"Alice!" I yelled.

"What?" She yelled back, breaking away from Frank. I veered away, clapping a hand to my mouth.

"Never mind," I grouched. "I'll get back to you when you're not eating Frank's lips off."

"Have it your way, Lily," She shrugged and they became attached to each by the mouth once more.

"Mary?" I ran into the girls' dormitory and immediately wished I hadn't.

"Lily!" She shouted, red in the face.

"Oh my Merlin Mary."

"I'm sorry!" She wailed. "And that's why you don't randomly stick your head into people's dormitories!"

"I won't," I vowed readily. "But do not snog in my dorm."

"Fine then." She huffed. I ran out as fast as I can, leaving behind an angry Mary and a terrified Remus.

"Marlene?" I called half-heartedly. "Come out if you're not…engaged in physical activity with Sirius."

"Sorry Lils," Sirius' voice floated from the boys' dorm. "She's busy right now.

"I'll bet," I muttered, completely disgusted. There was only one girl that I could go to now, and I'm pretty sure she had Quidditch practice. Nevertheless, I scanned around the crowded common room for Dorcas' brunette head. She wasn't there. Sighing, I grabbed my jacket from my chair and tramped down to the Quidditch field. But unfortunately, not only was Dorcas not there, someone that I could do without was.

"Hey Lily," The handsome, arrogant face of James Potter grinned at me. "Come to see me display my outstanding Chaser abilities?"

"Shut up, Potter. Have you seen Dorcas?"

"And if I did, what would you give me?" He asked with a cocky raise of his eyebrow.

"A punch in the nose," I snapped. "Now where is she?"

"I'm not telling," The insufferable prat smirked. "Unless you give me a kiss, Lily."

"Forget it," I retorted. "And next time you say my name, choke on it."

"I will, love, don't worry!" He called after me amid the laughter of his teammates. I fumed and fought down the urge to turn around the jinx him into next Wednesday. What wouldn't I do for the chance to hit that fat head with a nice Bat-Bogey Hex right now. Calm down, Lily, I told myself. Now's not the time. Maybe later, when I'm not running around the castle trying to know if we have a test in Defense class tomorrow or not. And Dorcas was my last hope.

"I wonder if it'll work if I try to Summon her," I wondered. That was pretty good idea, I thought. By this rate, I'll spend ages looking for her when she could be anywhere; a Summoning Char is definitely my best bet right now. "Accio Dorcas!"

Oh, it worked all right. The tall frame of Dorcas Meadowes busted out of a broom closet, rounded a few corners, flew down the Charms corridor, dodged a statue, and hovered in front of me. But that wasn't the highlight of it. Someone was with her; almost glued to her. By the lips. Yes, that's right, my tomboy best friend, the one who shook her head at our other lovesick friends, the last person in the world that would snog a boy, Dorcas Maria Meadowes, was floating a few inches above the ground, with her face literally jammed to the boy's. For a few seconds, I stared.

"Blimey," I said finally. "That must've been a strong Summoning Charm, if I brought your little friend—"

Extra emphasis on the word 'friend'. "—here too."

Dorcas glared at me. "Lily, not now," She warned.

"Oh no," I agreed. "Definitely not now. You'll be getting it later, mark my words."

She grudgingly broke apart from the unidentified male and landed. "See you later, then."

The poor bloke glanced from me to her, his expression one of pure terror.

"Run along," I told him. He obliged, sprinting away from us. Me and Dorcas walked back to the common room in a stony silence, Dorcas with her arms crossed angrily. Once we got to our dorm—thankfully Mary and Remus had moved somewhere else to snog—I turned to face her.

"So," I said finally.

"So what? If you're going to talk about me snogging him, then forget it," Dorcas said angrily. I flinched from the venom in her voice.

"Actually, I wasn't," I matched her icy tone. "I was going to ask if we have a test tomorrow or not."

That got her. "Oh."

"No need to lash out at people who care for you, Dor," I said gently. "You're my best friend and I accept whatever you decide to do." I must accept it, I thought. There are way too many major changes here for my liking.

"I'm sorry, Lily," She said softly. "I was just—I mean, I don't know, but I'm just always the none-lovestruck one out of all of us. I didn't know how you'd react to this."

"Oh Dor," I hugged her. "You know that I'd always love you, no matter what."

The next day….

I hummed a little tune, heading for the Ravenclaw table, looking for a certain Tim Martins. I spotted his dark brown hair at the far end.

"Hello," I said, plopping down next to him. He eyed me suspiciously. "I'm Lily Evans."

"Aren't you and James Potter supposed to be together or something?" He asked. I sighed; of course that was the first thing that people assume about me.

"No, we're not. But I am the best friend of Dorcas Meadowes," I informed him. His eyes widened.

"You're that girl that Summoned us last night!" He gasped.

"Correct," I confirmed.

"You seemed pretty put-off," He remarked.

"So I was. But I've come to accept that you and her are now together, as you put it," I smirked, and was satisfied that he blushed.

"So…..you aren't going to kill her? Or me?" He asked hopefully. I sighed again: that's the second thing that people assume about me, that I've come to kill them. Why is that?

"No, at least for the time being. However, if you hurt her in anyway at all, I don't care on purpose or accidental, I will kill you then," I promised cheerfully. "Have a nice day."

And I left him there to stare after me, horrified. That's the one advantage of being Lily Evans, at least.

AN: OMG. Seven reviews for one chapter? You guys are absolutely AMAZING. Well, here goes my usual shoutouts:

Ojjy: I'm glad you enjoyed my writing :D

Cassandra Brighteye: thank you so much! That really means a lot =)

Anonymous-person-who-didn't-leave-a-name-in-an-anonymous-review: -first of all, I sincerely hope that's not your real name, I just made it up on the spot, hope you're not offended. Second of all, thank you for reviewing! I try to make my chapters funny, but I don't really think they're that good, so your review really lifted my spirits!

MarisaCan'tRememberHerPassword: Hahaha yeah my friend read it and she was like, "Dude. Is James like stupid or something?" Hehe yes, I was kinda trying to make him really dumbed by love, lol. And how did it go on your quiz?

Potato unicorn: I know right? Lily's just like, "Shut up and go die in a hole" and James is totally "OMG SHE CALLED ME BY MY FIRST NAME :DD" That's why I love writing about them, they're just so fun to write about and I can do really crazy stuff them.

Kat-not-lean: Wow I'm scared….what are you gonna do, threaten me with a pen? ;)

Lunalucy: don't worry, I'm going to write more :D As to Lily and James get together, you might just have to wait a while. Remember, this is only fourth year…and I plan to have a fic for every year consecutive to this ;)

Well, I'm going camping this weekend, isn't it fun? Yeah, I don't think so either. I'd much rather sit at home with my laptop than spend it holed up in a car for eight hours then finally arrive and spend that time clutching a fishing pole. So that means I won't be updating for two whole days, maybe three….no, I don't know how I got myself into this, but there's no going back. Just wish me luck, won't you?

~Gella