All through October, November, and partially through December Lily ignored James. She wouldn't pay attention to him even if he was willing to pay her a million galleons. No matter how much Remus and Sirius coached him on.

During the last week of school, James asked her if she was staying over the holidays.

"Of course," she replied like it was obvious. Then she left him and joined Emma and Amanda.

Amanda continued to stare at Sirius constantly and Emma dated several different boys. Peter went back to his normal self, no longer acting weird. However, those Slytherins continued to meet and leave the grounds every once in a while.

On the night of Christmas Eve, James walked into the common room and stopped dead. Lily and Remus were standing in a corner and Lily's brilliant red head was right under a....mistletoe.....

Hesitating, James looked to Remus. He winked at him. So James to a breath and made his way over. Lily turned around and James planted a kiss right on her perfect lips. For a second, James thought she was smiling and blushing madly. However she soon was fully red in the face and she bore a frown. In one swift movement she smacked him then took off for her dorm.

James' head hung low as he walked over to the couch and sat down.

"Everything I do is wrong," he said bitterly. Remus patted him on the back then took off for prefect duties.

And so December turned to February, then along crept March. Lily and Emma stayed away from the boys at all costs. The next time James and Lily talked would be in May, just after exams.

"Lily," said James, stopping her. "Please listen Lil. Ever since I first laid eyes on you in first year I knew it was you."

"What do you mean?" asked Lily nervously.

"The one I was meant to love, and I could never stop loving you Lily," he said seriously. "Will you go out with me?"

"I-er-" Truth be told, Lily didn't know what to say. "I'll have to think about it."

"Alright," he said, and he walked away.

When Lily turned around, she went right into none other than Kayla Grey.

"Don't you dare go out with him, he's mine," she said, pointing her wand between Lily's eyes.

"Give it a rest Kayla, he doesn't like you and you know it," said Lily, pushing the wand away. Kayla stood rooted to the spot, and hastily placed her wand back up.

"I'll fight you for him."

"Do what?" Lily was taken aback.

"You heard me," said Kayla, her voice quavering slightly.

"Fine," said Lily, pulling her wand out.

It was a slightly violent duel, and at the end, when Lily had Kayla's wand in hand, Kayla actually tried to fight Lily with her bare hands. Of course Lily stopped the idiotic girl and threw her wand back.

"This duel's over," said Lily. "I win."

Kayla started cursing up a storm as she trudged out of the hall. On the other hand, Lily was quite pleased. Not to mention she had finally admitted what she'd kept deep down all along.