I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER (sigh if only...)

Lesson # 1

As you know this one is supposed to be Lesson # 1 (at least those who actually read my a/ns) I'm not resentful to those who don't...really...

Chapter 6: Lesson # one

"Stay here with Connor while I go get some things for you to wear," Marina Started, "Come on Trey I need your help to pick out something. Be back in a minute."

Atreyu followed Marina out the door to the girl's dorm. "SO..." James uttered trying to start up a conversation. "You know any good jokes?"

Connor didn't respond. In fact his eyes hadn't left the spot that Marina had been standing on only minutes before.

"Hey, man? You awake?"

"Huh, yeah." Connor stammered, " I was just thinking . . . Do you know what Marina ment by ' you always know what to say.' "

"Well, she may have a crush on you, or she may just think you really DO say the right thing at the right time." James stood on the chair closest to the fireplace and made his voice sound supprisingly like Marina's. "Oh, Connor you always know the right thing to say, you are mysterious too, and boy are you handsome. I just want you to take me and-"

But James didn't get to finish his sentence because Connor 'casually' kicked the chair from beneath him. James landed with a thud (a very painful thud) on the carpet.

"So much for you being harmless."

"Who said I was harmless." Connor retorted still a bit red.

Just then, Marina and Atreyu returned to the room. "So," Marina started, "What did you boys talk about?"

James looked at Connor who glared at him, and James thought better of tellling what actually happened. "Nothin'" James responded.

Marina looked between Connor and James, before deciding that it was nothing. "Ok...Lesson number one..." Marina looked at Atreyu expectantly.

Atreyu nodded and pulled out three shiny disk shaped objects from her backpack. "What are those?" James questioned.

"Cds," responded, "you listen to music with them."

James grabbed one of the disks and put it to his ear. "I don't hear anything."

"Not that way! You put them into a cd player. Like this." (Now I know that cd players don't work in Hogwart's grounds, but I need this so can you just ignore this?) Ateryu took the cd from him and put it into a black machine she pointed to earlier, and pressed a button that said play on a remote she held.

Suddenly music came from it. James smiled as the words filled his ears. "I like this music!" He said over the roar of the cd player. "Muggles sing this?"

"Yes, muggles can sing you know." Atreyu lost her optomistic behavior and took on a totally different personality. Luckily it only lasted for about ten seconds before she turned back to the girl they knew. "It's fine, I know you didn't mean it that way!"

"Y-yeah, thanks..." James stammered.

"Ok, let's get this over with!" Marina interjected. "You!" She said pointing to James. "Learn these songs and the people who sing them. I know for a fact that Lily likes all of them. This gives you something to talk about."

"Oh, good." James said, "When do I have to learn these by?"

"The sooner you learn them, the sooner yo-we commense opperation match!" Atreyu smiled.

The boys stared at her like she was crazy. "Ok..." Connor sighed, "What do you want me to do?"

"Easy," Marina grinned. "Grab the clothes that I told you to bring last summer."

"LAST SUMMER!" James yelled. "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLANNING THIS?"

"I just told you, last summer." Marina stated cooly.

"Ok is this all today?" James sighed.

"Yup." Marina said, "Just learn these and you'll be fine for now."


James wandered outside with his broom. After walking for about 15 minutes he walked up to the Quidditch pitch, where he spotted Lily, alone, in the top box of the Griffindore stands.

James smiled and mounted his broom.


Meanwhile, Lily poured over an arithmancy paper on the highest point of the Griffindore stands, overlooking the pitch. She was so wrapped up in studying that she missed a shadow flying up to her on a broom.

"Hiya, Evans." It said.

Lily spun around to see James floating about 10 feet in front of her lounging lazily in his broom. To James's suprise she let out a breath of relief.

"Hey." She replied turning back to her parchment. "What are you doing up here?"

"I love Quidditch remember. I'm just here to fly around." He said.

"Yeah. right.I forgot."

James was suprised anyone, especially Lily would be able to forget his love for the sport. He was out on the pitch at least 7 days a week practicing. Well now it was more like 5.

"So, Evans," James said taking full advantage of her absent mind. "What are you doing out here?"

"Hiding." Lily let out a small gasp and looked toward the ground. What did she just do?

"Who are you hiding from?" James said casually while dismounting his broom.

"Uh...y-you." Lily stuttered after some hesitation.

"Oh yeah, you seemed relieved to see me here. You were hiding from someone else." James didn't believe what she had said for a moment.

"Yeah, well, maybe you just can't read emotions." Lily spat regaining her composure.

"Sure, Lily I live with my mum over the summer. I know how to read emotions. How else could you explain my ability to ask a girl out at exactly the right time."

"Sure, how come I haven't said yes yet?" Lily smirked. "It's almost been a month and I still haven't agreed you know."

"Yeah I'll get to thatafter you tell me who you were hiding from." James's tone changed in favor of a more serious one.

Lily sensed the change in his voice and sighed. "Fine." She whispered. "I was hiding from... Thomas."

"Thomas?" James asked suprised, yet almost happy. He masked his happiness from Lily for her sake.

"Yes, Thomas." Lily scoffed. "He can be really annoying at times, he doesn't leave me alone, and he stares at me when I study, so I can't consentrate." Lily was suprised she had poured her heart out like that. But then again she was holding it all in for quite a while.

"Ok," James said. He was just as suprised as Lily that she had told him so much. "So, why don't you just break up with him?"

Lily was silent. Neither one of them moved for about 5 minutes.

Then, James stood up and mounted his broom once again, and flew over the stands where he was over 200 feet from the ground. Then, he turned around and faced Lily. "Hey, Evans!" He shouted "Watch!"

James broom zoomed out from under him. "OH, NO!" Lily gasped.James was hanging from his broom with only one hand now! But also, he was over 200 feet from the ground below!

"JAMES!"


oops cliff hanger. Sorry about that but I'll try to get this updated soon. Yay, she yelled James instead of Potter! see you on the next chappie! Well not see you, exactly, but write to... see ya!