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Author's Note: Hi, I'm sorry I haven't posted this chapter sooner. Its been written for about a week but it seems every time I sit down at my computer I have school work to do or something else of great importance. Any ways I've got the next chapter almost done so it should follow quite soon.

Chapter 4: Lily in flight

Lily had never been a huge fan of quidditch. Ya she went to Gryffindor's games but so did everyone else in the school and she never went without a book in tow. She didn't see the point in sitting watching a game that could go on for several hours when she could be reading or studying.

Even though Lily had very little interest in the sport, she loved to fly. The feeling of the wind in her face was one of the things Lily loved most in the world. Occasionally she would borough a school broom and go out flying. The school brooms weren't very good but Lily loved her time in the air any ways.

One day at the end of November before one of Gryffindor's quidditch games James came up to Lily at breakfast. "Hey Lily, would you like to go flying after the game's over?" Lily had told James that though she had little interest in following quidditch as closely as he did she loved to fly.

"I'd love to," said Lily enthusiastically. "I'll have to see if I can get a broom to use though."

"Well, I was thinking you would like to try my broom," said James smiling at his new found friend. "You've never ridden a racing broom before have you?"

"No I haven't, and YES I would love too try your broom" Lily's eyes lit up with excitement. "You have a Silver Arrow, don't you?"

"Ya, a sixteenth birthday present from my mother." Just the reminder of his mother adds darkness to his eyes.

"How is has she been doing James?" Lily asked with concern.

"No better no worse. I'm planning on going to visit her at Christmas for a few days." James' face said that he thought there wouldn't be a Christmas visit but he was trying to be optimistic. Lily gave her friend a strained sympathetic smile.

"All Gryffindor team members please report to the change rooms, NOW!" said Juliet Capriccio, a seventh year Gryffindor with a loud voice, who was also Gryffindor Team Captain. Immediately five of the Gryffindors got up from the house table and began to walk towards the door to the entrance hall.

"Lily, meet me at the change rooms after the game, and we'll go flying. Okay?" said James as he joined his team mates. Lily nodded in response.

Juliet surveyed her team as they walked to the door, then suddenly it hit her to what was wrong. "WAIT!" All five of them turned towards Juliet. "Where's Black?" A chorus of 'I don't knows' was interrupted by the arrival of Sirius Black with his quidditch robes on backwards.

"Sorry, Juliet, I slept in." said Sirius his head bowed under Juliet's stern gaze. Sirius grabbed a sausage from the table. "Well let's go kick some Slytherin Butt!" He exclaimed as he ran out of the hall.

"Okay guys, LETS GO! Exclaimed Juliet. With that the rest of the team left with their captain in the lead.

Lily's P.O.V.-----------------

Lily finished her breakfast then went back up to her dorm in Gryffindor tower. The game wouldn't start for another hour or so and she wanted to grab some reading material before it started. Even though she now had a friend playing on the team it didn't mean she would give up a chance to read. Lily had shared a dorm with the same four girls for the last six years yet none of them had ever spoken to her. Today she was subjected to listening to three of her four room mates banter on about how hot Sirius and James were. They were debating which would be the better, as a boyfriend. She couldn't stand the discussion long.

After a short period of time Lily went down to the common room. She sat down on one of the red leather sofas in front of the fire and read; the book of the day was Hogwarts, a History (which she was rereading for the fifth time). About five minutes before the game was due to begin she closed her book and headed down to the pitch.

The game went well. Gryffindor won but it wasn't an easy victory as many Gryffindor games were. The chasers and keepers fought for dominance. The game was won when James caught the snitch two and a half hours after the beginning of the game. The game really showed off the skills of the members of both teams.

After the game James waited for Lily outside of the change rooms as they had planned earlier. When Lily came James noted that she looked radiant. She wore a smile that lite up her entire face. Wordlessly James handed her his broom and they walked back to the pitch.

"I'm going to go up in the stands and watch you Lily. Here let me take that book," said James. Lily handed him her book and James walked up the stairs to the elevated stands. Lily mounted the broom and kicked off the ground. Lily couldn't believe the difference between flying a school broom and flying a racing broom like James'. His broom had perfect balance and response. Lily was in heaven. James' P.O.V.-----------------

Lily was a fantastic flyer James realized watching her fly in perfect harmony with a broom that she had never flown before. As she got used to the broom, and became more confident in it, she began trying more and more difficult maneuvers. James was surprised to find she could perform flawlessly maneuvers that he had only just mastered.

"Suddenly Professor McGonagall was standing beside him. "She's not bad, is she?" McGonagall said. "To bad we don't need a chaser or a seeker she would be amazing, wouldn't she?"

"Ya she would," said James watching Lily go into a steep dive her toes just brushing the ground.

"James I need to speak with you in my office as soon as you're done here." McGonagall said walking down the bleachers.

James was confused. He was pretty sure he wasn't in trouble because she hadn't called him Potter and wanted his immediate presence in her office, but why else would she want to see his unless......

Lily only flew a bit longer before coming down to land beside James on the bleaches, which was an accomplishment in itself seeing that they were very uneven. "McGonagall come out to watch you fly, she also wants to see me in her office pronto so if you wouldn't mind taking my broom up to Gryffindor Tower and giving it to Sirius he'll know what to do with it. Here is your book by the way safe and sound." James mumbled this whole speech.

"What did you do this time James?" asked Lily jokingly taking her book back.

"Actually, I'm not sure why she wants me. I've been trying to keep a clean sheet seeing I'm a prefect and trust me that is an achievement with Sirius as a best friend. Any ways she is usually stern when she reprimanded me but this time she was well.... as gentle as McGonagall could be. I hate to sound pessimistic but I fear the worst." James looked very down cast once again.

"Don't worry so much about the future live for today. Your mother loves you." Lily hugged her friend trying to lend him what courage she could. "Thank you for letting me ride your broom. It was amazing. We should go in now though." They walked towards the main entrance of the school in silence. At the great stair they separated. "James remember why your a Gryffindor." said Lily just loud enough for James to hear before she turned and headed up to Gryffindor Tower.