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Chapter 20

"James wait up!!!" James turned on his heel, towards Lily. He raised his eyebrow in question and with out making any sound, although there was a small smile that he tried to keep from coming, he turned.

"I just wanted to thank you about what happened yesterday. I just wanted to make it clear that,... that I really do appreciate what you and your friends did" Then she did something totally unexpected. She kissed him. Not on the lips, but then again who is complaining. James sure wasn't. Now, he couldn't keep the smile from his face.

Lily was standing there, not quite sure what to do or what to expect.

"Emm... I ... I have to go, so see you later" And she walked away. James so dazzled that didn't notice that she walked away until she was actually gone from her spot.

"Hey," He shouted to her and then swallowed his gathering saliva and carried on "I am in the same class, so you wanne walk together?" Lily stopped in her tracks and looked around.

"Sure" James run up to her, took her books and they went to their next lesson.

Their next lesson, strangely, happened to be history of magic. James sat just behind Lily and she usually found that really annoying and repulsive, but now she found it a bit distracting and quite enjoyable.

As soon as the professor walked or rather passed through the black board the boring lesson began.

"Today, we will begin on a new chapter. Also about goblin rebellions, but this time we will concentrate on their tactics, or rather the lack of them, and on the prevention on the wizard side. So, in 1604 one great goblin rose above all to tell them all that they were discriminated,..." The professor carried on in a dull voice.

Suddenly somewhere between coping the notes and reading the note that Ara had send her, Lily spun around. The cause of this was the door opening and Sirius and the Alicia girl walking towards their sits. The teacher, unaffected, was continuing on his great long story on how the generals had prevented on of the would be most threatening wars to all.

Sirius and Alicia sat down on their usual sits and even bothered to open their books. Both of them were almost unnaturally happy. Lily looked at them a few times, but the dismissed every thought that came up on that explaining it with the fact that they were having a huge make out session just before the lesson.

Lily was walking out of their fist lesson, feeling quite blue, when James approached her.

"Yes?"

"Well seeing as the next class we also have together we could just walk there while I would entertain you with my lovely speech." It was much more of a question then a statement.

"Sure James. But what is so important that you want to talk tome about?

"Well, there is the Hogsmade trip ..."

"James!" Lily cut him off. "I though I made it clear that I wanted to be friends and just friends. Well I will repeat it again and again if you need to understand it."

"No, no Lily. No need really. I though of it as more of a friends hung out," Lily looked at him with suspicion in her eyes

"Sirius and Remus are going to be there."

Lily eyed him for a moment and then answered.

"Well great. I will bring Ara and we can do something fun, something crazy, something totally new to everyone." James nodded in response.

"Sure but what like?"

"I don't know. Why don't you choose you seem to be very good at weird things." James grinned sheepishly looking at her with squinted eyes.

"Remus is the one actually making the stuff up. I am just his worker who does all the dirty work of setting the times and stuff right."

"Really?" James nodded again.

"I always thought it was either you or Sirius"

"Well you now, we take all the blame and fame from it."

"Yup you do" They walked up the left corridor in easy silence.

"So tomorrow at 13?"

"Sure thing"

"OK see ya tomorrow"

"See ya" James skipped down the row of desks and positioned himself comfortably so he could watch Lily and make notes at the same time.

The lesson rolled slowly by and everyone was begging to get tired. Even when it was Ms. Mcgonagall teaching them the stuff the really need to know. The atmosphere was really dull and boring. Lily had nothing betted to do then think about what is James going to set up.

"Hey Lily!" Lily spun toward the calling of a male voice. It was Tom again. She hoped it was nothing serious because when she looked around James was nowhere to be found.

"Hey Tom, how are you?"

"Great just great and seeing you even made this day brighter." She though she would almost throw up. He did not even notice that her smile was whole fake.

Lily went quiet not quite sure what to do. And because of that an award silence came up.

"Well I was wondering about the next..."

Suddenly a pair of strong arms went around her torso.

"Hey honey. I was looking all over for you, I even asked Ara where were you, but she wasn't much help. Ohh hello Tom how are ya? I heard you got Maggie pretty bad yesterday huh?!"

James saved her right on time. She only hope they wouldn't need to show any more affection the name calling. But this is gone be hard – she though.

"Hey honey, Tom here wanted to ask you about the next Hogsmade trip. You know. I didn't get to tell him, but unfortunately..."

"Unfortunately we are spending a nice quiet evening alone together at Mdm.'s right honey?"

"Err... right, sure" Lily turned to stunned Tom "Sorry Tom but we do not really have time for the next Hogsmade trip."

"A bit of things might get changed though" James answered looking Lily in the eye.

"We will see about that" Lily said looking him in the eye.

"Err... guys sorry, but I got to go. You know lessons. Yeah well. See ya"

When Tom was not longer in sight Lily turned to James.

"Thanks" She took a deep breath and started to speak but then James stopped her.

"Let's get to the lessons then, shell we?" He said opening the doors for Lily. And she with out a word walked out through the open doors.

So how do you like it????? I hope you do. I am looking forward to your reviews and such. (

Olga