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James and Lily: A Match Made in Hogwarts
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Chapter 4
"No!!! Leave me alone!"
James was jerked awake by a loud cry.
"Please! Don't hurt me!"
"There it was again! It sounds like its coming from Lily's room!" James thought.
He jumped out of bed and went thru the bathroom. He peered into Lily's room. She was asleep, but her face was sweaty and she was tossing and turning. She kept moaning, "No….no…….no."
James had to do something. He couldn't just let her continue to have the nightmare. He walked to her bedside and bent down to his knees.
"Lily!" he whispered loudly. "Lily! Wake up!"
She sprang up in bed, breathing heavily.
"James! It was horrible! People wearing….wearing masks were trying to kill me!" She threw her shaking arms around his neck. He was shocked. Lily Evans had never touched him on purpose before. She started sobbing onto his shoulder. He put his arms around her and patted her softly on the back. "It's all right, Lily. It was just a nightmare. It's ok…."
Lily's eyes sprang open. She seemed to have just realized who he was. She pulled away from him with absolute rage.
"POTTER! GET OUT! WHY WERE YOU IN HERE ANYWAY! GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!" she screamed at him.
With a look of confusion and despair, James stood up quickly and darted from the room, muttering something about crazy women.
"AND DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU IN HERE EVER AGAIN!"
Lily immediately felt bad for screaming at him like she did. It was such a scary dream and he was just trying to comfort her. She was probably crying out in her sleep anyway, her sister Petunia was always complaining that it was horrible to share a room with Lily, because she talked in her sleep. She rolled over and went back into an uneasy sleep.
The next morning, Lily woke up and heard James in the bathroom. Not thinking about it, she opened the door and walked in.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeek!" she screamed. James was in the bathtub, obviously taking a bath.
"Hey!" he cried out.
"Oh my gosh, Potter! I'm so sorry! I didn't think you'd be IN the tub! I wasn't thinking! I'll go!" She turned to leave but James stopped her.
"Wait, Evans! You don't have to leave." He grinned. "I don't mind at all! Bet you don't mind either, eh?"
She scoffed at his arrogance and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I just wanted to apologize for the way I yelled at you last night, Potter. I'm glad you woke me up. I've been having that dream for a while now. You just surprised me by being there!"
He nodded seriously. "I had to do something. You woke me up. You were crying out in your sleep! I thought someone was attacking you! I….I….I couldn't let anything happen to you!" he said, blushing slightly.
Lily blushed, too. "Well, I'm glad you woke me up. Thanks James."
He stared at her in surprise. "You called me James!
"Yeah, well, don't get used to it. I'm gonna go get dressed then go to the Great Hall. Bye" She turned and went back to her room.
"Bye." He called after her softly. He couldn't believe it! He and Lily had a normal conversation! He floated on his back in the water and sighed.
At breakfast, everyone was chatting excitedly. James found his friends at the Gryffindor table and joined them.
Sirius saw him and shouted, "Hey Prongs! How was the first night in the tower with Lily?" he made his eyebrows move up and down a few times.
"Well, she had a nightmare and woke me up." He told them the rest of the story, including the part about their little encounter in the bathroom.
"She's acting really weird. She was actually nice to me!"
"Well, look on the bright side, Prongs! At least she doesn't hate you with a passion anymore!" Remus told him.
James frowned. "So, what does that mean? She just hates me now?"
"No, actually I think she might be starting to think you're not so bad after all! Now that you've punctured your big head a bit!"
"Gee, thanks Moony." James put some egg on his fork and flung it at him. It hit him between his eyes.
Next to him, Sirius got an evil gleam in his eyes. "Two words. Food. Fight." And with that, Sirius picked up a bowl of jelly and dumped it on Peter's head.
"Hey!" Peter shouted. He picked up a platter of pancakes and started hurling them at the other three.
When everyone else saw what they were doing, they joined in. Before James knew it, he was covered in food. But he was having the best fun he had had all summer.
"IMMOBULOUS!"
James and all the other students froze dead in their tracks. Professor McGonagall stood before them, shaking in fury.
"You four. Into my office." Her voice was shaking slightly. She had pointed at the Mauraders. With their heads down, they left the Great Hall. James caught sight of Lily and her friends hiding under the table, where they hoped to escape the food fight. When he caught Lily's eye, she shook her head at him, but she had a small smile on her face. James's stomach did a back flip.
But a few minutes later, James and the others found themselves in Professor McGonagall's office, where she towered over them and gave them the most disgusted look James had ever seen in his life.
"Never in all my life have I seen such behavior from Gryffindor 7th years. I would have expected this from 1st years. And you, Potter! You're supposed to be Head Boy! It's your job to make sure nothing like this happens! She shrieked. Pulling stunts like this could cause you to lose your badge, Potter! I'm taking 50 points from Gryffindor and –Sirius's mouth dropped open-yes Mr. Black! 50 points! Mr. Lupin, I would have expected better behavior from you, at least! (Remus dropped his head in shame) Now, get back to your common rooms and don't cause anymore trouble!" and with that, she shooed them out of her office. After they got a little ways away, the Mauraders started cracking up.
"That was the best food fight EVER!" Sirius cried. "Even better than the one in 2nd year, when you hit Snivelly in the back of the head with a glob of potatoes, Prongs!
"Yeah." James said dreamily. "That was a good one, though!"
He, Sirius, and Remus made their way to their Advanced Charms class, while Peter headed off to his 5th year Transfiguration class. Prof. McGonagall thought it was best if he spent some time relearning some 5th year material. Peter had only received one O.W.L. in 5th year, and it was in History of Magic. It was the easiest class to pass as far has he was concerned. All he had to do was borrow someone's notes and he memorized them front to back.
Lily had been James's Charms partner since 1st year. "Well, Potter, she said as he sat down, that was some stunt you pulled in there."
"You noticed?" James grinned and ran his hand through his hair.
"It was kind of hard not too. You shouldn't really be doing stuff like that anymore, you're Head Boy!"
He put his arm around her shoulders dramatically. "My point, exactly, my dear Lily! That's what being Head Boy is all about!"
She shrugged his arm off her shoulders and said "Right. Come on, Potter, we've got an assignment to do."
But James could have sworn he saw a faint smile on her lips.
That afternoon, James had scheduled the first Quidditch training session.
"All right, team." He said giving pacing back and forth in front of them, looking at each player.
"This is it. It's Rachel's, Dillon's, Carly's and my last chance to get the cup! We would have had it last year if that good for nothing Slytherin Seeker hadn't knocked me off my broom and grabbed the snitch from my hand. The stupid git."
"But that was last year. THIS year we are gonna kick some Slytherin booty! Can I get a HELL YEAH?"
"HELL YEAH!" the team chorused. They were pumped up. The team left the locker room cheering.
After practice and then dinner, James left his friends in the Gryffindor common room and headed to he and Lily's tower.
He found her, sitting in one of the armchairs in front of the fire. Her Guide to Advanced Transfiguration laid open on her lap but she stared into the fire, as though she was mesmorized.
"Hello Evans!" He shouted loudly.
Lily jumped up and her book fell to the floor.
"Don't DO that, Potter! You scared the shit out of me!" She leveled him with a glare.
"Sorry Evans, but you were looking at that fire like it had you under a spell. I thought your eyeballs would fall out!"
"I was just thinking about something."
"Me, I hope?"
She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Don't get your knickers in a twist! Of course I wasn't thinking about you! Why would I be thinking about someone who is so full of himself?" she retorted.
James smiled. "Why, Miss Evans! I never knew you cared!" he put his hand over his heart.
But Lily just rolled her eyes at him. She bent down to pick up her book.
"Allow me!" James charged forward and bent to pick up her book and stood up quickly. He handed it to her as she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Trying to be a gentlemen, Potter?"
"Anything for you, Evans." He said in a suave voice Lily had never heard before. She smiled.
She stared into his hazel eyes for a moment. "He has really nice eyes," she thought. "Wait a minute? What am I saying?"
She broke their eye contact and blushed.
"I'm going to bed. Good night, Potter." She turned and headed to her bedroom.
"Good night, Evans!" he called eagerly after her. He watched her leave. He smiled and went to his own room, where he lay, thinking about Lily Evans, until he feel asleep.
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*Whew* It took me a lil while but here's Chapter 4! Hope ya'll like it! ^_^ I'll start Chapter 5 A.S.A.P!
