A/N: Detention! I don't know what will happen, but my friend, Sir. Alabaster Pidwick (look on my fav. Authors list) gave me an idea of what they are doing :)
Disclaimer: JKR owns everything cept some names! There must be a more creative way to do that, I am getting tired or repeatedly typing it.
As Lily approached the Professor's office at 10:25, she was a little worried. What could be so bad that James, king of detentions, after Sirius, had never had before?
"Well, it can't be that bad, as this is my first offense," Lily tried to console herself, stopping at the door of the office. She looked in and there wasn't anyone in there, so she decided to wait.
Just then James came around the corner at about a hundred miles an hour, and almost ran into her.
"Lil! I mean, Lily!" He said, blushing. "Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going, because Padfoot, I mean, Sirius, was chasing me, because he wanted to know who I was having detention with, because then if it was you he could tease me."
"Yes, that would be the same reason I didn't tell Courtney . . . But about Padfoot, what is that?"
"Padfoot, umm, a nickname." He seemed uncomfortable.
"For Sirius. Why- wait, you can't have already become animangus? That has to be a record!" She said, as realization hit her and he nodded.
"Well, yah, that would be right. But don't tell anyone, especialy McGonagall, because, I wonder what she has us doing for detention tonight?" James asked, as the subject came around the corner.
She eyed him suspiciously, but continued. "You will be cleaning out the bathrooms on the third floor charms corridor," she said. Lily and James were about to protest about going into the opposite gender's bathroom, but the professor, seeing their faces, explained "There is no one that is going to use them at this hour. And no magic, the supplies are already there!" She added, sending them off.
They slowly made their way to the third floor charms corridor, Lily fuming.
"This is my first offense! There is no way I am going to clean those! And we can't use magic either! Our Infraction isn't that big!"
"Lil, there is no way that you can escape it now," James said, jumping over a missing step. "And it's not that bad anyway, because the Third Floor Charms corridor is about as far away from our common rooms as it's possible to get, unless you count the Divination tower, or Unless you're Filch, in which case you know about the passage from the suit of armor to the hold in the corner of the Charms room," James explained to her.
"Yah, exactly, whatever. Do you think they will mind if we use Charms to clean the bathrooms, because they can't detect it, and if we use the excuse that I was trying to tech you charms . . . What am I saying? I will not break another rule tonight!"
"Oh please Lily, please please please? I will never call you Carrot Girl again!" James pleaded.
"No," she said firmly.
"Please?"
"No. And if you don't stop I will use the Etchem charm on you and you will not be able to talk the whole time we are there," she threatened, which shut him up.
They arrived at the bathrooms, and then came a decision about which one to do first.
"We should first check where the supplies are," Lily said.
"Right, you check yours, and I will check mine," James said. He came out with them.
"Ok, now which should we do first?"
"I nominate yours!" Of course, as It was James.
"You are just . . .weird, James, you know that? Really weird." Lily told hi, but agreed.
Neither of them talked much as they were in there.
"You know James, Alex has a *slight* crush on you," Lily said.
"Yes, I heard, my friend Sirius was heartbroken," James answered from above, having chose the sinks.
"The would go wonderfully together, tell Sirius to ask her out. And also for Remus to ask Courtney to the ball," Lily recommended.
"That still leaves you," he pointed out.
"Oh, I am sure that I will get an invitation from someone," she said.
"Yes, I am sure you will," James said, apparently lost in thought. "Peter is planning on asking Sandy, you know."
"Wonderful! They are both annoying rats!" Lily said. "Well, err, unless you think Peter is nice? Because I, We, don't like Sandy all too much. We were excited to leave her as a muggle, but then she showed up on the train. None of us have the heart to tell her to leave."
"Really, same with Peter. He just hangs around, and we all want to tell him to get lost, but even though we have not-so-subtly hinted it at him, nothing will penetrate his skull to get to his brain," he said.
"Right, come on. Next one," Lily said, hoping she didn't sound too anxious to get to the next bathroom, she had the sinks this time.
"I wonder who Lucius will ask?" James mused.
"Oh, don't you know?" Lily asked in surprise.
"Know what?" James asked.
"Everyone knows that he will ask Narcissa, he has liked her since the first dance, but she might go with Snape," she said.
"Not Snape!" James said in awe. "He doesn't know what anyone is talking about when they say shower, he just sits there and pretends!"
"I know that. But she still might go with him. She's not even that pretty, just popular with the Slytherins because she has money. She is really stuck up and snobbish, but she doesn't show that side to the guys," Lily said.
"Even though she doesn't, we know anyway," James said.
There was nothing to say after that, and soon they finished.
"Finally!" James said. "What do you reckon we should do with these?" he asked, pointing to the 'supplies.'
"Oh, just leave them here, I guess. It's far too late, I am sure McGonagall will pick them up in the morning," Lily answered, consulting her watch. It was 12:37, but it didn't seem like that. Lily was still very much awake.
"Let's go then," he said, and they exited the boy's bathroom.
The reached the stairs at the end of the hall, and Lily paused to look out the window. "Wow, isn't it pretty?" She asked. The crescent moon lit dimly the Hogwarts grounds, and the lake shimmered with it.
"Yah, nice," James said. "Err, Lily?"
She turned, he had a note of unsure-ness (is that a word?) in his voice, which was very unusual for him.
"Yah?" She asked.
"Well, um, will you go to the ball with me?"
Lily was stunned for a second. Then it all added up. He had been calling her Lil, Sirius had been teasing him, and he had found out when they were cleaning the bathrooms that she didn't have a date yet.
"Of course, I thought you would say no, I was just wondering, you know. Let's go," he said, and turned away.
"Half a second James, I never said no. In fact, I was thinking on saying yes, and I think that is my answer," she smiled.
"Really? You will?"
She nodded.
"Wow, great!" he said.
"Hey ya know James, that first night, when you said that you may have lost the battle, but you will not lose the war? I think we both won the war." She said, smiling.
"Yep, your probably right, Lil. Want to see that passage I told you about earlier?"
"Of course, James, let's go," she smiled and they went back the way they came.
A/N: Ok, that was the last chapter I was thinking on writing, but if you all want more then just review and tell me, include your ideas, ok? If I do another one, I think I might continue with the owls, those are cool, but ok. Review!
Disclaimer: JKR owns everything cept some names! There must be a more creative way to do that, I am getting tired or repeatedly typing it.
As Lily approached the Professor's office at 10:25, she was a little worried. What could be so bad that James, king of detentions, after Sirius, had never had before?
"Well, it can't be that bad, as this is my first offense," Lily tried to console herself, stopping at the door of the office. She looked in and there wasn't anyone in there, so she decided to wait.
Just then James came around the corner at about a hundred miles an hour, and almost ran into her.
"Lil! I mean, Lily!" He said, blushing. "Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going, because Padfoot, I mean, Sirius, was chasing me, because he wanted to know who I was having detention with, because then if it was you he could tease me."
"Yes, that would be the same reason I didn't tell Courtney . . . But about Padfoot, what is that?"
"Padfoot, umm, a nickname." He seemed uncomfortable.
"For Sirius. Why- wait, you can't have already become animangus? That has to be a record!" She said, as realization hit her and he nodded.
"Well, yah, that would be right. But don't tell anyone, especialy McGonagall, because, I wonder what she has us doing for detention tonight?" James asked, as the subject came around the corner.
She eyed him suspiciously, but continued. "You will be cleaning out the bathrooms on the third floor charms corridor," she said. Lily and James were about to protest about going into the opposite gender's bathroom, but the professor, seeing their faces, explained "There is no one that is going to use them at this hour. And no magic, the supplies are already there!" She added, sending them off.
They slowly made their way to the third floor charms corridor, Lily fuming.
"This is my first offense! There is no way I am going to clean those! And we can't use magic either! Our Infraction isn't that big!"
"Lil, there is no way that you can escape it now," James said, jumping over a missing step. "And it's not that bad anyway, because the Third Floor Charms corridor is about as far away from our common rooms as it's possible to get, unless you count the Divination tower, or Unless you're Filch, in which case you know about the passage from the suit of armor to the hold in the corner of the Charms room," James explained to her.
"Yah, exactly, whatever. Do you think they will mind if we use Charms to clean the bathrooms, because they can't detect it, and if we use the excuse that I was trying to tech you charms . . . What am I saying? I will not break another rule tonight!"
"Oh please Lily, please please please? I will never call you Carrot Girl again!" James pleaded.
"No," she said firmly.
"Please?"
"No. And if you don't stop I will use the Etchem charm on you and you will not be able to talk the whole time we are there," she threatened, which shut him up.
They arrived at the bathrooms, and then came a decision about which one to do first.
"We should first check where the supplies are," Lily said.
"Right, you check yours, and I will check mine," James said. He came out with them.
"Ok, now which should we do first?"
"I nominate yours!" Of course, as It was James.
"You are just . . .weird, James, you know that? Really weird." Lily told hi, but agreed.
Neither of them talked much as they were in there.
"You know James, Alex has a *slight* crush on you," Lily said.
"Yes, I heard, my friend Sirius was heartbroken," James answered from above, having chose the sinks.
"The would go wonderfully together, tell Sirius to ask her out. And also for Remus to ask Courtney to the ball," Lily recommended.
"That still leaves you," he pointed out.
"Oh, I am sure that I will get an invitation from someone," she said.
"Yes, I am sure you will," James said, apparently lost in thought. "Peter is planning on asking Sandy, you know."
"Wonderful! They are both annoying rats!" Lily said. "Well, err, unless you think Peter is nice? Because I, We, don't like Sandy all too much. We were excited to leave her as a muggle, but then she showed up on the train. None of us have the heart to tell her to leave."
"Really, same with Peter. He just hangs around, and we all want to tell him to get lost, but even though we have not-so-subtly hinted it at him, nothing will penetrate his skull to get to his brain," he said.
"Right, come on. Next one," Lily said, hoping she didn't sound too anxious to get to the next bathroom, she had the sinks this time.
"I wonder who Lucius will ask?" James mused.
"Oh, don't you know?" Lily asked in surprise.
"Know what?" James asked.
"Everyone knows that he will ask Narcissa, he has liked her since the first dance, but she might go with Snape," she said.
"Not Snape!" James said in awe. "He doesn't know what anyone is talking about when they say shower, he just sits there and pretends!"
"I know that. But she still might go with him. She's not even that pretty, just popular with the Slytherins because she has money. She is really stuck up and snobbish, but she doesn't show that side to the guys," Lily said.
"Even though she doesn't, we know anyway," James said.
There was nothing to say after that, and soon they finished.
"Finally!" James said. "What do you reckon we should do with these?" he asked, pointing to the 'supplies.'
"Oh, just leave them here, I guess. It's far too late, I am sure McGonagall will pick them up in the morning," Lily answered, consulting her watch. It was 12:37, but it didn't seem like that. Lily was still very much awake.
"Let's go then," he said, and they exited the boy's bathroom.
The reached the stairs at the end of the hall, and Lily paused to look out the window. "Wow, isn't it pretty?" She asked. The crescent moon lit dimly the Hogwarts grounds, and the lake shimmered with it.
"Yah, nice," James said. "Err, Lily?"
She turned, he had a note of unsure-ness (is that a word?) in his voice, which was very unusual for him.
"Yah?" She asked.
"Well, um, will you go to the ball with me?"
Lily was stunned for a second. Then it all added up. He had been calling her Lil, Sirius had been teasing him, and he had found out when they were cleaning the bathrooms that she didn't have a date yet.
"Of course, I thought you would say no, I was just wondering, you know. Let's go," he said, and turned away.
"Half a second James, I never said no. In fact, I was thinking on saying yes, and I think that is my answer," she smiled.
"Really? You will?"
She nodded.
"Wow, great!" he said.
"Hey ya know James, that first night, when you said that you may have lost the battle, but you will not lose the war? I think we both won the war." She said, smiling.
"Yep, your probably right, Lil. Want to see that passage I told you about earlier?"
"Of course, James, let's go," she smiled and they went back the way they came.
A/N: Ok, that was the last chapter I was thinking on writing, but if you all want more then just review and tell me, include your ideas, ok? If I do another one, I think I might continue with the owls, those are cool, but ok. Review!
