Chapter 6:

It was not until the beginning of seventh year that James was able to talk directly to Lily. Unsurprisingly Lily had been made head girl, with her perfect grades and obvious talent she was a no brainer. What did surprise many was the choice for head boy, James. Nobody could deny his many talents, but with his flagrant disregard for the rules and constant pranking, along with Sirius no one had thought he would have been chosen for the prestigious title. Nobody was more surprised than James himself, although one other made very public protestations about his appointment…Lily.

Soon after boarding the Hogwarts Express, Lily made her way to the heads compartment, leaving Bella alone. Lily had almost reached her destination when a cloaked figure emerged and pulled her roughly inside the heads compartment. Used to these random appearances Lily did not scream, but merely allowed herself to be thrown inside.

The figure did not remove his cloak, but Lily had no problem identifying him, the long, pale, skeletal fingers that lingered on her arm gave him away.

"My Lord, this is a pleasant surprise, but I was informed you would not be requiring my presence until later." Although, Lily had served Voldemort for almost two years now and had come to respect his talents as a wizard, she had never fully bowed to his will. Whilst others feared what may happen to their loved ones, should they disobey Voldemorts orders, Lily did not. He already had her parents under his control. Lily knew that death could not be worse than the meaningless existence they had now.

"Miss Evans," The voice was cold and high pitched, but it was not this that made Lily flinch. It was the harsh, furious tone with which Voldemort used. "Did you not understand our agreement? I was under the impression that it was very clear and that you being so very intelligent understood the serious repercussion should you break it."

At these words Lily recoiled slightly, but quickly composed herself and replied, "I know that having such a powerful job must be very stressful, but if you can no longer refrain from paranoid hallucinations then you really should step down and allow someone else to take over! What are you talking about? Of course I understood the agreement, I stay away from Potter and spy on Dumbledore for you and you leave my parents alone." A flash of red was visible under the hood and Lily knew she had gone too far.

"Lily, had you not continually shown your immense talents and proven yourself extremely useful to me, I can assure you that you would be in a serious amount of pain right now. Now allow me to explain very carefully, by accepting the position of head girl you have broken the terms of our agreement. The only reason I am allowing you to continue is because, your situation will allow you to monitor Dumbledore with much more ease." Footsteps could be heard in the hallway approaching the compartment.

Frustrated Lily kept her concentration on Voldemort, "What do you mean? I haven't broken the terms-" But she was interrupted, the handle of the compartment door was turning.

"You'll see, I'll be in touch soon!" With this Voldemort promptly disappeared from the train, leaving behind a confused Lily to face the entering person.

Lily turned to see who it was and suddenly understood, a wave of pure terror crashed over her entire body. "James?"

James looked up when he heard his name spoken from within the carriage he was entering. "Lily!" He was not surprised to see her here, everyone knew she would be made head girl. It was the look on her face that shocked him, although used to looks of pure hatred, this was not the same. The look on her face was the same as the night in fifth year…terror.

At the sound of her name Lily snapped into action, wiping the terrified look from her face she replaced it with the usual look of contempt when faced with James. "What are you doing here Potter, lose your way? You know, after all these years I'd have thought even you would be able to find your way around the train. But obviously not, so let me help you, this is the heads compartment, you don't belong here!" Oh God, please let him just be lost, how the hell will I stay away from him if he's head boy?

James was not fooled by her attempt to cover the look of terror that had been so apparent on her face only moments earlier. However, knowing she would never tell him what the reason behind it was he decided to act as he usually did in response to her hatred.

"Now, now Lils that's not way to talk to the head boy is it? Tell me who were you talking to before? You don't have a secret lover do you, 'coz you know that would break my poor little heart?"

Rolling her eyes Lily replied, "Don't be stupid Potter, you know very well that no one apart from you has asked me out since fifth year, you made sure to that!"

Smiling broadly James said, "Good, then Lily Evans, will you go out with me?" Knowing full well what the answer would be. 3-2-1-

"Shove off Potter, I'd rather-"

"Yes I know, you'd rather go out with the Giant Squid than with me, really Lily you should think of a better knock back than that! Oh well, now I have an entire year, sharing a dorm with you! You won't be able to resist me for long!"

Lily turned away from him trying her best not to laugh. She had found it increasingly difficult to refuse James's advancements. Not only was he talented and completely gorgeous, but some of the things he said showed that he really understood her, although how she had know idea. Sitting down in a huff, Lily realised that seventh year may be her biggest challenge yet…not falling for James.

When the prefects had all been and gone, Lily turned to look out of the window, in the reflection she could see James watching her thoughtfully. Forcing her eyes closed, so that she could not see him anymore, Lily tried to fall asleep, but thoughts kept running through her mind. How can I stay away from him now? After a while, Lily fell into a fitful sleep, dreaming of all the possible ways that Voldemort could kill her parents, if she did not stay away from James.

Over on the other side of the carriage James was watching Lily and thinking. The look on her face when I entered, that was the same look she gave me when we bumped into each other in fifth year. What could have happened that scared her, no terrified her like that? And what does it have to do with me? Knowing that he would not be satisfied until he had discovered her secret, James slipped from the heads compartment and went to find his friends. As he entered their compartment he remember the vow he had made all those years ago, that he would find out what happened to Lily. This year would be his last chance, he had to find out her secret.

He sat in silence, ignoring his friends, for the rest of the train ride, by the time the train pulled into the station James knew what he would do, it wouldn't be easy, but he knew it was the only way…he had to make Lily Evans fall in love with him.

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