Chapter 10-Defense against the dark arts class.

Disclaimer:No Rowling here ma'am, you've got the wrong person.

IDK WHAT'S EVEN GOING ON WITH THESE ANYMORE.

It was a few days later and everyone was in the swing of things now.

Lily had met Luna like Ginny had promised. It went something like this:

"Luna, Lily. Lily, Luna." Ginny introduced.

"Hi." Lily's eyes were scanning Luna, she was the perfect copy of her mother.

"So how come you're back? Oh, hello Professor Lupin, Sirius." Everyone stared. Then Lily hugged Luna who put an arm around Lily like this was normal.

"You'll have to get used to being called Pandora by me, sorry." Lily laughed.

"Oh it's quite ok." Luna replied.

Now everyone ate at the Gryffindor table, including Luna, happily talking. Lily still hated Black and Potter,but Remus, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Luna all loved them and Hermione was ok with them, so she still had to hang around them. Lily had chosen to ignore them. Usually when they got too much for her and Hermione the girls would go to the library or even just for walks, thank god for Hermione Granger.

Next was Defense against the dark arts, it was their third defence lesson of the year and Lily was getting worried. James hadn't asked her out once, only ever talking to her to ask something or create small talk at the end of the lesson when the teacher ave five minutes them to pack away and talk quietly to the person next to them as they waited for the bell. He was planning a prank and she knew it!

Ah, Defense against the dark arts. Defense was James' favourite lesson, he sat next to Lily in that class. And sitting next to Lily means putting project 'Befriend Lily' into action. Okay the name needs work.

"Alright Evans?" He asked as he sat in his chair waiting for their professor.

"Yes thank you." Lily said stiffly. She held her head high and shoulders back, she looked tense.

"Oh come on Evans!" James whined. 'Don't be annoying!' he mentally slapped himself. "Do you have to be all tense and stuff? Look i know i'm annoying-"

'Here it comes.' Lily thought in a sing song voice.

"-and that you don't like me, but i know you don't hate me. You might used to, but i can tell so i have a proposal." James reached out his hand for Lily to shake. "Truce?" Lily raised her eyebrows at him.

"You, James Potter a truce? From what?" Lily asked.

"You either ignoring me or snapping at me."

"...Why?" Lily asked yet another question.

"Because i want to be friends with you and not because you don't have any because you do and not because of some reason to insult you, but simply because i think you're great and just wanna hang out." James said sternly, but sweetly. Lily thought for a while.

"...Fine a TRUCE not a friendship a truce. When we are forced to talk i will be civil and i will greet you in the morning. " Lily visibly untensed as James' eyes brightened as she said this. 'It's because he isn't pulling a prank, no actor is so good that they can make their eyes twinkle.' She told herself.

Professor Aberforth-they were told to call him that so not to get confused with his late brother-walked in and the class fell silent.

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"'Mione are you still going on about SPEW? You're meant to ease her into your craziness." Ron joked.

"Well she is actually very interested in freeing house elves. And anyway Ron, i didn't 'ease' you into my craziness and you love me." Hermione nudged him with her elbow.

"You got me there." Ron put his hands in the air in mock defeat.

They both laughed and ended up both looking into each other's eyes. They stayed like that for a little bit, before Hermione heard Ginny laugh loudly then coughed and Hermione blushed a deep shade of red and looked away. Ron coughed awkwardly his ears and face went an unflattering shade of red, Ginny and Harry smirked. Then Professor Aberforth walked in.

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"So how's it been?" Ginny asked as her and Harry sat down.

"Sometimes i forget who they are y'know. Then someone will say their names or James or Lupin will call Sirius Padfoot and it all comes back. It doesn't make me sad, you might even say i feel happy, it's just a...it's the feeling i felt when i came to Hogwarts, when i met Ron and Hermione and when i first went to the Burrow y'know." Harry tried to explain.

"Belonging?" Ginny gave him a knowing smile and he nodded. Then an evil smirk that would make James proud appeared on his lips. Ginny looked across from them and Hermione and Ron who were in some kind of moment...kinda looked like a staring contest.

Ginny laughed loudly and cleared her throat and both of them turned bright red. Ginny and Harry smirked. Then then Aberforth walked in and thee class fell quiet.

Awww! Okay so finally feelings are developing between both Ron and Hermione AND James and Lily! We've also got some Ginny and Harry! Review please!