Chapter Four: Lily Potter

"Come on, y'all, we are here" Haylee bounced out of her seat

"Coming, coming, Haylee…you don't have to be so loud" Alice reprimanded

As soon as they were away from the marauders, and off the train, Alanna pounced on Lily. "I can't believe you did that!" she squealed.

"It was the dare, and I did it" Lily stated simply

"Well after that kiss, can honestly say your view on him hasn't changed? He is a really good kisser." Alanna acknowledged

Lily looked up at her friend, feeling a bit funny... "You kissed him?"

Haylee spotted it immediately. Jealousy.

"Are you jealous, Lily?" Haylee enquired

"Ye- no." Lily stammered

"What do you say that our little friend here has always had an enormous crush on James E. Potter and that it didn't come out till now?" Haylee asked Alice.

"I don't have a crush on James" Lily tried to say

"You called him James!" Alice squealed

"I didn't call him James. I never call him James!" Lily protested

"DOES LILY FANCY JAMES?" Haylee called at the top of her lungs. Lily blushed. Alanna saw the blush and yelled at the top of her lungs "LILY HAS THE HOTS FOR POTTER!"

James was chatting with his friends, when someone yelled "DOES LILY FANCY JAMES?" and three seconds later "LILY HAS THE HOTS FOR POTTER"

He turned to Sirius, "What was that all about?"

"I don't know, mate" Sirius replied, and after looking worriedly down the table for a couple of seconds, he turned to snog his latest girlfriend, Abby something-or-other.

"Quiet, guys. The sorting hat has started" Lily warned

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty…"

Lily was still thinking about the kiss and how it made her feel, when a voice broke through her thoughts, "Mrs. Potter, shouldn't you be at the meeting with Dumbledore and your one true love?"

"Oh, shut up, Alanna!" Lily bantered then continued "But you actually are right. Bye"

James was waiting for her at the door. "So what was that shouting going on in the great hall?" he asked with a huge grin on his face

"Umm… my friends were going on and on about how they think that I like you" Lily said

James responded without thinking, "Do you?"

Lily thought for a second then responded, "Yeah, as friends, I guess"

James mumbled, "It's a start"

"What did you say?" Lily asked curiously

James was very glad they arrived at Dumbledore's office right then so he didn't have to respond.

Dumbledore greeted them "Welcome Ms. Evans, Mr. Potter. Please wait here; I will be back in no time"

Lily marveled at her surroundings. After all, it was her first time in the headmaster's office. James however, was a different matter. He greeted all the portraits like old friends, and they greeted him with the ease of a long time acquaintance. He was introducing Fawkes, the phoenix, to Lily when the door opened, and in walked Dumbledore.

"All right" Dumbledore said "I presume that you know about the Head's rooms?"

James nodded, while Lily shook her head.

"Well I'll tell you a bit about it since you don't know, Ms. Evans. The portrait next to the fat lady's is the portrait hole leading to the Head common room. You will share the common room, and bathroom, but have separate rooms. The password is Heads, but that is just default, and you will have to change it. Do you have any questions?" Dumbledore asked

"Yes actually, Professor. I was wondering what exactly our duties were. You mentioned in your letter about planning the school dances." Lily asked

"You get to plan four dances- a welcome back to school dance, a Yule ball, a Valentines Day dance, and a graduation dance. You get to pick the themes, and decide on the bands, decorations, and so forth. Good bye, and congratulations, both of you on becoming heads."

"Thank you professor and good bye" they chimed in unison.

"What do you think our password should be?" Lily asked James

James thought for a moment then asked, "How about 'James Potter is the biggest git this world has ever seen'?"

Lily laughed then rolled her eyes. "That is too obvious… every one would—" she broke off as she saw Snape coming down the hall, and reached out and gripped James' wand arm. "Don't do anything. And I mean it, Potter. However, he insults you or me, don't do anything!"

Snape walked by and spat. "Evening, potter. Evening, Mudblood."

Lily's grip tightened on James' arm "Don't do anything" she hissed in his ear.

Aloud she said, "Evening Snivellus"

"See" Lily said "That is how you deal with him."

They arrived at the portrait next to the Fat Lady's. It was a painting of a tall, unearthly, majestic woman wearing loose, flowing white robes. She said, "Hello, my name is Athena, and I presume you are the new heads?"

"Yes, we are the new heads" James replied

Athena looked at them skeptically "May I have the default password, to make sure, please?"

Lily said, "Heads"

"Correct. Now before you make the password, let me tell you one thing. Once you make the password, there is no changing it. It stays the same all year round" Athena said.

"Alright" James said "the password is Lily Potter."

The portrait swung open, and echoes of "Potter, what the bloody hell did you think you were doing?" could be heard throughout the entire school.