"Lily, what was that about?" "Dumbledore wants a meeting with the Prefects, Head boy and girl, and staff. When it is. is only something I know." "Oh come on Lily.. That is the perfect chance for us to pull some great pranks." "James Harold Potter, I said no." "Lil, no you didn't. The exact words you said to James was 'when it is, is only something I know' you never said 'no' to him." Sirius said with a smirk. "Come on Lil, you know you love us, well maybe not James or Peter, but you know you love me and Sirius." Remus said laughing. "Fine, then I'll say this time, and to all 4 of you. I will not tell you. My answer to telling you is NO." James pouted and rested his head on Lily's shoulder. "Lily, you know you want to tell us, cause you don't want to see us cry." James was going to say something more, but he had noticed Snape staring at Lily, then a scowl appeared on Snape's face when James had put his head on her shoulder. Now James understood why Snape didn't do anything to them while Lily was in the compartment with them. Snape loved Lily. This one made James laugh, but also made him angry. No one from Slytherin, especially that greasy git Snape was going to have Lily. James vowed to make sure that Lily either ended up with him, Remus, or Sirius. This way they could make sure Lily would also be looked out for. But as the feast ended and everyone stood up, Lily went out alone into the entrance hall. "Severus, I wanted to thank you for not doing anything to James, Remus, Sirius, or Peter today on the train." "Well, Lily. Just remember I only did it for you, and because you asked me to. I wouldn't do it for anyone else, and you can't expect me to do that all the time." "I don't Severus. I don't." Snape smiled to Lily, and Lily smiled back. Snape's smile then turned to a scowl as the Marauders came out of the great hall with Mundungus, Arabella, Harley, and Kevin. "Lily, why are you talking to that slimey git?" James asked. Snape glared at the rest of them, turned and walked away. "James, you have some nerve." Lily said, then walked off, and not in the direction of the common room, or anywhere they had been before. "Does anybody know the deal with Lily and Grease ball?" asked James, who looked stunned, and hurt. The others shrugged and made their way up to the common room. Lily didn't show up again for the rest of the night. James, Remus, Sirius and Peter were in their dorm room when the Gryffindor prefects left for the meeting, so they had no clue it was going on. Lily, who had been in a secret room she had stumbled upon in 4th year, that she knew didn't show up on that mysterious map the Marauders had and left it to go to the meeting. Outside the staff lounge Jeffory confronted her. "Lily, I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted back in 3rd year just because you wouldn't date me. I know it was wrong, and I just hope since we are both head girl and boy that we can be friends again." "Maybe. I'll think about it Jeffory, but right now we have a meeting to go to." Lily walked into the staff lounge for a very long meeting. The meeting lasted two hours, and it was about how the school year would go, and that prefects, and the head girl and boy, along with teachers would be walking the halls for later hours then they had previously been doing. Dumbledore had gotten word that dark forces were arising under the heir of Slytherin. Dumbledore knew there would be students here that would want to follow because of their parents. Dumbledore wanted to do everything in his power to make sure that nothing happened to any of his students. Hence the 4 extra prefects added to each house. Finally when 2 a.m. came about Lily, and the other students left, the Gryffindors walking together back up to the common room. They gave the password to the portrait of the fat lady and it swung open allowing them entrance. Lily was the last one in the common room, and the last one to see 4 very angry Marauders. "Lily Rose Evans! How could you not tell us when the meeting was. We could have gotten away with some very cool, and very complicated pranks." Remus said, acting as the spokesperson for them.