Disclaimer: The characters you can recognize are JK Rowling's and the characters you can't recognize are mine. There. A short and sweet disclaimer.

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"Achoo!" Lily sneezed violently.

Naomi looked at Lily worriedly. "Lils, you're sure you don't have a cold? You've been sneezing ever since we entered the Divination classroom!"

Lily shook her head and told Naomi not to worry, but under her breath, she muttered to herself," Whoever's talking about me behind my back better quit it!"

Rather surprisingly, she stopped sneezing after that.

The rest of the Divination lesson passed uneventfully, with Lily and Naomi coming out of the classroom moaning about the amount of homework the Professor had asked them to complete.

"It's going to take all night to finish! And I still have that Charms essay!" Naomi groaned unhappily.

"Well, you should have finished the Charms essay yesterday then. That's what I did." Lily remarked unsympathetically as they made their way to the Great Hall for dinner.

"Aw, Lils, of course you did. But I, on the other hand, don't possess the marvelous self-discipline you have," Naomi said sweetly as she plonked herself on her usual seat at the Gryffindor table.

"Naomi Andrews, I am not going to lend you my Charms essay to copy so you can banish that thought from your mind," Lily replied smoothly as she sat down next to Naomi.

"What thought, Lilikins?" James asked, overhearing the last bit of the conversation as he and the Marauders entered the Great Hall.

He was answered with a venomous glare and a hiss of "Don't call me Lilikins!" from Lily.

The Marauders seated themselves opposite Lily and Naomi. Coincidentally, James was sitting across the table from Lily.

"Great." Lily muttered. "Now he's going to spoil my dinner too. I'm going to see his ugly face every time I look up from my food."

"Speaking of dinner, I'm not even sure I can eat after that snack in the kitchens, Prongs," Remus addressed James.

"You can give Wormtail your food. He seems to have no trouble eating dinner," James grinned and gestured to Peter, who was wolfing down the food on his plate as if he had not eaten for months.

"Wait. You four went down to the kitchens?" Lily raised an eyebrow.

Naomi nervously concentrated on the food on her plate. This was not promising to be good.

"Don't you know that you were breaking rules? Remus! How could you? You being a prefect too!" If looks could kill, Remus would have died instantly from the accusing glare Lily shot at him.

"You would think you would be used to this by now. After all, we always go down to the kitchens when we feel hungry," James retorted, indifferent to Lily glowering angrily at him.

"Potter!!! I don't understand how you of all people could ever have gotten that badge!!!" Lily jabbed at the Head Boy badge pinned onto James' robes. "You!!! You arrogant, annoying prat who doesn't give a damn about rule-breaking!!! I am absolutely SICK of you!!!"

Lily stormed out of the Great Hall, livid with rage.

Naomi screeched a "Now see what you've done, you git!" at James and then ran after Lily, hoping to be able to calm her down.

"You've really done it this time, Prongs," Sirius told a dazed James who fell back in his seat without even realizing that he had been standing all that while.

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"Aargh! Potter just gets me so mad!" Lily vented her anger on Naomi, screeching at her. Then, as if just realizing whom she was talking to, she smiled weakly and apologized, "Sorry, Nom. I shouldn't be venting my frustrations on you."

Naomi accepted the apology with a smile.

"But, really, Lily, you shouldn't lose your temper at him so often. After all, it's true that this is definitely not the first time the Marauders have sneaked into the kitchens." Naomi suggested mildly, hoping that Lily would not lose her temper again at the suggestion.

"I don't want to talk about it. Since we're up here, in the common room, we might as well start on our Divination homework." Lily searched her book bag for her Divination homework.

She pulled out the crossword puzzle by accident instead.

"Whoops. Hey, look. Clue number two: 'Strong feelings about something that you dislike very much'. Five letters." Lily looked at Naomi expectantly, as if the answer was obvious.

"Err… I don't really know the answer, Lils," Naomi blurted out after a few minutes of expectant waiting on Lily's part.

"Anger, of course! Isn't it obvious?" Lily beamed as she penned the word 'Anger' down on the crossword puzzle.

"Now… about the Divination homework…" Lily stuffed the crossword puzzle back in her bag before continuing on her search for her Divination homework.

Anger. It is human nature to be angry with him who has hurt you.

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Okay… the last part is lame, isn't it? I couldn't think of anything else. Sorry…I know it's dumb… and I don't really like this chapter much… but humor me and review, please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

And "Thank You Ever Sooooo Much!!! :D" to the wonderful people who reviewed for the previous chapter. Thank you! Thank you! I hope you don't find this chapter too disappointing… I do. I don't know why, but this chapter is the least favorite of all the chapters I've written so far… probably owing to the fact that I got writer's block halfway through. Oh well…