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100 Things That Should

Have Gotten Us Expelled From Hogwarts

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Seventh Year

Golden Three

95} Not showing up For school

Marauders

96} Tormenting Snape

97} Pulling one Too many pranks

98} Asking Evans out for nearly a seven years

99} Sneaking into Hogsmeade after every Quidditch match

100} Sneaking out every full moon

101} Saying 'Yes' to James Potter

Lily and Remus were in the library, they each had several assignments due very shortly along with studying for their mid-term exams. But to be fair Remus did have quite a bit more homework then Lily did. He'd just had to miss three full days of school, The full moon was a major inconvenience.

Lily was finished all of her Astronomy, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Herbology homework and she was just finishing up her potions essay.

Remus was frantically searching books, his potions essay wasn't nearly done and he still hadn't started anything else.

"Remus, here I've copied out all of the notes you missed. And I was wondering if you'd like to study with me?"

Remus didn't answer, he was searching through a potions text.

"Remey can I help you with that essay? I know potions isn't your strong suit."

"Lily I can't let you do that."

"Yes you can Remus, I owe you. Do you remember that essay on werewolves you practically wrote for me, and when you helped me with the patronus charm last year?"

"Well Lily if you owe me I have a different favour to ask of you."

"Anything Remus."

"Next time James asks you out, give him a chance."

Lily was shocked, she gapped at Remus.

"Lily he's a decent guy. Would I have hung around with him for all these years otherwise?"

"No I guess you wouldn't have," Lily conceded

"He really isn't the ass he acts around you, he can't help that. I'm not sure why but he looses all his scenes where you're concerned."

Again Remus had rendered Lily speechless.

"That was a lie," Remus confessed "He's in love with you, and as an 18 year old male he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings."

"I doubt that he loves me Remus, but I will give James a chance."

"Thank you! I love you and all Lily, but after nearly seven whole years of him pining for you and never stopping going on about you, well it gets on a bodies nerves. He's so in love with you it's hard to stomach."

Lily raised her eyebrow in disbelief.

"Stop that Lily I know you don't believe me. Just trust me. And he has grown up recently so you might even enjoy giving him his chance."

Naturally James asked her out the very next day.

This time James seemed a bit insincere, like he was only doing it because that's what he does every day. Or maybe he thought that if he asked her out often enough she would eventually say yes.

He simply shouted at her.

"Go out with me Evans!" He said it at full volume as they crossed the lawns towards the Green Houses.

Remembering her favour to Remus, Lily shouted "All right then!" back at James.

He stopped dead in his tracks. As did several other people. But Lily just kept walking.

James caught up with her in class while Lily was already getting ready to retrieve a pod from herSnargaluff plant.

"Lily?" He asked quietly

"Yes James." She said calmly tying the vines from her plant together.

"Did I hear you right?" he asked her, confused.

"Well that depends..." she said wither arm buried in the stump.

"On what?" James asked, now very confused.

"What you heard."

"Well Lily I heard you I heard you agree to go out with me."

"Then James, you heard right."

"Then would you like to go into Hogsmeade with me this Saturday?"

"Yes I would, should I meet you in the common room?"

"How does noon sound to you Lily?"

"It sounds perfect, I'll be there." Lily said smiling at him

Just them professor Sprout came over, "Enough chatting over here you two, all the other groups are already working on their first pods."

James dug right in and started helping Lily restrain her plant.

By the time Saturday came around Lily couldn't help but be excited, she'd woken early and eaten breakfast. Now she was back in her dormitory and dressing carefully. Finally she settled on jeans and a white blouse. It was simple and it didn't clash with her hair, sometimes Lily wished she could wear red and pink.

Lily saw James as soon as she reached the common room. He was holding a bouquet of lilies and daisies.

Lily started blushing, I don't remember ever telling him that those are my favourite flowers... she thought to her self

"Thank you James, they're beautiful." And then Lily did something very unexpected, even she didn't expect it. She kissed James on the cheek.

For once in his life James was speechless and blushing furiously.

As they headed for Hogsmeade James gently took Lily's hand, and to both of their surprise she let him secretly she was feeling a bit bad for not giving him a chance sooner. James is actually a very sweet guy.

They went into Honeyduke's first. Where Lily and James stocked up on everything from Lily's favourites: Chocolate Frogs and Sugar Quills to James' favourites: Pumpkin Pasties and Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. But when Lily pulled out her wallet to pay for her sizable pile of sweets, James added his sweets to the pile and paid for the lot himself. When Lily made an attempt to protest James kissed her, "I asked you out, I am the big tough man, I pay."

"James really, I didn't expect you to pay for me." She said, still a little breathless from their kiss.

"And Lily that is exactly why I like you. And why I want to pay." James gave her a grin that could win over a harder woman than Lily.

"Well, can we go to Zonko's next? There are a few things I'd like to pick up there, if you don't mind."

"Mind? You want to go to Zonko's, after nearly seven years I never pegged you for a joke shop kind of girl."

"I'll take that to mean that you don't mind."

"Not at all Lily. But out of curiosity what do you need?"

"Well I need a new Wizard Chess set, my king died recently and now not even my pawns will follow orders. And I'd like some self shuffling playing cards as well."

At Zonko's Lily ended up with some Wet Start No Heat Filibuster Fireworks, and a Nose-Biting Teacup {both of which James helped her pick out, he is the expert after all} in addition to what she had gone in for.

Again James paid for all or her purchases as well as his own. And again he silenced her protests with a kiss.

"Do you fancy a butter beer Lily?"

"Oh, a butter beer sounds lovely James, but I will only go with you if you let me buy."

"No Lily, that's..."

"That's my only condition James, come on you bought me all of this," She held up her shopping bags. "Let me at least buy you a drink."

"Fine just one" James agreed grudgingly

After they'd finished their third round of butter beer they were still having a great time.

"Do you know everyone in this pub is staring at us James?"

"Yes well they all know that you're way out of my league and they're wondering why you're here with me."

"James don't say that. I've had a better time with you than I've ever had before."

"This was your best date?"

"The best one ever, once you stop trying to impress everyone you are a really great guy James Potter. And you know how hard that is for me to say." Lily kissed him on the cheek again.

James took her face gently in his hands and gave her a real kiss. It was deep and careful, but Lily would never forget it.

As they were walking back to the castle, holding hands and talking the whole time. Lily suddenly burst out laughing.

"What is it?" James asked

"Remus is always right."

James started laughing too, "Did he convince you to come out with me."

"Yes he did, and he was right you are nice when one gets to know you a little bit."

"You should have listened to Remus long ago my beautiful Miss Evans, he is always right.

Love Always

-Lily