A/N: This Chapter Turned Out To Be Longer Than I Expected. I Hope You Like It!
Chapter Two: Caught In The Act
Harry was thrown in to another memory of his father, this time standing in the Great Hall. The House Tables, he noticed, were replaced by several small tables where students sat scratching over their parchment. They must be taking their O.W.Ls, Harry thought.
"Class, five minutes left in the tests," Professor Flitwick said, looking over everyone's paper. James Potter got up, moving to a different table, sitting down next to Lily Evans.
"Lily, let me copy!" James said, trying to look at Lily's paper.
"James Potter, if you don't get away from me and let me finish my test, I will be forced to hex you," Lily said, snarling.
"C'mon, what harm can it do? Just let me see the last three questions," James said, looking around nervously. "Those are the only ones I haven't got done, yet."
"JAMES POTTER STOP TRYING TO COPY OFF OF ME!" Lily shouted. Professor Flitwick, his beady eyes glinting with fury, waddled over to James. He grabbed James by the back of his robes and dragged him to Professor Dumbledore's office.
"This young man was trying to cheat off of Lily Evans during their Charms exams, Albus," said Professor Flitwick, turning his face away from James in shame. "You shall choose the proper punishment for the young lad."
"I think he should be given a chance to re-take his exam, with no help from Ms.Evans, professor," Dumbledore said, nodding at James.
That was a close one, dad. Harry thought. He wiped his brow, which had been sweating profusely, and turned back to the Great Hall. Sirius Black stood in the doorway, looking right through Harry, waiting for the fate of his best friend.
"I'M FREE!" James shouted, running up to Sirius.
"What happened!" Sirius asked, grabbing James by the shoulder and shaking him.
"Well, Dumbledore possibly COULDN'T deny my greatness, and decided to let me stay in school. Pfft, that test'll beeasy!" James said, and turned toward the hallway leading to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"But James, that test WASN'T easy. It was really hard. Even Lily didn't get done," Sirius said, looking at James in pity. "Try and reason with her, eh?"
"Don't worry about it, Sirius. I've got a plan! Be nice to her, and I'll get what I want!" James said, clapping Sirius on the back. "You're a genius, mate!"
"What? What did I do?" Sirius asked, sighing in confusion. He sank in to one of the cushiony chairs by the fireplace and sighed again.
James was running around, trying to find Lily. He finally found her in the library, after a full search of the school, her nose in a large book.
"Lily! I want to talk to you for a moment." James said, coming up behind her. "Look, all bad feelings behind, can you help me take study for my Charms exam? I mean..since it WAS you who got me in to this mess."
"ME? James Potter, you are NEVER going to survive that exam," Lily said, stopping to think for a moment. "Unless of course you do me a favour..."
"What? I'll do ANYTHING to pass my exam," James pleaded.
"Anything? Really? Hmm..You have to be nice to Severus..until seven P.M. tonight," Lily said, grinning.
"What? WHAT! What are..you..er..FINE! Only if it will help me pass my exam. But for being NICE to Severus, YOU have to do something for me in return," James said, grinning back at Lily.
"That wasn't part of the deal!" Lily stammered, slamming her book shut.
"It is now, dear Lillith. See, you do something for me, I do something for you, and then you help me with my Charms exam. Done deal, right?" James asked.
"Um..what kind of thing?" Lily asked, pondering.
"Ah, you'll wait for that, my fair lady. I have to be nice to Severus, see? And then you do something for me..and I do something for you. Again." James said. "You can't argue with that, love. Two things for you, one for me."
"Fine! FINE! You want it that way, I'll help you! Jeez!" Lily said, grabbing her book and slamming the chair in to the table. "If you don't MIND, James, I'm going to check this book out with Madam Pince." She shoved in to James, knocking him backwards.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Lillith," James said clicking his tongue. "There'll be none of THAT after I be nice to Severus."
"What? Whatever," she sighed, shoving her book to Madam Pince.
James grinned to himself, leaving the library.
Back in the Gryffindor Common Room, Sirius jumped up when James entered the room.
"What happened?" he asked, sitting back down in his chair.
"I struck up a bit of a deal with Lily, Sirius. If I be nice to Snivellus, she's going to be my girlfriend. Then, of course, I have to do something nice for her as well. I mean, if this helps me ace my Charms exam, I'll do anything," James said, grinning happily.
"Well..don't you think that being nice to Snivellus is a bit much?" Sirius asked, rubbing his chin.
"No. It's simple. All I have to do is ignore him. And then there's more snogging time for me and my dear Lillith, Sirius," James said, acting as though a first-year could have thought of his plan. "By the way, are my good robes clean?"
"Well..er..I wouldn't know, mate. I don't WASH your robes," Sirius said, looking at James peculiarly.
"Well, you know, Wormtail was supposed to wash them. Doesn't he know anything?" James asked. "What..an..idiot!"
"Right! I knew that. Wormtail is supposed to wash them! Haha, I knew that," Sirius said, nervously. "Well..off to the Great Hall for dinner. You've only got two hours left, and Snivellus is supposed to stay at his OWN table."
"Right. His OWN table." James said, grinning and following Sirius out of the Common Room.
In the Great Hall, James was looking around for Severus. He spotted him chatting it up with Jackson King, a fellow Slytherin. Severus looked up at James as he walked in the room, eyeing him with pure hatred. James smiled sweetly, thinking about waving, but decided better of it.
At the end of dinner, James rushed up to Lily, grinning from ear to ear. "I won, Lillith. It's now time for you to own up to my side of the deal."
"What do you want from me, James?" she asked, her smile slowly fading.
"You, my love, have to be MY..er..girlfriend," James said, grinning.
"WHAT! WHAT! Are you kidding me, James Potter!" Lily said, clencing her fists.
"No, I am not. I believe that this was part of the deal, Lillith. YOU have to be my girlfriend, and thats FINAL." James said, rubbing his hands together mischeviously.
"If I'm you're girlfriend, then you aren't getting ANY help in Charms." Lily said, also rubbing her hands together in mock mischief.
"You are IMPOSSIBLE!" James shouted, storming out of the room.
Harry felt a large whooshing sensation wash over him, and he soon found himself standing in Dumbledore's office.
"Harry, we need to talk about the Pensieve." Dumbledore said, folding his hands.
A/N: Want to know what happens? Stay tuned for what happens!
