AN:  Thanx yet again to all you wonderful people that reviewed!  Honestly, when I first posted, I didn't think I was gonna have any reviews!  Think again, Katherine! *slaps self on head…OW!!!*  It would take up to much space to thank all my reviewers, so just look under the reviews, then tell urslef that I say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, A MILLION TIMES THANK YOU!!!  You guys are the GREATEST, even though I don't know you! (convenient, huh?) *Sobs hysterically while her friends roll their eyes and keep away from me, the insane girl*  So, here's Chapter 4!  Agan, you better be grateful, I spent time that I should've been studying Algebra or Voice writing this!  Oh, and one—actually two more things.  I'm going to Mammoth Cave (it's a place in Kentucky—my friend hates me now :well, not really: b/c I get to ride horses, and that is like her fave pastime) with my church this weekend, so I won't be able to update most likely.  Sorry!!!  Don't kill me!!!  And, also, I got a part in Little Women (everyone clap for Kat, please!), so that'll mean less hours for ff, b/c my parents are really stressing over the fact that I need to keep up grades.  I'm almost an all 'A' student!  Geez!!!  But practices don't start for another 2½ weeks, so that'll gimme plenty of time to work on this ff.  I plan to make this one LONGGG, then possibly write a sequel.  But it's a little early to be worrying about that, now isn't it?  Okay, PLEASE r/r!!!  And REVIEW again!!!

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Chapter 4

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"Romance?  ROMANCE!?  Of all the topics, the Student Body had to pick romance?  What is this world coming to?"

"I think it's kinda cute," Twila giggled incessantly as she tore of pieces of a brownie and stuffed them in her mouth.

Lily rounded on her, scowling.  She threw a dirty look at her, and grabbed the brownie, "You're on a diet, Twila." And then she began stuffing her mouth.

"Hey!"  Twila exclaimed, as she tried desperately to get her brownie back, "So?  What's it matter if I have sweets every now and then?"

Liv huffed, "More like every hour."

Twila shrugged, "Yeah, so?" She said again, then turned back to Lily, who had finished off the brownie, "Anyway, I thought YOU were the one of the diet!"

"Yeah, well, I gave that up," she said, grabbing her lip-gloss and applying some, "I'm 5'6 and I'm 105.  I don't think I can afford to lose more weight."

"105?" Christina said disbelievingly, as she stood up from the wall she had been leaning on.  She had always been a bit jealous of Liv and Lily because of their perfect figures, but she had never really saw the true image of herself in the mirror either.

Lily shrugged, and was about to respond when Liv exclaimed, "All right!  I was getting into our other conversation!" The room silenced, Twila now munching on some Skittles (She never stops, does she ?)  Liv then turned to Lily, and said, "Now do please continue."

Lily roared, "Urghhh!" Out of frustration, clearly still infuriated with this whole situation, "Give me bad grades!  Give me Petunia!  Anything but writing a romance with HIM!" Lily clenched her fists, and threw them up in exasperation, punching the air.

Liv grabbed her arms, and said, "Lily.  Calm yourself.  Breathe—in and out—"

Lily started the 'relief program', lying back on her bed.  She respired big breaths—in and out—in and out—in and—well, you get the picture.

Christina gave up her post on the wall, and sat down on the bed beside her, "Don't worry, hon.  You're a great writer; you'll get through this."

Lily sat up grumpily, "Chrissie, I would rather work with Peter Pettigrew, whom you know I hate more than James to write this play.  Beside, will never get any work done—"

"Who will never get any work done?"

The four girls snapped around to see Sirius, James and Remus standing there, looking somewhat like a gang. (Well, they sort of were.)

"Um, no one," Liv said quickly, since Lily was still gaping, trying to find the right words.  Liv grabbed Sirius's hand, "What are you doing in here, Sirius?"

Sirius kissed her hand, and replied with, "Just awaiting my fair lady to take her to my noble steed."

James tried to stifle a laugh, as Liv's grin widened, "Why, of course, honest gentleman."

And with that, they left.

Remus shook his head, "They tell us they're walking.  Huh!  Do they think we're idiots?"

Lily chuckled, then turned her attention to James, her facial features turning cold, "What do you want?"

James held up a key, two quills, and several sheaves of parchment, "Play writing time."

"Ugh," Lily rolled her eyes, and stomped her feet, "All right, come on."

As she headed to the door, she wheeled around to face Christina and Twila, walking backwards and mouthing, "Save me!  He'll turn me into stone!  Or kill me!  Or worse, get me expelled!"

Christina, laughing out loud (LOL!  Neways…), shut the door in Lily's face.

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As James led Lily down corridor after corridor, she eyed his key suspiciously.  Then she asked attentively, "Where are you taking me?"

"Well, there's a secret room in the Fifth Corridor that will be perfect for writing in peace," James replied, a smile playing on his mischievous face.

Lily's eyes darted around the hallway, looking for a quick escape in case she need one, "Okay." She said, her voice shaking slightly.

"Scared, are you?" James chuckled, turning another hallway followed by a nervous Lily.

"N—no, of course not!" Lily exclaimed in an inexplicably high voice.

But, soon enough, Lily figured out that he in fact wasn't taking her to the 5th Corridor. (Wherever that was.) She started to discern this fact when sketches of food began to appear on the wall, "You're not taking me to the 5th Corridor, are you?"

"Good going, Sherlock!" James congratulated her, 'patting' her forcefully on the back. (What he called patting is more like hitting.  Its like L.E.I's; they tell you they're nines, when they're actually fives.  Get it?!  Nehow…)

"Well, then where are you taking me?" She queried, looking distraughtly around the isolated hallway.

"To the kitchens," James said simply.

"WHAT?!" Lily screeched, stopping dead in her tracks, "Oh, of course—yes, we mustn't starve ourselves."

"You've been there before?" James inquired, a hint of disappointment rising in his voice.

"O—of course!" Lily said throwing her arms up in the air, "All the time!"

"Huh," James muttered, as he stopped in front of a painting of a bowl of fruit, "Well, if you're so intelligent, why don't you open the door for us, hum?"

"Open the door?" Lily asked vigilantly, "Um…well,…I kinda forgot how to open it."

James laughed, reached forward and tickled the pear, and said, "You're not very good at lying, you know."

"I know," Lily murmured, her face drooping.

"Get ready." And no sooner had the words escaped his mouth than did the din of several chattering high-pitched voices bombard their ears.

"What can I do for you, sir?" A diminutive house-elf with a read nightcap on his head asked, tugging on James's shirt.

"Would you like some cake?"

"Tea—"

"Soup—"

"Ham—?"

Lily was overwhelmed by the prospect.  James glanced at her as he was loading some bread into a sack, "Never been down here, have ya'?"

"No," Lily managed to get out as one bulky elf tried to convince her to take some brownies.

"Didn't know they worked here, huh?" James questioned, now aimlessly trying to stuff some Smoked Honey Ham into his sack.

"I had no idea."

James, after filling his sack to the point where there were some rips in his bag, noticed that Lily was panicking as the elves tried to feed her.  James tittered, and drug the House-elf away from her, "We've got enough.  Thanks."

And before the elves could try and discourage them from leaving, that were out in the hallway again.

Lily peered into the sack, and drew out a shiny apple.  She took a large bite, and said, "Gosh, they're willing to give food away on the spot to anyone, aren't they?"

"Lily," James said censoriously, "You've got a lot to learn."

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          As Christina shut the door, she turned back around to see Twila now pigging out on a Snickers bar.  She rolled her eyes and plopped down on the couch that accompanied the Common Room.  She flipped open her magazine, Teenage Witches in Great Britain, and began to read it.

She was halfway through an article about a 15-year-old witch that saved her family from Voldemort (—sort of—she got killed herself in the process—), when Twila spoke up.

"They would make a cute couple, don't they?"

Christina snapped her head up in surprise, "Who?"

Twila abandoned her 'Candy Stash', and came and joined Christina on her bed, "You know—James and Lily."

"You dolt!" Christina asserted, seizing her magazine and bopping her on the head, "Are you insane, they hate each other!"

"So?" Twila shrugged, her eyes sparkling with exhilaration, "My parents hated each other for twenty years before they realized they were meant for each other."

"Yeah, but what look what happened to them," Christina said intellectually, referring to her divorced parents, who had separated before she was even born.

"Okay, so it didn't exactly work out.  But you've got to admit that James and Lily would look pretty good together going to the Annual Christmas Ball or something."

Christina was about to retort, but she gave the thought a little interrogation.  Twila was right; they would look cute together.  She sighed, " I suppose."

Twila shrieked, "Hah!  I got you!  They would look so precious walking hand and hand together down the hallways of Hogwarts…" Twila began, her face taking on a dreamy look.

"Twila!" Christina exclaimed, as she got up and began cleaning up her side of the room, "We're not planning their wedding here, now let's be serious.  I'll eat Marcella if they even bump into each other and say 'I'm sorry.'"

"Who's Marcella?" Twila asked confusedly, as she grabbed her Snickers bar before Christina threw it in the trash.

"My new owl," Christina replied, giving up cleaning, and plopping back down on the couch, "So…you want to get them together."

Twila shrieked, and said, "Okay!  What do you say we do?"

Christina leaned in mysteriously, "Well, I think I've got a plan…"

AN:  Don't ya' just LOVE cliffhangers!?!??!  I do!! They're absolutely, positively, most CERTIANLY the best way to end chapters, I think!  Nehow, I know this chapter wasn't as long as the other ones, but I think it's one of my best so far!  I dunno.  So, please r/r!!!!  R/R!!!!  R/R!!!  Ok, I think you got the point.  Remember, I probably won't be able to post another chapter until next week, I know, I know, you hate me.  I might be able to squeeze one in on Friday, but don't count on it.  Nehow, I gotta get off the computer, going now!!!  PLEASE don't leave w/o leaving a review!!! Katherine:)