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Chapter Three: Introducing Lily

"Lily Evans?" Sirius asked, in the Gryfinndor common room, when everyone else had gone to bed except Padfoot, Prongs, Moony and Wormtail. "Never heard of her."

"Me neither," said Remus, scratching his head. "Are you sure you didn't just imagine her, because if there is a girl out there that hasn't been out with Sirius, well, knock me over and call me a monkey's uncle."

So, James pushed him out of his chair and said, "You're a monkey's uncle, you know that, Moony."

They laughed for a long time, but not loudly so not to wake anyone. Peter squeaked, afterwards, "Two things. One James, show us this girl and prove to us that you don't need to do to Wizard's Most Insane."

"Well, dur!" All three of them said at the same time.

"Two, I think we should get going." Peter pointed at his watch.

"All right then," James covered them with his invisibly cloak and they all made their way to the Whomping Willow.

~*The next morning*~

Lily wept the sleep from her eyes, whilst letting out a loud and long yawn. She quickly got dress, brushed her hair into a ponytail and had her way to downstairs, into the Great Hall.

There were a lot of people already in the Great Hall. Obviously want to get to classes early, I know I want to, she thought.

She grabbed a plate and was about to put some sausages on it when...

"Hey Lils!" someone shouted. She was puzzled, who want to talk to her? She looked around and saw that boy from the train walking up to her, with three other boys. He actually remembers me?

"Hi," she said, not knowing what to say next.

"You OK?" he asked, sitting next to her. Eek! She thought.

"Yes, I suppose. You guys OK?"

"God! How stupid of me!" James said, slapping a hand to his forehead. "This is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew."

"Nice to meet you," she said, and returned back at her breakfast. She picked up her timetable and read it, whilst eating her toast. "It's free period for me."

"Ah, me too," said James, looking at his timetable also.

"Not for us. We have Divination, double! Help me!" said Remus, helping himself with a third helping of eggs.

"Well, maybe," James said, ignoring Remus, "Maybe, Lily, you'll like to, you know, study with me?"

"I'd like that. Meet me outside Library in twenty minutes, OK?"

"OK, cool," James said, a wide grin spread over his face.

"See you there then. Bye!" She left, without a backward look.

"All right, step one completed," James said, slapping Sirius hand.

"I've got to go. Promise Alexis I'd meet her soon," said Remus.

"Yeah, ditto with Krista!" Sirius said, and both of them walked out.

Not soon, afterwards did James leave for the Library.

~*Meanwhile*~

Lily kept looking at her watch, every ten seconds. She couldn't help it; she was so nervous. Even more nervous than when was doing her O.W.Ls!

"Calm down, Lily," she muttered to herself, "It's only James Potter, for Christ sake." Now she was pacing up and down. "He just happens to be the most popular boy in the school, head boy and Quidditch Captain and that I have a huge-"

"Hey, Lils," she spun around and there stood James. They both smiled at the same time.

"Hi," he had called her 'Lils'. She liked it. "Where're you books?"

"This is a Library, remember?"

"Oh right, yeah, silly me." She let out a laugh, which made James wince a bit.

"C'mon!" And they entered the library, both as nervous as each other.