"Lily? Have you noticed how much James has changed over the summer?" asked Paige, staring at him absentmindedly, instead of writing notes.

"How so, Paige?" asked Lily, scribbling away about eighteenth century goblin riots.

"Well, he's gotten quite a bit taller, for one thing…and his hair is completely different. It makes him look much older. It used to make him look like he was still a first year. He seems to have a new confidence about him, too-"

"A new confidence?"

"A better confidence, I mean. There are two types of confidence, you know. The cocky kind, and the good, healthy kind. I think James has healthy confidence now. Don't you just love his hair?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "No, I do not love his hair. James Potter is the least attractive man on earth! Not to mention a stuck up prat…"

"Lily! Can't you just start over with him? Please? He's so attractive now…well, he was always attractive. He's more attractive than before, I should say…"

"Paige! Don't judge on appearances!"

"Lily! I'm seventeen, and I'm a girl. What do you expect?"

"I expect you to be more respectful."

"Are you two talking about James?" giggled Whitney, suddenly interested in the conversation, as it was about boys.

"We were. But we are no longer talking about him," said Lily, turning away from them dramatically, continuing to write notes.

"He's hot."

"Whitney!" gasped Lily, astonished at her bluntness.

"What? It's true, you know…and think, you get to spend time with him, all alone, for hours! Lucky."

"No, I am not lucky! I wonder how Potter got to be Head Boy in the first place."

"Probably because the professors think he's hot as well."

"Whitney! One more crude remark-"

"Oh, come off it, Lily. He's smarter than you think. He has to be smart to think of all those pranks. And he's respectful – let me finish!" Paige added as Lily opened her mouth to protest. "He only hexes people because they are cruel to you!"

Lily opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed it, realizing that she had nothing to say to this comment, because it was true. She scowled, but remained silent. Paige gave her a triumphant look.

"You have nothing to say to that, Lily?" Lily glared at her. "AHA! You know it's true!"

Lily scowled, gathered up her things, and stomped to the door of the classroom, seeing as class had just ended. Just as she was reaching the door, James stepped right in front of her, causing her to stop abruptly. She fell onto James, losing her balance. She wrapped her arms around his neck so she wouldn't fall. James grabbed her by the waist, to steady her.

"Erm…alright, Evans? Sorry about that. Listen, McGonagall wants to see us in her office as soon as possible. I reckon we should go now, before lunch."

Lily, just realizing her arms were still wrapped around James' neck, immediately let go of James, taking a few steps back. She was surprised James hadn't made an arrogant remark about how she had grabbed him.

"Alright, Potter. Let's go…FOUR FEET AWAY FROM ME AT ALL TIMES!" She added, as James took a few steps closer to her. He reluctantly followed her orders, and they made their way to McGonagall's office together.