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Chapter Five
A Harmless Prank
Every table except for the Gryffindor's was suddenly covered in a gluey, brownish substance. People started screaming and tried to stand up- to find they were stuck to their seats. The entire Gryffindor table was in hysterics- thankful that none of this was happening to them. Feathers started falling from the ceiling and sticking to the- whatever it was on them.
It may have seemed like a harmless prank, one that would wash off easily in the shower.
Not true.
The washing it off was tried- and everyone found themselves unable to get it off with water. On the contrary- the water just made it more solid.
"Um, guys?" Jenna asked. "How long does it stay on before coming off?"
"A week," Lily replied, and the girls started cracking up again.
They found it quite an amusing sight to watch people waddle (with their chairs still stuck to their butts) up to the front table and make flapping motions with their arms as they flipped out. Lily smiled, clutching her stomach. She couldn't wait until the boys got down here.
James woke up, feeling like he had gotten in a lot more sleep than usual. He looked at his clock- holy crap, he thought as he threw himself out of bed. He shouted for the others to get up, but they didn't listen to him. As soon as he finished dressing he ran to Peter's bed, planning to wake them up himself...
Beep, Beep, Beep... Remus's alarm went off, an hour late. The boys got up slightly groggily, and all looked at the clock.
"James!" Sirius shouted. "Why the bloody heck did you do this?"
"I didn't!" James defended himself. "You know it takes me an hour to tidy up my hair. Why would I waste it myself?"
"True," Remus allowed. "Though I don't know why you even bother- it still stick up like crazy."
James rolled his eyes and threw Remus his robes. "Oh, hurry up."
The boys rushed into the hall one by one, with Peter in the front. He stopped short.
"Peter, what-" Sirius cut himself off as he bumped into Peter and Remus bumped into him from behind. He blinked as he took in the chaotic sight before him, of people dressed up as flapping, screeching chickens, feathers falling from the ceiling, and goop on the floor.
"What the-" James started. He gulped slightly as everyone in the hall stopped to look at them.
"Why do I have the feeling we're about to be attacked by a bunch of over-sized chickens?" Sirius muttered, totally solemn.
"How about we back away slowly-" Remus said, but the second they moved the birds attacked. They turned to run- but someone cast a locking spell on the door. They turned back around and leant against it- and at the Gryffindor table he could see his sister, Lily, Jenna, and Allison beside themselves with laughter, and he was highly embarrassed.
"Stop!" Professor Dumbledore shouted and stood up. The flock turned simultaneously. The professor proceeded to walk towards the boys, at the same time pulling something out of his cloak.
"Professor," James began, "What's going on?"
"Are you sure you can't tell me?" Dumbledore asked, giving him one of those transparent glances.
"Why would you-" And James forgot what he was going to say as Professor Dumbledore pulled out his Invisibility cloak.
"Last night, someone charmed this hall- and you can see the results. This was found tucked under one of the tables- the Gryffindor one to be exact," he told the boys, and nodded towards the table. It all clicked in James's mind as he saw the Lily trying to hide a triumphant smile, and after Professor Dumbledore told them to meet him in his office in an hour, James recalled something that had happened last night:
FLASH BACK
"Hey Sirius, did you finally get Louise to forgive you?" Remus asked. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Yeah- it took forever, and I had to carry her books around and bring her and Lily lunch. I was almost stuck doing her homework- but I guess she decided that she didn't trust what I would have written down."
James snorted. "Well, you'd have to be a nut to, Si."
"Right you are, mate. Any way- up for some fun? Being around someone as serious as her puts a damper on your spirits- I need entertainment."
"Sirius!" Remus exclaimed exasperatedly. "Do you even remember what Professor Dumbledore told us?"
"Of course, dear Remus! I didn't mean it like that... just maybe a little poking under the cloak. Freak the firsties out, you know."
James sniggered. "Firsties would tell, Sirius, but I'll check anyway." He pulled out the map and looked at it in surprise. "That's funny."
"What?"
"The map says that Lily, Louise, and Allison are in the Great Hall. What would they be doing there?"
"Maybe some mischief of they're own?" Remus suggested, and rolled his eyes as he heard Peter snort in his sleep.
"Honestly, he does that every time we mention the word 'mischief.'"
Peter snorted again.
"Well, you wouldn't mind if we messed with them a little? They wouldn't even know it was us."
"Yes they would," James reminded him. "Louise was there when my dad gave me the cloak, remember?"
"Dang... revenge sounded fun. All right, guess we'll save it for another night."
James put the map away and glanced at it one more time, curiously, before heading to bed.
END OF FLASH BACK
James turned and looked at his friends to see they had all realized the same thing- and they strode over to the girls.
"What do you think you're playing at?" James hissed.
Lily looked at him innocently. "Whatever do you mean?"
"You sure as hell know what I mean- you set us up!"
"Now honestly James, why would I do that?"
"You mean why would any of you do that?" Sirius interjected.
"We don't know what you're talking about. Everyone saw us in the common room late last night." Allison tapped a fellow 7th year, Ebert, on the shoulder. "Hey, Ebert. What were us four-" she motioned to her friends- "doing all last night?"
Ebert shrugged. "Homework, I guess. But I've never seen people do homework as stiffly as you."
"See?" Lily said sweetly. "You're accusing the wrong people."
"But- but-" James sputtered.
"We have class now, have fun in Dumbledore's office!" And with that they got up and left.
"I know you- hey, how'd you know?"
The Marauders met in Professor Dumbledore's office, and immediately exploded in protests.
"Professor, you know we wouldn't-"
"After you told us-"
"I want to finish school here!"
"Please, Professor, you have to believe us."
Professor Dumbledore held up a hand to silence them. "I do know you wouldn't disobey me after I told you specifically not to; you will finish school here, and I do believe you."
The others sat, silent for a moment. "Oh."
"I do have a guess at who the culprits are," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "But I do not need reassurance," he added as he saw James open his mouth to speak. "No doubt the rest of the school will want punishment... dear me, it seems we have a problem."
"But what's the problem if you think you know who it is?" Peter asked, confused.
"That's exactly it, Mr. Pettigrew- I think. I do not know for sure- and my policy is innocent until proven guilty."
Remus couldn't see where this is going. "So how will we get them to confess?"
Professor Dumbledore's mouth twitched and his eyes seemed even brighter than usual. "I may have an idea."
The four boys felt their mouths fall open, unable to hide their surprise. Professor Dumbledore? Taking part in a sort-of prank??
The world must be turning upside down.
Lily sat in the common room with her friends, astonished at what she was feeling. She had thought that getting revenge would make her feel above James- actually, it just made her feel bad at the thought of what she was getting him into. I mean, maybe James actually set her hair on fire by accident.
And maybe pigs fly.
Actually they did- Lily learned about it from Hagrid one afternoon that she spent helping him. But you catch the drift.
To Lily's enormous surprise, she was more amused at the thought of seeing everyone walking through the hall, chair connected to their butts and looking like birds. It brought tears to her eyes just thinking about it.
Her head turned to the portrait of the Fat Lady as she gave a great huff and swung open, making way for four beyond angry boys. Lily gulped. Play it cool, she told herself. You wanted revenge and now you got it. But Lily actually wished she could have thought of some other way- any other way- than this.
"Evans," James said in a low voice.
"Do you know what trouble you four got us into?" Sirius asked threateningly.
Lily plastered her face with an all knowing look. "If we knew what you were talking about, we would say yes."
"We're expelled!" A trembling Peter burst out, and Lily blanched.
"You're what?"
"Expelled, get your hearing checked," James snapped. "We were on probation from that last prank on Snape we pulled, and a bloody hell of a lot of thanks to you for blowing it." The four girls looked at each other.
"James," Lily started in a soft voice. "We're sorry. Look, we'll go-"
"You're sorry?" James asked unbelievably. He turned to his friends. "Can you believe this? They say they're sorry. Like they haven't ruined our lives, our future plans... all because they couldn't think of a better, more mature, way to get us back."
Lily snapped. She didn't really know why- maybe it was true, about not choosing a better, perhaps more embarrassing and less punishing revenge, or maybe it was because she had ruined their lives, and pulled her friends into it... or maybe it was because she was just plain sick of James. "Oh, I ruined your lives, did I?" She said, her voice rising uncontrollably. "Maybe if you'd acted like the mature seventeen year olds you should be, I wouldn't have. You think I couldn't have thought up a better revenge? I'll have you know it's all I though about for weeks- how to get you back, James.
"You say that I hurt you, in fifth year, and every time I look at you after that. Or look at me, for that matter. But you're the one who hurt me, who is continuing to hurt me- and now you deserve to feel some pain- any pain. I'm sick of it, James. Just plain sick," she added softly as she finished.
The room was silent with everyone staring at her, all faces written with disbelief and confusion at her outburst. No face held more emotion than James's. Apparently Lily hadn't realized what she'd been saying, that she'd been rambling... it all sank into her after she calmed down.
"Oh my-" Lily rushed out of the common room as fast as she could.
"Well." Remus stated. "Dumbledore was right. That was interesting." Immediately all of the female faces turned towards him.
"What did you say?"
"Um... nothing?"
Lily started running, not knowing where she was going, and found herself right outside Professor Dumbledore's office. "Every Flavor Beans." She said the new password. Professor Dumbledore was sitting at his desk and told her to come in as she knocked at the door.
"Hello, Professor."
"Well hello, Miss Evans. What can I do for you?"
"I just wanted to say..." Lily stopped here, still debating with herself whether she should go on. Did James really deserve it? No, I'm just a fool...he doesn't deserve someone like me, I had to hurt him.
"Yes?" Professor Dumbledore prompted, and Lily looked up again, startled.
"Oh- I wanted to say... that my friends and I did the prank." Lily kept eyes away from his, so she did not notice the smile that started to creep in the corners of his mouth, nor the twinkle in his eyes. She started rambling. "It's just that James has always been bugging me and I couldn't take it, so I tried to get revenge, but that didn't quite work out because you expelled him- and you can't expel him, it'd ruin his entire future, he's going to be an Auror, you know, and a famous one at that- and it would ruin the other's chances, and it'll be hard enough already for Remus without his situation, and I just can't do that to them all!" She stopped, out of breath, and finally looked up.
Professor Dumbledore was giving her a gigantic smile. "I already know, Lily. And I don't blame you for doing that to them- goodness knows, they need a taste of their own medicine occasionally. I also do believe I had them going for a while..."
Lily laughed, relieved. That's when she realized that James had made her ramble, revealing things to the others, for nothing. Lily got angry, but pushed it aside for the moment.
"May I go then, Professor?"
"You may, Miss Evans. Although I must tell you that I will be taking ten points off of Gryffindor- however enlightening the current situation is, I daresay the other houses would not be pleased if I let you off unscathed."
Lily sent him a smile before she left. "Thanks, Professor."
"Anytime," he said after her. "Anytime."
Lily walked slowly back to her tower, thinking about how to react when she got back in. Should she act mad towards James? Heck, she still was angry about having them reveal- er, personal information, but it would probably be more embarrassing to him than her. Besides, what was an afternoon without getting in a fight or two with James?
Lily snorted. That would be hell freezing over.
Once she got inside of the portrait, she decided as she saw him stand up that she would ignore him.
"Lily, I-" James stopped as she brushed past him. She walked quickly up the stairs and was surprised when she heard footsteps following after her. "Hey-" James grabbed her arm and turned her, and Lily realized that she was standing rather close to him. What did he say? She wondered; her mind seemed temporarily disfunctional. Something about being sorry about Dumbledore... oh, yeah.
"That's fine."
"So then why did you brush past me?"
"I- I didn't feel like talking to anyone." James was silent, so she turned to go into her room, but was stopped and turned by James again, who stepped even closer. She could smell the cologne he was wearing and involuntarily took a deep breath before inwardly smacking herself and focusing on his deep, insightful blue eyes.
"What did you mean," James started to ask, and it was in such a serious tone that Lily was amazed, "when you said that I hurt you more than you hurt me?"
Lily was astonished. Where had that come from? She realized she couldn't give him the true answer- he would either hate her even more, or never leave her out of his sight. She didn't want the former, and couldn't have the latter. "I can't say."
"Lily, I need to know," he said huskily, and took a tiny step closer. Lily wrung her hands behind her back. If he moved an inch more her way then her mind would become permenantly disfunctional. She could feel the electricity running between them... she had to stop it...
But before she knew what was happening, James was moving closer... and closer... she tried to fight closing her eyes to no avail, and unconsciously moved her head up towards his, feeling that if they met then everything would be right again...
She heard a door open to her left, and quickly stepped back. She turned her eyes stoney and glared at James. "Don't ever try something like that on me ever again, Potter," she said in a death voice before stalking into her room.
Damn it! James thought to himself as he hit the wall as hard as he could. That girl drove him crazy- he'd let every other girl he'd felt something about go, so why couldn't he let her?
All it had been was a bloody kiss, he told himself. A bloody, wonderful, most amazing moment of his life kind of kiss.
But he knew it was so much more.
Well. There you go- you know a little bit more about their history. It has to do with something Lily promised she would never let happen to herself... and a bunch of other little things.
Sorry if the prank is silly- but Lily honestly did not want to hurt him, just get him in trouble. If there had been any other head master but Dumbledore, then she would have succeeded, too.
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Thanks so much to all those who reviewed- you guys are awesome! Merry X-Mas times ten.
Chapter Five
A Harmless Prank
Every table except for the Gryffindor's was suddenly covered in a gluey, brownish substance. People started screaming and tried to stand up- to find they were stuck to their seats. The entire Gryffindor table was in hysterics- thankful that none of this was happening to them. Feathers started falling from the ceiling and sticking to the- whatever it was on them.
It may have seemed like a harmless prank, one that would wash off easily in the shower.
Not true.
The washing it off was tried- and everyone found themselves unable to get it off with water. On the contrary- the water just made it more solid.
"Um, guys?" Jenna asked. "How long does it stay on before coming off?"
"A week," Lily replied, and the girls started cracking up again.
They found it quite an amusing sight to watch people waddle (with their chairs still stuck to their butts) up to the front table and make flapping motions with their arms as they flipped out. Lily smiled, clutching her stomach. She couldn't wait until the boys got down here.
James woke up, feeling like he had gotten in a lot more sleep than usual. He looked at his clock- holy crap, he thought as he threw himself out of bed. He shouted for the others to get up, but they didn't listen to him. As soon as he finished dressing he ran to Peter's bed, planning to wake them up himself...
Beep, Beep, Beep... Remus's alarm went off, an hour late. The boys got up slightly groggily, and all looked at the clock.
"James!" Sirius shouted. "Why the bloody heck did you do this?"
"I didn't!" James defended himself. "You know it takes me an hour to tidy up my hair. Why would I waste it myself?"
"True," Remus allowed. "Though I don't know why you even bother- it still stick up like crazy."
James rolled his eyes and threw Remus his robes. "Oh, hurry up."
The boys rushed into the hall one by one, with Peter in the front. He stopped short.
"Peter, what-" Sirius cut himself off as he bumped into Peter and Remus bumped into him from behind. He blinked as he took in the chaotic sight before him, of people dressed up as flapping, screeching chickens, feathers falling from the ceiling, and goop on the floor.
"What the-" James started. He gulped slightly as everyone in the hall stopped to look at them.
"Why do I have the feeling we're about to be attacked by a bunch of over-sized chickens?" Sirius muttered, totally solemn.
"How about we back away slowly-" Remus said, but the second they moved the birds attacked. They turned to run- but someone cast a locking spell on the door. They turned back around and leant against it- and at the Gryffindor table he could see his sister, Lily, Jenna, and Allison beside themselves with laughter, and he was highly embarrassed.
"Stop!" Professor Dumbledore shouted and stood up. The flock turned simultaneously. The professor proceeded to walk towards the boys, at the same time pulling something out of his cloak.
"Professor," James began, "What's going on?"
"Are you sure you can't tell me?" Dumbledore asked, giving him one of those transparent glances.
"Why would you-" And James forgot what he was going to say as Professor Dumbledore pulled out his Invisibility cloak.
"Last night, someone charmed this hall- and you can see the results. This was found tucked under one of the tables- the Gryffindor one to be exact," he told the boys, and nodded towards the table. It all clicked in James's mind as he saw the Lily trying to hide a triumphant smile, and after Professor Dumbledore told them to meet him in his office in an hour, James recalled something that had happened last night:
FLASH BACK
"Hey Sirius, did you finally get Louise to forgive you?" Remus asked. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Yeah- it took forever, and I had to carry her books around and bring her and Lily lunch. I was almost stuck doing her homework- but I guess she decided that she didn't trust what I would have written down."
James snorted. "Well, you'd have to be a nut to, Si."
"Right you are, mate. Any way- up for some fun? Being around someone as serious as her puts a damper on your spirits- I need entertainment."
"Sirius!" Remus exclaimed exasperatedly. "Do you even remember what Professor Dumbledore told us?"
"Of course, dear Remus! I didn't mean it like that... just maybe a little poking under the cloak. Freak the firsties out, you know."
James sniggered. "Firsties would tell, Sirius, but I'll check anyway." He pulled out the map and looked at it in surprise. "That's funny."
"What?"
"The map says that Lily, Louise, and Allison are in the Great Hall. What would they be doing there?"
"Maybe some mischief of they're own?" Remus suggested, and rolled his eyes as he heard Peter snort in his sleep.
"Honestly, he does that every time we mention the word 'mischief.'"
Peter snorted again.
"Well, you wouldn't mind if we messed with them a little? They wouldn't even know it was us."
"Yes they would," James reminded him. "Louise was there when my dad gave me the cloak, remember?"
"Dang... revenge sounded fun. All right, guess we'll save it for another night."
James put the map away and glanced at it one more time, curiously, before heading to bed.
END OF FLASH BACK
James turned and looked at his friends to see they had all realized the same thing- and they strode over to the girls.
"What do you think you're playing at?" James hissed.
Lily looked at him innocently. "Whatever do you mean?"
"You sure as hell know what I mean- you set us up!"
"Now honestly James, why would I do that?"
"You mean why would any of you do that?" Sirius interjected.
"We don't know what you're talking about. Everyone saw us in the common room late last night." Allison tapped a fellow 7th year, Ebert, on the shoulder. "Hey, Ebert. What were us four-" she motioned to her friends- "doing all last night?"
Ebert shrugged. "Homework, I guess. But I've never seen people do homework as stiffly as you."
"See?" Lily said sweetly. "You're accusing the wrong people."
"But- but-" James sputtered.
"We have class now, have fun in Dumbledore's office!" And with that they got up and left.
"I know you- hey, how'd you know?"
The Marauders met in Professor Dumbledore's office, and immediately exploded in protests.
"Professor, you know we wouldn't-"
"After you told us-"
"I want to finish school here!"
"Please, Professor, you have to believe us."
Professor Dumbledore held up a hand to silence them. "I do know you wouldn't disobey me after I told you specifically not to; you will finish school here, and I do believe you."
The others sat, silent for a moment. "Oh."
"I do have a guess at who the culprits are," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "But I do not need reassurance," he added as he saw James open his mouth to speak. "No doubt the rest of the school will want punishment... dear me, it seems we have a problem."
"But what's the problem if you think you know who it is?" Peter asked, confused.
"That's exactly it, Mr. Pettigrew- I think. I do not know for sure- and my policy is innocent until proven guilty."
Remus couldn't see where this is going. "So how will we get them to confess?"
Professor Dumbledore's mouth twitched and his eyes seemed even brighter than usual. "I may have an idea."
The four boys felt their mouths fall open, unable to hide their surprise. Professor Dumbledore? Taking part in a sort-of prank??
The world must be turning upside down.
Lily sat in the common room with her friends, astonished at what she was feeling. She had thought that getting revenge would make her feel above James- actually, it just made her feel bad at the thought of what she was getting him into. I mean, maybe James actually set her hair on fire by accident.
And maybe pigs fly.
Actually they did- Lily learned about it from Hagrid one afternoon that she spent helping him. But you catch the drift.
To Lily's enormous surprise, she was more amused at the thought of seeing everyone walking through the hall, chair connected to their butts and looking like birds. It brought tears to her eyes just thinking about it.
Her head turned to the portrait of the Fat Lady as she gave a great huff and swung open, making way for four beyond angry boys. Lily gulped. Play it cool, she told herself. You wanted revenge and now you got it. But Lily actually wished she could have thought of some other way- any other way- than this.
"Evans," James said in a low voice.
"Do you know what trouble you four got us into?" Sirius asked threateningly.
Lily plastered her face with an all knowing look. "If we knew what you were talking about, we would say yes."
"We're expelled!" A trembling Peter burst out, and Lily blanched.
"You're what?"
"Expelled, get your hearing checked," James snapped. "We were on probation from that last prank on Snape we pulled, and a bloody hell of a lot of thanks to you for blowing it." The four girls looked at each other.
"James," Lily started in a soft voice. "We're sorry. Look, we'll go-"
"You're sorry?" James asked unbelievably. He turned to his friends. "Can you believe this? They say they're sorry. Like they haven't ruined our lives, our future plans... all because they couldn't think of a better, more mature, way to get us back."
Lily snapped. She didn't really know why- maybe it was true, about not choosing a better, perhaps more embarrassing and less punishing revenge, or maybe it was because she had ruined their lives, and pulled her friends into it... or maybe it was because she was just plain sick of James. "Oh, I ruined your lives, did I?" She said, her voice rising uncontrollably. "Maybe if you'd acted like the mature seventeen year olds you should be, I wouldn't have. You think I couldn't have thought up a better revenge? I'll have you know it's all I though about for weeks- how to get you back, James.
"You say that I hurt you, in fifth year, and every time I look at you after that. Or look at me, for that matter. But you're the one who hurt me, who is continuing to hurt me- and now you deserve to feel some pain- any pain. I'm sick of it, James. Just plain sick," she added softly as she finished.
The room was silent with everyone staring at her, all faces written with disbelief and confusion at her outburst. No face held more emotion than James's. Apparently Lily hadn't realized what she'd been saying, that she'd been rambling... it all sank into her after she calmed down.
"Oh my-" Lily rushed out of the common room as fast as she could.
"Well." Remus stated. "Dumbledore was right. That was interesting." Immediately all of the female faces turned towards him.
"What did you say?"
"Um... nothing?"
Lily started running, not knowing where she was going, and found herself right outside Professor Dumbledore's office. "Every Flavor Beans." She said the new password. Professor Dumbledore was sitting at his desk and told her to come in as she knocked at the door.
"Hello, Professor."
"Well hello, Miss Evans. What can I do for you?"
"I just wanted to say..." Lily stopped here, still debating with herself whether she should go on. Did James really deserve it? No, I'm just a fool...he doesn't deserve someone like me, I had to hurt him.
"Yes?" Professor Dumbledore prompted, and Lily looked up again, startled.
"Oh- I wanted to say... that my friends and I did the prank." Lily kept eyes away from his, so she did not notice the smile that started to creep in the corners of his mouth, nor the twinkle in his eyes. She started rambling. "It's just that James has always been bugging me and I couldn't take it, so I tried to get revenge, but that didn't quite work out because you expelled him- and you can't expel him, it'd ruin his entire future, he's going to be an Auror, you know, and a famous one at that- and it would ruin the other's chances, and it'll be hard enough already for Remus without his situation, and I just can't do that to them all!" She stopped, out of breath, and finally looked up.
Professor Dumbledore was giving her a gigantic smile. "I already know, Lily. And I don't blame you for doing that to them- goodness knows, they need a taste of their own medicine occasionally. I also do believe I had them going for a while..."
Lily laughed, relieved. That's when she realized that James had made her ramble, revealing things to the others, for nothing. Lily got angry, but pushed it aside for the moment.
"May I go then, Professor?"
"You may, Miss Evans. Although I must tell you that I will be taking ten points off of Gryffindor- however enlightening the current situation is, I daresay the other houses would not be pleased if I let you off unscathed."
Lily sent him a smile before she left. "Thanks, Professor."
"Anytime," he said after her. "Anytime."
Lily walked slowly back to her tower, thinking about how to react when she got back in. Should she act mad towards James? Heck, she still was angry about having them reveal- er, personal information, but it would probably be more embarrassing to him than her. Besides, what was an afternoon without getting in a fight or two with James?
Lily snorted. That would be hell freezing over.
Once she got inside of the portrait, she decided as she saw him stand up that she would ignore him.
"Lily, I-" James stopped as she brushed past him. She walked quickly up the stairs and was surprised when she heard footsteps following after her. "Hey-" James grabbed her arm and turned her, and Lily realized that she was standing rather close to him. What did he say? She wondered; her mind seemed temporarily disfunctional. Something about being sorry about Dumbledore... oh, yeah.
"That's fine."
"So then why did you brush past me?"
"I- I didn't feel like talking to anyone." James was silent, so she turned to go into her room, but was stopped and turned by James again, who stepped even closer. She could smell the cologne he was wearing and involuntarily took a deep breath before inwardly smacking herself and focusing on his deep, insightful blue eyes.
"What did you mean," James started to ask, and it was in such a serious tone that Lily was amazed, "when you said that I hurt you more than you hurt me?"
Lily was astonished. Where had that come from? She realized she couldn't give him the true answer- he would either hate her even more, or never leave her out of his sight. She didn't want the former, and couldn't have the latter. "I can't say."
"Lily, I need to know," he said huskily, and took a tiny step closer. Lily wrung her hands behind her back. If he moved an inch more her way then her mind would become permenantly disfunctional. She could feel the electricity running between them... she had to stop it...
But before she knew what was happening, James was moving closer... and closer... she tried to fight closing her eyes to no avail, and unconsciously moved her head up towards his, feeling that if they met then everything would be right again...
She heard a door open to her left, and quickly stepped back. She turned her eyes stoney and glared at James. "Don't ever try something like that on me ever again, Potter," she said in a death voice before stalking into her room.
Damn it! James thought to himself as he hit the wall as hard as he could. That girl drove him crazy- he'd let every other girl he'd felt something about go, so why couldn't he let her?
All it had been was a bloody kiss, he told himself. A bloody, wonderful, most amazing moment of his life kind of kiss.
But he knew it was so much more.
Well. There you go- you know a little bit more about their history. It has to do with something Lily promised she would never let happen to herself... and a bunch of other little things.
Sorry if the prank is silly- but Lily honestly did not want to hurt him, just get him in trouble. If there had been any other head master but Dumbledore, then she would have succeeded, too.
Don't forget to review... the more I have, the sooner I update, but you know that so I'll shut up!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!