Twenty five minutes later, the last straggler left to go to the library. Like the Headmaster asked, Lily and James stayed. Once the last person left, they turned their attention to Dumbledore. He cleared his thought and began to speak. "Truly sorry is has been this long to get to you" he said and Lily and James exchanged confused looks. Dumbledore noticed them and smiled. "Obviously you do not know what I am talking about. Being the head students, you have your own special common room/dormitories. It is located on the 7th floor, behind the portrait of the lion. All you must do, to get in, is tap the lion in its eye, with your wand, and say your position." he said. "Head Girl" he added and guested to Lily, "Head Boy" and gestured to James. Both nodded.
After about thirty seconds of silence, Lily broke it by saying "May we leave now?".
The Headmaster inclined his head, and the two head students stood up. "We should go check it out" Lily said, once they were out in the Entrance Hall.
"Yes, Lets." James replied, smiling at the idea of spending more alone time with Lily.
"Stop smiling and lets go" Lily said and started walking up the Entrance Hall steps. With a few shortcuts they reached the 7th floor in ten minutes. "Well, Ive certainly never went all the way threw the castle that fast" she said and pulled out her wand. She placed the tip of it on the eye, of the lion, and muttered "Head Girl".
To her amazement, the tapestry melted away to revel a small wooden door. Lily pulled it open and crawled though the hole, quickly followed by James.
The hole opened up to a room unnaturally like the Gryffindor common room. "Wow." they muttered in unison and walked into the center of the room. The walls were lined with many doors, all of them leading into a different room. Lily walked over to the nearest door and pulled it open. She nearly dropped Harry in surprise. The room in front of her was so huge, it could have fit in the previous room, with room to spare. In the center was an Olympic sized bathtub like pool. "James, come look at this" she called over he shoulder.
James, who was looking at the many pictures that lined this mahogany desk, looked over to her. He placed the picture he was currently looking at (Lily, age 8, and a girl who looked like a horse), and went over to her. "Wow." he muttered once he took everything in.
Lily placed Harry on one of the chairs that lined the walls, and walked to the edge of the pool. She knelt down and scoped some of the water into her right hand. As if not believing it truly to be there.
A smile escaped onto James' face as she slowly, and quietly, walked towards her. He put his hands out in-front of him, ready to push her into the water once he was in reach. Suddenly Lily turned around to say something, when she saw him advancing on her. "Oh no. No you don't." She said and took a step back wards. That was a huge mistake. She instantly fell into the water, robes and all. Never having learned how to swim, Lily sunk to the bottom of the ten foot deep tub. Almost like a rock thrown into a lake. Sensing something wrong just happened, James dove in after her. Since the water was crystal clear, he spotted Lily instantly. Kicking his feet and moving the water from in-front of him, James managed to reach her.
Their head broke the surface and James took in a deep gulp of air. but Lily did not. Fearing for her life, James pulled Lily to the edge and pulled her up onto the ground. Not knowing what else to do, he preformed mouth-to-mouth. He pinched her nose and drew a deep breath. 'One...Two...Three' he thought, blowing out air into her mouth. Three times he did this before she finally spluttered out water and started breathing. "Thank god" James sighed and leaded back.
Lily's mouth was blank from falling under the water up to right then and there. "W..what ha...happened?" she stammered, shivering from the icy water.
"Well. I, kinda...er. Saved your life." James murmered, uncertain of how she would react.