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A/N: I'm pretty sure I have no more readers because of how long it takes me to update. :( Im a terrible person I know! I'm going to do better... I hope.

Chapter 10

Lily's POV

It's seven o'clock and no one is in the prefects room. Great. I guess I will just wait a little longer, not a ton of people are punctual... But Remus always comes at least five minutes early, maybe even ten and even he's not here. Well... maybe Potter and Black stole him away to play some start of the year pranks. That's got to be it. But what about everyone else. Where are all of them? I sorted through my thoughts in the quiet, there was not anything else to do, after all, you cannot really hold a meeting with one person.

Ten minutes later I sighed and stood up, giving up on the whole deal. I have so much homework that needs doing, already, and if I'm just going to wait around here for nothing then I may as well go back to my room and get a head start on it. I picked up my bag and, after tripping over nothing in the hallway, went straight to the Gryffindor common room.

"Kirakera," I muttered as I approached the portrait.

She smiled at me softly, "Cheer up sport, it's only the first day of school."

"Thanks," I smiled back.

As I entered the common room my eyes quickly landed on Remus, alone in the corner, studying. "What happened to the meeting?" I asked as I sat down next to him.

"What? I thought you were the one who canceled."

"Why would I. Obviously I was the only person who didn't hear the change in plans."

"James told me, I thought... oh never mind. I guess I will ask him about it later." Remus sighed, looking a little sorry.

"It's fine by me, I guess I will just do my homework." I stood up and went to my dormitory, dumping my things on my bed.

James' POV

Plan: Step 1- Tell all the prefects that the meeting is canceled. Check

Step 2- Go to the kitchens and ask the help of some friendly house elves. Check

Step 3- Go wait outside the Prefects meeting room and make sure Lily is there. Check

Step 4- Go in and apologize to her and invite her to eat with you down in the kitchens where the house elves will serve you a lovely romantic dinner. Fail.

I was fine, getting all of the plans ready. Choosing the perfect foods for the elves to serve us. Making sure Lily was alone. Everything was set. It could have been the best night of my life. Then one question hit my mind.

What if she said no?

I have been turned down since our first year at this school. Constantly hoping, constantly making a fool out of myself and constantly having my heart broken by my dearest Lily. The thought of it happening again was more than I could even think about. It was enough to make me choke.

I just stood there, under my invisibility cloak as she sighed and grabbed her things. Hidden from view when she walked out the door. Invisible to all even as she tripped lightly over my foot. My perfect chance to set things right just walked away and I let her.

Lily's POV

"Done!" I shouted as I slammed my books closed. That is a relief. One less thing to worry about as the school year starts out. There is something else that needs to be done though.

I sighed and stood up, heading out of my room and down to look for Potter. I don't really care anymore as to why the meeting was canceled, but we do need to reschedule.

James' POV

"I blew it Pads." I moaned as I fell into the couch. "I made the perfect opportunity but choked at the last minute! I will never be able to set things straight with Lily."

"Probably not." Sirius mumbled.

"Gee thanks for the support." I muttered sarcastically.

"I'm serious!" He shrugged, "You need to stop chasing her. How many times has she said no? Way more than I can count, that's for sure. Just let her go, she's not worth the trouble."

I glared at him, thoughts tearing through my head, but all I could say was, "She is way worth it." I walked away from Sirius. My best friend since the first train ride to Hogwarts. Back then he said his whole family was in Slytherin and I couldn't believe it. He promised us that he would be in Gryffindor, because he wouldn't be like his family. I don't know where that Sirius went, but at that moment I felt as if he should be in Slytherin.

"That was a dumb thing to say," I heard Remus tell Sirius. "James truly loves Lily, if he didn't he wouldn't keep chasing her..." The portrait closed behind me.

"You look even more down than the Head Girl," the fat lady commented.

"What?"

"Lily, nice girl, she came in a little while ago looking just down right sad. I'd say you are worse than she."

"I'd say..." I trailed off, thinking. "Did she come back out?"

"No," the fat lady eyed me skeptically, "Why?"

"I won't loose my nerve again. Can I get back in?"

She swung open with a smile. Sometimes I wonder how much she really knows about all that goes on at this school. It might be a lot more than we all give her credit for.

I stepped back in, scanning the common room. She's not in here so she must be in her dormitory. Forth floor door opened and out stepped Lily, beautiful Lily. Before I knew it I was dashing for the steps, my only thought was to get to her and apologize for everything.

"Lily!" I cried, grabbing her attention.

"James!" her eyes grew wide, "No, don't come up the-"

I was six steps up when the stairs collapsed into a perfectly smooth slide, sending me sprawling back down to the ground. Seconds later Lily shrieked and landed on top of me.

"James," She moaned, kneeling up and pulling her uniform straight, "I told you yesterday not to try to go up the girl's steps."

I blushed, still on my butt, just looking at the beautiful girl in front of me. "I forgot."

"Obviously," She stood up and lent me her hand. I gratefully took it and got to my feet. Noticing, probably too much, how soft her hand was in mine, and how perfectly it fit.

"What was it you were so eager to tell me about that you had to run up the stairs," she gestured to the slide behind her, then placed her foot on it and it morphed back into stairs.

By now we had gathered the attention of everyone else in the common room. I glanced around, her hand was still in mine, and motioned toward the portrait hole.

"Ya," she shrugged and followed me out.

Lily's POV

He lead me out of the common room, his warm hand holding mine. He looked really embarrassed, which isn't really his normal character. Honestly, it made me worried about what was going on.

"What's up?" I asked when we stopped, unaware of our whereabouts.

"I'm sorry," He blurted.

The look on my face must have given away my confusion because he blushed fiercely and his hand shot to his already unruly hair.

"I'm really confused on just about every front at the moment, so if you wouldn't mind explaining a few things for me, that would be wonderful."

"Oh- a-" He stuttered for a second then sighed. "I'm sorry for being such an awful Head Boy, I'm sorry for being a jerk to Snape, for being jealous, and for- for-" he stopped. "I'm sorry for just letting you walk by. I meant to come in when you were in the meeting room. I meant to apologize then, but I- I choked. I'm sorry for making you sad."

I swallowed. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Just for saying that." I didn't know what to say on the matter, "Well, we kind of need to reschedule the meeting, so..."

"Tomorrow at seven instead?" He looked relieved at the change of subject.

"Sounds great, I'll tell all the Slytherin's and Ravenclaw's."

"I'll get Gryffindor and Hufflepuff," He smiled, looking like he wanted to say something further, but then quickly walked away.

I stood in the empty classroom alone, confused. Was that really James? He really has changed.

A/N: I'm going to do my best to have the next chapter on this week. Thank you for reading! please review!