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When He Puts His Arms around Me

Description: Lily Evans and James Potter are the most popular people in their school. They never really talked or got to know each other. They get put as the school Heads and then they notice each other. Their friends notice certain things arousing between the two.

Chapter Two

"MR. BLACK! MISS. BLACK! WILL YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE LESSON! YOU WILL BE TESTED ON THIS!" It wasn't half an hour into the lesson and this was the third time that Professor McGonnagal had yelled at the cousins. Sirius mentally rolled his eyes.

"Yes Professor," he said. When McGonnagal had turned her back to the class, Sirius started on Andy again.

"Look, Andy, I don't care what sick pleasure you get out of it, you can't date a Slytherin. It doesn't matter why or with who, you-don't-date- Slytherins," Sirius said, emphasizing the last few words. Andy glared at him.

"Don't tell me who I can and cannot date Sirius," she whispered harshly. "You date every girl under the sun and now you have the gall to tell me who to date! You know it's just a fling anyway!"

"Yeah, I know that. I never dated a Slytherin though. I have house pride. I-."Sirius was cut off suddenly by the shrill voice of their teacher.

"RIGHT, THAT'S IT. MR BLACK, SWITCH SEATS WITH MR. DIGGORY. MAYBE THAT WILL TEACH YOU BOTH TO BE QUIET WHEN A TEACHER ASKS YOU TO. AND SEE ME AFTER CLASS!" The grumbling cousins moved to their designated seats, shooting daggers at the offending relative, their teacher, and the person they were now sitting next to.

In the back of the classroom, Lily and James fought their fit of silent laughter. The two were sitting next to each other because Sirius wanted to 'set Andy straight' for dating Andrew Jones of Slytherin. Lily and James looked over at Remus and Peter. Peter looked worse off than them and Remus fought hard to keep a straight face. This only sufficed to make Lily and James laugh harder.

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"Lily, c'mon, stop laughing. It really wasn't that funny," Andy pleaded with her best friend. Lily stopped laughing and tried to keep a straight face. It was proving to be difficult.

"James, if you don't stop laughing, I swear on Merlin's grave that I will castrate you." James stopped laughing also. Lily let out a snort and Andy glared at her.

"I'm sorry. It wasn't funny. James being castrated by his best friend is not funny. You and Sirius being harassed by McGonnagal for ten minutes after class about keeping your romances to yourselves, isn't funny either." Lily looked over at the other three Marauders. That was a mistake. The four of them began laughing so hard, Lily had to hold onto James for support. Peter fell to his knees and Remus had tears on his eyes.

Andy and Sirius stomped away. "Hey, guys, wait up."

"No Remus, we will not be laughed at like a bunch of bumbling idiots. We're going to lunch." The four laughed harder.

"You are a bunch of bumbling idiots. Besides, you laugh at us all the time," James said between bouts of giggles and gasps for air. Andy and Sirius stalked off to lunch without looking back.

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"Professor Dumbledore has asked us to hold Halloween activities again this year. Last year, all we had was the feast and parties in our dorm. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so we wanted to do something more. James and I have decided to hold a Hogsmade trip during the day and possibly a festival in the early evening. It could start at around six, and we could hold both Muggle and wizard competitions and games?"

Everyone in the room nodded at that suggestion.

"We are also going to have a costume contest. You can dress up as whatever you want, within reason, and the Professors will judge. There will be all types of awards. How does that sound?"

All of the prefects seemed to agree on the idea, and looked genuinely excited, even the Slytherins.

"When we work out all pf the details, you will be asked to sign up for something. Whether it be a booth or raffle tickets, it doesn't matter. It will be part of your prefect duties. You will have the chance to have fun because this will work in shifts. So, that's that. James, do you have anything to add?"

James shook his head.

"Do any of you have anything to add?"

The prefects shook their heads. James stood up.

"Okay then, you're dismissed. Just remember, if anything goes wrong on your rounds or if you need our help, come find us in the Head dorms or go find Professor Dumbledore. Report any detentions to us and we'll assign them. You can go."

The prefects filed out of the classroom, happily chatting about the Halloween festival that was to happen.

"Well, Miss Lily Flower, we make a pretty good team." Lily smiled at James.

"Yeah we do. Ugh, so many books." Lily picked up a stack of books that the prefects found on their rounds last month. It was now the beginning of October.

"Here, I'll take them."

"No, I've got it." James had already taken the books out of her hands though. "Thanks."

"No problem," he said as he held the door for her. "I know you girls are little weaklings." Lily made an indignant noise and turned to see the cheeky grin on his face.

"Yeah, and you boys are just egotistical prats."

"Women are just jealous of men."

"Why would women need to be jealous of men? Women are perfect."

"Because, Lily Flower, men have a pair and women don't." Lily made another indignant noise before rounding on James. He was still grinning at her.

"You're saying women are jealous of men because they have a...well...you know." James smiled wider. He loved to get her riled up.

"Yes. I am." Lily started walking again.

"Well, James, do you store you brain in there? Because then that would explain why it's so small." Now it was James's turn to make the indignant noise.

"LILY! I'll have you know that my brain," he put an extra emphasis on 'brain', "happens to be very large." He looked to see her reaction. She smirked.

"I'll bet. If your 'brain' is as big as your ego, then it's very, very large." She laughed as they reached the statue that guarded their common room.

She giggled as she said the password. "Brain Power." She looked at James briefly to see him blush. He cleared his throat. He wasn't quite comfortable with the conversation anymore. He thought Lily would back down after his 'brain' comment, but she surprised him with her retaliation.

He set the books down and turned to her. "I'm going to finish my Transfiguration homework." She smirked at him.

"Don't work your 'brain' too much." She looked at him and cackled. He blushed. "I'm going to take a shower. Have fun." She waved and walked into the bathroom.

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The next day, the seventh year Gryffindors were working in pairs on a particularly hard assignment. The assignment entailed them to come up with charms, hexes, curses, etc. that would help them in a duel. They needed fifty by the end of the period.

So far, Lily and Remus had thirty with twenty minutes to go. They looked over at James and Peter, who had twenty five, and at the arguing Sirius and Andy, who had twenty two. Every time those two found a new curse, they would argue over who they would use it on. If this was a duel and those curses were used, Sirius would be a medical miracle.

"How about the 'Lip Lock' curse. It doesn't last very long, but you could throw some mean hexes at your opponent before it wore off," Remus and Lily were really trying to work hard over their friends' antics.

"That is good. You could also use the 'Silencio' Charm to do the same thing. They could still talk, but the effects wouldn't be as bad."

"We should use the 'Silencio' charm on those two." Remus jerked him thumb over at the fighting cousins. Sirius was still trying Andy to dump the Slytherin.

"SIRIUS, I'M NOT DUMPING HIM! STOP TRYING TO TELL ME WHO TO DATE!" Andy stood up and glared down at her cousin.

"WELL, THEN WHY DON'T YOU START DATING RESPECTABLE PEOPLE RATHER THAN A SLIMY SLYTHERIN?!" Hisses came at Sirius for that comment. "SHUT UP YOU BLOODY WANKERS!"

"YOU'RE SO STUPID, SIRIUS! I'M AS MUCH OF AN ADULT AS YOU! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?

"I CAN AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO PROTECT YOU!"

"UGH! SILENCIO! IMPEDIMENTA!-"

"GET OUT! MR. BLACK! MISS. BLACK! OUT OF MY CLASSROOM NOW! I'M TIRED OF THE FIGHTING1 GO FIND PRFOESSOR MCGONNAGAL!" Professor Castro screamed at them.

"Fine! Finite Incantatem!" Sirius and Andy stormed out of the classroom. Their friends all locked eyes. They stared at each other before coming to a silent conclusion; their friends were insane.

A/N: There's chapter two. Hope you enjoyed. Please review! I love getting reviews!!

Thanks to my reviewers on chapter one:

slippersRfuzzy

klb14345 – the character depth will happen. I'll describe them more and show more
feelings later on. It was only the first chapter. I've had a lot of people tell me not
to describe the characters full on because they can't remember everything.

Holly mariano – my wonderful beta. Thanks every so much.

Raindrop22 – I fixed the spacing. I think.

Squishy Gamgee