AN: I'm sorry for the lack of accuracy. I just randomly started writing without too much research. That means that if there are some mistakes in the story it's not really wrong, I just played with it a bit. I'm a fanfic writer and set my own rules. ^_^ If you'd like me to e-mail you whenever I update say so in a review and make sure I can find your e-mail address.

Princess Tomato-Apple

Lily looked at her eyes in the mirror; they were green like a cat's. Everybody compared them to beautiful emeralds but who wanted to have their eyes compared to useless stones when cats were such beautiful creatures? She brushed her hair. To be a popular girl she had to be quite eccentric about her tastes and quiet too. Still, love letters kept being left on her desk and she'd found herself breaking hearts again and again. A dreadful but necessary task. Tying a ribbon to her hair, she looked at her watch. If she left now she'd be just on time.
Nobody knew professor Dumbledore was secretly tutoring her, except maybe the principal who she'd asked for permission from personally. That secret was as well kept as the secret of whom she liked. She'd often been asked why she rejected all of the boys that had confessed to her. She said she didn't like that dating thing. It was credible when she was younger, and there were fewer confessions too, but now she was 16 and that excuse didn't seem convincing.
"Hello Albus, how are you doing today?" she asked with her usual smile. She was the only one to address a teacher by their first name, even if Albus Dumbledore was quite popular among students they all were still respectful. But Lily and Dumbledore's relationship was a bit closer than the normal teacher-student one.
"Greetings Lily," the teacher answered smiling as well, "today I'll teach you something about human essence. You see, what makes humans isn't their physical shape, it's their essence, it's what defines their personality and..."
Lily listened carefully. Thirsty she drank every single drop of knowledge her tutor gave her as she stared at him. That likable attitude, that noble heart, that wisdom... Lily couldn't stop admiring him. And loving him.
Many would find her weird and lots of rumors would start if they found out Lily's crush was Albus Dumbledore. He wasn't cute and he was certainly not close to her age but she still loved him. Also she didn't want to be tagged as a freak, that would gather even more attention than before and endanger her precious special classes, not to mention Albus himself could have problems if rumors of them dating started spreading. She hadn't made any close friends because they'd wonder what she was doing when she suddenly disappeared. All she wanted was to be alone with him, that teacher, *her* teacher.
"Do you understand Lily? Oh, why do I bother asking? I know you do."
Lily's cheeks turned red. She didn't believe anybody's compliments but his. Shyly she nodded to confirm she'd understood. Fourty-five minutes later the class was over. Quietly and being careful not to be seen she abandoned the secret place of their meetings, once she was gone he exited the place too.
Lily sighed looking up at the sky and remembering that compliment of his. She was too immersed in daydreaming to notice that someone was crawling on the floor.
"Hey!" the dark haired boy complained as she tripped over him.
"Sorry," she apologized as she stood up. Her uniform was all dirty now.
"Lily Evans, aren't you?" the boy asked. She simply nodded. "I'm Sirius Black," he introduced himself.
"Oh, I've heard your name before, you're a Gryffindor, aren't you?" she asked, though the question was rather rhetoric, she could see his uniform matched Gryffindor's.
"Yes, and so are you," he stated.
"Say, are you busy tomorrow after school..?" he asked. Great, another boy asking her out...
"Actually I'm going to study..."
"Really? Then let's study together!" he said, hopeful once more.
"Actually, I'd rather study alone, sorry," she said and left before he could say anything else. He stared at her until she was out of sight.
"What's wrong, bud? Find that key yet?" James asked with his usual colloquial language at the staring Sirius.
"Nothing..." he answered letting some sadness show through his words, "Oh, and I haven't found the key!" he added, going out of his hypnosis.
"When you say 'nothing' you mean something, right? Because you don't have a 'nothing' look," he commented looking at his friend's face.
"It's nothing, I mean it!"
"Spit it already!"
"Fine," Sirius gave up. He couldn't lie to James, " 'She' dumped me."
"Oh so you finally asked her? I'm not surprised she did, she doesn't seem to like anyone." Both of them knew who 'she' was, Sirius had liked her for a long time. Now that he'd gathered the courage to talk to her, she'd refused.
"Say, why don't we go stalk her for a while after school? That will cheer you up!" James suggested somewhat jokingly.
"Nah, she'll be studying," Sirius replied.
"Whadda bad excuse, I bet she's meeting a secret boyfriend or something... or maybe she's gay and she has a girlfriend!"
"Er... I don't think so... she's as smart as you or maybe even smarter, and her grades are great."
"That's my point. Do you ever see me studying? Let's stalk her for a bit and see what she's up to!"
"You're one of a kind, James..."
"I'll take that as a yes, see you tomorrow after school," he said, winking, "I'll tell the rest to come along."
Sirius sighed. That James... but seeing Lily for a bit wouldn't hurt, would it...?

"Are you NUTS James?!" Peter Pettigrew exclaimed at James' idea, "we've played some pranks, but stalking a girl is just not right!"
"Aw, c'mon Wormtail, we're not really stalking her, we're just going where she goes!" James tried to defend his 'cause'.
"That IS stalking!" Remus Lupin answered, "And it sounds like fun, I don't see what you're scared of."
"Are you scared Petey?" James imitated a hen, "It smells like chicken!"
"Fine, whatever," Peter said rolling his eyes, "But remember she's a skillful magician, if we get in trouble, this will be your fault!"
"Don't worry, I have something special for this occasion..." James answered grinning, "I'll see you two tomorrow then!" After saying this he just left.

"Tada!" James said as he showed his friends the new item he'd just acquired. They were getting ready for tomorrow's little excursion.
"A cloak?" Peter asked, raising his brow.
"Just look," he said, and then covered himself with it. He immediately disappeared.
"Wow, that's cool!" Remus exclaimed excited.
"I hope she doesn't catch us, if she does the little chance I still had left will be gone." Sirius said, a bit worried.
"Relax!" James answered, "With this baby she'll never be able to see us!"
"Now let's go to class or we'll be late!" Peter interrupted them spoiling all the fun. They went out and to their first class.

"Ow, you're stepping on me, Prongs!" Peter complained.
"How do you know it's me?" James asked, somewhat amused. He was doing it on purpose.
"Because you're the heaviest one of us four!" he answered, still annoyed.
"Would you two shut up already," Sirius scolded them, "Let's go, there she is."
Quietly the four of them followed the girl, wondering where she was going. Soon they were in a part of Hogwarts they'd never seen.
"Good afternoon Albus, how are you doing?" Lily greeted her teacher, smiling once more.
The boys stared at Lily while she talked to the teacher so informally. So *this* was it! She was dating Dumbledore. But... Dumbledore?!?!
"Good afternoon Lily, I'm fine, thank you, but I'm afraid our appointment must be cancelled for today," the man answered.
Lily's eyes were suddenly stained with sadness, "But why?"
"I'll tell you later," he said, and left. Lily sat down, disappointed. The boys stood there not knowing what to do. If one of them moved by himself the cloak would be too little and they'd end up being discovered. They were all really shocked at their discovery too, especially Sirius. When Lily left they followed.

"DUMBLEDORE!?" James yelled still shocked, "She's dating A TEACHER?! That's gross!"
Sirius seemed pretty quiet... his last hopes were flushed down the toilet.
"Shut up, don't you see he's feeling bad?" Lupin scolded his friend.
"Oh yeah sorry... but DUMBLEDORE?!"
"Let's just forget about this," Peter suggested. But none of them could forget that and wouldn't.

To be continued...

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To whoever didn't like the idea of Lily liking Dumbledore:
You know, girls have crushes, sometimes they're weird. And if you think I'm sick for letting a girl fall in love with her teacher, then LOTS of people are sick, because I'm not the first one who writes about this and probably not the last one. So what if the teachers students fall inlove with are 20-year-old hotties? I'm NOT making Lily fall in love with someone because of their appearence and you must remember that when she was young he wasn't as old as when Harry went to Hogwarts. So if you don't like it, don't read anymore, I'm not forcing you and I'm not saying she'll marry him. Heck, you know who she marries! In case you're wondering why I wrote this rant, read this review:

The following review has been submitted to: Princess TomatoApple
Chapter: 1

From: ?()

Im sorry but that is sooooooooo fucking sick about her liking
Dumbledore. Honestly like GET a decent story line. sure its original but its
bloody disgusting. sure its YOUR story but YUCK!!

I'm not gonna convince this person my story is decent, maybe he or she doesn't like it, but he or she should respect that there *are* people who like their teachers, and people who aren't shallow. So, if this person doesn't respect others because of their love interest, he or she can go visit the red guy. I don't mind getting flamed if someone doesn't like my story, but I can't tolerate discrimination. Sorry for this waste of space and thank you for even having a look at this fic.

-Takeru no Miko