chapter 4.
"What's going on, guys?" Lily asked.
"Did I miss something?" James said.
Lily looked at James. James looked at Lily.
Lily yelled. James screamed.
"You're me!" they both cried.
The four on the chairs stood up to get a closer look, Katrina and Gina going to Lily, Remus and Sirius going to James.
"This is not good, not good at all!" Lily was shouting, in James's voice.
"I think it's okay. I mean, James is cute and everything--" Lily cut Katrina off.
"Kat," Lily said extremely calmly, "right now, I am James. And I don't want you telling me how cute James is or how smart or anything."
"Or how cute he can get when he's mad," Gina whispered.
She and Katrina giggled. Lily glared. They stopped.
Lily sighed. "Remember what I said to you and Sirius upstairs, Gina? About being sane? Well, I take it all back. I am officially insane as of now."
Across the room, James was ranting. "Why does this have to happen to me? Why?"
"I think it's okay. Just think of the tricks we can pull!" Sirius said.
"But we'd ruin Lily's reputation," Remus warned.
"Does it look like I CARE about Lil's rep right now? How do I get out of this--this--this body?"
By the fire, Lily was yelling again. "How long does this last? How long am I going to be James Potter?"
Gina looked across the room to Sirius, who met her eyes. She turned back to Lily and said quietly, "Two days."
"TWO DAYS? I AM GOING TO BE JAMES 'MR. I'M A CONCEITED FOOL' POTTER FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS?"
James, hearing Lily started again. "Is she telling the truth? I am going to be Lily 'I'm the prettiest angel on the face of this earth' Evans for TWO FULL DAYS?"
"Angel?" Lily shouted. "I sure don't look mighty pretty with you in there."
"And, might I add, that I look awful like a conceited fool with you in my body."
Sirius laughed. "You guys are just insulting yourselves. Lily, you just said that you're ugly, and James just said that he was a conceited fool!"
"Well, she is!" James spat.
"He is a fool!" Lily shouted.
Katrina and Gina started to giggle again. They stopped when Lily and James both shot them a look.
"I have got to get out of these robes," Lily said suddenly. "They are so uncomfortable!"
James agreed. "Girls' robes don't look that great on me."
"Speak for yourself."
James looked down. "These are huge on me!"
"I'm gonna go change." She started up the girls' stairs.
"Wait!" James said. Lily stopped and turned around. "Don't you think it'll be a little weird to your other dorm mates that James Potter is sleeping in the girls' fifth year dorm?"
"Yeah. But they'll live." She started to turn back around.
"In your bed." Lily stopped and turned all the way around again. She sprinted down the stairs.
"It'll look like you're sleeping with me!"
"It definetely won't look good."
"And I don't want to stay in the boys' dorm."
"Does it look like I want to stay in the girls' one?"
"I, uh, have somewhere else to sleep." Lily thought of the room she had found in her third year; the one behind a map of England.
"Me too," James said. Lily wondered where it was.
"Okay. Then I'll go grab some clothes for you and you get some for me. And I'll probably make a run down to kitchens; I'm planning on skipping class and meals."
"Skipping meals and classes? You can't do that!"
"I can't?"
"No!"
"Fine. Then you can skip all my classes. And don't go ravenous at meals; I don't eat that much!"
"I'll probably skip meals. Could you grab me some food when you go to the kitchens?"
"No."
"Okay, fine. I'll get my own. We'll go together."
"Fine with me. James, did you realize that if we both skip classes and meals, it'll look even more suspicous?"
"Oh, great. More to worry about."
"I'll just have to set everyone straight after two days."
"You mean we'll. Get back down here in fifteen minutes to go to the kitchens."
James and Lily sprinted up their separate stairways.
Remus looked at Sirius. "Did I miss something?"
"Nope. Ladies and gentlemen, that was Lily Evans and James Potter acting nice towards each other! Let's give them a big hand, everyone," Sirius said as a movie announcer. Everyone laughed.
"Well, I'll probably go up and help Lil. Coming, Kat?"
"Yeah."
Katrina and Gina went up the girls' stairs. Sirius shrugged, and he and Remus went up the boys' stairs to see James.
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[A/N long chapter! well, i hope you liked it. it was rather fun to write. review, please! i really want to know if this is a good story. i don't care if you reviewed every chapter! well, actually, i'd like that. see how your thoughts trailed as you finished each chapter. i just discovered the dec. 2000 issue of reader's digest today in reading class. jkr is on the cover! but amanda had to read it, not me. oh well, maybe i'll just get it from the library.]
[JICUW2K: i sure hope i don't sound crazed. but, you know the drill if i do.]
[Disclaimer: it'll look even more suspicous if i don't add this. well, maybe it won't. but, either way, i own all the characters, thank you very much j.k.rowling. hint, hint.]
"What's going on, guys?" Lily asked.
"Did I miss something?" James said.
Lily looked at James. James looked at Lily.
Lily yelled. James screamed.
"You're me!" they both cried.
The four on the chairs stood up to get a closer look, Katrina and Gina going to Lily, Remus and Sirius going to James.
"This is not good, not good at all!" Lily was shouting, in James's voice.
"I think it's okay. I mean, James is cute and everything--" Lily cut Katrina off.
"Kat," Lily said extremely calmly, "right now, I am James. And I don't want you telling me how cute James is or how smart or anything."
"Or how cute he can get when he's mad," Gina whispered.
She and Katrina giggled. Lily glared. They stopped.
Lily sighed. "Remember what I said to you and Sirius upstairs, Gina? About being sane? Well, I take it all back. I am officially insane as of now."
Across the room, James was ranting. "Why does this have to happen to me? Why?"
"I think it's okay. Just think of the tricks we can pull!" Sirius said.
"But we'd ruin Lily's reputation," Remus warned.
"Does it look like I CARE about Lil's rep right now? How do I get out of this--this--this body?"
By the fire, Lily was yelling again. "How long does this last? How long am I going to be James Potter?"
Gina looked across the room to Sirius, who met her eyes. She turned back to Lily and said quietly, "Two days."
"TWO DAYS? I AM GOING TO BE JAMES 'MR. I'M A CONCEITED FOOL' POTTER FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS?"
James, hearing Lily started again. "Is she telling the truth? I am going to be Lily 'I'm the prettiest angel on the face of this earth' Evans for TWO FULL DAYS?"
"Angel?" Lily shouted. "I sure don't look mighty pretty with you in there."
"And, might I add, that I look awful like a conceited fool with you in my body."
Sirius laughed. "You guys are just insulting yourselves. Lily, you just said that you're ugly, and James just said that he was a conceited fool!"
"Well, she is!" James spat.
"He is a fool!" Lily shouted.
Katrina and Gina started to giggle again. They stopped when Lily and James both shot them a look.
"I have got to get out of these robes," Lily said suddenly. "They are so uncomfortable!"
James agreed. "Girls' robes don't look that great on me."
"Speak for yourself."
James looked down. "These are huge on me!"
"I'm gonna go change." She started up the girls' stairs.
"Wait!" James said. Lily stopped and turned around. "Don't you think it'll be a little weird to your other dorm mates that James Potter is sleeping in the girls' fifth year dorm?"
"Yeah. But they'll live." She started to turn back around.
"In your bed." Lily stopped and turned all the way around again. She sprinted down the stairs.
"It'll look like you're sleeping with me!"
"It definetely won't look good."
"And I don't want to stay in the boys' dorm."
"Does it look like I want to stay in the girls' one?"
"I, uh, have somewhere else to sleep." Lily thought of the room she had found in her third year; the one behind a map of England.
"Me too," James said. Lily wondered where it was.
"Okay. Then I'll go grab some clothes for you and you get some for me. And I'll probably make a run down to kitchens; I'm planning on skipping class and meals."
"Skipping meals and classes? You can't do that!"
"I can't?"
"No!"
"Fine. Then you can skip all my classes. And don't go ravenous at meals; I don't eat that much!"
"I'll probably skip meals. Could you grab me some food when you go to the kitchens?"
"No."
"Okay, fine. I'll get my own. We'll go together."
"Fine with me. James, did you realize that if we both skip classes and meals, it'll look even more suspicous?"
"Oh, great. More to worry about."
"I'll just have to set everyone straight after two days."
"You mean we'll. Get back down here in fifteen minutes to go to the kitchens."
James and Lily sprinted up their separate stairways.
Remus looked at Sirius. "Did I miss something?"
"Nope. Ladies and gentlemen, that was Lily Evans and James Potter acting nice towards each other! Let's give them a big hand, everyone," Sirius said as a movie announcer. Everyone laughed.
"Well, I'll probably go up and help Lil. Coming, Kat?"
"Yeah."
Katrina and Gina went up the girls' stairs. Sirius shrugged, and he and Remus went up the boys' stairs to see James.
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[A/N long chapter! well, i hope you liked it. it was rather fun to write. review, please! i really want to know if this is a good story. i don't care if you reviewed every chapter! well, actually, i'd like that. see how your thoughts trailed as you finished each chapter. i just discovered the dec. 2000 issue of reader's digest today in reading class. jkr is on the cover! but amanda had to read it, not me. oh well, maybe i'll just get it from the library.]
[JICUW2K: i sure hope i don't sound crazed. but, you know the drill if i do.]
[Disclaimer: it'll look even more suspicous if i don't add this. well, maybe it won't. but, either way, i own all the characters, thank you very much j.k.rowling. hint, hint.]