A/N: I'm so sorry it took this long to put this up! First my computer broke, and then we were overloaded with homework...gosh, it's November and I can't wait for summer to get here! Anyway, here's chapter 14, and I'm sorry again! Thanks to the reviewers ;)

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Chapter 14- Discovery by Accident

Lily pulled back with a smile on her lips. "I'd forgotten how much I needed that." James nodded absently. "James, I don't know what to say. I don't date guys who drink, for one."


He looked up at her then with unfocused brown eyes and smiled. "Okay...I don't need it with you here; you intoxicate me anyway."


She laughed. "You're so corny. Now, anyway."


"Anyway, what? I'll do what you want me to, name it."


"You're being cooperative. That's a first."


"I thought you'd like it."


"Now you've made me lose my train of thought." she sighed, shaking her head. He caught her lips in a short kiss.


"Did that help?"


"No," she smiled, leaning forward to kiss him again.


Just then the door opened again with a click, and Mary stepped in, smiling. "This is all going very nicely...Sirius has informed me." her smile faded and she scowled at the door, where their good-natured friend appeared, looking sheepish.


Mary simply shook her head. "It's time for dinner anyway."


"Dinner?" Lily asked, finally turning away from James.


"Yeah- you know. It's when you eat and-"


"I know what dinner is!" Lily replied in a loud voice. "I was just-"


Lily's owl flew in the open window and landed on her lap. Dropping a letter and nipping her finger, he disappeared in a flash. "What?"


"Close the window, Padfoot. It's cold in here." James directed at his friend.


Sirius grumbled, nevertheless moving towards it. "And who's fault is that?"


Meanwhile, Lily was busy reading her letter, with Mary glancing over her shoulder. James stayed where he was, afraid of making Lily mad at him again.


Suddenly, Lily burst out laughing. Sirius returned to the bed and gave her a confused glance.


Lily began to read aloud. "Dear Lily, your father and I could not be more upset with you than we are now. You've always been a good student, and we don't understand what's going on this year. You should be ashamed. Are you trying to give us a bad name? I should have sent you a howler, but I'm not that cruel. I assure you, if something like this happens again, you'll be getting them daily. You'd better shape up soon. We'll be checking on you." She stopped there, glancing over the top of the parchment and meeting James' eyes with another smile.


"So- how about dinner?" Sirius mentioned, and they all nodded.


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James laughed, still a little drunk. "You know Lily, with that letter from your mum, you would think that you'd been expelled or something. Geez, you must have been ms. perfect before." he thought back to how many pranks he had done and how his mum had only shook her head. Now she didn't even care anymore...


Before Lily could reply, Mary broke in, "Did you ever ask him about Daniel?"


"No...I got carried away..." Lily replied, grinning. Sirius whistled under his breath before taking another sip of pumpkin juice. She turned back to James. "How do you feel about inviting Daniel into the Order of the Phoenix?"


"That Ravenclaw?" James said, as if he had been a Slytherin.

"Yes, that Ravenclaw." Mary said sarcastically. "He's trustworthy, you know."


James shrugged and glanced at Lily, trying to discern her opinion. "Yeah, I guess so. You can tell him. Our next meeting is in two days- same time."


"Cool, thanks James." Mary grinned and Lily flashed him a smile.


"Are you some sort of controlling girlfriend?" James mouthed at her, while Mary and Sirius were busy talking.


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Lily spun around, feeling a hand touch her side. Her wand in curse position, she realized that it was just James and grabbed onto his hand.


"Well hello. I thought it was that one guy again..."


James was all attention. "What guy?!"


"Oh, nobody." she grinned, pulling him into the Astronomy tower.


Professor Kracson was new; the old Astronomy teacher had finally retired. It was about time, anyway. Mary and Lily had joked about how he would have fallen dead anytime. Not that they wanted it to happen...it was simply amusing to think about.


Lily pulled him right over to an empty desk in front of Remus and Peter, who had been hanging out with each other quite a bit lately. She glanced at the head of the classroom, just as Professor Kracson began.


"Well, it's nice to be at a new school, and Hogwarts at that." his bright eyes scanned the classroom, stopping on a girl in front of Lily, who she didn't recognize. He had seen them before, the past week. Lily wasn't quite sure what he was doing...


"You must be Heather Ball!" he exclaimed, very excited. The girl stared at him, bewildered.


"Er- yes sir."


He smiled apologetically. "I had your sister, Katie, at my last school. You two look remarkably similar."


"Oh."


"Now I've had the two Balls!" he added, still smiling.


Naturally, everyone in the class burst out laughing. James looked like he was about to choke. And poor Professor Kracson had no idea why they were laughing, and so laughed along.


The noise finally died down, until the Professor was the only one cackling. He quickly noticed this, and cut off sharply.


"Humph." he smiled at them. "Let's get right into the lesson...."


Lily tuned out and turned to James, still grinning, and gave him a little squeeze.


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 James walked back into his dorm grinning. Everything was great now that he and Lily were back together. He hadn't known, but he did need her. For the time being, at least. He didn't want to get into a long term relationship, and didn't think she did. But they weren't so casual anymore either.


He found that the three other guys were already there in their pajamas.


"Late night with Lily?" Peter asked, winking.


James simply gave him a weird look, but Remus was grinning. "You seem like her new dog. You follow her around everywhere."


"She would have told me to leave if she wanted me to!" He defended.


"Sure." Sirius added. He turned and whispered something to the other guys and they all began to cackle.


James rolled his eyes and sat down on his bed, pulling his robe over his head. He threw it aside and saw a note lying nearby. Picking it up, he recognized it as the note from Lily's mother. His eyes perused it, expecting another laugh. "We'll be checking on you. I just hope your fiancé doesn't find out...." James' grin faded quickly. Fiancé? Fiancé??


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A/N: I really wanted to make that much longer...but I should go study for Spanish. Please review! I swear eviews really do make me write faster!