Chapter One

"What!" Lily cried, frustration evident in her voice as she gripped the bottle full of black ink firmly in her hand. "HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT!" Lily lost control completely and threw the ink bottle at the stone wall above the fire with all the strength she could muster. The glass exploded into a thousand pieces with an almighty crash.

Lily looked at the wall, her eyes wide with shock. Shaking her head she came back to the present and glared furiously at him.

"You want another chance? Well, Mr. Potter, your chance just flew out the window along with that owl I just sent to Lucius." Lily smiled bitterly. "He has been requesting my company for awhile now." Picking her way between the couches to her bag, she caught a glance at James's startled face.

James couldn't believe what he was hearing. It couldn't be true… Malfoy, the lowliest scum of this school, not fit to lick Lily's shoes had been pestering James's one and only love for her 'company'! Anger and jealousy boiled over in James, his face contorted with almost as much anger as Lily's.

"And you're going to go!" He asked incredulously, flailing an arm dramatically above his head.

"Yes I'm going," Lily snapped, whirling back around to face him, her emerald eyes sparked with anger. "You don't have any control over what I can and can't do." She whispered dangerously.

James, even in this situation, couldn't help but admire Lily in all her beauty as she glared at him. "I wouldn't try even if I wanted to." He whispered back in the same tone, his own hazel eyes narrowed.

With that, he turned on his heel and bounded up the boy's dorm stairs without a backwards glance, leaving a livid Lily Evans behind.

"AAARGH!" She screeched out of frustration and hurled another ink pot at the wall, taking satisfaction in the way it smashed and left splatters of red ink dripping down the wall.

If this is the way he wants it, then game on…