A/N: Oh wow, what a random story this is, it just popped in my head today. Lol like the title? Well umm here's to my new story and I will update OoB I will! Half of the chapter is almost done. I've loved the teacher/student stories with Lily and James and I've wanted to write one myself for awhile lately. So here it is.

April 2012: Hi :) Here is an edited version of this chapter.

Disclaimer: JK Rowling's…

Teacher's Pet

Chapter One

Seventh Year Begins

A seventeen year old was walking slowly down a London sidewalk struggling with a large brown suitcase. The sun was beginning to cut through the haze of overcast clouds and it was starting to warm up as it usually did at the beginning of September.

She swiped her bangs to the side revealing enigmatic emerald eyes. Her hair was done up in a French braid and was loosely hanging behind her.

Lily Evans un-zippered the front of her suitcase and plunged her hand into it. Finally she found what she was looking for and she pulled them out. She slid the large brown sunglasses on her face and continued down the sidewalk with her humungous suitcase.

"It's so hot out." She said a loud as she blew a wisp of her layered bangs out of her face.

She had been wise in her choice of attire for that day. She figured it would warm up later on so she had simply worn a pair of navy shorts and a light blue tee. On her feet were her favourite silver flats.

That specific day was a day she'd been anticipating all summer but also came with a blend of nostalgia and sadness. She was a witch and attended the best school for witchcraft and wizardry, Hogwarts. It was a wonderful day because she was finally returning to a place that embodied a sense of home. There were people there who she loved and cared for deeply.

Her parents had died when she was quite young and her only sister didn't make an attempt to maintain a relationship with her. Lily used to live with an old batty aunt but she moved out last summer when she had made enough money to cope by herself.

She worked at a fashionable muggle clothing store during the summer so she could save up money for her school books, clothing and bare necessities, really. She was on her own outside of school.

The reason why it was a bittersweet day was because it was the final year for Lily…at Hogwarts. She couldn't believe it, time had flown and already she was beginning her last year at a school she had made her home. One affirming action had been decided, Dumbledore had made her Head Girl this year. She was surprised but happy nonetheless.

Lily looked at the small silver watch on her wrist and it read fifteen minutes to ten. Good thing she was nearing the train station because she did not want to miss the train like she had last year.

Her eyes caught sight of the sign of the train station and Lily slowly walked towards it cursing herself for stuffing it with so much useless junk…erm clothing.

"Liiiiiiiiiiily!" A hyper voice yelled out behind her and she turned around with a grin recognizing the voice. It was her best friend, Solah Elliot.

Her friend bounded up to her and gave her a tight hug. "Guess who I just saw?"

Lily sighed knowingly. "Jeremy Whitter?"

"You really are my best friend! Yeah and he has gotten really fit over the summer, just wait until you see him. Come on let's hurry and get a compartment so we can chat and catch up. So much has happened since last weekend." Solah said rushing forward her dark shiny hair swinging and catching the light of the sun. She turned around looking at Lily inquisitively.

"This bag weighs a bloody ton." Lily said in a cranky voice and she followed her friend to the gate.

Suddenly Lily felt a heavy arm sling around her shoulders and she looked up to see Colin Fennington. She slid out from beneath him and thrust him her suitcase with a grin on her pretty face.

"Carry it for me? It's so heeeeavy." Lily asked as she looked at him appreciatively. He had grown taller that summer and had acquired a dark tan that made his curly blonde hair glow.

"Sure Evans." He merely said and he followed her towards their gate, nine and three quarters.

Solah turned around and poked Colin in the arm and grinned flirtatiously. "I haven't seen you since Blake's party at the beginning of the summer. How've you been?"

Lily inwardly laughed as Colin lapped up all the attention Solah was giving him.

She waved to a bunch of her friends that she saw who were going through the barrier. Finally it was their turn. Lily, Colin and Solah went and stood next to the brick talking nonchalantly and suddenly they slid through the magical barrier.

"Thanks Col." Lily said and she took her wand out and silently said, 'Wingardium Leviosa' as she flicked her wand.

The suitcase floated in the air and it suddenly began to jerk a little faster than Lily intended and it smashed someone in the head. People started laughing and pointing at the suitcase and Solah was standing next to Lily laughing her head off.

"And you're in seventh year?" Solah asked increduously with a twinkle in her eye.

"Oh shit, I can't get it to stop!" Lily said trying not to laugh as it banged into countless more people as she waved her wand at the floating suitcase. Surprisingly it kept on going, banging into the Slytherins and she wondered with a smile if it had a grudge.

Someone stepped in front of her and whipped his wand out. The suitcase zoomed towards Lily and stopped right in front of her.

"You might want to be a bit more careful with that suitcase, it seems to have a mind of its own." The tall boy said to her and Lily cocked her head at him trying to place him.

"Darren Telbot. I'm new here." He said politely and Lily smiled at him as he thrust his hand out to shake hers.

"I'm Lily Evans and this is my friend Solah Elliot. Care to share a compartment with us?" She asked as she watched from the corner of her eye as Solah smiled flirtatiously at him.

Maybe her vulnerable friend would like this guy, he was way better than that loser, Jeremy Whitter. Frankly, that useless slug was a manwhore who dated girls just to sleep with them and then dump them shortly afterwards.

"Sure." He said smiling and Lily let Solah lead the way as she chattered to the new boy.

All of the Slytherins glared at Lily as she passed their compartments but she just glared back at them. Pft, they think they can intimidate me. They've got it coming to them this year now that I'm Head Girl, she thought to herself as she stalked past their compartments.

The three of them found a compartment down at the end of the train and Lily put her suitcase underneath her side of the seat.

"I'm Head Girl." Lily suddenly said and Solah's eyes widened.

"What? That's awesome…but for some reason I thought that one from Hufflepuff was going to be Head Girl. She's a major Miss Goody Two Shoes and you always got detention with old Fresnerg." Solah said.

Lily looked indignant. "The only reason I got so many detentions last year was because he was such a prejudiced idiot who favoured the Slytherins. He would completely ignore everyone else in the class. It made me so angry that he was such a pig."

Solah had a grin on her face and she poked Lily. "Guess what? This year you won't have to put up with any of that anymore." Lily looked at her still fired up so Solah continued.

"We have a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Daddy was telling me yesterday!" She said excitedly and Lily's mouth dropped open.

"Wow. That has got to be the best news I have heard all summer. Who is it?" Lily asked happily. She was free of the old bastard!

Solah shook her head. "Not sure. He's young though and I think I heard Daddy saying he had went to Hogwarts himself. I hope he's fun to look at." Darren laughed and Lily shook her head and pretend shook her finger at her.

"I have to go and hold the meeting in the Prefects compartment. Be right back." Lily said rolling her emerald eyes as she slid outside of the compartment.

She found the room and pushed open the door. Her eyes sought across the room and she grinned at the guy she saw standing at the front.

"What's up Frank? Pretty wicked that we're Heads. I can't even believe it." Lily said and he nodded grinning as well as he leaned over to shake her hand.

"I know! Did you have a good summer Lily?"

Lily shrugged her shoulders. "It wasn't bad. I worked a lot of it though, saving money and all that boring stuff. Saw you at Blake's party though with Alice." She said with a wink.

She laughed when she saw his cheeks redden. "Yeah she and I are sort of together."

People started filing into the room all of them staring at Lily and Frank and whispering as they went back to sit down in the compartment. There were four prefects for each house thus sixteen in total.

Lily shook her wand and a bundle of schedules went flying into the air and landed in front of each person.

"I'm Lily Evans and this is Frank Longbottom. We're this years Head Girl and Boy. These are the schedules for patrolling the school and that's all this meeting is going to be about. We'll be scheduling another meeting probably halfway through October. Frank and I will be making sure that everyone's in their right spot for patrolling. Try not to forget or McGonagall will have your head!" Lily said warningly and everyone laughed at the truth of her last statement.

"Alright off you go." Frank said cheerfully and Lily slipped out of the compartment herself eager to return and chat with Solah and Darren.

"I was just telling Darren about our Quidditch team and how Gryffindor is the best." Solah said proudly and Lily nodded her head vigorously. She liked Quidditch and loved to cheer on her team with Solah.

"I think I'd like to try out for Gryffindor's team. I played back at the school I went to in Ireland. Dumbledore met with me over the summer because my mother wanted me to transfer to this school." Darren explained intelligently.

The three of them chatted the rest of the train ride about Hogwarts and the ins and outs Darren should know.

Lily felt her excitement mounting as the train came to a stop. She was finally returning to her home, to the warm large castle that was so inviting and fun to explore. She couldn't remember how many times her and Solah had gotten lost on their first week of school at Hogwarts.

She pulled on her black dark green lined cloak over her muggle clothing. Lily loved her cloak because the color was a brilliant contrast with her red hair and green eyes. It had been a Christmas gift from Solah two years ago.

"Ready? I'm starving." Solah said from the doorway and Lily nodded. This time she performed the spell that made her suitcase weigh like feathers and she picked it up and wondered why on earth she hadn't done it when she was walking down the street in London.

They headed towards the carriages led by the threstrals and Lily slid in it without seeing who was inside it. Luckily it was just a bunch of Gryffindor guys.

Colin, Jeremy (Nasty prick, Lily thought to herself venomously) and Jordan Lee were seated inside. Solah introduced Darren to them and then the carriage was off rumbling up towards the castle.

Lily had a seat next to the window so she popped her head out and stared up at the castle above the dark lake. To some it looked eerie among the shadowy night but to Lily it reminded her of the only home she knew.

Her eyes sought out the scared/excited first years that were crossing the lake and she almost felt envious of them. They were just starting out at Hogwarts but they were bound to love it in time. Luckily for them, they had seven years left…

Lily faintly heard Solah telling everyone in the carriage that Fresnerg was leaving and the boys sounded pleased. The only ones who wouldn't be would be the Slytherins because every single one of them had been coddled by the old fool.

The carriage came to a stop and Lily jumped down from it and waited for Solah and Darren to join her.

She heard a group of people call her name and congratulate her on getting Head Girl. Lily just winked at Frank who was holding hands with a sweet faced Alice Prewett.

They made their way into the Great Hall and sat down at their long Gryffindor table. The rest of the school piled into the long hall and sat at their appropriate spots.

Lily looked up at the staff table and didn't see Dumbledore. She wanted to go and see if they had posted the Hogsmeade schedule out in the long corridor before the interchanging staircases.

"Be right back Sol." She whispered to Solah before slipping out of her seat.

Outside it was quiet, almost eerily so because whenever Lily had been there you could hear hundreds of footsteps echoing off the walls as everyone made their way to their rooms.

She walked down the corridor her eyes looking for the bulletin board that had notices posted on it.

Suddenly she heard a strange noise coming from a nearby classroom. It sounded like something was dragging itself across the floor because she heard a loud rattling.

Tentatively she looked around. She didn't see anyone in sight. Wasn't it her responsibility as the Head Girl to go and see what was in that room? It could be something that could be potentially harmful towards people in the castle.

With her mind made up Lily entered the classroom, her wand drawn. Her emerald eyes swept the room and suddenly she saw the thing, whatever it was.

It was a dark brown and hairless. It had little arms and legs and probing black eyes. Lily's heart started beating fast when it scuttled around and jumped up towards her.

Without thinking she yelled out in a clear voice, "Stupefy!" Bright light erupted from her wand and hit the creature straight in the chest. It fell backwards with a light clutter and Lily let out a sigh.

"Very impressive. It would have taken a very strong 'stupefy' to get that bugger. " A deep voice said from behind her and Lily spun around to face a young man. He was tall and dark haired with bright hazel eyes.

Lily cocked her eyebrow at the man. "Lily Evans…and you are-?"

"Professor James Potter." He said with a small smirk. She sensed his arrogant tone of voice immediately as he walked around her to his seat.

He placed something in his desk and then got back up. "Well Ms. Evans, you'll be seeing me later this week. I'm the new-"

"Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, I know." Lily said interrupting him and he looked at her a little closer.

"There's a lot to learn especially during these dark times Ms. Evans." James said and Lily wrinkled her nose at his continued formality.

"Professor, my name's Lily." And with that she sauntered out of his classroom to return to the feast all the while her heart still beating fervently as it had been when she had first entered his classroom.

A/N: Yay edited chapter done! Please review :)