A/N: I am dedicating this chapter to Yas, as she is my first, and (sadly) only reviewer (so far).

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Chapter 2: Aquaintances

Victoria was convinced that if there were a ruder young man in all the world, she had yet to encounter him.

-Victoria and the Rogue - Meg Cabot

Lily Evans stood outside the door of the train compartment in which Dumbledore was residing. She had yet become acquainted with the headmaster, but had heard a great deal about him. Dumbledore, the recently appointed headmaster of Hogwarts was famous throughout the wizarding world. And as of last year, he had even made an appearance on the collectors cards found inside the wrappers of chocolate frogs. Lily now tried to compose herself as she prepared to knock on the headmaster's door. She reached for her wand, and tapping her robes and hair performed a drying spell to get rid of the side effects of the previously endured prank. Though she had done a very good job of creating a mask of indifference, the sudden downpour had given her a fright. And the two extremely fit guys dropping down from above even more so. Lily shook her head in frustration. Guys such as those she had encountered just ten minutes ago, certainly did not deserve to be classified first and foremost as 'fit', in fact, Lily resolved that in future, she would refer to Mr Black and his companion as arrogant, attention-seeking jerks. Even in her mind.

Yet there was something unsettling about the boy with the messy hair, beyond the brainless grin, concealed behind the mischievous twinkle of his eye, was a profound intelligence and sense of understanding. Lily blinked angrily, wiping the thoughts out of her mind. He was a chauvinistic pig and deserved no further thought. With this final decisive thought, Lily Evans smoothed out her slightly crumpled robes and straightened out, calming her breathing and composing herself, she knocked smartly on the oak door in front of her.

'Come in' sounded a calm voice as she turned the polished door handle and cautiously stepped inside. Lily was extremely surprised that the room she walked into could by no means be classified a train compartment. It was a great deal bigger than it had looked from the outside and was fully furnished. The windows were flanked by heavy drapes of crimson velvet fabric, imposing an air of solidity. The walls were lined with oak shelves burdened with all sorts of things, ranging from books, to unearthly gadgets that Lily had never seen the likes of. The space on the walls that was not consumed by shelves was adorned with portraits of various old people who were all seemingly asleep in their frames. A huge oak desk, occupied the centre of the room carrying nothing but a bedraggled and ancient-looking wizard's hat. In front of the desk sat two extremely comfortable-looking armchairs and sitting behind it sat the headmaster himself. He surveyed Lily with smiling blue eyes, which twinkled at her over his half-moon spectacles.

'Miss Evans' he said, standing up and giving her a slight nod of the head as form of acknowledgement before once again seating himself. 'Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' He continued 'Today's meeting is to appoint you to a house. There are four houses at Hogwarts: Griffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slitherin. All students are sorted into one of these four houses upon arrival in the sorting ceremony. However, since you have arrived here for your seventh year, I do not recon it would be much appreciated if you were to line up along with all the first years.' At this, Lily gave a small smile and a nod, thankful to Dumbledore's decision.

'If you would please take a seat Miss Evans' Dumbledore gestured to the empty armchairs, picking up the hat sitting on the desk in-front of him. 'This is the sorting hat. Place it on your head and it shall tell us what house you are to be in.'

At this Lily threw him a quizzical look, but obliged, placing the worn hat upon her red curls gingerly.

'Curious' the Hat said in Lily's ear, making her jump 'yet just what I was looking for' before she could make heads or tails of what she had just heard, the hat shouted out 'GRIFFINDOR!' and just as Lily was reaching to take it off: 'HEAD GIRL' Lily hurriedly removed the hat, looking at it in dismay, as Dumbledore clapped his hands quietly.

'Congratulations Miss Evans. I was wondering why the hat hadn't picked a head girl' the headmaster mused, almost to himself.

'But sir, you can't be serious!' Lily exclaimed. Yet she was already, unconsciously running the advantages of such a position through her head: she would be able to keep idiots, such as her earlier visitors, in line. Though, Lily couldn't help but think that they did happen to be extremely fit. Especially the second guy, his messy black hair dropping down into his eyes and his shirt sticking to his tones body… Lily dug her nails into her palm, cursing herself for thinking about guys in the middle of a discussion with her headmaster. Especially girl-obsessed idiots like them.

'The Sorting Hat never lies' Dumbledore continued, knocking Lily out of her reverie. 'Our new head boy, James Potter, will of course, assist you in your duties. You are both as of now, Griffindors and should therefore get on well. At that moment there came a knock on the door. 'Ah yes, here he comes, I'd forgotten I had arranged to see him' said Dumbledore looking up 'come in'.

The door opened and in waltzed none other than the subject of Lily's reluctant thoughts. James Potter was now wearing black robes adorned with the Griffindor colours, concealing his sodden shirt. His hair was still relatively wet and looking unruly in the extreme as it flopped into his ever-sparkling hazel eyes.

'Professor' he said, nodding towards the headmaster, who nodded in return, smiling. 'Miss Evans', James turned to Lily, 'so you really did have a prior engagement. I'm impressed. He grinned good-naturedly at her.

Lily was lost for words. This was James Potter? This was the Head Boy of Hogwarts? - This brainless lunatic? Lily voiced as much as much.

'You're James Potter?' she spluttered all dignity and self-control lost.

'I am indeed. The infamous James Potter at your service milady' he said giving a mock bow. Here Dumbledore reminded them of his presence:

'I see you two are already acquainted' he smiled 'I'm sure Mr Potter will therefore be pleased to know that Miss Evans has recently been named the new Head Girl of Hogwarts.'

Now it was James' turn to be surprised:

'WHAT?' he yelled, returning some of Lily's confidence. 'But she's never even been to Hogwarts before!'

'Well observed Mr Potter. It shall, therefore, be your duty to introduce Miss Evans to the school and teach her all there is to know about the school.' He turned to Lily 'rest assured Miss Evans, Mr Potter, of all people, should have no problems whatsoever in doing so' his eyes twinkled.

James was still a little dazed, but he recovered quickly:

'With pleasure' his smile was back, creating a strange feeling of unease in Lily's stomach.

'Tonight, after the sorting, you are both to do your rounds, I suggest that you take this opportunity to become better acquainted with each other and Hogwarts.' Dumbledore then handed them a piece of parchment. 'These are the passwords to the common rooms, you are to inform the prefects of them before we arrive. You will be informed of your other duties in due course. You have the choice of sleeping in your own private bedrooms, or in the dormitories. The location of the Head dorms is strictly confidential, so, naturally, Mr Potter will be able to show you exactly where they are.' He smiled at them over his half-moon spectacles.

'We should shortly be arriving. You have just enough time to distribute the passwords.' Taking this as a dismissal, both Lily and James walked out. Just walking next to him made Lily feel strange, which gave way to irritation.

Lily sighed and walked off to search for the prefects. She did not notice the hazel eyes watching her as she walked away.

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