"Hey Evans." James Potter grinned, walking up to her table at the library.
Lily looked up from her potions book to glare at him.
"What do you want Potter?" Lily snapped, slamming her book shut, deciding that she wouldn't be able to concentrate with him there… not that she'd tell anyone that.
Not even Carla Rosier, her best friend, they met back in first year and hit it off immediately, they were so much alike but polar opposites in looks, where Lily had red hair, Carla had pitch black hair, Lily's eyes were green, Carla's were chocolate brown.
"Ah, no need to be like that Evans, I just want to talk." James smiled, sliding into the seat on the other side of the table.
"Well, unfortunately for you, I'd rather listen to Black." Lily sneered.
"IM HURT!" Came the sarcastic cry of Sirius Black, James's best friend, partner in crime and, more-or-less adopted brother.
"Good. That way I've killed two birds with one stone." Lily smirked.
"What? Why would you want to kill two birds?" Sirius asked, baffled.
"Muggle metaphor mate." James explained.
"I see." Sirius nodded enthusiastically.
At that point, Carla walked around the corner.
"Lily I couldn't find- Oh, I see you have company?" Carla attempted to cover her snigger as she slid onto the bench beside Lily.
"Cram it Carla." Lily sighed, shaking her head.
"Potter." Carla nodded at James.
"Rosier." James mocked.
"Black." Carla added distastefully.
"Carla." Sirius grinned, leaning back against on the bookshelves beside them.
"Oh dear not another spat?" Lily groaned.
"No. There's no spat. Black is a pig, end of story." Carla said coldly.
Sirius put a hand over his heart.
"Ouch, really hurt." He said emotionlessly.
Lily stood at this point, crammed her book into her bag and motioned for Carla to follow.
"Leaving so soon Evans, you didn't even hear what I had to say." James said, standing also.
"Potter, I have had to listen to what you wanted to say for the past six years, please, give me a break. I am late to charms and I would like to finish my seventh year peacefully." Lily snapped.
As Lily and Carla walked away she heard Sirius crowing.
"Would you like some ice for that BURN Prongsie?" He laughed like a child.
Focusing her attention back to her best friend, Lily cocked her head curiously.
Carla turned to see her staring.
"What?" She asked.
"I'm just wondering." Lily said simply.
"Wondering what?" Carla asked suspiciously, coming to a halt.
"Why you and Black aren't at it like rabbits. You hate charms, you and Sirius usually go off on your own." Lily raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow at her.
"Me and Black, have come to a disagreement as to what our relationship is and what responsibility comes with it. That's all, he will soon realise what he has done wrong and will crawl on his hands and knees to apologise. Just the way I like it." Carla grinned.
"Oh Merlin. Your really going to milk this aren't you?" Lily sighed as they began walking again.
"Yes, I certainly am." Carla chuckled.
As they rounded the corner on the third floor, they walked into a bunch of Slytherins.
Unfortunately someone had a vial of horrid green liquid that coated Lily.
"Watch were your going will ya?!" Carla yelled, trying to scarify Lily.
"I wouldn't scarify her if I were you Rosier, filthy little mudblood like that? She'll disappear altogether." Someone sneered.
"Hey watch your damn mouth Snape!" Came the thunderous roar of James Potter.
"what are you going to do about it?" Bellatrix snarled.
"Hm, as head boy I think, a weeks worth of detentions each and ten points off each person that speaks?" James said, turning to consult Sirius.
"Sounds good to me Prongs." Sirius nodded, attempting to help Carla clear the green liquid off of Lily.
"Oh shut up Sirius!" Piped up Regulas.
"So that will be thirty. Anymore?" James asked rhetorically.
"Oh go jump of the Astronomy tower why don't you Reg." Sirius growled.
"Oh drop dead." Lucius scowled.
"Forty." James sang.
Just then McGonagall walked around the corner.
"What is going on here? And why aren't you all in class?" She barked.
"Well, slytherins now have detentions, and are loosing points for some rather foul language." James explained calmly.
"What foul language Potter?" McGonagall asked impatiently.
"They called Evans a Mudblood." James said through clenched teeth.
"Oh dear. Well, im sure they don't need to loose anymore points. Now away with you, Miss Evans you may return to your quarters to get this off." McGonagall nodded briskly and walked away.
The Slytherins walked away and just as they got around the corner, Lily fainted.
"LIL!" Carla yelled!
"Evans! EVANS?!" James cried, kneeling down beside her.
"Those foul loathsome evil Slytherins. They will pay for this." Carla snarled as Lily's eyes fluttered open again.
"What?" Lily asked as she sat up.
"Lil, you fainted. That horrible stuff they dumped over you, I think it made you faint." Carla said quietly.
"Oh. Well.. I guess I should go and get this off of me then." Lily sighed, getting to her feet.
"We'll come with you." Sirius grinned, linking arms with Lily and James and beginning to walk back they way they came to the seventh floor, to the head's dorm.
Carla sighed and linked arms with James, walking along with them.
When the reached the head's dorm, Sirius let go of Lily and James and dove head first onto the couch.
"Yes Sirius, make yourself at home." Lily sighed as she continued walking toward the stairs.
"Will do thanks Lilybean." Sirius called over his shoulder as he withdrew the Marauders map from his pocket.
Lily and Carla an Mary and Alice already knew about the map. They found it in sixth year, while helping Carla look for the underwear Sirius had 'borrowed indefinitely' from her… Long story.
Either way, it helped a lot with the patrols James and Lily had to do.
Lily trudged up the stairs, and walked straight into the bathroom.
She locked the door and turned the shower on. Then she stripped off the green covered clothes and stepped into the warm, welcoming comfort of the water.
It took an hour to rid herself of the horrid green stuff that coated her red locks, when she dressed and walked back downstairs, Sirius and Carla had left.
"Where'd they go?" She asked, sitting on the sofa next to James and flicking on the muggle television she'd snuck in.
"They resolved some issues." James laughed softly.
"Oh dear. Tell me no more." Lily said, joining in with his laughter.
"Evans?" James asked, after a moment of silence.
"Potter?" Lily mimicked good naturedly.
"Why do you call me Potter?" He asked, turning to face her.
"Why do you call me Evans?" Lily countered, leaning her elbow on the sofa back and resting her head on her hand.
"That's your name?" James said, looking puzzled.
"No, my name is Lily. You call me Evans, then again, its better then what some people call me." Lily shrugged nonchalantly.
"I guess. But you shouldn't let them get away with calling you that!" James exclaimed.
"Why not? Its what I am. Mudblood and proud." Lily smiled slightly.
"Its not right Lily! You're a muggleborn, not a mudblood!" James sighed.
"Wow." Lily breathed.
"What? You think its shocking I think that way and that I'm not prejudiced like all te other purebl-"
"You called me Lily." Lily breathed.