Okay guys, here it is. The second one. And, an important note- I made a huge mistake. I accidentally took a bit of chapter and added it onto chapter one. Idiot. But now both are correct, I hope. Enjoy(:
"Lily, hurry up! We're going to be late for Potions!" Lily's friend Alice yelled from across the crowded corridor. Students quickly raced for their assigned classes around the trudging Lily. She didn't want to face potions, not with her lack of sleep and horrible essay. She didn't even have time to read it through-waking up late, Lily simply grabbed whatever was on the table where she fell asleep and raced for class. What was she to say to Professor Slughorn? No one expected something like this from her. Not once in all her years at Hogwarts had Lily Evans ever forgotten a homework assignment before, but here you have it. She just wasn't prepared for such an event. She just knew everyone would laugh at her. And them...oh God, the Marauders are in her class! James wouldn't let her live down the humiliation...
A rushing student accidentally knocked into her, causing Lily to emerge from her trance. She found herself at the doorway of her Potions class. Gingerly she took her seat next to Alice, careful not to make eye contact with Professor Slughorn. She smiled fleetingly at Alice, who returned a confused grin. The rest of the class then stumbled in and hurriedly took their seats. The Marauders were part of the straggling group. Lily pulled a curtain of her ginger hair over her eyes and subconsciously sank slightly in her chair.
James entered Potions class with the rest of the Marauders, laughing along about a joke Sirius had just told. Still grinning, he stole a look out of the corner of his eye at Lily. She was intently staring at her desk, hunched over, although nothing lay in front of her. Had she not found the essay? James' eyebrows creased in worry. But careful to not attract any attention from Slughorn or the Marauders, he turned away and sat in his seat.
"Good morning, my remarkable pupils! As you can see, I am in a tremendously good mood today, but that does not mean that any of you have permission to walk out of this class without handing in your essays! So now, if you may, please take out a quill along with your papers." Slughorn's voice boomed across the room louder that usual. A few of the students groaned when Slughorn mentioned that excuses were not allowed, but Lily's face showed a mix of emotions somewhat along the lines of utmost fear and true horror. It was then that James relived with a start that Lily didn't know that she actually did have the essay! But James saw her snatch it from the table with his own eyes. Was it possible that Lily still believed she had the faulty essay on her bag?
James in a panic tore out a page of loose parchment from his school bag, grabbed Peter's quill beside him and began to write. Five seconds later he cast a charm on the paper. The edges rustled a bit as if a slight breeze blew underneath it, then spontaneously threw itself into the air up towards the ceiling. Thankfully Slughorn's back was turned, writing the day's potion-making directions of the board. The note then dive-bombed towards Lily, but at the last second decided against it and gently sank onto her desk. She stifled a surprised gasp, then searched the room with her eyes for the messenger. But James already lowered his gaze and stared at Slughorn.
Lily's eyebrows curved in confusion, but then she looked down and read the short but simple sentence; Take out your essay
No 'from _' or anything. And no explanation. But Lily did what the note said. She reached into her organized bag and pulled out the essay of gibberish that she stuffed into her bag that morning. Why did the sender want her essay? It was just a lode of rubbi-
Oh. And basically, 'Oh' was all that passed through Lily's mind for a few moments as she quickly scanned the paper, brain and senses paralyzed from shock. This defiantly was not the horrid writing she forced out the night before, but an actual, decent, full point essay discussing Pollyjuice Potions. But how?
Before she reached the last few paragraphs, Lily's emerald eyes widened when realization hit her head-on. The writing-she recognized the handwriting. It belonged to the same person who also wrote her note after note of attempted and failed efforts for a date. The same one who annoyed Lily to the point of no return, but was at the same time strangely sweet and, well, adorable. She quickly glanced at that person now, but all she caught was a messy head of jet black hair staring straight at Professor Slughorn. Which, to be honest, was actually an uncommon sight, him paying attention.
With a confused sigh, she looked back upon the paper and noticed a small note scribbled on the very bottom of the parchment.
Go out with me?
Lily couldn't help but let out a small giggle, quickly covering her mouth with a hand. She had to convince Alice not to look at the parchment before inking out the request, then writing a reply on the piece of paper that had hit her just recently. Lily glanced back at James, and with the reassurance that Professor Slughorn's head was still turned, she enchanted the parchment and watched nervously as it sailed gracefully through the air and landed, light as a feather, on Potter's desk. Before he had a chance to whip his head around, Lily adverted her eyes back to the desk.
A small smirk tugged at James's mouth as a small letter floated upon his desk. He quickly glanced at Lily, but the redhead's eyes were already glued to her desk. With a roll of his own, James turned back to the parchment, hesitantly prying it open with his wand. Who know what Lily's answer would be? A 'no', most likely. But when has James even taken 'no' as an answer...
Hogsmead, next Thursday. Meet me at the gates.
And thank you.
Now the smirk expanded into a full on love-struck grin. Still smiling like a maniac, James silently passed the note on to Sirius, barely registering when his best mate congratulated by punching him on the arm. In fact, the rest of the day passed like a blur to James, and he only finally received a clear head when he drifted off into sleep, and even then he could only think that today, today was the day that Lily Evans finally agreed to go out with James Potter.
Now to see how the second date goes.
