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Lily only stormed out of the Gryffindor tower to be met by Professor McGonagall. "I was just looking for you. You are 20 minutes late for detention, young lady!"

Lily looked down at her watch and then back up at the Professor, "O – Oh, I'm really, really sorry!"

"I doubt you really are, but, anyhow, instead of spending detention with me, you will be spending it with Argus Filch, who is waiting for you around the corner." Professor McGonagall said briskly as she nodded to Lily and walked away.

Lily walked to Filch in bad spirits, as she looked over at his new cat, Ms. Norris, she stiffened a bit. She never did like that cat…

"Aye, you're Lily Evans, are you? Well, you will be polishing the trophies down in that trophy room." He looked at how miserable Lily looked and said, grinning, "With elbow grease, no magic. So, I'll be taking your wand."

Lily was about to say something when Filch cut her off, "And, oh, well, I think I forgot something… Something I was going to say… Oh, doesn't matter. But I will come to see your progress at about… 8 o'clock."

Lily wrinkled her nose as she walked to the trophy room; she opened the door and looked up miserably to a few trophies already winking down at her.

James Potter, who was scrubbing a trophy already, caught her attention. It was a funny sight to see; him sprawled on the floor with some black stuff, Lily suspected elbow grease, on his face, looking miserable, like Lily.

Lily coughed to show that someone else was in the room, and James looked up and scowled.

"Well, if it isn't Lila Evans." James said, sneering at her, just as Sirius had down to her a few hours before.

"First of all, it's L-I-L-Y. Lily. Can you say that? Obviously not." Lily said to him, she was in a bad mood already.

"Well why are you here anyways, L-I-L-Y? Or shall I say, Evans?"

Lily narrowed her eyes, something she was getting used to.

"You know what? I'm just going to go to a little corner and scrub these trophies, and not say a word to you, and you won't say anything to me either. Savvy?"

James just went back to cleaning the trophy that was left unnoticed in his hand.

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When Lily and James finally finished cleaning all the trophies, Filch came in. (A/N: Can you say coincidence?)

"Now, now, children. Now that we have all scrubbed our bad deeds away, well, you should just go away. Away from my sight… Demons, they are, all of em'. Demons…" Of course Filch was referring to all the kids in the school, and was obviously in a bad mood, so Lily and James hastily walked away.

Lily "humph-ed" at James while they walked back to the Gryffindor tower.

James finally said something, "Did you really say those bad things to Emma?"

"No."

"Really?"

"No."

"Sure?"

"Positive."

"Okay."

"No."

"Huh?"

"Yes."

"What…?"

"That's nice."

"I know I am." As James flashed a grin at Lily.

Lily just humph-ed some more.

James got back on the subject of Emma, which ticked Lily off. She did not want to be talking about her.

"So… Then why did Emma say that you said those things?"

"Cause' I said she was vain the night before."

"And then she just woke up in the morning and exaggerated to everyone that you hate them all and now you're stuck with me, and had detention. Righhhttt."

"Actually, that is right. Every bit of it. Except you forgot that she didn't wake me up this morning, and let me sleep in. But that's odd… I wake up myself…"

"Hello? Are you smart little Evans or not? The one who is great at Charms? Well if you are, then you should remember that 2 weeks ago Professor Flitwick taught us this charm to make us sleep till' a certain time. Remember?"

"Oh yeah! How stupid of me…"

"Yes, how stupid of you…"

"Shut up."

"No. What about the birds?"

"What in the world?"

"You know, the birds in the world. Flying. If I close the world shut, then how will the little birdies be able to fly again?" (A/N: XD Something I used to say to people if they told me to shut up.)

"You are one weird, disturbed person."

"I know I am."

"Anyways, so why did you call her vain?"

"Because she asked me something."

"That's nice."

Lily raised her eyebrows, surprised he didn't ask why. But of course she wouldn't tell him -- him, out of all people. Wait… He was this prankster… Knew places in the school, sneaky, mischievous…. 

"Hey James? Er… Do you know how to, um, well, get to the restricted section of the library…?"

"Yeah… And may I ask why?" James asked curiously.

"You just did." Lily pointed out.

"Why, then?"

"Um… Background reading… Er, yeah."

"Really, now? You could always just use books that aren't in the restricted section… Which book do you need in particular?"

"Um… I – I don't know, just any book, you know…"

"Oh come on, Lily! Tell me which book! There has to be one…"

"It's – It's, this book called…" Lily remembered this one book she just had a glimpse at, and said, "Charms of Fire."

"You're not some kind of pyromaniac are you?"

"Of course I am." Lily was kidding, though.

"Cool."

"You know I'm kidding right?"

"Of course I do."

Lily just rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Whatever."

"Anyways, can you get me into the restricted section?"

"Yes…"

"And how?"

"Well…"

"And how?"

"I have a – a…" He pulled Lily to a corner and whispered, "A invisibility cloak."

"Cool." That's all simple Lily said.

"That's it? Just cool? I was thinking you might give some kind of gasp or something… But, hey, that's cool you said cool."

"Well, when can you let me use it? Or, may I?"

"Say the magic word, first." James said smugly.

"Stupefy."

James grinned at that. "Okay, how about… tomorrow at, oh say, 7 at night. 7 p.m."

"Okay. Well, um, bye." Lily said as they reached the tower and parted to their different staircases.

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A/N: Okay. I finally added James to the story! Oh, don't worry, James and Lily won't suddenly discover their undying love for each other in like one day. It may take a few… years? In which they might not even see each other in those years at all. But don't worry dear readers! I will make this plot better. *Hopefully* So cross your fingers.