The next morning, everyone was hustling downstairs into the Great Hall for breakfast and to get his or her schedules. The Headmaster was also supposed to make the announcement of who was Head Boy and Girl, as it hadn't been sent in the letters that year for reasons unannounced. Everyone knew it was because of you-know-who rising to power still. Everything was just being put off because of this reason; everyone was trying to find ways to stop he-who-must-not-be-named.
As the last of the students arrived, the Headmaster stood up, and smiling, announced, "I shall take the pleasure of announcing the Head Boy and Girl this morning. When I am through, and after they have received his or her schedule, I would like them to come see me in the room behind this table. Alright, the Head Boy is…James Potter."
Lily's jaw dropped, wondering what mad thought had been going through the Headmaster's mind when he chose Potter for Head Boy. James, at the moment, was making a loud noise of celebration with the rest of the table, though Remus seemed a bit disappointed that he'd not been chosen.
The Headmaster continued, "And the Head is…Lily Evans."
There was a great deal of noise for Lily as well, but it had been expected that Lily would receive the title as Head Girl. The Headmaster went on to tell the prefects of the houses, and reminded them to meet him at the table behind his staff table. Lily and James both received their schedule and walked up to the room, Lily still in total disbelief that James had been chosen for Head Boy.
"I want to congratulate all of you for your efforts and success in becoming Head Boy or Girl or prefect, and wish you luck this year. Professor Binns will discuss your responsibilities with you and show all of you the rooms that will accommodate you this year. I have already informed your first period class professor of this, and so you will not be held responsible for being absent of this class. Best of luck this year, and I hope your final year at Hogwarts is very good," the Headmaster made his speech, then left them with Professor Binns.
An hour later, Lily and James were alone, gazing at their rooms, joined by a room like their common room, except smaller, meant to accommodate two. Lily hadn't said anything to James yet, still in a state of shock. But that thought had been shoved aside as she'd seen their room. She couldn't get over how amazing it was.
James was constantly saying, "Whoa!" or "Cool!" whenever he saw something he liked in his room. He'd not tried to talk to Lily yet, having been amazed by the rooms as well. But that changed quickly once they were both back in the room between theirs, "Isn't this great, Lils? We get to spend a whole year together here as Head Boy and Head Girl."
Lily groaned, "Don't remind me, Potter. I'll do my best to stay out of your way if you stay out of mine."
"Ah…come on, Evans. Plus, we have to do a lot of working together, or did you actually not listen to Professor Binns when he told us our 'responsibilities'," James asked with smirk.
Lily gave an obvious eye roll, and just sighed. She took out her schedule from her pocket, and saw that she had Charms next. James was also looking at his schedule now, having seen Lily taking out hers. She could see it also read Charms. She knew she should have expected this, but she was deeply disappointed that she probably had just about every class with him, if not all.
James wrapped his arm around Lily, which Lily quickly shoved off, and walked out of their rooms, closely followed by James. James was grinning widely, and said, "So we're off to Charms, eh? I could use some…tutoring…in that class. As Head Girl, you're required to help me if I ask. Lily Evans, will you help me after classes end every Monday with my Charms work?"
'Oh dear God, please help me,' was all she could think. Her jaw tightly shut, she muttered, "I will help you, Potter." If she were not required, she would have laughed at the thought, but now she dreaded the thought. She took deep breaths, as she also could no longer slap him, nor insult him. This was going to be a tough year, she concluded, to put up with Potter.
Lily managed to get through Charms, sitting at the opposite side of the classroom as Potter, and concentrating fully on her work, helping the other students if they asked, which James luckily didn't do for once. As the bell rang, announcing classes end for lunch, Lily took her time putting her things up, and looked up to see Potter there, waiting for her. "What…why are you waiting for me?" Potter waited for no one except for his fellow Marauders.
James grinned, and replied with a shrug, "Felt like it. You're going to be nice enough to tutor me in this class every Monday for an hour until I get better at it."
Lily nodded, lifting her book bag onto her shoulder…