During her free period, Alice went down to the library, only to be trailed by Remus.
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked quietly.
"Yea, I'm fine. I guess I should talk to Courtney and apologize or something. I was a little harsh." Admitted Alice.
"Ok. That's cool." Said Remus
"Wait. Who told you about my fight?" asked Alice accusingly.
"Hey, I was just sitting there when you stormed out of the room. I don't know anything and probably don't want to." Said Remus, backing off.
"That's one of the goods things about you." Complimented Alice.
"What?"
"That you stay out of other people's business when other people, aka Sirius, don't." said Alice shyly.
"Oh, well we gotta get to Transfiguration. Let's go". Said Remus, turning his head away blushing.
Meanwhile, Katrina was in the Great Hall when Sirius walked over.
"Hey".
"Hey".
"I'm bored. Let's do something". Said Sirius anxiously.
"Ok, what do you wanna do?" smiled Katrina.
"Well, we're in the a place with food and we're in a place with food. Let's have an eating contest." Exclaimed Sirius.
"I doubt I can beat you." Admitted Katrina.
"I'll go easy". Smirked Sirius.
"Ok." The two went up, got lunch and brought it back to the table, ending up sitting across from one another.
On their plates was mashed potatoes, peas, stuffing, and onion rings.
"Ready?" asked Sirius teasingly
"Always". Smirked Katrina.
"One, two, three!" yelled Sirius as they dug into their meals viciously.
Unknowingly behind her was a horrified Courtney. She whacked Katrina on the shoulder, stopping her binging.
"You guys are such damn hypocrites! You tell me I'm eating bad, but in a few months, you'll be just like me!" accused Courtney.
"WET DE MIYNRT'' said Katrina.
"I'm not even going to try to even talk to you!" cried Courtney and ran out of the room.
As soon as Alice swallowed, she got up from the table.
"We'll have a rematch later, Sirius". Said Katrina sighing.
"Yea, we'll have a fair one without any interruptions." Said an annoyed Sirius staring into the direction Courtney left.
"Look, she's just upset." Tried Katrina.
"Even I wouldn't do something like that over something so stupid to my friends." Admitted Sirius.
Katrina smiled and gathered her books. "I'll see ya later".
"See ya" called Sirius as Katrina ran down the hall.
In Transfiguration, Lily sat on the far end of the classroom, trying to stay away from James. She was the only one in the classroom so far, because she was so early. Class was to start in 10 minutes. Lily was still collecting herself when she heard footsteps.
"Lily" called a familiar desperate voice. Lily listened with wide eyes and then hid in the corner closet full of old spell books.
She heard James enter the classroom and put his books on a desk far away from hers. She listened intensively as he walked closer to her hiding spot. Fortunately, she had covered herself in a pile of books.
"Lily?" said James as he opened the closet.
James sighed and left the door open and went back to his desk, and began running his finger through his muffled hair.
A little later, other student began to come in, but Professor Staples hadn't. She still remained covered in dust until she heard some little footsteps that were original to the professor.
Lily got up, brushed the dust off herself and went back to her desk. She looked around backwards to see James staring at her oddly in surprise. He was right next to the doorway and hadn't seen her at all.
After class, Lily stayed behind talking to her teacher, trying to escape James.
"Mr. Potter, may I ask why you are still here. Do you need to talk with me about anything?" asked the little woman.
"No, Professor." Answered James as he walked out, but remained right out of the classroom.
Professor Staples always favored Lily and was worried why she was acting so strangely.
"What is wrong today, Miss Evans?"
"Nothing to much, but I need to avoid somebody." Admitted Lily.
"Is that someone Mr. Potter?" asked the professor knowingly.
"Yes". Said Lily with a forced smile.
"I'm not going to ask much else, but I am going to help you, my dear." She said and left the room, walking up to James.
"Mr. Potter, I would like you to see something down on the 2nd floor. Seeing that you're head boy."
James looked at Lily once more then preceded to follow the small woman down the hall.
Lily sighed and went to her next classes, none of which had James in them.
A moment later Courtney stood glaring at her.
"Why are you mad this time?" sighed Lily.
"You are acting like a total bitch! James probably wants to tell you something about me but you are just avoiding him to keep us apart!" she screamed
"What?" asked Lily, bewildered.
"Stop acting like a dumbass! He wants to tell you he likes me! I know the way he looks at me!"
It took Lily few moments to let the situation sink in about what Courtney was thinking.
Lily calmly said, "I agree. He looks at you in digust." Lily did a fake smile and shoved right past her.
Afterwards, she went to Alice's dorm to do her homework. She didn't show up for dinner, but Alice ended up bringing something up for her anyway.
"Hey Katrina, where's Lily" asked James, scanning the room.
"No idea." Answered Katrina, lying to her favorite cousin, while also staring right over her left shoulder.
"I know when you're lying. You're always really obvious." Said James
"Look, all I know is that she isn't here and has a reason for not being here that I haven't learned about yet." Replied Katrina honestly.
"Fine."
"Hey Prongs, worried about Lily dear again?" asked Sirius
"Shut it, Padfoot" replied a frustrated James
"Hey Potter, you wanna go again for a rematch?" asked Sirius playfully.
"You're on. One two three!" they both dug in ferociously.
James and Remus watched amusingly and anxious to announce the winner.
"And the winner is…Sirius!" exclaimed Remus as he watched Sirius do a little victory dance.
"I get you later, Black." Said Katrina, being a good loser.
"Whatever you say, but today, let me enjoy my victory!" cried Sirius
Katrina sighed and went to find Lily.
She walked up the to girls' dorm to find Lily piling her books back up.
"Finished?" asked Katrina
"Yup."
"What's wrong?" asked Katrina worriedly
"Today something happened that I didn't want to happen and know I'm confused with myself about whether I like this guy or not. And that's all you're gonna get out of me." Declared Lily.
"Let's see." Said Katrina thinking. "You kissed a guy, kisses always confuse people, and you really kissed him by the look of your hair. You are miserable right now and weren't at dinner because you are really confused…Lily likes James! Lily likes James!" exclaimed Katrina.
"SHHHH! Not so loud!" stopped Lily. "How did you? Why? Who told? Damn you're family's good." Exasperated Lily.
"Why my family?" asked Katrina.
"To tell you the whole truth, James kinda figured out that you liked Sirius without me telling him. And to get your cousin to keep quiet, I said I would kiss him for two minutes. Turns out to be 20 minutes with a lot of feeling up, and then I sprint outta there without an explanation" said Lily close to tears.
"Lily, you didn't have to do that for me." Said Katrina.
"But you're my best friend and I didn't want you to be embarrassed" sobbed Lily. "And now I have no idea what to do. I never have liked James before, even as a friend. And he's probably laughing arrogantly saying he finally got me!" sobbed Lily.
"No, no. He's like a miserable puppy. He hasn't even told Sirius! Eventually he will, but he's just really confused." Reassured Katrina.
"What do I do? I don't if I like him, but I made out with him. That was so wrong!" admitted Lily.
"You just need time to think. How about you stay the night in our dorm? We'll sort this thing through." Said Katrina comfortingly
After dinner, James and the marauders crashed in the boys' dorm, as an intervention for James.
"Ok, Jamesie, something's wrong with you. Tell us." Said Sirius plopping on his bed.
"Nothing." Snapped James.
"Prongs, something is different about you. Wonder why you're here yet?" asked Remus calmly.
"An intervention?" accused James.
"Exactly." Squeaked Peter.
"Let me guess, it was Padfoot's idea, and Moony locked me in." said James expectantly.
"Exactly. So get it over with" insisted Sirius.
"Fine. Today I kissed Lily." Admitted James quietly.
"You got Evans? Then why aren't ya happy, Prongsie?" asked Sirius slightly concerned.
"She ran off."
"Oh, how long did you kiss her? Was it good? What did it taste like?" said an anxious Peter.
"Who are you Wormtail and what the hell happened to you?" asked Sirius surprised.
"Nothing." Muttered Peter.
"I kissed her for about 20 minutes and kinda felt her up a little, but not to much to scare her off. And besides, I had been doing it for a few minutes before she left." Said James confusingly.
"Maybe she just hit reality." Reasoned Remus.
"Maybe…" sighed James.
As for the girls' dorm.
"YOU WHAT!" exclaimed Alice.
"Don't be so loud. Lily's upset enough." Scolded Katrina.
"I'm right here, you know" snapped Lily.
"What are you gonna do?" asked Alice.
"I just need some more time to think".
Lily laid down on the extra bed and immediately fell into a deep slumber.
The next morning after everyone had gotten ready, the girls headed down the staircase into the Gryffindor common room. Lily and Katrina and Alice were all squashed on a couch when they heard the laughter of Sirius.
"Damn Prongsie, liven up!" was all they heard before Lily went into panic mode. She struggled to get up and then sprinted out of the room just so James could see the redhead.
"Lily!" cried James chasing after her, but far behind. She ran down the hall and into a closet where James eventually gave up and went to breakfast.
For the next class days, she avoided James at all meals and sat far away from him at all classes. Before they knew it, Friday was over and people were beginning to question when a Hogsmeade visit would be.
Lily needed to go into her Heads' dorm to collect some clothes for the weekend. She looked around every corner and said the password, watching the door slowly open.
To her relief James was nowhere in sight. She sighed, stepped in the common room and strolled in the direction of her room.
Before entering her room, she warmed her hands by the fire and looked up to see James across the room, closing his door behind him Before she could hide, he turned around and slowly stepped towards her.
"Lily" he said cautiously. "We really do need to talk about a few things"
Lily slowly backed away and rushed to her room. Before actually reaching it, a hand grabbed her arm and stopped her.
"Lily, can we just talk?" asked James pleadingly.
Lily remained silent and realized she really did like James and then shook her head.
"Well, I'm not letting go." Replied James slowly pulling her back to the fireplace.
"What do you want?" said Lily finally.
"Well besides what we need to talk about, I scheduled a Hogsmeade trip for next weekend."
"That's fine. Now let me go." Lily demanded.
"No. I'm not done. Why have you been avoiding me all week?"
"I haven't been avoiding you." Said Lily
"You're obviously lying." Smiled James.
"Ok, fine. I have been avoiding you." Admitted Lily.
"Ok, now can I ask why?"
"Ummm, well, ya see, that's a good question, it was, well, ya know, because, because, of, ummm, errr,"
"Lily" said James firmly.
She stared right back at him with teary emerald eyes. He gently took his thumb and wiped one of her tears and then began to kiss her.
She, surprisingly, kissed back. Before long, they were on the couch making out. Unbeknownst to them, a girl stood watching behind them, in horror and rage.