"Stupid, bloody, git,.. Going around kissing innocent bystanders," it had become a common occurrence to see Lily glaring into space, muttering to herself over the last three days. No attempt on Alice's part had managed to smooth over Lily's ruffled feathers.
"You shouldn't make such a big deal about it, if it was nothing but an annoyance, Lily. This is really getting old, " Alice whined as they sat together in the library.
In less than a week they had a Transfiguration exam, neither girl particularly excelled in the class; they both thought that they're head of house was out to get them. Lily had been nearly in tears during their last class when she hadn't been able to turn her teapot into a brightly colored bird, and Alice merely harassed James into magicking hers for her, giving up.
Lily sighed and ran her hand through her red locks, pushing a few strands behind her ear, "I'm really sorry about all of this, Alice. He just, bah, he never takes anything seriously. He just smiled after me. He managed to get Amos to dump me, kiss me in my heartache, and then he smiles at me. Bloody bint."
"Well, Amos is an ass, so I feel no sympathy on that note. If James were the least bit unattractive, then I could see why you were upset.. but, Lily, come on. He's really not that bad." Alice swore.
"That's just the whole fucking problem! He thinks he's so bloody great, always running his fingers through that hair of his, smirking at everyone. He's a complete ass to half of the student body and they just continue to fawn over his big, stupid, head." Lily slammed her head on to the open book lying on the table.
After it was apparent that neither was going to get much studying done, Alice and Lily decided it was best to just head back to the common room and relax in front of the fire for the rest of the evening, or at least until til dinner.
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"Eh, watch it!" Sirius Black chortled, ducking behind Lily as he narrowly escaped a flying pillow from a very angry Maureen Adele, a 5th year brunette with a nasty temper.
The pillow smacked Lily square in the face. The common room immediately quieted, awaiting for the explosion of the infamous red head; it never came.
Lily's head had dropped forward, her chin resting against her chest, her body lightly shaking. A few small giggles escaped her mouth as she quickly spun around grabbing Sirius by his tie.
Sirius stared into her face, "Lost your mind today, have you, Evans?"
"Oh, I wouldn't quite say that…"
Whack.
Lily's mouth quirked into a slight grin. Her hand had grasped the pillow and, to the complete surprise to Sirius, she had thrust it as hard as she could at his head, knocking him backwards.
The common room exploded with laughter.
Tears of mirth filled her eyes as she leaned over him, offering her hand to pull him up. He stared at her in a daze, " Evans,… I think I'm in love."
He grabbed her and proceeded to swing her around the common room, Lily squealing in fear.
"Black, if you bloody drop me.." she threatened.
Of course, it went ignored as he kissed her on the forehead.
"Alas, our love will remain a secret, dear heart. For if dear Mr. Potter caught wind of our tryst… why I dare say that would be the end of me," he said cheekily, dropping her into a chair.
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"Shit," Lily swore as she glared at the teapot placed on the rock in front of her.
There were only two days left until the transfiguration exam and she had yet to change it into a bird. And, to make things worse, she had been banned from the library for a week for hexing James.
Whenever Lily started complaining about it to Alice, she just flicked her. Hard. On the nose. Quite unpleasant really, being flicked on the nose out of nowhere.
"It's how they train dogs," Alice had said simply.
But, that hadn't done anything to help Lily with her soon to be failing Transfiguration grade. Lily flicked her wand and sputtered when not a single change occurred on the offensive drink container.
A pair of hands snaked around her waist and grabbed her wrist. Lily nearly jumped out of her skin, but managed to recatch her breath without too much effort. She gritted her teeth in frustration when she felt his hot breath on her neck, and smelled his scent; he was the only boy she knew who wore patchouli. Rather fitting, being that he was such a free spirit.
"I will give you 3 seconds to remove your limbs from around me, before I show you just how well I excelled with the severing charm."
Sigh.
"You know, if you would relax, first of all, the teapot wouldn't hate you so much." James said seriously, "You're too stiff, your wrist needs to be loose when you flick so that the rebuttal is effective."
Deciding that her grade was far more important than injuring Potter, she calmly relaxed her body, until she felt his breath on her neck again. The tiny hairs on the back of her neck stood up as he continued to breathe calmly against her.
"It would be a bit easier if you weren't so bloody close!" she spat out in frustration, struggling against him.
It was completely ineffective, quidditch training won out over her measly girl strength.
"I like being close to you, Evans, you smell nice," he said laughing, his face shifting into her neck inhaling her scent.
"QUIT that. You're so damn weird."
"Ah, but you love it.."
"Like a bloody hang over. Are you going to help me or not?"
"Right. Now, just relax,.. good now flick and.. imagine it morphing.. hah. Good job, Evans."
Lily squealed in excitement, launching herself at the teal and magenta macaw sitting perched on the rock. James just watched, a smile playing on his lips. Feeling his gaze, she turned and stared at him in surprise.
He helped me..
"Now, as for payment.." He quickly leaned forward and pecked her lips, catching her off guard.
James laughed as Lily's face turned an unnatural shade of pink and her eyes narrowed to slits. He took off, running towards the school, his long legs a major advantage over her.
"COME BACK HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN, YOU BASTARD."
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I know, I know. I was a one shot, that could be a two shot, or more? –smirks- We'll just have to see what the masses have to say.
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