Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, and if I did, all the books would all be out by now and I would be reading them. This is a small romance fanfiction about Lilly and James.

Catch it like a Snitch

Chapter 3: Backfire

The next day was very tense indeed. James wanted to go on a date with Lily. The only way he would be able to was if he behaved for the entire day. Lily hated James, and she didn't want to go out with him. The only way she wouldn't have to go out with him was if he did something bad and lost the bet. In order to make him do something bad, Lily had to take matters into her own hands.

"Lily… This is an awful idea."

Brianna stood next to Lily, holding her books tightly against her chest. Lily peered around the corner, waiting for James to pass by, and clutched the dungbomb in her hand abnormally tight.

"Brianna, I refuse to go on a date with that prat." Said Lily, glancing back for a moment as she did, "I have to make sure James goes and does something bad today. If I throw this dungbomb at him…well… I would bet my wand he'll have something to say about it."

Brianna sighed again, looked down the opposite side of the hall, and spotted her good friend Frank Longbottom. He waved at her, pointed to the great hall, and Brianna gave him a silent thumbs up.

"Hey, Lily… I'm going to get some lunch." She said flatly, taking Lily by surprise, "I'll see you later… let me know how it goes."

Lily huffed at this, stuck out her tongue, and turned back to watch her post. If Brianna wanted to abandon her then it was her own stupid problem. Lily had more important things to worry about at the moment, anyway. She would eat a frog liver before she went on a date with James Potter.

Meanwhile, down the hall, James was walking briskly with Sirius talking about his date. Sirius, sick of hearing James talk about it, nodded sometimes but completely ignored him. Lily, who was still peering around the corner, saw James entering into her firing range. She was so excited about her plan that she almost let out a whoop of excitement.

Closer…closer…

"James!" Lily yelled, jumping from behind the wall, "Have some of this!"

With that, Lily chucked her dungbomb directly at James. Caught of guard, James took the dungbomb in the middle of the forehead. It bounced off him, exploded, and released a stench of biblical proportions. People in the hall began to scream and run away. A few people, who had gotten the full blast of the dungbomb gas, hacked horribly as they ducked into nearby classrooms.

"Lily!" James gagged, running away from the gas, "Lily! What's your problem!"

James, however, never got a reply. At that precise moment Professor McGonagall, who had been on her way to lunch, swept down the hallway looking absolutely furious. Lily, who had her back turned to her, danced and made faces at James. James stood rooted to the spot, wondering what horrible fate was in store for them.

"Evans! Potter! My office! NOW!"

Lily turned around, having just stopped giving James a very rude gesture, and stared up at Professor McGonagall with a complete look of terror. James walked forward, soon followed by Lily, and drug his feet slowly into Professor McGonagall's office. The pair sat down in the chairs, said nothing, and flinched as she stormed in after them and slammed the door.

"Never… never in my days here…"

Lily looked down at her shoes. James, having been in trouble plenty of times before, remained calm.

"You two!" she yelled, looking utterly mad, "What were you thinking; throwing that horrible thing in the hallway!"

"P-Professor…" Lily stammered, looking up slightly at her, "I was only… We were…"

"None of your excuses!" McGonagall snapped, making Lily flinch again. "You two will both serve detention tomorrow night at 5pm. Meet me in the trophy room and I will give you your punishment when you arrive. Ten points from Gryffindor, as well. Now go eat some lunch and continue with your day."

"What did I do!" James protested, making McGonagall's mouth twitch, "She's the one that threw it at me!"

McGonagall laughed.

"Potter, I'm sure Ms. Evans wouldn't have thrown that at you unless you had done something to her in the first place. Now, both of you… OUT!"

With that, the pair left the office silently. As soon as McGonagall was out of sight, James turned to Lily with a look of disgust.

"Good one, Evans!" James shouted, poking himself in the chest, "Now I'm in trouble for something you did!"

Lilly laughed under her breath.

"Don't like it, do you?" She replied, making James cock an eyebrow, "Now you know how I felt when you ruined my potion in class and got me extra homework!"

James looked taken aback.

"W-Well, you were cheating, anyway!" He hollered, making Lily scowl. "You knew you were going to lose, so you went and tried to provoke me into doing something!"

Lily's scowl vanished, and she yawned rather loudly.

"You never said that I had to behave, James." She replied, smirking happily at her own wicked cleverness. "The agreement was that you had to behave, I recall. You never said that I couldn't provoke you."

"Well, whatever!" James retorted, still looking furious, "Now we both have detention; I hope you're happy!"

With that, the pair stormed off in opposite directions. Brianna and Sirius, who had been watching from around the corner, exchanged amused looks and began to laugh hysterically.

Well folks, one more chapter to go! I hope you like the ending!