CHAPTER 10
A/N: Sorry for the wait, I'm going to try to update more often, like at least once a week. I've been having a bit of a writers block, so please forgive me if the chapter sucks. Read and Review!
Lily was working with homework for Potions, and was concentrating hard. She was sitting in the head dorm, warming herself by the fire. The leaves outside were beginning to turn yellow and red, although the weather still was pretty nice. A few drops of rain hit the window on the side of the room, and she found it quite comfortable to listen to.
Lily was however soon distracted, when footsteps could be heard from the other side of the room. James was coming out of his bedroom, and was carrying a small pile of papers.
"Hey" James said, looking very uncomfortable. It was clear that Lily hadn't forgotten about his little prank.
"Hi. What do you want?" Lily said in a monotone.
"Uhm.. I was thinking maybe we should do some Heads work, seeing as we're having the Prefects meeting tomorrow night, you know"
"Fine"
"One more thing, Remus won't be able to make it, because of his aunt being sick and all"
"All right, so what were you thinking?" Lily inquired.
"For the meeting?"
Lily looked at him like he was an idiot.
"I was thinking maybe we should have some sort of event, like a ball, a masquerade or something?" James said. "Oh, and we need to go through the Patrol schedules, just to make sure nobody has any complaints"
"Okay" Lily said, once again in a monotone, and they set to work.
Later that night four boys met inside a house known as haunted, awaiting the full moon that was too come. The moon was soon to appear on the black night sky, above the Shrieking Shack.
"Padfoot, Prongs, Wormtail" Moony declared "Are you ready?"
"Pfft, aren't we always?" Sirius replied.
"What about you, Moony?" wondered James.
"Am I ever?" Remus answered resigned.
After a small pause, Peter spoke.
"I don't think you're ready ever" Peter answered Remus, clearly being the stupider one of the lot.
"Thank you, Wormtail, for reminding me." Remus shook his head. "I think you should get ready now" Remus told them all "Oh, and are you sure you want to do this? I don't want to hurt you"
"Yes mum, must you always worry so?" Sirius smiled.
"We're fine Moony" James said.
"Okay, I guess" Remus said resigned "oh, and thanks for the mum comment" he mumbled sarcastically.
"Any time"
The boys did as they always would this time of month and changed in to their animals. One stag, one dog, and a rat.
Soon the howls could be heard from the village near by, and shivers ran down many necks. When the moon went down, and the sun up, four boys appeared at the Hospital wing of Hogwarts. One stayed. The others left and tended to their minor injuries alone.
It was Wednesday and therefore Potions. The Gryffindors had this class with the Slytherins and James and Sirius were not particularly looking forward to this.
"Oh my, old Snivellus will be here any minute you know" James said.
"Better hold our breath" Sirius said "We don't want to die of the stench either"
"You know, that isn't very nice" Dorcas said. She wasn't particularly fond of Snape either but she believed that it was unfair to treat people badly just because of which house they were in.
"Yah, yah.. Nice, mean.. Who cares?" Sirius said.
"And by the way" Dorcas continued, completely unperturbed "Why didn't Remus tell me he was visiting his aunt?" her voice was slightly hurt now.
"OH! That!" James exclaimed "That was because he had to leave in a rush, barely had time to pack his toothbrush"
"Still, he could have left a message with you or something"
"Remus isn't used to having to leave messages, that's probably why" Sirius said.
"All right class, settle down now!" came Professor Slughorns booming voice.
Just then, Snape came rushing in, in his over-sized robes. Being in such a rush, he couldn't help but trip and promptly landed on the floor. The whole class boomed with laughter, but as soon as Snape (completely red in the face) had gotten to his seat, the laughter died down.
Slughorn, deciding not to have one of his best students loose points, ignored the whole happening and continued the class.
"What we are going to brew today, and the next following week, is a potion called Amortentia" Slughorn told the class "Can anyone tell me what this potion does?"
Lily, sitting in the front with Margaret (Marlene didn't take potions) promptly put her hand in the air.
"Yes Miss Evans?" Slughorn smiled.
"It is the most powerful love-potion known" She said "and the reason we have to brew it this and the next week is because, it needs to simmer, and rest for about a week"
"Wonderful! Completely correct, and even more than I asked for" Slughorn boomed. "Ten points to Gryffindor!"
"Thanks, professor" Lily smiled.
"Now class, we are going to pair you up with couples for the next two weeks"
"Oh no!" Exclaimed James, he always got the person he wanted the least.
Slughorn ignored the comment, and several of the sniggers going trough the class, and read up the couples.
"Evans and Black"
"Snape and Pettigrew"
"Brown and Lupin"
"Potter and Malfoy"
"Meadows and Wilkes"
… And so the list went on. Amongst the names that were getting called, you could hear James and several others groan. These two weeks did not seem to work out for many. Margaret was among the few that were pleased, even though she had to work alone for the first week. Lily said she would help her.
In the evening James and Lily headed down to the Prefects meeting. When they arrived almost everyone were settled, and they quickly started the meeting.
"Okay, so since this is our first meeting, any questions or comments, or any help, will be appreciated" James started.
The Prefects nodded, and a small Hufflepuff, from 5th year, blushed when James eyes met hers. James fought the urge to chuckle.
"First of all" Lily began "we would like to hear if there are any complaints about the patrol-schedule?"
"Anyone?" James asked. When nobody answered, he grinned "Why, we must be marvelous Heads, we got it right on the first try"
He earned a few snickers, and giggles, before Lily shot him a glare and continued.
"Secondly, we should have some sort of event soon, don't you think?"
Murmurs of agreement could be heard, and Lily went on.
"It could be a Halloween ball, a masquerade maybe, or should we wait until Christmas?"
"Halloween!" an eager Hufflepuff boy named Dylan exclaimed.
The others agreed. "Halloween it is then" James smiled.
"Should we go with a masquerade, or just ask people to dress up?"
"Both" Said a Ravenclaw prefect, named Silvia. Her friend, or co-prefect, Mathew, nodded his ascent.
"Okay then, all we need to do is divide into groups, of who does what, and decide a date" James smiled.
Lyly rolled her eyes. "Potter. It's a Halloween ball, it will be on Halloween"
"Okey-dokey. We got that settled at least" James said, completely unperturbed.
Several girls giggled.
After the job's were assigned, and the rules of the school gone through, the meeting was adjourned. Lily and James headed back to the Dorms together, both to get some sleep. The trip home was awkward, and when James tried to strike up a conversation, Lily would glare the other way.
James sighed, climbed in the portrait and went to bed. "One day" he thought "One day, she'll realize I've changed".
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Aannd.. yeah. I forgot what I was going to say. Have a nice weekend, maybe?
-AddictedToPotterAndProudOfIt