A/N: The narauders seventh year. Please review
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Lily Evans turned and waved to her parents as she prepared to go through the barrier to platform 9 ¾. They smiled proudly at her. Her long red hair shone and her green eyes twinkled. Lily appeared on the other side of the barrier and glanced around. This would be her last journey to Hogwarts and she wanted to enjoy every second of it,
"Lily" a voice called to her
"Bethany. How are you? Did you have a good summer?" Lily replied to her friend.
The small blonde girl nodded as she smiled at Lily.
"Hey Lily. Any news on who's going to be Head boy with you?" another girl asked her. Lily smiled as her best friend Freya and their other friend Charlotte came over to join them.
"You're Head girl?" Charlotte asked excitedly. This lead to a minute or so of girly giggling and screaming before Lily answered Freya's question.
"I don't know yet, I suppose I'll find out soon enough, we get our own carriage"
"So you won't be sitting with us then?" Charlotte asked.
"Depends who he is" Lily smiled thinking dreamily of the handsome Ravenclaw prefect, Toby Williams. The girls giggled again.
"Neither will I" Freya added "I got made prefect now that Lily's head girl. The house that has the Head boy and girl gets another seventh year prefect to replace them"
Lily made her way to the reserved carriage. She climbed onto the train and looked around. There was already a bag on one of the seats and a cloak. She nudged it cautiously to reveal a Gryffindor badge.
'Remus' she thought to herself. The Head boy and Girl were normally picked from last years prefects although they didn't have to be. However, out of the four male Gryffindor seventh years, Lily could only imagine Remus Lupin being the one Professor Dumbledore would pick. Peter Pettigrew was certainly not Head Boy material and Professor Dumbledore would have to be out of his mind to make Sirius Black or James Potter Head Boy. Lily was looking out of the window at the platform when she heard a quiet cough behind her.
"Hi, Remus" she said brightly without looking around. Another cough. Lily turned towards the door of the carriage.
"Potter what are you doing in here? This is for the Head boy and Girl only. I suppose you thought Remus would let you come and sit here as well"
James smiled at her and looked down at his red T-shirt. Lily gasped when she saw what he was looking at.
"You! You can't be Head boy" she blurted as she saw the badge he was wearing. James grinned at her.
"Better get used to it Evans. We'll be spending a lot of time together" He replied. Lily glared at him.
"You're winding me up aren't you? I bet you and your friends will be having a right good laugh at me later on. Yeah well haha! Now give Remus his badge back and get out of here" she yelled at him.
"I'll show you my letter if you want" James said seriously. Lily was silent for a few seconds.
"You're telling me the truth aren't you" she said quietly. James nodded.
Lily sat staring out of the window. The train had pulled off by now. She watched as they passed through London.
"I suppose we better go and see the prefects" she told James.
"After you" he grinned. Lily swept out of the carriage into the next one which was reserved for the prefects. James followed. The other seventh year prefects and the sixth year prefects were all sitting round chatting. The new fifth year prefects were standing nervously wondering what would be expected of them.
James went and sat with Remus and his cousin Talitha, who was the Gryffindor sixth year prefect. Lily glanced at him, what must Professor Dumbledore have been thinking?
The prefects all gradually stopped talking and looked at Lily, as if waiting for her to speak
"Hi, I think everyone knows me, I'm Lily Evans" She said "I'm Head Girl this year" She looked over towards James.
"Yeah and I'm James Potter, head boy" he added casually. Lily then went on to read out and explain the list of instructions that had been left for them. After the formalities, most of the prefects left to join their own friends. Lily left James in the prefect's carriage and went to collect her belongings. No way was she spending the entire journey with him. Just as she picked up her bag James came in holding the instruction sheet.
"Where are you going?" he asked
"That's none of your business" Lily replied
"Well it says on this that we have to stay in here in case anyone needs to find us" James said waving the piece of parchment at her with a slight smile on his face. Lily didn't reply but threw her bag back down onto a seat and then sat on the one next to it. James sat down across from her and grinned
"What are you grinning at Potter?"
"Nothing"
They sat in silence for over ten minutes, James trying his best not to grin or laugh at the situation.
"So were your parents pleased when you found out you were going to be Head girl" James asked to try and break the ice.
"Yes" Lily answered. James thought that was all she was going to say until after a short pause she continued "Were yours?"
"Over the moon. Couldn't shut my mum up for days. She told everyone she met, regardless of whether she knew them, even muggles. Obviously not the Hogwarts bit just the head boy part. My dad took my badge into work to show everyone" James laughed "It's a bit embarrassing really" Lily smiled back, Mr and Mrs Potter sounded really nice, just like her own mum and dad.
"Was that a smile I saw" James asked her
"Maybe. I was just thinking how alike our parents sounded" Lily replied. They both sat staring out of the window again until James spoke.
"Hey, Lily. Maybe we should spend this time to get to know each other. I mean we've got to work together this year and who knows you might even like me once you get to know me"
"I suppose there's no harm in talking" she replied. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Tell me about your family" James suggested "I don't know anything about them apart from they're muggles"
"Not much to tell really. There's my mum and dad, who are lovely. They are really proud of me even though they don't really understand most of what I do at school. I've got an older sister, Petunia, who I hate and she hates me so that's about the only thing we agree on. She's got this vile boyfriend called Vernon who is even more horrible than she is" Lily explained "What about you?"
"Well, Mum and Dad are both pure bloods, both work as Aurors at the Ministry of Magic. Then there's Talitha. You know she lives with us since her parents died. Her mum was my dad's sister. So I guess she's about as near as a sister I have"
"I can tell you're really close" Lily said. James nodded in agreement
"So what sort of stuff are you into, you know music and stuff?" James asked
"Mostly muggle bands so you won't have heard of them" Lily said "You?"
"I listen to anything really. Sport is my thing really"
"Quidditch?"
"Yep, playing and watching. That's what I want to do when I leave Hogwarts…" James' voice trailed off as he heard something, he listened more carefully. He could hear it better now. Faint laughter. He stood up and opened the door that divided their carriage from the prefect's one. There he found Sirius and Talitha with their heads right up to where the door would have been. They had been listening at the door.
"Having fun Prongsie" Sirius snorted
"Get out the both of you" James yelled. They both laughed.
"You," he continued looking at Sirius "aren't supposed to be in here. And you are a prefect and should know better" he glared at his cousin.
"Oooo" Sirius said sarcastically.
"I'm I going to have to give you detention before we even get to school"
"Come on Sirius. Let's leave grumpy here alone" Talitha laughed as she grabbed Sirius' hand and pulled him out of the door. James turned back into the carriage to find Lily laughing.
"Well you certainly told them" she said "I was doubting that you had it in you to be head boy but threatening your cousin and your best friend with detention, definitely proves you're up to the job"
James grinned, he hadn't meant what he had said to Sirius and Talitha. He only yelled at them because he was embarrassed but it had put him in Lily's good books so that was alright.
They spent the rest of the journey chatting about anything and everything. They were interrupted a few times by one or another of the prefects asking a question and a couple of times by Sirius and Talitha, who were obviously just trying to annoy then. However James didn't shout at them again as it was partly due to them that Lily was talking to him like another human being.
Eventually the train pulled into Hogsmeade station. James carried Lily's belongings out onto the platform for her and then went over to help some lost looking first years. Lily smiled as she watched him. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. He was easy to talk to and helpful. He had even taken his Head boy responsibilities serious enough to tell his friends off.
Most of the students had already set off towards the school in the carriages when James came back to her.
"You go if you want" he said nodding towards the carriage containing her friends "I'll finish off here" Lily smiled at him and headed over to her friends
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Lily sat down with her friends in the great hall to wait for the feast. She had told them all about her encounter with James Potter on the way from the station to the school. Freya and Bethany began to giggle. Lily turned her head slightly, just enough to see James and his friends arriving in the hall. As usual this in itself caused a minor commotion. James and Sirius were probably the cleverest and most good looking boys in the school. Now added to this was James being head boy. Girls giggled and blushed at the sight of them. It didn't matter that Sirius had been going out with Talitha for the last three years and that James had been so obsessed with Lily for the last two years that he hardly took any notice. Remus was also quite popular with the ladies due to his sensitive nature and intelligence. And his 'oh so cute' smile. Talitha was also with them and so a number of male heads also turned as they entered the room. None of them even noticed that so many people were looking at them, as they were deeply involved in there own conversation. They sat at the table a bit further down to where Lily and her friends were. Lily noticed that two other boys were also part of their group, but as usual didn't stand out from others. Peter Pettigrew a small, chubby boy who rarely held centre stage of the group and was generally seen tagging along behind either James, Sirius or Remus. The other boy was Mundungus Fletcher. Lily knew him because he was always in trouble, she had given up counting the number of detentions she had given him last year. He was generally only part of the group when Talitha was there as he was her best friend. They were all laughing now at something Sirius had said. Lily looked back to her own friends to find them all looking at her.
"I think Lily's got a crush on someone" Freya giggled.
"No I haven't" Lily protested "I might have changed my opinion of him slightly but I don't fancy…" She was cut off by a sudden burst of laughter from down the table. She looked up in time to see James and his friends all looking over at the Slytherin table and laughing. Severus Snape was lying on the floor next to the table.
"Hey Snivelly!" Sirius yelled across the room, laughing "You want to watch where you're treading"
'They can't have done something to him' Lily thought to herself. Out of the six of their group, there were two prefects and the head boy. Surely they wouldn't be playing practical jokes. Then again.
Lily watched James throughout the Sorting ceremony. He was whispering to his friends and they all kept looking round at Snape. They were up to something. After the last student had been sorted, Professor Dumbledore stood up
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts" He said "The feast will begin shortly but first I would like to introduce you to your new Head boy and Head girl, James Potter and Lily Evans." The students all clapped. Lily smiled shyly but noticed that James stood up and grinned around the hall before taking a bow and sitting back down again.
Professor Dumbledore clapped his hands together and the plates started to fill up with food.
Once they had all finished eating and the students started to leave Professor McGonagal came over to Lily after speaking to James and asked her to go up to Dumbledore's office. Lily nodded. She was just about to lean over to Freya and ask her to make sure the First years found their way to Gryffindor tower, when Talitha stood up.
"Ok, first years. Follow me or Lupin here and we'll show you up to the dormitories" she said with a friendly smile. Lily grinned, although Talitha seemed to have a likeness for getting into trouble and playing pranks like the rest of her friends, like Remus she was good with responsibility.
Lily watched as Talitha and Remus set off up to Gryffindor with a trail of first years behind them. Lily only hoped they wouldn't think it amusing to play some sort of trick on them. Sirius left with Mundungus and Peter not long after as did, Charlotte, Freya and Bethany. James sat at the table finishing his third helping of treacle sponge. Lily moved down the table and sat next to him.
"Did McGonagal say what Dumbledore wanted us for?" She asked.
"dunno" James mumbled through his mouth full of sponge. He swallowed
"Come on let's go and find out. Probably just a routine thing"
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When Lily and James arrived in the common room later on, it was fairly empty, most of the students had gone to bed exhausted from the journey. A few students remained reading a book or finishing a game of wizard chest. Lily's friends had already gone up to the dorm. Sirius, Remus, Talitha and Mundungus sat around the fire chatting, or more likely plotting. James said goodnight to Lily as she made her way up to her dorm and went over to join them.
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Soon James and his friends were the only students still out of the dorms. This was not unusual for them as it was a good time for planning their pranks. However, tonight mischief was not the topic, Lily Evans was.
"I think I made a break though today" James told them all "She was actually talking to me instead of yelling at me"
"Yeah but does that mean she fancies you" Sirius added.
"Of course she does" Talitha told them "didn't you see her looking at you at the feast?"
"Was she?" James asked. Talitha nodded and grinned
"She was probably trying to catch you doing something you shouldn't" said Mundungus
"No, she had this dreamy look in her eyes. She was looking at you as if you were the only person in the room"
"Lots of girls look at him like that" Remus laughed. James yawned.
"I think I'm going to bed" he said
"You just want to dream about Lily" Sirius teased
"Shut up" James said as he stood up. Peter followed him up to the dorm.
"Yeah I'm goin' as well" added Mundungus
"Night Dung" said Talitha
"You coming up" Remus asked Sirius
"In a bit" Sirius replied. Remus left Sirius and Talitha sitting on the sofa.
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Lily entered her dorm to find Freya, Charlotte and Bethany were all in their night clothes. Freya sat on her bed brushing her long dark hair, Charlotte was finishing off un-packing her things and Bethany was flicking through a magazine.
"So back to what we were discussing at dinner" Freya said mischievously.
"What was that?" Bethany asked
"Lily and James Potter" Freya replied.
"I told you. I don't fancy him"
"So why do you keep looking at him" Charlotte giggled
"I don't" Lily laughed
"You were staring at him although dinner" Bethany told her
"I was trying to work out what he was up to, he and his friends were planning something, I could tell" Lily tried to explain, not fully telling the truth. The conversation continued while they all finished getting ready for bed. However Lily did not admit to anything.
"Sweet dreams about Potter" Freya said as Lily drew the drapes around her bed. Lily smiled to herself. Did she fancy James? She was starting to like him as a person more and he was good looking. 'Oh Merlins beard, I do, I fancy him' she thought to herself. She fell asleep a few minutes later with a smile on her face.
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A/N: I think I'm going to carry this on later as anther short story
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Lily Evans turned and waved to her parents as she prepared to go through the barrier to platform 9 ¾. They smiled proudly at her. Her long red hair shone and her green eyes twinkled. Lily appeared on the other side of the barrier and glanced around. This would be her last journey to Hogwarts and she wanted to enjoy every second of it,
"Lily" a voice called to her
"Bethany. How are you? Did you have a good summer?" Lily replied to her friend.
The small blonde girl nodded as she smiled at Lily.
"Hey Lily. Any news on who's going to be Head boy with you?" another girl asked her. Lily smiled as her best friend Freya and their other friend Charlotte came over to join them.
"You're Head girl?" Charlotte asked excitedly. This lead to a minute or so of girly giggling and screaming before Lily answered Freya's question.
"I don't know yet, I suppose I'll find out soon enough, we get our own carriage"
"So you won't be sitting with us then?" Charlotte asked.
"Depends who he is" Lily smiled thinking dreamily of the handsome Ravenclaw prefect, Toby Williams. The girls giggled again.
"Neither will I" Freya added "I got made prefect now that Lily's head girl. The house that has the Head boy and girl gets another seventh year prefect to replace them"
Lily made her way to the reserved carriage. She climbed onto the train and looked around. There was already a bag on one of the seats and a cloak. She nudged it cautiously to reveal a Gryffindor badge.
'Remus' she thought to herself. The Head boy and Girl were normally picked from last years prefects although they didn't have to be. However, out of the four male Gryffindor seventh years, Lily could only imagine Remus Lupin being the one Professor Dumbledore would pick. Peter Pettigrew was certainly not Head Boy material and Professor Dumbledore would have to be out of his mind to make Sirius Black or James Potter Head Boy. Lily was looking out of the window at the platform when she heard a quiet cough behind her.
"Hi, Remus" she said brightly without looking around. Another cough. Lily turned towards the door of the carriage.
"Potter what are you doing in here? This is for the Head boy and Girl only. I suppose you thought Remus would let you come and sit here as well"
James smiled at her and looked down at his red T-shirt. Lily gasped when she saw what he was looking at.
"You! You can't be Head boy" she blurted as she saw the badge he was wearing. James grinned at her.
"Better get used to it Evans. We'll be spending a lot of time together" He replied. Lily glared at him.
"You're winding me up aren't you? I bet you and your friends will be having a right good laugh at me later on. Yeah well haha! Now give Remus his badge back and get out of here" she yelled at him.
"I'll show you my letter if you want" James said seriously. Lily was silent for a few seconds.
"You're telling me the truth aren't you" she said quietly. James nodded.
Lily sat staring out of the window. The train had pulled off by now. She watched as they passed through London.
"I suppose we better go and see the prefects" she told James.
"After you" he grinned. Lily swept out of the carriage into the next one which was reserved for the prefects. James followed. The other seventh year prefects and the sixth year prefects were all sitting round chatting. The new fifth year prefects were standing nervously wondering what would be expected of them.
James went and sat with Remus and his cousin Talitha, who was the Gryffindor sixth year prefect. Lily glanced at him, what must Professor Dumbledore have been thinking?
The prefects all gradually stopped talking and looked at Lily, as if waiting for her to speak
"Hi, I think everyone knows me, I'm Lily Evans" She said "I'm Head Girl this year" She looked over towards James.
"Yeah and I'm James Potter, head boy" he added casually. Lily then went on to read out and explain the list of instructions that had been left for them. After the formalities, most of the prefects left to join their own friends. Lily left James in the prefect's carriage and went to collect her belongings. No way was she spending the entire journey with him. Just as she picked up her bag James came in holding the instruction sheet.
"Where are you going?" he asked
"That's none of your business" Lily replied
"Well it says on this that we have to stay in here in case anyone needs to find us" James said waving the piece of parchment at her with a slight smile on his face. Lily didn't reply but threw her bag back down onto a seat and then sat on the one next to it. James sat down across from her and grinned
"What are you grinning at Potter?"
"Nothing"
They sat in silence for over ten minutes, James trying his best not to grin or laugh at the situation.
"So were your parents pleased when you found out you were going to be Head girl" James asked to try and break the ice.
"Yes" Lily answered. James thought that was all she was going to say until after a short pause she continued "Were yours?"
"Over the moon. Couldn't shut my mum up for days. She told everyone she met, regardless of whether she knew them, even muggles. Obviously not the Hogwarts bit just the head boy part. My dad took my badge into work to show everyone" James laughed "It's a bit embarrassing really" Lily smiled back, Mr and Mrs Potter sounded really nice, just like her own mum and dad.
"Was that a smile I saw" James asked her
"Maybe. I was just thinking how alike our parents sounded" Lily replied. They both sat staring out of the window again until James spoke.
"Hey, Lily. Maybe we should spend this time to get to know each other. I mean we've got to work together this year and who knows you might even like me once you get to know me"
"I suppose there's no harm in talking" she replied. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Tell me about your family" James suggested "I don't know anything about them apart from they're muggles"
"Not much to tell really. There's my mum and dad, who are lovely. They are really proud of me even though they don't really understand most of what I do at school. I've got an older sister, Petunia, who I hate and she hates me so that's about the only thing we agree on. She's got this vile boyfriend called Vernon who is even more horrible than she is" Lily explained "What about you?"
"Well, Mum and Dad are both pure bloods, both work as Aurors at the Ministry of Magic. Then there's Talitha. You know she lives with us since her parents died. Her mum was my dad's sister. So I guess she's about as near as a sister I have"
"I can tell you're really close" Lily said. James nodded in agreement
"So what sort of stuff are you into, you know music and stuff?" James asked
"Mostly muggle bands so you won't have heard of them" Lily said "You?"
"I listen to anything really. Sport is my thing really"
"Quidditch?"
"Yep, playing and watching. That's what I want to do when I leave Hogwarts…" James' voice trailed off as he heard something, he listened more carefully. He could hear it better now. Faint laughter. He stood up and opened the door that divided their carriage from the prefect's one. There he found Sirius and Talitha with their heads right up to where the door would have been. They had been listening at the door.
"Having fun Prongsie" Sirius snorted
"Get out the both of you" James yelled. They both laughed.
"You," he continued looking at Sirius "aren't supposed to be in here. And you are a prefect and should know better" he glared at his cousin.
"Oooo" Sirius said sarcastically.
"I'm I going to have to give you detention before we even get to school"
"Come on Sirius. Let's leave grumpy here alone" Talitha laughed as she grabbed Sirius' hand and pulled him out of the door. James turned back into the carriage to find Lily laughing.
"Well you certainly told them" she said "I was doubting that you had it in you to be head boy but threatening your cousin and your best friend with detention, definitely proves you're up to the job"
James grinned, he hadn't meant what he had said to Sirius and Talitha. He only yelled at them because he was embarrassed but it had put him in Lily's good books so that was alright.
They spent the rest of the journey chatting about anything and everything. They were interrupted a few times by one or another of the prefects asking a question and a couple of times by Sirius and Talitha, who were obviously just trying to annoy then. However James didn't shout at them again as it was partly due to them that Lily was talking to him like another human being.
Eventually the train pulled into Hogsmeade station. James carried Lily's belongings out onto the platform for her and then went over to help some lost looking first years. Lily smiled as she watched him. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. He was easy to talk to and helpful. He had even taken his Head boy responsibilities serious enough to tell his friends off.
Most of the students had already set off towards the school in the carriages when James came back to her.
"You go if you want" he said nodding towards the carriage containing her friends "I'll finish off here" Lily smiled at him and headed over to her friends
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Lily sat down with her friends in the great hall to wait for the feast. She had told them all about her encounter with James Potter on the way from the station to the school. Freya and Bethany began to giggle. Lily turned her head slightly, just enough to see James and his friends arriving in the hall. As usual this in itself caused a minor commotion. James and Sirius were probably the cleverest and most good looking boys in the school. Now added to this was James being head boy. Girls giggled and blushed at the sight of them. It didn't matter that Sirius had been going out with Talitha for the last three years and that James had been so obsessed with Lily for the last two years that he hardly took any notice. Remus was also quite popular with the ladies due to his sensitive nature and intelligence. And his 'oh so cute' smile. Talitha was also with them and so a number of male heads also turned as they entered the room. None of them even noticed that so many people were looking at them, as they were deeply involved in there own conversation. They sat at the table a bit further down to where Lily and her friends were. Lily noticed that two other boys were also part of their group, but as usual didn't stand out from others. Peter Pettigrew a small, chubby boy who rarely held centre stage of the group and was generally seen tagging along behind either James, Sirius or Remus. The other boy was Mundungus Fletcher. Lily knew him because he was always in trouble, she had given up counting the number of detentions she had given him last year. He was generally only part of the group when Talitha was there as he was her best friend. They were all laughing now at something Sirius had said. Lily looked back to her own friends to find them all looking at her.
"I think Lily's got a crush on someone" Freya giggled.
"No I haven't" Lily protested "I might have changed my opinion of him slightly but I don't fancy…" She was cut off by a sudden burst of laughter from down the table. She looked up in time to see James and his friends all looking over at the Slytherin table and laughing. Severus Snape was lying on the floor next to the table.
"Hey Snivelly!" Sirius yelled across the room, laughing "You want to watch where you're treading"
'They can't have done something to him' Lily thought to herself. Out of the six of their group, there were two prefects and the head boy. Surely they wouldn't be playing practical jokes. Then again.
Lily watched James throughout the Sorting ceremony. He was whispering to his friends and they all kept looking round at Snape. They were up to something. After the last student had been sorted, Professor Dumbledore stood up
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts" He said "The feast will begin shortly but first I would like to introduce you to your new Head boy and Head girl, James Potter and Lily Evans." The students all clapped. Lily smiled shyly but noticed that James stood up and grinned around the hall before taking a bow and sitting back down again.
Professor Dumbledore clapped his hands together and the plates started to fill up with food.
Once they had all finished eating and the students started to leave Professor McGonagal came over to Lily after speaking to James and asked her to go up to Dumbledore's office. Lily nodded. She was just about to lean over to Freya and ask her to make sure the First years found their way to Gryffindor tower, when Talitha stood up.
"Ok, first years. Follow me or Lupin here and we'll show you up to the dormitories" she said with a friendly smile. Lily grinned, although Talitha seemed to have a likeness for getting into trouble and playing pranks like the rest of her friends, like Remus she was good with responsibility.
Lily watched as Talitha and Remus set off up to Gryffindor with a trail of first years behind them. Lily only hoped they wouldn't think it amusing to play some sort of trick on them. Sirius left with Mundungus and Peter not long after as did, Charlotte, Freya and Bethany. James sat at the table finishing his third helping of treacle sponge. Lily moved down the table and sat next to him.
"Did McGonagal say what Dumbledore wanted us for?" She asked.
"dunno" James mumbled through his mouth full of sponge. He swallowed
"Come on let's go and find out. Probably just a routine thing"
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When Lily and James arrived in the common room later on, it was fairly empty, most of the students had gone to bed exhausted from the journey. A few students remained reading a book or finishing a game of wizard chest. Lily's friends had already gone up to the dorm. Sirius, Remus, Talitha and Mundungus sat around the fire chatting, or more likely plotting. James said goodnight to Lily as she made her way up to her dorm and went over to join them.
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Soon James and his friends were the only students still out of the dorms. This was not unusual for them as it was a good time for planning their pranks. However, tonight mischief was not the topic, Lily Evans was.
"I think I made a break though today" James told them all "She was actually talking to me instead of yelling at me"
"Yeah but does that mean she fancies you" Sirius added.
"Of course she does" Talitha told them "didn't you see her looking at you at the feast?"
"Was she?" James asked. Talitha nodded and grinned
"She was probably trying to catch you doing something you shouldn't" said Mundungus
"No, she had this dreamy look in her eyes. She was looking at you as if you were the only person in the room"
"Lots of girls look at him like that" Remus laughed. James yawned.
"I think I'm going to bed" he said
"You just want to dream about Lily" Sirius teased
"Shut up" James said as he stood up. Peter followed him up to the dorm.
"Yeah I'm goin' as well" added Mundungus
"Night Dung" said Talitha
"You coming up" Remus asked Sirius
"In a bit" Sirius replied. Remus left Sirius and Talitha sitting on the sofa.
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Lily entered her dorm to find Freya, Charlotte and Bethany were all in their night clothes. Freya sat on her bed brushing her long dark hair, Charlotte was finishing off un-packing her things and Bethany was flicking through a magazine.
"So back to what we were discussing at dinner" Freya said mischievously.
"What was that?" Bethany asked
"Lily and James Potter" Freya replied.
"I told you. I don't fancy him"
"So why do you keep looking at him" Charlotte giggled
"I don't" Lily laughed
"You were staring at him although dinner" Bethany told her
"I was trying to work out what he was up to, he and his friends were planning something, I could tell" Lily tried to explain, not fully telling the truth. The conversation continued while they all finished getting ready for bed. However Lily did not admit to anything.
"Sweet dreams about Potter" Freya said as Lily drew the drapes around her bed. Lily smiled to herself. Did she fancy James? She was starting to like him as a person more and he was good looking. 'Oh Merlins beard, I do, I fancy him' she thought to herself. She fell asleep a few minutes later with a smile on her face.
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A/N: I think I'm going to carry this on later as anther short story
