AN:/Hello people:D So, I am gonna do a sequel set through seventh year and after they leave school (D:) I hope you enjoy this one, it ends on a slightly happier note than in previous chapters..

Lily was sat in the broom closet. The closet where she'd sat in the same exact position over a year ago, worried about running into James. Now, ironically, she was hiding here for the exact same reason. But she wasn't just hiding from James this time; she was hiding from everyone.

Suspended!
Lily actually found it hard to believe. Dumbledore had woken her from the kitchen early this morning and brought her to his office. He'd given the typical speech about how disappointed and shocked he was, before telling her he had no choice but to suspend her. Lily had burst into tears right in front of him. She hadn't admitted it to anyone, but ever since Slughorn had talked to her about becoming Head girl next year, Lily had been thinking non-stop about it. Of course, now because of what she'd done, Lily was certain any chance she had had been annihilated.

And it was no one's fault but hers. She couldn't blame it on anyone else. No one had told her to smash the kitchen and give a couple of poor elves heart attacks.
Lily banged her head on the wall behind her, groaning.
Melinda Doris had a better bloody chance at head girl and she was the biggest slut at Hogwarts with the intelligence level of a broken mop.
Lily put her head in her hands and continued muttering to herself.

James ran up the deserted corridor, nearing the cupboard where the map told him Lily was hiding.
As he reached the door, James placed his hand on the wood and breathed out slowly. Now that he was here, he didn't actually know what he was going to say.
Sorry you got suspended? Oh, I still don't want to be your friend, bye!
He rolled his eyes.
Before he could think about it, James pulled the door open. It revealed a startled looking Lily, staring up at him with watery eyes.
"Hi there." He said tentatively.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What do you want?" She said bitterly.
James bit his lip. "Er, I heard about what happened and I thought you maybe needed someone to talk to, I-"
Lily laughed coldly. "Are you serious? What makes you think I want to see you?"
James sighed. This wasn't going well.

"I just, I can see that something is wrong with you and-"
"There is nothing wrong with me." Lily interrupted, snarling.
"Okay," James backtracked. "But, you have to admit that stunt you pulled last night wasn't very Lily-esque."
She shrugged.
James looked at her for a moment before closing the door behind him and sitting down as far away from her as he could. He didn't want anyone over hearing their conversation.
Lily had groaned and was looking stubbornly down at her knees, which she'd drawn up to her chin.
"I get that you don't like me right now, Lily, but I'm worried about you."
Lily looked over at him and glared.
"I'm not your concern, James. You made bloody sure of that when you decided to ignore me."
James nodded. "I know that, and this…this doesn't change anything. I just don't want you doing anymore stupid things."
"Why do you care?!" Lily said, frustrated. "You're completely contradicting yourself!"

James pulled a hand through his hair. It was really warm in here, in such little space. But he refused to leave until Lily saw sense.
"Okay, tell me why you decided to destroy the kitchen. When you tell me, I'll leave, I promise."
Lily groaned.
"Merlin! I don't know, okay? I barely remember doing it!"
James frowned. "I'm sorry you got suspended."
"So am I." Lily snapped. Her hair was loose and she shook it down over her face so James could no longer see her eyes.
"It's no big deal. I've been suspended about 27 times now." He smiled a little.
"It's a big deal for me!"
"Why?"
"Because…" She paused. "Because I actually thought I had a tiny chance at maybe getting Head Girl next year. But they'll never pick me now."
James shook his head.
"Of course you'll be head girl!" She looked over at him. "You're Lily Evans! One screw up in 6 years isn't going to stop them from picking you."

For a second, James saw her smile. Then she turned away and hid behind her hair again.
"There's no one else." He said quietly.
She looked over again and stared at him. James realised the tone in which he'd said that had sounded like he was talking about something entirely different.
Perhaps he was.
"There's always someone else." She said, in a similar tone.
James shifted ever so slightly so he was closer to her.
"Not this time."
They locked eyes, and it was as if the fight had never happened and the past two months had been a bad dream. James reached out and carefully tucked her hair away from her face.
She shuddered and looked down.
"It's Christmas Eve." Lily said suddenly, breaking the trance. "I hadn't realised."
James let his hand fall.
"Oh yeah."

There was silence.
"I actually think…I think I should go write to my parents so it arrives on time tomorrow." Said Lily. She stood up and put her hand on the door handle.
"Bye then."
And then she was gone. James was alone.

It was the evening.
Lily was sitting in the common room with a book. Her eyes couldn't seem to pass a single line though. She was preoccupied with random thoughts. She couldn't let herself ignore what had happened between her and James earlier, it had almost been a catastrophe. If she hadn't of gotten herself out of there before she did, well, Lily didn't want to think about what could have happened.

Another distraction was James and Sirius playing a rather rowdy game of Wizard's chess just across from her. She had to admit; some of the things the boys came out with were hilarious. They involved multiple swear words uttered with passionate voices and worrying eloquence.

From what she understood, Sirius was losing.
"NO!" He shouted suddenly. Lily looked up and smirked. James's queen was smashing Sirius's last knight into powder. "You sodding wanker, James Potter." Sirius said, crossing his arms. "You can forget getting your Christmas present from me. It's going straight down the toilet!"
James laughed.
Sirius looked over at her, a distraught look on his face.
"Can you believe this, Evans? He cheated!"
"I did not!" Laughed James. "Not my fault you suck dragon balls at this."
"I don't! I am the chess master!"
Lily laughed at how nerdy that sounded. If they were in the muggle world right now, Sirius would certainly be punched for that last comment.
"I beat Moony and Wormtail all of the time!"
"Peter is obviously going to let you win, he's crap at it anyway. And Remus just can't be bothered to argue with you, so he lets you win too."

Sirius shook his head frantically. "Lies. I refuse to believe a word of it."
Lily smiled and looked back down at her book.
After minutes of which involved Sirius breathing heavily and muttering to himself, the boy stood up. "I'm going upstairs to let you mull over the utter bullshit that has come out of your mouth tonight." He saluted Lily over dramatically. "I bid thee goodnight, fair lady."
Then he skipped, yes skipped, over to the stairs and bounded up them, disappearing from sight.
Lily laughed again. "He's mad."
James nodded his head. "As a hatter."
Lily looked over at him. "You know Alice in Wonderland?"
James nodded. "Yeah, of course!"
"But it's a muggle story!"
He shrugged. "My mum…" He paused, gulping. "She liked to read me those when I was younger. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella…that one about the…the nine elves and the good looking bird with the black hair."
Lily burst out laughing. "You mean Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?"
James nodded. "That's the one!" He grinned. "Anyway, Alice in Wonderland was always the one that stuck out for me. Though, the cat was creepy as hell."
"I'd like to be Alice, I think."
James raised his eyebrows. "May I ask why?"
"Well, she gets away…enters her wildest fantasy and forgets about her problems. I'd like to forget about my problems, for a little while anyway."
He nodded.
"I get it."

Lily looked down at her book again, squinting her eyes in confusion. She was actually enjoying this conversation with James. Even stranger, she didn't want to stop talking to him. Then she realised, this is what she had meant; being friends, knowing things about the other and having things to talk about.
He spoke again, causing Lily to look up. "I would like my own copy of the book, actually. Maybe I'll go into a Muggle bookshop and buy it someday."
Lily smiled.

They continued to talk, and Lily learnt more about James. He'd rode his first broom just weeks after he took his first steps, though it was just a toy one. He hated mushrooms to such an extent that he'd 'formally banned' them from entering the household when he was six years old.
Lily was also telling him things; nothing serious, nothing that could hurt her if anyone else found out; just playful, funny things. Like when she'd fallen out of a tree when she was nine, but had strangely avoided any injury. She'd told her parents that she'd somehow levitated down, or something had slowed her fall. They had laughed.

What felt like hours later, Lily yawned. She laid her head on the arm of the chair.
"See James," She hesitated to say, afraid of ruining things. "We can be friends."
There was silence. Lily heard James breathing fast. After an age, he replied.
"Well Lily…I think, I think so too."
Lily sat up, thinking she'd misheard him. But James was smiling his crooked smile, his eyes warm.
She jumped off the sofa and threw her arms around him, hugging him tightly before letting go and looking at his slightly stunned face. Lily was tearing up.
"Sorry, It's just I'm not quite sure you know how long I've wanted you to say that."