"Black!" Lucius was screaming in Andromeda's face.
"What?" she spat in his.
"What on earth were you doing talking to that filth?" He glared at Lily, Tina, Alice, and Arabella as they passed.
"It's my business," Andromeda sneered, turning away.
Lucius grabbed her roughly by the shoulder and turned her around. "Your business is my business," he snarled.
"Really? I wasn't aware of that. Don't touch me, Malfoy."
Lucius slapped her so hard that the sound of it ricocheted off of the walls. Andromeda dropped her books and whipped out her wand. He eyed it warily.
"If you lay another of your filthy little inbred hands on me again," she began, her eyes becoming a milky white and her hair flying around her face wildly. She backed him into a corner and a few stones hit the wall above his head. Lucius winced.
"I will tear something very dear to you away." She looked down slightly. "I don't care if it is attached to your body or not." Now Lucius was visibly quaking.
Andromeda lowered her wand, changed her features back to normal, and smirked. "Better get going Malfoy," she said lightly, gathering her books. "After all, we wouldn't want you to be late to your first lesson of the year, would we?"
A couple of First Year Huffelpuffs passed by Lucius, talking and laughing. "And the Prefects say that we have to be cautious because he's dangerous? I think I'll save my respect for the girl." Her friend laughed and nodded in her assessment.
Lucius roared at the pair, taking out his wand. They started laughing again. The first girl took out her wand. "See? I have one too. Next time, think about using yours." She and her friend smirked again before hurrying into the Transfiguration room just as the bell rang.
Lily walked as quickly as she could towards the base of the North Tower, on her way to Divination. She was cutting time dangerously close and, to make matters worse, had James on her tail. She wished that she had enough sense to make the prank last even after they left the Great Hall.
For every time the boys entered the Hall, they would become women. The girls had already spoken with the elves in the kitchen and were guaranteed that none of the boys would receive food from there.
Still, Lily wished that James was still a girl. Then he'd be in the bathrooms trying to figure out how to undo the prank.
Unfortunately, James was a boy until lunch and being that boy, was a huge pain.
"Say Evans, d'you know how lucky you are?" he asked, running a hand through his hair.
Lily resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "No Potter. Tell me, just how lucky am I?"
He grinned. "You've got the opportunity to come to Hogsmeade with me."
This time, Lily did roll her eyes. "I guess I am pretty lucky. Too bad I'm not taking you up on that offer."
She walked faster, nearly breaking into a run. James continued his pace, walking in step with Lily, without all of her effort. 'Hang his long legs!' she thought, just about ready to hang him.
"Well how about tonight we-"
"No."
"Would you like to-"
"No."
"Can I-"
"No."
"Would you at least let me finish one sentence?" he asked, a twinge of annoyance evident in his voice.
Lily stopped short and turned around to face him. Well, his chest, really. She looked up, obviously disgusted with what she saw. (A/N: Why? James is HOT!) "Did you just not?" She turned on flounced off.
'He's one of the smartest boys in our year,' she thought, thoroughly irritated. 'Why can everyone see that I don't like him except him?'
Meanwhile, James was staring, transfixed, at her as she walked off. He shook his head and sauntered up next to her. "Aw come on Evans. Why won't you go out with me?" They were at the bottom of the staircase now. Lily kept walking as she began to answer.
"I told you over and over again last year. You might have to wait a while for it to penetrate your thick skull. Come back in a year to tell me."
James, who was quite used to Lily's rudeness, continued to follow her. "Ouch Lily, that really hurt."
"You have no right to call me-" she was cut off suddenly. Lily, being so distracted, had managed to forget to jump the trick step, something Peter frequently did. (A/N: Ooh! Not a nice comparison.) James stooped down to help her up but was pushed away. "Forget about me!" she cried exasperatedly. "My books!"
James Accioed Lily's books, which happened to be zooming down the stairs joyously. He turned back to Lily, who had already extracted herself from the stair. Suddenly the bell rang. Lily jumped, but James didn't move. He was staring at her leg. Lily looked down and saw blood flowing freely from it.
"Great," she muttered, still staring at the gash that extended from her upper calf to lower thigh. "Just what I needed." She continued to look down at it until she heard James say something.
"What?"
"I said we need to get you to the Hospital Wing," James repeated, shrinking her books.
"No," said Lily stubbornly, but without real conviction.
James sighed and pointed his wand at Lily's leg. He muttered the spell to stop blood flow and picked her up. "Don't make me Stun you. If you start moving around, I'll have to."
Lily nodded and put her arms around his neck. They started back down the stairs and Lily Concealed the wound. "I don't like the sight of blood," she explained.
"What are you two doing in the corridor during class?"
James sighed heavily and turned around to face Filch, the new caretaker. He wasn't too eager to be holding a conversation.
"I'm taking her to the Hospital Wing," he said clearly and slowly.
Filch looked at Lily, who started blushing when she realized how it must look to Filch. He was too new to know about Lily's extreme dislike towards James.
"Somehow, I doubt it," said Filch. "I don't see a cut, blood, any evidence of a wound."
"I Concealed it because I get nauseous at the sight of blood," Lily explained, just as clearly and slowly as James had.
"Concealed it because you get nauseous at the sight of blood!" the caretaker scoffed. "Just go on. Hopefully McGonagall or Dumbledore'll catch you two before you end up in a closet."
Lily glared at him as he turned and limped away, muttering something about "Teenagers."
A/N: Filch has a rather dirty mind, don't you think? Lucius is a coward, don't you find? I know I was acting like a complete and total idiot in this chapter, but I was babysitting my little sister! That in itself should be reason enough for my random moments of insanity.
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