Hello everyone! Thanks for the AMAZING 14 (and still growing?!) reviews! I'm glad so many people enjoyed it enough to hit that pretty little button at the bottom. That means there are OTHER people reading this as well? Quiet people.. who don't review.. glare

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I GOT A TITLE! Have you noticed? "The Not-So-Secret Life of Lily Evans". Well, it would be if the dashes didn't die a horrible, sudden, unforeseen death from the server. TT Thanks, though, Anonymous Reviewer Cloe, who offered some titles that helped me (in a strange, sort of roundabout way) find the current title.

BeCkY6: There's kind of a "conflict" with the DA teacher.. but you'll just have to wait until CHAPTER 4 for that, when they have class with the dude. You WON'T like him. Believe me. James saving Lily from sexual harassment?! OMG, I was planning something like that. Except it's a lot more humorous and doesn't involve a creepy old guy.. You'll just have to wait until Hogwarts's Valentines Day for that, though. But I know you'll love that scenario!!! So stay tuned, k?

Animalluvr75: Yeah, I wasn't TOO satisfied with the first chapter either. But it WILL get better! I PROMISE! TT No, siriusly though, because I was SO rusty at writing when I started that. But I think I got the old talent back now after 3 CRAZY days of non-stop writing.

Yami: I KNOW you're eagerly awaiting more chapters. You're like a hungry dog. XD mwhahaha.. hugs

Sangrita: I'm glad you liked the portrayance of your character! - i think i told you that already, though.. hehe.

On to the show!

The Not-So-Secret Life of Lily Evans

Chapter 3- Teacher's Pet

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The schedules were handed out in the morning, and the Gryffindors headed out to their first class of the term: Double Potions.

Remus didn't look too well.

"What's wrong, Moony?" Sirius asked as the Gryffindor clan set off after breakfast. "You look kinda bummed."

"What? Oh.. just tired, I guess," he lied.

Lily was walking very fast again. The sooner potions was over, the sooner she could get to Arithmancy. Which was the ONLY class she had that she didn't share with Potter.

Oh, WHY didn't she leave breakfast earlier? If only she could put down that stupid spell book..

"What's the rush, Evans?"

Brilliant. There he goes again.

"What rush? It's just.. a nice day for speed walking. You should try it sometime!" she said through gritted teeth.

"Geez.." Potter muttered quietly to Remus, "You try to be nice and you get shot down like an owl.." It wasn't quiet enough though. Lily heard his every word.

What happened? Maybe he really did change over the summer. Yeah, people change.

But POTTER? Come on! Mr. "Hey, Metal Mouth!" Potter?

No. Never.

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"Good morning, class. Welcome to 5th year potions," said Professon Caliban. "My name is Creidwy Caliban," she continued, waving her unusually long wand at the board. Her name appeared there in neat, yet willowy, writing. "And I will be your teacher for the year. Before we begin, any questions?"

No one really asked anything. Girls whispered to one another, while all the boys just stared. Not all of them at Professor Caliban; no, James was staring at the way the sunlight glimmered off Lily's hair in front of him..

Sirius was watching the teacher intently. She had her hair up in a large bun, while her long crimson robe completely covered her feet. The sleeves were so long that he could only see her wand and the tips of long red fingernails. When she walked, it was as if she were gliding.

Celina elbowed Sirius hard in the side.

"Now, today we will be making a Calming Potion. The directions are on the board," she flicked her wand again. "You have until the end of class. Ask me if you are unsure of anything. Please begin."

So, the class began, lighting their cauldrons and carefully reading the instructions on the board.

"Professor, I don't understand that part in the second paragraph about stirring the mandragora juice. Do we use our wands or our stirring spoons, like before?" The girl next to Lily asked. It was Olivia Carson, another Gryffindor girl whom Lily shared a dorm with, but didn't talk to much outside of classes. She had very dark skin and hair, which she kept in tight braids, and Lily knew her to be the announcer for the Quidditch games.

Professor Caliban quietly answered Olivia's question, and then walked around some more to supervise the students' progress.

"Please don't come here, please don't come here," Lily heard Remus's praying from behind her.

"Ah! Remus! How nice to see you again!" the teacher sang as she floated over to Remus's desk.

Remus appeared as if he were wilting. "Er.. hello, p-professor.. I thought you graduated last year and were leaving the school.."

Lily thought she also heard a soft "..for good.." after that sentence, but maybe it was just her potion hissing....

Professor Caliban smiled, showing no indication that she heard those last two words. "No, I decided to try the wonderful, yet grossly underpaid, career of teaching—Oh, watch how much murtlap essence you're putting there, kid," she quickly corrected James.

So this teacher was hardly older than most of the seventh years. She must have gotten an Outstanding on her Potions OWL.

Professor Caliban soon left to the other side of the room, to answer more questions.

"What was that all about?" Peter asked Remus, catching on to something.

"I believe our friend Moony is the new teacher's pet," Potter said, poking Remus with the tip of his wand.

"You don't understand! I've been the teacher's pet since before she was even a teacher!" Remus hissed angrily, swatting at Jame's wand.

"Was she that Slytherin girl who pestered you constantly last year?" Sirius asked, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, not noticing that his potion was bubbling when it wasn't supposed to.

Remus nodded. "And just when I thought I was rid of her-- Merlin! My potion turned red!" he cursed.

"That's a brilliant job, Severus. You're nearly finished already!" the teacher exclaimed from the Slytherin side of the room. "You should be proud of yourself. Ten points to Slytherin!"

"Yeah, brilliant, Snivellus," Potter repeated, just loud enough for Severus Snape to hear him. Snape's weak smile turned into a nasty scowl towards Potter and his friends.

"Why don't we give him our congrats after class?" Sirius suggested.

"Only if it doesn't involve a duel," Remus replied absently, stirring his potion. "You wouldn't want to wind up in detention on the first day---"

"Shut up, Remus," James and Sirius said at the same time. Peter decided to stay out of it.

"Lily!" Celina hissed from behind her. "Lily!"

"Yes?" Lily asked, turning around.

"Something went wrong with my potion, I don't think it's nearly dark enough.." Celina said worriedly, poking at her cauldron.

"You didn't put enough powdered dragon bone, add a spoonful more," Lily instructed, after peering into Celina's cauldron.

"You there, the girl talking, what's your name?" Professor Caliban demanded of Lily, suddenly appearing in front of her.

Curses.. Now she was in trouble.

"Lily, Lily Evans."

"Ah, Lily. Lovely name. Helping other students, I see?" Professor asked, eyeing her suspiciously.

"W-well, I was just--"

"Good. Less mistakes for me to grade. 10 points for Gryffindor for making my job easier," she said, patting Lily on the head and gliding off again.

As soon as Lily turned around, slightly in shock, James quickly dumped his remaining treeflower oil in his cauldron. "Psst! Evans!"

"What?"

"There's something wrong with my potion, too! Can you fix it for me?"

"NO, I won't fix it for you!" Lily glared, but then realized she was being horribly mean again as she saw the terribly hurt look on Potter's face. Fine, maybe this once.. "But I can help you fix it.."

Potter gave Sirius a low-five under the table, where Lily couldn't see. The face worked.

A little while later, Lily was glad to see she had gotten Potter's potion to a dark, yet lightly foaming substance. She would have been furious to see that Potter had been watching her the entire time instead of Lily's directions.

"Thanks, Evans," Potter sang happily after she was finished.

"You're welcome," Lily replied bluntly.

"Really? Okay, I'll remember that next time," James grinned, making a mental note.

Lily bit her lip.

Curses.

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