Lily sat in one of the comfortable plush armchairs in the Gryffindor common room. She had her charms textbook balanced on her knees as she used one of the armrest as a desk. She knew she should have grabbed the love seat.

Darn.

She doubted that it would actually help her, get her work done. It seemed like she couldn't get any work done today.

She glanced at the fire; it all came back to James. Lily frowned at the thought of her fellow prefect. James had been ignoring her since the ball. Not that she could really blame him. She had gone behind his back and got a date and then refuse to tell him who it was. Further more she went with Lucius Malfoy.

What had she been thinking?

Well that was the point right? She hadn't been thinking at all. Lily closed her textbook and gathered her things together. She swung her feet to the floor and headed to her dormitory.

James had every right to be mad. She should have just told him the truth, instead of playing some game with him. Lily wondered if James would ever talk to her again. If he didn't, she wouldn't blame him. She deserved it.

Lily sighed as she jogged to class. She needed to buy a watch next Hogsmerse trip. This was just getting ridiculous. She was practically late for every class these days.

For heaven sake she was a prefect.

A prefect who was oddly enough bumping into people. Lily glanced up and looked up to see a girl. A girl with light blond hair and cold blue eyes. Lily couldn't say she was surprised to see that the girl was from Slytherin. She did have a certain air to her.

Lily never had a chance to say sorry for bumping into her. She left without a word, gracefully walking to her class. Lily didn't think it was in her protocol to run, even if she was terribly late.

Lily glanced at the clock on the wall.

Quarter past one.

Crap. Now she really was late. Lily rushed to her next class. She really had to focus more on what she was doing.

"Can you stop a flower from wilting?" Lucius mused outloud.

Nott glanced up from the paper he was reading and shooked his head.

Lucius paced, talking outloud to himself and ignored anything that Nott said. Not that Nott had said anything because he hadn't. Perhaps, it was better that way.

"A flower grows under constant care and adoration, perhaps that's all she needs. A little more attention. My Lily needs some attention," Lucius said in a tone that suggested finality.

Nott glanced up in surprised as Lucius walked out of the slytherin common room.

Bellatrix sat on the steps leading towards the girl's dormitory. A hand resting against her face. "Evans," she whispered hearing every single word of Lucius' musings.

Lily walked out of the class with a sigh. She really needed to get up early. It actually might help her get to class on time.

Then again?

Lily muffled her laughter. Hardly. When had she ever been on time for anything in her life?

She was also known to bump into people. Really one might think she needed glasses.

Lily blinks disorently on the floor, attempting to grasp her situation and failing miserable.

A hand grasped her wrist pulling her up so she was on her feet. Then she felt the books she had been carrying were placed into her hands.

"You should be more carefully my Lily," said a smooth voice.

Lily felt her eyes twitched slightly. "Can you just drop the all 'my' thing."

Lucius just smirked and Lily knew she had just loss the battle.

"I did come here for a reason."

"Could had fooled me," Lily muttered under her breath.

Lucius raised an eyebrow but otherwise didn't act upon what Lily said. "Meet me at the gates at 2 and we'll go out for lunch."

"What if I have plans?" Lily asked.

"Break them," Lucius smoothly replied.

Lily just stared at him her mouth slightly opened. "Whatever happen to asking?"

"A Malfoy never asks," was the replied before Lucius left.

Lil sighed. "I guess I should had saw that one coming."

As Lily reached her dormitory she noticed a letter on her pillow. How odd. She stared at it as she picks it up.

Lily groaned. "It better not be from Luciu-"

She stared at it in silence.

It was from the ministry. How odd.

Lily opened the letter and scans the contents with curiously. She was pretty sure that this wasn't a normal letter.

Lily made a small noise and the letter fell to the floor. Lily felt her eyes watered slightly.

Her parents were dead.