A/N: Okay my funky readers. This chapter should be good, so onwards.

Chapter Nine

Lily paced around her bedroom, taking in the black ceiling with stars that twinkled and comets that zoomed along, as if she had a portal into space. The scarlet curtains covering the window that had a ledge atleast thirty centimeters thick, so she could sit on it comfortably, with the glass a crystal clear, almost like it wasn't there. She took in the plush crimson carpet, which perfectly matched the crimson in the doona and sheets, as well as the gold-trimmed throw pillows. She took in the stained oak wood furniture, and the gossamer curtains on her four-poster bed. The walls were a deep maroon, contrasting to the bright crimson and scarlet of the room. The doors were mahogany, with intricate detail carved into it. The handles - brass and also intricately designed.

She walked up to them and gasped as she ran her fingers lightly over the hundreds of delicate flowers on the door, the handle being a string of ivy itself. It was so… delicately done. She noticed that around the mirror on her dressing table were rose carvings and quirked an eyebrow.

'Bloody flowers,' she muttered under her breath. 'Can't escape the begonias, hyacinths, daisies, violets, petunias and lilies at home, and not I'm not safe from the at Hogwarts!' She wrinkled her nose is disgust and wondered idly if James' room was similarly adorned with flowers.

'Doubt it!' she snorted. The very idea that James Potter would have a delicate room was laughable. She imagined his would be adorned with snitches and quaffles.

She paused with her hand on the doorknob, and pressed her ear against the door.

Silence. It seemed as if James had already gone down to breakfast.

'Good,' thought Lily. She didn't want another confrontation after last night. She doubted that he even remembered what had happened. He was so drunk, it was quite likely he wouldn't.

She slowly turned the door handle and snuck downstairs, padding through their common room silently, slipping through the portrait hole. She leant against it and exhaled noisily.

'LILY!' called a voice to her left.

She snapped her head around and smiled at the friendly face.

'What are you up to, Lillers?' asked her long-time best friend, Kayla Bagnold, whose mother was currently Ministress of Magic, Millicent Bagnold. She was the first ever Ministress of Magic, and Lily was proud that women were being liberated in the wizarding world.

'Ah you know, doing illegal magic, importing flying rugs, stuff like that,' Lily winked at her friend and grinned. It was a long-standing joke that Lily and her friends could get away with the use of the Unforgivable Curses because of Kayla's ministry connections. 'And you, my dear Lolita?'

Kayla opened her mouth in mock-outrage. 'Don't you dare use my middle name just because your parents were too lazy to come up with another name for you!' She poked out her tongue childishly. 'Nah, okay, seriously, I'm –'

'When are we ever serious?'

'I hope you're not me, Evans, that'd just ruin my day,' came the deep voice of Sirius Black. 'But then, if it meant I got to be you, it might be worth it.'

Lily's eyebrows raised up a notch as she surveyed him with distaste. 'Dare I ask why?'

'Because, dear, then I could find out why there's a bug up your arse and get rid of it for you. Help you loosen up. Trust me, if you would stop being so uptight and just relax –' he drew out the word, holding it as if the sound of his voice was supposed to lull her into a sleep, '- then you might be surprised by the fun you can have.'

Lily swapped glances with Kayla. 'Like you?' she asked maliciously. 'Black, while we're on the topic of you, why don't you tell me what it's like to have the worst reputation as the biggest player in the school? What it's like to have girls puking at the thought of you touching them… the small population of us that haven't been molested.'

A slight tinge crossed his cheeks. 'Touché, Evans. Someone really ought to learn to control her temper. It could lead you into a sticky situation, like it did with Bellatrix last year.'

Lily grimaced at the memory. 'Bellatrix is unhinged. Everyone knows that. She's all wrapped in following that Voldy-whose-it people are scared of. The one they call the Dark Lord. As a Black, all pure-blood-pride, I'm surprised you aren't following him, too! But then, Sirius The-Man Black always has to be different from his perfectionist family.'

'Evans, you don't know shit about my family, so don't pretend to, okay?'

'Oh, but I do, darling,' she purred, all sugar-and-spice. 'I know your family are some of the most foul and discriminating wizards alive. They think they're so perfect because their blood is "pure". Pure what? Arsenic? It'd explain the sour looks on your faces. All of you except Andromeda, even if she is a Slytherin.'

Sirius paled and glared daggers at Lily, turning his gaze instead to Kayla who stood watching the exchange.

'Kayla, I much desire to have words about that party we're having in the common room tonight,' Sirius said pointedly.

'What part-?' Kayla said with a confused expression when Sirius elbowed her sharply in the ribs. 'Oh – OH! That party. Okay, after breakfast, okay?'

Sirius grinned. 'Fine with me.' He turned and walked away quickly, his shoes clicking on the flagged stone floor.

'What party?' Lily asked her friend curiously, as soon as Sirius was out of earshot.

'I can't say. It's something me and Sirius are organizing. But you should definitely come. In fact, bring a bag of your shit up to the old dorm, and we'll all get ready before it together, like we used to, okay?'

'Okay,' Lily said slowly, cautiously.

'Great! So let's go, I'm starving!' exclaimed her friend, patting her flat stomach for emphasis.

Lily laughed and strolled down the corridor, arms linked with Kayla as they chattered mindlessly about what they were going to wear and how they were going to do their hair for the party.

'Oh, Lily,' Kayla thought. 'If only you knew what was planned.'

A/N: How'd you all like it? Well the tenth chapter should be loaded, so read it, read it! Then review. Review my pretties, muahahaha. Okay, I'm good. So, I hope you're all enjoying my fic. I'm enjoying writing it. I don't even know what'd gonna happen myself, I just sorta wing it with each chapter, so if you're liking it, that's definitely a good thing. I will update as often as I can to gain as many readers as possible.

Okay, just so you all know, Lily and James won't be getting together for a while, I'm sorry. But I'm enjoying keeping them apart for the mean time. Maybe by chapter 25? I'm not sure, I haven't written that far yet. I'm sorry if you all wanna read Lily and James togetherness, but I like it how it's going. I hope it comes together. I really do. Trust me when I say this is the longest I've stuck with writing a story, so be happy about that. I intend to see this through, my first finished story ever! Incredible. Thank you for reading my blabber, next chapter please!