My assigning of detentions to James spread quickly. That was good and then that was bad. James I think really hated me after what I did. But I'm a rule abiding student so I had to give him just punishment for rule-breaking. As Potter had said, he was going to McGonagall to try and weasel himself out of detention for 7 nights in a row, but he made no progress with her. Wood and Potter had had a row about the detentions and as a result James was put on probation for insulting the team captain, and given another detention by the Ravenclaw Prefect who was doing corridor duty, and just happen to see him talking to his girlfriend, not even doing anything wrong. Potter was not in a good mood when he came into the common room.

He hounded me directly. He accused me of telling the other Prefects to be watching his behavior, and to give him a detention for whatever reason. I told him that couldn't be true because I hadn't talked to any of the other Prefects since the night before. I hadn't gone to any meals, and that was something I didn't plan on doing anytime soon, i was studying for my OWL's evil things they were.

The last night that James detention, one week later. He came up to me, and did the nicest thing I have ever heard him or seen him do. Apologize to me. I was simply left speechless. I also checked around me to make sure he was talking to me and not someone else. Nope he was talking to me, and what was worse, he said he wanted to get to know me a little better. Immediately that set off warning signs and bells inside my mind, and I refused. I said that I couldn't talk to him because I didn't see reason to. James I don't think quite understood, and I'm glad because later on if I do decide to talk to him, It would be a lot easier to.

Halloween. The favorite season of the magical community. James had as usual about 6 girls following him to class everyday for two weeks. I wasn't one of them, I just happened to get caught in the mist of it all on accident, I would be waiting outside in the queue for class and the next thing I knew he was in front of me with his fan club. Oh how I despised that boy, yet liked him all the same.

He did the unthinkable. He smiled. at me. let me put that together for you so you can better understand me. James Potter smiled at me. I of course acted as if I hadn't seem him do so. Just the other day he hung Severus Snape upside down in the middle of our morning break. Boy did I give him a telling to. honestly Severus has always been nice to me, I don't see why James must pick on him so much. James isn't a very open minded person when it comes to those sorts of things. I think he thinks that if someone's no good, then everyone thinks they're no good.

I still had the biggest crush on James. My best friend Landra Seamore knew so. I hadn't told her for fear of ridicule from her, but somehow she had figured out that I had a crush on James maybe it was the way I would talk about giving him detention or how I would just be stuck on him, and how he was just so stupid, and dense. I didn't talk about him like most girls did in any case. He was just the IMPERFECT PERFECT James Potter after all.

Two days before the Halloween Ball, Lily did something very stupid. She asked James if she could have a word with the busy Potter. First off, James was very reluctant to come near her, seeing as the last few times he had talked to her, he had been given detention or scolded.

"Yes, Evans?"

"i wanted to ask you something."

"I was in the common room last night way before 9pm if that's what you're getting at"

"no no, I.. James.. it's like this..'

"uh, what did I do wrong?"

"James, I'd liktobyourdattodebal"

"Come again?"

"I'd like to go to the ball with you, I mean that is if you dont already have a date, oh what am I saying you do it's Emily Woodsworth, oh James just forget about what I just said" she sputtered and left him confused as hell on the spot. James looked at the spot where she stood one moment and then stood the next. He then about faced then walked back to where Sirius was sitting in Potions.

That day was just the beginning of the end. I had never felt so stupid in my life actually no, I had but we wont go into detail about that event. I ran to most of my classes. I was the first there and the first to leave. I sat at the very front, and ignored any comment that was made from him or his friends. Remus chose to sit next to me in Transfiguration. He was my partner our Vanishing Spells, I finished practicing on my rabbit, and began on my essay for History of Magic.

The day of the ball was, I think if possible, even worse. I was minding my own business, I had been immersed in a book called "Moby Dick" I was about on page 408 halfway thru the page when I saw a shadow approach me. This was it i thought, he's come to make a fool out of me, by telling me how stupid i was to even think about asking him to the ball. I buried myself deeper in the book and tried to crouch lower into the couch so I could almost be the couch. It didn't work.

"Lily" said a girls' voice and it wasn't Landra's.

"Yes?" I said not turning around in fear that it would be none other the Emily.

"Can you look at me while I'm talking to you?" she asked in a falsely sweet tone. that was her alright, Emily Woodsworth, her parents were nearly as filthy rich as James'. Lily slowly turned around, gulping.

"Oh, Emily.. hello." she said pretending to act as if she didn't know it was Emily in the first place.

"Hello, yes,.. let's get to the point. James told me that you so foolish asked him to the ball? Now Lily I was under the impression that you hated James, am I correct?"

"I don't fancy him if that's what you want to know. I find him an arrogant, selfish, no good money parading prat"

"You did not just insult my future husband"

'Excuse me, did you just say you were going to marry him?" sputtered Lily.

"Uh yes I did, now if you'd kindly not ask my boyfriend to be your date anymore, I think we'd be thru chatting."

"Look, I'm not trying to take away James' precious attention from you that would be the last thing in the world that I would want to do"

"Then why ask if you already knew that I was dating James"

"I did it as a joke"

"A joke? that wasn't a very good laugh" she said not at all convinced.

"I know, I'm a horrible person at jokes" said Lily laughing slightly more to herself then anyone. She looked nervously for an escape.

"well, I think you'd better learn, otherwise you would just not be cut of for the direction you headed in"

"What do you mean?"

"The Circus, you wont be much of a use if you can't make people laugh, honestly, if I'm going to take my kids to the Circus to see clowns you had better make them laugh"

"Oh well, I suppose I should, but I think learning to take care of my face would my priority" retorted Lily. at this point Remus and Sirius had walked into the Library.

"Look, Evans you can take that comment and shove it up you ass"

Lily was shocked, she didn't know whether to punch her or give her a weeks worth detentions cleaning dirt and bugs off the dungeon floors. Instead Lily swallowed hard and stood up, barely coming to Emily's chin.

"Emily, it would be wise on your part if you didn't tell me to shove anything up my bum, again"

"oh really? what are you going to do? give me a weeks worth of detentions, like James?"

I didn't really care what happened to me, because the next moment I jumped on Emily and punched her in the mouth. I think I knocked a tooth loose in her perfect smile. She didn't know what to do but scream while I punched her in the eye again, and pulled her hair. Sirius and Remus tried to pull me off but not after i kicked her hard in the stomach. I was breathing rather heavily when I was pulled from her mess of a face. It then hit me, I would be expelled of released of Prefect duties. 'Oh No' I thought, I didn't do what I just did. I ran out of the Library and straight to Dumbledore's office.

I sat in his office for what seem eternity. I sulked. I pouted. I thought. I did this all over something so stupid that James wouldn't have even done it. I had sunken to a level lower then James. I really had to just move on, he was making me act way too rash. honestly the boy hates my guts, and doesn't really know anything about me other then I'm Lily Evans, and that he hates me. Apparently I just said that last part out loud because Dumbledore gave a small sign of agreement, which made me jump as I didnt know that he was in the room with me.

"Headmaster, I want to fully apologize for what I did, and I accept all consequences, and responsibilities for all the damages I may have caused to Emily's face" she said so fast that she rethought what she had just said.

"Lily, I know that you are not a irrational student, So I will just issue you a very fair warning along with a detention with me for 3 nights, this way none of the students shall have to give you reason for you temper to flare again, exp. that young Potter"

"thank you Headmaster, it won't happen again, I don't know what happened to me, honestly,... thank you very much." she said thanking him profusely.

I walked back into the Common room still paled faced. I had expected immediately hounding from James.

Nothing.

I was at the top of the stairs, and nothing came from him. Not a single peep. I was still in a state of shock. I slowly crept into bed not wanting to really remember or relive this day ever again.