Midnight Moonlight

Chapter 1

Today was going to be a bad day, I could tell. Normally I would be quite happy to be going back to Hogwarts. But this year, I would rather drown myself, be hit by a car, shave my head, die of dull nail clippers…anything but this. I was made Head Girl, of course, I am perfect for the job. I won't abuse privileges, I won't take it for advantage, I won't sneak girls in the dorm, oh well, for me it would be boys, but whatever! I'm happy about seeing my friends again and spending another year (especially since it was the last one) but I knew it is going to be hell.

I guess that right now your asking yourself what has crawled itself up Miss. Evans and died? I'll tell you, James Potter was made Head Boy. This in my book worse than being in one of those movies where the girl is tied down to the train track watching it come toward me. well to me that is. Other girls would have killed to be in my position, having James Potter chasing after them. But that's just it, chasing. That all there is to it. Its not like he really likes me or anything. Back to the point, WHAT WAS DUMLEDORE THINKING?!

So then why wasn't Potter talking to me? Why wasn't he trying his best to see if his 'Lilly flower' would go out with him? Something was just not right.

"What's up with you Potter?" Potter and I arrived at the Head's compartment without one word passing between us. He opened the door for me as we walked inside, and as soon as we saw the place we stopped. It was huge, there was a large big circular table in the center, with two big chair next to each other (where I assumed the toe rag and I would sit) and then two big arm chairs that were attached to the floor. The colors where bright red and white, not Hogwarts-y at all. I sat on the left chair, he on the right, and we decided that we didn't really need to talk until the Prefects got there, so we could just chill.

"Nothing,"

"It's not 'nothing.' What your problem?" He snorted and rolled his eyes at me. Yeah, Potter just rolled his eyes at me. What happened? Last year (and the five years before it really) he wouldn't leave me the hell alone, now he was sitting here, ignoring me!

(Flashback)

"Lilly Flower, I'm really going to miss you," Potter said in an depressed voice, sighing.

"Its not mutual," I said coldly, trying to get away.

"You know it is Evans. You know you'll miss me,"

"Like a root canal,"

"A what?" I almost laughed at his totally confused facial expression.

"Never mind,"

"You'll miss me," He was so smug… I just wanted to wipe that smirk off his face.

"Oh yes Potter. You figured me out. I'll think of you every day, crave your touch, dream about you every night." I had advanced on him, and though my voice dripped of sarcasm, I made it low and (attempted) seductive tone. He gulped. "Oh wait," I pilled back as though disappointed, "That's the rest of the schools female population, not me. My mistake."

"This is a mistake. If I could just have one date-"

"James," I spoke his name for the first time (without the reason being that I was yelling his full name.)

"Y-yes…?" He looked so shocked. I really was cruel to do this. I leaned in, as if I were to kiss him, then I quickly moved to his ear, before he had a chance to kiss me.

I seductively whispered in his ear, breathing into it.

"Don't you understand Potter?" He shook his head, just barely. I'd never been this close to him and I'm sure he'd thought I'd killed him and he was in heaven. "I would never date you," Then I walked away, to my compartment, but before I shut my door I heard him call "Never say Never,"

(end flashback…)

"Don't you roll your eyes at me!"

"Whatever Evans," Ugh, what nerve. I turned in the big comfy seat, huffing. Maybe he had given up? Maybe he was finally going to leave me alone, I should be celebrating not pouting. I guess it was now or never, "Listen, since we're going to be living together for this year, for reason beyond me besides that the universe hates me, I think that we should be civil," I offered my hand to him. He just looked at it, "Are you for real?"

"Yes, we are Head boy and girl, we should act like it. We don't want to make Hogwarts look bad by us fighting every two seconds. So I'll try to lighten up, if you try to behave,"

"Deal," He took my hand, shaking it. Lilly what are you doing? This is clearly against the rules I had given myself. No skin on skin touching, no touching at all was ideal though. His hands were just too wonderful. Strong, yet gentle, tanned, smooth, and warm. As soon as we touched a strange but pleasant shock ran threw me, he face made an expression and I knew that he had felt it too. It wasn't like I 'shocked' him with electrons, but I don't even know…I'd never felt anything like it before. I had no idea what to compare it too. I pulled my hand away quickly, cleared my throat and stood up.

"Well good, then that's settled."

"Yeah," quick pause, "Does this mean that we're on first name basis?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself," I grinned.

"We'll get there,"

"Doubtful,"

"Mere opinion," I huffed at him as the Prefects started to come in. He looked at me, no I mean looked at me. His hazel eyes were so intense on my green ones that I blushed. The corners of his lips twitched upward and I thought he was going to say something, but he didn't. He pulled out the stack of papers that came with the owl that announced our Head boy and girl – er ness.

We went over procedure and protocol, (the only harp in the meeting was when I was describing the rules about not to harm the students unless it was a life or death situation and Potter said that he thought that if someone had to be in the presence of Snivellus greasy hair he or she is scared for their life, which even I had to admit was funny.) It was determined that every night from 10 to 11 P.M. Potter and I were to patrol the halls, expect for Sundays. Hell.

After our meeting every one got to leave, thank Merlin. I couldn't handle anymore of Potter looking at me like that.

"You were well informed at the meeting Potter, I was surprised,"

"Why?" Generally confused.

"I thought I'd have to do all the work the this year, I'm glad to see that I won't."

"I always do my part, I love to be on top. And you won't need to do anything by yourself if I'm around," Was I the only one that caught the double meaning in his words? Ah, why do I have a dirty mind around him? I'm sure he wasn't implying anything. But it was Potter…

"I'll keep that in mind," I said and looked at him, a small blush gracing my cheeks. I left, swaying my hips slightly as I did.

Did I just flirt with Potter? Dear Merlin, I've already lost my mind.

I reached my compartment to find my two best friends in the world Charlotte and Melanie, but it held more people. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were on the right bench and my friends on the left, Peter Pettigrew sat on the floor as Sirius had taken him as his own personal foot rest. Putting his large feet on the poor boys head. They all stopped talking as I walked in, and someone bumped into me behind me.

"Hey have you seen- never mind," Potter was behind me, ruffling his hair, again.

"Hey Prongs! Look who we found! We were just checking up, seeing how their summers went,"

"Uh huh,"

"We'll we were just leaving, bye Melanie, Charlotte." Remus got up and nodded to them, winking at Melanie who flushed completely. That was out of character, wonder what they had been talking about… Charlotte just laughed at her, always the supportive one. Ha, ha, ha I silently laughed at my own joke.

Sirius got on his knee (kicking Peter out of the way) and grabbed Charlotte's hand.

"My good fair lady, I'm sorry but I must leave your beauty, we shall meet again, I promise thee," He kissed her hand, stood up, bowed and then did the same to Melanie.

"I shall miss you all greatly!" He exclaimed then proceeded to fake sob and then ran down the hall screaming the lyrics to "Yellow Submarine."

Remus just shook his head, he must be used to this by now, he said good bye to me then followed his friend. He told anyone that had their booth door open to excuse the mad man, he was never met him in his entire life, and that they'd better be grateful that he decided to do it with his clothes on this time.

I was laughing so hard that I had to lean against the doorframe to stay vertical, everyone else was laughing just as hard though. Sirius was just so retarded. One minute he was the most cunning, sexy, witty, seducing male the next he was a total goofball. I normally didn't like Sirius much, he was just as bad as Potter, but you couldn't deny his good looks and hilariousness.

"Bye, Evans," He said, "One day we'll be on first name basis,"

"Again, doubtful,"

He looked straight in my eyes, waved to my friends, never once breaking eye contact and went to leave. Since we both were in the doorway he had to rub against me to get out, which he did. Painfully slow. He does have an amazing body, I had to admit. His personality I could hate all I wanted, but I couldn't deny his body. I suddenly loved Quidditch.

When he was almost out the door, his mouth got close to my ear and he huskily added "One day, I'll make you scream it," A shiver ran through my soul and body. I'm sure he felt me tremble. Then he was out of sight, a new spring in his step at my weakness. Pure hell.

I walked in, shut the sliding door and plunked down on the bench, laying down. His words kept repeating in my mind. I should be furious, but I had enjoyed it. I can't yell at him for something he did that I enjoyed. Oh Merlin, I did enjoy it, what was wrong with me?!

"What happened?" They both pried at the same time. I told them start to finish, and Charlotte looked as if she had shit her pants when I told her the last part.

"I'LL MAKE YOU SCREAM IT?! OH MY MERLIN!" She blasted. "Like he said it, right then, just now?"

"Yep," I said, popping the 'p' with my lips.

" But, I don't understand, you yell at him all the time, using his name all the time…" Well that was Melanie, her innocence was so adorable, bless her. Then compression set in, "Oohhh, he was, he said, oh my goodness Lilly!" There you go Melanie. "Sorry, it took a minute to catch up. Lilly did I tell you? Remus was about to ask me out when you came in! He had brought up the next Hogdesmade weekend, and was wondering if I would be going with anyone."

"Oh I'm sorry I walked in! But that's wonderful Mel!"

"Yeah, I'm so excited, I know that there's something not right about him, but ya know, he is smart and caring, I just, I don't know…"

"Yes you do, you just like him." Charlotte answered, smiling at her. Charlotte could get any guy in this school, she was seriously like the female version of Sirius. Except that she hardly ever said yes to someone, and Black, well I don't know if 'no' is even in his vocabulary when it comes to females. She is a major flirt and many guys call her a tease, but she always says that she would take 'tease' over 'slut' or 'easy' any day. Charlotte had black hair, like her brother, that goes down to her elbows. It always is perfectly straight and shinny, with bangs cut framing her face in an exotic fashion. Her beautiful hazel eyes, perfect completion, and pouty pink lips was all a guy could ever ask for. She was tall, about 5'11, and had an amazing body. She got asked out at least twice a day, and she would always complain about it. Oh yes, I would sympathize sarcastically, 'it must be so hard to be so beautiful' I would say to her and sigh.

Melanie was the complete the opposite, she had strawberry blonde hair, cut a few inches above her shoulders that got shorter in the back. She had baby blue eyes, high cheek bones, and a long elegant neck. She was shorter than Charlotte and me, around five four, and was the sweetest person you could ever meet.

I have fiery red hair that is wavy and is little below my shoulders. I have emerald almond shaped green eyes (my favorite thing about me physically) and ivory skin with a few freckles. We are humorously (don't you see me laughing) referred to as the Hogwarts Rainbow.

We finally reached Hogwarts, after we all exhausted all subjects of interest. I was extremely glad too, because I was starved. The only food he had had was when the little tray of goodies came by, and when we all split Charlotte's chocolate box that some fourth year boy had brought her. This was an every day thing when your best friends with Charlotte Willow Potter.

The feast was going to be so great, I think Hogwarts food is the best food I've ever eaten, and the chocolate cake they always have in the first feast was with no question the best subtense that has ever been in my mouth. But before everyone could eat their amazing meals, they had to have the sorting hat ceremony and Dumbledore had to say his usual: The 3rd story in like the what? The east, west side whatever, it was forbidden like always and so was the forbidden forest, because we really couldn't figure that one out. Then at the end, again like always, he introduced the names of the new Head boy and girl. "Yes, yes, congratulations! This year shall be interesting, won't it?" The whole hall boomed with laughter, they all knew how I despised Potter.

Interesting? Interesting my arse, more like torture! I think that Dumbledore seriously made Potter and me Head's because he wanted some entertainment this year! Well, he'll get entertainment, a funeral at the end of first term. If I don't kill myself, Potter will be dead. Damn, poor Charlotte, all well I'll say Severus did it… ah the possibilities. Life sentence at Azkaban would be plenty enough punishment for his betrayal and his 'slip of the tongue.' That little arse hole! And I'd live in a Potter free zone, oh be still my racing heart! But right now I was still left with a Potter filled zone, an unpunished Severus, and a demented, entertain-less, stupid, sick headmaster! This year was going to be hell. But all those thoughts disappeared as the delicious food appeared in front of me, I dug in.

I searched down the long table for Potter, for reasons unknown to me. I found him staring straight at me, my stomach lurched at the intensity of his gaze and I flushed. I couldn't look away, couldn't get enough of his stare. He was looking at me as though he was blind man seeing the light for the first time. With such adoration and compassion, it wasn't love, I didn't see love. But I hadn't seen or noticed his stares before today, so was I missing the love in his eyes? How did I not noticed these stares before, I felt like I could actually feel it. Maybe he had never looked at me this way before today. But Charlotte and Mel always did say he looked at me, like looked at me. Maybe they meant this?

No there was no love, this was a chase to him, I was a chase. Once he'd had me for a week, a day, that would be the end of it. Or maybe he was the kind of guy that waited until the morning after. Sorry Potter, I'm not giving in.

"Lilly? Lilly?" Melanie gently tapped my arm, "Lils?" I reluctantly looked away form those hazel eyes that gave me a thousand compliments a seconds. I saw, turning my head to face them, Remus going to sit back down. When had he gotten up?

"Remus just asked me out!" I looked shocked, "Oh you did miss it…"

"I'm sorry, tell me about it!" But before Melanie could start, Charlotte interupted.

"What were looking at so intensely that you didn't even notice?" Charlotte asked, looking in the same directly I was looking at before.

"Nothing, I was just zoning," I tried to lie, but Charlotte's eyes came to fall upon her twin brother's.

"Liar, lair pants on fire! You were staring at James!" She yelled loudly, I looked around, James had heard, his head was up, staring at me. Crap.

"Charlotte!" I hissed, slapping her on the arm. I heard James laugh, I blushed scarlet. "Thanks a lot," I muttered. She shrugged and said a cherry "sorry," I heard James laugh again. Hell, this year is going to be pure unadulterated hell.

Melanie went on describing how Remus had asked her out for the rest of diner. Once I was almost finished and she was almost finished went her excruciating long account of her story (I mean honestly, I couldn't have zoned out for that long.) I am really glad that they would be dating, he was really good for her. Remus was, as Mel put it, 'smart, intelligent, and damn sexy in a library!' He had shabby blonde hair and lovely green eyes, and would look perfect with Melanie.

Sirius was a huge player. He had black hair that elegantly fell around his face. His intense yet playful clouded silver eyes someone could stare into for days upon end. He was very tall and strong. And the most squeezable butt, you have no idea. And the best pink lips… but the only thing a girl could ever ask of him was a great shag (or so I heard it was, well how is it not be, with all that practice?!) Nothing more, nothing less.

Potter had messy black hair that stuck up in every direction. Especially a patch in the back of his head that refused to lay flat even when bewitched. He was at least 6'1, and very strong. His intense hazel eyes could make any girl were all gorgeous, no one could deny that.

Well, Peter excluded. He was a chubby, baby faced, short brown haired boy that was their fan club. He followed them everywhere, clapping at their 'amazingness' and putting in little "yeah" 's and "what he said" 's. It was all very pathetic, really. Though he did ocasionally got some cute, cubby, short Hufflepuff girls (young girls) because of his friends. Which I guess was enough for him.

A deep male voice come from behind me, almost making me spill my pumpkin juice as it made me jump, the guy laughed.

"How's my little sis?" Of course, Potter.

"Good, how bout you big bro," Honestly they were 14 seconds apart!

"Came for Evans,"

"Well, what else is new?"

"Ha, ha, no this is Head's business, to advanced for you, little sis." She stuck her tongue at him. "See, I'm so much more mature,"

"If I was a guy or if two head girls were aloud I would have so would have taken your spot,"

"Sure Charlotte, blame it all on poor Evans, she can't help it if she's perfect." He turn to look directly at me, not good… "Its almost the end of the feast, its time to go to Dumbledore's, remember?" Was he talking? Merlin stop looking at me like that. Oh wait, yeah crap! Arg, how had I forgotten?

"Yeah, um that right, let's go," and get your eyes off mine. Look at my arse, chest, anywhere just stop staring at me like that! Doesn't he see that I can't think when he does that? God, I haven't even been back 24 hours and I'm already mental. "See ya later!" I waved to my friends, who grumbled a 'bye' back. I got up and we headed to the Headmaster's office.

"Ah, good you're here, I just need to show you the dorm you two will be sharing." Hell, my life is hell. "And I in trust that there is a truce? We wouldn't want to have fighting Head boy and girls," Then why the hell did you make us Head's?! You stupid, entertain-less, mean, torturing-

"Of course sir," I answered, oh how I wish I wasn't such a combo of coward and kiss up. Then I'd be dangerous, and happier, because Potter would be dead, Severus in Azkaban…

"Follow me," Dumbledore led the way. We went up three flights of stairs and

took four lefts and one right turn and stopped at a portrait of Saint Franklin the Great, because Saint wasn't enough for one tidal.

"Password lady, sir?"

"Uh, Potter what do you want it to be?"

"Moonlight?"

"Okay,"

"My lady, is thy password to be Moonlight?"

"Yes,"

"Very well, you may change it when ever you fancy,"

"I'll let you two settle in, come to my office if you need anything, you have to list with all the passwords on it," Dumbledore disappeared around the corner and the painting opened up. We walked threw a circular tunnel that led to our dorm. I gasped when we saw it. There was a common room with two arm chairs and a couch surrounding a huge fire place. There was a kitchen behind it and then two doors on the way where it changed form the living area to the mini kitchen. On top of the right door it read "Lilly" on the left was "James." Everything was in gold and red, Gryffindor colors. We raced to our bed rooms, it was amazing! It was painted a light green with lavender as an accent color with a big white comforter, that was all fluffy and fresh. A big bay window was directly across from the bed, it had a window seat, it looked out to the Quidditch flied. Then there were two door on either side of my bed. I opened the first to find a walk in closet with all my cloths in it. I opened the other door and it was a bathroom.

"Oh!" James spun around.

"Evans look at this!" He spun around in the bathroom. It was amazing. His door was attached on the other side, the whole length on my right side was a counter. It had a vanity and two sinks. Opposite from that wall was an enormous bath tub that could easily pass as a small pool. And next to that was a big granite shower (that matched the floors) and was the size of my closet with two shower heads. Maybe I won't hate morning's all that much now.

"Lets check the kitchen," We ran to the kitchen, he started opening cabinets while I looked in the mini fridge.

"Evans, look at this," I went over to him, on a shelf where tall clear glasses, each one had one of the Marauder's name on it and Charlotte's, Melanie's and mine. After exploring, I got a book and sat in an arm chair by the fire. Potter laid on the couch, while my traitor kitty laid happily on his chest, purring like mad. My book was very good, but I could still feel Potter's gaze on me. I know its sounds terrible (or maybe it doesn't) but I really like it how he looks at me like that. Wow, I can't believe I admitted that. We stayed up until 10:30ish, thank Merlin it was Sunday so no patrol, and then we got up to go to bed. Potter gently got Aurora off him, putting her down softly on the couch, said good night to her and then went up to me.

"Good night, Evans." He stood five inches from me, towering over me. His hazel eyes full of, what is really love? Longing? I didn't know, but I liked it. He hesentantly put some of my hair behind my ear. After a long moment, of just staring at each other, he seemed to think he would get no answer so he moved away, starting to head for his room, crestfallen.

"Good night, James," I called out to him, he stopped dead. Then turned slowly, then a smile lit his face.

"See you in the morning, Lilly," He walked to his bedroom, looking back three times as if to make sure I was real. I stood there, shocked. The way he had said my name, it was so different than all the other times. It just rolled off his tongue, so, so elegantly, amazingly. Oh Merlin, I feel like Peter adoring him like this. But no this was way different, he was adorning me, and for the first time I realized it. Saw it. That was love in his eyes, he wasn't after the chase, he was after me. I understood it all now, such an amazing epiphany. In my room now I slipped on a emerald baby doll night gown that went to my knees and climbed in the warm comfy sheets, sleep soon found me.

And maybe this year wouldn't be hell at all.

I shook my head.

Naw… That was crazy.

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