N/A: Wazzuuuup, Limers? Are you ready for some twentieth first magnificence? Alright! Let's get on with this, shall we?

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#21 – The Perks of Being Head

The sun was bright in the sky and the King's Cross station in London was as busy as ever. People coming in and out, into the tube or heading towards St. Pancras'. Muggles trying to cathc their next trains on time and Wizards fighting their way through the crowd to get to the gap between Platforms 9 and 10 in order to catch their own train.

Lily Evans was one of the latter, with her trunk, her backpack and her little black cat in a cage, she and her parents made their way to Platform 9 ¾.

'I can't believe this is your last year!' her Mum said, wiping a small tear off her eye.

'Oh, Mum...' Lily chuckled.

'We'll miss you at home, kiddo.' Said her Dad, kissing her forehead.

'I'll miss you guys too, Daddy... But at least we'll have Christmas, right?'

Her mother nodded, smiling widely.

'Maybe you'll bring a boyfriend home this year? Perhaps a certain boy with unruly hair and glasses?' her mother suggested with a smirk. Lily blushed and hissed.

'Mum!'

'Speaking of which...'muttered her father with a frown. He never really warmed up to the idea of Lily dating people, so every male was a potention threat. Even if they were lanky and nerdy, wearing a blue-and-grey sweater on top of a purple polo shirt and beige slacks, and his famous black Converse. He smiled as he saw the ginger family, whispered something to his father, who nodded and amiled back, and went to their direction.

'Hello, Head Girl!' he said, giving the family a wamr and cheerful smile. Lily's mother seemed to melt under his adorableness. Her father wasn't fooled.

'How do you do?' he raised his hand, which James took and they shook. 'I am Charles Evans, you may call me Mr. Evans.'

James seemed to shiver under the man's stare. Then Mrs. Evans cut between them and batted her eyelashes at the boy.

'Hello, darling. I'm Claire Evans.' She said, smiling widely at him. Lily rolled her eyes.

'Nice to meet you both. Mr. Evans. Mrs. Evans. Wow, now I see where Lily got her good-looks from.' James said to Lily's mother, who giggled. Lily rolled her eyes again, along with her father.

'We should be on our way, Claire...' Mr. Evans said, looking at his watch. He leade in and gave his daughter and hug. 'Bye, cupcake. We'll see you on Christmas.'

'Bye, Daddy. Give my love to the happy couple.'

'Oh, darling, I am so deeply sorry—'

'It's alright, Mum...' she said, smiling. 'Bye, I'll miss you.'

'Bye, sweetie.'

Lily's parents left and she was standing there, with James, who looked amused.

'Were you flirting with my mother?' she raised an eyebrow.

'Nope. Mums really like me...' he said. 'It's weird. But I swear I wasn't flirting!'

'Incorrigible...' Lily muttered with a smirk.

They went over to Sirius and Mr. Potter. They both smiled and waved at her.

'Hey, Lily... Good summer?' asked Sirius.

Lily shrugged. 'Alright... Yours?'

'Awesome... I dated tons of girls!'

'He's actually telling the truth... One of them was the size of a whale!' said Mr. Potter and he and his son started to laugh. Lily raised and eyebrow and looked at Sirius.

'What?'

'She was just a little chubby, ok? And...! And...! Oh, you guys suck!'

'Good one, Dad...' said James, recovering fro his laughing fit and patting his father on the back. 'I guess we'll see you on Christmas, then?'

'Oh, definitely.' Mr. Potter said. 'it was great seeing you again, Lily. Congratulations on the Headship, by the way...' he smiled. 'I have to go now... Behave, boys! Bye.'

He hugged James and then Sirius, said goodbye to Lily and left.

'Your dad is so cool!' she said, smiling.

'Well, now you know where I got that from...' James smirked. Sirius rolled his eyes.

'Don't you two have to go to the Heads Compartment?' he asked.

'Right! Thanks, Sirius! Bye!' said Lily, pulling James by the wrist and dragging him with her to the Heads Compartment.

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'So you are sharing a dorm? Is that even allowed?' asked Hestia, when they were all having dinner after Dumbledore's annual speech.

'Alice and Frank did last year!' said Lily.

'Oh, yeah! Oh, man!' Sirius started to laugh. 'Do you they did it in the dorm? Like, in the beds and all that... I mean, they were engaged, right?'

James and Lily's eyes widened.

'What...?' he asked in a small voice.

'You knoooow... They were engaged and had been dating for years! Do you think they got up to it?' Sirius suggested with a smirk. 'If they did it was probably in Frank's bed, though... Oh, poor Jamesie...'

'No! No. No. No. No. No. No. No.' James started to mutter. Lily shot Sirius a glare.

'They did not have intercourse in the—'

'Intercourse? How old are you? Not even my Grandmother – may her sould rest in Hell – said that!'

'Sirius, you are being immature! James, calm down! Even if they did, which they probably didn't because it's forbidden—'

'You checked, did ya?'

'Shut up, Sirius! Look, even if it happened, the rooms were probably cleaned during the summer and bedspreads changed, so it's not like you're going to have to sleep in it!'

'But the idea is there! Oh, Merlin! Sirius, you are so going to die for this!' James whined. 'Why did you have to bring it up?'

'James, people are not allowed to do that in here...' said Remus. 'It's a school, not the Red Light District...'

'Fine! Oh, gross! I don't even want to go there anymore!'

'Grow up, will you? What's so wrong with that?'

'You wouldn't be saying that, Hestia, if there was a chance people might have done it in your bed!'

'Can we change the subject? I am trying to eat here...' said Mary, rolling her eyes.

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Lily and James were walking behind Professor Dumbledore. He looked very happy and seemed like he'd be able to go around skipping if he could.

'I do hope you enjoy your new dorm. It's been remodelled from last year.' He said. Lily felt James letting out a relieved breath and couldn't help and but smile. 'We actually change it a bit after every school year to suit our new Head team better, you see?' he looked at them.

'Yeah, that makes sense…' said Lily.

'Definitely. And the bedspreads as well?'

Dumbledore chuckled as if he knew why James was asking that question.

'Indeed, we do change the bedspreads. Every week, actually.'

'That's very hygenic!' James smiled.

'Well, here we are.' He pointed. They were in front of a painting of a gil running through a meadow. The girl stopped at seeing them and smiled. 'You can set up your password yourselves…'

'Hmm… How about…?' Lily was thinking.

'THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND IRELAND!' James said fast.

'What?'

'People don't know this… It'd be fun! Come on!'

Dumbledore chuckled yet again. 'I assume you heard it?' he asked the girl in the painting. She nodded and let them in. 'Enjoy! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go to bed, since I've just started a fascinating book.'

When he left, James and Lily walked into their new dorm. They stared at it in awe. It was humongous! There was a large window that took up almost the entire wall, reaching the ceiling – which was a lot taller than the one from the Gryffindor Common Room. There were bookshelves everywhere, loaded with Potions books, Charms and Transfigurations books, Defense Against the Dark Arts books and the best of Muggle and Wizard literature – they'd never have to visit the library again! Two large mahogany desks set up in each side of the room with very comfy-looking chairs. A large red leather sofa along with two leather chairs on each side. The whole theme of the room was Gryffindor meets Library, Lily thought, and it was beautiful. There were paintings everywhere and a huge fireplace that looked like it would be perfect place to curl up next to during the winter. On each side of the fireplace, there was a staircase, which led to each of their bedrooms.

'Which one do you think it's yours?' Lily thought.

'I'd say it's the same way the Gryffindor Common Room goes…'

Lily shurgged and went to the one on the right, while James went to the left.

As she walked into her bedroom, she saw the most beautiful bed in the world. It was king-sized with a lavander-coloured, fleur-de-lis printed duvet and a dozen pillows and cushions. She had adark mahogany chest and wardrobe and an en suite bathroom, which was also huge and beautiful.

Lily heard a soft meow and saw Sergio lying comfortably on a small lavander bed that lloked like a throne.

'Oh, Merlin!' the redhead squealed, rushing downstairs and up the left staircase to talk to James. She knocked and he answered looking gobsmacked.

'This is awesome!' he said, letting her in. It was just as handsome as hers, except that everything was red and gold, Gryffindor. James' broom leaned proudly on an oak wardrobe and his bed had four red pillows and a red-and-gold bedspread. Right in the very end of the room, there was the bathroom door. Lily looked at him.

'This is awesome!' she said, nodding at him.

'I don't want to leave this room… Ever!' he squealed.

'I know! Even Sergio has a little bed-throne thing going on!'

'Seriously?'

She nodded.

'Oh, cute…' he said with a smile. 'Can I see it?'

'I don't know if you can go up my staircase, James…'

'Well, shall we try, then?' and there he went.

James went down his stairs with Lily following him. He stood in front of hers and looked at it. His eyes narrowed and he lowered his torso and touched it with his finger.

'What are you-?'

'Ssssh! I am testing it!' he whispered. Lily rolled her eyes.

James slowly raised his right foot and lowered it just as slowly. Very cautiously, he touched the first step with the point of his toe. They both waited and flinched, but nothing happened. James sighed.

'Right on!' he said, stepping with his whole foot. Again, nothing happened and he began to climb the stairs with Lily following him again.

'Wow, I cannot believe they didn't put the charm on the staircase…' said Lily.

'I guess they trust the Heads not to do anything stupid…' James said. Then he snorted. 'I guess Alice and Frank might've actually gotten some action going in here…'

'Ah, gross!' she slapped him and opened her door.

'Wow, this is beautiful!' he said, walking in. Lily blushed, although she wasn't really sure as to why. 'Oh, look at the little bed!'

'Yep. That's his bed… I think it's adorable that Dumbledore thought of Sergio…'

'Who could not think of this little cutie-pie?' asked James in a very high-pitched, girl-like voice, crawling and sitting next to the cat. He ran his hand through its fur and the cat purred happily. 'You are so cute! I am very glad I picked you over the ginger cat…'

'There was a ginger cat?' Lily smiled.

'Yeah… I thought it'd be cool, since you're ginger and all that… Although you're more of a redhead then a ginger, but never mind that! The point is, there was a ginger cat who was really cute, but when I saw this one, I instantly fell in love with it…' he voice trailed off and he stared into nowhere. Lily felt uncomfortable for a second before he smiled. 'Anyway! I'm glad I chose Sergio… He's adorable…'

'He really is… I adore him…' Lily said. 'He looks like Cat from Breakfast at Tiffany's…'

James smiled and got up. He yawned and scratched his neck.

'I should be going, then… I want a very long night with my comfy comfy bed before we have to start N.E.W.T classes tomorrow…' he went to the door. 'Goodnight, Lils…'

'Goodnight, James… Enjoy your bed!'

He winked. 'You too…'

After he left, Lily closed her door, leaned on in and slid downwards. She sighed and buried her face in her hands.

'Oh, Sergio… How am I going to handle these feelings?' she asked the cat, who just stared at her. 'You are utterly useless, did you know that?' he meowed and she giggled. 'I guess you do… Well, I'm going to take a long bath in my big tub, excuse me.'

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James left his room that morning feeling like he was abandoning a child. His bed was so incredibly comfortable and everything was so pretty and nice. He definitely loved being Head Boy and being able to sleep without having to put up with Wormtail's snoring.

He reached the bottom of his staircase and decided to wait for Lily, since he was early anyways. So, he took out his Little Black Book and started to search awesome ideas to asked Lily out in it. However, all of them seemed so outdated and immature and boring. He wanted something cool… Something cool and simple… Something cool and simple and elegant. James closed his notebook and sighed. Damn, this is going to be harder than I imagined, he thought. A few minutes later he heard Lily coming down her stairs and, when she reached the Common Room, he noticed that she looked very beautiful. She had her hair all loose, lying in a red cascade on her shoulder. Her white shirt was open in the collar and he could see the necklace he gave ger. She smiled widely when she saw him.

'Morning, roomie!' she said.

'Morning… I was waiting for you…' he said shyly.

'Oh, how thoughtful! Thanks! Shall we go, then?'

He nodded and they left.

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'Hey, Heads!' greeted Hestia when they arrived at the Great Hall.

'Hi, guys… I missed you this morning…' said Lily, sitting down. James sat across from her, between Mary and Remus.

'Did you miss us, James?' asked Sirius, looking mockingly hopeful. James sighed.

'Oh yeah… I don't know what I missed the most, though… The hour-long shower you take every morning, the twenty minutes Remus takes to shave or Peter's hundred-thousand decibel snore… Hm…'

'What's your dorm like?' asked Remus, chuckling.

James and Lily beamed. 'It's gorgeous…' she said.

'It was made by the Gods…'

'So beautiful…'

'And comfortable…'

'Blissful…'

'Just perfect!' James finished, smiling widely. Hestia rolled her eyes.

'So unfair! Ok, you guys are, like, top students and prefects and Quidditch bla bla bla… But I don't think that's worth a big bedroom!'

'With a big fireplace!' James bragged.

'And en suite bathrooms!' Lily joined him.

'Seriously?' asked Sirius. 'All to yourselves?'

'Yeppers! And Dumbledore told us that they change the sheets once and week, so joke's on you! No Frank-specimen in there!' James said. They all laughed at that.

'I can't believe you're still on that!' said Mary.

'You're kidding me? He asked Dumbledore about it!' said Lily.

'I'm sorry if I think it's disgusting to sleep in another guy's… well… little guys…'

Emmeline threw her toast on her plate.

'Nope. Not hungry anymore. Thanks, James…'

'Anytime, Vance!' he smiled. She picked up the toast and threw at him.

'Ok, kids… Calm down, Minnie's coming with our class schedules for the year…' Sirius said.

'Great! I applied for Advanced Potions last year…' Lily said.

'Duh…' mocked James. Lily threw him a glare and the group laughed.

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N/A: Done and done! You liked it? Please review and tell me so! Yeeey! We are approaching fun times! Anyway, keep reading and have a nice middle-of-the-week!

Marauder-on!