Summary: Lily hates James. James loves Lily. What will happen to make her change her feelings toward him?

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nada. Rien. Niente. Well, except for Samantha, Alex, Julia, and Helen. Heehee.

Chapter 21: She Won't Go AWAY!

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After the kids cleaned the dungeon with their wands, they chatted for the remaining few minutes. Just as they heard McGonagall stomping down the stairs, they looked like they were doing something.

"Time's up!" she yelled at the seventh years. They put down their sponges.

"Professor, you're 20 seconds late!" Sirius yelled at her, waving his finger. She rolled her eyes and yawned.

"Well, I'm tired so I'm going to go straight to bed. You'll have no need for your wands until morning, so I'll return them at breakfast. Off to your dormitories!" And with that, she shooed them away.

Later that night, James took a trip to her office with everyone's wands to put them back. When he returned to the common room, he was greeted by Lily.

"What were you doing?" she asked harshly as he took his invisibility cloak off.

"Just putting the wands back," he explained. "Don't want McGonagall realizing they're missing, do you?"

Lily had a surprised expression on her face. "I didn't think of that."

"Yeah, well I did so no need to worry."

"Hmm," came a voice from the stairs. Lily and James looked and gasped in surprise.

"You stole wands from McGonagall AND snuck out at night?" Samantha asked. "You could get in serious trouble for that, Jamsie."

"Well I won't because no one is going to say anything," James spat.

"You're really sure about that?"

"Samantha, why don't you stay out of this?" Lily asked her ex-friend. Samantha raised her wand to her.

"What are you going to do about it? You have no wand," Samantha informed her. Then she turned her wand to James.

"Expelliar-"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Samantha became still. Her body was bound together and she fell to the floor. In back of her stood Peter, his wand raised in front of him.

"Nice going, Pete!" James cried as he went over and patted his friend on the back.

"Thanks," Peter said finally. And he walked back upstairs muttering "I can't believe I just did that..."

James turned back to Lily who was sitting on the couch, staring at her feet.

"JamesIforgiveyouandIwanttobeyourfriendagain," she said in one breath.

"Huh?"

Lily sighed. "I don't want to be mad at you anymore." James smiled.

"Ok!"

"But wait!" Lily said suddenly. "How do I know you're not just going to be an arse again?" James thought about it for a moment before replying:

"You'll just have to trust me."

Lily bit her lip. Did she really want to trust him?

"Ok," she finally sighed. James gave her a big smile and a hug before hopping into his dormitory.

A few days went by so did the last day of the term.

"Helen's leaving! Woo-hoo!" Sirius and Remus were screaming in their dormitory. James and Peter were on their beds laughing at Sirius and Remus's amusing impressions of her.

"I LOVE YOU REMUS HONEY!" Sirius screamed. He ran over to Remus and pretended to kiss him. "GIVE ME SOME SUGAR!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Remus yelled. "I COULDN'T HEAR YOU!"

"I said sod off!" Sirius screamed.

"WHAT?!" Remus bellowed.

"Stop yelling, Helen!" Sirius said to Remus.

"BUT I'M WHISPERING!" Remus yelled and they fell on the floor laughing.

Meanwhile, out by the Hogwarts Express...

"WAIT FOR ME!" Helen screamed at the train. Many kids stuck their heads out of windows as the train started to move and they laughed at Helen.

"WAIT!" Helen shouted again from the platform. Finally, the engine disappeared in the distance.

"OH WELL, I GET A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH REMUS AND SIRIUS!" she sighed and she headed back to the castle.

Meanwhile, in the common room...

"Finally!" Lily exclaimed. "She left!"

"YAY!" Sirius yelled as he danced around.

"WHO DIDN'T INVITE ME TO THIS PARTY?" Helen screamed as she walked into the room. Sirius stopped dancing. Remus's face was drained of color. Everyone else gasped in surprise.

"Helen?" Alex asked in disbelief. "W-what are you doing here?"

"Why aren't you on the train going home?" Lily asked.

"I MISSED IT!" Helen screamed. "DUMBLEDORE SAID I HAD TO STAY! ISN'T THAT GREAT?!"

"Uh... um...," Julia stuttered.

"I KNOW YOU'RE SHOCKED! IT'S TOO GREAT FOR WORDS!" Helen said as she pulled Remus and Sirius into a big hug.

"Ow, Helen, I need to do some homework!" Remus yelled.

"IT'S THE HOLIDAY, SILLY!" Helen screamed.

"Oh yeah..." Remus said.

"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN! WE'LL SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND SIT BY THE FIRE AND KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE..." she said as she pulled away, winking at the two of them. Sirius gagged but covered it up with a fake sneeze. Remus was trying to contain his laughter.

"Ok," James said suddenly. "I think me, Sirius, Remus and Peter are going to, uh, go down to the kitchens." And they hurried down before Helen could invite herself.

They came back a half hour later with a bunch of food and drinks. Helen had thankfully left to find Malfoy, who, as she put it, had a "major, like ultra-big, super-duper crush on her and was totally afraid to admit it".

So everyone sat, ate, and drank and all was right with the world.

"Ok, I'm off to bed!" Lily said at about 11. "Night everyone!"

"Goodnight Lily!" James called after her. She smiled at him and walked upstairs.

----- Ooh! A little Lily/James thingy going on at the end! OK So as always, Helen's an annoying brat and Sirius is hyper. YAY! Ok, this came out to be about 5 pages on Microsoft Word, and yet when I re-read it, it seemed rather short. Whatever, I needed to keep my promise to you people which was to update tonight. I believe the next chapter is going to be more up-beat than this. I have an idea for it, so I'll get started on it right away. I think the story is a few chapters away from the end, but you never know. I might find a way to extend it! Alright, thank you SO much to my reviewers. Today I left for a couple of hours and what do I find in my mail-box when I get home? 9 new reviews! I've never gotten so much in such a short period of time! Yippy! Ok, thanks to:

pixie-dust2525: thank you bunches for loving the story!

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btzfungrl09: (u updated too many times for me 2 thank you each time) you're rite about the pairings. I agree, I didn't really like chapter 6 much either, but I needed to write about the detention. Yeah, about the Samantha thingy, I realized I was making her kinda rude by accident, so I continued to make her rude purposely. Why are you confused on ch. 13? AHH IS IT REALLY THAT FUNNY? Happy st. patties day 2 u 2! Yeah, I am hyper! I dunno if James has glasses, I never thought of it. I'd like it too if someone messed up their hair, as long as they don't get dandruff on me, lol. THANK YOU FOR LOVING IT!

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WhiteLiliesWithAScar: thank u, sorry u don't care for my pen name, but it's true... I'M CRAZY!

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