Disclaimer - All of these characters in this chapter belong to J.K. Rowling.
Author's Note - Please be less evil about my very first Harry Potter fic. If you find any problems, please tell me about them! Oh, and suggestions would be wonderful.
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Risky Attraction – Enervate
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"Where has Evans been all day?" Scowling, James raked his hand through his hair. He hadn't seen the sharp-tongued redhead since this morning and it worried him. Of course, that didn't mean he was worried about her, it just seemed unusually quiet and it made him uncomfortable.
"Dunno. I think I saw her and Arabella locking themselves in their dorm though." Giving a little shrug, Sirius tugged on James's sleeve and dragged him to their next class. "You know very well that Professor McGonagall hates us to be late to class."
James eyed Sirius suspiciously. "Since when do you care if we're late to class or not?"
Sirius grinned slyly and tilted his head towards the classroom door. "Since I found out we have plenty of pretty chicks in old McGonagall's class. Anyway, Cat's in the same class as us for Transmogrification so you'll see her there, lover boy."
Choking a bit, James goggled a bit at Sirius. "Lover boy? Have you gone nuts Sirius? She's practically my sister!"
Sirius gave a snort of laughter and leaned against James to regain his balance. "Sister? She's as much your sister as you and Malfoy are best buds."
Giving Sirius an annoyed shove, James stalked the rest of the way to the classroom. All thanks to Sirius, he was now quite aware of the fact that Lily Evans was anything but his sister.
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"Lily, you look absolutely fine. Trust me on this." In a desperate effort to get her friend to McGonagall's class, Arabella dragged Lily by the arms.
"Oh, I so shouldn't have let you do this to me. How will I show my face ever again? Why don't we go to the library and find a quick spell to make me change back into the appearance I had before?" Lily's eyes were wild, her hands locking the stair banister with a death grip.
"Now, come on! The stairs are going to start moving again, and we'll be lost for the hundredth time. McGonagall is going to kill us if we're late again. Really Lily, you look great. Everyone's jaw will drop all the way to the floor when they see you."
That's what I'm afraid of, thought Lily miserably. That their jaws will drop in laughter. One moment of insanity and it might've wrecked her whole life, not to mention her reputation. Well, her title of tomboy was already flying out the window and heading for Bora Bora Island by now. With a sigh, Lily let Bella drag her down the hallway to their class.
"We're here Lily. You ready?" Giddy with excitement, Arabella gave Lily a confident nod and pushed the door open.
Those few minutes were the longest in all of Lily's life. Everything seemed to move in slow motion, the turning heads, the gaping mouths. But all she saw was James and his expression.
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The door creaked open and James swung his head over to see what all the fuss was about. He knew soon enough. Lily Evans had become a lady. The frizzy, wavy hair she'd had way back when was now straight as rain, framing her face in long coiling strands of reddish gold. Her eyes, no longer shadowed by the ratty old QUIDDITCH cap she wore daily, were a deep green flecked with gold. She was a leggy one, clearly stated from the long slim legs showing underneath her skirt. Whistles and murmurs erupted in the room, mostly from the male species. Cursed with the pale skin all redheads inherited, she blushed a violent red. Lily made her way to her seat and pushed back her chair.
"Told you they'd all like it!" whispered Bella from her seat two rows back.
Pasting a wide smile on her face, Lily mouthed a Thank-You and turned around in her seat, aware of the fact that McGonagall was watching her with her usual squinty-eyed look.
"Now that Miss Evans and Miss Figg has finally decided to join the class, we'll be able to start our lesson, won't we?" Giving the class one of her shapeless smiles, McGonagall started her lecturing on how to turn a warty bullfrog into a hare. Struggling to sit cross-legged, Lily squirmed in her seat and propped her head up with a hand. It was guaranteed to be a long day.
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With an angry scowl on his face, James leaned forward in his desk and continued to glare at Lily. What had she gotten all dressed up for? She was supposed to be one of the guys! Lily Evans wasn't supposed to go around looking gorgeous. She was supposed to have some dirt and grime on her face from rough-housing with Sirius, or her hair looking like a pile of dead weed after a vicious game of Quidditch. Had she gone insane? Settling back in his seat, he decided that Lily Evans definitely needed someone to help her out. And James Potter was just the man for it.
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"What do you think you're doing, dragging me off into some closet?" Clawing at his face, Lily bared her teeth at James. "What do I look like? A potato sack you can just haul off in public?" Fuming, Lily reached for the door. "I know. You've finally had that mental breakdown I've been talking about, haven't you?"
Yanking her back, James shook her to get her attention. "Listen here Evans. I don't know what you're doing getting all dressed up, but I don't like it one bit. Now, I suggest that you march straight back to your dorm and scrub all that stuff off your face." If he looked closely, he could see she'd put something shiny and glossy on her lips and she smelled like sin. A woman's magic. With a grunt of disgust, James tossed a hand towel at her and gave her a hefty shove towards the door. "Go to the bathroom and wash that goop off your face."
Lily felt her jaw drop to the floor and gaped at him, wringing the towel between her fingers as if it were his neck. "Potter, do you have any idea who you're talking to?" Snapping back from her state of shock in a matter of seconds, she jabbed a finger into his chest. "And since when did you get this ridiculous idea in your head that you can order me around? Huh?" She shoved at him, adrenaline running on full. "Why should I give a damn if you don't like me looking like a girl for once?"
Slowly, the red haze of anger faded from his view, and as it did, he noticed the tears running down her face. Suddenly, he felt helpless, and stupid. "Lily, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me and—"
Lily swung out at him, rubbing furiously at the tears that trailed down her face. "Don't you dare apologize. I don't use tears as a weapon and you know it. I just have easy tears, that's all. I cry all the time, even during a comedy movie."
Her words brought past memories into his head, and he grinned at her. "Now that's true." He replied pointedly. "I remember we were watching Dumb and Dumber and you bawled your head off at the funniest point of the movie."
Even through her tears, Lily smiled at the memory. "Everyone else cried too!"
"That's because they laughed so hard until they cried."
Dabbing at her face with the towel James had flung at her, Lily sent James a look. "You better not try that scene again Potter, or I'll throw in an electric device while you're taking a shower. A plugged electric device."
James made an incomprehensible sound that reminded Lily of a baboon. She hated baboons. Spinning around on her heel, she headed back towards the door. Flinging it open, she came face to face with Sirius, an I-know-what-you-were-up-to expression pasted across his forehead.
"You know, I thought the closet smooches were already old since last year. You two should get updated." Giving the growling Lily, with her mascara still messed up, a playful knock on the head; Sirius stuck his head in the doorway to wink at James. "God you move fast Potter."
Before he knew it, Sirius had both Lily and James leaping at him.
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"I'm so hungry." Even as Lily repeated herself for the hundredth time, her stomach growled in agreement.
With a high-pitched giggle, Arabella slapped a hand against Lily's back. "Oh Lily, you're always hungry. Why the heck aren't you fat as a pig from it?"
Lily sent Arabella a snooty look. "Why, it's all metabolisms of course."
"Oh god, what is the world coming too? Lily has the complicated word 'metabolism' in her mental vocabulary." Coming up behind them, James held a hand to his heart and made a gagging sound.
"Where did you come from?" demanded Lily, one finger pointing at him right between the eyes.
"From Mars. I wish to make peace with you earthlings."
"Haha, very funny." Lily sent him a dry look. So what if her heart stumbled a bit at the sight of him, all tall and dark and grinning cockily at her. Unconsciously, she started wringing her hands behind her back nervously.
"I'm starving. Let's go eat!" complained Arabella then stopped in mid-step. "Where's Sirius? Isn't he always with you James?" She frowned, her carefully penciled brows drawing together in a line of worry.
He gave a tiny shrug in response and started walking, leaving Lily and Arabella racing after him. "Sirius is a big boy. He can take care of himself."
Exasperated, Lily yanked on the hood of his sweater and sent him stumbling backwards. "Hey! What was that for?" A scowl evident on his face, James rubbed at his sore neck.
"Where's Remus?"
"How should I know? I'm not his babysitter."
"You're his best friend! Well, one of them anyway."
"Look, you two can yak out here all you want. I, for one, is going to eat lunch now. Remus and Sirius are in the cafeteria."
"You could have told us that sooner." Arabella muttered, dragging herself along after him. Making sure her skirt wasn't too high up; Lily hurried after the two of them.
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'Disgusting' thought Lily, while sending death signals to the couple beside her. 'How can they eat lunch while they slobber all over each other?' With a dark scowl on her face, Lily stabbed at her croissant.
"James, can you stop that? We're trying to eat here." Said Sirius, tapping his fingers against the table, while his half-eaten sandwich remained squished in his other hand.
"Hm?" Reluctantly, James dragged himself away from Victoria, who was currently trying to crawl into his lap without any of the teachers noticing.
Lily managed a grin when she saw Remus's face turn a bit green. "I think Remus has a problem guys." She waved a hand in his direction. "He's turning a bit green around the edges, isn't he?"
Before she could jump back or manage an ear-piercing scream, Remus stood up rigidly and puked all over her.
Writer's Note: dum Dum DUM! I'm back everyone? Have you missed me? Sorry about the huge delay. I had this writer's block and couldn't get rid of it. "Enchanted" will be updated soon also, so check it out if you're a fan of it! I don't have much to write about, since my head is all jumbled with updates and thingamabobbers. You know what I mean right? Tell me if you liked this story by reviewing! It was reviews that got me writing these three pages on Microsoft Word. Hope its reviews that keep me going!
