Arrrgggg. Really sorry guys i downloaded the other before this one :S

"Come on!" James said laughingly as he pulled Lily out of the common room away from her friends and down a corridor. It was their first patrol together and, though he was trying to train them not to, his heart was beating faster and his brain was both praying it would go alright and planning ways to impress her.

In the past two weeks they had grown closer then James had ever hoped they would grow - well, actually he'd hopedthey would grow even closer, but it was as close as he'd ever thought they'd grow.

They spoke and laughed like friends now - after some certain silent compromises had been made.

On James' part he wouldn't : ask her out; ruffle his hair up like she hated it; pull pranks; bully snape, etc. but he had worked those out on his own, if she was being honest.

Lily would : refrain from hexing him; making cutting remarks about him inside his hearing (and hopefully outside aswell) and didn't walk out of a room when he walked in.

Just one corridor along James pulled a quill, inkpot and parchment out of his bag that he had made appear and charmed them to fly infront of him, the quill scribbling maddly, as they walked, before vanishing his bag again.

Lily was impressed, though she tried to deny it, with the fact that he did everything non-verbally now.

Requires strength of mind. That was what their last defence against the dark arts teacher had said, when she'd taught them it.

And he's got other strengths too. Said a flirty voice in her ear, causing her to shake her head and look around for the culprit, but there wasn't one.

"Are you ok??" James asked.

"Sorry." She apologized automatically. "I thought I heard something. What does that do?" She asked, pointing at the quill and parchment to cover her lapse.

"The quill takes information out of my head and puts it down on the parchment." James explained, "This way I can patrol and do my homework at the same time."

Lily was impressed, again.

'Why did he have to be so clever?' She asked herself, then refrained from asking him the spell.

James looked tired. No wonder, 10 NEWTS!

But, despite his tiredness, he had done 5 quidditch practices this week, was training a younger team for the future years, was beating everyone in 7th year in his classes (apart from Potions where Snape and Lily ruled).

"So-" She started in a lively tone of voice. "Where do we go first?"

Lily laughed, her voice mixing with his to form a melody that you didnt often hear off the Radio.

"Stop it!" James pouted jokingly and crossed his arms. "Explain it to me!"

Lily took a deep, calming breath and, keeping her eyes of James, began to speak.

"First off, a TV does not, as you just said, have real people under the imperious curse trapped inside it by evil muggles - "She burst out laughing again.

"Please tell me you werent really going to put that in your muggle studies homework?!"

James hardly heard the question, he was too absorbed with her smile and her laugh, but he knew what do now.

He laughed and shrugged, "So what does a television do then?"

They were barely out of the corridor when James started laughing so hard that Lily's mouth curled up into a smile just at the sight of him.

"It wasnt that funny. Honestly." Lily sighed, exasperated.

"But his face!" James howled with laughter.

They had just found Sirius making out with Juliana Crainsbury in the second floor broomcupboard.

Not only that but Sirius had thought it was Juliana's older sister he'd been kissing, as Juliana was in 3rd year.

He had, quite literarily, jumped a foot in the air, barely heard Lily's admonishments, ignored his best friend shaking with laughter and pelted away, before getting stuck in the disappearing step of the nearest staircase and being caught by his 3rd year fan.

The memory of it made James reel out in hysterics until they reached the heads dorms, effectively finishing their patrol.

Getting himself undercontrol James gave the password, wishing the castle had an extra floor or two so that they could patrol for just a little longer.

He didn't know that just 2 feet away Lily was stopping herself from wishing the same thing.

I dont understand him!

He's not annoying anymore.

And he is actually quite good looking.

And clever.

And funny.

And sporty.

But it's him!

So why do I want to see him more often?

Why can't I keep my eyes off him?

Why do I crave his voice, his eyes, his laugh?

I can't like him. Can I?

Really, is it him I dont understand...

...or myself?