Ch 5

Day 3: Potter Overdose

September 4, 1975

The next morning in the Great Hall, Lily found herself dozing off between the bites of her waffles. She had stayed up till two in the morning finishing all her homework. Lily completed it all, but with only five hours of sleep, she didn't know how she was going to manage to get through the whole day without falling asleep.

"Lily?" Kylie asked as she waved a hand in front of Lily's face.

"Hmm?" Lily replied as she rubbed her eyes.

"You got a letter," Kylie said.

Lily glanced up and saw a large gray owl sitting on the table; a piece of parchment attached to it's leg. Lily reached out and untied the letter. After giving the owl a piece of toast, she opened it.

Dear Miss. Evans,

Since you have been made Head Girl, a special dormitory has been set up for you. The room is located on the third floor next to the statue of Thore the Goblin. The password is 'full moon.' I hope you will find your new living space comfortable.

Albus Dumbledore

"What does it say?" Kylie asked.

"I have my own dorm," Lily said slightly surprised.

"But Lils!" Kylie exclaimed. "You can't leave me all alone with Beth and Samantha! They're so weird..."

Lily laughed. "I'm sure you'll be fine without me," she said. "But I don't wanna live by myself."

"Oh, you're not living alone," Kylie said taking a bite of eggs.

"How do you know?" Lily questioned.

"My sister was Head Girl a while back," Kylie replied. "And the Head Boy and Girl always share a dormitory."

Lily's mouth dropped open. I have to share a dormitory with Potter? Oh my God. If I make it through this year alive I swear it will be a miracle.

After finishing their breakfast, Lily and Kylie made their way outside to the Herbology greenhouses. Once inside, it was very muggy and humid. They took their seat, and waited as the other students began filing in.

"Today class, we will be repotting the Olio Flower," Professor Sprout explained. Professor Sprout held up a beautiful purple flower that had a white center. "These flowers have the power to enchant females, but not males. Once enchanted, the flower will hook one of it's leaves to your skin and slowly suck your blood."

A few people started muttering about how this was completely stupid and that they were all gonna end up dying a weird death from this flower.

"To make sure that none of you get enchanted," Professor Sprout continued, "I will be partnering you all so that in every group there will be two girls and two boys. Gentlemen, please make sure to keep a close watch on the flower and your female partner. I don't want anyone to have to go to the Hospital Wing."

After Professor Sprout partnered everyone up, Lily found herself sitting with James, Kylie, and Remus. They all were sitting at a table, waiting for the flowers to be passed out.

"So, Lils, did you get that letter from Dumbledore this morning?" James asked.

"Yes," Lily replied.

"We're gonna be roomies!" James exclaimed happily. "Aren't you just so excited!"

Lily stared at James. "I can't wait," she said sarcastically.

"We can stay up all night telling ghost stories, and eating smores, and making out..."

"Potter, finish that sentence and I will personally sneak into your room and smother you with a pillow," Lily threatened.

To Lily's relief, they got their flowers, and began repotting them. A while into the repotting, James had to pull Lily away from the flowers. Lily didn't realize what she was doing, but she began to stare intently at the flowers and was just about to touch them...

"Lily, are you all right?" James asked.

"I'm fine," Lily replied.

The rest of the lesson went by with no one getting sent to the Hospital Wing; this made Professor Sprout very happy. When the bell rang, Lily and Kylie began walking into the castle for History of Magic, James joining them.

"Hey Lily, I was just wondering something," James said.

"What Potter?" Lily replied.

"Are you from Tennessee?" James asked.

"Uhh...no," Lily replied.

"Cause you're the only ten I see," James said grinning.

"Potter please go waste your pathetic pick up lines on someone who cares," Lily said.

"Oh, Lily you hurt me," James said as he clutched his chest.

Luckily for Lily, James gave her some peace, and left to go walk with Sirius, Remus, and Peter.

"I swear, if they had an award for the world's biggest prat, Potter would totally get it," Lily said.

"Oh, Lily, it's just his attempt to win your heart," Kylie said.

"Yea well, he's failing miserably," Lily said. "During our detention he was actually not that bad, but now he's back to his old retarded, arrogant, pricky self."

Kylie laughed. "You sure know how to insult a guy," she said.

Later that night after eating another quick dinner, Lily said good-bye to Kylie, and made her way to the Quiddtich fields. Practice started off with Lily just throwing the Quaffle into the goal posts. She had pretty good aim; nineteen out of twenty-six Quaffles went in.

"You're doing really good considering that you just started training," Ava said when Lily had come back onto the ground. "I'd say by the time we're done practicing together, you have a very good chance at making the Quiddtich team."

Lily smiled widely. Finally she was doing something that wasn't in her normal bubble. She was slowly breaking away from her old image.

Since it was now almost completely dark outside, Lily's training for the day was over. After saying good-bye to Ava, Lily headed up to the castle and made her way to the Transfiguration classroom for her tutoring. The room was quite dark and her tutor hadn't arrived yet. Lily reached to get her wand out of her pocket to turn on the lights, when suddenly someone grabbed her arms from behind and yelled, "BOO!"

Lily jumped out of fright, and heard laughter coming from behind her. When her arms were released, Lily turned around and was face to face with none other than James.

"James Potter I'm going to kill you!" Lily screamed, as she hit him upside the head.

"Whoo Lily, chill," James said. "It was just a joke."

"Scaring people is not a joke!" Lily yelled. "You could have given me a bloody heart attack!" Lily then whacked James on the head again.

"There's no need to get violent," James said. "I didn't know you'd get this upset. Sorry..."

"Why are you here?" Lily demanded.

"I'm your tutor," James replied.

"This isn't happening," Lily said as she began massaging her temples. "Please tell me you're joking."

"I'm not joking Lily," James said. "Now, let's waste no time! Come aboard the learning express! Woo woot!"

Lily let out a big sigh and a seat at one of the many empty desks. This is going to be a very long night.

Surprisingly, tutoring went by pretty well. James sensed that Lily was still mad at him for scaring her, so he stuck to teaching Transfiguration. When their lesson was over, James left the room. Lily stayed back a little while longer because she wanted to practice on her own.

After a while of practicing, Lily let out a yawn, and decided to head to her new dormitory. It took her a while to find the statue of Thore, but in the end she finally found it. Lily gave the password, and entered her new dormitory.

Lily let out a small gasp. The place was huge. There was a small kitchen and a living room, and off to the side were two bed rooms. Everything in the room was gold or red; the Gryffindor colors.

"Long time no see eh Evans?" James said.

"Not long enough," Lily said through gritted teeth.

Lily was starting to think that the whole world was against her. She had seen enough of James Potter today to last her a whole lifetime, and then some.

When Lily sensed that James was watching her, Lily looked up at him. Her eyes got really wide and then she quickly shut them.

"Potter! Please put a robe on!" Lily exclaimed.

"Oh, come on Lils, it's not like you haven't seen it before. And besides, I'm wearing boxers," James said.

Lily sighed and took a seat in one of the armchairs. She then sent a glare at James.

"See, that wasn't so bad now was it?" James said in a sweet voice.

"You're the only person I know that eats ice cream in his boxers," Lily stated. "Aren't you cold?"

"I was, but then you came in and now I'm all hot," James replied, giving Lily a wink.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Good night Potter," Lily said. Lily got up and made her way into her new bedroom, shutting the door behind her.

A/N- Poor Lilykins! Wanna know something that will make her feel better? Reviews! Yes, reviews! So, please send some! For mine...I mean, Lily's sake. :)

Sapphiresweeti- You made a very good point! Lily doesn't really like James very much, but notice that during the detention James and Sirius weren't half bad. And plus, she gave James a glare when he put his arm around her, he just didn't seem to care.

Jersey Princess- You were right! Am I that predictable?