James Fever

Disclaimer: not mine.

Summery: Lily likes James but hasn't admitted it to ANYONE. When she gets to school ready for their last year she finds a completely different James. Suddenly they have to spend some time together every night and soon they are both moved into a new heads dorm. All that James Potter is weakening Lily's defences. What is she going to do? Kiss his brains out of course.

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"Lily? Don't you have a heads meeting?" asked Jane confused. Lily mumbled something and continued reading.

"What?" Jane asked.

"I said no, I cancelled it. He was getting on my nerves." Lily growled.

"But, Lily, you have to sort out all the head stuff…" Martha joined in. Lily threw her book on the floor.

"Damn it! I've had nothing but meetings with him since the start of term! I want a break! Aren't I allowed to have a break from the most infuriating person to ever walk the earth?" Lily demanded. The portrait hole opened and James walked in.

"Lily! Finished you're essay? Only I can't figure out what to do on the third, you have a charms thingie and I'm…I can't do then either, should I get a prefect to cover?" James asked looking at the paper in his hands. Lily glared at him.

"You couldn't have decided that by your self?" she demanded, annoyed.

"Well, yes. But I wanted to check with you, if I hadn't you would've yelled at me." James shrugged.

"Put Lupin on it." Lily nodded.

"He cant…I'll put that blonde from Ravenclaw on it, she seemed capable." James waved at Lily and left.

"How was THAT annoying?" Asked a confused Martha. Lily glared at her before storming off to bed.

"I'm worried, she's been so out of it since the start of term, you don't suppose something happened at home do you?" Jane asked Martha who was glancing between the portrait hole and the girls staircase.

"No, Lily would have told us if it was something like that, I'm sure. This is something she doesn't want to admit to." Martha nodded. Jane gaped at her

"What?" she asked.

"Something's bothering her, but she doesn't want to admit to what it is. Means it must involve James or love." Martha decided

"Why not both?" asked Jane.

"Because, my dear girl, I feel if it WAS both she'd be more unhinged than that."

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Lily glared at everyone as she walked past. They whispered to each other as she passed them, 'probably talking about how mental you've become. You better get your act together girl if you don't want to be sent to St. Mungo's!' Lily thought to herself. She was just having problems controlling her thoughts, that was all, she reasoned with herself. Deciding to simply slip behind a suit of armour to sort out her muddled thoughts and not go to lunch Lily made sure no one else was in the corridor before picking the best suit to hide behind. She closed her eyes and tried to figure out the cascade of thoughts that were plaguing her every waking moment. A sort of muffled bang caused her to open her eyes and look around the suit of armour. She froze at what and who she saw. James Potter was sprawled on the floor next to a pile of books and pieces of parchment. A small boy, probably a first year was also on the floor and he had ink all down his robes. Lily, already angry with what her head was trying to tell her, was about to jump out and yell at them for disturbing her when the little boy burst into tears.

"Woah!" James exclaimed sitting up and holding his head. His glasses were cracked slightly but he ignored that.

"Hey! It's ok. It's just spilt ink, here." James pulled out his wand and waved it over the boys clothes. The ink vanished, next James waved his wand over the books and they sorted themselves into 2 piles, joined by every piece of rouge parchment, then he fixed his glasses.

"See? All fixable." He said to the still crying boy.

"Th—that's not w—why I'm cry—ying!" sobbed the boy. James patted his back awkwardly.

"Well, then why ARE you crying?" James asked him gently.

"I can't do my transfiguration work, it's due in next and I can't figure it out." The boy sobbed harder. "I'm failing as it is I can't not hand work in!" James smiled.

"Lucky you ran into me then." The boy looked at him.

"James Potter at your service. Head Boy, and if I do say so myself, an excellent transfigorer." James beamed at the boy who just blinked at him. James sighed and pulled out a screwed up piece of parchment.

"Not allergic to cats are you?" he eyed the boy suspiciously. He shook his head at James, still regarding him with a weary look. James handed the boy the parchment and James waved his wand over it and it transformed into a small black kitten. The boy gaped.

"You didn't even need to say a spell!" he gasped. James grinned

"Actually you learn how to do that sixth year. I did say a spell, but not out loud." James told the boy who was regarding James with a look something close to awe.

"Shall we look at that work of yours then?" James asked, the boy looked crestfallen

"But It'd look suspicious if I can suddenly do work." He mumbled. James laughed.

"Not if you get tutored, and if you say you're getting tutored!" James told the boy.

"Worked for my friend Wormtail, although he was COMPLETELY hopeless, had to just tell him how in the end." James sighed

"I'll be just like him then." The boy sulked

"What's the rest of your family like magic wise?" James asked

"They aren't, I'm muggle born." The boy blushed.

"Ahhh! Explains it! All you need is to do is get the knack of it and you'll be well off. Wormtail's family is magical, which explains him. Muggle borns are really very good at magic, once they know how. I think it has something to do with the fact that they're learning fresh, does that make sense?" James asked.

"A…little." The boy muttered.

"Anyway we better get this essay sorted and start giving you the knack. What you up to tonight at 7?" James asked, helping the boy up.

"Nothing." The boy whispered.

"Excellent." James handed the boy his books and picked up his own.

"if it's ok with you we can meet in the library and start on making you a natural." The boy nodded, at James as they started towards the library. Lily watched them leave in a complete state of confusion. James? Tutoring? Well it got her out of another meeting with him, that was good. Wasn't it? Maybe she'd better keep an eye on them…

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"How did the lesson go Stan?" James asked the boy as he sat down at the table, Lily watched them from her hiding place behind a pile of books a few tables along.

"It actually went ok! I almost managed to do it! what you told me at lunch was very helpful." Stan replied. James grinned

"Excellent! Did McGonagall say anything?" James asked and Stan nodded

"Said I was finally getting it and beamed at me. I said I had help. She asked who and I told her. She looked like someone had just turned her favourite jumper into cat litter." James laughed at this

"Well, it's not like me to tutor, even thought I am head boy, I'm also one of the people to hold the most detentions record, lets leave it at that. Speaking of cat litter how's Blackie?"

"She's good, she likes Arni and he likes her." Stan grinned at James.

"Right, down to business, lets see what we can do for you." James smiled back. Lily watched as James corrected Stan's hand movements and incantations. When Stan managed to perform a spell correctly James gave him some of honeydukes chocolate. To a first year, unable to go to Hogsmeade, it was worth it's weight in gold.

"Oh! There's five minutes left of curfew!" James exclaimed suddenly. Making Lily and Stan jump. There was no way she could have sat there for hours watching James teach! She checked her watch and found he was right. Where had the time gone?

"Well, we haven't finished the basics and I wanted you to be able to at least almost do what you need to in next lesson. When is it?" James asked

"Um, not tomorrow, the day after." Stan replied, picking up his books in a rush. James thought for a bit.

"Same time same place good for you?" he asked then grinned at Stan's eager nod.

"Come on then, I better walk you back to your common room, we can tell anyone we meet I found you asleep somewhere, that should work on anyone but filch. He doesn't trust me…" Lily watched them go before sneaking out after them. When James got back to Gryffindor tower she was curled by the fire, reading as if she had been there all along. In actual fact she wasn't reading, she was thinking over what she had seen, how much James had changed, or an even scarier thought, how wrong she had been about him. Lily started to feel bad. What if he'd always been like that? Lily's bad temper got worse as she thought it all over.

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"Potter? Where's you're essay?" asked Slughorn, eyebrow raised.

"I haven't finished it yet Professor, I had to hel…I had to do something else. I'm sorry." James blinked heavily shadowed eyes at the professor. Lily watched him fascinated, wondering why he didn't want people knowing what he was really doing

"Well then Potter, it looks like you'll have to spend this evening in detention." Slughorn exclaimed.

"Um, professor, I can't. Not tonight." James was apologetic.

"Why not?" Slughorn raised an eyebrow. James looked away.

"We have a very important meeting tonight professor." Lily butted in, not sure why she was standing up for him.

"Oh, well since it's you Miss Evans then I'm sure we can reschedule the detention for tomorrow." Slughorn nodded and continued on his way around the class. James looked at Lily in surprise.

"Thanks Lily." He whispered. She turned and glared at him

"How come you didn't tell him you're tutoring?" she demanded, annoyed. James blinked at her in shock before laughing.

"And people would believe that why?" James asked. Lily blinked at him, realising he was right. She snorted and ignored him for the rest of the lesson.

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"James, we don't need a meeting EVERY night." Lily complained.

"McGonagall said we did, we haven't had one in a few days. Any way it's not like it takes up much time, ten minutes tops unless we have something Important to discuss, as it is we do." James replied.

"What? We do?" Lily asked confused.

"Yeah, McGonagall wants to see us." James nodded and headed towards McGonagall's office, Lily in tow.

"how come you know and I don't?" Lily demanded annoyed

"We were talking about Stan's work and she told me then." James muttered as they reached McGonagall's office.

"Ah, Miss Evans, Mr Potter, excellent, please, take a seat." McGonagall indicated chairs in front of her desk.

"After much debate Dumbledore, and the head's of house have decided on a heads dorm. This involves a room for the head girl and a room for the head boy with a bathroom each and an adjoining common room. Because heads are rarely in the same house they need somewhere to meet together." James nodded, seeing the logic and understanding why this was helpful. Lily just gaped.

"But…" she started

"Of course there will be security, not only will the common room be equipped with a password but each room and each bathroom." James nodded again, portraying how sensible he thought this was. Lily gaped at him before turning to McGonagall

"Professor, I don't think that's as good an idea as it sounds…" she started but McGonagall cut over her again.

"That's why we're going to try a test time, with you two. You'll be moving in tomorrow. That's all. Good night, you move in first thing." With that she dismissed them. Lily glared at James and stormed off to her dorm. James shrugged and headed to his own dorm to pack.

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"Can't believe I have to move in with him! Just us! How the hell am I going to cope?" Lily exclaimed to the empty room, everyone else was at breakfast, Lily hadn't felt like eating, her stomach wouldn't settle, every time she thought why she was packing it felt like a herd of hippogriffs were partying in her stomach. She slowly headed to the heads dorm, feet dragging.

"Haggis." She muttered to the statue guarding the head dorms. She walked in and her jaw dropped in amazement. The room was so magnificent it took her breath away. Lit like a dungeon, due to a lack of windows, it was dark but not depressing. The purple walls were in no way bias towards any of the houses and the school crest replaced all the places a house crest would have been.

"Which portrait guards the Head Girls rooms?" Lily asked.

"I do." Sighed a strict looking monk "And you better not bring any boys back!" he started to lecture Lily.

"Poppy." Lily said to him and he slipped sideways to let her in. she was about to enter her room when she heard her name being called. She turned to see James.

"This is cool, don't you think?" he asked looking around.

"No I do not!" Lily yelled almost at the end of her tether.

"What? Lily? What did I do now?" James asked softly.

"We have all the same lessons." Lily growled pointing at James and advancing on him. James backed up "We have a meeting every day." She continued advancing and James's back hit the wall behind him. "And now we have to live together!" she advanced further, inches from him.

"I can't get away from you can I?" her finger was a centimetre away from his nose. "All this being around you is driving me up the wall and I can only thing of one thing to do about it!" James blinked at her as she stormed back over to her room.

"Wh…what's that?" he asked not sure he wanted to know, not moving. Lily glared at him before stalking back over to him. She glared at him a moment before grabbing the back of his neck with both hands and pulling his head down to hers. Surprised James didn't resist and a small moan escaped from his lips as she crushed their lips together. The kiss was rough, Lily was angry at how James made her feel and James gave as good as he got. The kiss started to heat up, Lily's hands were under James's shirt and the contact was driving him wild. Unsure as to Lily's motives James pulled back.

"Damn you." She muttered "When I'm near you I can't stop thinking about you. It was fine for a while, you thought I hated you and it was easy to pretend I did, you were so arrogant, so self centred…but then you became head boy, and you seemed so different, and it was harder to say I hated you and…" James, not wanting to stand around listening to her rants, kissed her to make her stop talking. She kissed him back as if her life depended on it. Her tongue brushed his lip and he opened his mouth to her persistent strokes, his tongue meeting hers half way. The most primal fight between male and female followed. Until James pulled back, panting. Lily too was breathing hard.

"Lily…" James started

"Ok! I like you! I've liked you for a long time!" Lily growled turning away. James spun her back

"No, I was just going to tell you I love you." He looked at her, eyes sincere.

"Just!" Lily muttered blushing. "I…" Lily started but James kissed her. She looked at him and he smiled. Slowly she smiled back.

"So you admit you like me?" He asked softly. She looked at him sharply.

"No…" James raised and eyebrow and moved his head closer to Lily, his lips millimetres from hers.

"No?" he asked, lips brushing hers. She shivered. "Well then I guess…" he continued, lips continuing to brush over Lily's. He didn't get to finish because Lily kissed him again. James laughed and she smiled.

"Ok, I admit it, so what?" she demanded.

"It's a start." he muttered with a wink before kissing Lily again.

FIN

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A/N: It was a bit bitty and I edited it slightly. Think it's better, but it still doesn't make complete sense, but hey, you can use your imagination :D please R&R and tell me what you think. should I write a sequel or just finish another story?