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::Chapter 3: Never Assume::

Lily's hand seemed to fly across the parchment in front of her as she worked on her Transfiguration essay.

The Grandfather clock to her right chimed 7 times. She sighed to herself, "It's time to meet Potter in the North tower." She left her parchment and quill where they were, pulled out her stack of Tarot cards and headed towards the North Tower.

She soon found herself having too much difficulty climbing up the ladder. Keeping her Tarot cards in her pocket while she climbed, she'd look down every once in a while to make sure her cards didn't fall out at any time or that no one was standing there and looking up her skirt. Finally making it to the top, she pushed the trap door open and pulled herself in.

"Thanks a bunch, Evans," James greeted her. "So you're going to help me with the gibberish we've been learning, right?"

"Yes," Lily said in a mono-toned voice. She took a seat and began to catch her breath.

"Amos?" Cindy said as she accidentally walked into someone at in the library. "Oh, it is you!"

"Yoon, right?" Amos asked. "You're one of Lily's friend, if I'm not mistaken"

The feigned pleased look on Cindy's face twitched slightly. She wasn't fond of being known as Lily's friend, but to keep her act up, she said in a sweet voice, "Yup, yup! Tell me, you have a thing for Lily, right?"

Blood rushed to his face as he answered, "Yes, I guess you can say that. Why do you ask though?"

"Oh dear," Cindy muttered sadly. "Oh dear, oh dear. I guess it's better to tell you, but I think there's a thing going on between Lily Evans and James Potter. You know him? The Head Boy?"

For a split second, a worried look appeared on his face, but he fought against it. "No, that can't be true! She's hated him for years, and besides-" his face reddened more "-we have a date on Hogsmeade weekend."

"Um…" Cindy looked away. "I think she's having a date with Potter in the North Tower right now, actually…"

"A date?" he asked suddenly. "No way, Yoon. Come on, I'll go prove it to you."

He led her to the North Tower, not noticing her evil grin. After climbing the ladder, he peaked through the trap door. Off at one of the tables was James sitting down and Lily scooted up right next to him. Lily was laughing as James watched her. The look in his eyes showed he was obviously treasuring every moment he had with her.

Amos slid down the ladder sadly.

Meanwhile, Lily pulled the card out of James's hand and showed it to him. "The card is called The Lovers, not The Rapists!"

"Well it might as well be The Rapists! Look at them! The guy seems to be enjoying himself. The girl on the other hand-"

"She looks the same as he does," Lily laughed.

"Exactly! She's a dude! That one in the back's probably anal-raping the chick-dude-thing!"

"Please tell me I was wrong," Cindy told Amos at the bottom of the ladder.

"No, Yoon, you were right," he said sadly. "They're having a date… after she said she'd go out with me…"

"It's okay, Amos," Cindy said soothingly. "It'll be alright. You'll see!" She then rested her head on his shoulder. "Just don't worry about it."

"Thanks, Yoon," he said. "But I think I'll head back to the Hufflepuff Common Room and think about things for myself."

"So what's my homework for tonight, Professor Evans?" James asked jokingly.

"Your homework is to remember a few of the Tarot cards!" she said.

"You got it! And while I do that, you can correct the mistakes I had on my Transfiguration essay!" He handed her the paper.

She took the papers in shock. That's when she remembered: I'm just his little puppet. Taking the 2 foot long essay, she nodded. "I'll hand it back to you tomorrow after Potions then. I'll just see you in the Great Hall."

"Aye-aye!"

Lily looked over James's Transfiguration Essay once more when she woke up. "He's writing pretty neat, actually. He just sucks at spelling." She yawned. She was about to walk away from it before she suddenly turned to it. "Wait a minute. He's an 'O' student. Why would he make so many mistakes?"

She scanned over the essay; all of the misspelled words had more letters needed. That's when it hit her. She put all the cut out letters together on a spare bit of parchment and it read:

Hey, Evans! Lets get to know each other more. What's your favorite flower?

She looked at the secret message and began to laugh to herself.

"Here's the essay you told me to hold, Potter," Lily handed him back the essay. On the top was a lily flower.

He grinned to himself as he sat down. While putting it away in his book bag Amos Diggory walked over.

"Hey, Amos!" Lily said perkily. "I found out the Hogsmeade weekend is this weekend! So where do you want to meet again?"

He gave her a dark look, causing her to shut up. "I don't want to meet with you. Actually, I'm here to talk to Cindy."

Cindy looked up acting surprised. "Me?"

"Yeah," He said. "Hey, Yoon! Do you want to meet me in front of the Three Broomsticks this Hogsmeade weekend for a date?"

"Why, of course I would!"

"Great! I'll meet you-"

James ignored the rest of Amos's sentence to look over at Lily. Her expression was filled with horror. Just when Diggory was going to walk away, James stood up and grabbed him by the shoulder. Diggory quickly turned around. "If I'm not mistaken, I'm sure you promised that weekend to Evans."

"And if I'm not mistaken, I saw you two in the North Tower last night laughing it up," he replied.

"She was helping me with Divination, thank you very much," James said. The anger in his face would have been enough to get anyone else to run away, tail between their legs, but Amos stood his ground.

"It looked to me as if you were about to make a move on her. It also seemed as though she was waiting for it to come." Amos's voice was dangerously soft.

The rest of the student body looked over to watch the two students. Sirius, Remus, and Peter were waiting to make sure James wouldn't make any rash moves while Faye and Beth looked in horror at what was happening. Lily wasn't looking at anything in particular; her face was emotionless and pale like a sitting doll. Cindy, on the other hand, watched to pair of boys argue in amusement.

"You shouldn't assume things, Diggory," James spat. "It makes you seem like a bigger ass than you really are."

"Aren't you confident you are so great and cool," Diggory fought back. "But after you grab all the girls of Hogwarts in your palm, what will you do then?"

"What's your problem?" James asked.

"What's yours?"

Everything seemed to happen in a matter of seconds. James punched Amos in the stomach, causing him to fall forward. Sirius, Remus, and Peter surged forward, grabbed James and held him back. Meanwhile, Faye and Beth helped Diggory to his feet. Cindy took a quick picture for a scrapbook, and Lily ran out of the room.

::End Chapter::

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