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Chapter Seven- Secret passages!

Transfiguration passed quickly and Leila declared Lily the queen of the subject, regarding her own half-transformed hedgehog with disgust.

The next lesson was a study period for Jess but Leila and Lily had arithmancy. Jess said goodbye to them and left to go to the library. On her way she ran into Peter.

"Hey Pete." She said shyly.

"Oh, hey Jess, err… free lesson?" he asked, fidgeting nervously.

"Yea, what about you."

"Yea. The others have arithmancy, I was never very good at it." Peter looked down.

"Me neither, do you wanna come to the library with me?" Jess asked

"Sure. I gotta do some charms homework. I suck at charms. Why can't it be simpler, like… like muggle studies?"

"You don't suck at charms, I saw you in lessons, you did that cheering charm really well! Remus couldn't stop grinning!" Jess said reassuringly.

"Yea but we learnt that charm in third year, I was supposed to do it without speaking and I couldn't do it." Peter sighed.

"Charms is my best subject! I'll help you out!"

"Really?"

"Sure, we've got every free lesson if you're a slow learner."

"I am," Peter assured her. "The only thing I'm good at is muggle studies,"

"Nah, you were awesome in care of magical creatures! And you're Ok in potions with Remus' help. Besides, I don't think I'd be able to do muggle studies if I took it; Well, I guess I'd be pretty good since I'm a muggleborn but that's completely beside the point!" Jess threw her hands up in the air and knocked one hand on a suit of armour, "Ouch! Who put that there?"

"They move." Peter told her with a chuckle.

"Really? Huh." Jess rubbed her sore hand. Footsteps echoed behind them. Peter sniffed the air.

"Professor Smith! In here!" Peter cried, pushing open a random part of the wall. Jess toppled into the tiny room, Peter followed and flattened against the wall, he shut the wall behind them and muttered 'Lily'. A window appeared in the closed door letting in light and a clear view of the hallway.

Jess' breath quickened, this room was really narrow, built for 2 people maximum, she was really close to Peter.

A tall wizard with grey hair and cold black eyes walked past, he didn't even look at the window in the wall.

"How did you do that?" Jess asked,

"What? The window? It's only visible from the inside." Peter told her.

"No I mean how did you know it was Smith?" Jess asked. Professor Smith was the astronomy teacher and loved to punish Gryffindors for no reason. He would probably have given them both detention for talking loudly.

"Oh err, marauders secret." Peter said, blushing.

"When did you find this room?"

"Sirius found it in second year. He was running away from his cousin Bellatrix and she pushed him into the wall."

"What was the password again?"

"Oh, err…" Peter blushed, "Lily."

"Lily?" Jess repeated with raised eyebrows.

"Yea well we get to make the passwords and it was James' turn!"

Jess laughed. Peter grinned,

"Is there one named after Rose?" she asked,

"Yea, it's on a passage that goes to honeydukes. Remus always did like that passage." Peter grinned wider as Jess laughed again, "We should get to the library."

"Yea."

They climbed out of the passage and walked down the corridor in silence for a little while.

"There's one named after you too." Peter said casually. Jess blushed.

"Oh?"

"Yea, near the muggle studies classroom."

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At lunch, Jess and Peter joined the Marauders, Lily, Leila and Rose at the Gryffindor table.

"Oooh, what have you two been doing?" Sirius teased. Jess and Peter both blushed.

"Charms homework."

"Sure, sure," James and Leila said at the same time.

"That was freaky." Lily said.

"Is it end of term yet?" Rose asked.

"Err… no Rose. It's the first day." Jess said gently, sitting down.

"Rose can you please tell us what's wrong?" Leila asked.

"No, no, I'm fine really Josh, I mean, Lily, I mean… oh no!" to everyone's horror she started to cry and put her head in her hands.

"Rose, Rose, what's wrong?" Remus asked.

"Nothing, I… I just. I have to go!" Rose got up and ran off. Lily sighed,

"Good job we have double free period!" she said before running after her.

"Meet you in the common room!" Leila called after them.

"I've got muggle studies." Peter said,

"I have divination." Said Jess,

"I've got ancient runes." Leila said,

"Same here." James and Sirius said in unision.

"And me," Remus added.

"Then it's free period for the rest of the day right?" Sirius asked.

"Yup. Unless you've got care of magical creatures like me and Remus." Peter said.

"So that's me, you, Sirius and Jess cuz!" James said, leaning one elbow on Leila's shoulder.

"No. Because we have to see what's up with Rose first." Leila sighed, "Wait, what's Lily doing back?"

"I can't find her, she disappeared," Lily sighed. "I'll talk to her later, she'll probably go to the dorm for some rest."

"By the way Lily, there's meant to be a prefect meeting tomorrow lunch, we need to organise that." James said. Lily looked surprised.

"Oh yea, thanks Potter, I'll get on to it."

"A prefects meeting? About what?" Remus asked, still concerned about Rose.

Lily tapped her nose.

"What was that?" Sirius asked,

"Sirius, did you pay any attention in muggle studies?" Peter asked.

"No, I just took it to annoy my parents didn't I?" Sirius said as though this was obvious.

"Nice Sirius." Leila said, shaking her head. "Nice."

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Everyone headed to their next classes. Leila laughed along with Remus, James and Sirius and Lily watched them as they left the great hall.

"You fancy James!" a voice sing-songed. Lily turned around to see a girl younger than her with short, spiky black hair, pale skin and hazel eyes that glinted with a hint of yellow.

"I do not! Leave me alone Hazel!" Lily snapped.

"You do though." Hazel said innocently, "You're friends with that Leila girl now, you're not going to get rid of him, plus he's head boy. Not so immature now, huh?"

"Shut up!" Lily snapped.

"You'll thank me one day!" Hazel teased and her eyes glittered stronger yellow, making them look golden.

"Yea. Right. Whatever." Lily stalked away, leaving Hazel smirking.

But later when Lily was organising the prefects meeting, she couldn't shake off Hazel's words.

What had she always hated about James, hexing Snape? She hated Snape now. Being immature? He wasn't so immature now, he was a great head boy. And she couldn't really call him arrogant, sure he had an arrogant quality but it had lessened lots and when he was just hanging out with Leila, he was so… nice, and caring and sexy and funny.

Whoa! Hold up! Did I just call James Potter sexy?

Well… he is hot…

The words of one of Lily's friends who had been a year above her; Alice, rung in her ears.

"He'll mature one day Lils. He really likes you and he's not the kind of guy who gives up. One day, you'll admit that you like him!"

Alice had told Lily that in her last week at school but Lily had just glared and said 'I will never like James Potter!" But now Lily wasn't so sure.

Leila had shown her that James was really not a bad person, Rose and Jess told Leila it was a lost cause. But right now, Lily wasn't so sure.

A.N- Awww, I love Lily/James, it's so sweet!

By the way, Professor Smith is Zacharias Smith's grandfather! Just in case you wanted to know!

Anywho, I g2g but stay tuned for Chapter Eight- Rose's story

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