The Great Hall was silent, except for the applause, as the first years were sorted into their Houses. When the Sorting was finished, Professor Dumbledore stood to make one of his famous speeches. "Tomorrow you will start you're adventure in this new year. At this time, I'd like to announce the Head Boy and Head Girl. This year, both are from Gryffindor. They are James Potter and Lily Evens! James and Lily? Could you stand up please?" James, used to the attention, stood proudly and bowed greatly. Lily, however, was so surprised, Sol had to physically force her to stand. When it finally connected that she was Head Girl, Lily grinned broadly around the room and then sat down, her face beet red. "Let the feast begin!" Dumbledore announced and the plates magically filled up with food.

"Congratulations, Lily," said a familiar voice near her ear. She looked up and saw Remus's beautiful eyes.

"Uh, thanks, Remus," she said sheepishly. "Do you want to sit down?"

"Sure. So," he started as he sat down, "did you have any idea that you were going to be Head Girl?"

"Nope. I was totally surprised. Unlike James. I can tell he was totally expecting it," she said as she looked over at James who was basking in the attention.

"Yeah. Speaking of James, could I ask you a personal question?" he asked, turning serious.

"If you're wondering if I like James still, I don't," Lily said, looking down at her plate.

"Yeah, that was it," Remus said quietly. Lily looked up to see he was looking at her with such attention that she couldn't turn her face away. He slowly moved in to kiss her. It was the softest of kisses, as if he was afraid to touch her. When he moved away, she still had her eyes closed. When she finally opened them, she saw Remus was looking at something just behind her.

Lily turned and saw James looking at them. He had a look of disbelieve and shock on his face. Suddenly, it turned to hatred and he stormed out of the Great Hall. "What the-?"

"I better go after him," Remus said softly.

"Uh, okay," she replied, still confused. About five minutes after they left, she watched Sirius and Peter leave the feast also. Silently, Lily got up, murmured an excuse to Sol and left the Great Hall. Stopping outside, she figured the Marauders must have went to the Gryffindor common room. As she reached it, Lily heard raised voices, but couldn't quite make them out. Swallowing hard, she stated the password (Furnuculus) and the voices were immediately clear.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, REMUS! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!?"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT WAS I DOING? I WAS JUST KISSING HER!"

"EXACTLY! WHY WERE YOU KISSING LILY EVENS?"

"Uh, Jamsie-poo-" Sirius started when he saw me in the doorway.

"DON'T YOU START WITH ME! THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND REMUS! NOW, BACK TO YOU! WHY WERE YOU KISSING HER?!"

"BECAUSE I WANTED TO! I HAPPEN TO LIKE HER, SHE HAPPENS TO NOT LIKE YOU, SO I KISSED HER!"

"BUT-"

"EXCUSE ME!" Lily screamed from the doorway. All of a sudden, everybody turned and looked at her. "Thank you. I just wanted you to shut up so I could possibly get some sleep. Good night, Sirius."

"Good night," he replied.

"Good night, Peter."

"Good night, Lily," Peter said, talking for the first time since he and Sirius entered the room.

"Remus, could I speak with you?"

"Sure, Lily," he said as he followed her up the stairs and into the lounge for the Head Boy and Girl's use.

"Remus, what was that all about?" she asked in a harsh whisper.

"Well, um, you see-"

"Spit it out, Lupin," Lily demanded.

"When James saw us kissing, he well, didn't like it overly much. You see, he still thought you liked him and he was kind of, uh, comfortable in that slot."

"What does that mean?"

"It means, Lily Evens, that James Potter likes you and doesn't like the idea of you liking other guys."

"WHAT! JAMES POTTER LIKES ME! Oh, and isn't that damn convenient. Why couldn't he have liked me when I like him?! You know what? I don't even care. I don't care. I don't like him so why should I care?" Lily said, talking to herself and pacing about the room.

"Lily? Lily. LILY!" Remus yelled when she didn't look up. When he finally did have her attention, he continued with what he was going to say. "Could it be that you do care and you're just in denial?"

"What! No way. I overcame that infatuation months ago. Can't you tell? Can't you tell who I really like?" Lily asked, moving towards Remus.

"Umm, let me take at wild guess. Could it be me?" he said with a smile and moving towards her, quickly closing the space between them.

"Could be," she said as she put her arms around him and kissed him passionately. She leaned fully against him, and he pulled her as close as possible. Lily didn't even care when she could tell somebody was watching them.

Only when she heard a shocked voice whisper "Lily" in disbelief did she move out of Remus's embrace. She saw James standing there with the same look she saw earlier, only with a pain so great in his eyes that she couldn't stand to look at him. "Lily, it's true. I didn't want to believe it, but it's true."

"If you mean that I don't like you anymore, yeah, it's true. Now, I'd like to get to sleep if you two don't mind. Good night, Remus. I'll see you tomorrow. See you, James." Lily tried to brush past him, but he grabbed her arm, and him being 6'3" and her and measly 5'6", he was clearly the stronger.

"Could I talk to you a moment, Lily? Alone?" he pleaded.

"I've got nothing to say to you. Good night," she said, removing his hand and heading towards her dormitory.