Lily Evans bent further over her essay and her red hair cascaded over her shoulder. She peeped through it and risked a glance a James Potter. He too was frowning over a long essay the length of the table in the Gryffindor common room. She shook her head and began writing once more. She glanced at her watch then jumped up.

"James, we're going to be late for Transfiguration." She shouted and began throwing her things into a bag. "Damn, I left my book in the dormitory." She began to run up the stairs but James stopped her.

"Allow me." He held up his wand with a smug smile.

"NO JAMES!" She yelled, but it was too late.

"Accio book." He said and waved his wand with a flourish.

Literally all of the books in the common room flew towards him. They flew from under peoples work, off of peoples knee's and some from the dormitories all straight toward James.

He yelped and ran backwards. The books hit him all at once and he was crushed into the wall with a sickening crunch and another yelp. This was followed by an enormous laugh from James's 'best friend' Sirius.

There were many grumbles as people got up to retrieved their books.

"You idiot Potter." She lifted him up and he whimpered as he leaned heavily on her shoulder. "I'll take you to the hospital wing." She dragged him across the common room but stopped at the portrait hole. She opened the door but she couldn't pull him through.

"Sirius will you give me a hand." He sauntered over, still chuckling.

"Sure." He tugged James off of Lily's shoulder and threw him through the portrait hole like a javelin.

"Aaargh." James screeched.

"Sirius you idiot." She said while he cackled loudly. This was followed by a faint, 'didn't know you cared, Evans' from James.

"Shut it Potter." She leapt through the portrait hole and lifted him up onto her shoulder again.

As they were walking the corridors filled up as students made their way to classes. There were a few giggles and a certain amount of pointing. But as Lily and James made their way to the hospital wing at a snails pace, the corridors cleared as classrooms filled.

When they were a few corridors away from the hospital wing, Severus Snape appeared in front of them. He smiled smugly as he took in James' appearance.

"What happened to Potter, Lily?" His face turned apologetic as her turned to Lily.

"None of your beeswax, Snivellus." She sneered.

"You two, you aren't…"

"So what if we are Snivellus." She reached up and kissed James until Snape had left. She then burst out laughing.

"Did you see the look on his face?" She laughed even harder. "He actually thinks we're going out, ha, as if."

"Can we just get to the hospital wing."

"Okay." She said and pulled him along further. "But you have to admit, it was pretty funny."

"I guess so." He said grumpily.

"Okay, what's got your knickers in a twist."

"Nothing."

"Okay then, be that way." She said as they walked into the hospital wing. Madame Pomphrey was nowhere to be seen, so Lily gently put James down on the closest bed.

"Lily, why won't you go out with me?" James asked. Lily sighed and sat down on the next bed.

"Haven't I answered this question a billion times already?"

"Probably, but you need to humour me as I'm in a lot of pain."

"You're too arrogant, you're way too childish, you prank people too much and you're never serious. Happy now?"

"Not really." He said glumly. "But how do you know all this if you never even speak to me, I mean, we were only sat on the same table in the common room, 'coz there was nowhere else to sit?"

"James, can we change the topic?"

"Sure, want to bet on how many ribs I've broken?"

"No." She said, seemingly horrified he'd asked.

"Why don't you go to transfiguration? Go sit with Longbottom and talk nerd talk."

"Jealous are we?"

"No, why don't you go though?"

"I'm making sure you're okay?"

"McGonagall's going to give you hell though. You could just go see if Madame Pomphrey's in her office." Lily stood up and walked over to the door to her office. As her hand lifted up to knock Madame Pomphrey emerged from the room.

"Yes, can I help you."

"It's my friend…" She pointed over her shoulder with her thumb and Madame Pomphrey gasped. She walked over to him.

"What happened?"

"He tried to summon his text book."

"Ahh." A small smile flittered across her face. "Not a term goes by without someone trying to summon a book. They never seem to be from Ravenclaw though." She mused."Well, I can fix you up pretty soon. It's relatively simple. Maybe you should be going to class, miss."

"Will I get to play Quidditch this weekend, it's the first match of the season." Lily snorted then left.

"We'll have to see." But sniffed loudly to show how much she disapproved, but James was to busy watching Lily leave to listen.