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Chapter 11 – Lily's Plan

James walked through the door to find Lily on the couch, fast at work on her Potions essay. She looked up at him, curls falling in her face. Her smiled at her.

"Hello, Evans!" he greeted. "Seems to me you're doing lots of work. Don't go overexerting yourself now. Tomorrow's Saturday, you have the whole weekend!" he said happily, savoring the thought of his first Quiddich practice since the end of last year.

"Potter, what happened between you and Amber?" Lily asked, never taking her eyes off the paper she was writing. James shot her a questioning look but he saw that she wasn't looking at him.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because of the things I heard during dinner today," Lily said, again not looking at him. He leaned towards her in his chair.

"And what did you hear?"

"That you seemed about ready to perform an unforgivable on her. That you told her she couldn't change her appearance anymore until you left the school. And that she seemed extremely upset about it," Lily said, once again, to the parchment.

"Well, that sounds about right," James confirmed bitterly.

"What did she do that made you so angry?"

"She…she impersonated someone."

"Who?"

James ran a hand through his hair, battling with himself about whether or not to tell her. "Well, she reassembled herself as…as you."

Lily looked up at him. "As me?"

"Yes. In an attempt to…to lure me in, I guess."

Lily shook her head and went back to writing. "And what did she say?"

"She said that if she were you, she'd have no problem getting me to like her," James said quietly, going for honesty. Lily didn't look up but started writing more furiously. "She said that if I wanted, she could look like you and that's the way she would go out on dates with me and such. She said, if I wanted, she'd change to look like you just so we could have sex."

Lily's quill snapped and she ran a hand through her hair as she reached into her bag for another one. She found one and dipped it in the ink, and began writing quickly again. She didn't look up at James or acknowledge him in any way except that her quill had snapped as he finished his last sentence.

"She was right, Evans. She was right about all of it."

Lily looked up at him, a mix of emotions displayed on her face. James looked into her eyes and saw…relief? "Well, I suppose you were quite right to yell at her like that if she's impersonating other students," Lily said, breaking eye contact again and stuffing everything in her bag. She left the bag on the table and went up to her room.

"That's it?" James called up, flabbergasted. "That's all you have to say about the whole thing?"

Lily came out of her room with her towel and went past him to the bathroom door. "I am in no way interested in your crazy love life, Potter," she said, stating what she meant to be a fact.

"Well, hell, that sucks, because you are my love life!" James said to the closed bathroom door. He heard the water turn on and sighed. "I tell her the truth and all she does is yell at me," he mumbled under his breath. "She didn't even look at me. That whole time she glanced at me twice."

Lily got in the shower, allowing the hot water to envelop her. He made me blush! she thought furiously. I was blushing that whole time! Why does this bloody body betray me every time I should be yelling at him to go away? I have to shut him down…I can't expose myself to him like I would if I give in. And I have to do it in a way he won't ever bother me about it again.

James smiled to himself as he started working on his potions essay as well. I think she's finally realizing it, he thought happily. Not long now until she would say yes when I ask her. She needs more and more time to battle with herself every time I ask. She's going to say yes, I just know it!

He smiled even more widely, and decided to pay the Gryffindor Common Room a visit. He walked through the door and went upstairs to his friends' dorm. He found Sirius and Peter playing a game of chess Sirius was obviously winning.

"Hey there, Prongs," Sirius greeted him. "Why the happy mood?"

"Just happy, Padfoot. Say, where's Moony?"

"The Shrieking Shack. He insisted Madame Promfey take him there until the full moon is completely gone from the sky. He said that he only came today to get his assignments."

"Oh," James said, looking around. "Say, Sirius, is that you winning in chess?"

Sirius beamed proudly. "Yes it is! I am just a couple moves away from-"

"Checkmate," Peter cut in, his voice tiny. Sirius turned to stare at the board.

"Ah, damn! I swear, I will win against someone someday!"

James laughed. "That's a great goal, Padfoot!"

"Isn't it?" Sirius said, smiling again. "Hey! I bet I can beat Dung!"

James rolled his eyes. "Sirius, you can't beat Dung. He'll steal and cheat his way to victory and you know it!"

"Okay, maybe I can't beat Dung. But, hey, it'll be fun to try, wouldn't it?"

James smiled. "Do what you will, Sirius. Do what you will."

Sirius smiled, mumbled a "Congrats!" to Peter and ran downstairs. James went after him, only at a slightly slower pace. In the Common Room, tapping her foot impatiently, was Lily Evans.

"Potter? I need to talk to you," she said as he descended the stairs with a smile.

"Sure, Evans. Dried your hair quick, haven't you?"

"Yes, I have. Now please come with me," she said, walking towards the door to their dorm. James opened the door for her and she mumbled a thank you as she went in.

"What's up?" James asked, sitting on the sofa. Lily took a seat next to him.

"You," she said and kissed him. James happily but cautiously put his hands around her waist.

"Whoa," he said as the kiss ended. "Evans, this is a whole new you."

"Call me Lily," Lily purred. James smiled.

"Well, Lily, what did you have in mind?"

"Well, this couch is awfully small. I think we should relocate," Lily said, smiling.

The door to the bathroom opened. "Potter you didn't happen to steal the cotton swabs from here did you?" Lily asked, drying her hair with a towel. "Only I can't find them."

James stared in horror as the Lily he was holding turned to Amber.

"Potter?" Lily said, wrapping her hair and opening her eyes. The sight she was met with was Amber on top of James on the couch, James looking horrified and Amber looking quite pleased with herself. Lily's eyes widened and she ran past them up to her room.

"Evans! Wait!"

"Oh, James, we don't have to stop now. We were just getting to the good part!" Amber said, pouting. James looked at her, ready to kill.

"Get off of me!" he yelled and pushed her on the floor. He sprang up and took out his wand. "Listen, Conley, I warned you before. You are to stay the hell away from me!"

"You don't mean that James. I saw the look of happiness on your face after I kissed you."

"You mean the one after I thought I was kissing Lily? Because that's the only thing I was thinking of!"

"James, it doesn't matter what you were thinking of, in the end you kissed me."

Lily opened the door to her room and descended the stairs. James turned around to look at her, and he sighed as she took his breath away. She had put on a pale pink dress, put her hair up in a bun with the exception of a few curls and was busy trying to put on her earrings.

"Where are you going, Lily?" Amber asked happily, sidling next to James.

"Funny you should ask, Amber. I'm going on a date," Lily announced and noted with satisfaction the look on James's face of shock. "What's the matter, Potter? I'm sorry about interrupting your little snogging session, but I'll be out of your way for the night."

James opened his mouth, trying to say something. Lily moved to her bag and took out a necklace from the smallest pocket. She went right past James as he caught a whiff of what he thought to be the most heavenly smell in the world. "Evans!" James called. She paused at the door and turned to him.

"Yes, Potter?"

Don't go! he thought frantically. It was all just a misunderstanding! I can explain! But, alas, jealousy took over before these thoughts reached his mouth. "Who's it with?"

"Who's what with?" Lily asked, trying to mask her panic. She hadn't thought of that.

"Who's your date with?"

"I don't see how that's any of your business, Potter!" Lily said and walked out, slamming the door behind her. Once in the hallway, she smiled at her quick thinking. She set off to the seventh floor, the one room she was sure Potter would never find her in.

"Well, that's a relief. Now we will be uninterrupted," Amber said and smiled at James. "Although I'm hard put to think of anyone who would ask her out."

James turned to her, shaking with rage. "Get out before I do something I'll regret!"

"But, James-"

"Get out!" James screamed and took her by the back of her robe, propelling her toward the Gryffindor Common Room door. He opened it and threw he in. "Get out and don't set foot in my dorm ever again!" he yelled as Amber tried to get off the floor. He turned to Sirius. "Where's the map?"

"What map, mate?"

"The Marauder's map! What map could I be talking about?" James yelled at his friend.

"Okay, Prongs, calm down. I'll go get it," Sirius said, getting up and bounding for it as fast as he could before his friend did something really stupid.

Sirius bounded up the steps as Amber was helped up by her friends. James gave her a look of pure hatred as she sobbed. "You don't like me, do you James?" she said quietly.

"No, Amber, I fucking love you! That's why you're banned from ever coming near me again!" James said sarcastically. Amber stumbled up the steps before she burst into tears again. Sirius bounded down the steps and handed the open map to James, who hurriedly scanned it for Lily. "She's not on here, Padfoot! How could she not be on the fucking map?" James cried out in anger and stormed back into his dorm, grabbing his wand.