A/N Ok, they are gonna get together, kinda, but trouble interupts them. You'll see.

That day, their first class was Potions with Professor Silvernoggle...the most ornery teacher at Hogwarts.

"Today we are going to be making a simple Sleeping Draught---Mr. Potter WHAT do you think you are doing?" she asked sternly, glaring at James, who had just been getting ready to fling a rubber band at Lily.

"Nothing." he said, shooting it off even as he said it.

Lily whipped around after it hit her, and she pulled something out of her bag.

Soon she had flung five or six multi colored bands at James, each hitting him with a loud SNAP.

"Both of you! Dumbledore's office NOW!" the teacher shouted, nostrils flaring.

Snape, a greasy haired Slytherin snickered.

"Aw shut up Snape, ya grease ball." Lily said in response to his laughter.

Snape blushed and ducked his head, but not before saying, "Stupid Mudblood."

Lily jumped out of her seat and hurried over to where Snape was, seething.

"If you ever say that again, I'll make you drink a vial of your hair juice." she said, eyes dancing.

The whole class laughed, and the stern Mrs. Silvernoggle was even hiding a smile.

Lily sauntered out of the class.

"Personal Hygiene is a GOOD thing Snape." she shouted as she slammed the door as hard as she could.

James was doubled over laughing in the middle of the hallway.

"What're you laughing at?" she snapped.

"Gotta hand it to ya. Nice comebacks." he said, giving her a high five.

Lily grinned and they walked slowly to Dumbledore's office, tossing insults the whole way.


When they reached the door, Lily looked at James, who knew the password since he had been there so many times.
"Flower Pot." he muttered, and the door sprang open.

Dumbledore saw them approaching and his eyes twinkled.

"I'd say a detention should do it, eh Mr. Potter?" he said promptly, before they even sat down.

"Sounds good." James said, grinning.

"Meet with Mr. Filch at 9:00 tonight. And Ms. Evans, I need to speak to you for a minute." Dumbeldore replied.

"Ok. James, wait for me outside ok?" Lily said, sitting down on the edge of a chair.

"Alright. Have fun." James said, before disappearing out the door.

"I have two sentences for you: Give him a chance. You'll be glad you did." Dumbledore said, before shooing her out of his office.

Lily hurried out and ran right into James.

"Hello." he said casually.

"Fancy meeting you here." she said with a grin.

"I just couldn't wait to see your lovely face again." James said with granduer.

Lily giggled.

"I say we ditch Potions and head up to the Common Room for a game of Exploding Snap." James said, shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Sounds good. One more comment from Professor Silvernoggle and I would have had to hit her." Lily said, walking along beside him.

"Sometimes you're not so bad, Evans." James said after a moment.

"Gee, thanks." Lily said sarcastically, flashing him a quick smile.

James smiled back.

They fell into awkward silence, still heading towards the common room.

When they got there, Lily flopped onto her bean bag and set up Exploding Snap (they enjoyed calling it Exploding SNAPE).

After a couple of rounds, Lily went upstairs to change while James set up the next game.

She took off her annoying robes and pulled on a pair of baggy gray drawstring pants that were made out of a sweatshirt type material, and a multi colored halter top (pink, orange, yellow) that stopped about an inch above her belly button.

She put a ponytail holder around her wrist, just in case, and then she bounded back down the stairs to play.

James looked up, his gaze flickered briefly over her outfit, and then he quickly turned back to the game.

"Tie breaker." he said solemnly, as if they were going into battle.

"So serious." Lily said, eyes twinkling merrily.

"Yes. Yes it is. If I win, I can brag for forever and ever about how I beat Evans." James said dreamily, as if this was all he thought about.

"Ah yes. And if I win, I get the satisfaction of knowing that I am still better then you." Lily replied in the same tone of voice, before giggling.

"Why do girls giggle so much?" James asked, dealing out the cards.

"I dunno. Why do boys grunt so much?" Lily asked on the same level.

"I dunno. Its a guy thing. But why do girls giggle?"

"Its a girl thing." she replied evenly, causing him to shake his head and smile.

Lily pulled her hair into a messy bun at the base of her neck and made her move.

"You do realize that we are now missing Transfiguration too." he commented casually, eyeing his cards.

"I can afford to miss a day." she replied. Then, "but YOU on the other hand, can't." she added.

James groaned.

"I'll go if you go. Who cares if we're a bit late?" Lily said, standing up and laying down her last card at the same time.

"I win!" she shouted, as James' cards exploded.

"Arghhhh." he said, standing up.

"Lets go." she said, picking up her books.

"Aren't you going to change into your robes?" he asked curiously.

"Nah, I can't wait to see what McGonagall says when she sees me though. She'll say 'Lily showing your stomach is NOT the way to get attention.'" Lily said, imitating Professor McGonagall perfectly.

"Ah she's just jealous." James replied, laughing, as they walked out of the portrait hole and down the hallway to the Transfiguration room.

"And now, we make our entrance." Lily said in a stage whisper.

He opened the door dramatically, bowing her in.

Lily curtsied (as best she could in pants) and they walked slowly and deliberately to their table.

"Ms. Evans, those clothes are NOT appropriate for my class. Showing your stomach is NOT the way to get attention." she said.

James looked over at Lily who mouthed "Told ya she'd say that."

He laughed.

McGonagall gave him a glare.

"Where, may I ask, have YOU two been?" McGonagall asked severely, giving them a look that would have made anyone else cower in fright.

"We got lost. Damn vanishing stair cases." James replied.

"Language Mr. Potter! And where, pray tell, was this 'damn vanishing stair case'?" she asked, causing the whole class to laugh.

"Right through the damn door and down the damn hallway." Lily said, laughing.

Professor McGonagall frowned, but her eyes twinkled as the class laughed merrily.

"I see. One detention each, and please watch your language." she said, pointing them to their tables.

"I think she means 'Watch your damn language.' " Sirius said loudly, causing ever one else to snicker.

Lily and James slid into their seats.

Kathryn leaned over and whispered in Lily's ear.

"Nice entrance...and love the outfit. Way cute!"

Lily grinned and took out her Transfiguration book and turned to the page that the Professor was writing on the board.

That lesson, they transfigured their books into pigs, which was quite easy for Lily, though she had to help James quite a bit.

When the bell rang, they all hurried out the door and to the Great Hall, where lunch was being served on the usual gold plates and goblets.

"Kath you didn't save enough spots!" Lily groaned, seeing that there was no where for her to sit.

"I guess that means you'll have to sit somewhere else." James said, a little too brightly.

"Oh no it doesn't." Lily said, striding over and deliberately seating herself in James' lap.

James' eyes opened wide, astonished, then he grinned and put his arms around her waist, Lily squirming the whole time.

"Argh, Potter get your hands off me." Lily grumbled.

"Argh, Evans get your butt off my lap." James replied amiably, eyes twinkling with laughter.

Lily ignored him and filled her plate with salad and she started to eat.

"Is that all you're gonna eat?" James asked, eyeing her plate with distaste.

"Yep. I had a humongous breakfast and I'm not hungry." she replied, spearing a leaf of lettuce with her fork and placing it delicately in her mouth.

After they had both finished eating their main courses, James spoke up.

"You're not even gonna have a piece of the cheesecake?!" James asked, as if this was the most terrible thing in the world.

"Hmm...nah, I'll just have a bite of yours." Lily replied, cutting a small amount of his cheesecake onto her fork.

"Yes, of course you can have my cheesecake." James said sarcastically.

"Why thank you." Lily replied, laughing.

Neither of them noticed that Sirius, Remus, Kathryn, and Ella had been watching them throughout the whole meal, hardly eating anything themselves. They were astonished.

When everyone was finished, they sat in silence, waiting to be dismissed.

The bell rang and they all jumped up, hurrying to their Common Rooms for their free hour that they had after lunch on Tuesdays.

"What do you guys want to do?" Kathryn asked, bored already.

"Sleep." Sirius replied, yawning.

"Christmas Vacation in 2 days." Lily said glumly.

"And why is this a bad thing?" Kathryn asked curiously.

"I'll probably be the only person staying here over break." Lily grumbled.

"No. I'll be here." James said, speaking up for the first time since lunch.

"Oh joy." Lily said, winking at him.

He grinned.

"The best Christmas present ever...2 weeks alone with Evans." James said, only half joking.

"Are you a compulsive liar or something?" Lily asked, grinning widely.

"No." he replied, throwing a wad of paper at her.

"That was a lie." she said, throwing it back.

"Then I guess I am."

"How can I know if you're lying or not?" she asked, laughing.

"You can't."

"You're lying." she said, now gasping for breath.

Sirius and Kathryn were watching the exchange with amusement, Kathryn giggling along with Lily.

The next 5 days days flew by, with Lily and James spending every moment together since they were the only students who had stayed for Christmas Vacation.

So, 3 days after everyone had left Hogwarts for their vacation, Lily and James were sprawled out on the floor, staring at the ceiling.

Lily was comfortable in black lycra pants that emphasized her figure, and a light pink cropped t-shirt that said Cutie on it in shiny silver letters.

"Hey, Sirius told me a great pick up line, wanna hear it?" James asked, out of the blue.

"Sure why not." Lily replied, yawning after a long day a pranking and joking with James...it had been a blast. Pranks had been an every day ordeal.

"Do you happen to have a mirror in your pocket? Cause I can see myself in your pants." James said, holding back a grin.

Lily burst out laughing.

"Thats terrible! If any guy said that to me seriously, I'd probably slap them."

"Poor guy. Are you that mean to all guys?" James asked, rolling over onto his stomach and looking at her.

"Hmm...no just you." she said, after pondering it for a moment.

"Oh I feel special." he said sarcastically.

"You should." she said, twisting a strand of her hair around her finger absentmindedly.

"I am going to bed." he announced.

"Goodnight. And, er, thanks for keeping me entertained today." Lily said awkwardly.

James grinned at her and said goodnight, disappearing into his dorm.

The next afternoon, the two had run out of things to do. Lily was desperate. She was willing to try ANYTHING.

"What do you wanna do?" James asked, picking at the carpet.

"I wanna go outside. Wanna teach me how to fly?" she asked, her stomach fluttering with excitement and fear.

James grinned widely.

"Yeah! You can use my broom." he said, grabbing her hand and hurrying out onto the Quidditch Pitch, which was, at the moment, covered in snow.

"Crap. Accio Numbus 901." he said, and after a moment, his broom flew into his outstretched hand.

He dropped it on the ground and told her to get it up.

"Up." she said, and the broom flew into her hand.

James grinned.

"I think my broom likes you. It wouldn't even come up for Sirius...and he's the best beater we've had in years." he said, laughing.

"I feel soooo special." she said sarcastically, eyes twinkling with delight.

"Ok you grab onto it like this." he said, showing her how evenly his hands were spaced and just where to put them.

Lily tried, failing miserably.

James took her hands and positioned them correctly on the broom.

Her stomach fluttered.

"Shit. Accio Cleansweep." he said, and one of the school brooms flew into his hands.

He mounted up expertly, and demonstrated to her how to kick off.

"You ready to try it on your own?" he asked after showing her 3 times.

"I think so." she said, concentrating hard on what she was about to do.

"I'll go up with you on the count of three." he said. She nodded.

"One. Two. THREE." he said, and they both kicked off, Lily not doing too bad for her first time. (she had been "sick" during flying lessons in their first year)

"Holy Crap." she shrieked.

James grinned at her.

"You're doing great, just lean more when you want to turn, and don't be so tense." he said, the wind making it hard for her to hear him.

She nodded and did as she was instructed.

After another half an hour of flying, they both landed (Lily somewhat awkwardly).

"What a rush!" Lily said excitedly, cheeks flushed from the wind and cold, eyes glittering brightly.

To James, she had never looked so beautiful.

The next morning, Lily and James, having nothing to do, decided to go on a walk on the grounds.

As they trudged through the snow, Lily's eyes took on a devilish gleam.

She picked up a handful of snow, packed it into a snowball, and lobbed it at him, hitting him right in the back of the head.

She snorted with laughter.

"Hey!" James said, laughing as he made his own snowball and threw it at her.

Soon a snowball fight had broken out, both participants laughing uncontrollably.

Lily scooped up one last handful and was about to throw it, when James grabbed her around the waist. They both fell into the snow, still laughing.

Somehow, James had ended up on top, and he gazed down at her with laughing brown eyes.

She looked back up at him, in a way she never had before...almost longingly.

Without thinking, he leaned down and kissed her gently.

Her eyes widened and she almost pulled back in surprise.

Soon, it was James' turn to be surprised, because she had wrapped her arms around his neck and was kissing him back.

Lily had always thought that James' kissed would be all tongue, but that wasn't it. It was so gentle, and sweet, and...she melted in his arms.

A few minutes later, he pulled back to catch his breath.

He grinned at her, and she found herself smiling back.

Lily shivered. Now that the warmth of James' body was gone, she was freezing.

"I say we go into the warm castle to continue, I'm freezing." James said, standing up, holding out his hand and helping her up.

Lily accepted his hand, and they walked, side by side, back to the castle.

The rest of the evening they played Exploding Snap and shared childhood prank stories.

Lily went to bed rather early, being exhausted from the Snowball Fight.

The next morning however, she woke up bright and early, wondering if James would ever kiss her like that again.

Lily busied herself with pulling out her Transfiguration homework and starting in on it.

James did the same.

"I'm bored." he said after 5 minutes, snapping his book shut.

She looked up, amused.

"Short attention span." she commented before turning back to her book.

James came around and looked over her shoulder.

"You've got a lot done." he said, not really paying attention to the paper.

"I guess..." she said, trailing off as he kissed her neck.

He turned her chair towards him and kissed her.

After a moment, Lily pulled back and looked at him.

"I never ever ever thought I would be kissing you." she said, quill still in hand.

"I kind of hoped that someday I would get to kiss you." James said sheepishly.

"Really?" Lily asked, surprised.

James silenced her with another kiss, before taking her hand and leading her over to the couch. (A/N NO they are not going to do anything NASTY, and NO they are not going to make out)

Lily plopped herself down, watching as he sprawled himself in a bean bag chair, his long legs stretched out in front of him casually.

"So why didn't you go home for the holidays?" James asked, putting his arms behind his head.

"My sister." Lily said simply.

"Would you care to elaborate?" James asked, eyes twinkling.

"Oh. Yeah. Well...see me and my sister don't get along very well. She um, sort of thinks I'm a freak. She calls me ugly alll the time, but see, shes really the one thats ugly." Lily said in a rush, wondering why she was telling James Potter this.

"You? Ugly?" James laughed. "I've thought you were gorgeous since the day I met you."

"Liar." Lily said, grinning.

"No. I'm serious. Not that I would ever ADMIT that...it was just your attitude." he assured her.

"I have a picture of her in my room if you want to see her." Lily said, getting up and crossing the room to the door.

"I'll come with you." he said, standing up and following her into her dorm room.

Lily's side of the room was immaculate. She had painted the walls a pale yellow (against school rules) and had a blue and yellow flowered border going around her side. Her bedspread was light blue with a large yellow Lily in the center, and she had a pale yellow shaggy rug at the foot of her bed. All of her throw pillows were yellow, and she had a yellow lamp with small Lily's embroidered in the lamp shade.

James took it all in as if for the first time. This WAS the first time she had willingly let him in her room, so he could take his time looking at it.

She rummaged through her trunk and produced a photo album.

She flipped it open to the first page and she motioned for James to come see.

He peered at the picture.

A tall, willowy horse faced girl was in the picture. She had strawlike blonde hair and eyes of the palest gray. She had an abnormally long neck, and she looked more like a scare crow than a human.

"Whoa. You sure got the looks of the family." James said, laughing.

Lily grinned.

James flipped the page.

"Who's that?" he asked, pointing to a tall beautiful woman with red hair and green eyes.

"Oh. Thats my mum." Lily said proudly looking at the photo album over his shoulder.

Soon she was seated next to him on the bed, and she was telling him all about her childhood and how bad it had been growing up with Petunia.

"With a sister like that, you're lucky you turned out as normal as you did. That is, if you call yourself normal." James said, dodging a playful swat from Lily.

"You're the first person besides Kathryn that I have told this to. You of all people." Lily said, shaking her head ruefully.

"Hey now. I'm perfectly trustworthy thank you very much." he protested, laughing.

Lily rolled her eyes.

"We'll see." she said, laughing.

The next morning, Lily rapped on James' door loudly.

He answered in his boxers, eyes bleary, and hair even messier then usual.

"Lets go eat. I'm starving." Lily said casually.

James stared at her for a moment, shook his head with a sleepy smile, and threw a pair of robes on. He would shower after breakfast.

James headed for the door, obviously hungry too.

"We're the only people staying here for Christmas break. Don't you feel just privileged?" Lily asked sarcastically as they entered the Great Hall, which was empty save the teachers.

James grinned and tickled Lily playfully.

She giggled and turned around to face him. He put his arms around her waist and she put her arms around his neck, marveling at how much change 10 days had had in their relationship. She half hoped that this would last...that it wouldn't just be another one of the one week flings that James was famous for.

Normally the teachers wouldn't allow students to have their arms around each other in the school, but seeing as it was Lily and James...the couple that they had wanted to get together so badly, they decided that they would just let it pass.

Lily brushed a stray tendril of hair out of his eyes and gazed up at him.

He looked down at her seriously, frowning in thought.

"Whats gonna happen when all the other students come back?" he asked quietly.

Lily bit her lip.

"I don't know. All I do know is I'm having fun." she replied seriously.

James kissed her nose, his face clearing as he smiled at her.

Lily had never seen James look at someone like that, and she liked it.

They sat across from each other at the Gryffindor Table, eating in silence for a few minutes.

"I wonder what Kathryn is doing.

" Lily said almost sadly.
"Probably eating breakfast with her family." James said, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah. If it weren't for Petunia, I would be too." she replied wistfully.

"Ohhhh so I'm not enough entertainment huh?" James asked playfully.

"Oh shut up." Lily giggled, smacking his arm lightly.

"But seriously, they're probably wishing you were home right now too. All except for Petunia...but she's Petunia." James finished.

After they both finished their food, they stood up and walked back to the Common Room.

"I am out of ideas. So its your turn, Miss Evans, what would YOU like to do?" James asked, sprawling himself out on the couch in front of the fire.

"First, I am going to go take a shower." Lily said, towel in hand, heading for the girls showers.

James grabbed his towel and headed into the boys showers.

When she was done, Lily pulled on a pair of baby blue robes that said Angel across the chest in flashy rhinestones. She then brushed out her long blonde hair and let it fall elegantly down her back. She put in a pair of large silver hoop earrings and slipped on a pair of black chunky sandals, that had several crisscrossing straps...they made her 3 inches taller, but they were comfy, so she didn't care.

By the time she was done, James was already sitting at the table doing homework with wet hair.

Lily sat down in the chair across from him and began pulling books out of her bag, cursing Silvernoggle's name as she started her Potions Essay.

3 days until everyone comes back. Whats going to happen? Lily thought, looking at James, watching how is hair fell over his eye when he was bent over like that. He was so cute!

"I don't work real well when people stare at me." James said, still looking at his paper.

Lily blushed. She could tell from his voice that he was smiling.

"How'd you know?"

He shrugged.


There was a rush of noise at the portrait hole, and Lily and James jumped up to investigate.
Sirius, Remus, Kathryn, and Ella charged in, bags in hand, laughing and yelling.

"What are you doing back early?!" James and Lily asked, almost panickingly.

"Is it just me, or do they sound disappointed?" Sirius asked, laughing as Kathryn smacked him.

Lily and James glanced at each other...that once glance and they vowed not to tell their friends.

"Why the heck would I be disappointed? Evans? Ha." James said arrogantly, punching Sirius in the shoulder as a hello.

"Potter's a loser! The day I like him is the day I learn to fly on a broom." Lily said, winking at James.

"Yeah, like THAT'LL ever happen." Kathryn giggled.

"I'm gonna go unpack." Kathryn announced. "Lily you gonna come with?"

Lily unwillingly glanced at James.

"Yeah...sure!" she exclaimed with false enthusiasm.

Her friends looked at her funny.

"Erm...the breakfast this morning really upset my stomach." she mumbled, rushing up the stairs after Kathryn.

"How was break?" Kathryn asked, emptying her suitcase onto her bed.

"Oh...it was grea---it sucked big time." Lily lied.

"Figures. What could be FUN with Potter and you." Kathryn said, laughing.

"Yeah. What could be fun." Lily replied weakly.

3 days later, all the other students returned to Hogwarts and it was life as usual. Well, not for Lily and James.

At potions on their first day back, Kathryn and Sirius picked each other for their partners.

"Who am I gonna be partners with?" James asked, sighing as he saw that Ella snagged Remus for a partner.

"I guess I'm stuck with Potter." Lily said half heartedly, secretly elated that she would get to talk to him.

They both acted disgusted, but James winked at her and walked over to his cauldron, Lily at his heels.

"So, whats up?" James asked, noticing that, thankfully, Kathryn, Sirius, Remus, and Ella were on the other side of the room.

"Not much. This really sucks--could you pass me the frog spawn please?" she asked, holding out her hand.

James grabbed her hand and kissed her quickly on the cheek, flashing her a grin as he grabbed the frogspawn.

Lily smiled up at him, before they both quickly glanced around the room to make sure no one had seen them.

They both looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"This is ridiculous." she said when she had recovered.

"So, lets tell them." James said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"But Ella likes you. I can't do that to her." Lily mumbled.

"Oh, like she has never done anything mean to you? And who wouldn't like me? Whats not to like?" he asked, grinning.

"You're terrible." Lily said, giggling.

"If you're done flirting now, you would notice that your cauldron is about to bubble over." Professor Silvernoggle said loudly, so the whole class could hear.

The pair froze.

James recovered first.

"Shit. Look at the mess you made Evans!" he exclaimed "angrily". He was very convincing.

"Oh, yeah, the mess I made. You're the one who was too busy flinging rubber binders at me to notice the cauldron!" Lily shot back, also convincing.

"Yeah? Well whats you're excuse?! You were just sitting there! You should have noticed it! Jeeze you're dumb." James said, shaking his head angrily.

"I was too busy blocking rubber bands!" Lily said, throwing a beetle at him.

"You call that flirting Silvernoggle?! I think you need to get your ears checked." Sirius shouted from across the room, making everyone laugh.

Lily and James breathed a silent sigh of relief.

The bell rang, and as Lily was hurrying through the door, James whispered in her ear.

"3:00 in the morning, meet me at the astronomy tower." he said quietly, before hurrying ahead of her.

The rest of the day flew by, and that night, at 2:50, Lily snuck out of her dorm in her pajamas (a pair of baggy purple plaid pajama pants that tied at the waist, and a light purple tank top, and a really thick baby blue cloak over it all, as it was January), and up to the astronomy tower, wondering WHY she was doing this. It was so illegal that she shuddered to think what would happen if they got caught.

"Psst." someone hissed.

She frozed, heart beating quickly, thinking she'd been caught.

"Its me." James' voice said quietly, tugging her in to a sheltered corner.

"You almost gave me a heart attack." she mumbled.

"I can tell." he said. Lily could tell by his voice that he was smiling.

He led her over to the corner, where an overhang would shelter them from the wind.

"So, what was so important that you had to deprive me of my beauty sleep and drag me out into the freezing cold?" she asked sarcastically.

"Well, being rude to you for 3 days doesn't really agree with me now. So I had to haul you out here so I can talk to you like I want to, and look at you without being watched by Sirius." James said, settling back against the wall.

Lily settled back against the wall too, and they started to talk easily, both very content.

Eventually talk dwindled, and they sat there in companionable silence.

"Sirius was asking me why I haven't had a girlfriend lately. I think he's getting worried." James said softly.

"Maybe he'll think you're gay." Lily said, giggling.

James laughed.

"No, sorry, I'm about as straight as they come. But seriously, Sirius was wondering what was up with me. And honestly, I think he'd be the first to find out." James said.

Lily made an impatient sound.

"Find out about WHAT?! That we kissed? Twice? That we're friends? James theres nothing going on between us, no matter how much we wish there was. We're being so stupid. We should just TELL THEM so that we can be together. This is stupid and dumb, and our fights are getting REALLY lame." Lily rambled.

James laughed quietly. "No kidding, you called me a loser today. That hurts." he said sarcastically.

Lily giggled and shrugged her shoulders, as if she could do no better.

"You're so cute." she said, kissing him quickly on the cheek.

James pulled her closer, and she layed her head on his shoulder.

"Should we at least tell Sirius?" Lily asked softly.

"Tell me what?" came Sirius' voice.

A/N heeheehee I am truly evil. you must forgive me though, and please review. I wish I was good at writing like cassandra claire...all I can seem to write is plotless fluff, and this is my very first fic with a semi plot. lol. ok so please review and the next part will be out sometime next week.