Author's Note: I haven't seen the Harry Potter movie, but this weekend I was babysitting for a little girl with a HP movie calendar, and one of the months is a scene from Charms class, and that's how I discovered that Professor Flitwick is really supposed to be about 300 years old. (Ok, so I'm exaggerating.) Anyway, that was after I wrote this next part, and I always pictured Flitwick as fairly young. So that's why there's a different Charms teacher.

Disclaimer: Trust me, you'll know which is mine and which I am shamelessly stealing.



"Regina, have you had the Gryffindors much this week?" Professor McGonagall asked the Charms teacher, Professor Giffle.

"All but yesterday. Why?"

Professor McGonagall grinned. "Have you noticed a...rivalry of sorts?"

Professor Giffle laughed. "You don't mean James Potter and Lily Evans, do you? It's rather hard to miss, I'm afraid."

"It is amusing, but I'm worried about the rest of the class. No one else participates when those two are going at it, and I doubt they prepare for class anymore, knowing those two will dominate."

Professor Giffle nodded. "Yes. Well, perhaps it's only a phase. I think I'll give them a week to sort out their, er, feelings, and do a lot of practical work."

Her friend smiled, a bit wickedly. "Perhaps some partner activities are in order?" The two professors laughed.



"Prongs, my friend," Sirius said solemnly. "I regret to inform you that you have officially become a dork."

James was poring over his Charms textbook, memorizing the night's reading. "Mmhmm." Sirious picked it up and hit him playfully on the head with it. "I mean it. Peter and Remus are waiting for us in the hag's tunnel and here you are doing homework! We have to plan this Thursday, full moon, remember?"

"What? Oh...God, sorry Sir, I completely forgot." James looked contrite, so Sirius relented a bit.

"Not to worry. After all, Charms is so incredibly fascinating."

Standing up and walking towards the portrait hole, James could feel himself starting to blush. "Oh, shut up. It's just that Charms is Lil - is my worst subject."

"And Lily's best." Sirius completed the unfinished thought.

"That has nothing to do with it!" James protested. Sirius raised a very expressive eyebrow. "Well, maybe it has a little to do with it."

"There's no point in hiding it," Sirius told him, approaching the one - eyed witch. He tapped her with his wand, muttering "Dissendium." As the passageway revealed itself and the two boys crawled in, he added, "Everyone can see that you're obsessed with doing better than her in school."

"James!" came Remus Lupin's voice from the tunnel. "Still talking about Lily Evans?"

"Shut up, all of you," James fumed. "It is not my fault that every time I do something, she has to do it better!"

Peter Pettigrew laughed. "James - Lily hasn't even -" He convulsed into a fit of giggles, unable to finish.

"What he's trying to say," Sirius said, raising his eyebrows. "Is that Lily has barely noticed your little competition. That's how she acts all the time!"

James decided it was time to change the subject. "Can we get down to business here? We have to make plans to sneak out of the castle Thursday night." The four soon became immersed their scheming.

Suddenly, James groaned. "Ugh, I forgot! What if Lily is up doing her homework again?" Then he glared at the other boys, as they rolled about the hidden tunnel in laughter.

"Prongs," Remus finally choked out. "You have a one track mind, my friend."

James stood and stomped out of the tunnel.

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