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Chapter 16: Show me love..

Lily sat at the Gryffindor table munching on a piece of toast buttered with jam. Her smile grew bigger by the second as Coral made disgusting faces at Sirius: who was shoving food down his throat.

" You think he could eat with his mouth closed, for once in his life." Coral said sticking out her tongue in disgust.

Lily giggled.

Ashley came running into the table and slid down next to Lily, as she brushed her hair. Lily smiled," Slept in I see?"

Ash rolled her eyes," You we're my alarm- why didn't you wake me up?"

" Because I didn't feel like it."

"Nice response."

"Thank you."

Loud screeches filled the room and beating wings broke out around them. Mail. Dozens of different shaped and colored birds came fluttering in, carrying small boxes and many letters. Lily smiled as a pitch-black owl, dropped a creamy white letter on her plate.

She picked it up and buried her eyebrow. This wasn't from any one she knew..

Lily shrugged and ripped open the letter and a small pressed flower tumbled to the table. It was a little white lily pressed with a few bluebells.

She smiled sweetly and picked it up, careful to not tare it. She grabbed the book that was in her bag from Charms and placed it in there before shutting it closed.

Ashley nor Coral, or anyone she knew for that matter was watching her. Accept for James, who was gazing at his plate with a big grin on.

Naena and Lily sat in the common room reading each other's palms for Division. Lily held her hand out and Naena tried desperately to read her soft skin.

" This is stupid- what I'm I looking for anyway?" She complained.

Lily sighed," I don't remember- where's Lindsey? She already finished reading Coral's hand and it was five scrolls long!"

" Do you think she went with Coral to the quidditch pitch?"

" I dunno, wanna check?"

" Sure."

Neana jumped to her feet and put her hands on her hips," Lets go!" She ordered for no apparent reason.

" Why are you-"

But before Lily could make a squeak: Naena sized her arm and drug her out of the common room and down the crowed halls. Naena was running with her hair whipped behind her and Lily was trying her best to not bump into people.. well..

She accidentally bumped into McGonagal, and sent her papers that were in her arms flying all over the place.

Naena ran out of the oak doors with Lily hanging onto her arm. The two girls raced down the hill, searching for their friends when Naena screamed out in frustration.

"Where are those idiots!"

"SIRIUS! THAT BLUDGER ALMOST HIT ME THEN! YOUR JOB IS TO STOP THE BLUDGERS FROM HITTING PLAYERS, NOT AIMING FOR US!"

" I think we've found them.. And a Marauder or two.."

Lily laughed and dragged Naena all the way down onto the field. James, Sirius and a few other people were floating on their brooms about 20 feet in the air. Sirius was holding a beaters club and grinning sheepishly at James, whose face was red from yelling.

" Sirius you're such a moron."

" I think the fraise is Marauder."

Lily smiled, and James soon seen her there. He grinned and returned to Sirius; he wasn't going to blow another moment with Lily again.

Naena noticed this, and gave a raised eyebrow at her brother who just grinned sideways. She rolled her eyes as a loud bell rang from the castle.

" Potions!" Lily screeched snapping out of her trance.

Lily grabbed her hand and ran as fast as her long legs would carry her up to the castle with Naena yelling at her," I'M A BIG GIRL YOU KNOW! I CAN RUN BY MYSELF!"

James smiled at the redhead and his sister, as Sirius flew to him on a school broom," You've got it bad James."

" I know.."

Shoving Naena to the Potions room, Lily panted from running all over the castle.

" I'm never *pant* doing last *pant* minute homework * pant* again!"

" Sure." Naena smiled.

They reached the door, and happily saw that people were waiting outside of the door. Just as Lily was about to sigh a breath of relief the Potions Master, Mr. Mill, came up behind her and trotted to the door.

She got wide-eyed," We almost missed class!" She hissed at Naena.

She rolled her eyes and grabbed Lily's robes, dragging her into the cold and damp classroom filled with many bottles and steaming caldrons.

The two girls took a seat in the fifth row back and sat down, while pulling out a scroll of parchment and a quill with some ink.

Ashley, who was apparently late, sat beside Lily and rested her head on the table.

Lily smiled," Last minute homework too?"

"Yeah."

" Today class, we will be making a Sessik ( ses-ick) potion- can anyone tell me the main ingredient?" Mr. Mill said dryly.

Lily's hand shot up in the air.

"Yes, Miss Evans?"

" The Sessik potion, has about two main ingredients- the puss of a Kerop and the hair of a Poppy."

"Very good Miss Evans, take 5 points for Gryffindor." Lily smiled joyfully as Ashley poked her with her quill.

"Ouch- what?" Lily whispered.

Ashley nodded her head over to the other side of the room, where James and Sirius were actually taking notes down from Mr. Mill.

" Oh my god- has hell frozen over? Or are the two womanizers writing down notes!" Lily said dropping her gaze at them.

Sirius, who must of heard this, looked up and crossed his eyes. This made Lily roll her eyes and Naena giggle.

" Miss. Evans and Miss. Potter? Is their something you two would like to share with the class?"

Lily held back her smirk," No professor," the girls chanted.

She twisted her inkbottle open, and dipped her light green quill in her signature emerald ink. She glanced up at the bored and began to take notes down.

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Sessik Potion,

- Two drops of blue Kerop puss, and swirl gently in caldron.

- A hair of a Poppy and cut into four equal pieces, let boil and steam.

- Add one small scale from a mermaid, and stir in two COMPLETE clockwise circles.

- Let it boil for about 15 minutes and it should come to a ruby red, with yellow spots floating for the skin.

--

She finished writing down the directions and went to the cupboard to grab a few bottles, while Naena and Ashley got the cauldron ready. She opened the cupboard and got a few shivers as she look at bottled Phoenix ashes and a small cup of beetle eyes.

A hand reached over her head and grabbed a small bottle of silver hairs. She turned around and faced James who was in the least instead in her. He handed the bottle to her and gave a small glance before walking back over to his friend.

Lily almost dropped the Poppy hairs.

James did give a cocky smile, a stupid response of asking her out, or even flirted her for that matter!

She shook her head and returned back to Naena and Ashley. The bottle cork gave a small pop when Lily pulled the top off and gently handed the hair to Ashley at a cutting board.

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Lily brought the bottle up to Mr. Mills front desk and labeled it. She set it down and walked back to her seat as the bell rang around them. She shoved her books into her small school bag and ran out of the classroom with Naena laughing in front of her and Ashley yelling behind her.

They ran past people and had fun accidentally knocking them or their school supplies down. Lily had fun running into James and stealing his piece of parchment that was neatly folded in his left front pocket.

She ran away without James or any of the Marauders noticing and waved it proudly at Naena who was waiting for them at the Transfiguration door.

She sat down next to Ashley and Naena while folding the parchment smaller so she could fit it into her robe pocket.

Students filed in the class, mostly Slytherins and Gryffindors, and sat down as the door was soon shut. Professor McGonagal wore a long dark emerald robe, a small pointed hat that matched her black hair flicked with grey that was in a tight bun.

Naena and Sirius usually made fun of her hair style," What! Her hair just proves she's tight!"

Lily rolled her eyes just thinking about the lame things they said about her professors hair.

She stood in front of the room and gazed at every student, as the chatter died down and books, quills, ink sets and what not were open.

McGonagal surveyed the classroom. "Due to many,"-she pursed her lips- ,"disruptions," she stopped again at a hoot of laughter from Sirius, "in past years, I shall assign you seats this year."

Groans erupted from the class. Lily put her head down on her desk and whacked it several times.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid,"

"What?" Ashley asked.

"Idea" Lily clarified.

"Ah"

James who was behind her was looking at her with interest for a minute, and turned around when she caught someone staring at her. Lily looked at Ashley then to Coral again, whom which were humming tunes and smiling at Lily; knowing what James was up to.

She groaned as McGonagal addressed people to seats. She stopped at Lily and pointed her at a table that was with Becky Daleson, Sophie Serrian, and none other than James Potter.

Lily groaned louder.

She grabbed her books, bid farewell to her friends and gave them her will, before cursing to herself while walking slowly to the table of three.

She sat herself between Becky and Sophie while muttering on how James Potter was going to make a fool out of himself.

But she wasn't prepared for what happened next.

James passed them a few test papers and went strait to filling out his own, quietly and not looking at others papers.

Lily sat in her seat gapping at him.

He looked up and raised an eyebrow," Lily we've only got fifteen minutes left to finish this assignment - or do you want to fail?"

She shook her head and buried her nose into her work while taking secret glances at James, who seemed to be making her clothes too tight and hot for herself.. His hair was messed up like always,' a Potter trade mark' and it was falling over her eyes. Lily was having a hard time resisting to brush it away from his glazed hazel eyes..

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" Is it just me or has Potter really deflated his head a bit?" Lily asked mindlessly at Ashley during Arithmancy.

Ashley grinned sideways," Lily's falling in love.." She sang.

Lily stopped for a moment and thought about that for a second while Ashley kept singing her made-up tune.

" She loves his pratty attitude, and watches him during Quidditch matches-"

She blinked away her thoughts quickly, and pushed the singing Ashley off the bench. Before someone heard the lyrics..

_-_-_-_-_-_ I'm gonna add one more chapter, alright? Okays, lol *^^*

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