"Ok men" came the voice of James Potter "And women" he added after being thrown cat calls from his two beaters Kathryn and Marria.

"Today is a big day for us. If we win just by 200 points, we win the tournament. Ravenclaw has been working hard if not harder than we have, but their keeper was replaced this mourning. We can do this guys... and girls. We have the chance of winning for the first time in 43 years. Go out there and play hard and show the school what Gryffendor is made of!" Yells erupted through the looker room. As the team exited onto the field James filled with pride. Taking a deep breath he joined his team on the field.

The Game was the most exciting thing Lily had ever been to this year. Watching Gryffendor score and defend, it was like watching a ballet. They moved in time and in sync like one big dance. They had done it They had won for the first time in almost half a century.

"Well done" she called to her two friends who had just exited the changing rooms.

Kathryn and Marria were her two best friends since first year. They did every thing together although they did have their differences. Kathryn was into writing. She longed to be a famous author and have her books sold all over the wizarding world. Marria was the painter of the group. Sometimes you would find her up in the Astronomy Tower at odd hours of the night. Then there was Lily. Lily was the book worm of the group. But her straight A's were not her passion. For Lily held a secret that only her two best friends knew about. She loved to sing and write songs. But she hated the idea of singing in front of people. People who might boo her off the stage. Yes these three girls were entirely different.

"Hey there Lil, did you see that glorious his I made?" Kathryn asked as she noticed her red headed friend waving at her.

"You bet I did and Marria I saw how you block Sirius from that bludger." said Lily hugging her friends. "I'm so proud of you".

"Yeah, but now we have this tournament thing out of the way, we still have to get ready for the Cup." Marria said flipping her long golden hair over her shoulder.

"But now we know that we can beat them, the Cup is going to be easy" commented Kathryn.

"Yes but the other teams are going to start hitting the field hard and..."

Lily was used to Kathryn and Marria arguments about sports, weather it be magic or muggle. Like always she would drown it out and look away. The trail to the castle was beautiful. Snow had just fallen that very morning and the moon shine on it made it seem like something from a fairy tale. Lily was so enthralled in her daydreaming she didn't even notice the person walking by.

There was a loud thump and snow flew every where. "Oh! I am so sorry. I was not watching where I was going and I ..." Lily began

"No no, It was all my fault" came a low rhythmic voice causing lily to look up. Looking into the deepest Hazel eyes she had ever seen.

"Being a seeker, you would think my reflexes would be in order" he said as his eyes met Lily's green ones.

"Yes well...uh...maybe...next time you should watch where you are going Potter" Lily said turning a little red from the closed contact she and James were in.

"Or maybe you should stop daydreaming about me" he retorted, enjoying the change of expression on her face.

"In your dreams Potter." she pushed James off of her and started dusting the snow off her now wet robes.

"Or in yours"

Lily just rolled her eyes. "Hey Lils there you are we were wondering where you went off to" Maria said, looking between her best friend and her team captain.

"Oh I just went for a walk and Potter here ran into me."

"Oh ok, well Kathryn met up with Ben and they went off to the common room. I'm Heading there myself want to come" she said glancing a couple times at James who still had been laying in the snow and now Lily's wet robes.

"Ok" Lily said joining her friend. 'Anything to get away from potter. That was way to nerve racking.'

The ground was cold but he didn't care. The encounter with Lily was thought provoking. 'She blushed' he thought making himself more comfortable in the snow. 'She never blushed before. Why the sudden changed?' Over the past months James had made it a point to leave Lily alone to see what her reaction would be. He noticed of course that she seemed more troubled and now she blushed at close contact when she would not even react before. 'My little experiment must have worked' he was musing to himself and a broad grin came across his face.

"What are you smiling at, better yet why are you laying down in the snow?" came the voice of a very worried looking Sirius.

"Thinking" was all James replied.

"Oh, have at it then" Sirius said walking off. 'Something terribly batty with that guy' he thought taking a backwards glance and seeing him still lying there.

The common room was quiet and the fire low. Lily sat in a plush red chair in front of it warming her toes. 'Why' she asked herself 'why him, what have I done to deserve this, I can't like him I just cant'

"Lily?" Came a quiet wisper of a voice from the girls staircase

"Yes Maria" Lily replied.

"Is every thing alright?" Maria asked taking a seat in front of Lily's chair.

"No"

"You want to talk? You know you can tell me anything" Maria tried

Lily thought about it 'Ah, What the hell'.

"I think I'm having second thoughts on the way I feel about James" Lily said with emotion that Maria almost started to cry

"That's nothing to start blubbering about" Maria said with a smile

"I know, but I'm so confused. I think that I should hated him, but sense he has been ignoring me I have come to learn how much I miss him in my life" Lily ranted. She let out her whole story from over the past months.

"Well I think this is really great in my opinion" Maria said stubburnly "Nothing wrong with it."

"No?"

"Start being the Lily me and Kathryn know towards him and see what happens" Maria suggested

"Ok, I'll try that." Lily said with a grin.