wont be back till nightfall."
"Ok, if there's any good food in the royal compartment, be sure to grab us some Lil. Have fun with Potter and count how many times he asks you out," said Emer as Lily walked out of the compartment and they gave her a sympathetic smile.
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James'POV
"Prongs! You're day dreaming again. Are you sure you got enough sleep or something, mate? And didn't you have to go to that Head Boy meeting?" Sirius' voice broke his thought of the girl with dark red hair who just walked past their compartment. James shook his head to wake himself up a bit and ran both hands through his hair.
"Ah shit. This is how it's going to be for a whole year. I'm fine, just not feeling the best."
"Ok just don't drop dead on me yet, I wouldn't have a clue in hell what to do with Moony not being here an all."
"Where is he anyway," asked Peter. Peter Pettigrew was short, quite large and much less attractive compared to the other two boys. He had mousy hair and a pointed nose.
"Wormtail I swear to God you get dumber by the minute. What was last night pumpkin?" Sirius asked.
James gave a small laugh and Peter took his time to answer, "Oh. Was it full moon already?"
The other two roared with laughter at the ignorance of their friend. Wormtail had never been the brightest boy and he was often the third wheel, if there was one in a group of four. Remus Lupin, also known as Moony, completed the Marauders. He was the mature one out of the four and was… well… you guessed it, a werewolf. This often meant he would miss school for 2-3days in a row as he had to recover from his painful transformations. Together, the four boys created havoc when it was most inappropriate.
"Did Evans get head girl?" Wormtail asked.
"Yeah," James replied.
"You can finally have a civil conversation with her Prongs. How long have you liked her? 6 years or something…" asked Sirius.
"Something like that. I might be able to catch up with her. Later guys", and with that, James opened the door to the compartment and sprinted up the walk way of the train, almost knocking over a bunch of second years.
"Evans! EVANS!"
"What Potter?"
"I take it you're going to the meeting; now that I'm head boy I thought we might as well go together, you know, make a good impression or something."
"Whatever."
"Now Now, no need for that tone I was trying to be nice."
"Cool, now let's just keep walking. Oh and when we're in the meeting, I would suggest that you don't use any swear words, you know, make a good impression or something," and with that, she turned around and began to walk towards the front of the train, James smiling to himself behind her.
Women. Can't live with them, can't live without them. I definitely can't live without this one…
Two minutes later they both reached the compartment nearest to the front of the train and Lily turned around to face James.
"Don't say anything unless I tell you to or you're asked a question, got it Potter?"
"Woah, Ease up turbo. Since when am I second in command?"
"Since I know what I'm doing and you are new to the job."
"What? So you've been head girl in your past life or something… You're really not making sense here, Evans; it's starting to scare me."
"No, Potter, Stop being so… Stop being yourself! I have been a prefect for two years and I have done this stuff before."
"Ok, Evans, I'll shut my mouth," James rolled his eyes.
"Good boy."
They both entered the compartment and sat down in the only two unoccupied seats across from each other. There were eight other people, four boys and four girls, each in their fifth year sitting in the taken seats.
"Hey everyone," Lily began, "Firstly, I have to do this it's compulsory, but congratulations on becoming prefects. My name's Lily Evans and this is James Potter-
Ha! She had to say my name.
-and we are your head girl and boy this year. Obviously each of you have shown leadership abilities in and out of class over the past four years. As a prefect you have certain responsibilities and authority over others however, this is not to be taken lightly or abused. This system has been running at Hogwarts for centuries and it would be a shame to be the ones who abuse it."
"Too many 'abuses' in that sentence, Evans, too many", interrupted James, making Lily glare at him. Some of the prefects suppressed a giggle and James smiled like he always does when he see's Lily frustrated with him.
"But we're not here to yell at you or punish you or anything", she continued as if not interrupted, "You were each given a piece of parchment, that has your rules and responsibilities on it so take time to read that. Now all you have to do is patrol the corridor of the train and make sure people aren't using magic, etcetera. If there are any problems, feel free to talk to me or James and you may go".
She had to say it again!
The eight prefects slowly filed out and the compartment was soon empty apart from Lily and him. After a minute of silence, James finally looks up to find Lily staring at him.
"Now what do we do?" he asks.
"Did you not read the letter we got sent?"
"Nah just got the sweet badge from inside. Its pretty cool looking isn't it. Mum was well stoked. She thought I was still a trouble maker at school."
"I don't blame her".
"I was joking, of course I read the letter and excuse me, I only got 6 detentions the whole of last year. I mean, even you got a detention last year. Oh yes, Evans, I heard about your detention".
"How? I didn't think many people knew!"
"Looks like you were wrong doesn't it?"
"Mm."
"Do we have to sit here the whole train ride?" he asked.
"Something like that, unfortunately."
"Come off it, Evans. I'm not that bad anymore, even you said it to your mates at the end-of-term feast last year," he said, leaning back in his chair and messing up his hair with both hands.
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Lily's POV
Look at him… He thinks he's so good sitting there making his hair all messy with his head boy badge. It's a wonder his fat head could even fit through the compartment door.
"How did you know that? Do you know EVERYTHING" she said, giving him yet another look of disgust.
"Ha, unlike you, I have connections, Evans."
Whatever.
Lily turned to stare out the window, anything to avoid conversation with James. But after five minutes, James decided to start up another conversation.
"You know what Evans; you'd make a good teacher. With your little prefect speech before, it was rather touching."
"I thought you said you aren't that bad anymore. Seriously, you are so full of yourself it's not funny."
"Well you best get used to it darling, because we even have our own bathroom to share when we get to Hogwarts…"
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"And finally, it would be wonderful if you could put your hands together for our new Head Boy and Head Girl, James Potter and Lily Evans. Feel free to congratulate these two students and I'm sure they will do well in leading Hogwarts to a fine year. Tuck in".
Dumbledore finished his speech and looked at James and Lily who were on his left. He gave a warm smile- the smile only Dumbledore could possibly give- and motioned them to the door behind the teachers table.
Lily turned and walked around the teachers table and opened the door. She held it open as James walked in, followed by Dumbledore. When the three of them were inside, Lily closed the door and Dumbledore started to speak.
"I wanted to take the time to firstly congratulate you both on gaining the head positions. I, along with the other staff members, believe you two fit the build and wish you the best throughout the school year. Now unfortunately you don't get to join your peers in eating the feast but you will get to, so no need to panic," said Dumbledore, seeing the look on James' face. "You both now need to fill out some forms and then patrol the corridors after the feast because some children cannot resist using magic after going for so long without. Lily, you take the Gryffindor tower and James you head over to the dungeons and patrol the Slytherins. You also get to share a small common room and bathroom, which is on the seventh floor down the third corridor. The password is Acid Pops. Try not to forget it. I shall speak with you soon. If any trouble arises, feel free to contact me," and with another smile, he turned and moved swiftly through the door they entered.
They both stood there for a moment. Lily was digesting everything Dumbledore had just said and James was staring at his feet.
Is he nervous?
"Potter!"
He looked up. They stared straight into each others eyes for a few seconds before he looked down again.
What the bloody hell was wrong with him?
"Maybe we should get these papers done," she said slowly, still not taking her eyes off him.
He moved over to the closer of the two desks which each had a quill and a few pieces of parchment. Lily then slowly moved to the other one and sat down in the chair. She began to read the piece of parchment in front of her, every minute or so looking nervously at James, wondering what was wrong with him. After signing the parchment on the very last page, she looked up again to find James looking back at her.
"You done?"
"Sure," I replied.
"Well let's get to it then, Evans."
"Are you serious? You have just spend half an hour sulking and now all of a sudden you're fine. You've got issues, Potter. Serious Issues."
"Don't talk about what you don't understand, Evans." His voice was starting to become louder and it made Lily uncomfortable.
She stood there, just staring at him.
He isn't that bad looking. Wait, now that I think of it, him and Black are probably the most hansom boys at Hogwarts…
It was now her turn to look at the ground. She felt stupid and embarrassed for having a go at him. Although she would never say it to his face, she had been wrong. He was right, she doesn't understand.
"I'm sorry," is all that Lily could say.
This is weird, too weird.
And with that, he turned and walked out of the opposite door which leads to the dungeons. She ran after him but by the time she had reached the corridor outside he was nowhere to be seen. Lily wanted to set boundaries with him but she never meant to hurt his feelings.
But what was seriously wrong with him? We have always had a love to hate relationship and tonight was just ordinary behavior for us
After standing there for a good minute she turned on her heal and headed towards Gryffindor Tower. She was waiting there for only another 10 minutes when the first group of first years, looking nervous and excited, came. She smiled at the Gryffindor prefect leading the group and he smiled back before leading them through the portrait of the fat lady. Another 10 minutes later, it appeared that all of the Gryffindor students had gone into the common room and Lily started to slowly make her way to the seventh floor.
James' POV
Shit, I'm hungry.
He was approaching the door to the Prefects common room and when he reached it, muttered 'Acid Pops' and it flung open. Inside was like nothing he had ever seen. The inside was scarlet and gold, obviously because both Head Boy and Girl and in Gryffindor. There was a long lounge chair towards the back with at least ten gold fluffy pillows on top. There were also two single chairs each with a table in front of it for doing school work. Next to the door was a long narrow table filled with the same food that was at the feast and opposite it on the other side of the wall was a door- it must be the bathroom. Thinking he'd look at that later, he grabbed a plate off the table and was just about to put some roast pork on it when the door swung open. It was Lily.
"Oh. Um hey again," she said, she looked upset now.
"Hi."
He continued putting food on his plate and he could feel her eyes on the back of his head. If there was ever an awkward silence, this was it. He walked over to one of the chairs and sat down with his plate, the whole time avoiding her gaze.
I have to say something, I hate seeing her like this. And it's all because I snapped back at her. James you brat…
"Evans… I- I'm sorry I yelled at you. It was really unnecessary. It wasn't your fault and I feel like an idiot now."
"Forget about it."
"Don't be like that. I know I can act like an idiot and stuff but I really am sorry."
"It wasn't you. It was me. I should have minded my own business. I didn't mean to get you even more upset or angry or whatever you were."
James smiled. "So, friends again?"
"Oh I don't know Potter, were we ever actually friends?"
"Boarder line friends I guess."
She laughed.
God I love that laugh…
"Are you gonna eat?" James asked.
"Oh, no I'm not really hungry."
"Is there something wrong with you, Evans? You normally eat the most out of the girls."
"How do you know my eating habits, Potter?"
"Oh me and the marauders always watch girls eat. It's quite funny actually. The alright one's each heaps and the bitchy ones eat hardly any."
This made Lily laugh again. This would have to be the first conversation the two of them have had that's actually civil.
"So, that means you're calling me alright, doesn't it?"
"We can make exceptions," he said, abandoning his dinner and looking up at her with a cheeky smile.
"Oh! I am insulted. And don't give me with that Mr. Potter smile. That's the smile you wear when you're up to no good."
"So, that means you girls must look at our smiles. I'll inform the boys. Maybe we might be able to make a few new ones to confuse you and your lady friends," he replied. This time he ran a hand through his hair than put both hands behind his head and crossed his legs on the table in front of him.
"I think you and the marauders have an obsession with each other. Seriously, I never see you and Sirius apart."
"Correction, I have not been in Sirius' company for… let's say… eight hours."
"You're a smart ass, I hope you know that."
"No, Evans, no! You never turn to using profanities. I thought you, being yourself, would know that. But I'll take the compliment anyway."
"And there he goes again," she said, more to herself than to James, "It's getting late and I still need to catch up with the others."
"True. But can you wait and leave five minutes after me. I just don't want to be seen in public with you. No offence, it's just I have a reputation and I wouldn't want to spoil it on the first day of term. Maybe next week or something, but definitely not on the first night," Seeing her face, he quickly added, "I'm joking, Evans. No need to lose sleep or anything. Geez, women," He rolled his eyes.
"Hey! That wasn't very nice!"
"Ha ha, I know. Let's do this then shall we?"
And together they headed towards Gryffindor tower. When they got inside, Lily went towards the girl's dormitories and James started to climb the stairs to the boys. When he reached the final landing, he opened the door to find the rest of the marauders still awake.
"Where have you been you old shagger?" shouted Sirius, and the rest of them laughed.
"Stupid Head Boy shit, you know how it is," he replied.
"Oh, but we don't know how it is. You see, I've never been head boy before, Prongs."
It was James' turn to laugh. "And you never will be."
"Well done, mate. I had this feeling you might get it," James recognized that voice… Remus must have arrived.
"About… Bloody… Time… You… Decided… To… Show… Up!" James ran over to the bed he was sitting on and jumped on him.
"Easy, I'm still a bit sore. Get this; I arrived at the platform three minutes late. Spewin' I was. So I had to apparate. And it's not easy when you have spent the last night eating wild animals."
They all roared with laughter, everyone except Peter, who was in his own world.
"Sucks to be you mate."
"So James, the guys were just saying you were with Lily," Remus said with a smirk on his face.
"And…"
"Well, how many times did you ask her out?"
"I didn't ask her out ok! I haven't since last year."
"But it's only the first day of term. You have a full year ahead of you…" Sirius quickly added.
"Whatever Sirius. I'm going to sleep. Night everyone," and James got dressed and climbed into his four poster bed, listening to the others conversation.
"James?"
"What?"
"Did you make a move or- or anything?"
"No Sirius, I didn't try and jump her or anything. Just drop it ok!"
"You're no fun. Good night Pumpkin."
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BANG!
James sat upright in his bed as his ears started ringing. He could see bright blurs and movement. Grabbing his glasses off his bed-side table and putting them on, he noticed it was Sirius who was moving.
"Fucking women! I swear to God whoever did this is going to get my fist in their face," he yelled as he ran out of the compartment after the cause of the bang.
"Fireworks… On the first day of term? What time is it?" James heard Remus mumble from somewhere on his left.
"I don't know. I'll be back. I need to make sure Sirius doesn't kill anyone… Too much paperwork," answered James.
He swiftly moved down the stairs and was at the bottom when he realized Sirius had someone in a body binding curse. Looking harder, he saw that it was Lily's best friend, Emer.
"Why!?" Sirius was yelling.
"Sirius, shut your mouth before we all get busted," she said back.
"Oh we all aren't getting busted, Emer. You are the only one that's getting in trouble tonight."
"Oi! You two Stop flirting and get to bed!" James looked to his right to find Lily standing at the foot of the Girls Staircase. James quickly messed up his hair with one of his hands.
"I wasn't flirting with him, Lily. Do you really think I would stoop that low?" Emer replied, more to Sirius than to Lily.
"Oh it wouldn't surprise me," she said back, "You've always thought he was the best looking in the entire school!"
"Well that makes them both, Evans," James said. "Oh yes Sirius, I heard you over the summer in your sleep." He now had a smirk on his face. Although James and Sirius were best friends, they wouldn't pass up an opportunity to embarrass each other.
"You can talk Prongs. You've loved Evans since the very first time you saw her. You know what he said when he first saw you Lily? He goes… 'Wow, she's absolutely beautiful'."
James could feel himself going red. He quickly looked away and he could feel Lily's eyes on the side of his face.
"But she already knows this doesn't she, James," he continued, "I think you've dated every girl in our year except her."
"Shut up Sirius." For a moment James thought he had spoken without even moving his lips, but to his utter amazement, it was Lily who told Sirius to shut up.
Everything went silent. It was like somebody had pressed the stop button on the remote… Or the mute button, either one. James was staring at Lily… Since when did she stick up for him in front of other people? Sirius had dropped Emer and she was attempting to break free from the ropes binding her.
"Black, you will untie Emer then go straight up to your dormitory and go to sleep," said Lily. She then turned to face James, "Potter, you will follow Black and make sure he does the right thing and as for you, Emer… What the bloody hell are you doing?"
More silence. Sirius began untying Emer straight away. James didn't want to move a muscle just incase Lily turned on him… Nobody messed with Lily when she was angry. When Emer was free of ropes and was standing, Sirius muttered a 'sorry', which Emer returned and headed straight for the stairs. James moved to the side to let him pass and with one quick glance at Lily, followed him up.
When James closed the door, Sirius turned around and looked at James. If looks could kill, He would definitely be dead.
"Those two girls… I swear to God are going to cop it one day!" he yelled.
"Don't blame it on me padfoot. Sorry, but I wasn't going to say anything to Lily. She'd go nuts."
"Nah it's ok. But Head Boy or not, we are getting them back!"
"Can we wait till tomorrow at least?" asked a croaky voice which appeared to be Remus.
They two boys got back into bed and fell asleep straight away.
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Lily's POV
"Lily, get up. Quick we're gonna be late for breakfast!" said Liz, poking Lily's shoulder.
"What time is it?" she asked in reply.
"7:30. Breakfast started half an hour ago."
"You guys go down; I think I might have a shower. Ill see you both in potions."
"Ok, see ya soon."
After having a long deserved shower, Lily slowly made her way to the great hall, being quicker than she thought she would be. She scanned the Gryffindor table and found Emer and Liz about half way along. When she reached them, they both became silent and when Lily looked around, she noticed they were sitting next to… the marauders?
"Morning Lily," said Remus.
"Erm, Hey," she replied.
Thinking that she better sit down, she climbed over the seat and sat between Liz and Remus. She glanced at James who was staring at her.
This is way too weird…
"So, who has potions next?" asked James before messing up his hair.
Does he always have to do that!?!
"Don't tell me you're doing NEWT Potions," Lily said, rolling her eyes.
"Got a problem?" Sirius shot.
"Yeah, I do. Is that ok with you, black?" Her temper was rising now.
"Lily! Calm down a bit will you," asked Emer.
"Hey, whose side are you on?"
Silence.
"Let's get to class shall we?" James quickly said, seeing the temper rise in Emer as well. They all got up at the same time and started to make there way out of the hall. On the way out, James winked at a group of fifth year girls who immediately started in a fit of giggles.
He just can't help himself, can he?
When they reached the great hall, they said goodbye to Liz and Peter who didn't do potions and headed through the door towards the dungeons.
"I hate this place. It gives me the shivers," Lily heard James say from behind her.
When they reached the classroom, the teacher was waiting out the front to welcome them. He told them to go in and stand at the front.
When the rest of the class arrived, the teacher entered the room and began to talk.
"In this class there will be seating arrangements. The desks are sorted in groups of two, one boy and one girl in each pair. Now I think that the head boy and girl should sit together, so Lily and James you can sit down the back. The rest of you can find a partner and take a seat."
Lily couldn't believe it. She was planning on avoiding James as much as she could and now look what happens. She slowly dragged her feet towards the back two tables and found James already seating down.
"Evans, we meet again," he said, smiling at her.
"Joy."
"Aw, why the long face?"
"Shut up Potter."
"Woah. Hang on a minute, darling. What happened to our civil conversation yesterday?"
"Don't start, ok! Just… Don't," she snapped.
"Sorry, Evans."
After one of the longest hours of Lily's life, the bell rang to signal the end of potions. The class slowly filed out and headed towards the greenhouses for Herbology.
The day flew by pretty quickly after potions and soon enough, Lily was sitting by the warm fire in the Gryffindor common room already starting her homework. Liz soon joined her with her pile of work, which was slightly smaller than Lily's.
"Thought I might find you here," she said smiling.
"Where'd Emer get to?"
"She's over there in the corner flirting with Sirius. One minute they hate each other, the next they're planning their wedding."
Lily laughed. Emer had had a thing for Sirius since before she can remember and even thought Sirius was a known player, Lily had a feeling he liked Emer too. "Oh well," she replied, "At least one of us has a love life. We'll stick together and be single for the rest of our lives, hey Liz!"
"I'm looking forward to it. Actually, you could get a guy… You could get the fittest guy in school if you really wanted to!"
"And who would that be?"
"James Potter."
"I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pol-"
"Well… That's not very nice now is it, Evans. I thought your parents brought you up a bit better than that," said James, cutting Lily off.
"What do you want, Potter?"
"Oh just came to talk to Liz; If that's alright with you, of course."
Lily felt a twinge of jealously.
Why would he want to talk to my friend? Wait, I'M NOT JEALOUS!
But something unexpected happened.
"Lily, may I please speak with you for a minute?"
Lily looked up. She hadn't heard that voice before. A tall boy with tanned skin, dark hair and even darker eyes was looking down at her. He was… Beautiful. But Lily had never seen him before. He had to be a Gryffindor, how else would he have gotten the password; and he looked way to old to be in his first year.
"Erm, sure. I'll be back soon Liz."
She looked over at Liz who gave her the thumbs up- Wait, why is she giving me the thumbs up? Lily then looked at James. He looked… Sad? No, he wouldn't be. Ignoring his glare, she stood up and he led her to the corner closest to where Emer and Sirius were. He then sat down in one of the arm chairs. Lily sat down opposite, wondering who on earth this boy was and what he wanted.
"You're probably wondering who the hell I am."
"You've got that much right," she replied.
He laughed.
Ooo his laugh was sexy.
"Well, I'm Seth. I was in the Heads compartment on the train."
"Oh. I don't remember seeing you," she replied.
"I often hear that line. Well, maybe not that line, but something similar," he said, smiling, "But I tend to keep to myself."
"Oh ok then. I take it you're a prefect then?"
"Yeah, I'm in my fifth year."
"Fair enough, so what is it you wanted to speak to me about?" she asked.
"Well ah; I'm not very good at this. Ok, Hang on. I wanted to know if you would like to come with me to the Ball."
"Ball? What ba-."
"They haven't advertised it yet. That's because the fifth year prefects are organizing it and the details haven't been finalized. So I wanted to get in early… If you know what I mean."
Lily didn't know what to say. It was like a dream come true. This could be her fairytale…
About bloody time!
"That… sounds like a great idea," she finally said, smiling.
"So, it's a yes?"
"Of course."
"Sweet. Now I know we don't really know each other but the ball won't be for at least a month. Anyway, I need to finish some stupid astronomy homework so I better leave you to it. I might talk to you tomorrow, yeah?"
"Sure. Um, see you around." And with a kiss on her hand, he walked up the boy's staircase.
Lily stood up. She couldn't stop smiling for some reason. He was perfect, and they were going to the ball together!
Wait until I tell Liz!
She reached James and Liz who were sitting opposite each other in complete silence. James was looking at her and Lily got the feeling that he was watching the whole conversation between her and Seth.
"So Lily, who was that spunk," asked Liz.
"His name's Seth."
"Oooooh he has a sexy name! It matches his face!" she replied, then started in a fit of giggles.
"What did he want then?" James finally said something.
"He- he asked me out."
"Are you serious? Wow! Please tell me you said yes!" Said Liz.
"Yeah, I did. Happy Liz!" said Lily, starting to laugh as well. In fact, she couldn't wipe the smile off her face.
"What's all this laughing about?" It was Sirius, holding hands with Emer.
"Oh not much… Just that the sexiest boy asked Lily out and she said yes!" screamed Liz, making a bunch of first years look nervously over their shoulders at them.
"Oh," is all Sirius could say. It was like the whole world stopped. Lily was looking at Sirius, who immediately spun his face around to look at James. Nobody moved for at least a minute before Emer finally said, "Well, it's been quite a long day, let's get to bed Lily and Liz."
"Goodnight everyone," said Liz and both her and Lily stood up and made their way towards the foot of the girls stairs. When Lily reached them, she turned around to give one last wave to James and Sirius. But something was wrong.
Sirius gave her a look of utter disgust and James was looking at the ground.
What have I done this time?
And thinking it was nothing, she turned on her heel and dashed up the stairs.