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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Life goin' nowhere. somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life goin' nowhere. somebody help me, yeah.
I'm stayin' alive.

-Stayin' Alive (BeeGees)

Lily's POV

August 17, 1975, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Well. This is one development I didn't anticipate. I think that our headmaster's purpose in life is to make me miserable. Well for the sake of whoever gave him that particular job, he's doing it well. So spectacularly well, in fact, that I think it might be a good idea to give him an early retirement. Right about… now.

What did professor Dumbledore do to make me so mad? Oh nothing much, only choosing to inform me that EVERY SINGLE SEVENTH YEAR GIRL IN HOGWARTS IS REQUIRED TO COMPETE IN THE 'MISS HOUSE' CONTEST. Yep. This means that I, Lily Evans, Klutz extraordinaire is now a beauty contest contestant. Great. This was definitely not among my plans for this year.

You might think I'm over exaggerating. I probably am, but you don't know what Dumbledore said after he delivered his message of torture.

"You know Lily, you're head girl, and you're talented enough to win. I think that you have a very good chance at being Miss Gryffindor."

That was when I gave my new head master a gigantic glare, turned on my heel, and stalked out of the room. Before you criticize me, consider:

I came to school ½ a month early alone with Potter, who is still confusing me beyond belief.

I came early to plan a magical beauty pageant with Potter who is still confusing me beyond belief.

I did not, and still do not have a problem with sharing the extra room in the heads dorm I share with Potter, not to mention my own room with Miss Red, Miss White, and Miss Blue from AMA. It is my frightening feelings for Potter that are confusing me right now.

I have to PARTICIPATE in the contest, and my feelings for James Potter are still confusing me.

So, you see, I am rather under some stress. Though it probabally wasn't the best thing for a newly appointed head girl to do, slamming the door of her new headmasters office so hard that the windows shook.

Oops.

I guess this means I'll be competing with Ariana, my closest friend. I guess we started being friends when we realized that I was so outspoken that I needed someone quiet like her to help me keep my mouth shut, and that she needed someone like me to stick up for her when the Slytherins accuse her of being a blood-traitor. Sometimes it feels a little irritating to be constantly encouraging her to speak up for herself. But hey, what are friends for?

The other three girls in our dorm are barely worth mentioning. Their names are Betty, Haylie, and Megan. They are every guy in our schools dream fling.

It's strange. Here Potter could have any of them, all three of them even, if he wanted, yet he keeps up asking me. At first I thought he just was asking me because I was the only girl to say 'no' to him. But after all this time of him not giving up, it makes me wonder if maybe I should give James a chance.

Oh please. Disregard the above. I just looked across the heads common room at Potter, who was reading some letter with a smirk on his face. He looked up and caught my eye and my heard did that pathetic rising thing again, and said, cool as… as, as a CUCUMBER: "Evans? So, changed your mind about Hogsmeade yet?" And then, to cap it all off, he ran his hand through his hair, and yet again my heart fell about a million feet. (honestly, this rising and falling thing is getting annoying)

So of course I said the only thing I could say, which was "Get a life Potter".

It really is a wonder how I stay alive.

Now he's writing something (not that I'm looking). I bet it's to Sirius. Probably confirming plans to prank Snape. Really, whatever that greasy kid did to them that was that bad is beyond me. (not that I care)

James POV

It's only words, and words are all I have,

to take your heartaway.

This world has lost its glory,

let's start a brand new story

now, my love.

Right now, there'll be no other time

and I can show you how, my love.

-Words (BeeGees)

Moony:

You are reading a letter from the stupidest male to ever walk the planet. Congratulations, you're a winner.

Why can't I be more respectful to Lily? I said something arrogant to Lily again tonight.

Honest Moony, I remembered what you said at the station, about not being arrogant but it just slipped out!

And the look she gave me almost killed me. Like a combination of confusion and disappointment. Disappointment like she'd been hoping I'd say something nice, and another look I can hardly describe, like my comment confirmed her suspicions of me or something.

It sounds crazy, but it felt like that one look was tearing me apart.

Oh and Moony. Don't show this to Padfoot, or he might wet himself laughing.

-Prongs

A/N: Thank you all for your awesome reviews. They were very much appreciated. I'm hoping this is long enough…. I tried really! But after all I've been updating a chap. A day which is pretty good.

Thank you to my reviewers of chap. 3:

Pottersgirl89: Glad you liked it.

Blink182Rox: Glad you liked it!

Wow-Girl: I don't mean for it to be confusing… sorry. I don't' know how to do it other wise… the POV changing just comes naturally I guess.

Someone: yay! I'm not totally sure what a BETA is, so if you'd uh elaborate on it.. I'd appreciate it. But it seems like people with really good stories have them…. It sounds good to me! Thank you. I'm glad you liked it! Himalayas! Yeah I like that too! yah it'll be fun to know who you are!