Chapter two: both cheeks

A/N: alright I decided to post now cause im going away for two weeks…and I don't know when im gonna be able to get on…so I posted this…and ive done chapter 3…but I will post it when I get to a computer…but don't worry I will be writing! I was pleased to get so many reviews so quickly:) please let me know what you think:D

The next morning at breakfast everyone got given their timetables. The seventh year Gryffindor's all had Defence against the dark arts first, with Hufflepuff.

'Come on,' Lily said to her friends. 'We need to get there early.'

'Why?' Ellen asked, stuffing a piece of buttered toast in her mouth.

'If we have it with the whole of Gryffindor, you know what that means,' Lily tilted her head towards the Marauders, who were laughing loudly at something. 'And we need to get some spots as far away as we can from them.'

The others nodded and they set off to the classroom.

Fortunately they managed to get seats at one side of the room, and soon it started to fill up with students. By the time James, Sirius, Remus and Peter came, there was only a spot at the other side of the room. Lily smiled to herself as they sat down. She had outsmarted them again.

During the lesson when they were supposed to be taking notes, Sirius and James were talking.

Sirius looked longingly over at Ellen, and sighed.

'I wish I could get her to go out with me.' He said to James.

'Well I can't help you with that, Padfoot.' James said, looking over at Lily. Merlin, she was beautiful.

'Maybe if I asked her out continuously, she would go out with me just to shut me up.'

'That's not a very good plan, Sirius. What's the point of that? She'll just go out with you once and then dump you.'

'Well maybe if I said it so many times, it would become imprinted in her brain, and then she would want to go out with me!' Sirius said in an excited way.

'You know that's not going to work. She'll punch you before that will even start to happen.' Remus said, dropping into their conversation.

James was still looking at Lily.

'Maybe I could try it with Lily.' He said distantely.

'No, Prongs, you've already tried that, and believe me, it hasn't worked.'

'Mr. Lupin, Mr. Black, Mr. Potter, would you care to share your delightful conversation with the class? It seems to be more important than this class.' Professor Albus said.

James stood up and smirked.

'Well we were just discussing how I could ask Lily Evans out, Professor.' He said earnestly, grinning at Lily. The class erupted in giggles and laughing, until the professor quietened them.

'Alright that's enough, Potter, detention. How did I know one of you four would have the first detention of the year?'

'Must just be a hunch, Professor.' James said, smiling. The professor smiled and motioned for him to sit down. No matter how many detentions they gave out to James or any of the Marauders, the teachers still loved them.

Lily was glaring at Potter as soon as he said what they had been discussing. She was quite glad when he got given a detention, but still she glared at him, and then decided to go back to her work.

Ellen was watching her closely, and could tell she was still fuming. She smiled and shook her head.

'You do realise what your doing?' She asked.

Lily looked up at her.

'What?'

'Here you have the hottest guy in school after you, and you don't accept.'

'I could say the same for you, with Mr. Black after you.' Lily said, smirking.

Ellen blushed slightly.

'But that's beside the point, stop changing the subject!' She said furiously.

'I wasn't.' Lily said innocently.

'Yes you were, we are talking about why you won't go out with James Potter!'

'I wont because he's a cocky arrogant prick!' Lily said a little too loudly.

'Miss Evans, care to share?' Professor Albus said. Lily stood up.

'No, it's alright, I'm very sorry for interrupting the lesson.'

'That's alright, Miss Evans. But detention for you as well. I never thought I would be giving out one to anyone other than those four, but clearly I was wrong.'

'But-But-'

'No buts, your detention will be served with Mr. Potter next week. Understood?'

'Yes, Professor.' Lily said, deciding not to argue. She sat down, and glared at the Marauders who were snickering.

The rest of the day was uneventful, with the girls, especially Lily, avoiding the boys, especially James, whenever they could. For the rest of the day though, James couldn't stop thinking about Lily, and ways to get her to go out with him. It was often interrupted by Sirius though, who was voicing his own thoughts on Ellen. At lunch time, he actually decided to go up and ask her again. James and Remus looked at each other, knowing what was going to happen.

Sirius tapped Ellen on the shoulder, and Ellen turned. Seeing it was him, she raised an eyebrow.

'What do you want, Black?' She asked him in an annoyed tone.

'You.' He said, winking. Ellen blushed slightly but then covered it up with a disgusted look.

'That's one of the worst pickup lines I've ever heard.' She said to him.

'Did it work?' Sirius asked, looking hopeful.

'Keep dreaming, Black.' She said.

Sirius gave her a salute.

'It shall be done!' He said, skipping off to his friends who were laughing loudly at him.

When he sat back down he took a piece of parchment out of his robes.

'What's that?' asked Peter.

'A list.' Sirius answered without looking up.

'For what?' Asked Remus.

'Alright so sleazy comment doesn't work.' Sirius said, crossing out something on the list.

'You made a list of ways to get Ellen to go out with you!' Remus asked, laughing as he said it.

'Yes,' Sirius said proudly. 'It is a very good idea.'

'Maybe I should make a list as well.' James said.

'Yeah, you should. That way you will have something different besides "will you go out with me?" all the time.' Sirius said, smirking.

Remus just shook his head at them, and Peter laughed.

'Alright you two, you can do those lists in History of Magic. Lets go!' Remus said, getting up.

Lily was walking to History of Magic with her friends. She wanted to be a healer, but she also wanted to keep her options open. So she was taking classes that she wouldn't really need.

As she was talking to Anna, she bumped into someone, but managed to stay upright, but she lost all her books on the ground. Lily sighed and went to go pick them up.

'Sorry.' She said.

'I don't accept apologies from Filthy little Mudbloods.'

Lily looked up to see Lucius Malfoy.

'Malfoy.' She said simply. He sneered.

'I'm surprised they let a filthy Mudblood like you be Head Girl, Honestly I wonder what this school is coming to.' He said smirking. It was then a wand tip was placed on his neck.

'Take that back, Malfoy.' James said in a furious tone. Lily was surprised, she didn't expect him to stand up for her.

'You know Potter, you shouldn't be wasting your time on such a filthy mudblood like Evans. It's a let down to your Pureblood name.' He said, sneering at James.

James glared at him.

'Take it back, Malfoy.' He said, tone deadly.

'Which part? The part about you, or the part about the Mudblood?'

'You know which part,' James said, pressing the wand against him more. 'Take it back, now.'

Lucius smirked.

'Never.'

'Alright, well I'll just have to persuade you then.' James said. The next thing Lucius Malfoy was up in the air, hanging by his ankle. His robes were falling over his face, though you could still see enough of it to see it going red from all the blood rushing to it.

'Come on, say it!' James said, still in an angry tone. Malfoy seemed in no state to be able to say anything. Still James would not let him down. A crowd had started to gather, most laughing at the sight.

Lily ran at him and grabbed his arm.

'Potter! Stop!' She cried.

He didn't turn because he was keeping all concentration on keeping Malfoy up there.

'No, Lily, he called you a mudblood.'

'I don't care! Just get him down!'

'No, Lily! Not until he takes it back!'

'JAMES! LET HIM GO!' Lily screamed at him. He did a double take. Did she just call him James? Although he didn't want to lower Malfoy, he did. Though he let him thump to the stone floor, and gained some laughs from the surrounding crowd.

Lily got down beside him, not because she wanted to, but because she felt the obligation. She shook him slightly.

'Are you alright?' She asked.

Lucius whacked her hand off him and got up, glaring at her.

'Keep you filthy hands off my, mudblood.' He snarled. Lily fought back tears.

Lucius looked at Potter and smirked, righting his robes.

'You know, Potter, this girl's got you on a tight leash.' He said, glaring at him for a moment and then strolling off. James resisted temptation to use another hex on him, but knew he better not.

He knelt down beside Lily, who seemed to be fighting back her tears.

'Lily, are you ok?' He asked softly. She turned her head, and glared at him.

'No, Potter! Why did you do that?' She yelled at him. The people who had gathered started to ebb away. They knew what was coming next. Even Lily's friends went to class. They decided there was no point waiting.

James looked at her.

'Because he called you a mudblood.' He said.

'But why did that make you do that?' she asked, not able to hold back her tears anymore.

'Because I care about you.' James said softly. He got up slowly, knowing the conversation was over. Lily was speechless for a moment. He cared about her? No. She got up as well, and faced him.

'How dare you! How dare you say that! This is just another stunt to try and get me to go out with you! I know it's not true! It's all a lie! As soon as I go out with you, your just going to drop me for a girl who's prettier than me! So stop throwing lies in my face and making me think for even a second that you would actually care about me!' She screamed at him. James was shocked at her words. He had meant it.

'But, it's true, Lily.' He said honestly.

Lily glared at him for a moment then slapped him. She used her whole body for the force, and it made a large slapping noise that echoed through the corridor. James' head was thrown sidewards with the force, and as soon as it was done, Lily walked off to History of Magic.

James stared after her, holding his face.

'Ouch.' He said.

'Alright, so saying you care about them clearly doesn't work.'

James turned around to see Sirius standing there, crossing off something on the piece of parchment. Sirius looked up at him and laughed.

'What?' James asked.

'She can really throw a slap. You've already got a red hand mark on there.' Sirius said, issuing a bark like laugh.

James groaned, then did a simple charm on it so that it wouldn't show.

'Come on, were late for Binns.'

That evening, James entered the Head dorm, only to find Lily's things forming a pile near the door. He frowned and moved over to her door. He knocked and then entered before she could protest.

Lily was in the process of putting her possessions in her trunk, and turned when he knocked. She glared at him, as she had been for the last part of the day.

'What are you doing?' He asked curiously.

'Moving.' She said icily.

'To where?' He asked, surprised.

'Back to the Gryffindor dorms with my friends. Dumbledore said it was fine, so I'm leaving.' She said.

'Why?' He asked, though he was sure he knew.

'Because, Potter, I can't stand living with you. After this afternoon I know theres no point. All you're going to do is waste my time by asking me continuously if I want to go out with you, and tell me lies to try and convince me.' She said, closing her trunk.

James was silent for a moment, contemplating what she had said. She wasn't looking at him, but looked very interested in the clasps on her trunk.

'Why do you hate me, Lily?' He asked. She looked up at him angrily, then walked up to him again. O oh. He thought. He felt another slap coming on.

'You are a cocky arrogant womanizing (a/n: wow she found another insult :O lol) prick who thinks he can have whatever he wants. You think that it's just gonna be easy to get me to be your girlfriend, and then as soon as I agree you'll be on some other chick. Well guess what, Potter? Not every girl in the school worships you. You can't have every girl you want.'

James looked at her for a moment, dumbstruck. Then he overcame it, only to pull her into a passionate kiss.

Lily struggled at first, but his strong arms held her tight. Soon she relaxed into it, not really realising what she was doing.

James was surprised that she was relaxing. He had thought she was going to slap her.

Lily pulled away slowly, and James smiled down at her.

WHACK!

James grabbed his other cheek. Lily was glaring at him with her hand still raised. She had just slapped him again! But it had been going so well!

Lily went over and grabbed her trunk, lugging it over to her stuff. She put it all together and then loaded herself up. As she was going out the portrait, she turned to the stunned James.

'Oh and you have to move back to Gryffindor as well.' She said, closing the portrait behind her.

James sighed and moved over to one of the couches, falling down onto it.

This had been such a bad day.