(A/N) Hi people. Yes, I'm on another idea high, so just read, pwezz. ENJOY!
Disclaimers: I don't own anything that looks familiar. Of course.
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James crumbled up a piece of parchment and threw it over his book. It hit the side of Lily's head. She looked up angrily, as he sank behind his book. He heard her chair scrape back, and her heels on the stone. Suddenly, his book was pulled down and something was stuffed into his mouth. He gagged, as Lily continued to silently slip behind the bookshelves. He pulled the parchment out of his mouth. Remus and Sirius burst into sniggers.
"Shut up, you two."
"Was that her subtle way of saying 'shove it'?" Remus gasped, ignoring Madame Pince's glare. James shot him a glare. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, face it. You like her." Sirius grinned.
"Do not! It's impossible to actually like that brainy, wishy-washy, smelly,-" He stopped as he felt a large book hit the back of his head. He spun around to see a flash of aurburn hair slam the library doors shut. Rose and Molly glared at him.
"I suggest you go after her, unless you want to wake up with yellow hair again, Potter." Rose growled. James paled and ran out of the library, following Lily.
"Lily!"
"Go to hell, Potter." She growled loudly, turning the corner, hoping to lose him.
"Wait!" he turned the corner, suprised to see her waiting for him. "What do you want?!"
He blinked as Lily continued to glare at him, waiting for an answer. "Well, I...er...I just want to-to apologize..."
"You're apologies are worth absolutely nothing to me, Potter!"
James felt a familiar anger boiling inside him. "Who do you think you are, Evans?! I run out here to apologize, and you can't even hear me out!"
"I don't need to 'hear you out', Potter! According to you, I'm not even worth your breath! Why would you bother to explain yourself to a 'brainy, wishy-washy, smelly' brat?!"
"BECAUSE IF I DON'T, YOU'LL PULL SOMETHING ON ME!" He bellowed, not noticing the looks he was getting from everyone in the corridor. Lily swelled.
"Come off it!"
"You come off it!"
"BOTH OF YOU COME OFF IT!" Remus yelled. Both Lily and James jumped and looked at him. He crossed his arms.
Sirius did the same. "Did it ever occur to you two, that maybe the reasons you hate each other so much, is that you're so alike?!" He growled.
Arthur ran up to them. "James! Lily! McGonagall wants a meeting with you two, now."
James and Lily exchanged glares and marched down the corridor, not talking to simmer down. James knocked on McGonagall's door. "Come in."
He opened the door and growled as Lily shoved her way in, before him. McGonagall cocked her eyebrows. "Do I need to chain you two again?"
The color drained out of both of their faces at the same time, and they didn't speak. She chuckled. "So, I called you two here to tell you that a professor has volunteered to teach a dueling class. I'm putting up a bullitein tomarrow to annouce it. The class will be on Friday night. As for the Christmas Ball, I'm leaving you in charge of the decorations. I suggest you round up a team and start decorating a week before the ball. Also, I'd like some ideas for the entertainment on Halloween."
She folded her hands and both she and James turned to Lily. "I don't know." She shrugged. James snorted. "That's a first..."
"Shut up, Potter!"
James opened his mouth to retailiate, but McGonagall waved her wand. A familiar tug pulled on Lily's wrist. They look down.
"Please, Professor, not again..."
"I didn't say anything, Professor! Why should I be chained to this...girl?" James whined.
"Don't think I didn't hear you two fighting down the corridor, Mr. Potter. You are just as much in fault as Ms. Evans. Once again, the chains will disappear at midnight. If I have to do this to get you two to work together, then so be it. Have a nice day."
"But Professor-"
"HAVE A NICE DAY!"
They both jumped and ran for the door. Lily stopped half way down the corridor. The chain had wrapped itself around her waist. "Wait."
"Now what?!" He stopped, as Lily spun in place. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm untangling the chain from my waist. Can you give me a hand? I think it's wrapped around my leg too..."
"You really are pitiful."
"Shut up and help me."
"Ask nicely."
Lily looked up and growled. She stopped spinning and looked at him smuggly. "I don't have to. I did it by myself."
"Bravo." Someone drawled from a shadow. A tall boy with greasy black hair strided to them. He sneered.
"So McGonagall chained you together again? You two really are pathetic. But, then again, I expected so much from James Potter and a mudblood." Lily reached up and slapped him. James blinked in suprise. The boy stumbled back, but caught himself. He grabbed Lily's hair and yanked it back. She screamed.
"You shouldn't have tried that you sniveling mudblood." James shoved him back and caught Lily.
"Sod off, Snape."
Severus Snape sneered. "Watch your back, you mudblood wentch." He called over his shoulder as he glided away. Lily grabbed James' arm as he took a step forward. Snape disappeared into the dungons.
"Are you alright?" James asked, turning to her. She nodded. "I'm fine." She suddenly reached up a shoved him.
"I can't stand up for myself, huh?!"
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James shivered and pulled the blanket. Lily shot him a glare. "Don't hog the sheet, Potter." She yanked the blanket back. They were both sitting in front of the fireplace in the Griffindor common room, each on the other side of the couch, sharing a long blanket. Rose cheered. "Checkmate!"
Sirius scowled. Remus laughed. "You lost to a girl, Padfoot."
Rose narrowed her eyes. "And so will you. Sit." Sirius slumped from his chair and flopped on the couch between Lily and James. He pressed the chain down, making them both hit heads in front of him. Sirius laughed as Lily and James sat back, clutching their heads. Remus sat infront of Rose as the chessmen began to walk back to their places.
Lily stood up, making Sirius flip over the back of the couch, and James to jerk his arm out. Lily sighed. "I've got to go to the library. Come on."
"What if I don't want to go?" James grumbled, as Sirius picked himself up and threw and pillow at Lily. She ducked and it bounced off the mantle. She cocked her eyebrows at him.
Sighing, he stood up and followed her out of the common room.
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"Potter! Stop swinging your arms!" Lily whined. James swung his arms even harder. Lily growled and yanked her arm back. James' arm shot out and tangled his fingers in her hair. She growled again and tried to pull his hand away from her, put it just made the tangles worst. James stopped and swatted her hand away.
He tried to gently pull his fingers out, but, when that didn't work, reached up with his other hand to help. Lily stopped and put her hands on her hips, waiting for him to get his hands out of her hair. James finally got his hand free and continued walking.
He walked into the chain and swung his arms out, so he wouldn't fall. Lily was yanked forward, and soon both of them were wrapped in invisable chains. "Potter!"
"Oh, I suppose this was my fault?! If you hadn't had your arm out like that-"
"Shut up, and help me untangle this chain. It's around my neck."
James sighed and reached up, pulling the chain from around her neck. She shivered as his hands brushed her neck and he stopped.
"Don't tell me you're cold. I'm not running back for your cloak."
"I'm not cold! I just felt a breeze, that's all."
"Right. Could you get this chain that's around my chest? I can't reach it."
Lily giggled, before she could stop herself. "I thought quidditch players were supposed to be flexible."
He chuckled. "Not seekers, at any rate..." They both stopped laughing and forced their faces into looks of disgust.
Lily reached up behind him to unwrap the chain from his back. James felt his face heat up as Lily pressed herself a little closer to him, to free him of his chains.
Suddenly the chains disappeared all together. Lily and James froze in suprise. "It's not midnight, is it?" Lily breathed, still pressed up to him.
"It was eight the last time I checked."
"So where'd they go?"
"Mr. Potter! Ms. Evans! There you are!" McGonagall swept towards them, and Lily leapt back, red. She cocked her eyebrows and looked at their wrists.
"Well, I guess you already found out. I came down here to tell you that I made an adjustment to the chains. They disappear the when you work together. So, congratulations. Hope to see you two at the dueling class on Friday." She spun around and turned the corner.
"Professor-Wait!" James called. McGonagall blinked. "Yes?"
"Who's teaching the dueling class?"
"Professor Nott."
James paled and Lily thanked her, quickly. As soon as the Pofessor disappeared, James cursed. Lily leapt back in suprise. "What's the problem?"
"Nott. He hates me. I'm not going to show up."
"You have to! You're Head Boy!"
James looked at her in suprise. "He'll just set me up with someone I hate."
Lily crossed her arms. "Like me?"
He blinked. "Lily, I really didn't mean what I said earlier..." He rubbed the back of his neck.
"Really?" She smiled.
"Yeah, well I mean, sure you're brainy and wishy-washy, but you don't smell..."
Lily narrowed her eyes. James threw up his hands and laughed. "I'm just joking!"
"That may be so, Potter, but I'm still going to get you back."
"Oh, come on, Evans!"
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. There. I think that's shorter than I meant it to be. Again. So, anyways, I completly agree that them getting together at the ball is played out, but I need ideas for when they should. So, HELP!!!!
Review.
Disclaimers: I don't own anything that looks familiar. Of course.
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James crumbled up a piece of parchment and threw it over his book. It hit the side of Lily's head. She looked up angrily, as he sank behind his book. He heard her chair scrape back, and her heels on the stone. Suddenly, his book was pulled down and something was stuffed into his mouth. He gagged, as Lily continued to silently slip behind the bookshelves. He pulled the parchment out of his mouth. Remus and Sirius burst into sniggers.
"Shut up, you two."
"Was that her subtle way of saying 'shove it'?" Remus gasped, ignoring Madame Pince's glare. James shot him a glare. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, face it. You like her." Sirius grinned.
"Do not! It's impossible to actually like that brainy, wishy-washy, smelly,-" He stopped as he felt a large book hit the back of his head. He spun around to see a flash of aurburn hair slam the library doors shut. Rose and Molly glared at him.
"I suggest you go after her, unless you want to wake up with yellow hair again, Potter." Rose growled. James paled and ran out of the library, following Lily.
"Lily!"
"Go to hell, Potter." She growled loudly, turning the corner, hoping to lose him.
"Wait!" he turned the corner, suprised to see her waiting for him. "What do you want?!"
He blinked as Lily continued to glare at him, waiting for an answer. "Well, I...er...I just want to-to apologize..."
"You're apologies are worth absolutely nothing to me, Potter!"
James felt a familiar anger boiling inside him. "Who do you think you are, Evans?! I run out here to apologize, and you can't even hear me out!"
"I don't need to 'hear you out', Potter! According to you, I'm not even worth your breath! Why would you bother to explain yourself to a 'brainy, wishy-washy, smelly' brat?!"
"BECAUSE IF I DON'T, YOU'LL PULL SOMETHING ON ME!" He bellowed, not noticing the looks he was getting from everyone in the corridor. Lily swelled.
"Come off it!"
"You come off it!"
"BOTH OF YOU COME OFF IT!" Remus yelled. Both Lily and James jumped and looked at him. He crossed his arms.
Sirius did the same. "Did it ever occur to you two, that maybe the reasons you hate each other so much, is that you're so alike?!" He growled.
Arthur ran up to them. "James! Lily! McGonagall wants a meeting with you two, now."
James and Lily exchanged glares and marched down the corridor, not talking to simmer down. James knocked on McGonagall's door. "Come in."
He opened the door and growled as Lily shoved her way in, before him. McGonagall cocked her eyebrows. "Do I need to chain you two again?"
The color drained out of both of their faces at the same time, and they didn't speak. She chuckled. "So, I called you two here to tell you that a professor has volunteered to teach a dueling class. I'm putting up a bullitein tomarrow to annouce it. The class will be on Friday night. As for the Christmas Ball, I'm leaving you in charge of the decorations. I suggest you round up a team and start decorating a week before the ball. Also, I'd like some ideas for the entertainment on Halloween."
She folded her hands and both she and James turned to Lily. "I don't know." She shrugged. James snorted. "That's a first..."
"Shut up, Potter!"
James opened his mouth to retailiate, but McGonagall waved her wand. A familiar tug pulled on Lily's wrist. They look down.
"Please, Professor, not again..."
"I didn't say anything, Professor! Why should I be chained to this...girl?" James whined.
"Don't think I didn't hear you two fighting down the corridor, Mr. Potter. You are just as much in fault as Ms. Evans. Once again, the chains will disappear at midnight. If I have to do this to get you two to work together, then so be it. Have a nice day."
"But Professor-"
"HAVE A NICE DAY!"
They both jumped and ran for the door. Lily stopped half way down the corridor. The chain had wrapped itself around her waist. "Wait."
"Now what?!" He stopped, as Lily spun in place. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm untangling the chain from my waist. Can you give me a hand? I think it's wrapped around my leg too..."
"You really are pitiful."
"Shut up and help me."
"Ask nicely."
Lily looked up and growled. She stopped spinning and looked at him smuggly. "I don't have to. I did it by myself."
"Bravo." Someone drawled from a shadow. A tall boy with greasy black hair strided to them. He sneered.
"So McGonagall chained you together again? You two really are pathetic. But, then again, I expected so much from James Potter and a mudblood." Lily reached up and slapped him. James blinked in suprise. The boy stumbled back, but caught himself. He grabbed Lily's hair and yanked it back. She screamed.
"You shouldn't have tried that you sniveling mudblood." James shoved him back and caught Lily.
"Sod off, Snape."
Severus Snape sneered. "Watch your back, you mudblood wentch." He called over his shoulder as he glided away. Lily grabbed James' arm as he took a step forward. Snape disappeared into the dungons.
"Are you alright?" James asked, turning to her. She nodded. "I'm fine." She suddenly reached up a shoved him.
"I can't stand up for myself, huh?!"
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James shivered and pulled the blanket. Lily shot him a glare. "Don't hog the sheet, Potter." She yanked the blanket back. They were both sitting in front of the fireplace in the Griffindor common room, each on the other side of the couch, sharing a long blanket. Rose cheered. "Checkmate!"
Sirius scowled. Remus laughed. "You lost to a girl, Padfoot."
Rose narrowed her eyes. "And so will you. Sit." Sirius slumped from his chair and flopped on the couch between Lily and James. He pressed the chain down, making them both hit heads in front of him. Sirius laughed as Lily and James sat back, clutching their heads. Remus sat infront of Rose as the chessmen began to walk back to their places.
Lily stood up, making Sirius flip over the back of the couch, and James to jerk his arm out. Lily sighed. "I've got to go to the library. Come on."
"What if I don't want to go?" James grumbled, as Sirius picked himself up and threw and pillow at Lily. She ducked and it bounced off the mantle. She cocked her eyebrows at him.
Sighing, he stood up and followed her out of the common room.
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"Potter! Stop swinging your arms!" Lily whined. James swung his arms even harder. Lily growled and yanked her arm back. James' arm shot out and tangled his fingers in her hair. She growled again and tried to pull his hand away from her, put it just made the tangles worst. James stopped and swatted her hand away.
He tried to gently pull his fingers out, but, when that didn't work, reached up with his other hand to help. Lily stopped and put her hands on her hips, waiting for him to get his hands out of her hair. James finally got his hand free and continued walking.
He walked into the chain and swung his arms out, so he wouldn't fall. Lily was yanked forward, and soon both of them were wrapped in invisable chains. "Potter!"
"Oh, I suppose this was my fault?! If you hadn't had your arm out like that-"
"Shut up, and help me untangle this chain. It's around my neck."
James sighed and reached up, pulling the chain from around her neck. She shivered as his hands brushed her neck and he stopped.
"Don't tell me you're cold. I'm not running back for your cloak."
"I'm not cold! I just felt a breeze, that's all."
"Right. Could you get this chain that's around my chest? I can't reach it."
Lily giggled, before she could stop herself. "I thought quidditch players were supposed to be flexible."
He chuckled. "Not seekers, at any rate..." They both stopped laughing and forced their faces into looks of disgust.
Lily reached up behind him to unwrap the chain from his back. James felt his face heat up as Lily pressed herself a little closer to him, to free him of his chains.
Suddenly the chains disappeared all together. Lily and James froze in suprise. "It's not midnight, is it?" Lily breathed, still pressed up to him.
"It was eight the last time I checked."
"So where'd they go?"
"Mr. Potter! Ms. Evans! There you are!" McGonagall swept towards them, and Lily leapt back, red. She cocked her eyebrows and looked at their wrists.
"Well, I guess you already found out. I came down here to tell you that I made an adjustment to the chains. They disappear the when you work together. So, congratulations. Hope to see you two at the dueling class on Friday." She spun around and turned the corner.
"Professor-Wait!" James called. McGonagall blinked. "Yes?"
"Who's teaching the dueling class?"
"Professor Nott."
James paled and Lily thanked her, quickly. As soon as the Pofessor disappeared, James cursed. Lily leapt back in suprise. "What's the problem?"
"Nott. He hates me. I'm not going to show up."
"You have to! You're Head Boy!"
James looked at her in suprise. "He'll just set me up with someone I hate."
Lily crossed her arms. "Like me?"
He blinked. "Lily, I really didn't mean what I said earlier..." He rubbed the back of his neck.
"Really?" She smiled.
"Yeah, well I mean, sure you're brainy and wishy-washy, but you don't smell..."
Lily narrowed her eyes. James threw up his hands and laughed. "I'm just joking!"
"That may be so, Potter, but I'm still going to get you back."
"Oh, come on, Evans!"
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. There. I think that's shorter than I meant it to be. Again. So, anyways, I completly agree that them getting together at the ball is played out, but I need ideas for when they should. So, HELP!!!!
Review.