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The bell rang and all the students eagerly grabbed their books and bags and left the classroom pushing each other to get through the doorway.

"Prongs, who was staring at you, eh?" Sirius asked almost immediately after the last person left the classroom. Remus shoved his books into his bag and turned around in time to see James bright red. He sniggered earning a glare from James.

"No one," he snapped at Sirius running a hand through his hair. A smile arched on Sirius's face.

"You just messed up your hair," Sirius said. James yelped and vainly tried to flatten his black hair but almost immediately, it was sticking out in all directions as usual.

"Just leave it," Remus said swinging his bag over his shoulder. "It's not like anyone cares... Unless if there's a special someone you want to impress." He winked at James making him blush even harder.

"Someone like Lily Evans," added Sirius making James blush harder if possible.

"Oh, please stop," Peter pleaded. They all jumped staring at Peter as though they had just noticed he was there. "James will explode if he gets any redder," he said.

The three boys snorted in laughter and James grabbed his bag and left the classroom looking like a tomato. "Hey, did he just ditch us?" Sirius asked his laughter dying down. This statement earned a rolling of eyes from Peter and Remus who walked out of the classroom also.

"They just ditched me!" Sirius said. "I'm Siriusly annoyed..." He chuckled at his little 'Sirius' joke but noticed there was no one there to listen.

"I'm going to tie a jumper around their heads and suffocate them," he said half jokingly and angrily. "I'm talking to myself again!" This continued on for a while until Professor McGonagall came striding in and barked at Sirius to get out.

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Dinner seemed to be speeding by to Lily who was dreading to hear anything about Transfiguration especially by a 'Mr. Potter' she never talked to before.

Hearing phrases such as "Good luck... You'll need it..." or "I feel so sorry for you..." from occasionally from Sarah didn't help either.

As if it seemed like two seconds, dinner was over and a mass of black hurried out the Great Hall and to their own common rooms. "Have fun!" Sarah called sarcastically over her shoulder as they departed.

"'Bye, Lils!" Rose said. As Lily walked down the deserted corridor, the sound of talking and footsteps faded away. With every step she took, it turned darker and darker until the only source of light was various white floating candles and lanterns hung on the walls.

The familiar doors to the library were flung wide open and a welcoming light was glowing from within. Lily stepped inside and gave a warm smile at the vulture-like librarian, Madam Pince who liked Lily the best (she was the only one who was quiet in the library). Just as she guessed, 'Mr. Potter' was sitting at a table with a stack of Transfiguration books at his side. Instead of sleek hair, the mop of raven black hair was messy and sticking out in all directions.

She cocked her head sideways surveying him curiously. He didn't look too bad with his hair messy but she shook it off; she wasn't there to see if he was cute or not. She was there to study Transfiguration.

"Hi," Lily said walking towards him. "I'm Lily Evans. And sorry, I didn't catch your name." He looked taken back at her very quick statement.

"James Potter," he said. "Nice to meet you, Lily... Don't worry I won't make you stay in here for even an hour... Just tell me what you're having trouble with."

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Lily began to like James better every minute--he wasn't like Sarah described. She expected a boy who was obsessed with Transfiguration and school but instead she met a funny charming boy. He didn't look too bad with messy hair either but she did notice he was quite clumsy or maybe it was just because he was nervous (he knocked the books over several times and fell out of his chair).

"I guess that wraps it all up," James said grinning at Lily. "Sorry about that book incident or incidents... I was sort of nervous."

"That's okay," Lily said walking towards the door. "C'mon." James left the stack of books laying neatly on the desk and followed Lily to the Gryffindor common room. But on the way, they had bumped into their worst enemy, Lucius Malfoy.

"Hello, Potter," smirked Malfoy. "Girlfriend? I never thought you stooped that low... It's almost like you're not a pure blood--dating a Mudblood like that. Guess you were desperate." Before Lily could even lay a finger on Malfoy, James took a step forward with his wand clutched in his hand.

"Never say that to my face again, Malfoy," snarled James. With a quick wave of his wand, a cloud of smoke appeared. Slowly, the smoke disappeared and in the place were Malfoy was standing was a ferret. Lily gave the white ferret a slight kick making it rolling over on its back.

The two laughed and made their way to the common room as though nothing happened. A new found respect for James was built after the Malfoy incident. Lily was glad to finally see the familiar common room and yawned tired.

"Goodnight and thanks for everything," Lily said giving James a quick peck on the lips. The redhead disappeared out of sight as she climbed the staircase to the dormitories. James stood rooted to the spot and touched his tingling lips.

A/N: Like father, like son. Like ferret, like ferret. Lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter... It's midnight and I'm tired so you better review! J/K. But I would appreciate it if you did... *wink wink nudge nudge*