A/N: OK, the next chapter is the Quidditch match. It's almost here...
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Chapter 7 - Potters' Delight
Potter skipped down the corridor, a broad smile painted on his face. Evans had just wished him good luck - Evans! The girl of his dreams! And she was supposed to be supporting Ravenclaw!
She probably only did it to be polite, said a nasty little voice inside his head.
So what? retorted another.
The best bit was, she'd called him JAMES. Not Potter! And he was allowed to call her Lily at last! She'd said so.
"I just wanted to say," she had said, "Good luck for the Final. I hope you do really well, Potter."
"Thanks, Evans," he had replied, hardly daring to believe it. Evans had just wished him good luck! "But please, don't call me Potter anymore. I'm James."
"Yes - yes, all right. I'll see you around then, um, James. Oh, and by the way, if I'm going to call you James, I'd like you to call me Lily. It's much nicer than Evans."
"OK, cool. See you, yeah, um, anyway, er... Lily."
He grinned and found himself heading for the Common Room to tell Sirius and Remus all about it. He doubted Peter would be interested - he seemed so distant these days, and he kept clutching his arm.
"Sirius! Remus!" He shouted, the moment he had climbed through the portrait hole. A flurry of girls were clinging to him in a matter of seconds.
"Get off!" He snapped, and they shooted off, looking hurt.
"Hey James, where've you been?" Called Remus.
"Yeah, we were worried, mate," said Sirius.
"Lily just wished me good luck!" Potter exclaimed.
"Lily? Since when has she been Lily?" Remus looked suspicious.
"Since she said I could call her that," said Potter sheepishly.
"Really? Wow, Prongs, that's great!" Said Sirius. "You've only known each other for seven years, after all."
"I thought she was going out with Matthew Goldstein?" Said Remus.
"So?"
"So I don't think you should get too hopeful, Prongs. She probably just thought it was about time you stopped calling, "Evans! Evans!" in the corridors."
"Yeah, either that or she had a mental relapse," added Sirius.
"Lily," said Potter, looking indignant, "is perfect. She does not have mental relapses. And I don't shout her name in the corridors."
"Sorry," piped up Peter, who had been hiding behind the curtain, "But you do."
"Oh, shut up!" Said Potter, but he was smiling all the same. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * One very exciting Quidditch match coming up next! Nothing more to say, just read on! Please! I promise, it's worth it! Dancingmango : }