I made a slight change to the ending of the previous chapter, as it didn't tie up with what was going to happen next. Anyway, enjoy!!

All's Well that Ends the Term Well

Once the door closed after James and Lily, the room stared after them, anxious and worried. A buzz of chatter began, drowning out the music of the band that had been hired for the occasion.

"What's happened?"

"Do you think Lily's alright?"

"What's wrong with that Evans girl?"

Everyone was confused as to what had happened to Lily. However, no one was as confused, or worried, as Severus Snape.

What the hell? All I did was put in a head enlargement potion – that wasn't supposed to happen… it wasn't even supposed to be for her, it was for Potter…

Meanwhile Carmen and William had just entered the Great Hall and, noticing the panicked atmosphere, looked at each other curiously.

"What do you think has happened – has Dumbledore made some kind of announcement?" Carmen wondered aloud.

"Beats me. Oh, look, your friend Sarah's coming over – ask her," William replied.

Sarah rushed towards William and Carmen, Dom hurrying after her.

"Carmen! Have you heard?"

Carmen frowned, "heard what? What's going on?"

"Something's happened to Lily. No one knows what, though. We just saw James carrying her out of the Great Hall – she was white and shaking," Dom explained.

Carmen's eyes widened in shock, fear flooding through her.

"Oh my… well, let's go to the Hospital Wing and see if she's alright!"

Carmen grabbed Sarah and they ran out of the Great Hall in the direction of the Hospital Wing.

Sarah and Carmen burst into the Hospital Wing and, seeing James and Madam Pomfrey leaning over one of the beds, rushed over, to find a pale Lily, lying, asleep.

"Excuse me ladies, I really don't think charging in here like that is appropriate! This is a Hospital Wing, not a Common Room," said Madam Pomfrey, frowning sternly at the girls.

"Sorry, Madam Pomfrey, we just needed to see Lily, is she okay?" Sarah said.

Madam Pomfrey's look softened.

"Yes, I believe she will be as right as rain in a couple of days, although I'm not entirely sure what caused this – I assumed an allergic reaction, so I just gave her an antidote, and the symptoms seemed to go away. Was she drinking or eating anything, Mr Potter?"

"She just had some pumpkin juice. Oh, and butterbeer, well, she had some of mine, but she's not allergic to it," James replied quietly, his face pale.

"Then I have no idea. The only thing I know her to be allergic to, is liquid from an Augeo plant, after an incident with one during Herbology. So unless someone put something in her drink, she must have developed an allergy to –"

"Wait," Carmen interrupted, "It's just a thought, but Snape did seem to be giving you pretty dark looks all day yesterday –"

"You mean more than usual?" James rolled his eyes.

"Yes," Carmen said. "I think it may have had something to do with that Transfiguration lesson, with the words on his back."

"Why would he be annoyed with me? It was Peter who did that," James frowned.

"He didn't know that though, did he? And you were right behind him at the time," Sarah pointed out.

Madam Pomfrey sighed, and walked to the door.

"I shall call Mr Snape to Professor Dumbledore's office, and see his side to the story, assuming it was him who did this," she said firmly. "He will want to see you too, Mr Potter," she added, before walking briskly out of the door.

James sat down silently beside Lily and took her hand in his. Carmen and Sarah stood awkwardly next to him, unsure of what to say.

"I'm sorry, grab some chairs if you want," James said, pointing to a couple of chairs at the next bed.

Pulling up the chairs, the girls sat down and stared at Lily.

William came through the door, breaking the silence.

"Hey, what's happening? He asked, walking over to Carmen and giving her a hug.

"We think Snape spiked James' drink, which Lily then drank," Carmen said.

"Blimey, but what did he spike it with to get a reaction like that?"

"No idea, but I don't think Snape really wanted to hurt James. She must have just had an allergic reaction to the thing he put in," Sarah reasoned.

He nodded. He looked over at James, who hadn't spoken since he had come in.

"You alright? You're James, right?" He asked.

James looked up at him, and nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine – William, is it?"

"Yeah."

"Are you sure, James, you're looking a bit pale," Sarah turned her gaze to him.

"Look, I'm fine. I'm just worried about her, okay?" James said, glaring at them all, silencing the room once again.

Madam Pomfrey appeared at the door again.

"Mr Potter, Dumbledore wants you in his office now, please."

Taking one last look at Lily, he got up and left without a word.

Madam Pomfrey led James into Dumbledore's office, where Snape was sitting, alone.

"Professor Dumbledore will be here momentarily, so just wait here quietly for him," Madam Pomfrey said.

She left, shutting the door behind her. James looked at Snape.

"So, was it you?" James asked calmly, trying not to flip out.

"Yes it was me who gave her the potion, but -" Snape began.

"What? Why - why did you do this to her?" cried James, moving dangerously towards Snape.

Snape glared at James, getting up from his seat. "It wasn't supposed to be for her it was -"Snape started.

"Excuse me, I think you should both take a seat," interrupted Dumbledore, who had come into the room and shut the door.

Conjuring a chair, Dumbledore gestured for James to sit.

"Mr Potter, since you are involved in this fiasco, and incidentally, I believe, close to Miss Evans, I felt it necessary for you to come and hear Mr Snape's side of the matter yourself. Now, Mr Snape, did you put anything in Lily's drink?"

"I didn't put anything in Evans' drink, but I did put a head enlargement potion in Potter's, she must have drunk it by accident," Snape explained somewhat grudgingly, his sinister stare sitting persistently on James.

Dumbledore's expression did not falter. James', however, darkened considerably.

"That confirms my suspicions, as I believe that particular potion contains Augeo liquid which Miss Evans is allergic to," Dumbledore stated, talking mainly to himself.

"May I ask why you did this?" he asked calmly.

"To get him back for a prank he pulled on me in Trans–"

"That wasn't me!" James exploded. "Just because me and Sirius were sitting behind you, doesn't mean it had anything to do with us."

Snape's look clearly showed that he didn't believe a word of what James was saying. James ignored this and looked at Dumbledore, waiting for his reaction. Dumbledore seemed to be working things out in his head, as he didn't say a word for several long moments, until he sat up and turned his gaze to Snape.

"Mr Snape, due to the fact that you put a head enlargement potion in Mr Potter's drink, which, I believe, is on the list of banned items Mr Filch has in his office, I am giving you detention with me every Saturday at 8:00pm until Easter - do I make myself clear?" Dumbledore stated simply.

"Yes, Sir."

"Very well, you may both leave and join the rest of the school at the Christmas Ball, which, I may just like to add, you and Miss Evans did a splendid job on, Mr Potter," Dumbledore smiled, standing up and opening the door for the boys to leave.

James nodded and said goodnight, rushing out of the office before Snape could say anything to him, or, before he himself lost control and punched Snape's face in.

A couple of days passed, and it was the last morning of term. Everyone was either packing to go home for the Christmas holidays, or getting ready to celebrate the holidays at school. There was cheerful atmosphere buzzing round the school, and everyone, even those worried about Lily Evans were happily looking forward to relaxing.

James entered the boys' dormitory to finish off the rest of his packing, after spending some time in the Hospital Wing with Lily. Remus and Sirius were there, packing up their belongings too.

"Hey Prongs – how's Evans doing? Has the swelling gone down yet?" Sirius asked, a slight smirk threatening to form on his face.

"I know you want to laugh Padfoot," James said, smiling faintly. "Yes, her head's basically normal size now, and all the other symptoms have gone away completely. She's ready to come out now, so I think Carmen and Sarah ware going to help her with packing and stuff."

The others nodded. James couldn't help noticing that Peter was absent, again.

Where is Wormtail these days? Probably avoiding me, seeing as it was his fault that Snape wanted to get me back in the first place…

Wanting to voice his curiosity, he asked his friends anyway.

"No idea. He's acting so weird lately, and rarely hangs out with us any more," Remus answered.

"He's probably avoiding you," Sirius added, tossing a few battered looking dung bombs into James' trunk.

"Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh well, anyway, Moony, you going to drop in at mine during the holidays to hang out with me and Padfoot?" James asked, chucking the dung bombs back into Sirius' trunk.

"Yeah, that would be great," Remus said, grinning.

"Cool. I think I might ask the girls if they want to come for a couple of days too – that way I can see Lily," James said.

"If you want to see Lily, why don't you just invite her round?" Sirius frowned.

"Well, she might think I'm inviting her on her own just so we can… you know," James trailed off, signifying the rest of the sentence with a jerk of his head, his face reddening slightly.

Sirius wolf whistled. James rolled his eyes, chucking a dung bomb at him. Sirius chucked it back.

"Oi – do you want it to go off?" Remus warned, laughing.

Sirius' expression changed dramatically, "good point," he said, and placed it in James' trunk again while his back was turned.

Down in the Great Hall, Carmen and Sarah were having breakfast.

"So, you've been hanging out with this William a lot, are you two going out?" Sarah asked.

Carmen laughed.

"No! We're just friends. It's crazy – I only properly met him recently, but we've become good friends so quickly. We just clicked, you know?" she said, pouring milk on her cornflakes.

"That's great, he seems lovely. So, are you looking forward to the holidays?"

Carmen grimaced.

"Yeah, I guess. I just get a bit fed up after hearing my parents constantly praising Dominic," she said.

"They must talk about you too," Sarah said rationally.

Carmen snorted bitterly, putting down her spoon with a loud clang.

"Oh yeah, my name comes up alright – 'it's a shame Carmen doesn't have the same care for her studies as Dominic'" Carmen mimicked, putting on a squeaky voice.

"I take it that's you mother."

Carmen nodded, going back to her cornflakes.

"My Dad isn't as bad, he takes more notice of me than Mum does, but still, it gets to me sometimes."

Sarah looked at Carmen sadly. Even though they had been best friends for almost seven years, Carmen had rarely talked about her family.

I've never noticed her parents to be like that when Lily and I have been round. Well, I guess most parents put on a bit of a front when guests are there…

Her thoughts were distracted when Lily joined them at the table.

"Lily! Great, you're here!" Carmen squealed, jumping up and hugging her gleefully, accidentally knocking into someone.

"Oh, sorry," she apologised distractedly to the boy she knocked into.

"Carmen," he said. "It's me."

Carmen looked round. It was William.

"Oh, sorry Will! I didn't notice it was you – look, Lily's better!" she said, grinning happily.

He smiled and welcomed her back. Sarah watched as he took a seat further down the table, next to Dom. Carmen didn't seem to notice the crestfallen look on his face. Sarah frowned slightly, but decided to ignore it and turned to Lily and Carmen.

"Oh, before I forget, James wondered if the three of us wanted to stay at his place for a couple of days during the Christmas holidays," Lily said, grabbing some toast and jam.

The girls looked at each other and grinned.

"Yeah, that would be really good!" They smiled.

James, Remus and Sirius came up to the table and greeted them.

James kissed lily and sat down beside her, leaning over to take some toast. Remus sat next to him, poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice, and began looking at the Daily Prophet.

"How are you sexy ladies?" Sirius asked sitting next to Carmen and tickling her waist.

"Sirius!" Carmen moaned, squirming.

Sarah saw William scowl at Sirius out of the corner of her eye.

Okay, it's official, he definitely fancies Carmen. It's such a shame she doesn't like him back – they're perfect for each other…

She sighed, but all thoughts of William and Carmen were pushed to the back of mind as she watched Sirius greedily wolf down three pieces of toast at once, to great applause from Remus and James, and to the girls' disgust.

The day flew by, everyone who was going home travelled to Hogsmeade train station and boarded the train, and before anyone knew it, they were pulling up at Kings Cross, platform 9 ¾.

"Wow, are we here?" Sarah wondered.

"Yep," Carmen answered, pulling her luggage from the rack and opening the compartment door.

She bumped into someone on her way out.

"Oh, hey Carmen. You looking forward to Christmas?"

It was a Hufflepuff boy she knew named Phillip.

"Phil, hi! I haven't spoken to you in ages! Yeah I am actually, I am sick of studying," she replied, smiling.

"I agree. I know we haven't hung out for so long – tell you what, send me an owl and we'll get together - catch up. Maybe go out somewhere, yeah?" he said, and wrote down his address on a piece of ripped parchment from his pocket.

Handing it to her, he waved goodbye and got off the train. Carmen grinned, stuffed the piece of parchment in her trouser pocket, and followed her friends off the Hogwarts Express.

Dom and Carmen greeted their parents with hugs. Dom ran back to say goodbye to Sarah.

"I've been invited to James' house during the holidays, and Carmen tells me you have too, so I'll see you there, yeah? I'll miss you," Dom said, and leaned down for a lingering kiss, and hugged her.

Waving, he turned away, back to his parents. Carmen came after him, flying into her with a ferocious hug.

"I still find it weird that you have to say goodbye to my brother like that!" she said, laughing. Sarah grinned and pulled away.

"I saw Phil give you his address – are you going to go out with him?" she questioned casually.

"I think so," Carmen replied, smiling.

"That's great, Carma. Just don't rule out all your possibilities," she added, trying not to give anything away.

"What do you mean?" Carmen asked, glancing at her suspiciously.

"Nothing. Let's say bye to Lily – IF we can drag her away from lover-boy," she said, rolling her eyes.

It was true, Lily and James seemed to be glued together, whispering goodbye to each other between kisses.

"Okay, I really have to go now, James!" Lily said, pulling away from James.

Ignoring her, he leaned in for another long kiss.

"James!" Look, I'm going now!"

"Fine! Just one more kiss, yeah?" he said, grinning.

Lily smiled and nodded. James leaned towards her slowly and brushed a strand of red hair out of her face. He was determined to take his time over this one. He kissed her gently, lifting her off the ground slightly. She began to lose herself in his touch when Carmen bounded into her, breaking the two of them apart.

"Oh, so sorry Lils! Just thought we'd say goodbye, seeing as it's the last day of term and all, but obviously you have better things to do," Carmen said, looking pointedly at James, who raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry, Carma."

She turned to James.

"I'll see you in a few days, but I'll miss you loads," she said, surprising herself. She hadn't realised just how much she would miss him.

"I'll miss you more, though," he grinned, and, kissing her forehead, he left to say goodbye to Remus and to meet his parents and Sirius, who were waiting patiently (well, except Sirius) for him.

Carmen and Sarah engulfed her with a big hug, which she returned cheerfully.

"I'll miss you guys! But we'll see each other in a few days," Sarah said.

"I've got to go and say bye to William, so I'll see you soon!" Carmen said, and rushed off.

William heard his name and looked round to find Carmen running towards him. She hugged him. He closed his eyes and took in the sweet smell of her hair. She pulled away from him, snapping him out of his daze.

"I will miss you, Will – have a good Christmas, don't eat too much, yeah?" she said, chuckling. He laughed.

"Sure thing. I'll miss you too. I have something for you," He reached in his pocket, and gave her a small wrapped up box.

"Don't open it until Christmas Day, okay?" he said, smiling.

He squeezed her hand, and headed towards his family.

I hadn't thought to get William something. It's not like I've known him that long… Oh well, he didn't seem to mind I suppose.

And, stuffing the box into her pocket, she rushed off to find her parents and brother, so she could go home and finally relax.