Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fan fiction belongs to me. They're owned by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. The only ones that belong to me are those that you don't recognize.

A/N: Before I begin, I would like to add a few notices to my reviewers:

To DaDeVaLiShDuCky and Audrey (anonymous reviewer): During an interview with Scholastic (before the movie was made), J.K. Rowling stated that James was a chaser. The movie had made a mistake. Just thought you ought to know. But thank you for caring enough to tell me. If you see anything else that is a possible mistake, I will be glad to see to it.

To Shaye (an anonymous reviewer), DaDeVaLiShDuCky, RoGuE*Aphrodite (also anonymous), PracticeGirly, SummrMagic (anonymous too), Snowflake, Jo, and Melolo (another anonymous), jewlz (also anonymous): Thank you all for reviewing. Oh, and if I missed anybody, I'm truly sorry.

To Shorti and MegHarts: Thank you for reading and reviewing my story since the beginning and also helping me out with my story. You guys rock!

And also, in Chapter 5, when Dumbledore was telling James and Lily about their new rooms, I probably shouldn't have used "guys," since he is, you know, respected and stuff. Thank you Shaye for telling me. I am also sorry if anybody didn't like the idea of Arabella moving in with Lily. I just thought that this will be a lot easier for Lily and Bella to share their secrets and spend more time together if they share the same room, rather than Lily going in to the 7th year girl's dorm. And--oops, I almost let something slip. You'll have to find out later.

So, on with the story.

Chapter 7

After spending some time with James, Lily was beginning to like him too. She didn't love him. She had never loved anyone before (except her family and Bella, of course). She never loved any boys before. This was just a crush. James is really sweet to Lily. He respects her and never tried to take advantage of her like some guys might of. And Lily was liking him as a tiny bit more-than- friends. But Lily is unsure of some things. Since she had never been in a relationship before, she is kind of afraid of them, seeing that so many people can get their heart broken. So that night, returning to her room, finding Bella already asleep, Lily laid in bed and think. *Maybe I should get to know James better before I decide weather I have a crush on him or not* she thought. Yeah, that sounds right…

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James was having different problems. He knew that he loved Lily. He just doesn't know how to get her to like him back. After a lot of thinking, James decided that the first thing he needed to do is to get Lily to show him her true smile. And to do that, he needed to be very successful on this project.

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The next day in Potions, Lily and James begin to brew their smiling concoction . They got all the ingredients they needed from Professor Vacarra. After setting up their cauldron, James and Lily begin to add the ingredients, according to the notes they got last night at the library.

"Good, everything is going well. This potion should be done in about two or 3 days," James said when they were done adding the ingredients.

"Yeah," Lily said.

"Look, it's almost time for History of Magic. Let's put this in the cabinet in the back, okay? Then, we can just sit and wait for the other students." This was step one of his plan. He needed some times to talk to her. It will have to be project-related, otherwise, she might get suspicious.

"All right."

When they had done that, James and Lily returned to their seats, waiting for the other students to finish up. James just remember something he had to ask Lily.

"Oh Lily, I almost forgot, who is going to test the smiling potion when we're presenting?" he asked casually. This was step two, bringing up the question. He knew from experience what her answer was going to be.

"I don't know, James," she said. "You decide." *Success!* James thought. The perfect answer.

"Well, how about this, you can test it out while I explain to the class about the potion. Like, first we can explain the history and how it began. Then, you take the potion, while I tell the class the how the effects works and all that." He said all this very casually and calmly.

"Works for me," Lily said with a small smile. *Yes!!* James thought, as he smiled widely back. Everything was going the way he planned. Lily didn't suspect a thing.

The bell rung and every head off towards their next class.

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In History of Magic, Professor Binns was explaining the goblins' rebellions in his usual boring voice. Lily was taking her usual notes, Arabella was playing with her hair, and James was staring at Lily (without her noticing of course). Sirius, however, noticed this and took out a piece of parchment and wrote a little note. Little did he know, it sure won't be "little."

Sirius - Prongs, what are you staring at?

James (surprised when he got the note, snapped out of his trance) - Nothing, Padfoot. Nothing at all.

Sirius - Yeah, right. I saw you staring at Lily. You like her or something?

Remus (who had joined the conversation--er--note passing) - You guys shouldn't be passing notes. You should pay attention.

Sirius - Relax, Moony. Binns been at this goblens' rebellions stuff every single year. What use is it to us later in life?

Peter (who had also just join in) - You misspelled "goblins," Sirius.

Sirius - Oh, hush up, Wormtail. Anyways, do you Prongs?

Remus - Do he what?

Sirius - Do he likes Lily!

Remus - You do, Prongs?

James - No!

Sirius - Sure, whatever. C'mon, Prongs, just admit it. We all know you do, judging by that way you keep gawking at her.

James - I don't! Really, guys, I'm serious.

Sirius - No, I'm Sirius.

Peter - That's so old, Padfoot.

Remus - Do you, Prongs? Do you really like Lily?

James - Well, maybe a bit…

Sirius/Remus/Peter - …?

James - All right, I like her a lot. I love everything about her, guys. She's perfect. And I never told you this before, but I've been having these weird dreams about a girl just like Lily, with beautiful red hair and fantastic green eyes. Guys, this girl is perfect. But only if I can make her smile more. She would even look prettier than she already is.

Remus/Peter - Wow…

Sirius - Aw…our ickle Prongsie is in wuv! (a/n: thank you Shorti for giving me ideas for this phrase).

James - Shut up, Padfoot. Anyways, that's why I came up a plan to make her smile more guys. We're making the smiling potions for our project and I already asked her to be the one to test it out during the presentation.

Remus - I hope it'll work out.

James - Me too, Moony…me too.

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A/N: Alright, how was that? Please review. Thanks.