Charming Lily Evans

Chapter Two!

"You could only make me go out with you if you were charming or put a charm over me!" And that's exactly what James Potter is going to do.

Disclaimer: Don't own it, don't own it!

Author's Note: Now that it's been an amazingly long time since I even thought of this story, I thought I might as well update.

Katdance666- Thank you for liking the idea, I didn't know if anyone would. Of course I'm continuing!

I was prancing down the halls to school the next day, my head held high and my back ramrod straight. I had a train of girls following me but it's not like I cared in the least. I had a charm that would make Lily fall in love with me and nothing anyone else did was going to stop me from doing it!

I sat down at my usual seat in the Great Hall and watched as Lily came in, sulking and with a book clutched to her chest. "Hello, Lily!" I called out cheerful. She looked at me with an irritated huff and gave me the finger. Brightened my day.

Remus and Sirius came in next, Remus hunching slightly so his head didn't hit the doorframe, Sirius chatting with him amiably. They sat down next to me and Sirius grabbed a croissant, buttering it and shoving it in his mouth, not caring about the fact that he just got butter everywhere. Remus was nodding absent mindly and spreading grape jam onto his crumpet, looking thoughtful. "Hey James," he said, and I looked up at him, an orange half way into my mouth sitting back down onto my plate.

"Yeah, Remus?"

"When are you planning on doing the charm?"

"Tonight, why?"

"Well, I have prefect duties. And you might need some help actually saying the charms and stuff." I snorted. Why would I have trouble pronouncing the words? "James. They're in Greek, didn't you notice?"

Sirius and I both spat out our foods, spraying neatly across the table and hitting some stray people walking by. "Greek?" I asked incredulously. "But isn't the basic language for all the spells Latin?"

Remus nodded. "Well, yes. But some of the older spells are in Greek or Hebrew. And yours, judging by the size and the decorations suggest something very old. You're going to have to do it another day."

"But can't Lily just do the prefect duties?"

Remus shook his head. "The Heads told us that they need the both of us out there." He looked at me and said, "No, the fifth year prefects can't do it either. They did it last night and it wouldn't be fair."

"What if you made a clone of you?" Remus swiveled his head to Sirius, who suggested it. He was looking very interested.

Remus narrowed his eyes, an eyebrow raised. "You can't make clones of yourself. There isn't a spell we know or a spell that's been made that could do it. And," he said, noticing Sirius' face, "We don't have a month to do the Polyjuice Potion. By the time it would be done we would have already been home for two weeks. No, we'll just have to do it another day." The bell rang and Remus stood up. "I mean it James. Without my help you'll get no where." With that said, he headed off to Advanced Potions and Sirius and I moved quickly to Advanced Transfiguration.

"So are we doing it tonight?" Sirius asked eagerly. I could almost see his tail wagging. I shook my head. "Why not?"

"Remus is right. We wouldn't do it right without his help. Tomorrow," I said firmly, sliding into my seat as the bell rang.

I was staring at the copies in my lap as the fire in the common room was slowly going out. Waiting for Remus to come back took more concentration than I thought. The portrait swung open and Remus climbed in and then turned around, holding out a hand for Lily. He pulled her out and said a quick 'good night' to her. She smiled.

"Good night Remus! Potter," She said, nodding her head in acknowledgement. I didn't even look up.

Remus came over after watching Lily go up the stairs safely and sat down next to me. I looked up at him, almost eagerly. "You think it'll work?" Remus smiled and patted my shoulder.

"There's the real Potter. Apprehensive and smart, very cautious. Glad to have you back."

I smiled slightly. "It's not that great to be here."

"I don't know if it'll work, James," he said truthfully. "But we have to try. Do you really love her?"

I nodded. "I think I do."

"Then it'll work."

I sucked in a breath, suddenly nervous. This wasn't like me. "Right, we'll do it tomorrow." I stood and looked at him. "Nothing scheduled tomorrow, right?"

"Nothing," He said, grinning.

"Good," I said. We headed up to our room, and not before I thought, 'Did I actually want to do this?'

"Now James," Remus said as we were sitting alone in our dorm, the copies from the books laid out on the ground before us, "this has got to be one of the most difficult spells I've ever seen. Are you ready for it?" I nodded, wiping my sweaty palms on my jeans. "Okay, repeat everything after me." And so it began.

"Για εκείνους χρειάζεται μια αγάπη, αλλά η αγάπη δεν θα αγαπηθεί από σας οι ίδιοι, κατόπιν διαβάστε αυτόν τον γρήγορο και να μην είστε." James said it afterward. "Αυτή η περίοδος είναι δύσκολο να πεταχτεί έτσι το λέει τώρα και το λέει γρήγορα. Πέστε το όνομά τους και το πέστε τώρα, για μόλις προηγούμενο αυτό σας δεν θα είναι σε θέση να πουν." James let out a nervous, 'Lily Evans.' Remus scanned the page and nodded. "Good. Shall we continue?" James nodded.

Remus cleared his throat and continued, stopping after each sentence so James could say it. "Τώρα που το έχετε πει, αρχίστε. Θα διαρκέσει τρεις ημέρες για την περίοδο στην εργασία πλήρως, και η περίοδος θα διαρκέσει μια εβδομάδα, εάν θα τον θέλατε περισσότερο ή όχι. Γίνεστε τώρα, καλή τύχη και ελπίζω ότι εργάστηκα για σας."

"That it?"

Remus nodded, his brow furrowed. "That's it."

James jumped up, startling Remus. "Well that's good! She'll be mine tomorrow!"

"Three days, actually."

"What? Three days!"

"Yea, that's what it said."

"Well, what am I supposed to until then?" Remus looked up at him, gathering the papers in a neat and orderly fashion.

"Try to act somewhat decent, okay?"

"Yeah, fine. I'll go do that right now! See you, Remus!" And with that, he was out into the hallway and skipping down the stairs.

"'You're welcome' would have been nice to hear," Remus grumbled. No matter, he thought, he never get's that from James anyway. Thank Merlin he and Lily had talked about what was going to happen last night.