Disclaimer: Have we not been over this? As of right now, I don't own Harry Potter but when I have my own planet, I will. Yea!

Authors Note: Ok, nothing much to say here. If you reviewed, thanks. If you didn't, why the hell not? Roar! I'll send my faithful werewolf after you!! Read and Review, please?? I'll give you cookies. ( Also, I'm not sure if the italics will load, so when I need italics, I'll have for James and * * for Lily.

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Hallway Patrol part one

After falling asleep after a few hours of looking at the moon, James awoke with a start. He had shut his hangings before he fell asleep, and he ripped them apart. The sight that met his eyes was pure chaos. Clothes were everywhere and the boys were running around trying to get their bags together for classes. He looked at his clock. "Shit!" It was 7:45. Classes start in 15 minutes.

James had overslept. He threw open his trunk, through on the first pair of clothes he found, grabbed his school bag and dashed down the stairs. He was halfway to the portrait hall when Lily walked in. She had a timetable in one hand and a stack of toast in the other.

She smiled when she saw James and gave him the toast. "Good morning sleepy head. Thought you might be hungry." He nodded and grinned. "Here's your timetable. We have all the same classes. First period is History of Magic."

James groaned through a mouthful of toast. "Oh no. First period? Well at least I can get some more sleep. I was awake for awhile last night."

Lily looked concerned. "Really? Why? Are you okay?"

James nodded fervently. "Oh yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about you and I couldn't sleep."

Lily turned red and she started to stutter. "Well- You shouldn't- Maybe you'd better try to sleep tonight. Think about Sirius or something."

"That's no fun! I don't want to mentally undress Sirius."

Lily turned, if possible, redder. She hit him on the shoulder. "You don't really do that do you?"

James grinned looked her up and down and said "Oh, of course not," very sarcastically.

Lily turned and tried to cover herself, but she was laughing the entire time. By then, James was done with his toast so they exited the portrait hole and walked down the hall to the history of magic class.

When they arrived, only a few students were there. Frank Longbottom was there. James left Lily for a moment to go say hello. "Morning Frank. Why didn't you try to wake us up?"

Frank looked confused then smiled. "I did. Well, I tried to wake Sirius up. Then I got hit with a pillow so I decided to let you guys sleep. I know how you guys are in the morning. Besides, it looked like it worked out in your best interest, now doesn't it."

James grinned. "Yea, I guess. I suppose I should be thanking you. Thanks! How was your summer?"

"Pretty good. Yours?"

"Same. Don't ask Sirius about his. He went to America for a few Quidditch matches and he won't shut up about them. How's Alice?"

"Thanks for the advice. She's pretty good. Oh." He looked up the hall and Alice Young was walking towards him with a big smile on her face. "Bye James." Frank ran to her and enveloped her up in a bug hug.

James walked back over to Lily just as their friends ran down the hall. They boys were panting and the girls looked annoyed. Sirius bent down clutching a stitch in his side and he looked up at James. "Why didn't you wake us up mate?" he panted.

"Are you kidding? I woke up later than you. Luckily I had packed my school bag last night so I didn't have to search everywhere for a book." Sirius grinned sheepishly and James continued. "Besides, it's not like you're late or anything."

"True." Just then, the classroom door opened. The students filed in and James made a move to go sit in the back with Sirius so they could catch up on their sleep. Just as he was about to sit down, Lily grabbed his arm and pulled him up to the front with her. Amanda sat down in his vacated seat and started talking to Sirius.

"What was that for Lily? I need my sleep!"

"Well, what can I say? I want you in my line of vision so I can mentally undress you whenever I want!"

James grinned. "I get what you're saying. Ok, I'll stay up front, but can I sleep?"

"Absolutely not."

He groaned. "Oh well." Once all of the students were seated, the ghost of Professor Binns floated through the blackboard. Compared to the rest of the class, that was the most eventful part.

As Professor Binns droned on monotonously, James doodled on parchment. He looked over at Lily every now and then and saw her parchment full of notes. That gave him an idea. He ripped a piece of parchment off his bit sheet and scribbled a note to Lily.

Smile if you're mentally undressing me!

He handed her the note and took great relish at the expression on her face. Suddenly, unexpectedly, she smiled. James didn't expect this. He did a double take to make sure that he hadn't been imagining things, and sure enough Lily was sitting there with a big grin on her face.

She scrawled a reply back and handed it to James. He was surprised when he saw what it said.

*I asked Professor Dumbledore about the common room thing, you know the private one? Well he said that we do have one. I knew it. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History. He said that nobody really uses it, but we can if we want. It's behind that picture of the ridiculous knight, Sir Cadogan I think his name is. Anyway, the password is chufflegitwit. We should meet there to hang out and study.*

James grinned. He was really happy about the private common room. He took the parchment and wrote back.

That's good. Tell me, does studying involve the human anatomy?

Lily shook her head as she read his reply, disbelieving to what it said. She abandoned her History notes and focused on the notes between her and James.

*Studying the human anatomy. Are you going to be a healer?*

Lily knew perfectly well that James wanted to be an Auror, not a
healer.

If I say yes, does that mean I can study you?

Just then the bell rang, signifying the end of first lesson. Their next class was transfiguration. Lily looked at James and shook her head. "Sorry Potter, there is no way you're going to study my anatomy." Lily walked out in a huff. James thought she was upset, but Lily was secretly smiling to herself, pleased that she could twist James around her little finger.

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Authors Note: Thanks for reading!! Ok, I don't want this to seem like one of those fluffy Lily/James fics where they are arguing one second and then decide to get married the next. I hate those! If it seems like that, I'm sorry, but I have a reason. In the OotP, Sirius said that in 7th year Lily came to her senses and started dating James. I figured that she would come to her senses early in the year, but don't worry. They'll still be fighting once in awhile!! All right, you know the drill. read and review!!

Moony