Lily Evans was walking down the halls how Hogwarts, when she saw him. Sirius Black. He was walking right towards her. He was smiling the cute half smile of his that made her bones melt. "Hi, Sirius." Lily said eagerly.
"Oh, hey Evans." Sirius said and walked on. Lily sighed. Sirius Black just talked to her! She practically skipped to her next class. She sat in her normal seat next to her friend, Sara.
"Sirius Black?" Sara Mollot, one of Lily's best friends, asked when Lily sat down, still with a dreamy look on her face.
"Sirius Black." Lily said in a breathy voice unlike her own. She was still in Dream Land when James Potter, Sirius' best friend walked in. He also happened to have the biggest crush on Lily. Everyone knew it, including Lily, who found it very annoying.
"Evans!" James called, sitting next to her.
"That's where my friend Norma sits." Lily said coolly, avoiding eye contact.
"Well, maybe I'll move if you look at me." James said. Lily looked over, stared for a while, and looked away again. James didn't move.
"I thought you said you would move." Lily said, still looking straight ahead.
"I said I might move, and I changed my mind." James said, getting comfortable. Lily saw Norma Kadrow, her other best friend, walk in and see James in her seat.
"Okay, quit your little joke, Potter." Lily said. "Norma's here, and she needs her seat."
"She can have my old seat." James said. "I like it here better."
"What do you mean you're old seat?" Lily said.
"I've moved here. Hope you don't mind, Evans." James said, taking out his parchment, quill and ink.
"Mind? Of course not, Potter." Lily said. "As long as you don't mind dying a long painful death." Norma was now standing near Sara, wondering why Potter the Prat, as the friend called him, was sitting in her seat.
"Weird sense of humor, Evans." James said. "I think Sirius would like to know that."
"What do you mean, Potter?" Lily asked.
"I'm just stating that I'm sure my friend Sirius black-you know him, don't you Evans? – would like to know that you have a weird sense of humor." James said with a smirk. Of course he knew Evans knew who Sirius was. She had a 'secret' crush on him that he knew. Other than him, only Sara and Norma knew.
Speaking of Norma, he was standing near her eat, filled by James. "Potter, you do know your seat is over there, by the window, right?" Norma said. "Because, silly me, I'd like to sit in my seat, next to my friend."
"Wow, that is silly of you." James said, looking up at her. "Seeing as I'm sitting here, this is my seat, don't you think?"
"No." Norma said.
"You don't think? That would get in the way of things, wouldn't it?" James said, smiling his signature smile.
"Just get up, Potter." Sara said, getting annoyed.
"Is there a problem here?" the Professor said, looking back at Sara, Norma, Lily and James.
"No, professor, not really." James said.
"Then why are you sitting in Miss Kadrow's seat, Mr. Potter?" the Professor asked, crossing her arms.
"Oh, is this her seat? I'm terribly sorry. I have this seat in my other class. Terribly sorry." James said. He got up and moved back to his seat.
"Jerk." Lily said as Norma sat down. Her two friends nodded agreeing with her. James sat in his seat thinking, 'Damn! I was so close to sitting next to Lily. Maybe in the next class.' He looked out the window and started to count the leaves left on the tree outside the window.
After class, Lily packed up her stuff, and carried the new book assigned to her in class that day, along with two other books assigned in a different class that didn't fit in her bag anymore. She was walking down the hallway with her friend talking. "Why does that stupid jerk think that I'll let him sit next to me?" Lily asked nobody really. "That's the third time he's tried it this month!"
"Well, at least he's consistent." Sara said. "Come on, Norma. We've got Care of Magical Creatures next. Later Lily."
"Bye you guys!" Lily said, watching her friend go. She turned around, and all of the sudden, Sirius Black was walking her way again. He passed by, and all Lily could do was watch. Well, that and crash into Remus Lupin and drop all her books. "Oh! I'm so sorry, Remus!" She picked up two of her books and Remus got the other one.
"It's okay. Just be careful next time, okay? Anymore crashes like that, and you won't be able to be a prefect next year!" Remus joked, knowing that was what Lily wanted more than anything. Well, maybe not more than being able to go out with Sirius.
"Oh, don't even joke, Remus." Lily said. She sighed. "Anyway, thanks for your help. Better get to class."
"Right. By the way, can I ask you something?" Remus asked.
"Sure, what?" Lily said. "Just make it quick."
"Why are you so hard on James? He really is a nice guy." Remus said. James asked him earlier to talk to Lily if he could. Lily and Remus were mutual friends, so he agreed.
"I don't like him, and he keeps pushing my buttons." Lily said.
"If you don't like him, who do you like? Peter?" Remus said jokingly.
"Yeah, sure." Lily said nervously, glad Remus didn't say Sirius' name. "Look, I really do have to get to class. I'll see you later, okay?"
"Later Lily!" Remus said and he and Lily went to class. Lily didn't see her friends again until lunch, so by then, they had much to tell.
"I got an Excellent on my paper in Defense Against The Arts!" Norma said, very exciting.
"You always get Excellent, Norma. No fair." Sara said. "I got Exceeding Expectations."
"I don't have it until the afternoon, but I'll tell you in History of Magic, okay guys?" Lily said. The talked for a while longer until James, Sirius and Remus walked up to the three.
"Hey guys." Remus said. "You're all going to the next Hogsmeade trip, right?" Lily was too busy goggling at Sirius to answer, so Sara told him they were.
"We were just wondering if you three want to get Butter beer with us, seeing as James here is too embarrassed to ask Lily to go out alone." Sirius said.
"Sure." Lily said. She was till staring at Sirius until Norma kicked her underneath the table. "I mean, I guess we could do that. All three of us."
"Great." James said. Sirius and Remus left and James added, "I'm wearing you down, Evans." And he left too.
"What did I get myself into?" Lily said.
"Time with Sirius." Sara said optimistically.
"And time with Potter the Prat Prince." Lily complained.
"Let's just worry about what you're going to wear, okay?" Norma said and Sara and Norma starting a new conversation while Lily regretted ever agreeing to this.
(What will happen in Hogsmeade? Please review!)
