I do not own any of these characters.
Hello again! I really appreciate all of the comments from my last story. You are all wonderful! Many of you asked if I was going to write any more...so here it is! It is just a one shot for now, but I have plans to make it into a longer fic if you all like it. Let me know! Thanks!!!
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This is never going to work. Lily thought.
Lily stood in the doorway of her new bedroom, the Heads bedroom, with her arms crossed. She glanced around at the common room area, perfect in its entirety, everything in its place. The sofa cushions had yet to be sat on, the wood was clean and polished, not a hint of dust.
This is what Lily saw as she scanned the room from right to left. And then yes, ah yes, the room's one imperfection: James Potter.
There he stood, the most annoying prick known to man, in Lily's eyes anyway, staring her down, flashing what he assumed to be the most irresistible smile.
Lily rolled her eyes and let out a small pscht, then turning around and heading into her room.
"No, Lily wait!" James said, his smile falling. He ran over to her door.
"No, Potter, I will not." Lily said. "Yes, we unfortunately have to be spending an entire year together but don't think that I will-"
"Be able to resist my charm much longer? Well I already counted on that," James cut her off with another one of his enticing grins.
"Unbelievable," Lily said, turning back around. "No, actually, quite expected."
"Aw, come on Evans, you know you love-"
Lily turned around, met his hazel eyes and slammed the door in his face.
But this time, instead of his cocky smile, Lily thought she saw an unfamiliar frown. Hmm, maybe James Potter did have a heart. Lily stopped herself; what a silly thought.
She could have sworn she heard James whisper sorry from the other side of her door, but it was probably just the wind.
Lily finished unpacking and made sure everything was in order. Although she got to see her friends at dinner, she missed them already. She then decided to head over to the Gryffindor common room and catch up with all her friends.
She opened her door quietly, seeing if James was in the head's common room. He was. Lily was about to leave her room when she saw him sitting on the couch, wand in hand. She was momentarily mesmerized. James was flicking his wand at a hovering object. It was a book, no wait, now it was a feather, now an hourglass, now a book again, now a lily…
"Lily!" James said surprised as he noticed her standing there. The lily fell onto the couch.
Lily sucked in a breath. Wow, he really is amazing at transfiguration.
"I want to say sorry for before, I really am trying to change-" James started but was cut off.
"Sure," Lily said, and headed for the door. "Sure, fine,"
"Where are you going?" James asked.
"Gryffindor common room, not that it's any of your business."
"Mind if I join?" James asked.
Yes.Was Lily's first reaction, but she just ignored the question and kept walking.
Within seconds he was right next to her.
How does he catch up so quickly? Lily thought, then glancing over at him and noting his height. Ah, that's how.
"So Evans did you have a good summer?" James asked.
Lily sighed, he was at least being civil. "Lovely." She replied.
There were a few moments of awkward silence until James broke it. "Aren't you going to ask me how my summer was?" James asked, messing up his hair in the back.
Lily rolled her eyes at his annoying habit. "And how was your summer Potter?"
"Lovely," James said, imitating her tone perfectly, adding his own grin on at the end.
Lily suppressed a laugh, a smile creeping at the corner of her mouth. She quickly straightened her facial expression and said the password to the Fat Lady. They got there quicker than she thought.
She quickly hurried up the girls steps, eager to see her friends, and making sure not to look back at James, uneasy to see what his face expression was.
"Alice!" Lily yelled, and engulfed her friend in an embrace.
"Lily! I'm so glad you came up! Becca just left, but I'm sure she'll be back soon!" Alice said, sitting down on her bed with Lily.
"I've missed you both so much!" Lily said.
"Tell me about your summer!" Alice exclaimed. "And I heard about James being head boy…actually the whole school did," Alice remarked, laughing.
Lily sighed. "Oh I have no idea how I am going to deal with that all year."
"I think you'll figure it out," Alice said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lily asked.
"Well for the first time in a long time you didn't burst in here complaining about him, so that's a start,"
"It's only been a day!"
"It's taken a lot less than that to get your knickers in a twist." Alice reminded her.
Lily put her pride to the back of her head for a moment and seriously contemplated the situation. "He has seemed to change a bit." She said. "That is, he didn't try to trick my door into dumping water on me, or anyone else for that matter. I don't know…maybe he's…"
"Maybe he's what?" Alice asked. "Actually a good guy?"
"Who am I kidding, this is James Potter we are talking about," Lily said.
"Yes it is…"
"Look at the time!" Lily exclaimed. "I have to get ready and then start my rounds!"
"Better hurry then missy!" Alice joked. "I'll come by with Becca soon. But I'll see you tomorrow at breakfast!"
Lily headed down the stairs into the common room, wondering why Sirius Black was running around in all sorts of directions. Ah, he was chasing James' snitch. How typical. Just as she was about to pass the Marauders, James spoke to her.
"Lily! I wanted to tell you that…"
"I'm starting the rounds Potter. Your shift starts in an hour." She said, cutting him off. She then sighed, sick of feeling like the bad guy since James, ahem, Potter, put on this new nice front. "Please?" she added.
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I am going to make this work. James thought.
James was in his room, his new room, that was all his. When James got the letter that he was Head Boy, he was extremely surprised, but even more excited because he had a pretty good idea who the Head Girl was going to be. He was right.
The head's suite was amazing. He couldn't wait to jump on the couches; they look like they have never been sat on! James stood in his doorway and examined the most beautiful part of the room: Lily.
She was standing in her doorway, scanning their new living quarters, her eyes then landing on him. He flashed her, what he thought, was a dashing smiled. Her facial expression and disapproving tutting noise convinced him otherwise.
She turned around, and headed into her room.
"No, Lily wait!" James said, his smile falling. He ran over to her door.
"No, Potter, I will not." Lily said. "Yes, we unfortunately have to be spending an entire year together but don't think that I will-"
"Be able to resist my charm much longer? Well I already counted on that," James cut her off, mentally kicking himself, and then flashing another grin hopefully to make up for it. It failed.
"Unbelievable," Lily said, turning back around. "No, actually, quite expected."
"Aw, come on Evans, you know you love-" James couldn't shut himself up, he was reverting back to old James, not the new James that was sure to win over Lily's heart.
James met Lily's incredible emerald eyes for a brief second before she slammed the door in his face.
James sighed, his heart saddened. Well I did deserve that. And probably a lot worse. I'm sure the worse is to come.
"Sorry," James whispered.
James decided to go ahead and jump on the couch to lift his spirits.
After a while of that he slouched down onto the couch and got his wand out. He levitated a book off the shelf and into the air above the couch opposite him. Might as well do what he did best. He turned the book into a feather, then an hourglass, then a book again, then a lily…
"Lily!" James exclaimed, surprised that she was watching him from her doorway. The lily fell onto the couch.
He looked at her curiously as she seemed to be breathless. Was she breathless?
James quickly regained his focus. "I want to say sorry for before, I really am trying to change-" James started but was cut off.
"Sure," Lily said, and headed for the door. "Sure, fine,"
"Where are you going?" James asked, getting up off the couch.
"Gryffindor common room, not that it's any of your business."
Ouch, but then again, deserved. "Mind if I join?" James asked.
Lily didn't respond, she just kept walking. Well I guess I'll follow her anyways.
Within seconds he was right next to her. He saw her glance quickly at him, his heart skipping a beat, as it usually did when she looked at him.
"So Evans did you have a good summer?" James asked, proving he could have civil conversation.
He heard Lily sigh. "Lovely." She replied, not in the warmest of tones, but still a response.
There were a few moments of awkward silence until James broke it. "Aren't you going to ask me how my summer was?" James asked. He couldn't help but mess up the back of his hair; she always made him so nervous.
Lily sounded a little annoyed, but she responded, "And how was your summer Potter?"
"Lovely," James said, imitating her tone perfectly, adding his own grin on at the end.
He heard Lily suppress a laugh, and readjust her expression.
Wait, did she just smile?!
By that time Lily had said the password and they were in the common room. She ran up the stairs; James watched her go. He himself would have run up the boys stairs, but the Marauders soon came tumbling down. Literally.
"Prongs!" Sirius yelled from underneath Remus and Peter.
"Hello again gents. And how has your evening been? You three unpacked?" James asked, throwing Sirius his snitch.
Sirius leaped up from his pile of friends and caught the golden ball.
"Oh you know, if by unpacked you mean the trunk is in the room, then yes," Sirius said, letting the snitch go and immediately trying to catch it.
"How…how was your summer Prongs?" Peter asked.
"Not bad Wormtail, and yourself?"
"G-good." Peter replied. "I was off on holiday with my cousins…"
"So I heard," James said. "That's why we didn't get to see you this summer."
"How is Lily handling this whole Head situation?" Remus asked.
"Yes, how is our little flower?" Sirius asked, leaping over the sofa.
"Not as bad as I thought…" James said. "But I am definitely not in the best of situations yet."
"You were given this chance mate, don't screw it up. Dumbledore works in strange ways. I bet you there were alternative reasons for making you head boy." Remus said, raising his eyebrows.
"Especially since you are usually the one breaking the rules, not enforcing them." Sirius said, chasing James' snitch around the common room.
A moment or so later Lily came bounding down the stairs and into the common room. She looked flustered and James knew he needed to start everything off on a new foot.
"Lily! I wanted to tell you that…"
"I'm starting the rounds Potter. Your shift starts in an hour." James' heart sunk until Lily surprisingly turned around and added, "Please?"
She sounded desperate, but not in her usual way. James' heart could barely take the excitement from her change of tone that it wanted to burst.
There was no way he was giving up on her. No way.