Lily

A/N: Sorry for the serious lack of updates. I guess I've just been putting off writing until I couldn't put it off any longer. Besides, it's summer so I figured this would be an ideal time to update.

I also didn't want to end up being one of those authors that take months to update.

Also, for anyone who also reads Progress Reports etc. I'll be updating the chapter as soon as I finish editing. I've had the last two chapters written for months know, but they didn't seem good enough to post. But, I honestly can't come up with anything better so I figure a bad update is better than none at all (Right?)

IMPT: The next chapter will be the LAST HHr chapter for awhile. After reading DH I just doin't feel like writing HHr anymore. Not to worry though, there WILL BE more Hermione diary entries, but in the meantime I will be focusing on Lily and James. Sorry.

Also, in response to a review; Er... I guess I did go overboard on the acronyms. HHr Harry/Hermione. DH Deathly Hallows.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and co. belong to J.K. Rowling.

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It was late at night and Lily and James were patrolling the corridors, looking for any students out of bed, and checking broom closets for snogging couples as part of their new Head Boy and Girl duties.

Predicatably, it was not long after they started patrolling the corridors that they found Sirius Black in a broom closet.

'Sirius, get ou-' Lily stopped and gaped at Sirius. 'Is that... Remus?'

Remus blushed and stumbled out of the broom closet hastily.

James' jaw dropped open. 'Padfoot? Moony?'

'It's not what it looks like!' Sirius said a little too quickly. It was as good as an open confession.

'We've always speculated...' Lily said, looking dumbfounded. 'But... we always thought it was... too obvious...'

James finally seemed to pull himself together and smirked at the two. 'Padfoot and Moony... I'm sure you'll have gorgeous kids together.'

Sirius snorted. 'Well of course. But that's not the point. I assure you, we were doing something completely innocent in that broom closet.'

'What were you doing, Black?' Lily snapped, getting over her previous suprise and reminding herself that she was the authoritative figure in the group.

'Er... well I guess it wasn't completely innocent, but it wasn't sexual either.'

James grin broadened. 'Whatever you say, Padfoot.'

Sirius snorted. 'Prongs, you know I've snogged more girls than you-'

'And apparently more boys as well.'

Remus flushed. 'There was no snogging going on in that broom closet!'

'Well, what was going on in that broom closet?'

'We heard you were going to be patrolling the corridors tonight. The first time as Head Boy and Girl, you see' Sirius said smoothly. 'A moment you'll both remember for the rest of your lives, I'm sure.'

'Sirius decided he would make the night even more memorable' Remus said dryly.

'What were you going to do to us, Black?' Lily said suspiciously.

'Well, we went to the kitchen earlier and stocked up on ammo.'

'Ammo?' Lily's face was growing dangerously red. James backed away from her cautiously, knowing the danger signs.

'Yes, you see, we-'

'Sirius!' Remus said sharply.

'Oh all right. I was going to pop out of the broom closet and throw pineapples at you. Remus was just there for moral support'

'You were going to throw pineapples at us?' Lily snapped. James could no longer tell where Lily's forehead ended and her hair began.

'That huge fruit with the the prickly skin?' James looked shocked. 'We could've gotten seriously injured, Padfoot!'

'Yeah,' Sirius said laughing 'It would've been great. Too bad you caught us.'

James glanced nervously at Lily. It seemed she had reached her boiling point. He covered his ears and braced himself for the shout he knew was coming.

'BLACK!'

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Once Lily was done shouting punishments and death threats at Sirius, Lily and James resumed the rest of their patrolling.

Lily refused to make conversation with James, most likely blaming him for Sirius' attempt at murder.

When they had reached the 7th floor, James decided to try and force Lily into having a decent conversation with him. However, he could not think of anything that both of them would want to talk about.

'Er... I guess there's no chance of you liking Quidditch, then?' James said, chuckling feebly.

Lily shot him a withering glare and the chuckle died on his lips.

James looked at her thoughtfully.

'You know, you've been to every single one of Gryffindor's Quidditch games, so you can't hate the game that much.'

Lily looked at him in disbelief.

'How do you-'

James grinned sheepishly. 'Just before every game, I go outside and search the stands for you.''

Lily stopped walking and was openly gaping at him.

James laughed and nervously ran a hand through his hair.

'Whether you like it or not, Lily, you're my goodluck charm.' He said softly, his hazel eyes boring into Lily's green ones.

Lily opened and closed her mouth in hopes of forming words.

'I haven't lost a single game since you became my goodluck charm, either.' He added as an afterthought.

'Er...' Lily said, still unsure of how to respond to his confession.

Then her instincts kicked in. Her instinct was screaming for her to start running as fast and far away as possible.

Still, she did not want to leave James so hastily and rudely, after he had just admitted what was probably an embarassing secret to her.

'I'm... I... I'm going to go check the Astronomy Tower' Lily said lamely, still staring into his eyes.

She thought she saw disappointment there as she walked away.

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September 2, 1976

'Has the world gone insane? Did I somehow get sucked into an alternate universe where crooks chase cops and James Potters are polite, mature, and even tolerable?

Don't get me wrong. The change is a welcome one. (Merlin knows I've nagged him to change his attitude on countless occasions).

It just feels... unnatural.

Wait. What is this? Am I falling for James?

No. I can't be-'

Lily stopped, her quill still poised over her diary. She sighed and walked over to the ramparts, looking up at the starry sky.

The stars shone brightly, looking almost within reach, as if they were mocking her.

She pushed herself up and sat on the ramparts, swinging her legs whimsically.

Did she like James? Had she finally fallen for his charm?

She couldn't help but feel slightly hypocritical. She had been the self-proclaimed anti-Potter. She had been so sure she was the only girl who was impervious to James' charm.

'No one's safe from James' charm.' She thought wryly to herself.

She couldn't help but wonder if James' feelings actually were genuine. He had proclaimed his love for Lily on countless occasions, sure, but she had never taken him seriously.

But after tonight...

Lily sighed and burried her face in her hands, a billion thoughts running through her mind.

'Lily!'

The loud shout startled her and she jumped. Unfortunately, her bottom missed the ramparts by inches and she fell off the Astronomy Tower with a loud scream.

'Lily!'

Lily's robes flew up, obscurring her view. She blindly pushed her hands up against the castle's stone walls, hoping to grab onto something.

Thankfully, her fingers caught a window ledge.

She looked up and saw James peering over the battlements nervously.

'Help me, James!' She screamed up at him.

That snapped him back to reality.

'D-did you just call me James?' He asked hesitantly.

'Does it matter, Potter?'

'I... I guess not...' He said sounding disappointed. Nevertheless, he drew his wand from his pocket. 'Accio brooms!'

'Potter, you moron!' Lily screamed.

A dozen brooms had broken out of the Quidditch Equipment Shed and were now flying towards a very confused James.

'Auugh!' He screamed as the brooms fell on top of him.

Lily stiffled a giggle.

'Potter?'

'Coming, Lily!' he shouted back, getting on a broom and kicking off the ground. He flew over the battlements and dived down to where Lily was holdng onto a window ledge.

James helped her onto the broom then flew back up to the Astronomy Tower, with Lily clinging onto him.

After he had landed safely on the tower, James tried to turn around and look at Lily properly when he realized she was stilling holding onto his waist rather tightly, her eyes still shut, as if she was bracing herself for a crash.

'Erm... Lily?' She opened one eye hesitantly. 'We've... landed.'

'Oh!' She let go of him quickly, blushing.

'Let me see your hands.' James said quietly taking her hands in his.

Lily felt her face grow hotter and looked down at her shoes.

'Your hands are cut badly...' He took out his wand and traced over her cuts with it, muttering an incantation. Then he siphoned the blood away with his wand.

'Thanks, James.' she muttered, still llooking at her feet.

'You did it again.' He said, looking dazed.

'What?'

'You called me James.'

'Is it that weird?' Lily asked nervously.

'No, it's a welcome change.' James said grinning at her.

A reluctant smile made it's way onto Lily's face as they walked back to their dormitory.