'Nother Chapter.

Chapter Two

James walked into the girls' dormitory with Sara. He looked around curiously—he had always wanted to know what the girls' dorm looked like, except he was disappointed to see it was exactly like the boys...just more girly.

Luckily for the two, the other three other girls were already fast asleep in their beds.

"Which one's Lily's bed?" James asked peering at the two beds that didn't have anyone sleeping in them.

"That one." Sara said pointing to the empty bed by the door. She walked over to her own bed and turned around to see James pulling off his shirt.

"No!" Sara said holding up her hands. "You're not in your body anymore!"

James stopped, looking over his shirt at her.

"What? Oh...yeah." He muttered, embarrassed.

He sighed and looked down at Lily trunk and around her bed.

"So uh…does she have pyjamas or something?" He asked casually.

Sara raised an eyebrow at him and moved over to Lily's bed. "Yes, right here." She said picking them off the end of the bed.

"Oh." He mumbled, blushing and snatching them away from her. "I didn't see them."

Sara walked back to her bed and James stared at Lily's pyjamas that he clutched in his hands.

'So do I just…change?' He wondered, glancing over at Sara who was getting into her bed.

'Well it would be better than just standing here like an idiot.'

He cautiously peeled off his clothes and put on the pyjamas and climbed into Lily's bed.

Sighing and turning over, he listened to Sara who said a spell that extinguished the light and they were plunged into darkness.

'This is very odd.' He thought. 'How am I ever going to get through this?' He inhaled the sweet scent of Lily's sheets and sighed again. 'I always thought I'd be with Lily…but not actually be Lily.'

"Goodnight James." Sara said quietly, interrupting his thoughts.

"'Night." James said.

'Yes, very odd indeed.'

Lily (the real Lily) walked up to the boys dormitory.

She smirked when she entered the dormitory and saw the boys' beds that were messed up with clothes scattered around them, and was relieved to notice they were all sitting on their beds.

"Hey Jamsie!" Sirius said jumping from his bed and patted Lily on the back.

Cringing when her toe met a pair of boxers, she looked up at Sirius. "Er, hey Sirius."

Sirius stared at her.

"You not feeling well mate?" He asked feeling her forehead. "You're not acting like your normal self."

Lily grinned and wrapped her arm around Sirius's shoulders. "No, I'm feeling fine Sir." Lily said, trying to fake James's enthusiasm.

Sirius raised an eyebrow, but shrugged and moved out of her reach.

"Right, I'm going to hit the sack." He said.

Lily watched him move over to his bed and choked when he tore off his shirt.

Sirius turned around in surprise and everyone else looked up at her.

"Some-something in my throat." Lily muttered, grasping her throat and rushing into the bathroom.

Sirius turned to his friends who shrugged.

Lily leaned on the sink and made a face when she put her hand in toothpaste.

"Erg." She said washing it off.

'Doesn't the house elves ever clean this place?'

She shook off the thought and looked around the bathroom. It was pretty much the same as the girls' except there were towels on the floor and toothpaste everywhere. "Honestly, do they not know how to work the toothpaste?" She grumbled rolling her eyes. Her eyes travelled up to the mirror. "Hmm…what've they got in here?"

She glanced at the door like she was nervous someone would burst in, before she slid open the mirror and looked at the contents inside it. This wasn't something Lily would do but since she was in James's body, who really cared? Everyone probably suspected this from James anyway.

"Shaving cream...razor blades...cologne..." Lily rolled her eyes as she ran her finger over the small box full of little plastic packages.

After skimming through the rest of the items, she slid the mirror shut and grabbed the toothpaste bottle. Her hand hovered over the toothbrushes, wondering which one was James's.

"Blue, green, red or orange?" Lily asked herself. "OK...eeny-meeny-mini-mo..."

Lily snatched up the green toothbrush and squirted toothpaste on it. She stared at it, making a face.

'Ew…this thing has been in his mouth. Wait…my mouth now…so I guess it doesn't matter…but still…it's disturbing…' She thought and grit her teeth. 'Oh pull yourself together! Stop being such a wimp.'

She licked her lips and looked at herself in the mirror. James's face stared back at her and she scoffed at it and it scoffed back.

'This is too weird.' She thought before stuffing the toothbrush in her mouth. She looked down at the sink, unable to look at the mirror any longer, when there was a knock on the door.

"You who, James, I need to brush my teeth too you know. Or did you forget that my toothbrush was the green one?" Sirius's voice came through the door.

Lily's eyes widened in horror and she ripped the toothbrush out of her mouth, spitting out toothpaste in horror.

She bent over the sink, taking her fingers under the tap and rubbing them on her tongue furiously.

"James?" Sirius's voice asked taking on a worried tone now. Lily stood back up, took the cloth from the rack by the sink, and started wiping the mirror effectively smearing it more.

Giving up, she opened the door and manoeuvred around Sirius so she didn't touch him and his bare chest while he went in.

"What happened to the mirror?" Sirius asked crinkling his nose as Lily shut the door behind her, blushing slightly.

'OK, that one's Sirius's bed and this empty one must be James's…' Lily thought, moving cautiously over to what she thought was James's bed.

Since neither Remus nor Peter said anything when she draped her cloak on her bedside table she figured she got the right one.

She looked over to Remus and Peter's beds and jumped a bit to see Remus was staring at her.

"What?" She asked nervously, pressing her lips together when her voice cracked.

Remus just raised an eyebrow and shook his head, looking back down at the magazine in his lap.

Lily watched him for a few more seconds before turning back to James's bed.

'Okay…what do I do?' She wondered. 'Does he have pyjamas or…?'

Lily closed her eyes and tried to think back to when James had come down to the common room on the weekend or in the morning. Was he wearing pyjamas? Yes, most likely…or maybe he just had a shirt on?

'Gah! I don't know!' Her brain cried. 'Just take your shirt off, most guys do that right?'

Her hands gripped her shirt and she slowly pulled it over her head, closing her eyes so she wouldn't have to see her naked torso.

'Oh Merlin…what about the pants?' Lily's eyes snapped open and she looked down at her trousers. 'Oh God, oh Lord, oh no…why is this happening?'

Her hands shook when she unbuckled her belt and undid her pants, and she wondered how she could do this as least painfully as possible.

Breathing quickly, she pulled back the sheets and closed her eyes.

'Okay this is it!' She thought, taking a moment before she dropped her pants and clambered into the bed.

She let out a long sigh of relief but jumped when she heard Remus's voice across the room.

"What are you doing?" He asked half-amused and half-concerned.

Lily realized that she must've looked absolutely ridiculous and almost laughed out loud.

She was saved of answering the question because Sirius had emerged from the bathroom and walked over to his bed, picking up his wand.

"Goodnight!" He said before waving it and they were engulfed in darkness.

"Sirius!" Remus said, irritated. "I was reading you know!"

Lily turned on her side and winced when something jabbed the side of her head.

She brought her hand up and rolled her eyes when she felt the pair of glasses.

'Of course, how could I forget?' She felt around for the dresser and set the glasses down delicately.

She could still hear Remus and Sirius bicker about turning off the light, but she didn't mind—it felt soothing to hear others voices reminding her she wasn't alone.

'This feels weird not having a shirt on.' She thought to herself as she finally closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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James (the real James) woke up hoping it was all just a dream—but when he yawned and inhaled the familiar scent of Lily's sheets, he sighed heavily and clamped his eyes shut.

"Get up James." Sara said pushing his shoulder gently.

James mumbled something and turned over.

Sara glared at the mess of red hair and put her hands on her hips.

"Come on! We have to go to breakfast." Sara said pushing him again more forcefully this time.

James sighed and flung the covers back. "Fine…I'm up."

Sara watched amusedly as James stumbled out of bed and started for the door.

"James."

James ignored her and ran a hand through his hair that resembled an afro.

"James." Sara repeated.

James looked back at her. "What is it?"

Sara crossed her arms over her chest. "You might want to brush your hair first." She said and her eyes scanned his clothes. "And maybe put some…er…I'll do your make-up for you."

James glared at Sara for a moment before dragging his feet to the bathroom.

He would've laughed at his reflection if he weren't so tired.

"Okay…" He said looking down at the cosmetics and hygienic supplies on the counter top. "Ugh…what is all this stuff?"

Sara appeared at the door and leaned against the doorway. "The brush is right there." She said pointing.

James followed her finger to the end of the counter and picked up the brush.

He winced when he tried to pull the brush through the tangled mess on top of his head, successfully pulling out a clump of hair.

Sara laughed. "Do you not even know how to brush your hair?" She asked in astonishment.

James glowered at her. "I don't brush my hair, thank you very much. And usually I don't have to brush this much hair." He snapped. He started waving his hands at his reflection. "How are you supposed to brush this? Can't you just shave it off and spell on some new hair?"

"I wish." Sara muttered before entering the bathroom and pulling the brush out of James's hand. "Here, let me do it."

A long half an hour later, James's hair was perfectly combed and not just a pile on top of his head.

"There. I'm done." Sara said in relief, although she wasn't as relieved as James was. "Cry-baby." She added quietly but James heard it and he growled at her.

"Can we go and eat now? Or are you going to torture me some more?" He asked irritably.

Sara pressed her lips together and gave him a cowardly smile.

James narrowed his eyes and he took a step back. "What? What are you going to do?" He asked suspiciously.

"Well…" Sara said picking up a tube of mascara.

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"Hey girls." Sirius said once the two had finished getting ready and came down to the common room. Once they got closer to the four sitting on the couch, Sirius raised his eyebrows at James and started to snicker. "My my, aren't we looking lovely today Lily?"

James glared at him and Sirius recoiled.

Lily looked up and her mouth dropped open.

"What…what happened to your face?" Peter asked, his eyes wide.

James had large splotches of black mascara and eyeliner on either side of his face, large mascara clumps in his eyelashes and one on his chin, large cover-up spots that weren't blended in, and bright eye shadow on only one eye.

James sighed. "My-my make-up wasn't working, all right?" He said trying to stay calm by clenching and unclenching his hands at his sides.

"Oh come on you guys, she doesn't look that bad!" Sara said trying to wave it off. When nobody said anything, Sara looked at James anxiously before biting her lip. "Does she?"

Sirius, Peter, and Remus just stared, but Lily had come back to her senses by now and turned to give Sara a menacing scowl.

"Well I'm hungry, who's up for breakfast?" Sara asked bolting for the portrait, not waiting for anyone to reply.

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"No James!" Lily whispered to James as he piled his plate with food. She had tried to wipe at James's face to make him look at least half decent, but he just swatted her away angrily.

"What?" James asked.

"You're going to make me fat with all that food you're going to eat!" Lily whispered urgently as the other boys began to look curiously at them (but they couldn't hear what they were saying).

"But I'm hungry! I can't eat like a rabbit, I won't be full!" James protested.

Lily scowled at him.

"I've been living in my body for 16 years James, I know you'll be full!" She said.

James sighed and scraped some of his breakfast off his plate.

"There, better?" He asked sarcastically.

"Yes." Lily said, exasperated.

"You guys, stop. The guys are starting to stare." Sara interrupted.

Lily glared at Sara.

"How could you let him out like this?" She growled, jabbing her thumb at James.

James stabbed a sausage with his fork angrily. "I was not going to endure any more of that." He said stiffly.

"What?" Lily asked, bewildered. "You mean you didn't do this yourself?"

James looked at her. "You think I'd do this to myself?" He asked in outrage.

"Keep your voice down!" Sara whispered urgently while trying to hide behind James at the same time.

Lily stared at James for a long while.

"Okay, explain this to me, how you…did this." She said slowly.

Sara glared at Lily. "It's not like I did it on purpose! He wouldn't quit moving!"

"You kept poking me!" James exclaimed in defence.

Lily sighed and rubbed her face with her hands. "Oh Merlin…I died and went to hell."

James grit his teeth at her. "You're in hell? Have you not seen my face?"

"Shut up. Just shut up."

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"What are we going to do about this whole showering thing?" Lily asked while they sat in the common room. She had instructed James to wash his face or else she would curse him, so now he was make-up free and not looking like an ogre.

"I dunno. Have a shower every morning?" James said raising an eyebrow.

"Don't be daft! You know what I mean!" Lily growled.

"Yeah, yeah. It's just the same as getting dressed isn't it? Except you just...wash yourself." James said furrowing his brow.

Lily made a face. 'If you only knew how I got dressed this morning…'

"Exactly! I can't handle you touching me!" She said.

James frowned.

"What's that suppose to mean?" He asked, obviously hurt.

"I just don't want you touching me without me knowing it!" Lily said.

"Aw come on Lils." James said softly.

"What about you huh? What if I was to take a shower?" Lily asked.

"Well, I wouldn't mind if you touched me but then I'd want to be in my body for when you did..." James said smirking which earned him a smack to the back of the head.

"You git!" Lily exclaimed.

"Ouch, my hand hurts!" James muttered rubbing the back of his head.

"Well shut it!" Lily said triumphantly.

"You guys..." Sara said, unamused. "Stop it."

"What are we doing?" James asked.

Sara stared at him like he was an idiot.

"Acting like you've switched personalities." She said.

"But we-oh." Lily mumbled sheepishly.

"Get it? Now shut up."

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"What's going on with you and Lily?" Remus asked Lily later that night when they were in their dorm.

"Nothing." Lily said rummaging through her trunk.

Remus and Sirius raised an eyebrow at each other.

"Really? It sure seems like you've been hanging out a lot." Sirius said smiling mischievously and leaning on James's bed.

"Yeah, well." Lily said not really paying any attention to them.

"So, you still like her?" Remus asked casually.

Lily made a face into the trunk. "No."

Sirius choked on the water he just poured himself and it took him a few minutes to recover.

"What?" He exclaimed. "You've liked her for years!"

"Things change." Lily said shrugging a shoulder.

"I can't believe this! Everything I know is a lie!" Sirius cried and Lily rolled her eyes at his melodrama. He stood up from James's bed and moved over to the door. "I need a walk."

"I'm going to go see if I've left any of my stuff down in the common room." Peter said, obviously not following the conversation.

Remus waited until he left then moved over to Lily.

"OK, what's going on?" He asked.

Lily's fingers clenched a book that she pulled out of James's trunk. "What do you mean?" She asked, feigning innocence.

Remus stared hard at her. "I know something's up." He said crossing his arms over his chest.

Lily looked up at him and gave him a smile.

"Nothing's up." She said shaking her head.

She went back to James's trunk and pulled out a few more books and set them aside.

Remus raised an eyebrow.

"Stop denying it. This is not normal Jamie behaviour." He said.

Lily shook her head again, rummaging deeper through the trunk.

"I told you, there's nothing going on."

"All right, now I know there is. You hates that nickname." Remus said.

Lily looked back up at him, smacking herself inwardly for not paying attention.

"Yeah, of course I hate it, I'm just too busy to think about yelling at you right now." She said convincingly.

Remus shook his head and leaned against the bedpost. "I'm not going to give up until you tell me."

"Well, you're going to be wasting your time because there's nothing going on." Lily stressed and pulled out a long cloak from her trunk.

Her eyes flashed at it as she held it up. She rubbed the material with her thumbs and forefingers and forced herself not to gasp.

Remus stood there looking at her.

"I don't think you're really James." He said.

"Mhmm." Lily said glancing up at him, her face paling. "Whatever you say Remus."

"If you're really James, when's Sirius's birthday?" Remus asked.

"Er..." Lily said racking her brain. "January 20th."

"OK that was an easy one; he announces it to everyone at breakfast how many days left. Here's another one, when's my birthday?" Remus asked, his lips twitching.

"Er..." Lily said biting her lip. "I dunno."

"All right, one last question." Remus said smiling slightly. "When's Peter's birthday?"

"Er...I don't know." Lily said once again, knowing that she had been caught.

"See! I told you something was up!" Remus said in triumph. "Now, spill."

Lily sighed.

"All right, here's what happened..."

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Yep. That's it for now…I tried to fix it up a bit, but…well you be the judge.


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