(A/N) Yay! Yay! Yay! It's up! Sorry bout the wait, I only just got my internet back…! Aah, the wonders of withdrawal…I want pudding. Chocolate pudding. Anywho, read and review!(shrinks back behind large rock in horror of the rhyme she has just created)

Lily flopped grumpily down at the Gryffindor table that morning beside her friend Amity, in heated discussion with Ruby, but not too deeply to welcome Lily to their first breakfast together as Fifth Years.

"I'm telling you, Rubes, it was Ardomania Hickelworthy the Unabashed that invented the Self Administrating Aphrodisiac, not Rodolto Hardbridge! Lily-are you alright? You look wrecked!"

"Ardomania Hickelworthy the Unabashed? Where on Earth are you coming from, Amity? But you're right about Lily-what have you been doing?"

To this Lily simply said:

"Ruby. Amity. Friends. You should know by now, after these four years of friendship, in this 5th year of Hogwarts, that if I were wrecked I would be snuggled upstairs in bed, amidst three dozen squashy pillows, taking full advantage of my sickness with steaming mugs of hot chocolate and buttered crumpets. And maybe a croissant or two. But nay, alas, I am not at my best. "

"Aaw, ickle Lilykins! Foodie till the last!" Amity grinned at her friend and dipped the piece of cornbread on her friend's plate into her steaming mug of coffee, bit into the dipped bit and draped an arm around Lily's shoulders.

"But do tell us why you're not wrecked-or at your best."

Both Ruby and Lily laughed, Lily stretching her hands on the table in front of them and yawning through her smile.

"Oh, I don't know if that's such a great idea. Knowing you two, if I tell you, you won't stop squeeing, looking smug, waggling your eyebrows and saying 'I told you so,' for the next half hour. It'd be literal torture."

"Lils, you're remarkably daft sometimes. You just guaranteed our pestering for the next three hours. But maybe-"

Ruby broke off and turned to Amity.

"Maybe she wants us to pester her?" Amity questioned.

"Exactly. Maybe she wants us to question her. Oh dear God! Ooooooooooooh, this is goooooooooood!"

Both Ruby and Amity leaned in to whisper to Lily.

"Lily…" Amity whispered.

"James…" Ruby followed.

"Guys, please! You know I detest the guy! Loathe him! Despise him! The fact that I just had a dream about him has nothing to do with…oh…shite…"

"You luuurve him…"

"You want to maaaaaarry him…"

"You think he's gorrrrrrrrrrgeous…"

"You want to snoooooog him…"

"Ruby-Amity-I do not-want to-I don't want to- snog him-I do not want to marry him- I most certainly do not think of him as gorgeous…You're unbelievable!

"Arr, yes, terrors we are…"

"AAAAAAAAAWWW! She's BLUSHING!"

"Rubes, give the girl some credit, maybe it's a subconscious thing…"

"Yeah, I 'spose…But you've gotta admit it's sweet…"

"Yes, Ruby, it's sweet. But you can tell she doesn't consciously like him…yet."

"How long d'you think it'll take?"

"6 months? 8? A year?"

" RUBY! AMITY! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU TWO?

YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT I HATE THE GUY! ANY FEELINGS FOR HIM-IF AT ALL- ARE STRICTLY PLATONIC!

NO, NOT EVEN PLATONIC! I DETEST THE GUY-UTTERLY! THAT DREAM WAS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, UNADULTURATEDLY, WITHOUT-A-DOUBTEDLY COINCIDENTAL! HEAR THAT? COINCIDENTAL! ABSOLUTELY COINCIDENTAL! UTTERLY COINCIDENTAL! CO-IN-CI-DEN-TAL!"

"Lils, it's no use denying it. You've dreamt about the guy, you've fallen for him. You've gone into denial. Just look at how furious you got when we said you liked him?" Amity looked at Lily mysteriously.

"But of course, it depends on the contents of the dream." Ruby grinned around at Lily and Amity.

"Yeah, Lily, if you dreamt about killing him by way of a lethal cactus, then that's obviously hatred. But if you dreamt abut snogging his eyes out (A/N I know that you can't snog out someone's eyeballs, it just sounds rather passionate. Just for you, Onyx!)

, then you obviously have a deep and abiding passion in the depths of your heart…You secretly want no more than to be wrapped in his warm, manly(A/N please don't cry. I couldn't resist. Cass-Onyx!)embrace, breathing in his intoxicating scent, while he-"

" Just tell us about the dream, Lils."

Lily let out an exasperated sigh.

"If I tell you the basics of the dream, will you leave me alone?"

Ruby and Amity grinned evilly at each other.

"Maybe…"

"Alright. If I tell you of the contents of my dream, will you shut-up about it until breakfast's over?"

"Yeah, alright." Amity turned to Ruby.

"Rubes? Do you agree? Until after breakfast?"

"Yerr…"

"Ok. I'll tell you. But one more condition: No squeeing-Until after breakfast. No sighing and 'It was meant to be…' s. No smug looks. And no evil plans to get us together in the Room of Requirement."

Both Ruby and Amity looked crestfallen.

"But-That's everything…"

"Yes. I know!"

"Fine, fine, we agree. Just tell us the dammned dream!"

Lily was the type of person who kept her diary with her at all times.

So Ruby and Amity, who had bonded with Lily since their first meeting on the Hogwarts Express, and had been close friends since their first night together

(A/N not like that) at the school, were not surprised when she hesitantly reached into her robe, pulled out a small, embossed black leather book, flipped through the thick pages and came to a halt at the end of the writings, placing the book gently on the table before them.

So, Lily, too, was not surprised as the look on her friends' faces as they read the dream changed to one of anticipation, to astonishment, to glee, and finally to utter dreamyness as they both flung their arms around the laughing girl and sighed collectively.

"Lily, it's absolutely gorgeous…"

"Yeah…Oh, Lordykins…why don't I have dreams like that?"

"Lils, you and he are seriously…hey, Lily? Lily! Get out of your reverie!"

And Lily, who had been gazing out of the window and into the lake, now slowly turned and smiled at her friends, as they almost inaudibly whispered:

"Lily…"

"…and James."

(A/N) Well, that's it! THOSE BLOODY ALERTS! I feel like pudding. Pudding with chocolate sauce.

Anyway, back to the point, Thank You To:

chikichiki: Yay! New reviewer! Awesome that you like it!

melonbar92: Yay again! Hope you liked it )

animerockstar: Thanks! Keep reading!

LilAlex13: Yeah, I love the whole doomed love tension complex, too.

And the romance…collapses in sighing heap

Keep reviewing, reviews are GOOD. They are yummy.

NJ MacReiley the Helpless Romantic: Thanks!

Moony4Moony: Yeah, great aunt Millie rocks (my socks). Thanks, keep reviewing(needless to say) you comments are D.

Teehee: Thank-you! Hope you enjoyed? (!)

unquisite Cass again, I say! Glad you liked it, this chappy is coughs(aah! Won't put in the little starry signs!) somewhat coughs(aah!) indicitive of coughs (sobs IT PUT IN THE LITTLE STARRY SIGN!) occurrences at another cough (humph.) at school. Cough. Specially the manly thing!