Chapter 2
James looked up and saw a fourth-year named Lily walk by.
"Hey Pete." He said. Peter looked up, and James nodded his head in the direction of Lily.
Peter jumped up and shouted, "Lily flower!"
Lily turned back, and came over. Peter invited her in, so she came in at sat down.
Every boy in the room knew that Peter had a major crush on the fourth-year.
Lily cautiously approached and sat down on one of the seats.
James smiled to himself. She knew of their reputation, so she wanted to make sure that they didn't pull any pranks on her.
Peter sat by her.
The deck exploded, announcing the end of the game. The cards that people had in their hands didn't blow up, (they weren't supposed to), so the boys counted how many cards they had, and James had the most, so he won.
"You people will never get the point that you will never be able to beat me at cards."
To James' surprise, Lily spoke up.
"I bet I could beat you at speed." (A Muggle card game)
"What do you bet?"
"A chocolate frog from the snack cart when it comes."
"Ok, you're on."
Peter, Remus, and Sirius climbed onto the seats, while James and Lily sat in the middle of the floor.
Lily took out a set of cards from her pocket.
"With my cards."
"What!" exclaimed James, "Did you charm those cards or something?"
"No." replied Lily, "They're Muggle cards, so they won't blow up. It's most distracting you know."
"Fine. Deal 'em out."
While Lily dealt the cards, the other boys were encouraging her. No one had ever beaten James at any card game, so they were eager to see him get beaten for once.
"Why James," Taunted Lily, "It seems that your friends don't want you to win."
To which James replied, "Just deal the cards, woman." In his mind, James was actually getting kind of nervous. This girl who they had never paid that much attention to before, challenged him to a card match. She must be good to bet something that she would win him.
The game was going good for both of them. At last, James had one card, and Lily had two. A King was on top of one pile, and a 5 on the other. James saw his chance, and slammed his Ace on the king, announcing his win.
He leaned back smugly.
"I never should have doubted myself." He thought.
Just then, the lady with the snack cart came by the room.
"Anything from the cart dearies?" she asked.
Everybody jumped up and almost bought out what was left of what was on the cart.
Lily tossed a Chocolate Frog over to James.
James thought for a minute. Lily was nice, and it wasn't her fault that she didn't beat him, no one could. Maybe he should give the frog back…