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Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns all the original characters (i.e., anyone you recognize). I own, however, the ones you DON'T recognize Iand/I the plot. No touching.

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James cracked a wide grin. "So you had a dream that someday you'll be in love with me? And that was Iour/I little baby thing in the grass?"
"Yes."
"Is it ever going to happen?"
"No.probably not.well, I don't think so."
"Want to make it?"
"JAMES POTTER!!" she bellowed. "YOU ARE THE MOST.MOST."
"Handsome, charming, and sexy man you have ever met?"
"NO!!! THE MOST ARROGANT LITTLE FREAK ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET!! YOU'RE A BUFFOON MOST OF THE TIME, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY NORMAL YOU RUIN IT! I WILL INEVER/I LOVE YOU! Now, if you'll excuse me, I probably WON'T be having breakfast with you." Lily finished coolly.
"Wait.Lily, I." he said softly, but she had already turned and disappeared around the corner.
"Hard luck.again.just when you were making progress." Sirius said, as James turned to face him, trying to look unfazed.
"Oh well.I mean, she's just a girl, right?"
"Prongs, old boy, I can see the heartbreak on your face. You need a new approach, my dear.come on, we'll go work on it."
Sirius grabbed James' shoulders and steered him off towards an empty classroom, talking all the while.

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Sirius pushed James down at a table in the room and then took the seat across from him.
"All right. Now tell me what happened."
James began to explain the past ten minutes and Sirius burst out laughing at some of what James had said.
"Oh, that's a lot of help," James spat.
"Sorry.it's just, no wonder she hates you." Sirius wheezed, wiping his eyes. "And the 'charming, handsome, and sexy man' part was rather funny.."
"So what do I do now?" he asked, suddenly serious.
Sirius stopped laughing abruptly and leaned towards James. "Do you really want to make this happen?"
"Yes. Of course I do. You know I've practically IlovedI her since the minute I saw her getting off the Hogwarts Express!"
"All right.all right.well, first off, you can't act like a stupid, arrogant and ignorant git. Which is how you act around her nine tenths of the time. Second, FLIRT, my boy!! Whispering in her ear was a good thing to do, but it's very basic and amateurish. Try something IupI a level or three.like.I don't know, but just watch me around girls, will you? And third("
But he was cut off as Lily banged open the door, panting slightly and seething with anger.
"I saw that note you left on my pillow. You're such a bastard!" she hissed, gripping the doorjamb hard.
"What note?" James asked, bristling.
"You IknowI what I'm talking about. Don't play smarmy-dumb-git with me."
"I don't know what you're talking about, you Mudblood!!!!!!"
Lily clapped a hand over her mouth. "What did you just call me?"
"Lily, I didn't mean to, it just-"
"Don't try that!!! I hate you!!" she screamed, charging at him and jumping, knocking him flat to the floor. She began punching his face, especially the cheeks and nose, and rather good and hard for a girl.
"LILY! What are you doing?"
"Shut up, Black!! Can't you see I'm trying to pound him to within an inch of his life?"
"MISS EVANS! MISTER POTTER!" a voice shrilled in horror.
Lily stopped, although she was still sitting on top of James, and whirled to face the doorway. James raised a bloody head and Sirius just stood there, jaws slack.
"Professor McGonagall.I.well, this isn't what it looks like, I can explain."
"Yes it IS what it looks like!" James cried out.
"I think the two of you had better come to my office," the middle- aged woman said, walking over and taking them both by the backs of their collars and dragging them towards her office. Lily refused to look in James' direction and James kept trying to catch her eye.
Upon reaching her office, she handed James a towel and instructed them both to sit in the chairs on the other side of her desk.
"Now, what happened?"
Before Lily could speak, James jumped on the topic and said his side. Lily scowled through all of this, still refusing to look at James.
"Is that so, Mr. Potter? Miss Evans, your side, please."
"Well, I was mad at James already because he's nasty to Severus Snape. James had offered to take me downstairs for breakfast and I agreed. I told him about a dream I had because he was in it, and he made a snide comment and I stormed off to my dorm. There was a note on my pillow that said, 'Dear Lily, I know what happened last summer with you and my friend. I'm going to hurt you if it ever happens again because you're a disgusting Mudblood'. So I went to confront him, found him in a classroom, he called me a Mudblood again and I got very mad.so I pounced on him.and.well.the rest you know. Or at least, you saw it." She finished and crossed her arms.
"Well, you two, I've seen you since your first year and you haven't gotten along a single bit. Professor Dippet and I have devised a way for you two to finally learn to behave and respect each other and were saving it until something like this happened. You two have to live together for the rest of the year."
Both looked at her, each one's face contorted with horror and disbelief.
"That's not a punishment! That's torture!" James cried indignantly. "Professor, you don't know what you're asking," Lily said, shocked. "I mean, we'll murder each other!"
"Which is precisely why we have a very special house for you to live in. There's a charm on it that can detect any kind of violence between you two. If you decide to have a Muggle duel, then severe punishments will be in order. You have all of tonight to pack; first thing tomorrow there will be a coach waiting to take you two to the house. You'll have to pretend to be Muggles- yes, Mr. Potter, that means you're leaving your wands here. The house is located on the outskirts of Poland."
"Poland." Lily repeated, still horrified. "Poland. You're expecting us to live in iPolandi? We don't even speak the language!! What language do they speak?" she asked, partly to herself, partly to Professor McGonagall, partly to James.
"Polish, genius," James mumbled, rolling his eyes.
"Oh.right. Well, we don't speak Polish."
"Wait." James asked, coming to a realization. "We're going to be spending the Christmas holidays there??"
"Yes, I'm afraid so, Mr. Potter," Professor McGonagall replied without the faintest trace of sympathy in her voice. "Now I suggest you two go pack."
Lily couldn't help but throw a dirty glance at James as the two walked out together. They both headed for the door at the same time and wouldn't fit through the narrow frame. Lily and James ended up squished next to each other.
"Great." Lily said, although her speech was slightly altered as her cheek was pushed up and stretched her face.
"You were the one walking next to me," James fumbled.
Lily mumbled a spell and the two were blown from the doorway. "You can thank me later."
As the two reached their dorms, they happily turned their separate ways.
James banged open the door to his dorm, half unbelievably happy half extremely angry.
Sirius Black, his best friend, caught the torn expression on his face. "What's up?" he asked, slightly nervous because he knew how James' anger could be.
"Evans," he growled, flopping down on his bed and explained the story.
"But you didn't write that note, did you?" Sirius asked, horrified as well. He was dreadfully slow most of the time.
"NO!!" James bellowed.
"Well, at least you get to live with the love of your life for almost ten months." Sirius cracked a wide grin.
"I'm not smiling, Padfoot," James grunted.
"I see.but I am. Here, I was saving these for Christmas but since you're going to be with ILILYI I'll give them to you now." He handed over a Discman and an assortment of CDs.
"Er.thanks, but what are they?" James asked, being a pureblood wizard.
"Well, I nicked a time-turner, went a few decades into the future, er.BORROWED these from a shop and came back. They won't work here, too much magic in the air, but once you get outside the Hogwarts grounds they'll be fine. The large thing's called a Discman- it plays those other round things. I'll write directions down for you on how to use it. The round things are called CDs.the people who made the songs on them are Daniel Bedingfield.Aerosmith.Sting and the Police.I think there's a Christina What's-her-face in there.just read the titles on their boxes."
James studied them, turning them over in his hands. "Wait.how do you know this?"
"Well, I went to America on a little trip.it was over the summer.and I went to this gigantic place called New York City. I.uh.you know, BORROWED the CDs and Discman and asked some people on the streets how to use them. Yes, it was a fun summer."
"Thanks.I'll be sure to try them. DON'T FORGET THOSE DIRECTIONS."
"Hey.um.James, before you go, I think there's something I should tell you."

Author's Note: Well, I hate to leave you at a cliffy there, but I'll be sure to update soon.IF YOU REVIEW. I've had this part planned for MONTHS and it may come as a shock to a few of you.so GET READY!!

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