"How was it?" was the first glimpse of conversation Lily heard as she entered her dorm for the night.
"Oh my gosh, it was so fun! Amos is really funny, I felt we really got along. And he invited me to have Breakfast with him tomorrow!" Bella crowed.
"How bout you Alice?" Lily wondered aloud. Alice grinned like a Cheshire cat. "He wants me to meet him tomorrow in the astronomy tower. Said he has something special planned. Oh Lily, it was just dinner, but it was so much more than that!"
All three girls giggled, arranging themselves on their beds, facing each other. A gentle breeze blew in from the East, setting the curtains fluttering in the cool breeze.
"Did James do that whole two words thing again?" at Lily's nod, she continued. "What did he write?"
"Pumpkin Chips." at this the girls looked up, what kind of a response was that? "Its my favourite way of eating pumpkin. I don't know why, but Potter had them on his plate, and he offered me some." she licked her lips in memory. "I don't know, they are just so yummy. Spicy, delicious and unknown."
"Kinda reminds me of Potter." laughed Alice. All three chuckled.
The girls settled in for a good nights worth of gossip after getting ready for bed.
"Well that went well!" exclaimed Remus patting James on the back.
"Yes that Evans is quite a catch," winked Peter, sticking his toothbrush into his mouth.
"PADFOOT!" came the screech only moments later from the bathroom. All the boys snickered. Sirius had replaced the toothpaste with pepper sauce, somehow managing to change the colour and odour.
"Nice!" grinned James, pegging a pillow at Sirius' head.
"So what did she write?" asked Peter, emerging from the door adjacent to Remus' bed.
"Delicious and Unknown." grinned James, lazily stretching back on his comforter a wide grin etched upon his features.
Similarly they all got ready for bed, talking animatedly about how James could possibly impress Lily again.
The next morning at breakfast Serverus Snape sat brooding over his oatmeal. He was trying to work up the courage to maybe talk to Lily in their looming Potions class. Word had spread about the deal she had with Potter, and sitting staring at the sodden oats infront of him, he decided that he would be the one to burst Potters little scheme.
Herbology was first in the line up for the Gryffindors that morning. Sharing the class with Ravenclaw kept the students on their toes the entire time. It was harder to earn house points with the intellectually gifted house sharing this subject.
"Pettigrew, Black," came the trilling voice of their Professor, "Put those down!" Although only a new professor, Sprout was shaping up to be one skilled teacher. Already was she aware to the antics of the Marauders, as was she well aware of the consequences of leaving them alone together in greenhouse number four. Sirius turned with a charming smile on his face, hair whipping around him, his black halo.
"We were merely educating Miss Figg of the danger in swinging Mandrakes around, or duelling with them." he replied, trying to charm the two of them out of trouble.
"Be that as it may, you will still report to greenhouse number seven tomorrow morning at five am, yes AM Mister Black," she re-enforced at Sirius' whine of complain that was quite reminiscent of a dog's cry "to serve your detentions." Peter looked indignantly over at her, scowling for emphasis.
"But Why?" Always one for trouble Sirius questioned the professor on her judgement.
"By demonstrating the act of duelling in class, especially with creatures, you are setting a poor example that goes against anything you were supposedly trying to teach Miss Figg." granted she was only new, but the professor could pass as a wizened veteran against Sirius Black and his charismatic ways.
"Pass me a pot Evans?" asked James from across the desk. As Lily was fetching a pot for her group, she saw no harm in getting him one too. The look of surprise on his face was evident, as he accepted the ceramic without making a pass at her. Something Lily wasn't aware was possible. It felt strange, and left her somewhat disappointed. Is this what our relationship has gotten to? She mentally questioned herself, shocked at the idea that she could possibly be missing something that had annoyed her so frequently since around about fourth year. She was snapped out of her stupor as Alice grabbed the pot out of her hand, allowing Bella to shove the screaming mandrake into it, quickly filling the surrounding area with dirt, effectively silencing the creature. "Are you ok Lily?" questioned Remus from next to James, patting down the soil of his freshly planted Mandrake with gloved hands. "Fine," she replied, glancing around noticing that half the class was still struggling with their own shrieking bundles of joy to notice that they were finished. On the other side of the room, Frank Longbottom was winking at Alice, whilst trying to refrain from strangling the porcupine head of the Mandrake his group was working on, a feat that was trouble enough in itself as the creature bit his finger. Rushing over to them, Alice examined his finger, and promptly asked to escort him to the Hospital wing of the vast castle.
By the time the two of them had returned, everyone was packing up for the lesson, getting ready to head off to Charms with Professor Flitwick and the Hufflepuffs.