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Chapter 2Lily sat in her bed, motionless. She was musing over the past day of her life—what had happened?
Oh, yes, Lily and James (JAMES!) had become Head Boy and Girl. That meant that they would have to get along, work side by side with each other and such. Oh, and direct a play together.
Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Why did things like this ALWAYS happen to her? Especially when her life, according to her, couldn't get any worse. And then she had to go and be Head Girl (which she didn't mind all that much), but how had he become Head Boy? I mean, James WAS a good student and all, made good grades, and had even managed to scrape five O.W.L.S. out of seven. But why they had picked James to be the Head Boy was beyond her. James, along with Sirius, was the biggest troublemaker Hogwarts had probably ever seen. In his first year alone, he had gotten more detentions then the whole of Gryffindor House combined. She had been amazed when he had been labeled a Prefect, but now that he had been made Head Boy, it completely blew her mind.
Lily heard the door creak open, and she sat up in curiosity. She peaked through her curtains to see it was only Twila Patil, one of the other girls in her dormitory.
"Ugh," Lily groaned. Even though Twila was one of her closest friends, she didn't want to be disturbed right now. She quickly positioned herself, and put on a fake slumber.
"Lily!" Twila called as she stumbled around the room, "I know you're in here…Lily?"
She opened Lily's curtains to see the 'sleeping' Lily in her bed, "Lily," she murmured, as she shook her, "Come on, wake up!" She shook her some more, and by the way that Lily moved after she shook her, she knew she was awake, "Come on, Lils! I know you're not asleep!" Lily 'slept' on, until Twila started tickling her.
"Stop," Lily moaned, a smile spreading over her face, "Twila!" She shrieked, clutching her stomach. She grabbed her quilt, and pulled it over her head, almost suffocating herself in the process.
Twila threw her hands down in exasperation, "Lily, come on, you can't hide forever!"
"Yes, I can, " a muffled voice spoke back, "I'm very good at that."
"Lily, you're the new Head Girl. You've got to get up and set an example! You don't want all your fellow Gryffindors sulking around all the time, now do you?"
"I am NOT sulking! Besides, James is in the Common Room, isn't he? Let him set the example."
Twila shifted nervously from one foot to the other, as she let out a high pitched laugh, "Yeah, but you don't want them to turn into a bunch of pranksters, do you?"
Lily groaned. Twila was right. Again. She hated it when she was right. Sighing, deciding that she might as well make a short appearance in the Common Room, threw of the covers, and hoped out of bed.
"Finally!" Her brunette fried exclaimed, "Honestly, I don't know why Liv is always sending me up here to get you, she knows I suck at it. Why can't she? Oh, yes, I forgot: She's too busy snogging with Sirius to care."
Lily suppressed a laugh, "Sounds like Liv." She remarked, as she struggled on some jeans and a purple blouse. She went to the mirror, checked herself out, then used her wand to put her hair in a half ponytail and to apply some light make-up, "All right, let's go."
Lily had no sooner emerged from the Girl's Dormitory, than she ran straight into none other than James Potter.
"Ow!" She screeched, rubbing her shoulders. She looked up to see a disgruntled James staring back, "Oh. You. What do you want?"
James shrugged, "Liv wants to talk to you down in the CR."
"Okay," Lily said, "But what are YOU doing up here?"
"Oh! Dumbledore wants to see us," James replied, as he began making his way back down the steps.
"Lily relaxed, as she began making her way down as well, "Oh, about that stupid play." She entered the Common Room, immediately bombarded by a nervous Liv.
"Lily!" She exclaimed, as she pulled her best friend into a hug, "I was just starting to get worried!"
Lily looked at her bizarrely, and said, "Okay, but I was only gone for like thirty minutes."
"I know, I know," Liv shook her head, and then pulled her into another hug, pretending to cry hysterically. Lily looked down to see Sirius and the other girl in their dormitory, Christina Jonshone, cracking up. Lily mouthed 'Help me!' despairingly, and Christina said:
"Liv is just a little worked up over our Transfiguration homework." She said intelligently, and Sirius nodded his head in agreement. At the sound of 'Transfiguration', Liv broke her hug, and exclaimed:
"Oh, that old witch! She gave us homework on the first day! And it's a review, as well! I can't remember anything we did last year." Liv finished truthfully. Sirius motioned for Lily to join the ensemble on the couch, but Lily shook her head, "No, James said Dumbledore wants to see us."
Liv shook her head, as she took her seat (Sirius's lap), and picked up her book, "Have fun! And make sure you pick a cool play!"
Lily shook her head, and headed towards the Portrait Hole, muttering under her breath as she left, "We'll pick a good play, all right. It'll be a disaster."
***
As Lily was strolling down the hallway towards Dumbledore's Office, she heard someone call her name. She turned around to see James Potter racing towards her. He came to a halt as he neared her, and said, "Going to Dumbledore's office?"
"Duh," Lily retorted back, as she continued walking.
"Okay, then, I'll walk with you." He began walking with her, and Lily turned to look at James in amazement.
"Well, that's new. Usually you're wanting to drop balloons on my head instead of walk with me."
James shrugged, "Oh, I don't know. I just wanted to start the New Year fresh, you know, since we are Head Boy and Girl together. We might as well try to get along."
Lily took this into consideration. She wouldn't mind it all that much. I mean, everyone else was friends with James, why couldn't she give it a shot? James was right, it wouldn't hurt to try.
"All right," she said thoughtfully, and for the first time in his life, James smiled at her. Lily couldn't help it, but she found herself smiling back.
They sauntered down the rest of the way to Dumbledore's Office in silence, until they got to the Stone Gargoyle. Lily, realizing she didn't know the password, turned to James, and said, "How are we supposed to get in?
James said quickly, "Lemon Drop!" And the gargoyle sprung to life, revealing a huge, revolving staircase, "That's how," James answered simply back, as he began his way up the staircase.
Lily was awed by the magnificent decorations that adorned the staircase to Dumbledore's office. Lily noticed that James seemed to know where he was going, and said, "So, you've been up here before, huh?"
James hooted, "Well, of course! Who do you think was responsible for taking the blame on all the pranks we did on the Slytherins, Moaning Myrtle? I've probably been up here more than everyone in the school combined, I have!" He finished, acting as though that was something to be proud of. But for him, it probably was.
Lily shook her head in accord, as they stepped off the revolving staircase, and approached the Office. Before they had time to even knock, a voice said from within, "Come in."
AN: Okay, that's Ch. 2! Ok, I know it wasn't as long as Ch. 1, but hey! You better be grateful, I got up at 7:30 this morning to finish this chapter for you guys! Please review again, and I'll try as hard as I can to get the next chapter up within the next day or so. Katherine :)