Here's chapter two of Serious. Enjoy.

Lily frowned, standing awkwardly in front of the statue of the gargoyle. To get into the headmaster's office, she needed a password. A password. What would Dumbledore have as his password?

"Um...licorice whips?...chocolate frog?...uh..." Maybe it was something no one would think of. "...Gummy bears?" To her surprise, the gargoyle sprang aside and the wall behind split into two, revealing a spiral stone staircase.

Cautiously, Lily stepped forward and onto the staircase as it went up. Sliding her hands on the wall, she thought about what she was doing. What would Dumbledore say? Would he even let her in? If he would let him in, than of course, he would let her in. They had to.

The staircase finally ended and it lead her to an oak door with a brass knocker. She walked forward and studied the knocker; it was in the shape of a griffin and looked very elaborate. Lily reached out, feeling the cold brass under her fingers, and lifted up.

"We can't-"

Lily stopped in mid-air, noticing the voices coming from the other side. Could she listen in on their conversation?

"The Order is about-"

She could only hear parts of their conversation though. But someone had said something about the Order. That was what he was in. That was what she needed to do to become serious.

Finally, she brought the knocker down and made a loud tap. The voices in the room ceased and she could only hear whispers now.

Bright light flooded into the entrance room as the oak door was opened. Lily found herself staring back at Dumbledore, who was staring down at her amusedly.

"Why, Miss Evans, what brings you here?" he asked her conversationally.

Lily took a deep breath and looked past Dumbledore to see about ten other people in the room. "I want to join the Order."

Dumbledore smiled at her. "That's a very courageous thing to want to be involved in, Miss Evans-"

"You can't let her!" Lily heard from behind Dumbledore.

Dumbledore moved aside so Lily could see her...ex-boyfriend, Caradoc Dearborn, step forward, shaking his head. Lily bit her lip when she saw him; memories of the day before coming back to her. Dark brown hair, gray eyes, and looking as handsome as ever. Looking back at Lily, Dumbledore said, "And why not Mr. Dearborn?"

Caradoc sighed. "She'll...-she's not ready for this."

Lily scoffed, folding her arms across her chest. But she refused to say anything, and instead just continued to stare at him.

"Miss Evans, are you serious about joining the Order?"

Serious. There was that word again. Lily looked up at Dumbledore and caught Caradoc's gaze behind him. He was watching her carefully and Lily knew the only way to get him back – to make him love her all over again. "Yes, I am serious."

"You joined the Order?"

Lily tilted her head to see Marlene McKinnon sit down next to her, concern etched on her face.

"Yes," Lily answered simply, nervously folding her hands on the table.

Marlene looked at Lily as if waiting for her to say it was a joke. "You're serious?"

Lily sighed in exasperation, sick of that word. "Yes," she said through clenched teeth.

Marlene shrugged. "It's just that you never told me you wanted to join. In fact, when I said I was thinking about joining, you said you'd rather work at St. Mungo's and help there."

"Caradoc told me I wasn't serious," Lily blurted out.

Marlene turned to look at Lily, a confused frown appearing on her face. "What?"

Lily didn't say anything, instead placing her attention on the food in front of her.

"Not serious?" Marlene scoffed, "Oh, come on, Lily, you're like the most serious person I know."

Lily shook her head. "No, I'm not..."

Marlene sighed. "No. Caradoc is an idiot. I never liked him anyway."

"I think I might love him."

Marlene leaned forward, shock evident in her eyes. "You're kidding, right?"

"And I'm going to get him back," Lily said with a definite sound, "I'll show him I'm serious through the Order. Help with the war. And he'll want me back."

Marlene snorted, rolling her eyes. "What makes you think you can do this?"

She needed a cause. She needed a reason. What could be strong enough to last through this ordeal? Then it came to her.

"Love," Lily announced strongly, "I'm doing this for love."

Marlene watched her skeptically. "I don't-"

"Love will see me through this." With every word, Lily could feel herself get surer about the whole thing. "And with love on my side I can't lose." Lily immediately brightened, turning toward Marlene with a grin. "I can do this, Marlene."

Marlene watched as Lily got up quickly and ran out of the Great Hall, ready to start the day.

Marlene went back to her food with a thought. Maybe it would just be easier to help Lily as if she liked this plan. But it involving Caradoc...- it was going to be hard.

It was the first meeting for Lily. She didn't know what to expect. Did she need to make an impression on her first day or was it so informal she didn't need to? Lily decided that it didn't matter. All she needed to bring was herself...and her wand, of course.

Ten minutes before the meeting, Lily hurried down the dormitory steps, barely stepping on each step before reaching the next. As soon as ran out of steps, she heard someone shout out her name.

"Lily!"

Lily looked around swiftly at the familiar voice. "Caradoc..."

"Hey." He walked over as if nothing had happened between them. Hesitating as if he had something to say, Caradoc finally said, "I still can't believe you joined the Order."

Lily turned to look at him. "I wanted to," she said with a nod.

Caradoc furrowed his brow in confusion. "But why?"

Lily just shrugged, turning away from him. "I'm serious about it."

She was about to leave with those words until he said something that made her turn around. "Yeah right. Serious." The sarcasm came across clearly.

"What?" Lily stuttered, struggling to even get out that word.

"I just don't think this what you should be doing. Being in danger and all." Caradoc may have been talking, but Lily had stopped listening way before. She stared at him, gesturing wildly with his hands, but she heard no sound.

He really didn't think she was serious. She was shocked, surprised...and should have been offended. But, for some reason, she wasn't. Lily watched him keep talking and kept thinking that it was an offensive comment. She really wanted to get mad at him. But the way he looked at her, the way he smiled, the way he talked, his eyes, his dimples, him...she couldn't.

"I have to go," Lily managed to say, turning around quickly and scrambling out of the portrait hole. She walked briskly around the corner and hoped that she wouldn't catch up.

She couldn't deal with him now.

She wanted to hate him...

But she didn't. It made her want him to love her even more. More determined.

With a sigh, Lily realized she was crazy going through this.

"Welcome Miss Evans," Dumbledore said genially.

Lily walked inside his office, stopping right outside his door. She took in her surroundings and also looked around to see her fellow Order members. She didn't know most of time, recognizing only a couple people; the Longbottoms, who graduated a couple years before herself, the Prewetts, Sirius Black.

Wait.

"Sirius?" Lily voiced out loud. He caught her gaze across the room and, with a grin, made his way over.

"Lily, what are you doing here?" he asked on his way over. He sounded genuinely surprised, looking at her cautiously.

"I joined. Weren't you there?" Lily said with a smile; she was glad to know someone in this organization.

Sirius shook his head. "I wasn't here last week. Long story." Lily didn't even care that he didn't give her a definite answer. Sirius continued, "And what made you decide to join?"

As if on cue, Caradoc walked into the room, immediately starting up a conversation with a tall guy Lily didn't know. Sirius followed her gaze. "Really?" He looked back at her, nose scrunched up in distaste.

"I think I may really like him, Sirius," Lily defended Caradoc, still looking over at him.

Sirius frowned. "It's really hard to hear that when my best friend is still head over heels for you."

Lily rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "He isn't anymore. Ever since the beginning of the year, he's been ignoring me."

Sirius nodded. "Still, Lily, I know-"

"No, Sirius," Lily cut him off, "If he won't talk to me, I'm not talking to him, and we're both over it."

With a sigh, Sirius said, "Well, have fun not talking then."

Lily tilted her head at him, as Sirius turned to leave. She tried to grab his arm before he could get away and ask what was going on but he was gone before then. "What was that?" Lily murmured to herself, pushing back her hair from her eyes.

She turned back around to look for Caradoc and met someone else instead.

Instead of saying a greeting or anything at all, Lily bit her lip, staring up into James Potter's hazel eyes.

He stared down at her (him being over six feet tall and her only five foot three). He looked contemplative, hair falling into his eyes messily, the sparkle from his eyes covered darkly.

They hadn't even talked on their Head Boy and Girl duties. Words about business, yes, but they had never had a personal conversation since sixth year.

This made it strange, seeing him stand in front of her, about to say something.

"Welcome everyone."

Lily was distracted by Dumbledore standing in front of the office, smiling at them all. Taking her gaze off the guy in front of her, she turned toward Dumbledore taking a few needed steps away.

"We have a new member since the last meeting. I'm sure most of you know Miss Lily Evans."

Instead of being completely mortified, Lily turned and smiled at everyone in the room, hoping to catch a glimpse of Caradoc. He didn't look that happy. And she was somewhat ecstatic that he wasn't enjoying this.

"Now, Mr. Fenwick would like to finish his thoughts from last week." Dumbledore moved aside to let the tall man that Lily had seen talking to Caradoc address the group.

The man looked down at the group; his dark eyes moving from each other slowly as if to intimidate them. "Voldemort's growing stronger. We need to start training immediately. We don't have time to think this through. Everyday Voldemort rises more and more into power. We need to stop him now."

Lily watched this man talk, his words finally sinking in.

What was she doing here? Caradoc was right – this was crazy. She couldn't fight against Voldemort.

She needed to get out of here – right now.

"Professor?" Lily raised her hand in the air before thinking.

Dumbledore turned to look at Lily, eyes peering at her over his half-moon spectacles. "Yes, Miss Evans?"

"I-"

There were people in the room. People who would see her fail. Lily Evans wasn't known as someone who failed. She succeeded in everything she did. But she wanted to do these things; she didn't want to fight.

But…Caradoc. She caught sight of him on her right. His arms were crossed as if he saw this coming. He knew she was going to quit. That was why he said she wasn't serious. He had her where he wanted her.

Lily faltered, staring back at Dumbledore, trying to say something. But nothing was coming out of her mouth. She looked like a fish, opening and closing her mouth, no words forming.

Marlene was going to join the Order. She was going to fight against Voldemort. Lily's best friend was going to fight and she couldn't find the strength to side by her?

And Sirius was here. And double checking who was in the room Lily noticed that Remus and Peter were here also. They were going to fight. They were going to risk their lives.

And James Potter.

That – prick was actually stepping up to do something. Something for somebody other than himself.

If he could do it, Lily could.

And she couldn't let Caradoc win.

Lily took one look at her ex-boyfriend and grinned. "What are we waiting for? Let's start training."

I just want to say, no, this story will not follow the exact story line as Legally Blonde. It was just inspired by it.

Review...and...I'll update as soon as I can. Promise.