A/N – This is my second fan-fic, so please be nice and R&R
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Chapter Four – Badges, trunks and screams of rage and fury
(Fast forward to 7th year. Lily and everyone else are no longer cute, polite eleven-year-olds. James lusts after Lily and Lily actually has an attitude, but still hates James, but also can't help feeling just a little bit physically attracted to him.)
Lily ran as fast as she could, dragging her extremely heavy truck with difficulty along platform 9 ¾. She reached the train just before the guard blew the whistle to signal the departure of the Hogwarts Express. Breathing heavily, she closed the door behind her and the sat down on her trunk, exhausted. Almost missing the train, she decided, while catching her breath, was probably not the best way to start off her year as Head Girl.
"All right Evans?" Asked James suavely, swaggering up to Lily with his chest puffed out. Lily looked up at him and rolled her eyes, but then she caught sight of the shiny Head boy badge glinting on his collar.
"Ah Potter! An all new low. Trying to use Remus' Head Boy badge to pick up girls, eh?" Lily smirked. James just grinned back at her with a slightly mysterious glint in his eyes.
Bored with sitting there and having him grin at her, Lily rolled her eyes and pick up her trunk, beginning her long journey down the hallway to the compartment she had always sat in with Chhaya, ever since first year. James picked up the handle on the other side of the trunk and helped her carry it, grinning when she turned around and glared at him.
They walked for several minutes down the hallway, with James trying to engage Lily in conversation but failing miserably, until they reached Lily and Chhaya's compartment, where Chhaya was already seated. Chhaya smiled at Lily when she walked in, but raised her eyebrows when she saw who followed. James dropped his end of the trunk.
"I think my work here is done." James bowed and then grinned at Lily.
"Thanks." She said stiffly.
James nodded, smiled at Lily, waved at Chhaya and then walked out.
Chhaya cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at Lily, who rolled her eyes.
James poked his head back around the compartment door.
"And for the record Evans, the badge doesn't belong to Moony."
"What?"
But James didn't hear her. He winked at Chhaya and walked away, leaving a very confused Lily in his wake.
Lily noticed Chhaya looking apprehensive.
"What did he mean Chhay?" Lily inquired, suspicious.
"Er…" Replied Chhaya uneasily.
"Chhaya." Lily said, her voice poisonous.
"Er…Lils…You might want to sit down…" Said Chhaya, looking increasingly uneasy.
Now it was time for Lily to cock an eyebrow.
"Chhay, I'm already sitting down." Chhaya rolled her eyes.
"It's an expression Lily."
"Whatever you say Chhaya. What did you want me to sit down for anyway?"
Meanwhile, in another compartment, not too far away…
"And the Head Boy returns!" Greeted Sirius cheerfully as James came into the Marauder's compartment and sat down.
"So." Said Remus, leaning foreword and asking in an amused whisper. "Do you think Chhaya has told Lily about you joining her in the head's tower this year?"
"I don't think so." Said James, with a hint of sadness in his voice. "Evans didn't seem more hostile towards me than usual."
Before Remus could answer with words of sympathy, A scream of rage and fury exploded in a compartment down the hall. James and the other Marauders immediately recognised the scream as Lily's. It was a sound she had made quite a few times in their presence.
Sirius smirked at James.
"Well. If she didn't know before. I'd say she probably does now."
Later that week ...
"Aww, Potter! You're so cute when you're trying to think of something intelligent to say!." Drawled Lily sarcastically.
"You think I'm cute?"
"No!" She replied quickly.
"Ha! I knew it!" James grinned with triumph.
"You're such a git Potter."
"But I'm a cute git."
"You're so vain."
"There's a Hogsmeade weekend coming up. Go with me Evans." James commanded suavely.
"Potter, I'd rather go out with…"
"A Hinkypunk, a Grindylow, a Thestral, a Hippogriff, the Giant Squid, a Flobberworm?" James interrupted.
"I was going to say Fire Crab, but Flobberworm will do nicely, thank you."
"I hear they can be very affectionate…"
A cough was heard from across the room. Lily and James stopped bickering and looked over to see Remus Lupin and the rest of the prefects staring amusedly at them from the doorway.
Lily and James rose as they entered and motioned for the prefects to sit down at the large circular table. James marked the attendance, while Lily addressed the prefects.
"Good evening and welcome to the first of many prefect meetings for this year. For those of you who are unaware, my name is Lily Evans and this is James Potter and we are your Head Students this year." Lily said, smiling at the Prefects.
"Although, I have no idea what Dumbledore was thinking when he decided to give theposition to this git." She muttered to herself.
"Before we begin the formal proceedings and address the issues on our agenda, are there any questions you would like to ask us?"
One of the prefects, a sixth year Hufflepuff, raised her hand.
"Yes Katarina?" Asked James.
"James," Katarina drawled seductively, "Would you like to meet me in The Three Broomsticks for a drink this weekend?"
"Sorry Kat. I'll be escorting Miss Evans to Hogsmeade this Saturday."
"No you wont!" Snarled Lily.
"But Evans!" James whined. "I couldn't possibly make you go out with a Flobberworm! Everyone knows they are awful kissers. They don't even have tongues!"
"Are there any important questions?" Lily snapped at the Prefects, while glaring at James.
"Er…" Said Remus, trying to ease the tension. "What's the new password for the Prefect's bathroom?"
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