A Fairy Tale | Chapter 7

Lily woke up feeling very weird…but in a good way. She felt oddly happy. Lily smiled brightly and got out of bed.

"Good morning!" she sang.

"Mmhprmm…" Andie muttered, turning on her side and hugging her comforter tighter.

"Wakie-wakie!" Lily drew back the window curtains, letting the sunshine take over the room.

"Lily!" Ronnie complained. "Close the curtains!"

"Sorry, no can do," Lily said happily. "Now come on! Get up! We'll be late for breakfast."

"What time is it?"

"Time to get up!" She ran into the bathroom, grabbing Andie's comforter on the way.

"Oy!" Andie got up grumbling. "What's up with her?" she asked Ronnie.

"I don't know," Ronnie replied. "Lily's usually not a morning person. We almost always have to tell her the room's on fire for her to get out of bed."

"Does anybody wonder why she believes us every time?" spoke up Cassandra Sharpie, their fellow roommate. She and her twin, Cecilia, had also woke up, due to Lily's uncharacteristic morning behavior.

"What's up with her?" Cecil asked. "She's been all…weird ever since yesterday night."

"Hmm…" Ronnie thought this over.

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Lily rushed her friends to the Great Hall for breakfast. She spotted the Marauders and hurried over. She sat down next to James.

"What do you think you're doing, Evans?" James asked as Lily smiled adoringly at him.

"What do you mean, Jamie?"

"I meant why are you sitting here? Next to me. Looking at me that way. Calling me 'Jamie.'"

Lily smiled. "I love the way you talk."

"Right," James said, scooting away. He tried to focus on his toast, but it was extremely difficult with someone staring at him. He put his toast down.

"All right, what's your deal?" he asked her.

"What do you mean, Jamie?"

"Stop that!"

"Stop what?"

"Calling me 'Jamie!'"

"Okay."

"Why are you acting like this? Is this some sort of prank?"

"Would you like more butter on your toast?"

"Answer me!"

"Answer what?"

James sighed in frustration. "Forget it," he muttered.

Lily's grin widened. She scooted closer to James and rested her head on his shoulder. James shrugged her off.

"What are you doing?" he asked. "You're contaminating me!"

"I could listen to you talk all day," Lily said dreamily.

"Tell your friend to leave me alone!" James yelled at Ronnie.

"Lily, leave him alone."

Lily didn't. In fact, she didn't left James alone for the whole day.

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"When is this potion going to wear off?" Sirius whispered to Remus. They had just witnessed Lily writing Mrs. Lily Potter and James Evans on a scrap parchment in Transfiguration. "I mean, I love the idea of James and Lily being together, but 'James Evans' just drew the line."

"In exactly six days," Remus replied. "I wonder how this is going to end…"

Don't we all?

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A/N: A short chapter, yes, I know. But hey, at least I got it up. Please review.

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