Chapter Three - Detention, Deer's and Deliberation
"Miss. Evans I was especially shocked by your behaviour, you've always been an excellent student and I wouldn't expect a repeat of this behaviour in my classroom again." Lily swallowed, it was seven o'clock and Professor Remould was scolding her rotten for shouting in his class. She couldn't believe it, not only did they have detention but they had to clean the entire hospital wing floor without magic. She would get Potter for this; she would get him if it killed her.
"And Mr. Potter, I have never seen you corrupt one of the best students so quickly, you should consider yourself lucky to be going to Hogsmead this weekend because if I hear of one more incident involving your name your permission slip will be revoked until further notice. Now I expect to see this room sparkling by the time I get back." Professor Remould left the room, not before confiscating their wands and performed a locking charm on the door so they couldn't get out. Lily waited till she couldn't hear footsteps along the corridor and flung herself round to glare at James.
"Thanks a lot Potter!" She grabbed at a bucket and mop and began to squeeze it out.
"Don't try and blame all of this on me Evans. Who was out at nearly midnight last night?" Lily's cheeks burned,
"Ditto! Besides that was a dirty trick you played on me." She flung the mop on the floor spraying James with a large amount of water.
"We didn't play any trick on you! And you're hardly one to talk, turning into a deer like that. Teachers know you can do that do they?" James glared as he grabbed at another mop and plunged it into the bucket.
"Actually yes they do! Can't say the same for you. Exactly what where you doing out there at nearly midnight anyway? No doubt sneaking out to Hogsmead, probably getting yourself even more detention." James flung the mop onto the floor, splashing Lily and soaking her robes.
"I was trying to stop you getting into trouble! Especially if Remus hadn't have been at the Shack!" James swore, "Merlin! I should've have said that."
"I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself with Remus, even when he isn't locked up in the Shack!" Lily narrowed her eyes, "Wait a minute how do you know about Remus and the Shack?"
"How do you?" Lily frowned,
"I asked you first." James placed his mop back in the bucket and crossed his arms.
"Well I said it first."
"Fine! Remus told me in our second year, when he wasn't feeling well and thought that I could brew up a potion for him. I took him straight to Professor Dumbledore when we found out." Lily continued mopping the floor.
"You knew it our second year?"
"That's what I said isn't it?"
"But he didn't tell us our until third year. When we started learning Transfiguration on humans." James sat on the nearest bed. He was shocked.
"Well he was hoping that we could find a cure, but there's nothing even remotely like it." Lily sighed. "Besides he was sworn to secrecy by Dumbledore, you know that everyone's parents would freak if they knew their kids were going to school with a werewolf." There was a sudden chill in the air that swept over them.
"Shush!" James jumped up and placed his hand over Lily's mouth. Peering round the room he saw Peeves in the corner throwing mud on the floor. "Peeves!" He whispered to Lily.
"Fet mof e!" Lily's breath tickled the palm of James's hand but he kept it firmly over her mouth.
"Good job I brought this." James reached into his backpack and pulled out a neatly folded cloak. He immediately whipped it around he and Lily and took a deep breath and bellowed out a deep voice. "Peeves! What are you doing in here? I told you to haunt the third floor corridor for Nick!"
Peeves immediately stopped what he was doing and swooped round the room in fear. Lily shivered and James pulled her closer to him as he watched Peeves look around.
"Sorry, Baron, your Baron-ness. I forgot." With a tremble in his voice Peeves apologised and flew out of the wing via the nearest wall. James waited a few minutes before pulling the cloak off them and removing his hand from Lily's mouth.
"What is that?" Lily said as she looked around the room to make sure there was no one else lurking around.
"Don't tell me you've never come across Peeves before." James looked at her with a frown.
"Of course I know who Peeves is, he's gotten me so many times I still feel a chill of fear when I see him. I meant what was that cloak thing?"
"It's an invisibility cloak, it was my fourteenth birthday present." James heard Lily mutter something under her breath that sounded like 'wish I had one.'
"Look at the mess he's left." She grabbed for her mop, walking over she started scrubbed furiously and didn't stop till she'd finished completely. "Done." She said with a little cheer in her voice.
"Well good for you, take a seat because I may be here forever." Lily walked back up noticing that he was indeed barely even half way through cleaning. She watched for a few minutes before clearing her throat delicately.
"I can help if you like." James shook his head,
"No thanks, wouldn't want you to think I can't manage my share of the work."
"But I can do it a lot quicker."
"I said I'll do it. Besides I'd love to know how you came to be an Animagus." Lily drew her feet up on the bed and gave a small yawn.
"Excuse me. I am registered as an Animagus and well I don't really remember when I did it. I remember reading about it and talking to Professor McGonagall about it. One night I tried it and poof the next thing I know I'm a deer!" She looked at James's face; his expression was one of complete shock. "Dumb luck I guess," she let her voice drop "for a mudblood."
"HEY!" Lily jumped as James shouted. "Just 'cause Malfoy's from some precious pureblood wizarding family doesn't mean everyone thinks that way. Nothing wrong with being from a Muggle family." He paused, "Although they can get pretty competitive when it comes to luggage trolley's. Dad was worried he was going to get conkered for that last trolley." Lily gave a small laugh.
"Yeah sorry about that my dad's a little, well he gets excited about my learning magic. He wants us to be connected to the Floo network."
"Oh you should!" James gave an animated answer.
"Petunia would do her nut if we did, she'd probably never leave her room. Besides if we were we'd never be free of Melody visiting. She was fascinated last time she came to visit, kept picking up the telephone and talking without dialling." Lily gave a small laugh and then realised James was staring at her with a funny look on his face. "What about you? How come you're an Animagus? Are you registered?"
"Didn't even know you had to register. Was soon after we found out about Remus, he was so worried that he'd attack one of us in his wolf form that we ended up trying the spell. Of course the first time Sirius ended up with just a tail, Peter was in such a panic and Sirius was just laughing his head off. Thankfully Remus remembered how to undo that. The second time it was amazing, I was standing there and suddenly poof! I had antlers and looked like a stag! Of course Sirius came out as a dog, you know that and Peter turned into a rat, he was terribly disappointed about that." James stopped talking and looked over at Lily who was now asleep on the bed, her eyes closed and her hair spread out behind her. He couldn't help but notice how much she looked like an angel asleep with her arms resting lightly together. Her lips slightly open but not a single noise escaping her mouth, they looked as if they were beckoning to be kissed and her eyes were fluttering lightly as a warning that she was dreaming.
He shook his head from those thoughts and finished the floor not a moment too soon before Professor Remould unlocked the door and came barging in.
"Ah excellent job, Mr. Potter, Miss. Evans I think you'll think twice before shouting in class again." He looked at James and then at Lily's sleeping figure on the bed. "MISS EVANS!" Lily shot up a slight squeal of fright escaping her mouth.
"Sorry Professor. I didn't sleep last night." Professor Remould looked disgusted for a moment before grunting and waving them out of the room.
"I shall see you in Potions tomorrow, fully awake Miss Evans please." James and Lily walked out of the room and down the corridor.
"Miss Evans, I'd like to see you awake in my class tomorrow!" James muttered as they made their way towards the staircase. Lily gave another small yawn, her hand covering her mouth as she did so and then rubbing her nose afterwards.
"Well he won't if I don't get to bed soon." The stairs moved underneath them and they were both thrown to the opposite sides. It re-aligned exactly in front of the fat lady as if it knew Lily was unable to walk any further.
"Interim Fungus." James said as Lily stepped onto the landing. He let her go in first and then jumped in, watching the portrait close behind him. "Goodnight Lily."
"Goodnight James." She replied as he walked up the stairs to his dorm room and changed into his pyjamas.
Lying down on his bed he stared up at the ceiling unable to sleep, every time he closed his eyes that image of Lily floated across his mind. Even trying to listen to Sirius's snoring couldn't cut out the image floating round in his mind. Sighing he swung his legs out and peered around the room spotting Remus's blue eyes shining out in the darkness.
"Can't sleep?" Remus was always more perceptive than he let on.
"Yeah, you too huh? Something on your mind?"
"The usual, don't get much sleep after of before the full moon. What's on your mind?" James sighed,
"Nothing much."
"I wouldn't call Lily Evans nothing much." James gave a small smile,
"You know we only learned that mind-reading spell for serious reasons!" Remus gave a small snort of laughter.
"Shush you'll wake Peter. And I didn't need to read your mind to know what was on it. All I had to do was sneak to the hospital wing and listen at the door with Sirius."
"Moony! I'm surprised at you."
"Sirius wanted to see what Remould made you do. And I must say he was quite annoyed when he found out you told her about that tail incident. You'll probably be in for a prank when he wakes up."
"So will you after I found out about you telling Lily Evans before us."
"It was purely for preventative reasons. Besides you know Lily has a penchant for potions. Or well you do know now."
"Sure thanks for that single snippet of information." James muttered sarcastically.
"Well that's all you're getting out of me. You should talk to her more James. I think you'll find she's-" he paused and looked at James in the darkness. "Well enough of that. You'd best get some sleep."
"Okay night Moony." James slid onto his back and lay staring at the ceiling, his mind still set on that image of Lily. Although part of him wondered what Remus was going to say, he'd always noticed that Remus and Lily got along well but until now he had barely seemed to care.
Now Lily couldn't sleep, oh if only Remould had left her on that bed she could've slept for days. Now there was an annoying voice floating round her head, it was echoing the same thought over and over and over again. Lily couldn't help but whisper it aloud,
"Why did he put his arm around me?" She gave a snort of disgust at her own thoughts, "we don't even know each other properly." She shook her head; she really was losing it, now she was talking to herself? What was next? She couldn't think of anything to say in response and her mind soon returned to the warm feeling that had spread over her when he had put his arm around her. Reaching for her wand she muttered something and her head fell limply on her pillow.
James was no nearer to sleep than he had been three hours ago, his mind was now preoccupied with remembering the way that Lily's breath had tickled his palm when they were hiding from Peeves. Or the way her lips looked when she was asleep. Or the way his arm had slipped around her. Or the way her body felt warm and comfortable against his own.
Merlin! He was never going to get any sleep at this rate. There were far too many thoughts whizzing around in his head. Maybe he should smack it against one of the posts on his bed then again he'd probably end up in the hospital wing for that one and Qudditch practice was going to be starting soon. Besides if he was going to spend time in the hospital wing he'd rather it be with Lily for detention purposes.
Damn it! He thought to himself, this was becoming obsessive! He needed something to kick himself out of it. He forced himself to think of his Divination classes and was soon finding his eyes closing purely from the boredom.
"Miss. Evans I was especially shocked by your behaviour, you've always been an excellent student and I wouldn't expect a repeat of this behaviour in my classroom again." Lily swallowed, it was seven o'clock and Professor Remould was scolding her rotten for shouting in his class. She couldn't believe it, not only did they have detention but they had to clean the entire hospital wing floor without magic. She would get Potter for this; she would get him if it killed her.
"And Mr. Potter, I have never seen you corrupt one of the best students so quickly, you should consider yourself lucky to be going to Hogsmead this weekend because if I hear of one more incident involving your name your permission slip will be revoked until further notice. Now I expect to see this room sparkling by the time I get back." Professor Remould left the room, not before confiscating their wands and performed a locking charm on the door so they couldn't get out. Lily waited till she couldn't hear footsteps along the corridor and flung herself round to glare at James.
"Thanks a lot Potter!" She grabbed at a bucket and mop and began to squeeze it out.
"Don't try and blame all of this on me Evans. Who was out at nearly midnight last night?" Lily's cheeks burned,
"Ditto! Besides that was a dirty trick you played on me." She flung the mop on the floor spraying James with a large amount of water.
"We didn't play any trick on you! And you're hardly one to talk, turning into a deer like that. Teachers know you can do that do they?" James glared as he grabbed at another mop and plunged it into the bucket.
"Actually yes they do! Can't say the same for you. Exactly what where you doing out there at nearly midnight anyway? No doubt sneaking out to Hogsmead, probably getting yourself even more detention." James flung the mop onto the floor, splashing Lily and soaking her robes.
"I was trying to stop you getting into trouble! Especially if Remus hadn't have been at the Shack!" James swore, "Merlin! I should've have said that."
"I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself with Remus, even when he isn't locked up in the Shack!" Lily narrowed her eyes, "Wait a minute how do you know about Remus and the Shack?"
"How do you?" Lily frowned,
"I asked you first." James placed his mop back in the bucket and crossed his arms.
"Well I said it first."
"Fine! Remus told me in our second year, when he wasn't feeling well and thought that I could brew up a potion for him. I took him straight to Professor Dumbledore when we found out." Lily continued mopping the floor.
"You knew it our second year?"
"That's what I said isn't it?"
"But he didn't tell us our until third year. When we started learning Transfiguration on humans." James sat on the nearest bed. He was shocked.
"Well he was hoping that we could find a cure, but there's nothing even remotely like it." Lily sighed. "Besides he was sworn to secrecy by Dumbledore, you know that everyone's parents would freak if they knew their kids were going to school with a werewolf." There was a sudden chill in the air that swept over them.
"Shush!" James jumped up and placed his hand over Lily's mouth. Peering round the room he saw Peeves in the corner throwing mud on the floor. "Peeves!" He whispered to Lily.
"Fet mof e!" Lily's breath tickled the palm of James's hand but he kept it firmly over her mouth.
"Good job I brought this." James reached into his backpack and pulled out a neatly folded cloak. He immediately whipped it around he and Lily and took a deep breath and bellowed out a deep voice. "Peeves! What are you doing in here? I told you to haunt the third floor corridor for Nick!"
Peeves immediately stopped what he was doing and swooped round the room in fear. Lily shivered and James pulled her closer to him as he watched Peeves look around.
"Sorry, Baron, your Baron-ness. I forgot." With a tremble in his voice Peeves apologised and flew out of the wing via the nearest wall. James waited a few minutes before pulling the cloak off them and removing his hand from Lily's mouth.
"What is that?" Lily said as she looked around the room to make sure there was no one else lurking around.
"Don't tell me you've never come across Peeves before." James looked at her with a frown.
"Of course I know who Peeves is, he's gotten me so many times I still feel a chill of fear when I see him. I meant what was that cloak thing?"
"It's an invisibility cloak, it was my fourteenth birthday present." James heard Lily mutter something under her breath that sounded like 'wish I had one.'
"Look at the mess he's left." She grabbed for her mop, walking over she started scrubbed furiously and didn't stop till she'd finished completely. "Done." She said with a little cheer in her voice.
"Well good for you, take a seat because I may be here forever." Lily walked back up noticing that he was indeed barely even half way through cleaning. She watched for a few minutes before clearing her throat delicately.
"I can help if you like." James shook his head,
"No thanks, wouldn't want you to think I can't manage my share of the work."
"But I can do it a lot quicker."
"I said I'll do it. Besides I'd love to know how you came to be an Animagus." Lily drew her feet up on the bed and gave a small yawn.
"Excuse me. I am registered as an Animagus and well I don't really remember when I did it. I remember reading about it and talking to Professor McGonagall about it. One night I tried it and poof the next thing I know I'm a deer!" She looked at James's face; his expression was one of complete shock. "Dumb luck I guess," she let her voice drop "for a mudblood."
"HEY!" Lily jumped as James shouted. "Just 'cause Malfoy's from some precious pureblood wizarding family doesn't mean everyone thinks that way. Nothing wrong with being from a Muggle family." He paused, "Although they can get pretty competitive when it comes to luggage trolley's. Dad was worried he was going to get conkered for that last trolley." Lily gave a small laugh.
"Yeah sorry about that my dad's a little, well he gets excited about my learning magic. He wants us to be connected to the Floo network."
"Oh you should!" James gave an animated answer.
"Petunia would do her nut if we did, she'd probably never leave her room. Besides if we were we'd never be free of Melody visiting. She was fascinated last time she came to visit, kept picking up the telephone and talking without dialling." Lily gave a small laugh and then realised James was staring at her with a funny look on his face. "What about you? How come you're an Animagus? Are you registered?"
"Didn't even know you had to register. Was soon after we found out about Remus, he was so worried that he'd attack one of us in his wolf form that we ended up trying the spell. Of course the first time Sirius ended up with just a tail, Peter was in such a panic and Sirius was just laughing his head off. Thankfully Remus remembered how to undo that. The second time it was amazing, I was standing there and suddenly poof! I had antlers and looked like a stag! Of course Sirius came out as a dog, you know that and Peter turned into a rat, he was terribly disappointed about that." James stopped talking and looked over at Lily who was now asleep on the bed, her eyes closed and her hair spread out behind her. He couldn't help but notice how much she looked like an angel asleep with her arms resting lightly together. Her lips slightly open but not a single noise escaping her mouth, they looked as if they were beckoning to be kissed and her eyes were fluttering lightly as a warning that she was dreaming.
He shook his head from those thoughts and finished the floor not a moment too soon before Professor Remould unlocked the door and came barging in.
"Ah excellent job, Mr. Potter, Miss. Evans I think you'll think twice before shouting in class again." He looked at James and then at Lily's sleeping figure on the bed. "MISS EVANS!" Lily shot up a slight squeal of fright escaping her mouth.
"Sorry Professor. I didn't sleep last night." Professor Remould looked disgusted for a moment before grunting and waving them out of the room.
"I shall see you in Potions tomorrow, fully awake Miss Evans please." James and Lily walked out of the room and down the corridor.
"Miss Evans, I'd like to see you awake in my class tomorrow!" James muttered as they made their way towards the staircase. Lily gave another small yawn, her hand covering her mouth as she did so and then rubbing her nose afterwards.
"Well he won't if I don't get to bed soon." The stairs moved underneath them and they were both thrown to the opposite sides. It re-aligned exactly in front of the fat lady as if it knew Lily was unable to walk any further.
"Interim Fungus." James said as Lily stepped onto the landing. He let her go in first and then jumped in, watching the portrait close behind him. "Goodnight Lily."
"Goodnight James." She replied as he walked up the stairs to his dorm room and changed into his pyjamas.
Lying down on his bed he stared up at the ceiling unable to sleep, every time he closed his eyes that image of Lily floated across his mind. Even trying to listen to Sirius's snoring couldn't cut out the image floating round in his mind. Sighing he swung his legs out and peered around the room spotting Remus's blue eyes shining out in the darkness.
"Can't sleep?" Remus was always more perceptive than he let on.
"Yeah, you too huh? Something on your mind?"
"The usual, don't get much sleep after of before the full moon. What's on your mind?" James sighed,
"Nothing much."
"I wouldn't call Lily Evans nothing much." James gave a small smile,
"You know we only learned that mind-reading spell for serious reasons!" Remus gave a small snort of laughter.
"Shush you'll wake Peter. And I didn't need to read your mind to know what was on it. All I had to do was sneak to the hospital wing and listen at the door with Sirius."
"Moony! I'm surprised at you."
"Sirius wanted to see what Remould made you do. And I must say he was quite annoyed when he found out you told her about that tail incident. You'll probably be in for a prank when he wakes up."
"So will you after I found out about you telling Lily Evans before us."
"It was purely for preventative reasons. Besides you know Lily has a penchant for potions. Or well you do know now."
"Sure thanks for that single snippet of information." James muttered sarcastically.
"Well that's all you're getting out of me. You should talk to her more James. I think you'll find she's-" he paused and looked at James in the darkness. "Well enough of that. You'd best get some sleep."
"Okay night Moony." James slid onto his back and lay staring at the ceiling, his mind still set on that image of Lily. Although part of him wondered what Remus was going to say, he'd always noticed that Remus and Lily got along well but until now he had barely seemed to care.
Now Lily couldn't sleep, oh if only Remould had left her on that bed she could've slept for days. Now there was an annoying voice floating round her head, it was echoing the same thought over and over and over again. Lily couldn't help but whisper it aloud,
"Why did he put his arm around me?" She gave a snort of disgust at her own thoughts, "we don't even know each other properly." She shook her head; she really was losing it, now she was talking to herself? What was next? She couldn't think of anything to say in response and her mind soon returned to the warm feeling that had spread over her when he had put his arm around her. Reaching for her wand she muttered something and her head fell limply on her pillow.
James was no nearer to sleep than he had been three hours ago, his mind was now preoccupied with remembering the way that Lily's breath had tickled his palm when they were hiding from Peeves. Or the way her lips looked when she was asleep. Or the way his arm had slipped around her. Or the way her body felt warm and comfortable against his own.
Merlin! He was never going to get any sleep at this rate. There were far too many thoughts whizzing around in his head. Maybe he should smack it against one of the posts on his bed then again he'd probably end up in the hospital wing for that one and Qudditch practice was going to be starting soon. Besides if he was going to spend time in the hospital wing he'd rather it be with Lily for detention purposes.
Damn it! He thought to himself, this was becoming obsessive! He needed something to kick himself out of it. He forced himself to think of his Divination classes and was soon finding his eyes closing purely from the boredom.