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Chapter One
Pecks
"Liiiiiily!!"
Lily jumped as she felt herself grabbed from behind and heard her name yelled into her ear. "God, James, get OFF!!" she yelled, straining at the strong arms that held her.
"Oh come on, Lily, I was only having a little fun!" James pecked her on the cheek.
"JAMES!" she yelled, swatting at his hands. "Let me GO!"
"Fine," he said, finally releasing her. "But don't pretend you didn't like that."
"I'm not pretending." said Lily coldly.
James shot her a knowing look and sauntered down the hallway. Lily glared after him, running a hand through her shiny red hair. She was a pretty seventh year with stunning green eyes and a slim figure. A studious good girl, she had been a prefect in both her fifth and sixth years and was now Head Girl. Unfortunately for her, James Potter was Head Boy. He was always attempting to kiss her or hug her or basically be all over her. It infuriated her to no end and she couldn't possibly figure out why he never took the hint. She wasn't interested! Sure, he was hot and all, with his messy black hair, brown eyes, and good build from all his Quidditch practices, but still. He had plenty of harpies who would go out with him in a second, so why her?
As she pondered all this, she again heard her name being called down the hallway. Didn't he ever take a hint? She whirled and yelled, "James! Leave me a—", stopping suddenly when she realized it wasn't James who had called her name.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Adrian! I thought you were—"
"James. I know." The tall Ravenclaw Quidditch captain grinned down at her. As usual, Lily felt her knees get weak at his smile. She had had a crush on him for the past year. She loved his brown hair, his blue eyes, his body...and he had a really great personality, too. "You know, Lily, he's really not that bad once you get to know him."
She raised an eyebrow. "Suure, he's not."
"Hey, you could do a lot worse."
"I could?" she asked. "That's doubtful."
He grinned again, turning her knees to jelly. "Well, anyway, will you let me walk you to your next class?"
"Wh-what? That is...I mean, sure!"
"Great!" he said. "Now pray we don't meet James on the way there. I'd prefer to not be rendered sterile."
"What are you talking about?" Lily asked confusedly.
"Oh, c'mon, Lily, surely you know by now that James will rip the balls of any guy who dares look sideways at you." said Adrian, running a hand through his hair.
She laughed. "Don't be ridiculous."
"I'm serious!" exclaimed Adrian, but he was laughing too.
"Fine." said Lily, barely suppressing her giggles. "If he attempts to do harm to your baby-making area, I'll make him stop."
"Deal." said Adrian. "But then, you see, I'll be needing you to escort me everywhere because once he catches me alone...well let's just say I might as well be a girl."
Lily burst into peals of laughter at the last statement and was soon joined by Adrian.
"I was serious about you escorting me everywhere though." he said once they had calmed down a bit. "Or at least just to Hogsmeade this weekend." He darted a glance sideways at her. "But you wouldn't be..."
"I'd love to!" she interrupted.
"Great." he smiled broadly. "Well, we're at your class now so I'll be taking my leave, Miss Evans."
"Au revoir, Mr. Cooney." grinned Lily, playing along. "I shall see you again soon I hope?"
"But of course!" he said, grabbing her hand and kissing it. "I wouldn't dare be out of the presence of such beauty for too long, as I might wither away to nothing."
Lily blushed. "You are too kind."
"It's the truth." Adrian said, suddenly serious. Then, shyly, he swooped down and kissed her on the cheek. "'Bye." he said, quickly turning and walking quickly down the hall.
"Bye." Lily whispered, gently touching the place where he'd kissed her.
*
Normally, Lily paid scrupulous attention in all her classes, especially Transfiguration, as it was her hardest. However, today, Lily was more occupied with staring into space than she was with turning her pigeon into a dove.
"Liiilian Rosemary Evans..." trilled the voice of Lily's best friend, Madeline. "You're not paying attention and McGonagall's coming this waa-aay!"
Lily snapped to attention and quickly pointed her wand at the pigeon, nearly poking its eye out. The pigeon squawked angrily and fluttered away a couple inches. "Re...pre... Maddy, what's the spell?"
"Geez, Lils, you really are out of it. What happened? It's columbinus palumbes, by the way."
"Columbinus palumbes." Lily flicked her wand at the pigeon. Nothing happened at first, then a huge white feather popped out of its head. "That's not supposed to happen, is it." she said.
"Nope!" said Madeline cheerfully. "It's more of a point, swish, and flick than a flick. Now what happened?"
"Columbinus palumbes." Lily pointed, swished, and flicked. This time the pigeon sprouted white feathers out the sides of its wings and the middle of its back, giving it the appearance of a porcupine with feathers. "Oops. I'll tell you later." she grinned, in spite of her terrible attempt to transfigure her pigeon.
"Ooh, it must have been good! I can tell by the grin you have on your face. Was it Adrian?" asked Madeline excitedly.
Lily nodded, her smile growing wider.
"Ohmigod, Lils, you have GOT to tell me now!!" cried Madeline.
"What has 'Lils' got to tell you?" asked the obnoxious voice of James Potter.
Lily sighed irritably. Only James would be able to ruin her mood. "Nothing, James. Go away." she said, just as Madeline said, "Something happened with her and Adrian!"
"Maddy!" cried Lily.
"Sorry!" said Madeline.
"What?" said James.
"Quiet!" scolded Professor McGonagall.
(All of the above happened at the same time, causing quite a ruckus.)
"What happened with Lily and Adrian?" asked James with a rather shocked sort of look on his face.
"I don't know," responded McGonagall. "but it can wait til after class. Miss Evans, do you call that a dove?"
"Er..."
"I didn't think so. I'm afraid I'm going to have to get you a tutor."
"But, Professor!"
"No buts, Miss Evans. I know you try hard, but you're just not getting it. You're a very smart girl, but something has to be done."
Lily sighed. Aside from the Adrian Experience, today was shaping up to be a real bad one.
*
It wasn't til lunch in the Great Hall that Lily finally got the chance to tell Madeline and the rest of her friends, Jessie, Cara, and Shayne, about what happened with Adrian on the way to Transfiguration.
"...and then he kissed me." Lily said, almost swooning as she replayed the moment in her head. "Granted it was only on the hand...and my cheek, but still. It means something!"
"It sure does." James said from over her shoulder. "It means Adrian is going dowwn."
"JAMES!" yelled Lily. "Must you listen to every single conversation I have?"
"When it concerns guys like Adrian, let me think...YES."
"James Potter, you had better not do ANYTHING to Adrian and I mean it!"
"Oh really? And just what, pray tell, will happen to me, should I do anything to him?"
Lily could feel her face heating up in anger. "I don't know yet." she said. "but I'll think of something, don't you worry."
"Fine, your Most Royal Highness." said James with a mocking sort of bow. "Your precious Adrian is safe...for now."
With that, he kissed her on the cheek again and was gone before she could smack him.
"Did you see that?" she asked her friends heatedly.
"Yeah, how could we miss it?" asked Shayne sarcastically.
"He so likes you, Lily." said Cara.
"Cool down, girl, before your head blows off!" exclaimed Jessie. "I'm half expecting to see steam coming out your ears any minute now. It's not worth it to get that worked up about it!"
Lily took several deep breaths. Jessie was right. There was no reason in wasting energy on James. Think about Adrian instead. Adrian... Lily could feel herself cooling down. It was amazing, the effect he had on her. "Oooh, did I tell you guys he asked if he could take me to Hogsmeade this weekend?"
She had, in fact, said this several times, but as all her friends were thrilled that she had cooled down, they pretended she hadn't.
"No way!" cried Cara, tying up her blonde hair. Cara had dark brown eyes that could get her anything as she was extremely skilled at making puppy dog eyes. She was the shortest one of the group, coming in at only 5'2.
"Lils, that's great!" exclaimed Madeline, her gray eyes flashing with excitement. Madeline had brown hair and was the tallest out of the five of them at 5'9. She was also the skinniest.
"What are you going to wear?" asked the fashion conscious Shayne, twirling a lock of black hair around her finger. Shayne was a very pretty girl with tan skin and bright blue eyes and a body to kill for. At the average height of 5'6, she was the reason most guys ended up in the hospital wing with broken noses or arms from walking into walls, suits of armor, or from their falls down a long set of stairs.
"Wear your blue blouse with those black bellbottoms!" said Jessie. Jessie was a tall black girl at 5'8, though Madeline beat her height by an inch. She had striking ebony skin and long dark brown hair.
"The blouse is dirty. How about a tube top?" said Lily.
"Nah, too slutty for a first date." Cara commented.
Lily fell into deciding an outfit to wear and her friends were relieved that she seemed to have forgotten the James Incident.
*
At five o'clock, Lily had to go to her Transfiguration tutoring session. With heavy feet, she dragged herself to the door of the Transfiguration classroom and went inside. She looked around for Professor McGonagall, but no one was in the room. No one except...
"What are you doing here?" cried Lily.
"Tutoring someone." said James with a knowing smirk on his face. He watched as realization slowly dawned on Lily's face.
"Wha-? No! No, no, no, absolutely not. Where's Professor McGonagall? I thought she'd be doing this!" she exclaimed.
"You thought wrong." grinned James. "Dumbledore decided having students tutor each other would bring the school closer together. As I am the best in the class ("and so modest as well." grumbled Lily.), she asked me to take you."
"What, don't I get a say in this?"
"Nope, sorry. The professors decide it all. Which means, yes, you are stuck with me. You could at least pretend to be thrilled." he said admonishingly.
"Why would I waste my energy on that?" Lily said coolly.
"Look, you're stuck working with me until your grade starts going up. It could be a lot worse."
"Like how?"
"You could be working with Snape."
Lily grimaced. James actually had a point there.
"Fine, smarty-pants. Let's get this over with."
*Chapter one is dooone! Anyway can I get at least 10 reviews for this chapter? (Yes, I'll settle for five...but ten would be quite nice..lol)*