The First Classes
Chapter 5
As they made there way to Transfiguration Sirius was back to his old self, and played merrily with Lily as they walked down the hall, but there was something different Lily had noticed.
He wasn't treating her like his little sister anymore, but as a girl, who he had once dated but decided it better to be friends. The change was subtle but still she noticed it.
Continuing down the hall a pack of Slytherins walked by glaring at the Marauders in an evil sort of way as though wanting to kill them.
"They will be in for it this year," Sirius said while the Slytherins continued to glare, "with you two as head boy and girl we will catch them for everything and get away with even more."
He had a look in his eyes that the Marauders knew all too well, it was a look that was actually pretty frightening when used in the appropriate situations. Lily eyed him seriously,
"Sirius we are not going to abuse our privileges just so you can get a laugh. We might go easy on you but all the same."
She looked up at James who was also eyeing Sirius, but not so much in a stern way, more so in a 'we will discuss this later'. Lily felt there was no reason to argue with the boys they were going to get into whatever trouble their dangerous minds could concoct.
There Transfiguration lesson went quite well, they were paired up alphabetically, and since there was no one in their house with a 'c' or a 'd' to start their last name Lily was paired with Sirius, James with Peter and Remus with Frank Longbottom, because the seats went front to back alphabetically, Lily was able to be seated right between James and Sirius with Lupin just behind them.
Sirius liked sitting next to at least one of his best friends, she was a very nice person to talk to, and unlike James kept him on task without being too obnoxious, most of all though Sirius just liked her company, watching her work so diligently.
It made him glad, there were times when he would look at her and his heart would almost stop it seemed, 'Get her out of her head you prat' he kept having to remind himself.
James looked about as comfortable with the seating arrangement as Sirius did, he too liked being next to Lily and didn't have to worry about her telling him to pay attention, because they weren't paired together.
She was by far the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on, plain and simple, he knew it the moment he saw her in their first year, she was so witty, and she would be going to Hogsmeade with him. He smiled at the thought and then continued to his work.
They were working on transfiguring an animal, into an inanimate object, which for Sirius turned out to be an easy task, and for James even easier, so as the rest of the class was finishing up they decided to start transfiguring a little more than McGonnagal had asked, in fact quite to the Professor's amusement Sirius had transfigured the chalkboard at the head of the class into a sign that read "GRYFFINDORS ARE THE BEST! SLYTHERINS EAT DRAGON DUNG!".
Although McGonnagal may have been a very stern and strict teacher, she was also very fair. There were times however when you could see that James and Sirius had gotten to her, and she would seem to almost laugh, and then as if she regained herself shot them an eye as they would laugh giddily at themselves and slump back into their chairs.
As much as James and Sirius seemed to goof off, they were actually quite brilliant students, especially with James and his transfiguration, it was amazing to watch him everything done with such precision.
Sirius was a very sharp when it came to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lily tended to believe it was because he had been surrounded by Dark Arts most of his life, seeing who is family had been, and always learned ways to counter act it.
Remus was probably best at History of Magic, it always had intrigued him a great deal, although he wasn't too far behind Sirius at DADA.
Peter was never really good at anything, and was what an outsider might say, the "ugly duckling" of the group, weak and talentless.
All the Marauders however had to give Lily the crown for Charms; she could do the most amazing things with her wand in charms and was far ahead of any NEWTS student when it came to that class. They all had to ask her for help when it came to playing pranks on the Slytherins because she knew so much more than they did.
The rest of the day carried on pretty much the same, Sirius had detention and James was given a warning, because he was head boy, the teachers had decided to give him a break.
In the week or so that followed James had tried to ease up on the pranks and primarily thought them up and had the rest of the Marauders take the wrap while he gave them the lightest punishment possible, much to Lily's disapproval.
Sirius had done his best to force out every romantic notion he had in his head about Lily, he still had feelings for her yes, but they were more of a sisterly type again. Lily was growing more excited about her date with James as the days continued, he really was a lot more enjoyable than she could have ever imagined.
They had been spending a lot of time in the library together preparing for the first Hogsmeade trip,
"So we will leave at around nine and get home around seven then?" asked James very pleased with what they had done
"Sounds great! Oh and James, I decided to go to the Ball with you, so I do hope you don't mind if I leave with a few of my girlfriends and we go and pick out dress robes." She smiled quietly at him, she had grown really quite fond of him. He looked at her almost speechless with an expression Lily had trouble reading,
"I mean I will just go with them in the morning and I can meet you at the Ice Cream Parlor at noon" she said hurriedly she didn't want to offend him by any means.
"Of course! That's great!" He smiled and gave her that look; he was so handsome, so kind, a little rough around the edges but aside from that, really a nice guy.
They stood up, and headed to the common room, eyeing each other flirtatiously, James running into her purposely, one time even making her trip over her own feet and stumble into a picture which yelled at her for waking it up. They laughed they made there way back to the Fat Lady, they said the password, and to their surprise when they walked in. they were the only ones there, they looked at the clock and realized they had been together since eight and it was now one in the morning. They said their goodnights but just as Lily was about to head up the stairs,
"Hey tiger! Come here" she looked at him and grinned as she made her way towards him.
"Thanks for giving me a chance, I really appreciate it." He gave her a hug, a long hug, longer than she had anticipated.
As she began to pull away, he held tight to her waist and looked down at her, staring at her eyes, they were so beautiful, so rare, as she was. Without a thought in his head he went in for the kiss.
It was unlike any other kiss he had experienced, it was warm, secure, and gave him butterflies that almost felt like dragons flapping in his stomach. As they pulled away, she looked just as spellbound as he did, 'Who would have ever thought that I would have fallen for James Potter" she thought as she continued up to her dormitory. 'Who would have thought.?"
Chapter 5
As they made there way to Transfiguration Sirius was back to his old self, and played merrily with Lily as they walked down the hall, but there was something different Lily had noticed.
He wasn't treating her like his little sister anymore, but as a girl, who he had once dated but decided it better to be friends. The change was subtle but still she noticed it.
Continuing down the hall a pack of Slytherins walked by glaring at the Marauders in an evil sort of way as though wanting to kill them.
"They will be in for it this year," Sirius said while the Slytherins continued to glare, "with you two as head boy and girl we will catch them for everything and get away with even more."
He had a look in his eyes that the Marauders knew all too well, it was a look that was actually pretty frightening when used in the appropriate situations. Lily eyed him seriously,
"Sirius we are not going to abuse our privileges just so you can get a laugh. We might go easy on you but all the same."
She looked up at James who was also eyeing Sirius, but not so much in a stern way, more so in a 'we will discuss this later'. Lily felt there was no reason to argue with the boys they were going to get into whatever trouble their dangerous minds could concoct.
There Transfiguration lesson went quite well, they were paired up alphabetically, and since there was no one in their house with a 'c' or a 'd' to start their last name Lily was paired with Sirius, James with Peter and Remus with Frank Longbottom, because the seats went front to back alphabetically, Lily was able to be seated right between James and Sirius with Lupin just behind them.
Sirius liked sitting next to at least one of his best friends, she was a very nice person to talk to, and unlike James kept him on task without being too obnoxious, most of all though Sirius just liked her company, watching her work so diligently.
It made him glad, there were times when he would look at her and his heart would almost stop it seemed, 'Get her out of her head you prat' he kept having to remind himself.
James looked about as comfortable with the seating arrangement as Sirius did, he too liked being next to Lily and didn't have to worry about her telling him to pay attention, because they weren't paired together.
She was by far the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on, plain and simple, he knew it the moment he saw her in their first year, she was so witty, and she would be going to Hogsmeade with him. He smiled at the thought and then continued to his work.
They were working on transfiguring an animal, into an inanimate object, which for Sirius turned out to be an easy task, and for James even easier, so as the rest of the class was finishing up they decided to start transfiguring a little more than McGonnagal had asked, in fact quite to the Professor's amusement Sirius had transfigured the chalkboard at the head of the class into a sign that read "GRYFFINDORS ARE THE BEST! SLYTHERINS EAT DRAGON DUNG!".
Although McGonnagal may have been a very stern and strict teacher, she was also very fair. There were times however when you could see that James and Sirius had gotten to her, and she would seem to almost laugh, and then as if she regained herself shot them an eye as they would laugh giddily at themselves and slump back into their chairs.
As much as James and Sirius seemed to goof off, they were actually quite brilliant students, especially with James and his transfiguration, it was amazing to watch him everything done with such precision.
Sirius was a very sharp when it came to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lily tended to believe it was because he had been surrounded by Dark Arts most of his life, seeing who is family had been, and always learned ways to counter act it.
Remus was probably best at History of Magic, it always had intrigued him a great deal, although he wasn't too far behind Sirius at DADA.
Peter was never really good at anything, and was what an outsider might say, the "ugly duckling" of the group, weak and talentless.
All the Marauders however had to give Lily the crown for Charms; she could do the most amazing things with her wand in charms and was far ahead of any NEWTS student when it came to that class. They all had to ask her for help when it came to playing pranks on the Slytherins because she knew so much more than they did.
The rest of the day carried on pretty much the same, Sirius had detention and James was given a warning, because he was head boy, the teachers had decided to give him a break.
In the week or so that followed James had tried to ease up on the pranks and primarily thought them up and had the rest of the Marauders take the wrap while he gave them the lightest punishment possible, much to Lily's disapproval.
Sirius had done his best to force out every romantic notion he had in his head about Lily, he still had feelings for her yes, but they were more of a sisterly type again. Lily was growing more excited about her date with James as the days continued, he really was a lot more enjoyable than she could have ever imagined.
They had been spending a lot of time in the library together preparing for the first Hogsmeade trip,
"So we will leave at around nine and get home around seven then?" asked James very pleased with what they had done
"Sounds great! Oh and James, I decided to go to the Ball with you, so I do hope you don't mind if I leave with a few of my girlfriends and we go and pick out dress robes." She smiled quietly at him, she had grown really quite fond of him. He looked at her almost speechless with an expression Lily had trouble reading,
"I mean I will just go with them in the morning and I can meet you at the Ice Cream Parlor at noon" she said hurriedly she didn't want to offend him by any means.
"Of course! That's great!" He smiled and gave her that look; he was so handsome, so kind, a little rough around the edges but aside from that, really a nice guy.
They stood up, and headed to the common room, eyeing each other flirtatiously, James running into her purposely, one time even making her trip over her own feet and stumble into a picture which yelled at her for waking it up. They laughed they made there way back to the Fat Lady, they said the password, and to their surprise when they walked in. they were the only ones there, they looked at the clock and realized they had been together since eight and it was now one in the morning. They said their goodnights but just as Lily was about to head up the stairs,
"Hey tiger! Come here" she looked at him and grinned as she made her way towards him.
"Thanks for giving me a chance, I really appreciate it." He gave her a hug, a long hug, longer than she had anticipated.
As she began to pull away, he held tight to her waist and looked down at her, staring at her eyes, they were so beautiful, so rare, as she was. Without a thought in his head he went in for the kiss.
It was unlike any other kiss he had experienced, it was warm, secure, and gave him butterflies that almost felt like dragons flapping in his stomach. As they pulled away, she looked just as spellbound as he did, 'Who would have ever thought that I would have fallen for James Potter" she thought as she continued up to her dormitory. 'Who would have thought.?"