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Wren

Lily was pleasantly surprised when she entered the Heads' compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and learned that James Potter was her Head Boy. Well the Head Boy, not her Head Boy, as much as she wished them to be together. Lily didn't want to tell her friends, but she had fallen for James Potter, and hard.

"Congratulations!" Lily said, a hint of sarcasm playing on her tone. She would've been nicer, if it weren't for the gaggle of Prefects staring at the two of them. "We all knew Dumbledore would go whack someday."

"Oh, yeah. When he chose you." James shot back childishly, not even trying to think of a good retort. God he loved Lily when she feigned their fights, her antics were just so…cute.

"Oh shut up," Lily swatted him playfully, turning back to the Prefects who were now giggling at them. "Now lets get to business."

The next twenty minutes passed in a blur, both James and Lily explaining to the Prefects their new patrolling schedules, and why, to everyone's protest, patrolling duty had doubled this year. Lily herself was relieved that Dumbledore had taken this extra safety precaution, because just imagining the war that was happening outside of Hogwarts scared her out of her wits. How had the sorting hat ever thought that she was brave enough to be a Gryffindor? Finally dismissing the prefects, James and Lily were left alone in the compartment.

"I really am happy you were chosen to be Head Boy," Lily said genuinely, a faint blush creeping up her cheeks. "You deserve the role."

"Funny, that's not what everyone else thinks," James winked back. "Even I thought for the first few minutes when I had gotten the badge, that it was just one of Sirius's pranks."

"Oh come on! It wasn't that uncalled for," Lily protested, a twinkle in her eye.

"It kind of was," James pointed out. "Everyone was sure that Remus would get the position. He wanted and deserved it more than me."

"Dumbledore has his reasons." Lily assured him, playfully waggling her finger in his direction, as if to disapprove the lack of the faith he has in himself.

They spoke then, for a while, about their summers and what was new in their lives. Lily told James about her sister, Petunia's, wedding to her fiancé Vernon Dursley. Even though Lily despised Vernon and thought a name that better suits him was Vermin, she had been happy to see her sister so happy for once. Petunia had turned bitter over the years, but now that she had found the love of her life, she had started to mellow. Or something like that. James then told Lily how he and Sirius had spent most of their summer playing quidditch, and finally using magic as they had both turned 17 that summer. He also told her how his parents had barely been home, for they were both Aurors, working against Voldemort and his followers. It was normal for them, these talks, and both were relieved to finally be back together. Not that they admitted it. Lily was about to answer one of James's many questions when Sirius Black, still as handsome as always, burst into the compartment.

"Hey Moony! Alice! I found them! They were canoodling on the bench in their – private – compartment." Sirius cried out, barely hiding his laugh.

"Oh shut up," Lily scolded him, but she kept her tone light. "You're just jealous that Potter and I get along like civil people, unlike someone I know."

"You and Potter? Get along? Yes, and I'm joining the death eaters." Sirius teased, suddenly eyeing the two suspiciously.

"Well Padfoot, it's called maturing a little." James said coolly, giving Sirius a death stare. Sirius snorted, but before he could comment anymore Alice Prewett burst into the compartment, Remus Lupin trailing behind her.

"LILY!" Alice squealed, running over and smothering her best friend with a bone-breaking hug.

"Hey there Alice," Lily managed to choke out, still being squashed by Alice. "Can you please, get, -off – me-"

"Oh yeah, sorry." Alice said sheepishly, finally letting Lily out of her grasped. The boys surveyed the whole scene with amusing smirks on their faces.

"Sorry I didn't come to see you earlier," Lily apologized, straitening out her cloak. "Head duties."

"Oh yeah, CONGRATULATIONS!" Alice screamed, hugging her friend yet again. Lily sighed and James chuckled. This was going to be a long train ride.

The welcome back feast had been long and tiring, but very fun and rewarding. Gryffindor had gained 15 new students, the most out of all the houses this year except for Hufflepuff, and this put everyone in high moods. Especially after last year, which there had been an odd dry spell and only 5 students had gotten sorted into their house.

Lily and James were now headed to their special Heads' dorm. Apparently it was situated on the seventh floor, behind the portrait of the Lady and Hippopotamus. A portrait that Lily could swear had never been there before. They reached the painting and James uttered the completely ridiculous password:

"Raspberry tarts."

The Lady in the portrait grinned and swung her painting over, revealing a door. Lily opened the door, and entered the common room James closely behind her, yet what she saw made her stop dead in her tracks causing James to bump into her.

"Ouch, Lily. Why did you sto-" James complained, but stopped as soon as he looked up. His jaw dropped, and he stood there speechless like Lily surveying the room. The room was, in simple words, amazing. White marble floors and walls, the common room had a huge burning fireplace, with at least six big and puffy couches and chairs surrounding it. Connected to the common room was a small kitchenette, just in case the Heads were too busy to eat in the Great Hall. Stairs led up to a balcony room, which was filled with shelves and shelves and shelves of books, not to mention the beanbags; all this over-looking the common room and the hearth. On opposite sides of the room were two wooden doors, obviously leading to their separate bedrooms. The door on the right had an intricate 'LILY' carved into it, and the one on the left had a 'JAMES'. There was another door adjacent to the kitchen, labeled 'bathroom'.

"When I first wanted to be Head Girl in first year, I never even dared to imagine this…" Lily trailed off. Curiosity getting the better of her she left an open mouthed Potter by the entrance door, and skipped to her room. Flinging the door open, she was once again amazed. Her bedroom was at least the size of her old dormitory, and had two huge windows looking out on the lake, each with a ledge. Sitting in the middle of the room was a king-sized bed, a mahogany desk and matching closet on the wall across from it. A big fluffy chair was tucked into the desk, and another places next to one of the windows. Bookshelves jutted out randomly from the light pink walls all around the room, giving the room a very homey vibe. Lily sighed and flopped on to her bed, suddenly exhausted. A very excited James came prancing into her room a few moments later, literally skipping up and down.

"Lily lookit lookit! My room is huge, and it even has its own case for my brooms, and trophies, and…" James blabbered happily, slowly taking in Lily's room too. "Woah, it's as if the rooms were designed for us. I can't believe Padfoot and I never found the Head Dorms before…"

"Were they even here before?" Lily laughed, slowly lugging herself off of her bed. For a moment they met each other's eyes, and a searing blush appeared on Lily's cheeks. They broke the gaze, each equally red.

"You know, if we suddenly act like friends people might suspect something," James said, making a good point.

"Hmm, true…" Lily answered, thinking. "Maybe we can still fight, but every week we will lower the number of fights, and that way it will seem that they disappeared naturally!"

"Well, we can try it." James shrugged, but Lily could swear that she heard a hint of disappointment in his tone. She ignored it, sure that it was just there because they were both tired.

"Well, goodnight. Might as well get one night of sleep before term starts." Lily smiled, popping off her bed and heading towards the bathroom. James followed her out.

"Goodnight."

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