Lily decided to take her mind off Potter and started wondering who Head Boy might be. 'Probably Remus Lupin', Lily thought. He was responsible, hard working and smart. 'If it's not him though, who could it be? What am I thinking? Of course it's Lupin! Who else would Dumbledore pick? Potter? Ha! That would be a laugh!' Lily smiled to herself. Her arrival at her destination interrupted her thinking. She entered the Head Carriage without taking notice James had followed her in.
"Wow", Lily said quietly, in awe. The compartment she was to stay in had couches and arm chairs instead of the regular canvas seats. To her right was a door that led to a bathroom.
"Gosh, it's wonderful!" Lily said, enjoying the fact that this was her private compartment.
"I agree" Lily quickly turned around with her hand over her heart to see James. Surprised was an understatement.
"Potter, what are you doing here?!" Lily asked breathing rapidly. "This is for Heads only!"
"I know, that's why I'm here", James said grinning. He sat down on one of the squishy arm chairs and put his hands behind head, closing his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm Head Boy lily-flower", James said opening his eyes. "What did you think?" Lily didn't believe him.
"Give me proof then", Lily said narrowing her eyes and folding her arms.
"Alright, here", James stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out a shiny badge that said 'HB' on it. It was the exact same that Lily had in her trunk except for the two letters.
"No… no… NO! You can't be head boy!" Lily started pacing around in a circle, muttering insanities to herself. "This must be some sort of a prank or something. Yes, that's it!" Lily giggled nervously. "You just stole the badge from Remus or something.
"I didn't steal this from Moony!" James objected.
"Right"
"I didn't. I've stopped pranking people and have turned over a new leaf. I did it for you, lily-flower" James said proudly, grinning. He noticed a slight pink tinge showing on Lily's cheeks.
Lily realized she was blushing and turned her head. She looked down at her watch and saw the time.
"Great, now because of your little speech, we're late for the meeting!" Lily said angrily. She walked out of the compartment in a huff.
James stared ahead with his mouth slightly open. He didn't mean for them to be late. After a moment, he waked out after Lily.
'Why does she hate me so much?' James thought while walking towards the front of the train where the carriage with the meeting was located. "What have I ever done to her?" James muttered angrily under his breath.
'Maybe she hates you because you've tormented her almost all of her life', a little voice said from the back of James's head.
"No I haven't! I've always been nice to her, always tried to help her, but she doesn't let me!" James said back to the voice.
'Yes, but you act like you own her. For all the years she's been at Hogwarts, she hasn't had one boyfriend. She even hasn't had her first kiss'
"It's not my fault all the guys are too dumb to see what a beautiful angel she is!"
'No, they see how beautiful she is. You just act like her father and threaten anyone who wants to ask her out. Remember in our 4th year, you beat up some other kid because he waved to her?'
"Oh, yeah… I remember. But- Oh my god. What am I doing? I'm arguing with some stupid voice in my head!" James said angrily. He pushed the voice out of his head and stomped all the way to the meeting.
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"Where's the Head Boy?" asked one of the Hufflepuff prefects.
"He'll be here momentarily" Lily replied. 'Where is he?' Lily asked herself.
Right on cue, James walked in. Lily glared at him for an explanation.
"Sorry everyone I'm late. Some punk tried to pick a fight with me but he stopped when I threatened him with detention", James said. He looked at Lily hoping she believed it. She did.
"Okay, well let's start the meeting" James said. "Let's start by introducing ourselves. I'm James Potter, Head Boy" James said then motioned for Lily to follow.
"I'm Lily Evans, Head Girl"
"Bellatrix Black"
"Lucius Malfoy"
"Tim Burns"
"Remus Lupin"
"Nicole Smith"
"Karen Hoffman"
Everyone introduced themselves, looking really bored. Except for all the girls that weren't in Slytherin. They were all eyeing James, trying to flirt with him.
James noticed but he decided not to show it. Because if he showed is arrogant, cocky side, there would be no chance with Lily. So he decided to act mature, because this year he was going to win Lily's heart.