James was in a surprisingly good mood the next morning. When the alarm
clock rang he was the first one in his dorm to wake up. He had a long
stretch before sitting up on his bed for a yawn. He then looked around the
room. Everyone else seemed to be asleep, dismissing the fact that they had
lessons today, but then again the first day was always like this, no-one
wanted to get up. Usually James would be one of them sleeping at the
moment, but today he felt revitalised and full of energy.
His bed was the closest to their bathroom and shower facilities so he decided to carry on with his usual morning exercises of sit ups and press ups. After he had had his shower he went back to change, none of his roommates were awake yet, he supposed that they would miss breakfast for that extra bit of sleep. Taking this into account he set the alarm clock for 8:45 so that they could wake up in time for lessons. He put on his usual Hogwarts uniform with his badge pinned securely on his chest, then he grabbed his bags and set off for breakfast.
When he entered the Great Hall it was about ¾ quarters full and buzzing with students. He sat down in an empty seat at the Gryffindor table near to a couple of sixth year students. The two girls that he sat opposite concentrated hard on their plates in an attempt to avoid his eyes.
'Morning James!' said Jennifer Love, a Gryffindor sixth year prefect and James' ex. They had dated in fourth year and had remained friends ever since. 'Mind if I sit down?', 'Sure' said James, giving her a warm inviting smile as she took a seat. 'So, Jenny, how were your O.W.L'S?' 'Oh, them. Ahh I got an E and most of the rest were A's'. 'Not bad', said James laughing inwardly. He had gotten Outstanding for everything apart from potions where had an Excellent. He was quite pleased since he had gotten all of the right marks in order to the four classes that he needed to become an Auror: DADA, Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions.
After about 5 minutes of chatting and munching down some breakfast, James started to head towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom for his lesson with Longbottom. He was glad to see that Sirius had gotten up and was already waiting for his arrival. He still had to tell Sirius the news and he just could not hide a grin as he thought about it.
'What you smiling about? Sirius asked upon spotting James. 'Oh, I'll tell you when we get into the classroom', said James as he walked through the door and to his usual seat at the back of the room. They were not the last ones to arrive since there were still 5 or 6 empty seats. James took his time to unpack his bags, keeping his eyes fixed on the door in waiting for lily's entrance. He had just finished unpacking when he felt something hard hit him in his chest. It was the elbow of Sirius who had been waiting expectantly for James' answer.
'Well. what's up?', he asked inquisitively. 'Well you see last night, when I had to stay behind with Lily to see Dumbledore, yeh', he started. He took another deep breath and continued explaining. 'I kind of told her that she hadn't answered my question on the train, and then she argued about me pestering her and, with certain interventions on my behalf, she said she would go out with me'.
It took the best of 10 seconds for Sirius to digest it but when he finally did he held out his hand as if to congratulate James on his fine purchase. 'I knew she'd crack eventually', said Sirius ever so wisely. 'You know, no-one can resist the James Potter charm'.
Their DADA lesson went the quickest that it had ever gone at all James' time at Hogwarts. There where three reasons for that. 1. He diagonally across from Lily so he could take in view all of her features without the fear of being spotted. 2. He would be going out with her Saturday in a week. And 3. Professor Long bottom's lessons were interesting and entertaing so all of this added up to making the lesson literally fly past.
After lunch Lily had Care of Magical creature's class with Professor Bottleworth. She was a frail old lady on the outside but she had the strength of bear and the voice of a man inside her. Lily was in a very bad mod today. She had regretted agreeing to James' invitation the moment she got back to her dormitory last night. And then seeing him walk along with a great big smile on his face as if he now not only owned Hogwarts but the hole World was even more horrifying. She was still debating whether or not to cancel the date but, her friends Helen and Andrea said that it was a good opportunity to get out since she could waste James' money and then tell him that it was awful and she regretted going on it the following morning.
Yes, that did sound like a god plan a few hours ago when she was discussing it with her friends. But now when she was on the Hogwarts lawns, moving briskly towards her next class, the whole idea seemed stupid. Spending a hole night with that arrogant bastard was not what she was in the mood for especially after his performance in their DADA lesson this morning. When she entered the classroom she saw James and Sirius chatting in secret discussion and then, the defining moment, as Sirius shook James' hand as if he had just accomplished some big achievement. Then to top it all, James could not physically remove is eyes from her. He might think that no-one saw him but she along with the rest of the class were well aware of James' actions during the lesson.
Not concentrating on what was happening ahead, Lily tripped and fell face down onto the grass. 'Oh this is going to be a long day'.
His bed was the closest to their bathroom and shower facilities so he decided to carry on with his usual morning exercises of sit ups and press ups. After he had had his shower he went back to change, none of his roommates were awake yet, he supposed that they would miss breakfast for that extra bit of sleep. Taking this into account he set the alarm clock for 8:45 so that they could wake up in time for lessons. He put on his usual Hogwarts uniform with his badge pinned securely on his chest, then he grabbed his bags and set off for breakfast.
When he entered the Great Hall it was about ¾ quarters full and buzzing with students. He sat down in an empty seat at the Gryffindor table near to a couple of sixth year students. The two girls that he sat opposite concentrated hard on their plates in an attempt to avoid his eyes.
'Morning James!' said Jennifer Love, a Gryffindor sixth year prefect and James' ex. They had dated in fourth year and had remained friends ever since. 'Mind if I sit down?', 'Sure' said James, giving her a warm inviting smile as she took a seat. 'So, Jenny, how were your O.W.L'S?' 'Oh, them. Ahh I got an E and most of the rest were A's'. 'Not bad', said James laughing inwardly. He had gotten Outstanding for everything apart from potions where had an Excellent. He was quite pleased since he had gotten all of the right marks in order to the four classes that he needed to become an Auror: DADA, Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions.
After about 5 minutes of chatting and munching down some breakfast, James started to head towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom for his lesson with Longbottom. He was glad to see that Sirius had gotten up and was already waiting for his arrival. He still had to tell Sirius the news and he just could not hide a grin as he thought about it.
'What you smiling about? Sirius asked upon spotting James. 'Oh, I'll tell you when we get into the classroom', said James as he walked through the door and to his usual seat at the back of the room. They were not the last ones to arrive since there were still 5 or 6 empty seats. James took his time to unpack his bags, keeping his eyes fixed on the door in waiting for lily's entrance. He had just finished unpacking when he felt something hard hit him in his chest. It was the elbow of Sirius who had been waiting expectantly for James' answer.
'Well. what's up?', he asked inquisitively. 'Well you see last night, when I had to stay behind with Lily to see Dumbledore, yeh', he started. He took another deep breath and continued explaining. 'I kind of told her that she hadn't answered my question on the train, and then she argued about me pestering her and, with certain interventions on my behalf, she said she would go out with me'.
It took the best of 10 seconds for Sirius to digest it but when he finally did he held out his hand as if to congratulate James on his fine purchase. 'I knew she'd crack eventually', said Sirius ever so wisely. 'You know, no-one can resist the James Potter charm'.
Their DADA lesson went the quickest that it had ever gone at all James' time at Hogwarts. There where three reasons for that. 1. He diagonally across from Lily so he could take in view all of her features without the fear of being spotted. 2. He would be going out with her Saturday in a week. And 3. Professor Long bottom's lessons were interesting and entertaing so all of this added up to making the lesson literally fly past.
After lunch Lily had Care of Magical creature's class with Professor Bottleworth. She was a frail old lady on the outside but she had the strength of bear and the voice of a man inside her. Lily was in a very bad mod today. She had regretted agreeing to James' invitation the moment she got back to her dormitory last night. And then seeing him walk along with a great big smile on his face as if he now not only owned Hogwarts but the hole World was even more horrifying. She was still debating whether or not to cancel the date but, her friends Helen and Andrea said that it was a good opportunity to get out since she could waste James' money and then tell him that it was awful and she regretted going on it the following morning.
Yes, that did sound like a god plan a few hours ago when she was discussing it with her friends. But now when she was on the Hogwarts lawns, moving briskly towards her next class, the whole idea seemed stupid. Spending a hole night with that arrogant bastard was not what she was in the mood for especially after his performance in their DADA lesson this morning. When she entered the classroom she saw James and Sirius chatting in secret discussion and then, the defining moment, as Sirius shook James' hand as if he had just accomplished some big achievement. Then to top it all, James could not physically remove is eyes from her. He might think that no-one saw him but she along with the rest of the class were well aware of James' actions during the lesson.
Not concentrating on what was happening ahead, Lily tripped and fell face down onto the grass. 'Oh this is going to be a long day'.