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Lily woke up the next morning to find herself on a couch near the fire. She jumped when she saw that James was sitting next to her looking at her intently. "Did I surprise you, Evans?" James asked her, grinning. Although he had surprised her, Lily chose not to reply, but to go to her dorm and get ready for breakfast.

"Where were you?" Tara asked Lily.

"I was downstairs. I guess I fell asleep while doing homework. I finished it though," Lily replied, "Where's Shannon?"

"Oh, she went down to breakfast with Sirius," Macy said.

"She did?" Lily asked.

"Yup," Macy responded.

"Oh," Lily said quietly. She was annoyed at Shannon. She was annoyed at her because she was hanging out with Sirius and James more than her and Tara. She got dressed and walked with Macy, Denise, and Tara down to the dining hall. Sure enough, when they arrived in the dining hall, Lily spotted Shannon with James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Lily could tell that she was in a very deep conversation with Sirius. Shannon looked up and waved to her dorm-mates.

"Hey!" she called and waved them over, "Come on, sit!" Lily and Tara sat with Shannon. Macy and Denise went over and sat with some of their other friends.

After Lily and Tara were seated at the table, Shannon and Sirius continued their conversation. After a few minutes of listening to the conversation Lily understood that it was about Quiddich.

"Does everything in the wizarding world revolve around Quiddich?" Lily asked exasperated.

"Well, to answer you truthfully, Evans, yes it does," James informed her. Lily rolled her eyes and went back to her food.

"Hey, can I sit here?" Dylan asked.

"Please do!" Lily replied. Dylan smiled then sat down in between Tara and Lily.

"So, do you like Hogwarts so far?" he asked Lily.

"Yes, very much! It's so interesting. I can't wait to learn everything," Lily said enthusiastically. Then she realized how lame she sounded and blushed.

"I totally agree with you," Dylan said, "Yesterday was so cool. Especially Transfiguration with Dumbledore." That made Lily remember James's stupid prank. It was almost as though Dylan had read Lily's mind, "What James did yesterday was pretty jerky. I don't believe that Dumbledore awarded him for that!"

"Well, that's Potter for you. A hubristic, self-loving jerk," Lily said.

"Well, that's not very nice, Evans!" James said. He clearly had overheard their conversation.

"Well, it might not be nice, but it's true," Lily replied. Then she turned back to Dylan. "So, Dylan, do you follow Quiddich?" Lily asked.

"Yup. My family supports the Chudley Cannons," Dylan responded.

"Can you explain it to me please? Everyone's talking about it and I have no idea what's going on," Lily begged.

"I can explain it to you, Evans," James offered.

"I didn't ask you, Potter," Lily said.

"Yeah, I can totally explain it to you. Tara can help me too," Dylan replied. Dylan started to explain the rules of Quiddich. He explained the significance of the 4 balls and the point of the game. Tara cut in to clarify a few things for Lily.

Lily left the dining hall fully informed about Quiddich. "We'll grab our books and meet you in the common room," Tara said to her brother. Dylan nodded. They got their books then met up in the common room and headed off to Charms class. There the learned how to levitate objects. They started with levitating quills. Professor Flitwick taught the class the spell that would levitate the object.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" the class shouted. None of the quills started to rise. The class repeated the spell. Lily's quill was the first quill to levitate.

"Very good!" Professor Flitwick said, excited that one of the students had grasped the concept so easily, "Ten points to Gryffindor!" Lily smiled then stuck her tongue out at James. He glared back at her.

The next class that they had was History of Magic with Professor Binns. Professor Binns was a ghost who refused to give up his job to an actual alive Professor. Lily, Tara, Remus, and Dylan very attentively took notes. Shannon, Sirius, and James passed notes to one another. Peter slept.

After the class was over, James walked up to Lily. "Evans, can I copy your notes?" he asked her.

"No," she replied flatly.

"Why not?" he inquired.

"You should have been taking your own notes," she responded.

"Here, you can copy mine," Dylan offered.

"Thanks, mate," James said, relieved to have notes to copy.

In the afternoon, the Gryffindor first years had Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions. After potions class, the Gryffindor first years had their first flying lesson. They met Professor Windward near the lake on a large patch of soft grass. "Everybody grab a broom and find your own space on the grass," Professor Windward ordered. Each student took a broom and found their own space. "Now, put your broom on the ground and stand next to it," she said. The students obeyed her. "Now you say 'up'." A chorus of ups erupted. James's broom was the first to rise to his hand. Lily watched him jealously. "How did he do that?" Lily wondered. James winked at Lily. She rolled her eyes at him and concentrated once again on her broom.

After everyone had their brooms in their hand, Professor Windward taught them how to mount their broom. Once everyone was mounted on their broom, Professor Windward told them to kick-off. James was the first one in the air. The class watched in awe as James very smoothly turned and flipped. "Alright, Mr. Potter. That's enough showing off," Professor Windward said. James landed back on the ground. Lily smirked at him. He shot her dagger eyes.

That was their last class of the day and they returned to the common room. Tara, Lily, and Dylan stole the armchairs near the fire. To Lily's surprise, Shannon sat on the floor next to them. "Flying was amazing!" Shannon said to the group.

"Completely!" Tara agreed.

"It was an unexplainable feeling," Dylan observed.

"Yeah," Lily chimed in.

"Shannon!" Sirius called.

"Yeah?" Shannon called back.

"You wanna play pillow Quiddich?" Sirius asked.

"I'm there!" Shannon replied, "Okay, well, I have to go play Quiddich now. See you later! Bye!" And then she left them.

"What is up with her?" Lily asked, "It's like she would rather hang out with them than us!"

"Yeah, I know. It stinks," Tara agreed. The three sat in silence and watched Shannon, Sirius, and James laugh and play Quiddich. Then James came over to the armchairs again.

"Hey, Dylan. We need a fourth. Wanna play?" James asked him.

"Sure," Dylan replied and got up and joined James's team. Since Lily and Tara had nothing better to do, they decided to do their homework. After their homework was done, the said good night to Dylan and Shannon who were still playing their intense game of Quiddich and went up to the dorm, and went to sleep.