A/n: Yesterday, when I wrote the first chapter, I said that it might be a one-shot if people didn't like it, but, following the good reviews that it received, I decided to write another instalment.
I must explain that yesterday, it may have seemed like James wanted to ask Lily out…but they are already going out. I have made sure that nowhere in the text does it say that James should ask her out, but it just says that he should ask her. So, there you go!
So, what follows is Chapter Two – A Lack of Concentration!
Chapter Two – A Lack of Concentration
"Miss Evans, for the last time, concentrate, girl!"
The harsh tones of Professor McGonagall rang through the classroom, earning the addressed pupil sympathetic looks from her friends.
The redhead jumped a little, startled out of her daydream about her boyfriend, James Potter, and mumbled an apology, hoping that she would not lose any more House Points. James…he was so…perfect for her, there was no other word for him…although he did always seem to be distracting her. The way he ruffled his hair up and turned to her, obviously seeking approval, the way his eyes flashed at an exiting thought…and the way he was so loyal to his friends, and would stand by them for anything.
It's not fair, she thought, crossly. It's not my fault that I'm distracted…James is just so…distracting! She flashed him a warning look, begging him mentally to stop trying to catch her attention, and he grinned and turned back to his parchment, Sirius nudging him and laughing a little and Remus giving him a look of pure exasperation.
Her best friends, Jessie and Amber, who were sitting on either side of her, nudged Lily to remind her that they were in a lesson and that she was supposed to be reading aloud from her textbook. She gave them a grateful glance and continued to read.
"It is particularly difficult to transfigure objects of this nature because of their inability to be…"
Although she continued to read, her mind was elsewhere, and she was quickly losing concentration again. She risked a look in James' direction and caught him grinning at her, so she flashed him a smile, before stumbling on the next couple of words.
The Professor sighed, irritated, and, swooping down on Lily with her arms folded and an angry expression, demanded to be told what was going on."
"I don't know," came the reply, "I don't think…I'm…maybe just tired…" It was the only excuse that Lily could come up with at that moment, and she was fully aware of how ridiculous it sounded.
Behind McGonagall, Sirius stuck his tongue out at her and James grinned again and ruffled his hair forwards. Lupin rolled his eyes at Lily apologetically, and Sirius grinned and mimed smacking his friend on the back of the head.
"Lily, I have just asked you a question. Did you not hear?" McGonagall asked in a slightly gentler voice, a look of genuine concern on her face.
"No Professor, sorry, Professor…" Lily replied, snapping back to reality. She really would have to speak to James about this…she loved him, but he was affecting her work and her grades had started to fall dramatically.
"I said, do you need to see Madam Pomfrey?"
"No, Professor, I can continue.,. I'll just…I'm fine…" Lily glared at James and Sirius, who then turned and glared exaggeratedly at each other. There was a moment's pause before Sirius and Lily snorted in unison, and Professor McGonagall whirled around to see James scratching under his armpits, appearing to be imitating a gorilla, and Sirius grinning like a maniac at Lily.
"Right, I think I've seen the cause of the problem," McGonagall stated angrily, her nostrils flaring slightly. "Mr Potter…Mr Black…I'll see both of you in my office for detention tomorrow night, and I will not permit you to sit together in my class in the future."
The Professor then turned towards Lily, shaking her head. "I'd have thought better of you, Miss Evans. Ten points from Gryffindor, and I suggest that in future you concentrate on your studies, rather than watching the class idiots-" Here she broke off and glared furiously at James and Sirius – "Misbehave."
Lily flushed, ashamed, as the Professor fixed her with a steely glare, and lowered her head to continue reading aloud from the text-book, trying, and failing, to ignore the smirks of the others around her.
A/n: Hope you enjoyed that chapter! If it goes down well then there will be another on the way!
Lady Livia: Thank you very much for your review…'twas very encouraging! I expect I updated sooner than you might have thought…well, I was desperate to get back to writing!
A reader: Thanks, will do!