Disclaimer- Any thing you don't recognize is mine, the rest belongs to JK Rowling, you know the drill.

~Chapter 2*

"She doesn't know that I love her

Yes I love her

Make a move on me baby I can't be the one

Who's always taking chances

See me down so you get down

No you've got me all wrong

I just want to kiss your lips

And you kiss back…"

-"Stay Away"

Rooney

Lily, still half asleep in her pink, fluffy robe stumbled down the stairs on a cloudy Saturday morning.

"First week down," she thought to herself.

The fire of the Gryffindor common room was roaring as usual, giving off an orange glow that cast over the room, clashing with the red and gold. Lily was always fond of getting up early before the others; she found it was the only time that she could hear herself think. After comfortably settling herself into one of her favourite, plushy chairs set in front of the fire, she cracked open a book and began to read.

"Good practice lads, Slytherin won't stand a chance against us," praised Ayden Thomas, the Gryffindor quiddich captain, well known for his vigorous training methods, as he entered the common room. "Relax until the game, 3 hours and counting!" he added with excitement, breaking the silence.

The rest of the team soon climbed through the portrait hole behind Ayden with tired looks on their faces.

"Ugh, my whole body hurts, that man is off his rocker. These 5 am practices have got to stop," moaned Sirius, the newly appointed keeper.

"Get used to them, they might seem a little extreme, but they're whipping our team into shape," laughed James.

"The excitement is just dripping off me," added Sirius sarcastically.

"Oh, good morning Lily, you're up rather early," said James, averting his attention away from Sirius and towards the dark red-head sitting by the fire, consumed in a book.

"I've been up this early since first year," she smirked, raising one eyebrow. "You've just never noticed."

"Hmm, well in that case," James began as he pulled out an imaginary note pad and quill. "Note to self: stat getting up earlier."

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the first quiddich game of the year! Slytherin vs. Gryffindor! I'm Aaron Jordan, your commentator for this afternoon," bellowed a 7th year Gryffindor, his voice echoing throughout the outdoor Hogwarts stadium. "Here comes the Gryffindor team now, Thomas, chaser, Fontova, chaser, Kivolchek, chaser, Black, keeper, Cook, beater, Yale, beater, and Potter, seeker! And now the Slytherins, Flint, seeker, Zhang, keeper, Carmine, chaser, Winter, chaser, Locke, chaser, Crabe, beater, Goyle, beater.  Let the games begin!"

Lily, Remus, Peter, Ava, and Grace cheered for their house team from the crowded stands. The whole school usually showed up for the games, cheering for their houses with the Quiddich Cup in mind.

"Now I want a friendly game," Madam Hooch gave the familiar speech to the two team captains, "on my whistle."

"Gryffindor in possession on the quaffle, Thomas to Fontova, back to Thomas, he's speeding down the field, the anticipation grows!!! GOAL FOR GRYFFINDOR! Slytherin takes the quaffle; the goal is blocked by Black, back to Gryffindor, o wait! THAT WAS A FOUL! THAT WAS A FOUL!!!" yelled Aaron.

"Aaron, that's enough." Could be heard in the background from Professor McGonagall, his supervisor you might say.

"Potter sees the snitch, he dives down, and the Slytherin seeker is on his tail. Potter reaches for the snitch, but the Slytherin seeker knocks Potter off his broom! Dirty, cheating, good for nothing…."

"Aaron!!" screamed Professor McGonagall, although a muffled "damn Slytherins" could be heard in the background.

"… but no worries, Potter caught the Snitch! Wait, he isn't getting up."

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"JAMES!!!" Lily screamed from the stands.

Before anyone could stop her, she was running down to the field at full speed; the only thing on her mind was that she had to get to James; nothing could stop her. When she got to the pitch, a group of teachers were already surrounding James.

"We'll have to get him to the hospital wing so Poppy can see to him," she heard Professor Dumbledore telling Professor McGonagall. This was one of the few times she had seen a worried expression on the professor's usually cheerful face.

Lily managed to push herself through the crowd and was now kneeling down by James.

"Everything's going to be okay," she whispered into his ear. The only reply he could give was a soft moan.

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"You're awake, how are you feeling?" asked Lily with a worried tone.

"Where am I?" asked James, ignoring her question.

"The hospital wing, you've been here for a day now."

"Did we win though?"

Lily gave a soft laugh, "You fell 100 feet from the air and the only thing you are worried about is if you won a little quiddich game."

"A LITTLE quiddich game?! Were you oblivious to the fact that it was against Slitherin?"

"No, James, I never quite caught that minor detail," she answered sarcastically. "You don't need to worry, you won, 30 to 160, quite an accomplishment if I do say so myself."

"Have you stayed with me the whole time?"

"Well, I guess you could say that," said Lily, looking down towards her feet to hide a light pink blush that was slowing spreading over her face.

James reached across the bed and tilted up her head with one hand so her green eyes hit his hazel, and held her hand tightly with the other.

"Thank you, "he told her softly with a gleam in his eyes as a smile broke out across his face.

"Well, since you're up and all, I guess I should be going," said Lily, suddenly standing up and ruining the moment.

Before James had the chance to respond or even realize what was happening, Lily was walking quickly towards the door.

"Whoa, hey there Lily," said Sirius as he nearly ran into Lily. He was just entering the hospital wing with Remus as she was leaving; Sirius was carrying some kind of cloak in his arms.

"Oh, hi, sorry, I can't talk." She responded without looking the boys in the eye or stopping.

Remus and Sirius made their way over to James's bed, rather confused with the event that just took place.

"What was that all about?" asked Remus suspiciously.

"I'm not entirely sure," answered James, furring his eye brows as if that would help him understand. "She just suddenly walked out."

"Girls," stated Sirius, as if that one word was the only answer needed. "Anyways, now that we're over the drama, I brought you this from the dorm." He handed James a silvery material. "I thought you might want to do a little "walking" around the castle tonight or something, these hospitals can get a little on the boring side."

"My invisibility cloak," said James, eyeing the robe that Sirius had handed to him, "I think I'll pay a much needed trip down to the Slytherin common room. If that seeker thought he could get away with knocking me off my broom he's got another thing coming to him."

"I see the old James is back and ready for action," laughed Remus.

"Did you ever think otherwise?" James smirked.

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Lily walked into the Gryffindor common room, a little overwhelmed by how intense her emotions were. Did she like James? Should she give him a chance? Why was she so worried about him in the first place? Why did she stay by his side that whole time? All of this was so confusing to her….

"Lily!" yelled a voice, breaking her train of thought. "Where have you been? We haven't seen you since you ran down to the quiddich pitch to see James."

Lily looked up to see the worried faces of Grace and Ava.

"Oh, umm," she stumbled, her eyes darting across the common room searching for an answer. "Well, you see, I was at the…. library, yea, the library. I wanted to get a head start on that essay for History of Magic; I must of fallen asleep reading." Lily wasn't quite sure why she had lied to her friends; she usually told them everything. What she did know was that the last thing she wanted was for them to think that she had feelings for James. What would they say if they knew she had been with him in the hospital wing the whole night?

Ava tilted her head to one side and looked at her suspiciously. "Ok then," she said slowly.

"Do you know how long I and the Great Hall have been separated? We're not used to this kind of distance! I'm pining away to nothing!" interrupted Grace, breaking the tension, as she patted her stomach.

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James quietly padded his way out of the hospital wing; his invisibility cloak above him, and the Marauder's Map clutched tightly in his left hand. He had lain awake for hours, checking the map from his bed frequently to make sure everyone was asleep. He quietly closed the door behind him and made his way down to the dungeons, where the Slytherin common room was located. He checked the map one more time just to be careful. He saw two dots moving through one of the long hallways, coming towards him.

"Snape and Malfoy, what are they doing up?" he thought angrily to himself, remembering the incident on the train. The two were just steps away from James, but he stayed where he was to hear what they were saying.

"So Lily Evans is a part of the Dark Lord's prophecy?" he heard Snape asking Malfoy.

"According to my father," Malfoy answered. "He wants me to start telling him Lily's where-abouts, you know, get closer to her, and I definitely don't mind getting closer to Lily Evans," he finished with a smirk.

At this James clenched his fists angrily, ready to tackle Malfoy. Fortunately Professor Dumbledore walked by, as if on queue, that very moment.

"Severus, Lucis, what are you doing roaming the halls at this hour at night?" questioned Dumbledore; he was fashioning a blue night gown and cap.

"Oh, uhh, we were…"

"Making your way back to the Slytherin dorms if I'm not much mistaken," the professor finished for him, raising his eyebrows and giving the pair a knowing look. Dumbledore stayed there until he saw Snape and Malfoy return to the dungeons. As he began walking back he quietly mumbled while looking straight ahead, "and I suggest you, Mr. Potter, do the same."

"What?!" James thought to himself, "how did he know?! I'm under the cloak; I should be invisible!"

"Some of us have the ability to see things that others cannot," answered Dumbledore, as if reading his mind.

"Yes, sir," floated a voice without its owner. James made his way back to the hospital wing, deliberating ways of slowly torturing Malfoy. There was no way he was going to let Malfoy get near Lily. His Lily.

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The next morning James entered the Great Hall, already full of hungry students. Instead of walking over to his friends at the Gryffindor table though, he angrily stormed towards the other side of the hall. The other marauders, Lily, Grace, and Ava saw him enter and stood up suddenly, predicting what was about to happen.

"Get up," James snarled towards Malfoy who was sitting down at the table, his wand tightly held in his hand.

"Is there a problem Potter?" asked Lucius, pulling one of his innocent facades.

"Actually there is," answered James angrily," stay away from Lily; I'm not going to tell you this again."

"Last time I checked, Potter, I could talk to whomever I wanted, and as for Lily, she can make decisions for herself. I have a felling she'll make the right one." Malfoy sneered, referring to himself.

"Ooo, and the gloves are down," joked Sirius from the side. He knew James could take care of himself.

At this remark James was furious, "Experimelious!" he yelled, directing the spell towards Malfoy. His eye's widened in horror as he watched Lily, who had been running towards the two, stop directly in the path of the spell. He felt his knees weaken as the curse hit her with full force…

A/N- that's my version of a cliff, hehe. I hoped you liked the second chapter, I think it's a little longer than the last. Alex, you were in there and I'm sorry Kitty, I know I butchered you name, please forgive me! And thanks for all the editing FeiFei. Lyl.

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~Padfoot356*