It was Monday again, and Jenine and Melany were preparing for another Muggle Studies class.
"I still can't believe that McGonagall left you and Charlotte off with a warning. I mean, especially from that show," Melany said, laughing.
"Yeah, I can hardly believe it, too. So you think this lesson will be good enough?" the other girl replied.
"Yeah, I think they'll have fun with this," she said, smiling, "Oh but make sure Charlotte doesn't get too much sugar coated sprinkles."
The girl nodded as the kids started to pile in to the classroom.
"Welcome students. Please stay standing since me and Jenine are going to pick partners for you to work with today," Melany explained.
The students obeyed as Jenine pulled out a list from her pocket.
"The first group will be Remus and Sirius," she said, pointing at the table they were to sit at.
"Blaise and Draco," she continued, winking at her boyfriend.
"Ron and Ginny," Melany said.
"Charlotte and," the other professor looked at the girls, who were scared of being separated, "Arianne."
The two girls gave a sigh of relief but then changed to frightened looks as they looked to see who Lily was left with.
"Which leaves us to Lily and James," Melany explained.
Everyone looked at them with worried looks, even the teachers.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" she whispered.
"Trust me, this will help," Jenine replied, "Alright students. Today we are going to do something called baking. Anyone know what it is?"
Remus and Lily's hand shot up.
"Remus?"
"Baking is this type of Muggle cooking. They use it to cook sweets and stuff like that," he explained.
"Very good. Today we are baking cupcakes. Lily, would you like to explain what a cupcake is?" Melany asked the redhead.
"A cupcake is basically a cake, but it's baked in a cup," she explained.
"Right. So as you can see on the desks in front of you that there are different types of cupcake flavors. When you are done putting the batter in the cup, come to us and we'll bake them for you," Melany explained
"After we're done baking, your task is to decorate the cupcake with frosting and sprinkles. Understand?" Jenine asked.
Everyone nodded as Blaise raised his hand. The professors motioned at him to talk.
"So that's it? No catch?" he asked.
"Now, Blaise, why do you think there would be a catch?" Jenine asked sweetly.
"Well, because it's you two. So, no catch right?"
"Oh no, there's a catch," Melany said.
The students moaned as she said, "What? You guys think we wouldn't let you off that easily."
"Yeah, and we paired you up for a reason. The catch is instead of making your own, you have to make the cupcake on how your partner wants you to make it. Okay, now you can begin."
The partners looked at each other for a moment before starting to work. All, except for James and lily, who sat there longer.
"So, are we going to start now?" James said awkwardly, breaking the silence.
The redhead nodded and said, "Yeah, let's just get it over with."
"So uh, what flavor do you want?"
"Chocolate please?"
"Wow, you actually said please."
"Shut it, Potter. If being civil to you will earn me a good grade, then I have no choice."
"Yeah, you do. You can be very insensitive and earn a bad grade. But I know that's not you."
"Well, you kinda know me well, then."
"Oh, you have no idea," he said smirking.
She rolled her eyes before saying, "So what flavor do you want?"
"Chocolate as well."
"Are you just picking that because I did?"
"No, I actually like chocolate for your information."
"Why should I believe you?"
James then turned to Charlotte across from them and said, "Char, what's my favorite flavor of all time?"
"Chocolate, why?"
He then turned back at Lily, who had a frustrated look on her face.
"Told you so," he said.
She merely sighed before getting to work on making the batter.
"You think it's making some sort of an effort?" Jenine said, looking at the couple.
"Well, they haven't gotten into a screaming match yet. So I guess it's working in a way," the other professor said.
"What's working in a way?" Ron said from behind them.
"You see, we're trying to make an effort on Lily and James' relationship," Melany explained.
"Isn't that messing up the future in a way?" Ginny said, softly.
"No, messing up the future is telling them what's in the future," Jenine replied.
"Oh. Well, we're ready with our cupcakes," she said, before her and Ron handed them the cups.
After baking their cupcakes, Blaise and Draco were the next ones to be finished with theirs.
"Why do you have three?" Jenine said, pointing at the extra cupcake in Draco's hand.
"Uh, because I want another one?" he said innocently.
"Sorry, but you have to throw it away."
"I'm kidding. This one's for you," he said, smiling.
"Hooray! Wait, what kind is it?"
"Red velvet, of course."
She smiled before getting the cupcakes from them.
Meanwhile at the other table, Lily and James were silently finishing up the first part of the task.
"So are you almost done?" she asked him.
"Hold on, just need to put the chocolate batter in the cup," he said.
After he finished, they both stood up and head their way to where the professors were sitting at.
"I see you both are chocoholics," Melany said, smiling.
The two smiled a bit as they waited for their cupcakes to finish. When they were done, she carefully handed them their desserts.
"The frosting and other decorations are at your table. You have a little over 15 minutes so make it nice," she explained before they turned back to the table.
"So what kind of frosting do you want on yours?" Lily asked him as they sat back down.
"Chocolate on chocolate sounds good to me," he replied, "You?"
"Same here."
"Any sprinkles?"
"Uh, no. Those are gross," she replied.
"Yeah, they look girly, anyway," he said.
"Oh come on, James, embrace your feminine side," she teased, but suddenly realized that she had called him by his first name.
"Alright, but only because you called me James," he said, smirking.
She smiled a little bit as she continued to put the frosting on the cupcake.
5 minutes before class ended, the two professors told them to stop so that they can look at the cupcakes. When they reached Sirius and Remus' table, they giggled a little.
"Who's cupcake is this?" Jenine said, pointing at the brightly colored sprinkled one.
"I made this one for Remus," Sirius said, proudly.
"I see. What do you think of it, Remus?"
"First of all, I never asked for any of these sprinkles to be on there!" he complained.
"Well, for your information, Moony, all you said was to make it look nice. And so I did," Sirius argued.
"Alright, gentlemen, that's enough. Next time, communicate better, alright?' Melany said before the boys nodded.
The two professors then past each tale, giving them all fairly good marks. The last table they reached was Lily and James' table.
"So, did you both follow each other's directions?" Jenine asked.
They both nodded in reply.
"Any complaints about one another?"
James shook his head before turning to Lily, expecting her to say something.
But to everyone's surprise, she also shook her head and said, "Everything went alright."
"Very good. Everyone may now eat their cupcakes now."
Everyone smiled as they took a bite into their cupcakes. At the end of class, Ginny and Lily were the last ones to walk out of the class.
"Interesting lesson, wasn't it?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, it was pretty fun," the other redhead replied.
"You know I was pretty amazed that you actually didn't have bad things to say about James."
"Oh, really? And why is that?"
"Well, because you always do, is all. Surely you're not starting to fall for him, are you?"
Lily stopped waling and turned to her, "Of course I'm not! I'm just starting to gain some respect for him, that's all."
Ginny laughed before saying, "Whatever you say, Lily, whatever you say."
But Lily didn't quite here her, as she was thinking if she was indeed falling for the infamous James Potter.
