Summary:

Following the strict guidelines of Jewel5's "In A Nutshell", we present to to you "The EPIC!": It's Lily and her friends last year, and they intend to make the most of it. Lily instead gets ensnarled by James Potter's new outlook on life- he's nicer, more responsible, and somehow seemed to have gotten hotter over the summer. Will she fall for his charm?
~~~Enjoy the EPIC!

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, sweetheart.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes tight,

...you know exactly what I'm talking about.

My first clenched subconsciously underneath the table. What was Marleen playing at? It had barely been any time since she had said that to me, but it felt like a lifetime. Why did I keep thinking about this?

"Lily? You alright?"

James' deep voice brought me out of my thoughts. Oh !#$%^&*. Yeah. Head meeting. Now.

I nod my head to show I heard him, and that I was.

"You sure Lily?"

Then I realized. He hadn't called me 'Lils' or 'Flower' or even 'Evans' or 'Lily-flower'. I didn't realize how much I might...miss that.

"Evans, you anywhere in that pretty little redhead of yours?"

I take it back. James Potter is an arrogant douche and I'd miss nothing about him. Ever. I swear.

"I'm here." I snap impatiently. "Let's finish this quickly."

James pouted jokingly. "You sound like you don't want to spend time with me."

"I don't." I see a flash of hurt pass through his eyes, but it's quickly replaced with his trademark mischievous smile. I pretend I didn't see it in the first place.

"I know you think I'll be a horrible Head Boy." I nod my head in agreement. "But I won't. I'll show you, just you wait."

I felt slightly shocked. Potter taking up responsibility? This must be a joke.

"Anyways," I say loudly, distractedly myself from my own thoughts. "We need to figure out the patrol schedules."

I took out the patrol chart from my bag and Potter slipped it closer to him. Quickly, Potter pointed out which Prefects were on the House Quidditch teams, and crossed out the days that house had late practices. Strangely enough, we managed to quickly pair up all the house prefects according to year, and had also given them a time slot for each day. Before long, all the spots were taken but the midnight patrol for every night.

"Head students traditionally take the midnights patrols - is that okay with you?"

I nod my head in assent.

"Great! We're done with that..." Potter began. "...on to the Point Deduction and Detention system for Prefects!"

"Easy. First time offense deduct five points. Second time offense deduct ten points. Third offense one detention. Fourth offense one week of detention."

A horrified look overcame Potter's face. "That's so harsh though!"

"... It's been that way for the past seven years."

"Really? I never realized."

Probably because you completely disregard school rules.

"Anyways, I think it should change. First time offense is just a warning. Second time offense deduct one point. Third offense deduct five points. Fourth offense one detention."

I swear, my jaw dropped open. "But that's too lenient!"

"No, it's not!" Potter protested. "I think -"

"Potter. It's not going to change, okay? It's been this system for years, and it works. You'll just have to deal."

Potter opens his mouth to disagree, but quickly closes it and nods his head in consent. Good. He knows who's in charge here .. oh wait. Both of us are.

The two of us quickly plan out everything else we need to, and together prepare for the second prefect meeting that would be held at Hogwarts.

The second we're done I pack my things and speed out of the library.

"Wait!" Potter yells after me. "We can walk to the Head Dorms together!"

Oh yeah. The Head Dorms.

I sigh in exasperation, and stop walking so he can catch up to me.

In silence, the two of us walk back to our new dorms. It was only as we reached the door opening to our dorms that Potter broke the silence.

"I wasn't kidding." I send him a questioning look. "I mean, about not being a horrible Head Boy. I'm going to change - I have changed already this year. I promise I'll take my responsibilities seriously." A determined edge entered his tone. "I will."

When his little speech was finished, he turned to the door, murmured 'Quidditch', and entered the dorm.

… What just happened?

chapter 10! this chap came out relatively fast, in our standards...which pretty much means it was still a pretty slow update xD

if any of you readers are also reading our story "Twisted Lifesavers", expect an update for that by Halloween...hopefully. We try :)

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