The Marauder and the Prefect

By: super fox

Chapter 2

Lily was running, running through the corridors, not even knowing were she was going. 'How could that have happened?' she thought. 'Why did I let him kiss me? What's wrong with me?'

"Lily?" said a worried voice from behind the statue Lily was standing next to.

"Huh? Who's there?"

"It's me, James."

"What do you want, Potter?"

"Look, I am really sorry! I swear, I wasn't planning that, I was actually trying to be good! I really didn't mean to-"

"Oh, so you couldn't help yourself?" said Lily in deep disgust.

James didn't answer. 'What if I really couldn't help myself?' said a nagging voice in the back of his mind.

"That's what I thought." said Lily, and walked straight past James to the Gryffindor tower without even looking at him.

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"What's wrong, Lily?" asked Emma, looking at Lily, a concerned expression on her face. "You've been really quiet ever since you returned from that project with Potter. Has this got anything to do with him?"

"Umm..." said Lily, lost in thought. She didn't know what to say. She wanted to tell Emma the truth about last night, but a voice in the back of her head kept saying that she enjoyed that kiss, and she sensed that Emma might notice.

"No, it's got nothing to do with Potter. I, um, just feel a little, um, sick. That's all."

Emma looked at her, unconvinced, but she didn't say a word.

"I-I better g-get going" stammered Lily. "I-I have Charms n-next."

Lily hurried away to the Charms classroom. There were no students waiting there, but she was not surprised. She had come quiet early. She waited there, alone, trying not to think about last night. 'Nothing happened.' she thought, but a voice kept saying 'something DID happen, and you enjoyed it. You're falling for Potter.'

"NO!" Lily screamed out loud. "I AM NOT FALLING FOR HIM! I HATE HIM! I DESPISE HIM! I WISH HE WAS DEAD!"

Lily suddenly realized that she was screaming out loud, and clapped her hand onto her mouth quickly, looking around nervously to see if anyone was there. Fortunately, everyone was still eating breakfast at the Great Hall. 'Get a grip of yourself, Lily' she thought. 'It was just one lousy kiss, its not like that was the first time anyone had kissed you. It meant nothing, nothing at all.'

More and more students were arriving at the Charms classroom. Lily went and sat down beside her friend from Ravenclaw, Amber, and she was soon deep in conversation with her, forgetting her screams.

"Quiet down, everyone." said tiny professor Flitwick in his usual squeaky voice. "The Charms O.W.L is coming up, and I want to review everything with you all before it starts. Now, the first Charm we will be reviewing is the- "

But the sound of his squeaky voice was interrupted by a breathless one, which came out of Sirius's mouth.

"Sorry we're late professor Flitwick, it's just, me and James here-"

"We didn't notice the time because we were busy pranking-"

"He means talking to-"

"Snivelly-"

"He means Severus-" "Enough you two! Detention, five O' clock, at my office!"

"Sorry professor, I got detention with McGonagal-"

"He means professor McGonagal-"

"Then you, Mr. Potter, will be serving detention next week, five O' clock sharp. Now kindly have a seat."

James groaned, crossed the room heavily after Sirius, and sat down right beside Sirius, which was also (to Lily's frustration) beside Lily. Lily groaned too and whispered, "Must you sit here?"

James ignored her, and began scribbling something on a small piece of parchment, whispering into Sirius's ear from time to time. Lily, who didn't even look at James once, was surprised when James shoved the piece of parchment into her hand, and even more surprised to see what was in it:

Dear Miss Evans,

I am really sorry about last night. I was a complete idiot and shouldn't have even tried to kiss you. But will you accept my apology and please go out with me?

-James

Lily glared at James. He muttered something, waved his wand, and soon, more writing appeared.

P.S

You can hex me if I'm being bad, I swear I won't tell you off.

Lily continued to glare at James. 'Why was he suddenly so polite?' she thought. 'Is this another one of his silly pranks, or does he actually mean what he said?' Lily took a small piece of parchment, scribbled something on it and passed it to James, who read:

I'll think about it.

James glared at her for a moment, and then whispered something else into Sirius's ear, grinning.

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"I never thought I'd see the day when Evans would agree to go out with you." said Remus in astonishment.

"Hey, she hasn't agreed yet, moony, all she said was that she'll think about it." said Sirius.

"I know, I know, but since she said she'll think about it after Prongs here kissed her like that... Well, it's probably a good sign."

"Hey, why did you kiss Evans anyway? Felt like getting a little hot with her?" teased Sirius, smirking at James.

"Shut up Padfoot!"

"Hey look!" said Remus. "It's Evans..."

"Hey! EVANS! EVANS!" yelled James from across the common room. "So, have you decided yet? Are you going out with me or not?"

Everyone in the common room was now looking at Lily, who turned slightly pink.

"I'll tell you after we finish today's part of professor Parker's project!" she yelled back. And with that, James leaped out of his chair in front of the fireplace and ran up to the boys dormitories. When he came back he brought down a quill, a piece of parchment and the Bowtruckle they were observing.

"Shall we get started then?" he asked.

"Fine." said Lily, and they both went down to the empty class they made their observations in, with everyone glaring at them in astonishment.

When James and Lily were writing down their notes about the Bowtruckle, they hardly talked, though James kept glaring nervously at Lily. After twenty minutes, James was starting to crack, and he said "Well?"

"Well what?"

"Have you decided yet? Are you going out with me or not?"

"Yes, I have decided, and..."

End of Chapter 2

A/N: Please review! This is only my second fan fiction and I really want to know what you all think of it!