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Chapter 2:

The Hogwarts Express came to a gradual halt as Lily and her friends were busy getting ready for their last year at Hogwarts. Lily proudly pinned her Head Girl badge to her robes and stepped out of the compartment. She was more than excited for her last year. Many thoughts were floating through her head as she walked towards the nearest exit of the train. Thoughts of what she was going to be when she got out of school, of whether she was gonna stay back home with her family or rent a flat with Rachel and Lauren, and of Chris. What were they going to do? Lily was sure that her and Chris were going to last for a long while, but was it to be forever? Would they live together? Would they get married? A frown came upon Lily's face, but she shook it off immediately.

'Why am I thinking this way... Chris and I are perfect for each other... we're soulmates.' thought Lily.

As she stepped out of the train, she caught another glimpse of Peter and Remus, heaving their trunks into carriages. The Heads and Prefect meeting a couple hours earlier went by rather well, but the mystery still remained.. who was to be Head Boy with Lily? Her eyebrows knitted together as she thought of the conversation at the meeting...

"So who's the Head Boy, Lily?" asked one of the Ravenclaw prefects.

"I... I have no idea." responded Lily. "Does anybody have any clue who it is?"

The others murmured, but most had confused look on their faces. Remus, always the logical one, spoke up.

"Well, the students from the Auror intern trip aren't back yet, maybe it's one of them."

"But there's about 20 boys that went down there, how can we pick from all of them?" asked a Hufflepuff prefect.

"Easy... there's basically three candidates qualified for the job... the top three students from that group." Remus then started ticking his fingers as he said respectively,

"Frank Longbottom, Sirius Black, and James Potter."

Severus Snape, a Slytherin Prefect snorted in digust. Lily glared at him. "Shut it Snape. Now let's try and figure this out... Frank is a good choice, but his clumsiness wouldn't get him through the first week, regardless of how he performs in classes."

"And Black has got no chance in bloody hell..." spat Snape.

Lily thought for a while... "But Potter is the same way, he doesn't have any chance whatsoever in getting such a coveted spot. He'd just mess everything up and create chaos around school."

Remus looked down in shame as Lily started ranting again on one of his best friends. "Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see then." was all that Remus had to say.

Lily sighed. She had a bad feeling about this whole Head Boy business. She wouldn't mind Frank, they always had good conversations in classes and were fairly good friends. But the other two... she shuddered as she thought of James and Sirius. She would never be able to stand either of them, especially James. To her James had no heart. He would prank, ridicule, and laugh at any student that didn't live up to his standard. He was handsome, she'll admit, but never out loud. With those good looks, however, came an extremely large ego. He would never let an opponent walk away from the quidditch field without rubbing it in their face whenever his team won. James would always be joking around in class, and making smart comments to all the professors. He and Sirius would never listen at all in class, yet those two have kept up with Lily stride by stride when it came down to grades. She just couldn't believe how James and Sirius could pull it off, and yet act like total goof-offs at the same time. Lily always had to work hard for everything. She earned every good thing that has happened to her, and here comes this joker and things for him pretty much fall at his feet. Suddenly she realized that she was just thinking about James Potter the whole carriage ride.

"Lily, are you okay?" asked Chris reaching for her hand.

"Just fine, love, I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"Stuff... what we're gonna be doing in classes and all that."

"Oh my... always thinking about classes." he said rolling his eyes.Lily laughed. "Oh, bugger off." She gave him a quick kiss and finally stepped off into the castle. Lauren and Rachel followed closely behind the couple, deep in conversation.

"Rach.. what do you think about Lily and Chris?"

"They're cute. Why? What's wrong?"

"I don't know... it's just that.. .well he's great and good to her and all.. but.. I don't know... him rolling his eyes.. it just seemed a little rude to me."

"You're seeing things, it was just playful banter, you nut."

"Then what was that whole asking her what she's thinking about..."

"It's called a conversation. Stop overreacting!"

"Fine fine... I was just thinking..."

"Exactly. Don't think.. just walk." Lauren just glared at her and walked into the Great Hall.

After the first years got done with their sorting, Dumbledore stood up and every student in the Great Hall turned to him.

"Thank you and welcome to another year at Hogwarts. As a reminder, the Forbidden Forest is and will remain Forbidden. Also, Filch has come up with many more illegal gadgets that aren't allowed in the Great Hall. I must also congratulate Head Girl Lily Evans for achieving such a great honor. I am sure that she will make this year the best year ever."

Lily flushed at this comment while Chris hugged her close and kissed her temple, proud of his girlfriend. Dumbledore spoke again.

"Now, as you know, there are some students that were currently in the Auror Internship Camp that they volunteered to go to. I'll have you know that they have all returned safe and without harm, and will be joining us in a bit. I do believe our caretaker Hagrid has informed me that they are inside the castle right now, and will join us at any moment. With that, I wish you all a great year and let's tuck in to the awesome food! Oh, and if you were all wondering about the Head Boy, then I am proud to announce that this year we have the right person for the job..."

Suddenly the door opened and out came a group of students, looking exhausted but relieved to be back in their school. One by one they entered, and the students learned right away that these 20 students have been through a lot. They each had a look of realization on their face and faced the students with pride and confidence. Dumbledore stepped forward.

"I see you have come back from the Auror Camp. Well, I hope that you all have learned all that you need to learn. And.. I'll say... there's only eighteen. I remember sending twenty students."

Frank Longbottom stepped forward. "Professor, sir, with all due respect, James Potter and Sirius Black stayed home for the day. They both wanted to let you know that they wished that they could have made it, but that they wanted to take some time to do a bit of thinking for themselves. That is why you only see eighteen of us here."Dumbledore nodded, but the students behind him were murmuring with each other. What had happened that made the two most charismatic boys of the school not want to show up? It was a rarity that Sirius Black missed a feast as big as the Opening Feast, and James was never one to miss an event with loads of food either. Frank said those words as if something was wrong with them, and the students tried to figure out what was going on. Remus and Peter looked at each other with understanding, knowing what had happened to their two friends. Lily, however, was utterly confused. What had happened? Why didn't James and Sirius show up to their last ever Opening Feast? She faced her friends only to find that their faces were showing confusion as well. She looked up at Chris and all he did was shrug his shoulders. Something was up, and Lily wanted to find out what was going on.

Dumbledore cleared his throat and it was silence once again. "Now that we have everyone, well almost everyone here, I am proud to announce that this year's Head Boy will be none other than James Potter himself. I hope that you all agree with this decision. Now enjoy the feast!"

As soon as Lily heard this, her mouth dropped. This could not be happening to her. Her worst nightmare had come true. James Potter, the one person she wanted nothing to do with, was to be her partner for the remainder of her last year. She would have to spend time with him, and plan events, and walk rounds with him... she rubbed her temples in frustration. Chris tried comforting her but it was no use.

"This is bloody insane. Dumbledore must be out of his rocker." said Lily with a glare.

"I don't know.. James does seem right for the job. He's shown qualities as a leader on the quidditch field." said Rachel.

"But that's quidditch! This is the entire school we're talking about! What am I going to do?"

Chris pulled her closer. "Lily, don't worry. I'm sure everything will work out fine. I believe that you can do it. Besides, you have us to turn to if he ever annoys you too much."

Lily smiled a little and leaned into him. "Thanks, but you have no idea, Chris. We're talking about the guy who turned my hair into a field of carrots in third year. This is going to be hell..."

The day after, Lily awoke in her new Head dorm. She put on her slippers and slowly walked towards the bathroom to take her morning shower. After she was done with her routines, she walked out into the Heads common room and sat on the couch. It was still early so she decided to just sit down for a while and relax. Classes started today, and Lily knew it was going to be a tough schedule for her. Every single one of her classes were at NEWT level. She glanced up and scowled at the door on the other side of the hall. On that door was a sign that said, Head Boy: James Potter. She thought again about how it would be like to work with him. Stress flooded her temples and she started getting a headache again. Everytime she thought about him she ended up with some sort of migraine. She couldn't stand it. He irritated her even when he wasn't even present. A few minutes later, Lily got up with her bookbag and headed down for breakfast to meet with her friends.

"Great... Transfiguration. Just what I needed... start off my day with the devil witch." grumbled Rachel. Lauren snickered into her bowl of cereal as she listened.

"Oh, come on, she's not that bad. At least she's unbiased. Unlike our bloody potions friend, Professor Snubbs." said Lauren.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Don't remind me. I answer the question right, and he still docks off points because I didn't answer it in the 'right tone'."

Lauren frowned. "Well, I have Herbology, so I'll see you guys later." She got up and left while Lily and Rachel looked at each other with worry. They knew how much Lauren struggled in her studies, but they also knew how hard she worked. She always tried her best and studied her hardest, but she could never end up excelling as well as Lily and Rachel did. It was because of this that Lily hated James even more. They got up and started walking to Transfiguration.

"I wish we could have class with Lauren." said Rachel. "I would give all the NEWTS in the world just for us to be together in one class again. I mean, we haven't been in the same class since 4th year!"

Lily frowned. "I know, I wish she would just let us help her out. She insists on doing it all on her own. Well, we better leave or else we'll be late."

They picked up their books and left for Transfiguration. As they were about to turn another corridor, Rachel bumped into someone.

"Ow! Watch where you're going you little..."

"I do believe I'm a tad taller than you are Rae."

Rachel looked up and flushed right away. "Oh. Sorry Remus."

"So you're both in this class too, huh?" said Remus.

"Oh yes, NEWT Transfiguration, how exciting." said Rachel.

"I bet she makes us go through the whole 6 years of Transfiguration." laughed Remus while Rachel smiled merrily. Lily looked at the two and smiled to herself. Rachel and Remus always got along extremely well. She would hope that one day they would go out on a date, but Rachel has a tendency to pick the wrong guys for relationships. She had what she thought was a good boyfriend, a Hufflepuff by the name of Amos Diggory, but last year he broke her heart when she caught him snogging another girl in the back of the locker room after the quidditch game. The bad thing about it was that she's still stuck on that bastard. Lily shook her head and headed towards the Transfiguration room behind Remus and Rachel. Transfiguration wasn't really her niche, but she did good nonetheless. She always sat in the front of the class, so as as she entered the room, she, along with Remus and Rachel, stopped dead in her tracks when she spotted someone whom she'd never thought of sitting in her seat...

Ever.

"Hello, Lily." said James Potter.

A/N: I'm sorry if the story seems a little choppy. There really is no plan set out. The story is creating itself as I type more and more so please bare with it. I hope that you liked this chapter, and I hope I see more reviews along the way. Till then, I'll keep writing more and more. Mahalo.