JUST FRIENDS? JUST ENEMIES? JUST LOVERS?

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Rite-o, I got a move on with this chapter… but I know this chapter's short, but it's also pretty important… I think you can see what's going to happen later…

Anyway, you can go… read now…

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"What does it say? What does it say?" Lily heard around the corner and ran along, wondering what on earth was happening. She noticed a large crowd around a notice-board and craned her head over others to try to read the message.

"God, I hate being short…" she muttered and she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see James motioning to he to follow him. She skipped towards him and stopped in front, grinning.

"What, Your Highness?" she crowed jokingly.

"We have flying lessons with the Slytherins…" he muttered unhappily and Lily's eyes widened.

"Is… is that the house… Snape's in?" she asked nervously.

"Why, indeed it is, Evans. Never knew you cared enough to notice." Drawled a voice from behind her. She didn't even have to turn around to know who it was. Snape.

Even though she knew she should say something in defense of herself, she felt numb, her mouth refused to move. She could feel his eyes on her, nothing else. And she did not like the feeling.

"Piss off, Snape." James ordered lazily.

"And why, should I listen to you, Potter?" Snape countered almost as lazily.

"'Cos you'd better if you know what's good for you."

"Ooooooh, I'm so scared, Potter!" Snape held his hands up and waggled his fingers, feigning fear.

Lily finally felt as though she got her senses back and turned around swiftly to slap him. There was silence in the corridor and she felt nervous with all the eyes on her. Even James looked thoroughly shocked.

"We warned you, Snape." She whispered venomously and turned to walk away. She heard James running behind her.

She felt Snape's eyes on her, too.

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"Whoa, Lil!" she heard James shout as he caught up with her. "Thatta girl! I never knew you would do that, but, hell, it was great!" James grinned down on her and Lily felt herself smiling back.

"Thanks, James." She whispered and then looked down towards the ground.

"Hey-hey!" she heard Sirius shout. She looked up into his smiling face. "Good on you, Lil! I just heard all about it and, whoa, that's a great start." He sighed and looked up. "I wish I could've been there…"

"No biggie." She brushed it off and tried to change the topic. "So… when is our flying lesson with our beloved Snapey and his motley crew?"

"This Friday." James announced. Then he stared at Lily, curious. "Lil… do you… know how to ride a broom?"

"No…" she trailed off. "Does it matter?"

Sirius and James exchanged glances. "Erm… if you think you can, then great. Otherwise… you might make a fool of yourself."

"… So?"

"In front of Snape."

"… Crap!"

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"Ah, I can't do this!"

"Lil…"

"Just hold onto the handle!"

"I can't!"

"Course you can!"

"Anybody can!"

"Well, I can't!"

James and Sirius were having great difficulty in trying to teach Lily to fly. The school brooms weren't great and Lily seemed to lack confidence and balance.

"Argh!" Lily screamed and threw the broom down. "Screw this! I can't do it!" she stalked off. James and Sirius followed quickly.

"Come on, Lil!"

"One more try!"

She turned, eyes filling with tears. "I'm hopeless! I can't do anything!"

Sirius patted her on the back. "Riding a broom isn't everything, you know." He said gently.

"It doesn't matter anyway." She muttered. "I'm just going to make a fool of myself in front of Snape."

"No."

Lily and Sirius looked at James in shock.

"I'm going to teach you how to fly tonight. Even if it takes me all night to do it!" he promised.

"Then so am I!" Sirius agreed.

Lily smiled, glad that these boys had fallen on her so that she could make such great friends.

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"Everyone stand by a broom. Come on!" Madam Hooch ordered.

The dreaded Friday flying lesson had arrived and Lily, James and Sirius were all standing next to each other in the two lines. Unfortunately, Lily was also facing Snape. He smirked at her and Lily held her head higher. Snape's smirk faltered.

"Right, now hold you hand over you broom and say, 'Up!'"

"UP!" they all chorused and about half of the brooms obeyed their commands. However, it took another ten minutes to get the rest up.

Madam Hooch then strolled up and down the rows, instructing them all how to hold the broom, how to sit on it and how to fly it. Finally, they actually got to go up.

"Now. When I blow my whistle, kick off the ground hard. Got me?" her eyes roved along the lines and every single head bobbed up and down.

"Right, now, on my whistle. One – two – three!" she blew and everyone soared into the air.

Some people didn't even get five metres away from the ground until they came back down, but James and Sirius flew around the castle.

Lily followed slowly, drinking in the feeling of being so high above everything else. She stared down and she felt on top of the world. Everything else seemed so small and insignificant.

Then, she felt a familiar feeling. She moved down so she was closer to the ground and was shocked to find Snape staring at her again.

She pushed the feeling to the back of her mind and thought that Sirius was right.

Flying wasn't everything.

It was so much more.

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A/N: Sorry, it's short, I know, but I hope you picked up a whole bunch of hints in this chapter of what's to come… it wasn't that obvious though, and you will find out what happens eventually.

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