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::Chapter 2: Who is this guy?::

Lily sat in Charms 3 days later. It was as if James hadn't told anyone her secret. Every Slytherin still called her poor and no one that usually didn't talked to her seemed to want to be her friend all of a sudden.

She took a cursory look of the room. No one was looking curiously at her. Her eyes landed on James. He was grinning and passing notes to his 3 friends as usual, not caring what Professor Flitwick was saying.

Then it came to her. James wouldn't be the type to tell the whole school if she were rich or not. He's gotten very nice lately… but then again, he used to be a full-blown prankster. He might still have some of that blood in him. But if he told anyone, he would have told them sooner.

The notes

He was passing notes to Lupin, Black, and Peter. They were his closest friends. Of course he'd tell them… but none of them seemed to be acting as if they knew… then again, they were pranksters too. Of course they'd be good at acting as if they didn't know.

She sighed. It was impossible to take so much stress at the beginning of the year.

James's eyes flashed to Lily. It seemed like she looked away all of a sudden, but he wasn't sure. It didn't matter if she was staring at him. The thing that mattered was she appeared to be worrying about something. It was probably the fact that he knew the secret she'd been keeping since the beginning of 1st year. Sirius slapped the next note in front of James.

Staring at Ms. Evans again? We know you've fancied her since 4th year and all, but you two won't get anywhere if you don't do something! I mean, seriously, Prongs-y! Do something! Give her a present, kidnap her, be her secret admirer until Valentines Day, blackmail her even! Come on!! You gotta do something!

He looked over the note and grinned. Looking up to make sure Professor Flitwick wasn't looking at him, he quickly wrote down:

Don't worry about me. I just got something in mind.

Lily was taking her first rounds of Hogwarts, and of course she was still worrying about James. 'James became really outgoing,' she calmed herself; 'he wouldn't do something like that.'

"The money's practically falling out of your pockets now," someone called causing her to jump. James hopped out from behind a corner. "It feels so nice to see that you're rich. Now when I tell everyone, they'll stop about talking you from behind your back!"

He was about to bounce off before she grabbed his sleeve. "Don't tell anyone," she murmured.

James smiled. "Don't you mean please don't tell anyone?"

Her embarrassment began to mix with her anger. Her face was turning red, but she kept all her emotions within. "Please don't tell anyone."

"You got it!" He continued smiling.

Her eyes lit up. "Seriously, Potter? You are definitely the nicest guy in Hogwarts-"

"Hold that thought," he interrupted. He reached behind the corner he was hiding in before. Pulling out a stack of papers, he handed them to her. "Do me a favor and correct my potions essay, finish my transfiguration essay, do my half of the Heads' Papers, and re-copy the Charms notes for me while I go for a flight? Thanks a bunch!" He flashed a quick peace sign. "Ciao!"

"Wait one moment, Potter!" She called as the anger and embarrassment flooding back. "Why do I have to do this?"

"Well you don't have to," He answered. She began to hand back the papers before he continued, "Just like I don't have to keep your secret." She watched him start heading for the Quidditch fields again. "I need most of them done by Thursday so I can re-copy 'em in my handwriting!" he called over his shoulder.

Lily stood there in horror until he disappeared into the darkness. "Who was that?"

Lily yawned loudly the next morning. She finished both her and James's work last night. In other words: amount of sleep had = 1 hour, 8 minutes.

"I'll just get some coffee... maybe pour some other stuff in it…" She took a shower and headed down as fast as she could, book bag in hand. She took a seat in the deserted Great Hall. Looking around, she pulled out soda from her bag and poured the whole can into coffee. Making sure no one walked in as she did this, she pulled out 6 packets of sugar and poured them all in. Taking a sip, she shivered a bit. "I hadn't drunken this since my O.W.L.s!"

Soon, students began to enter the hall by groups. Faye and Beth entered, followed closely by Cindy.

Faye Johnson was a person who never seemed to age, looking similar to the way she did in 1st year. She had mere slits for eyes. Her copper hair was always in 2 buns on either side of her head. She still had most of her baby fat, mainly in her cheeks. The main look of innocence that she kept helped fool the teachers. For some weird reason, most of the guys in Hogwarts were in enthralled by her innocent looks.

Cindy Yoon's looks seemed to give off the opposite affects that Faye or Beth had. She naturally had strawberry blonde hair, but she dyed it black, putting in blue streaks. Her freckles were sprinkled all over her cheeks. There was a glint in her eyes that most girls hated. That glint always seemed to say the same thing every day: I'm going to steal your man.

She did almost always of course. Each of her boyfriends came from one of the other girls. The only reason Beth and Faye kept her around was because when you needed her as a friend, she was always there… kind of.

The three sat down in front of Lily in their corner of the table. "Lily, you look horrible," Faye said sadly. "I'm sorry that has to be the first thing I say to you all year, but seriously!"

"No problem," Lily replied. "It's probably true, though. I pulled an all-nighter last night." She knew her brain woke up when she added, "I woke up in the middle of my sleep because I forgot about my half of the Heads' reports. Then I forgot how to do them."

"Okay then," Beth said. "I was about to ask you why you, Lily Evans, would pull an all-nighter. We didn't have much homework!"

"Lily, you do look horrible," Cindy said while adding scrambled eggs to her plate. "I guess you're too poor to get the right amount of makeup to help you, though."

"I guess," Lily said. She looked to her left and found that the Marauders were now entering the Great Hall.

Pretty much all the girls were watching them enter. The four boys sat next to Lily and her friends. "Good morning, ladies," Sirius said has he plopped down next to Lily. James took a seat next to Faye, Remus next to him, and Peter next to Sirius.

"Potter, you dropped these all over the tower. Try to be more careful," Lily said while handing James all the work she did yesterday.

He took the papers very much surprised that she finished all the work in one night. "Thanks," He said while looking over them.

"Sorry to interrupt," Someone from behind the group said. They turned around to see Amos Diggory standing there. "Um, can I talk to Lily alone really fast?"

Lily took another sip from her goblet before answering, "Sure. Let's go."

She left the group of Sirius and Remus who were keeping an eye on a very jealous James. Peter had no idea what was going on around him. Faye and Beth were wishing Lily silent good lucks, and Cindy who was eyeing Lily and Amos.

"What do you need?" Lily asked when they were out of earshot of everyone.

"Let me just say well done on making Head Girl! I knew you'd be the one!" He said. She grinned in thanks. "What I wanted to ask you right now was… um…" He scratched his head, "Do you want to… go out on a Hogsmeade trip sometime?"

Lily's eyes widened, "Of course!" she said already excited.

"Great," Amos said as if he were expecting her to decline. "I'll meet you at 8:00 in front of the transfiguration classroom!"

"8:00? You got it!" She watched him walk away before heading back into the Great Hall.

"Lily," Beth said as her friend sat down again. "You're blushing! Something good happen?" she asked with a wink.

"Oh yeah," Lily said joyfully.

"Are you guys having trouble with anything?" James asked talking over Faye. "I'm having trouble with Divination."

"Yeah," Sirius said. "It's getting pretty hard this year. I'll help you if I find out what I'm supposed to do!"

"Ah, I'll just BS it! I'd probably get an 'O' anyways! Then again, it'd be nice if someone would help me," He eyed Lily as he emphasized 'someone.'

He was still eyeing her until she sighed and finally said, "Fine. I'll help you."

"Thanks, Evans," He replied.

The happiness Lily gained from Amos was quickly vanishing by James's new attitude. Even when he was an arrogant prat, he never acted this way towards her. 'At least I'll have Amos to look forward to,' she thought, never noticing the glint in Cindy's eye.

::End Chapter::

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