"Lily. Wake up we'll be late."

Lily tried hard to open her eyes, and when she finally did, she saw Ruth standing over her, all dressed. Then she looked out the window at the sun which was shining bright.

"What time is it?" Lily asked.

"Time to go to herbology." Ruth went to the foot of Lily's bed and threw her robes at her. "Get ready, we have 10 minutes. I brought you some breakfast, eat it quick. I'll wait for you in the common room."

"Alright, I'll be right down." Lily mumbled as she struggled to wake herself up. How could she have overslept? And on the first day of classes. This was not a good way to begin her day, after all, she has never been late to class, not once in the past six years.

When she got down to the common room, she saw that Ruth was gone but left her a note. Sorry I had to leave you, but I really didn't want to be late. I'll explain it to Professor Sprout. Please forgive me. Ruth. FANTSTIC! Lily thought, first she wakes up late, and now her best friend abandons her. She grabbed her books quickly and hurried down the hall. She was so worried about being late that she didn't notice a Ravenclaw coming from around the corner and...CRASH!

"Oh my goodness, I am so sorry, I was afraid I'd be late are you..." Lily looked up and saw a boy she's never seen before, a boy with captivating blue eyes. "really cute" she finnished softly.

"Excuse me?" He said.

"Uh..I mean, alright. Are you alright there?" Lily helped him pick up his books.

"Yes I'm fine, I was just heading down to herbology, afraid I'll be late." He answered.

"I was just heading down there." Lily said as she and the boy headed down towards the green house.

"I'm Zachary Rowley by the way. You can call me Zach." The boy said. "You're Lily Evans aren't you? The new head girl."

"Yes, yes I am." Lily answered, surprised that he knew her name.

"Nice to meet you." Zach put his hand out for her to shake it. She took it and held on for a bit.

"Right then." He said, trying to free his hand.

"Sorry." Lily laughed.

"So...are you any good at herbology?" He said, trying to start a conversation since it would be a while until they got to the greenhouses.

"I'm alright. Its charms that I'm really good at. I think they're the most useful of all spells."

"Really? I've always found charms to be quite interesting. It's always been my favorite subject."

"What a coincidence."

As they continued down to the greenhouses, Lily and Zach talked more and more about charms. By the time that the young Professor Sprout had finnished yelling at them for being late, and taking seats at opposite ends of the room, Lily had completely forgotten about James Potter, even thought he was sitting only a few seats away.

"Who was that you just came in with?" Ruth asked, surprised at the smile on Lily's face.

"Oh no one. Just a Ravenclaw. I met him when I was coming down. He's really nice, and we have a lot in common. Quite good looking too eh?" Lily said.

"Right." Ruth answered, being very confused because only a day ago, Lily seemed completely interested in James. "What about James?"

"Who?" It was obvious Lily was paying no attention to Ruth, or that she was completely clueless, which is unlikely since Lily always have a clue about what was going on.

"Nevermind." Ruth said as she started preparing to squeeze the juice out of the flowerpuss, a new plant they were studying.

Meanwhile, James had also noticed Lily's unusual behavior, and had overheard her conversation with Ruth. Now what do I do? I knew she'd never like me. It was crazy for me to think that Lily Evans and I would ever get together. Do I love her? No of course not. I don't love her shiny red hair or her sparkling green eyes or her...

"James watch out." Sirius had put his hand in front of James's eye to block the puss from the flowerpuss. "Pay attention, this juice can have you blind for a day. What were you thinking about? You practically strangled the poor plant."

"Nothing...abosolutely nothing..." James decided to concentrate on saving his eyesight, and less on Lily. For the rest of the day, he was able to keep her off his mind.