Chapter 2
Once Lily used Floo Powder to safely arrive back in her home, she burst up the stairs without greeting any member of the family. She bounced onto her bed and let out quiet sobs, rethinking her mistake and scolded herself for being so stupid as to think James had even slightly changed.
Finally, the day of the meeting with Professor Dumbledore and the Head Boy arrived, it was 11:10am, so Lily finished up tying her hair, and dressing into a skirt that was a little bit above knee length and slipped into a loose tank top, she stepped into her sandals then grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and let it start spreading as she stood in the fireplace. She felt like she was getting all the air sucked out of her, but before she could think twice about it, she landed in Dumbledore's office, slightly covered in ashes.
"Good day to you Ms. Evans. I hope your summer has been well." She heard Professor Dumbledore calmly say as she stepped out from beneath the hearth and seat herself into a chair in front of the Professor. His hair was wispy while his half-moon spectacles sat on the very tip of his nose. He gave a warm smile and offered her a bowl of Acid Pops.
"Thank you Professor." Lily said quietly as she gracefully took a sweet, unwrapping it and sucked on the lollipop.
"You're very welcome. They're my favorite, Acid Pops. Now, if you will just wait a moment, I suspect Mr. Potter to be arriving soon."
"Potter? James Potter?" Lily said in an outburst.
"Yes, do you happen to know one another?" Dumbledore asked curiously, sucking on an Acid Pop as well. Lily snorted, but then covered it up with her hand. She couldn't believe it, Potter was Head Boy. How was it even possible? She pondered over the improvableness of it. Suddenly there was a gust, and James Potter fell into the fireplace, looking casual when he stepped out covered in soot.
"Er, hello Mr. Potter, thank you for attending the meeting, and on time too I see!" Professor Dumbledore lightly mused. James gave a soft chuckle, then fell silent as he noticed a red haired, gorgeous girl sitting on a chair opposite of him.
"Potter." Lily gravely said, looking at him once then turned away.
"Evans." James said, he took it lightly, and acted as if he could care less of her presence, but deep down he was feeling rather depressed.
"Ahem." Dumbledore coughed deliberately to break the uncomfortable silence.
"I'd like to tell you, mostly to Mr. Potter about his responsibilities since Ms. Evans here has been a wonderful prefect since fifth year."
Lily blushed, James sniggered, Professor Dumbledore took one look and knew it was the wrong thing to do..
"Er, then again, maybe it would be best for us to look at your private common room, bedrooms, and bathrooms. Mr. Potter, I will send you a letter later consisting the details of your privileges and responsibilities." Explained the Headmaster. James nodded, and got up to follow Lily and Dumbledore out the office door and down the spinning floor.
"Evans, I'm sorry, ok?" James murmured quietly to Lily while they walked down the empty corridors to the Gryffindor tower. But Lily ignored him.
"C'mon, Evans, I mean it."
She swished around, glaring at him.
"You are…" she began.
"wonderful." James arrogantly finished, giving her a wink. But he soon realized that was a mistake. She halted on the spot, causing Professor Dumbledore to watch and wonder what was happening, he didn't do anything, but he continued to be the spectator of the drama.
"No Potter! You're so arrogant, thinking that everybody loves you. That week before, I actually thought you were decent, I even was thinking about giving you a chance, but you ruined it, for me and you! You're dreadful, and I hate you!" After yelling her bit, Lily turned away from James and motioned that the Professor could continue walking. Everybody was quiet and still as they entered the common room. James kept his distance when they entered through the portrait hole. Lily gasped, the walls decoration was splendid and the walls had carved details that could've cost a fortune in galleons.
"Ms. Evans, your bedroom is up this stairway," Professor Dumbledore explained, pointing his long, bony index finger towards a spiraling staircase on the right side, "Yours, Mr. Potter is the one on the left. Please try not to mix them up and going into one another's rooms." His eyes had a sparkle as he said this, mostly towards James who grew flushed, pretending to be deeply interested in the coffee table.
"You each may enter the common room and your private bedrooms and baths as you please. The password to every door right now is Butterbeer, you can change it after you enter. Now, you may have a look around, after you've finished everything up, there is a pot of Floo Powder that you may use during the school year and also to return back to your homes. I hope you find everything to your liking, if you have any requests, I'll be here." Professor Dumbledore finally finished, he then sat into a plush red chair by the fire and looked out the window, smiling.
Lily made a quick run to her room so that James could not follow her, she knew that there was charm on her stairway so that boys could not enter, thankfully.
"Butterbeer." The door swung open to reveal a luxurious bedroom, the bed was high and the comforter had the Gryffindor crest sewn on it in silk, in fact, the whole blanket was made of silk along with the pillow. She was astounded with the amazing beauty of it, the walls were painted red and gold, but by far, the bathroom was her favorite. She said the password then walked in with her mouth hanging open. Their was a beautiful shower in one corner, where the inside was made of marble and the door was made of one-way glass so she could see what was going on outside but it was a mirror if you were to try to look in. The bathtub was a gorgeous shade of red, it was deep and looked very elegant, white towels had been folded and gracefully laid over the edge of the tub. On one said, there were steps to enter and on the other side was a book of spells if you wanted bubbles, foam, fragrance, a shower head inside the tub and also if you wanted it to be a Jacuzzi instead. Lily was still in awe when she came down from her room and bathroom.
"I take it that you like what you saw." the Headmaster commented calmly when she returned.
"O yes, it was unbelievable!" she exclaimed in happiness.
"Very good, do you have any requests?" he asked.
She pondered over it, then shook her head.
He nodded, then motioned for her to sit down to wait for James to return. He finally came back about fifteen minutes later.
"Oi, sorry, I didn't know you had to wait for me." James blushed, his hair looked wet, and a smell of pine floated into the room.
"Mr. Potter, I see you enjoyed the bath?" Professor Dumbledore chuckled. Lily rolled her eyes, watching James confront them, the smell almost unbearable. She bravely covered her nose.
"Too strong Lily dear?" James asked seductively, nearing her. She sputtered for breath and tried to wave him away. He kept on coming closer until Lily gave up and exhaled, before she could even breathe in again, the smell went back up her nose, she felt her head start to swarm, as the smell made her nauseas she abruptly fell over backwards and fainted.
"Lily?" she heard a distant voice plead.
"Ms. Evans?" another voice, calmly asked.
"Wha-?" Lily squinted up to see two faces. Suddenly she jumped up, causing the two men to jump back as well, one more frightened then the other.
"I'm so sorry Evans!" she heard a voice say, it still sounded distant. She closed her eyes and sat there, not saying anything.
"Really I am, I-
"Please Mr. Potter, let her rest." Professor Dumbledore remarked, still keeping his cool over the situation.
After a while of silence, Lily felt well enough to speak.
"It's fine James, I never have told you that I'm very sensitive to strong smells." Lily explained, tossing aside the matter, her voice was soft, an unusual option when talking to James. James said nothing, watching her drowsily sleep, he lingered on her eyes then looked at her mouth, her lips were red and she looked slightly pale. He felt bad, really bad.
A/N- sry to leave all you guys hanging like this, but I want you all to read this before I move on into the rest of the story