A/n sorry for the wait….excusescience fair. Dorky, I know but I could win a hundred or so dollars. Hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 3

Schools In

Lily mumbled something incomprehensible as the morning sun illuminated her room effectively waking her from a comfortable sleep. She pressed the pillow to her face, willing the evil light to leave and never come back. When it refused she let out a pitiful whine before releasing her pillow. Stretching cattily she groaned, tossing her covers right onto the floor, traipsing clumsily over it to her small closet. Shirts hung half hazardly off an open mahogany drawer while a pair of khaki's lay on the floor just waiting for her to hang it up. NO way that was going to happen.

Peering into the reflecting round mirror just above, she made a face. A disheveled teenager stared right back at her.

"Ugh," Lily turned around, mornings just wasn't her thing. Picking up her towel she stumbled into the hallway, the carpet rough on her bare feet. As she arrived at her intended destination, namely the bathroom, she frowned. The faucet was running and the familiar sounds of morning activities resonated from just behind the wood of the white door. Her mom must have gotten up earlier. Seeing now as she would be waiting for a good fifteen minutes as was custom when her mom occupied any restroom, Lily pouted.

"I hate life!" She groaned as she banged her head against the door. Turning Lily let her body rest gently against it. Just as she had settled comfortably with her back against the door it was pulled open sharply. With a yelp Lily lost her footing her hand grasping desperately for something behind her.

Two strong arms from behind grasped Lily tightly before she made contact with the hard tile of the bathroom floor. Strong arms…..Lily froze for a moment, probably not her mom. Hard chest? Definetly not her mom. Turning quickly she raised her arm, ready to fend off an intruder. It was caught deftly in the strong grasp of… Her eye's met with a pair of shocking emerald ones. One eyebrow was cocked while his eyes held a sense of amusement. After the initial shock her eyes of there own will traveled down his body, the body of her stepbrother. Lily willed herself not to blush as she realized that he was decked out in nothing but a towel around his narrow waist. He smirked knowingly at her….the jerk. Pulling her hand from him sharply she shoved her way into the bathroom.

"Hey, I wasn't done with it." James remarked casually from the doorway, his voice carried a confident masculine tone, his statement sardonic. Lily threw him a glare.

"Whatever," A sure finality colored the remark that she didn't feel. Sauntering over to him she gave him a charming smile. James raised the other brow, his mouth opened to make another smart ass statement but she shoved him out with a quick movement, closed and then locked the door. Lily grinned evilly.

"Oy! I said I wasn't done with it! Lily…" This was followed by banging. Satisfied lily started to shed her clothes. She'd let him bang as long as she wanted. She turned on the shower, sticking in a finger to test the warmth. Once satisfied she stepped in sighing at the wonderful feeling of warm water. The cleansing and clearing affect it had was just amazing.

After the intentionally long shower she took, Lily clothed and blow dried her hair. The effect of her cleansing morning ritual had a profound affect on her appearance. The once frazzled, bed eyed girl turned into beauty….not really. Although she definitely didn't take any pains in her looks she'd always thought them passable. She was really more into athletics than anything else, especially wasting money on hooking up with boys…totally not worth her time. Her usually wear was probable jeans or cargo pants with a t-shirt and sneakers. Even though she was not part of the 'lets go boy hunting' clique, her friends or rather some of them were.

But even haging around them didn't effect her style. Although she didn't' dress like a guy she ate like one….or rather she ate even more than one. Her appearance however passable for the lack of effort wasn't all that appealing compared to her friends. And At the ripe age of seventeen the only thing lily owned that she could claim was make-up was her lip gloss-kinda sad.

Collecting her toiletry items Lily opened the door to see James, an unreadable look adorned his face and his emerald eyes focused intensly on her. He grinned slowly, running a hand through his hair he pushed past her to finish whatever he hadn't accomplished before, leaving Lily standing by the door. Narrowing her eyes at his busy form she stalked away to collect her backpack and books.

Surprisingly enough it seemed that James had finished before her and was already eating breakfast. She sat in the seat farthest from him. Loading up her plate with ten pancakes lots of syrup and a large jug of orange juice she said a prayer before she lifted the fork to her mouth. A choke could be heard from across the table. The fork froze halfway to her mouth and her eyes turned upwards to be greeted with her new stepbrother's skeptical look at her plate.

"Are you going to…eat all of that?" James asked looking from her plate to his and then back again. Lily rolled her eyes.

"No, it's just for decoration Potter." Sarcasm dripped like molasses from the remark. She stuffed her mouth with the pancake and chewed. A blissful look colored her face.

"Evans, you eat like a man." The remark was met with just another chomp into the breakfast.

"You eat more than I do…" Lily took another bite.

"You'll turn even more into a pig then you already are." Lily's eyes opened and narrowed into a glare. Swallowing she pointed her fork at him menacingly….the effect was lost as James didn't look even a bit frightened, just amused.

"Are you implying that I'm fat!" Lily demanded. Lily's mother had been looking onward on the impending argument and chose that moment to intervene. Although Lily wasn't touchy about looks…her eating amount was a touchy subject. The topic had been brought up so many times that it made Lily defensive.

"I'm sure he didn't honey…., But you have to agree, you do eat a little-" Mrs. Evans was cut off as Lily turned and pointed the fork at her.

"Now you mom? Everyone's turning against me." Lily humphed and turned back to the still highly amused James. She wanted to swipe that sardonic grin right off his face. Fueled by the upsetting comments she polished off the pancakes and went for seconds. After finishing she pushed her seat back, placing her plates in the sink she grabbed her bags and made for the door quickly. Just as she was pulling on the nob her mother called after her.

"Hey Lily dear, you have to show James the way to school. Just wait for a second will you? He's almost done. James looked up from his seat at her and his green eyes laughed at her. Bastard.

Walking out she waited till she heard the door open and took off at a brisk speed. A large handed grabbed her back.

"Running away?" James looked down at her.

"No…" Lily brushed his hand off and slowed down. Sliding a sideways glance at him from under her lashes she admired the way his countenance, the way it just exuded confidance. A normal person would have been nervous for their first day at school but he walked calmly but at the same time his actions seemed aggressive.

"What classes are you taking?" Lily started out of her reverie at his question.

"AP chem….honors English, Honors pre-cal, level one history and AP wizardy." James's eyebrows at the last one.

"One of the unusually gifted are we?" His tone mocking. Lily bristled, it seemed she took most of his comments defensively.

"So, just because I have another branch to my intellect doesn't mean I'm a freak. Just means I'm smarter than you." James just laughed.

"Don't think to highly of yourself dutchess cue guess who's joining you?"

"No….you…"

"Yeah, I'm in it too." James informed her. Lily raised her eyebrows skeptically. James first impression had been a partier, a slacker. But it seemed that he wasn't if he was part of Wizardry of any kind. To have the innate talent to get in was rare and so every student was tested, but it didn't just take talent, it took hard work as well. But it also wasn't something someone could obtain from hard work…people were born with it or they weren't. It was measured in MQ. Magic Quotient. The test was just to see how many neurons in the brain possessed the extra magic molecule…a protein called lorozyme. Lily had it…in large quantities and so was admitted to this class.

There was only two magic classes, AP and level one. It seemed she'd be seeing more of him…something she dreaded. As they entered school grounds she greeted her friends. Some she hadn't seen since last school year. Laughing she gave Tailor a high five. As usually her girly friend was decked out in a skirt and a matching blue top, just low enough to show some cleavage. Hearing a hoot Lily turned around and was bombarded by Adrian.

"What is up girl?" Adrian shoved her playfully exuding energy that Lily had forgotten she possessed.

"Nothing, just being lazy till tryouts," Lily punched her back.

"Yeah me too but it's not like we have too." Adrian slung an arm over Lilies shoulders. The pair were known for beasting sports, even those they haven't played before. Katherine, another one of Lily's friends squealed.

"Oh! Look over their. Isn't he hot?" Lily followed her finger to be met by Mark Zukestry.

"Kat, how many times do you have to point out the same person? I thought you would have grown out of your Mark fetish but it seems I was terribly wrong." Katherine pouted.

"I agree but what is that prime article of flesh next to him?" Adrian remarked with a keen interest. Lily looked and let out a groan. Adrian looked down at her amused.

"Anything you'd like to share Lily? Hmm, he seems new." Lily opened her mouth but closed it as James looked over at them for a fraction of a second.

"No…he just looks like every other guy." Lily said.

"Your lying and I know it…if you don't want to tell me, I'll just have to find out myself." Adrian began to slide her arm off but Lily stopped her. With her sudden outburst.

"No!...um…He's, I just know him because-he kinda, well….he's my stepbrother." Lily finally got herself to spit out the truth. Squirming as all eyes turned to her. She could start to see her friends starting toward her, about to drag her to her new sibling but the bell rang. With an inner sigh of relief she slumped. Taking her bag she was relieved…saved by the bell. Looking over the crowds of heads her eyes met a pair of emerald ones.

They mocked her and unexpectadely, he winked. Lily fumed, and so the sibling rivalry is on….and she wasn't about to back down.

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Yeah this was rushed so it might not be so good.

Thanx to the best reviewers ever

Kaydotsidot- Yeah I kinda forgot she had a sister. But I agree she's better not in it.

autumnxrain- Yeah I tried.

andreita lupin- It's alright…my Spanish sucks. And I also think my writing is not that great but I think you're doing fine…coming from someone who doesn't speak Spanish. Hehe.

Animals are my LIFE- You're question is answered in this chapter. And yes they do.

And thanx to……

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And just a tad bit lower is the magic button….

You know you want to…..winks