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Time and Time Again Chapter 4: What?!

It was a month into the school year and the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw seventh years were in potions working on a very complicated potion. The thing was that the teacher picked the partners (she didn't want James and Sirius to be partners) so she assigned Lily with Mark Green, the only reason I'm telling you this is because everyone knew that Mark had a crush on Lily and Lily kind of liked him back. James wasn't very happy with that situation.

It was about halfway through the class when Peter slipped as he was going up the teachers desk to discuss something, and he grabbed onto Lily's and Mark's cauldron making it tip. Unfortunately Lily dropped her quill and as all this was going down (literally) she was picking it up so the cauldron hit her and she was knocked unconscious. She of course was sent to the hospital wing and Peter was kicked out of the class for the rest of the year. He would be finishing the course after dinner alone, so he wouldn't hurt anyone. They finished up their potions (Mark had to pair up with Riley because Peter was her partner) and Riley practically ran out of the classroom to the Hospital wing.

Madam Pomfrey said that she didn't know when Lily would be out of the Hospital Wing, but she would tell Riley as soon as she could. So Riley went back to the common room and went to bed.

The next afternoon they were let out early from Charms because P. Flitwick had a bad cold and had to go to bed. Riley and the guys went down to see Lily and then went back to the common room.

"Oh my God. I am soo sorry. I tripped! I'm so stupid." Peter kept saying over and over again until James put a silencing charm on him.

"Pete. It is not your fault. It was an accident. You couldn't helped it." James said with an arm around his gay friend. Peter smiled up at his friend he was thinking, 'If they only knew.'

"Well, if you don't mind I have an essay in Divination. I'll be in the library." James said taking his arm from around Peter and gathering his books.

"Wait,You're going right past the Hospital Wing, can you take some things to her for when she wakes up." She got off Sirius, who gave James a sour look, and went up to her dormitory. When she came down she had an old leather black book, ink, a quill, and another book. "Ok just leave them next to her bed. Don't look at this (the leather book) and try your hardest not to spill it." She jumped back on Sirius and James nodded good bye and he was gone.

James practically ran to the hospital wing. When he got there he spotted Lily and walked over to her. She was sleeping. 'God she looks great,' he thought.

She could feel his gaze from the door. She could feel his presence in the room. Oh how she loathed him. She suddenly opened her eyes making James jump back in surprise.

"Hey. You're awake! That's great. I was on my way to the Library and Riley wanted me to give you these. And you missed a pretty interesting meeting yesterday." He handed her the items and sat.

"What happened?" Lily asked.

"What? Oh yeah uh. . . at the meeting yesterday. . . we discussed official Hogwarts business (he said that in a mock serious tone, it made Lily smile) like usual. And we have to start planning graduation. And also, oh man what's the last thing? Sorry Lily I forget the last one." He looked up at Lily a gave her a sheepish smile.

"Do you know what this book is?" Lily asks changing the subject and picking the black book up.

"Uh . . . no Riley told me that I couldn't look in it and gave me a look that said 'if you look in this book I'll kill you'. Sometimes she really scares me." He said. He was looking at his hands and when he looked up Lily was smiling, which made him smile too.

"It's a story she and I have been writing for over five years. After we're done we want to publish it." Lily says. 'Wow he's not being a jerk. He won't last.'

"What's it about?" He's interested now. He didn't know that they were writing a book.

"A muggle girl going to college in New York City and getting her tuition money being a maid in a hotel." She answers.

"Umm I'll have to read it. Do you think you can sign my copy when I get it?" He smiled at her. He still wasn't sure how he should act around her.

Lily laughs and says, "I guess. But you have to promise not to sell it when I become a famous writer."

"I promise." He says and sticks out his pinky. She laughs and enlaces her pinky with his.

"You want to know what I promise. I promise that you're going to be leaving Mr. Potter, right about now." Madame Promfrey, a short, plump woman in her middle ages looked at James.

"Oh. Ok. Good night Lily, hope you feel better." He said then walked out the door a second later his head popped in. "Sorry Poppy, I just remembered something really important to tell Lily, you know as her postion as Head Girl I thought she would want to hear it." Madame Promfry nodded her head and he continued, We were asked to plan the course for the Christmas diner." Lily nodded her head alright and he left.

When he left she thought that he might have changed. She noticed late last year that he stopped hexing people and asking her out. 'Maybe he found some one else to bother,' she thought but that for some reason bugged her.

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