(A/N) Ha! I have people hooked. That's enough for my ego to make me cocky. Okay, before my head gets too big, I'm going to stop. ENJOY!!
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"You kissed him before?!" Molly gasped, as Rose's cheeks continued to burn. Lily had her back still pressed to her bedroom door, from slamming it behind her.
"That's disgusting!" Lily groaned, putting her hands over her eyes, in a vain hope that it would get the mental picture out. Rose couldn't resist.
"He's actually an awesome ki-"
"ROSE!!" Lily and Molly yelled at the same time, before Rose finished. She fought the evil grin rising to her lips. Lily walked to her and flopped on her bed.
"I'm going to have nightmares for a week, now." She groaned behind her hands. Molly sighed, and looked at her watch.
"I have to go. I'm meeting Arthur in ten minutes. But we're continuing this conversation later, Rose." She sighed, as Rose's and Lily's eyebrows shot up at the same time. Molly scrambled out, before either could ask questions.
Lily turned to Rose. "I still can't believe that-"
Rose cut her off, growing angry. "Lily, relax! It's not like I'm going to marry him or anything!"
Lily's cheeks burned. She sighed and looked at her watch. She gasped. "I have to take a shower! I have a meeting with James in twenty minutes!" She blanched, shoving a suprised Rose out of her room. Rose gaped at the slammed door.
"When did you start primping to see Potter, eh, Lily?!" She yelled through the door. Someone chuckled behind her. She spun around angrily. Remus had a wolfish grin on his face.
"What? No Sirius?" He chuckled. A blush rose to Rose's cheeks again.
"Oh, shut up, Remus." She groaned, walking down the hallway. Remus cocked his eyebrows at her back. James walked down the hall, passing her, and she shoved her shoulder against him. He didn't have a chance to snap at her, as she slammed her door shut.
Remus was nearly crying with laughter by now. James scowled. "What's so funny?" His eye shot to Lily's door-portrait. The veela waved at him. He gave her a small wave and turned to Remus.
"Nothing, nothing at all." He wiped his eyes and cocked his eyebrows again, as James stared at the portrait.
"She's getting ready." The veela answered, before James asked. "Um. Okay, then."
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James shot a look at Lily out of the corner of his eyes. She was looking at him too, and James looked away quickly, blushing. Lily tuned into what McGonagall was saying.
"And furthermore, I believe that Halloween is just the opportunity to combine the houses. We will put all of the tables together, and put up name plates. That way, the students can meet others from different houses."
Lily and James nodded. McGonagall cocked her eyebrows. "Tomarrow, I want a diagram of the one table with the name plates. Understand?"
"Tomarrow?!" Lily blurted, suprising both James and McGonagall. "But, Professor-!"
"Ms. Evans, I am well aware that you are a very busy student, but I am a very busy teacher. I want you two to spend today working on it. It will be on my desk tomarrow morning. Isn't that right, Mr. Potter?"
James blinked. "Uh. Sure, Professor."
The professor turned back to Lily. "Ms. Evans? Anymore objections?"
Lily looked at the ground. "No, Professor."
"Good. You two are excused." James stood up and held the door open for Lily, suprising both her and McGonagall. Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously, and walked through. The second she stepped out, she tensed, waiting for whatever prank James was going to pull. Nothing happened and James shut the door behind them.
"What are you waiting for? Let's get this over with." He grumbled, as Lily gaped at him. He turned down the corridor. She jogged to keep up.
"So, where are we going?"
James didn't look at her. "The common room."
"The common room will be full at this time. Let's go to the library. No one spends too much time there on the weekends." She suggested. James shrugged. "Fine." He sighed, giving in without a fight, suprising Lily again for the second time in five minutes.
In the library, Lily pulled out a long scroll of all of the students in Hogwarts. James gaped. "Where did you get this?" He asked, adjusting his glasses, and picking up the end of scroll and staring at it in interest.
Lily didn't answer as she cut the scroll in half and let it roll up, hitting him in the face. As he shook his head roughly, she began to draw a diagram of a table. "That's your half of the list, and this is mine. That's your half of the table, and this is mine. Got it?" She sighed, drawing a line through the table. James stared at her for a few seconds.
"What in the world are you staring at, Potter?"
James blinked. "Nothing." He looked down at his half of the scroll and began to write names in the little squares. A few minutes later, Lily looked over to his side to see how he was doing. "Potter!"
He jumped, nearly a foot in the air, as Lily spat his name. "What?!"
"You put you by all of your friends!"
"So?"
"The whole idea is to set all of the students with people of the other houses! Not with their friends!" She waved her wand, and The four names jumped off the paper and scattered in different spots. James turned pink. "What about you? Why are you sitting next to Rosemarta?!" Before she could defend herself, James moved Lily's name next to Lucius Malfoy.
"Potter!"
"Well? I thought the idea was to get to know others of your house?" Growling, Lily moved James' name between Jerrica Bulstrode and Severus Snape. James gaped. For the next hour, they moved each other's names around.
Finally, they both pointed they're wands at the parchment at the same time, and it burst into flames. James jumped back as Lily performed one of her charms. They stared at the black, soggy parchment on the table. Lily jerked her head up at James. "Potter! This is all your fault!"
"My fault?! If you had just stuck to your side of the table, this would never had happened!"
Lily cletched her fists and glared at him. "Oh, shut up and let's do this again." She growled, pulling out another parchment and drawing a table on it. James sat down quickly, relieved that she didn't put up much of a fight. Half an hour of silence passed, before James looked up to see Lily had forgotten her side of the table and was staring into space.
"Evans? Evans, are you there?" James waved his hand in front of her eyes and she blinked. Turning red, she quickly looked down and began to scribble names.
"Who were you thinking of, Evans?" James found himself taunting, not looking up from his parchment. Lily darkened and muttered, "None of your buisness, Potter."
He cocked his eyebrows, and looked up at her. "Don't tell me the mighty Lily Evans actually *fancies* someone."
Lily looked up sharply, in suprise. "NO!" She yelled, and James fell back in his chair. "Alright! Alright! Geez." He answered from the ground. Lily crossed her arms, waiting for him to get up. He didn't.
"Potter? How long are you going to stay down there?" She called. James folded his hands behind his head. He wasn't about to ask her to help him up. "I'm fine down here, thanks."
"Get up, you'll catch a cold."
"Thanks anyways, Mummy."
"Potter!" The librarian said sharply, making him sit up. "Get up, you'll catch a cold." James fought down a laugh at Lily's horrified face, as the librarian repeated exactly what she just said.
He stretched his back and grinned at Lily. Lily looked down at the parchment, and scribbled another name down. "Done." She said quickly. She looked over at James' side. "Hurry up, Potter, I want to get out of here."
James looked down in suprise at his half finished half. He quickly jolted down a few names and sat back, crossing his arms. Lily pulled the parchment over and looked at it. She giggled. James cocked his eyebrows. "What?"
"You're sitting next to Malfoy."
"WHAT?!"
"See? That's what happens when you don't pay attention to what you're doing." She rolled the parchment up quickly, before James could change his mistake. She started for the door. James ran up.
"Who are you sitting next to?"
"Um, Diggory, I think."
James shook his head in disbelief, as Lily flushed. "Girls." He muttered, before turning quickly and walking towards the pitch.
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Rose looked up to see Sirius sit next to her. He gave her a shy smile, and she looked around the library, avioding his eyes. He chuckled. "What are you doing in the library of all places, Sirius?" Rose teased. Sirius smirked, but didn't get a chance to answer, because a sound of a chair hitting stone floor after a loud, "NO!", suprised them. They both jumped to they're feet, and pulled a book from the shelves, looking through the gaps. James laid on the floor with his hands tied behind his head, on the other side of the library. Lily stood up and looked down at James.
Sirius chuckled, as the librarian made her way angrily to James and Lily, unseen by both of them. Rose stepped back and put the book back. "That's interesting." She frowned. "Wonder what they're doing in the library?"
"James didn't tell me." Sirius shrugged, putting his book back also. "They're probably just doing Head Boy/Head Girl work."
Rose smiled and turned back to the table. "So, Sirius." She started, as he sank into the seat next to her.
"Why did you kiss me?" She said, causually, opening her book again. Sirius gently pulled it out of her hands, and put in on the table. He turned back to her and bit his lip. "I dunno."
"What kind of reason is that?!" Rose demanded. Sirius shrugged. "Why did you kiss me back?" Rose didn't answer and he chuckled. Standing up, he landed a soft kiss on her cheek. He turned and walked out of the library, leaving Rose to stare at his back.
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Lily plopped down in the common room, next to Molly, who quickly hid the letter she was writing. Lily cocked her eyebrows, and pulled out the parchment, moving Malfoy away from James. Molly leaned forward. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm moving Malfoy away from James."
"James?"
"What? I said Potter." Lily quickly covered, moving James next to Poppy Pomfrey. Molly giggled. Lily looked up. "What?"
"Poppy Pomfrey has a crush on Potter. I'd love to see the face on his face when he realizes who he's sitting with." She looked at the rest of the names. "You sat me across from Arthur."
"And?" Lily smiled, her eyes twinkling. Molly blushed. "Thanks, Lily."
"Anytime, pal."
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The rest of the month went by way to fast, and before James knew it, he was grabbing his invisability cloak to sneak down to the Great Hall to move his plate before dinner. He slid around people in costumes in the common room and tip toed down to the Great Hall. To his relief, Nott was opening the doors, giving James the opportunity to slid in after him. Nott walked up and down the table, smirking at the names.
James watched as he finished, and swept back out, shutting the doors firmly behind him. He looked around quickly, and pulled the cloak off. He ran to Malfoy's name, and reached for the plate next to him. He stopped. Who was Morgana Tipwold?
He scanned the table and found his name next to Poppy Pomfrey. He winced, and switched her nameplate with the first person he could grab. He looked down at the name and shrugged. He could deal with Jessica Lockhart's older brother, Gilderoy. He looked across the table, and noticed Diggory's name flashing up at him. He realized his mistake and before he could change it, the door opened, and James slid the cloak on again.
Dumbledore stopped and turned to where James was standing. He grinned, and left the doors slightly open, before walking up to the teacher's long table. James squeezed through the small gap and walked inside the bathrooms, before pulling his cloak off. He sat on the sink and massaged his temples.
The only person he knew that could move him away from Malfoy was Lily and/or McGonagall. But, McGonagall didn't touch any of the other names. He quickly shoved the cloak in his pocket and rushed up to Gryffindor tower, to talk to Lily.
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Lily adjusted her dress robes. Rose walked out of her bathroom, and yanked the towel off her head. Lily spun around. "So....what do you think?" Rose looked up and smiled.
"It's great, Lils. But green?"
Lily shrugged and turned back to the mirror. The green dress robes had a strange, black design around the hems, and, to Lily's opinion, the neckline was low. Rose clipped up her hair and adjusted her blue robes. "Well? What are you going to do to your hair?"
Lily shrugged. "I was going to just leave it down..."
Rose looked scandalized. " 'Leave it down'?! Lily, I'm ashamed. Come on." She pulled her hand and pushed her into the bathroom.
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James put his head in his hand, as Gilderoy rambled next to him. "-And these new robes came imported from France!" He grinned. James sighed. "That's great, Gilderoy." He muttered, tonelessly.
"Isn't it?" Someone pipped up sarcastically, from in front of him. James looked up, strangely relieved to see Lily sitting across from him.
Gilderoy missed the sarcasim and continued to ramble. James inwardly groaned, as Amos Diggorey found his name and sat next to Lily. He shot her a smile, and she looked down, blushing. James felt something in his chest tighten. Why didn't Lily blushed when *he* smiled at her? What did that git have that James didn't?
"You look nice, Lily." Amos commented, politely. Lily muttered a thanks, and turned to her food. James took her in. Amos wasn't kidding. Lily's red hair was swept up in a braided bun, resting on the top of her head, while her green robes reflected her deep green eyes. James was jerked back, as Gilderoy began to complain about the food.
The entertainment was a goblin who ate fire. James wasn't paying attention. He turned his head to the side, so he could hear Lily's and Amos' conversation, without looking interested.
"So, you're Head Girl this year, Lily?" Amos grinned, flashing his dimples. Lily smiled back. "Yes, and I'm having a great time."
"So, who's Head Boy?"
James felt a muscle next to his eye twitch, as he fought the urge to kick Amos for not knowing. Lily jerked her thumb at James. Amos frowned in confusion.
"James Potter? Don't you hate each other? How can you work with him?"
James' foot kicked out, and he kicked Lily, missing Amos. She bit her lip in pain, and kicked James back. He narrowed his eyes, and kicked her again. Lily didn't flinch and turned back to Amos. She kept the conversation flowing, even as James kicked her shins, making her retailiate.
Finally, Lily lost her temper. "Excuse me." She told Amos, as James kicked a bruise that was already forming on her leg. She stood up, and splashed her pumpkin juice in James' face. She clanged the goblet back on the table. Turning, she strided out of the Great Hall, as nearly everyone burst into laughter. James glared.
This was war.
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Sirius sneezed, and James covered his mouth. As James let him go, he pulled off the cloak and looked around Lily's room. Sirius glowered. "Why did I have to go with you?"
"Because, Remus wouldn't do it, and Peter thinks girls have 'cooties'."
Sirius shook his head, as Jame pulled away Lily's hangings. "I'm going straight to hell....."
James shot him a look. He threw Sirius a bag. "Go hitch up the bathroom. I'll hitch the bed." Sirius slid into the bathroom, grumbling. James climbed to the canopy and grinning, put up some water balloons. "Hope this takes you back, Evans." He whispered, looking down at her. He stopped.
Lily mumbled something in her sleep, and turned her head, so that her face was dug into the pillow. James swallowed. He read somewhere that everyone looks most innocent in they're sleep. Lily dug her face deeper in her pillow, and James gave his head a hard shake. He jumped down and hitched the wire. He looked up again, brushing his bangs out of his face. He sat on the end of her bed, securing the wire.
Without thinking of what he was doing he looked up and leaned over Lily. Her eyelids flickered open, just as James brushed his lips against hers. She blinked rapidly, still wondering if she was sleeping. James sat back and stared at her. She shut her eyes and rubbed her eye lids. James quickly slid the cloak on, and tip toed out of her room, through the open portrait. Lily looked around.
"Okay James! I put the fireworks in her shower! She'll have one hell of a awak-" Sirius walked out of the bathroom and gaped at Lily.
"BLACK!"
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"You kissed him before?!" Molly gasped, as Rose's cheeks continued to burn. Lily had her back still pressed to her bedroom door, from slamming it behind her.
"That's disgusting!" Lily groaned, putting her hands over her eyes, in a vain hope that it would get the mental picture out. Rose couldn't resist.
"He's actually an awesome ki-"
"ROSE!!" Lily and Molly yelled at the same time, before Rose finished. She fought the evil grin rising to her lips. Lily walked to her and flopped on her bed.
"I'm going to have nightmares for a week, now." She groaned behind her hands. Molly sighed, and looked at her watch.
"I have to go. I'm meeting Arthur in ten minutes. But we're continuing this conversation later, Rose." She sighed, as Rose's and Lily's eyebrows shot up at the same time. Molly scrambled out, before either could ask questions.
Lily turned to Rose. "I still can't believe that-"
Rose cut her off, growing angry. "Lily, relax! It's not like I'm going to marry him or anything!"
Lily's cheeks burned. She sighed and looked at her watch. She gasped. "I have to take a shower! I have a meeting with James in twenty minutes!" She blanched, shoving a suprised Rose out of her room. Rose gaped at the slammed door.
"When did you start primping to see Potter, eh, Lily?!" She yelled through the door. Someone chuckled behind her. She spun around angrily. Remus had a wolfish grin on his face.
"What? No Sirius?" He chuckled. A blush rose to Rose's cheeks again.
"Oh, shut up, Remus." She groaned, walking down the hallway. Remus cocked his eyebrows at her back. James walked down the hall, passing her, and she shoved her shoulder against him. He didn't have a chance to snap at her, as she slammed her door shut.
Remus was nearly crying with laughter by now. James scowled. "What's so funny?" His eye shot to Lily's door-portrait. The veela waved at him. He gave her a small wave and turned to Remus.
"Nothing, nothing at all." He wiped his eyes and cocked his eyebrows again, as James stared at the portrait.
"She's getting ready." The veela answered, before James asked. "Um. Okay, then."
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James shot a look at Lily out of the corner of his eyes. She was looking at him too, and James looked away quickly, blushing. Lily tuned into what McGonagall was saying.
"And furthermore, I believe that Halloween is just the opportunity to combine the houses. We will put all of the tables together, and put up name plates. That way, the students can meet others from different houses."
Lily and James nodded. McGonagall cocked her eyebrows. "Tomarrow, I want a diagram of the one table with the name plates. Understand?"
"Tomarrow?!" Lily blurted, suprising both James and McGonagall. "But, Professor-!"
"Ms. Evans, I am well aware that you are a very busy student, but I am a very busy teacher. I want you two to spend today working on it. It will be on my desk tomarrow morning. Isn't that right, Mr. Potter?"
James blinked. "Uh. Sure, Professor."
The professor turned back to Lily. "Ms. Evans? Anymore objections?"
Lily looked at the ground. "No, Professor."
"Good. You two are excused." James stood up and held the door open for Lily, suprising both her and McGonagall. Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously, and walked through. The second she stepped out, she tensed, waiting for whatever prank James was going to pull. Nothing happened and James shut the door behind them.
"What are you waiting for? Let's get this over with." He grumbled, as Lily gaped at him. He turned down the corridor. She jogged to keep up.
"So, where are we going?"
James didn't look at her. "The common room."
"The common room will be full at this time. Let's go to the library. No one spends too much time there on the weekends." She suggested. James shrugged. "Fine." He sighed, giving in without a fight, suprising Lily again for the second time in five minutes.
In the library, Lily pulled out a long scroll of all of the students in Hogwarts. James gaped. "Where did you get this?" He asked, adjusting his glasses, and picking up the end of scroll and staring at it in interest.
Lily didn't answer as she cut the scroll in half and let it roll up, hitting him in the face. As he shook his head roughly, she began to draw a diagram of a table. "That's your half of the list, and this is mine. That's your half of the table, and this is mine. Got it?" She sighed, drawing a line through the table. James stared at her for a few seconds.
"What in the world are you staring at, Potter?"
James blinked. "Nothing." He looked down at his half of the scroll and began to write names in the little squares. A few minutes later, Lily looked over to his side to see how he was doing. "Potter!"
He jumped, nearly a foot in the air, as Lily spat his name. "What?!"
"You put you by all of your friends!"
"So?"
"The whole idea is to set all of the students with people of the other houses! Not with their friends!" She waved her wand, and The four names jumped off the paper and scattered in different spots. James turned pink. "What about you? Why are you sitting next to Rosemarta?!" Before she could defend herself, James moved Lily's name next to Lucius Malfoy.
"Potter!"
"Well? I thought the idea was to get to know others of your house?" Growling, Lily moved James' name between Jerrica Bulstrode and Severus Snape. James gaped. For the next hour, they moved each other's names around.
Finally, they both pointed they're wands at the parchment at the same time, and it burst into flames. James jumped back as Lily performed one of her charms. They stared at the black, soggy parchment on the table. Lily jerked her head up at James. "Potter! This is all your fault!"
"My fault?! If you had just stuck to your side of the table, this would never had happened!"
Lily cletched her fists and glared at him. "Oh, shut up and let's do this again." She growled, pulling out another parchment and drawing a table on it. James sat down quickly, relieved that she didn't put up much of a fight. Half an hour of silence passed, before James looked up to see Lily had forgotten her side of the table and was staring into space.
"Evans? Evans, are you there?" James waved his hand in front of her eyes and she blinked. Turning red, she quickly looked down and began to scribble names.
"Who were you thinking of, Evans?" James found himself taunting, not looking up from his parchment. Lily darkened and muttered, "None of your buisness, Potter."
He cocked his eyebrows, and looked up at her. "Don't tell me the mighty Lily Evans actually *fancies* someone."
Lily looked up sharply, in suprise. "NO!" She yelled, and James fell back in his chair. "Alright! Alright! Geez." He answered from the ground. Lily crossed her arms, waiting for him to get up. He didn't.
"Potter? How long are you going to stay down there?" She called. James folded his hands behind his head. He wasn't about to ask her to help him up. "I'm fine down here, thanks."
"Get up, you'll catch a cold."
"Thanks anyways, Mummy."
"Potter!" The librarian said sharply, making him sit up. "Get up, you'll catch a cold." James fought down a laugh at Lily's horrified face, as the librarian repeated exactly what she just said.
He stretched his back and grinned at Lily. Lily looked down at the parchment, and scribbled another name down. "Done." She said quickly. She looked over at James' side. "Hurry up, Potter, I want to get out of here."
James looked down in suprise at his half finished half. He quickly jolted down a few names and sat back, crossing his arms. Lily pulled the parchment over and looked at it. She giggled. James cocked his eyebrows. "What?"
"You're sitting next to Malfoy."
"WHAT?!"
"See? That's what happens when you don't pay attention to what you're doing." She rolled the parchment up quickly, before James could change his mistake. She started for the door. James ran up.
"Who are you sitting next to?"
"Um, Diggory, I think."
James shook his head in disbelief, as Lily flushed. "Girls." He muttered, before turning quickly and walking towards the pitch.
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Rose looked up to see Sirius sit next to her. He gave her a shy smile, and she looked around the library, avioding his eyes. He chuckled. "What are you doing in the library of all places, Sirius?" Rose teased. Sirius smirked, but didn't get a chance to answer, because a sound of a chair hitting stone floor after a loud, "NO!", suprised them. They both jumped to they're feet, and pulled a book from the shelves, looking through the gaps. James laid on the floor with his hands tied behind his head, on the other side of the library. Lily stood up and looked down at James.
Sirius chuckled, as the librarian made her way angrily to James and Lily, unseen by both of them. Rose stepped back and put the book back. "That's interesting." She frowned. "Wonder what they're doing in the library?"
"James didn't tell me." Sirius shrugged, putting his book back also. "They're probably just doing Head Boy/Head Girl work."
Rose smiled and turned back to the table. "So, Sirius." She started, as he sank into the seat next to her.
"Why did you kiss me?" She said, causually, opening her book again. Sirius gently pulled it out of her hands, and put in on the table. He turned back to her and bit his lip. "I dunno."
"What kind of reason is that?!" Rose demanded. Sirius shrugged. "Why did you kiss me back?" Rose didn't answer and he chuckled. Standing up, he landed a soft kiss on her cheek. He turned and walked out of the library, leaving Rose to stare at his back.
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Lily plopped down in the common room, next to Molly, who quickly hid the letter she was writing. Lily cocked her eyebrows, and pulled out the parchment, moving Malfoy away from James. Molly leaned forward. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm moving Malfoy away from James."
"James?"
"What? I said Potter." Lily quickly covered, moving James next to Poppy Pomfrey. Molly giggled. Lily looked up. "What?"
"Poppy Pomfrey has a crush on Potter. I'd love to see the face on his face when he realizes who he's sitting with." She looked at the rest of the names. "You sat me across from Arthur."
"And?" Lily smiled, her eyes twinkling. Molly blushed. "Thanks, Lily."
"Anytime, pal."
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The rest of the month went by way to fast, and before James knew it, he was grabbing his invisability cloak to sneak down to the Great Hall to move his plate before dinner. He slid around people in costumes in the common room and tip toed down to the Great Hall. To his relief, Nott was opening the doors, giving James the opportunity to slid in after him. Nott walked up and down the table, smirking at the names.
James watched as he finished, and swept back out, shutting the doors firmly behind him. He looked around quickly, and pulled the cloak off. He ran to Malfoy's name, and reached for the plate next to him. He stopped. Who was Morgana Tipwold?
He scanned the table and found his name next to Poppy Pomfrey. He winced, and switched her nameplate with the first person he could grab. He looked down at the name and shrugged. He could deal with Jessica Lockhart's older brother, Gilderoy. He looked across the table, and noticed Diggory's name flashing up at him. He realized his mistake and before he could change it, the door opened, and James slid the cloak on again.
Dumbledore stopped and turned to where James was standing. He grinned, and left the doors slightly open, before walking up to the teacher's long table. James squeezed through the small gap and walked inside the bathrooms, before pulling his cloak off. He sat on the sink and massaged his temples.
The only person he knew that could move him away from Malfoy was Lily and/or McGonagall. But, McGonagall didn't touch any of the other names. He quickly shoved the cloak in his pocket and rushed up to Gryffindor tower, to talk to Lily.
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Lily adjusted her dress robes. Rose walked out of her bathroom, and yanked the towel off her head. Lily spun around. "So....what do you think?" Rose looked up and smiled.
"It's great, Lils. But green?"
Lily shrugged and turned back to the mirror. The green dress robes had a strange, black design around the hems, and, to Lily's opinion, the neckline was low. Rose clipped up her hair and adjusted her blue robes. "Well? What are you going to do to your hair?"
Lily shrugged. "I was going to just leave it down..."
Rose looked scandalized. " 'Leave it down'?! Lily, I'm ashamed. Come on." She pulled her hand and pushed her into the bathroom.
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James put his head in his hand, as Gilderoy rambled next to him. "-And these new robes came imported from France!" He grinned. James sighed. "That's great, Gilderoy." He muttered, tonelessly.
"Isn't it?" Someone pipped up sarcastically, from in front of him. James looked up, strangely relieved to see Lily sitting across from him.
Gilderoy missed the sarcasim and continued to ramble. James inwardly groaned, as Amos Diggorey found his name and sat next to Lily. He shot her a smile, and she looked down, blushing. James felt something in his chest tighten. Why didn't Lily blushed when *he* smiled at her? What did that git have that James didn't?
"You look nice, Lily." Amos commented, politely. Lily muttered a thanks, and turned to her food. James took her in. Amos wasn't kidding. Lily's red hair was swept up in a braided bun, resting on the top of her head, while her green robes reflected her deep green eyes. James was jerked back, as Gilderoy began to complain about the food.
The entertainment was a goblin who ate fire. James wasn't paying attention. He turned his head to the side, so he could hear Lily's and Amos' conversation, without looking interested.
"So, you're Head Girl this year, Lily?" Amos grinned, flashing his dimples. Lily smiled back. "Yes, and I'm having a great time."
"So, who's Head Boy?"
James felt a muscle next to his eye twitch, as he fought the urge to kick Amos for not knowing. Lily jerked her thumb at James. Amos frowned in confusion.
"James Potter? Don't you hate each other? How can you work with him?"
James' foot kicked out, and he kicked Lily, missing Amos. She bit her lip in pain, and kicked James back. He narrowed his eyes, and kicked her again. Lily didn't flinch and turned back to Amos. She kept the conversation flowing, even as James kicked her shins, making her retailiate.
Finally, Lily lost her temper. "Excuse me." She told Amos, as James kicked a bruise that was already forming on her leg. She stood up, and splashed her pumpkin juice in James' face. She clanged the goblet back on the table. Turning, she strided out of the Great Hall, as nearly everyone burst into laughter. James glared.
This was war.
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Sirius sneezed, and James covered his mouth. As James let him go, he pulled off the cloak and looked around Lily's room. Sirius glowered. "Why did I have to go with you?"
"Because, Remus wouldn't do it, and Peter thinks girls have 'cooties'."
Sirius shook his head, as Jame pulled away Lily's hangings. "I'm going straight to hell....."
James shot him a look. He threw Sirius a bag. "Go hitch up the bathroom. I'll hitch the bed." Sirius slid into the bathroom, grumbling. James climbed to the canopy and grinning, put up some water balloons. "Hope this takes you back, Evans." He whispered, looking down at her. He stopped.
Lily mumbled something in her sleep, and turned her head, so that her face was dug into the pillow. James swallowed. He read somewhere that everyone looks most innocent in they're sleep. Lily dug her face deeper in her pillow, and James gave his head a hard shake. He jumped down and hitched the wire. He looked up again, brushing his bangs out of his face. He sat on the end of her bed, securing the wire.
Without thinking of what he was doing he looked up and leaned over Lily. Her eyelids flickered open, just as James brushed his lips against hers. She blinked rapidly, still wondering if she was sleeping. James sat back and stared at her. She shut her eyes and rubbed her eye lids. James quickly slid the cloak on, and tip toed out of her room, through the open portrait. Lily looked around.
"Okay James! I put the fireworks in her shower! She'll have one hell of a awak-" Sirius walked out of the bathroom and gaped at Lily.
"BLACK!"
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