Ch 6

Day 4: Apologizing To The Enemy

September 5, 1975

Lily awoke the next morning to the sound of singing, and it wasn't very good singing either. It sounded as if a million nails were being dragged down a chalkboard. Lily let out a groan and pulled a pillow over her ears. Potter. She flung off her covers and stomped into the living room. James was dancing on the kitchen counter in his boxers and singing at the top of his lungs.

"Potter!" Lily screamed.

"Oh, good morning Lily," James said brightly as he jumped down from the counter.

"What in the world were you doing?" Lily demanded.

"Singing," James answered simply.

"But...it's only...on a Saturday...and you're...agh! James Potter you are the most retarded person ever to walk the earth!" Lily yelled.

"Jeez Lily, if my singing was bothering you that much, you could have just asked me to stop," James said. "I'm starting to get real tired of you always yelling at me."

"Well, if you would just act like more of a normal person then I wouldn't have to yell so much," Lily replied.

"No one is one hundred percent normal," James said. "Sirius was right when he called you uptight."

"I'm not uptight!" Lily yelled.

James let out a small sigh and went into his room.

Lily didn't know why James' opinion was bothering her this much. His opinion had never once bothered her before. Deciding to just apologize to him later, Lily shrugged it off, and started getting ready.

Since it was a Saturday and Lily was already awake, she decided to go to the Gryffindor girl's dormitories and pay a visit to Kylie. After traveling up a couple flights of stairs, Lily gave the Fat Lady the password, and entered the common room. It was empty except for two lone students talking quietly to each other. Lily made her way up the stairs. When she entered, Lily found that Kylie was still asleep.

Lily jumped on to Kylie's bed causing her friend to let out a groan. Through her squinted eyes, Kylie glanced over at the clock. Eight thirty on a Saturday morning. Oh, she was going to kill Lily.

"Morning Kylie!" Lily greeted.

"Lily Marie Evans do you realize what time it is?" Kylie asked.

"Yea, I know. Potter woke me up with his horrible singing," Lily said.

"So, then you decide to wake me up? Thanks," Kylie said. Kylie turned around and pulled the covers over her head.

"Oh, come on Kylie. You mind as well come to breakfast with me now that you're awake," Lily said.

Kylie mumbled something that Lily didn't hear and then threw off her covers. "All right," she said. "I'm awake."

"Yay for Kylie!" Lily exclaimed.

"Will you two be quiet over there?" Samantha said as she threw a pillow at them.

Meanwhile, James decided to pay a visit to Sirius, hoping that he had already come up with a plan to win Lily. Upon entering the boy's dormitory, James found Remus all ready awake, Sirius snoring very loudly, and Peter was no where in sight.

"Morning Prongs," Remus greeted.

"Morning Moony," James replied.

"So, how was your night with Lily?" Remus asked.

James let out a sigh and sat down on the foot of his old bed. "Not too good mate," James said. "And I'm starting to notice that she's got a really bad temper. She yells at me all the time! She's starting to sound worse than my mum."

"Well," Remus said thoughtfully, "what do you do to that causes her to yell?"

"Nothing!" James exclaimed defensively.

Remus gave James a look.

"Ok, well, maybe I do annoy her just a little," James confessed. "But I can't help it! Every time I'm around her I just tend to be more annoying than I usually am."

"Why don't you just pretend that you don't have a crush on her," Remus suggested. "I mean, of course you still like her, but if you act like you normally do around people then maybe she won't get so annoyed."

"Remus my man, you are beyond brilliant!" James said. "Lily will soon be falling madly in love with me..."

"Please don't do anything too rash," Remus said.

"Oh, did Padfoot happen to tell you about operation match make?" James asked.

"Yes he did," Remus replied. "I really don't think we should interfere. If Lily likes you she should be able to find out on her own."

"Pleeeeeease Moony!" James begged. "I'm not asking for much. Lily just needs a few helpful hints that she should date me."

Remus looked at James doubtfully. "I don't know...what if something goes wrong?"

"That's why you're here! You're the brains of this," James said. James gave Remus his famous puppy dog eyes.

Remus rolled his eyes. "Fine, but only because I don't feel like hearing you beg."

"Thank you Remy!" James exclaimed as he jumped up from the bed.

For the remainder of the day, Lily and Kylie sat under a huge oak tree by the lake. They were lying on their backs, glancing up at the clouds, trying to decipher each clouds shape.

"That one looks like an elephant," Lily said pointing.

Kylie squinted her eyes. "It looks more like Professor Hyler," she said.

Lily laughed. "Yeah, I think you're right."

Lily let out a peaceful sigh. She hadn't played this game since she was five, and it was turning out to be very relaxing. Lily glanced back up at the sky.

That cloud looks like...Potter? Lily shook her head and moved onto another cloud. That one looked like Potter too!

"Uhh...Kylie?"

"Yeah Lils?"

"Do all the clouds look like one person to you?" Lily asked.

"No," Kylie replied. "Why, who do they all look like?"

"Never mind," Lily said.

Why do all the clouds look like Potter? Lily wondered. I must be going crazy... Curse Potter for getting in my head!

When the sun started to set, Lily and Kylie headed back into the castle for dinner. They entered the Great Hall, and took their regular seats at the Gryffindor table. Lily placed a pork chop and some mashed potatoes onto her plate. As Lily went to take a bite, she noticed that her food now resembled the face of James. The pork chop became his face and the mashed potatoes his hair.

Lily grabbed her fork and violently stabbed her pork chop, which caused some of her mashed potatoes to fly on the people sitting next to her.

"What did the poor pork chop ever do to you?" Kylie asked as she wiped off some of Lily's potatoes.

"Sorry," Lily mumbled.

Lily pushed her plate away and glimpsed at the other end of the table. James was laughing with his friends as if he didn't have a care in the world.

Stupid prat, Lily thought.

After dinner, Lily bid Kylie good night, and headed to her Head's dormitory. Upon entering, Lily once again found James sitting on the sofa; only this time he was fully clothed. He glanced up when she entered; his hazel eyes bore into hers. James then got up and turned to leave for his room.

"Wait James," Lily said.

James turned around. "If you're going to yell at me save your breath," he said.

"I uhh just want to apologize for snapping at you so much," Lily said.

"No problem," James said with a smile. "I know sometimes I can be a little aggravating."

"A little?" Lily said. "More like a whole lot."

James gave her a look.

"Sorry," Lily said smiling sheepishly.

James then held out his hand. "A truce," he said. "To stop your yelling and my annoyingness."

Lily laughed. "Nicely said," Lily replied as she shook his hand.

Later that night, long after Lily had went to bed; James used his invisibility cloak to pay yet another visit to his dear friends.

"Remus you're completely astounding," James said.

"Now wait a minute Prongs," Sirius said. "Let's not forget whose idea this was."

"Not only did she apologize to me, but she touched my hand!" James exclaimed, not paying attention to Sirius. "Ahh… life is good."

"Do you think she suspects anything?" Remus asked.

"I don't think so," James replied. "If she did she would have yelled…"

"Where did you come up with the spell to make Lily see James' face anyway?" Sirius asked.

"The library," Remus answered.

"I think this match making idea is going to work out beautifully," James said.

"I hope for your sake it does," Remus said.

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