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A/N: Hello! Thank you for all the reviews and I would to thank all the reviewers too! Heather, Oliver's gurl, Swimming Angel, Quack Quack 88, and Mafe!

Sorry if the chapters aren't long enough, Quack Quack. I'll try, okay? Well, on w/ the story--I'm glad you guys like it so far.

Lily entered the classroom to see that they weren't late at all. Everyone was scrambling to their seats and she took her own between Sarah and Rose. She yawned loudly and lowered herself into her seat.

Running her fingers through her hair, Lily turned to Sarah who tugged on her sleeve. "What?" Lily hissed at her friend who looked sly.

"Why did you come in with Potter?" she asked in a very sly, slow voice. Lily rolled her eyes but Rose also found it amusing to ask her also. She blushed slightly but lowered her mouth to tell just when Professor McGonagall slammed a book on their table.

"What did I just say?" she asked them who was still recovering from the shock the noise of the book gave them. They glanced at each other as though daring one another to answer McGonagall. Sarah finally gave in as Rose and Lily gave their famous death glares at her.

"That-that-that we would be learning how to transfigure people into animals?" squeaked Sarah. McGonagall snorted and said, "Ten points from Gryffindor. Next time, pay attention, girls, instead of talking among yourselves."

Behind her back, Sarah began to mock her twisting her face making her look like an angry monkey who wanted its banana back. Rose bit the top of her finger to stifle her snigger and Lily laughed but hastily turned it into a very fake sounding cough.

McGonagall stared at her but Lily coughed once again and she continued talking. Grabbing a quill and tearing a piece of parchment off her homework, Lily dipped the tip into the black ink next to her arm.

She began writing shielding her hand from view with her stack of books. She finished with a flourish and pushed the parchment to Sarah first before pushing it to Rose.

The parchment had said:

James asked me if I wanted to go to Hogsmeade with him today and I said yes.

--Lily

The two girls raised eyebrows at her but they didn't reply to her in any way whether it was writing back an answer or whispering in her ear.

Time ticked by slowly as McGonagall droned on. Drool suddenly dropped out of her mouth and she quickly covered her mouth with her hand wiping the drool away.

Once she was preoccupied with cleaning her mouth of drool, the bell rang. Sarah lifted her head up from her arms and picked up her bag yawning slightly.

Rose and Sarah immediately swung their bags over their shoulders waiting for Lily to pack her things away. Once she followed their suit, they rounded on her.

"So why did you say yes?" Sarah asked as they walked out of the room.

"Because he's nice and sweet," Lily answered. "Besides, what's the big deal?" Sarah shook her head as to say there wasn't any big deal. "Just wondering," the blonde replied. "Anyways, I don't care who you date."

"Me either," Rose said. "But you know how I don't listen to gossip? Well, the bull that's traveling around the school is that David likes you." David was a handsome popular seventh year who was in Ravenclaw. He was most liked among the girls as well as Sirius Black. They were both known to compete against each other for the cutest girl and David seemed to be on a winning streak last year and this year because every time Lily passed Sirius, he looked sullen.

"If it's true, I bet that brainless twit will beat James into a pulp," Rose continued. Sarah looked a bit offended when Rose said, 'brainless twit.'

"I like him," Sarah defended. "He wouldn't hurt anybody." Rose and Lily snorted and walked ahead.

"But James plays Quidditch. He must have some fighting skills on him. I don't think it's easy to beat him up," Lily said reasonably. "I mean it probably isn't true anyways."

Rose nodded as Sarah ran up to them panting. "I-It's true," she stammered. "David does like you!" The earnest look in her eyes is what caused the two girls to believe her.

~*~
Lily nervously walked down the marble staircase to the entrance hall adorned in her black school robes and her hair was cascading down her shoulders in rippling waves as always. The only thing different about her was that Sarah applied a bit of lip gloss onto her lips by force.

James was already there figiting and pacing around muttering to himself. "Lily, we're going through a secret passage again. Follow me... No, no... That's too..." was what she caught and a smile played on her lips.

"I think that's fine," she said and James jumped and blushed bright red. "So, where's the passage you were mumbling about?" James grinned up at her hand running through his already messy hair.

"Uh, follow me," he said leading her up the main staircase. Lily followed ignoring her surroundings but kept her eyes on her feet, which moved over mostly a marble floor. Finally, James halted in front of a humped back witch and tapped it with his wand.

"Dissendium!" Lily wasn't sure if she heard it correctly but it was close. Her mind obviously wandered off because the next minute, James was shaking her to get her attention. "C'mon, before we get caught," he said and slid into the narrow opening.

He disappeared from view and Lily looked nervously at the opening. It looked very narrow but she hoisted herself headfirst inside. She found it wasn't a very good idea as she tumbled down like a huge boulder. Finally she fell onto flat ground on her bottom hard. James sniggered holding his wand emitting white sparks.

"Let's go," he said. "Just a reminder--never go in headfirst. Peter did it when we first tried it out." Lily gave him a smile and they walked down the passage in silence until they reached another flight of stairs. It seemed like eternality climbing the stairs but James finally opened a trapdoor and climbed up.

Lily followed the suit finding herself in a dusty room filled with large crates of--"Candy?" she asked staring at the familiar boxes of Pepper Imps.

"Storage of Honeydukes," answered James and they quickly fled out of the room into the familiar crowded Honeydukes. Not as much people were in the candy store as usual but Lily remembered it was a weekday. They walked through the crowd and out the door where they headed for the Three Broomsticks.

"Butterbeer?" he asked as they entered. Lily nodded and found a booth. She sat down waiting for James to return when someone whispered her name. She turned her head towards the sound and saw-- David. She let out an inward groan and sighed aloud.

"Hi," she said politely giving him a strained smile. James came back before David could say anything more and out of the corner of her eye, she could see him glare at James.

"Oh no," she murmured to herself as she took a sip of her butterbeer feeling the warmth spread to her fingertips. "He does like me."

A/N: Was that long enough? I hope so because I need to get off the computer soon anyway! Review please!