Dear Diary,

After all the Prefects had put their names on the paper, I told them they could go. James and I waited everyone leave, and we were soon alone in the Prefect´s Common Room.

'I should say that I am very surprised by your performance on the meeting today, Potter.' I said coldly.

'Thank you, I can be very impressive sometimes.' He said with his popular smile that all the girls on the History on Hogwarts fell for on his face. Again, obviously, not me.

'I did not say I was impressed. After all, you only did your job.' I said.

'Yeah, but I did it pretty well. And also, for someone who only a year ago not even his job did, it was impressive.' James said.

'It wasn´t impressive. I just wasn´t expecting your help… this is why I´m surprised.' I said.

'I´ll take that as a compliment.' He said, smiling again.

'I wasn´t complimenting you. I was only saying facts.' I said angrily.

'Thank you anyway.' He said.

I didn´t say anything. Honestly, I didn´t know what to say. I mean, I was impressed, his speech was better than what mine would have been. But I was never going to say that to him. Ever. After a while of awkwardness and silence, I decided I should probably leave because I still had to do my homework: 'I´m going to the Common Room.'

'Wait, Lily!' James said before I reached the door.

'What?'

'Will you go out with me?'

'NO! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THAT FOR YOU UNDERSTAND?! I WILL NEVER GO OUT WITH YOU, POTTER! ' I said. Actually, I think I was screaming. I just couldn´t believe he had ruined everything being the stupid Potter he´s always been and not the new one!

I didn´t wait for an answer, I opened the door and ran as fast as I could to Gryffindor´s Common Room. I don´t even know why the hell I was running, but at the time, it seemed like I really should.

The Common Room was pretty crowded with everyone doing their homework and talking with their friends. I could even spot Alice and Frank on the same place where I had left them. I ran like crazy to the dormitory. I was probably looking really bad, because the minute I stepped there, everyone started staring at me. I didn´t care at all, though. I got in our dormitory and went hide myself under the covers. I was wishing deeply that Alice didn´t come talk to me. I really was. But she came anyway.

'What happened, Lily?' she said sweetly, sitting on my bed.

'Nothing.' I didn´t want to talk about Potter with her, because she would think I liked him. It has always been like this, every time I tell her something terrible Potter did, she says: 'Look how you talk about him. You´re completely in love, Lily. I know.' I hate when she does that.

'Is it something to do with Potter?' she said even more sweetly.

'It doesn´t matter. I don´t wanna talk about it.' I had my head under the pillow and I have no idea how she understood me. I guess that´s because we have been friends for so long that we just understand each other easily.

'Look, just tell me and I´ll leave. I promise that I´ll leave if you want me to, but tell me first.'

'Okay.' I told her how stupid Potter had been back in the Prefect´s Common Room, but she didn´t look surprised at all. 'Why are you so serious? You don´t think Potter was a jerk?'

'Oh, no, he was being a jerk. But, Lily, he´s always been a jerk. You know that very well. I think the only thing that made you angrier this time, is that you believed he had changed.' Alice said.

'You said that! You said he had changed!' I said desperately.

'Lily, he has changed, but he´s still Potter. Were you expecting him to turn into this well-behaved, polite, punctual guy in only two months of vacation? Because that kind of thing doesn´t happen!'

I didn´t say anything, I only took my head from under the pillow. When she realised I wouldn´t say anything, she decided to speak: 'Lily, just give James some time. Didn´t he prove to you today at the meeting that he´s doing some effort?' she said.

'I guess so.' I said uncertainly.

'I think you should get some rest. Tomorrow's first period is free and you can finish your homework. Now go to sleep.' Alice said getting up and walking towards the door.

I changed my clothes and sat down on my bed. Honestly, I think Alice was a bit right, no one changes completely in two months, and two days is a very short time to judge any improvement he might have had, if he had any, something that I wasn´t so sure about. I decided to sleep and not think about any of that, at least not today.

The next day was normal, so I'm not going to describe the whole thing. Only at night, after dinner had ended that Potter came to me in the Gryffindor's Common Room saying: 'Hey, Lily!' as last night had been just a dream and I hadn´t ran away and screamed at his face.

I didn´t look up, I kept doing my homework normally. So he said:

'Look, I know you might be angry with me, but we have to patrol tonight and you will have to, occasionally, look at me.' He said. I had completely forgotten about the patrol tonight. What a great surprise that was. Having to spend two whole hours with the last person you would like to talk to in the whole world.

I got up and stared to pack my things. I took them upstairs to our dormitory, in the hope that Potter would think that I was not going. I even took ten minutes more than is necessary to do that, so that when I came back, there wasn't anyone in the Common Room. But it didn't work; he was standing in front of the portrait whole waiting for me.

'Let's go?' he said.

I didn´t answer, though, I only walked past him and opened the portrait. It was desert and cold. We started walking, in silence, towards the sixth floor, and we did the same on the fifth, fourth and third floor. On the second floor, I found two second-year hufflepuffs running from Peeves. James hexed Peeves and I took the kids down to the basement, where Hefflepuff's common room is. Once they were safe inside, I went back to the second floor where James was.

'They are in the Common Room.' I said as I saw him.

'Good. We do make quite a team, don´t we, Evans?' Potter said.

'Team, Potter? Really?' I turned around and kept walking.

'Oh c'mon, Lily! I know you're mad at me because I asked you to go out with me yesterday, but I can't understand you! I used to do it all the time last year and you didn't ran away neither screamed at me for that. What happened?' he said.

'Nothing happened! I just…I… Argh, Potter! You know why I am mad at you? It´s not because you asked me out, it´s because I through you had changed! I through you were better now, that you wouldn't treat me like that!' I said. I really don't want to admit but, I was almost sobbing by then. I have no idea why, but I couldn't stop it. I don't think James realized that, though.

'What do you mean "treat you like that"?' he said confusedly.

'You know very well what I mean! Treat me as if I were one of those stupid girls that you just look at and they fall head over heels for you. I´m not like that, Potter!' I said angrily.

'I know. Of course I know that, Lily. Or do you think I would have stayed here for so long? If you were any of those girls, it wouldn't be worth it. I through you knew that.'

'Well… No, I didn't. That's the kind of thing that you should say to people…' I said.

He only grinned and started walking with that big goofy smile on his face.

'Let's go, Lily… There are still more three floors.'

We walked around the first floor, the ground floor and the dungeons in silence, but it wasn't a weird silence, it wasn't awkward at all. I don't know why but, I wasn't mad at Potter anymore. I mean, I know why: he said he knew I wasn't one of those girls. I was happy. Actually, it's been more than two hours since I came back and I am still happy. I think that's a good sign.

We went back to the Common Room and when we got to the Portrait, Potter held my arm so I couldn't walk. I through he was going to ask me out again. The thing is I wasn't so sure I would say no.

'Lily, do you think I should ask Dumbledore to give the Head Boy badge to someone else?'

'What? You're thinking about giving up?'

'I don't know. I mean, it's not that I don't like it; actually it's pretty cool, especially the part of patrolling…with you, of course. But I know you'd prefer if it was someone else and I don't want to ruin this whole Head Girl thing for you.' He said miserably.

'You're not ruining it. You're really not. Look, Potter, if you were ruining it, I would be the first to say and I'm telling you, you're only making it better.' I regretted saying this as soon as the words came out of my mouth, but Potter looked up smiling widely that I think it was sort of worth it.

'Did you know that what you just said made my night? No wait…it made my month and my year!' he said

I couldn't stop smiling, so I turned around as quickly as possible and entered the Portrait whole. Potter came after me and said:

'Goodnight, Lily. See you at breakfast.'

'Goodnight, James.' I had never called him James. I mean, here in the diary yes, but at an actual conversation no, it has always been Potter and only Potter.

He looked back stunned but merely smiled. I didn't wait to see what he did that because I started climbing the stairs to the Girl's Dormitory. Once I opened the door, Alice came hurrying in saying: 'How was it?'

'How was what?'

'Patrolling with Potter! Tell me everything, Lily!'

'There's nothing to tell. We walked around all the floors, we found two second-years being chased by Peeves and then we came back.'

'Oh, really? You're lying. That's not all that happened! I heard two voices from the Common Room. What were you talking about?'

'Nothing important. James asked me if I through he should give up being a Head Boy and I said he shouldn't.'

'Oh… so now Potter is James, uh?'

'Alice you know what you should do? Sleep and stop taking care of other people's lives.' I said grinning

'You can't even stop yourself from smiling! Someone's in love…'

'Shut up, Alice!' I said as I changed my clothes.

'Okay, I won't say anything. But, Lily, you won't be able to deny your dying love for Potter forever.'

'That's enough! Goodnight, Alice!'

'Goodnight, Lily Potter. Sorry, Evans.'

I didn't answer; I merely took a quill out of my bag, some ink and my diary. Everyone is already sleeping, I think. I don't care, though, I prefer that way. I know I'm not in love with Potter, but I am starting to like him more than I did before.