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"Hey Lily what do you have next?" Gaia asked Lily after she had changed out of her wet clothes.

"Muggle Studies."

"Oh... both of us have Divination. That reminds me, what do you take muggle studies? You are a muggle-born after all!"

Lily shrugged. "I thought it would be fun to learn it from a wizard's point of view. What about Divination? I'm lucky I have FORESIGHT to drop divination."

"Whatever." Darci rolled her eyes. "See you. Have fun with Potter!"

"Whatever." Lily rolled her eyes. "See you. Have fun with Lupin!"

Darci made a face and she and Gaia made their way to the Divination tower. Lily turned right and walked towards the Muggle Studies classroom. Just as she was reaching it, an invisible force suddenly pulled her into an empty classroom.

"What the-"

James was walking along to Muggle Studies alone as all the other Marauders were taking Divination. He suddenly spotted a red speck of hair pulled into an empty classroom as he turned around the corner. Was that Lily? He decided to check it out and jogged towards the empty classroom.

Lily felt herself pulled in the classroom and her wand snatched away.

"Peter? What are you doing?" Lily asked in shock.

Peter smirked. "Lily, my darling, I have come to claim you as mine... haha... after today you will belong to me! I am sick and tired of having Potter rant about you all the time anyway." He advanced towards Lily menacingly.

Lily's eyes widened and she backed onto the wall. "No... no... don't do anything please..." Her life was going to be ruined. All by one person. Her fear immediately turned to anger. Peter's hands reached her and he tried to pull her robe off.

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF ME!"

James heard Lily's scream and sprinted the rest of the way. When he looked in, he was stunned. One of his best friends, Peter, was trying to pull of Lily's robe! He stood in shock for a moment before quickly rushing forward to pull Peter off Lily.

Lily was going to punch Peter in the face when a pair of arms pulled him off her. She inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. She heard Peter screaming in pain and turned to look. James was beating Peter into pulp and Lily cringed. Wait a minute. James? He saved her? That couldn't be. They hated each other! He would have been delighted that one of his cronies was doing harm to her! And what did James think he was? Some kind of hero? She could protect herself very well, thank you very much. She half stomped over and snatched her wand.

"Potter!" Lily pulled James off Peter and glared at him. James looked confused. She rolled her eyes and directed her glare towards Peter. "What are you waiting for? You better run before I do damage to somewhere it would hurt!" Peter paled and ran out the door.

She turned her gaze towards a smirking James. "Stop grinning! I could protect myself without you acting like a hero!" James stopped smiling and his hazel eyes darkened. Lily felt guilty for treating him this way and hurriedly looked away.

"I'm acting like a hero? I was just trying to save you from being taken advantaged of! Why do you think I'm doing all that? Why did I beat up one of my FRIENDS? It's because I care for you! And you say I'm acting like a HERO?" James looked away, his face heating up with anger. "Fine, whatever you want, Evans, I'm not going to even bother about you anymore.

He turned and walked away, leaving Lily alone in the room.

Lily looked at where James had just left. She felt a sense of guiltiness forming in her heart. He was just trying to help her! Why had she reacted that way? Deep inside, she knew that if James had not stepped in, she would be... Lily sighed. And the part about... about him caring about her. Was it true? She looked at her watch and gulped. True or not, all these had to wait till classes ended. Right now, she was VERY late. She ran off, and prayed that her detention would not be cleaning up the dungeons.

James went up to the astronomy tower after Muggle Studies. This was where he liked to sit by himself and think about things. Like Lily. Why did she flare up at him? He was not pranking, teasing, or insulting her. Did she really hate him. He sat down facing the window and thought. Did Lily really hate him THAT much? He guessed so. Then he would give up, since he apparently only brought her pain. He sat in silence for a while until a voice came from a corner.

"J-James?"

He immediately recognised it. How could he not? He jerked his head in that direction and saw Lily Evans. He frowned and stood up to walk away.

"Wait, James." Lily stood up too. He paused, still facing the door. Lily suddenly appeared in front of him. "Can you hear me out?"

"I'm waiting."

Lily took a deep breath. This was more difficult than she expected. No, she decided. She was not going to confess everything. She could just apologise. Yes, that's it.

"James, I'm so sorry about what happened earlier. It was all my fault, and I shouldn't have vented my anger on you. I know you were just helping me, and I was being an idiot. So... w-will you forgive me?" She looked into James' eyes.

James dug his ears. Was he hearing correctly? Lily Evans asking for forgiveness? James melted under her gaze. Of course he would. Then they could become friends, then lovers, then he could propose, then they could marry, then- James shook his head. Dealing with becoming friends first was most important.

"Of course, Lily."

Lily let her breath out and smiled. She threw her hands around his neck and hugged him.

"Thanks."

James' eyes widened in disbelief before he wrapped his arms around her slender waist tightly. Their bodies fit perfectly, he thought. He closed his eyes and buried his face in her hair. He wished he could just stay like that for the rest of his life.

Lily thought about how safe and comfortable she felt in his arms, and how she felt so... so right. She felt that they were like, meant to be. She pushed that out of her mind. No, not now. Just friends.

She pulled away reluctantly and looked at James. She held out her hand. "Friends?"

James smiled. "Friends."

"SCORE!!!" James ran into the common room grinning like mad. He received stares all around and quickly quietened down.

Sirius beamed. "What happened? Did you think of a new prank?" James shook his head. Sirius' face fell. "It's better than that."

"What?"

"Lily is friends with me now!"

Sirius brightened. "Hey, that is really very very good news, Prongs. Now I don't need to fall asleep at night hearing you complaining about how much Lily hates you!" James smacked Sirius on the head, but he was still grinning his head off.

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