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Lily sat at the back of the library near the Herbology section running her hands slowly through her hair as she sat pondering about the night she had just had.

Not that anything that interesting had happened….it was just ….something about Potter. She couldn't help it …all day she'd been thinking about him….riding on the broom with her, his hands on top of hers the way he smiled and how his cheeks creased when he was thinking about something…

GOD WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER…

"Ahhh Lily….hello?" Lily swung her chair back onto four legs as the voice of Amos Diggory cut through her day dreaming. "Are you ok?" he continued… "You've been acting weird all morning and you haven't even been bothered to even pick up the text book."

Lily glanced down at the massive Herbology text book laying on the desk in front of her, shrugging her shoulders she just put her hands back on the worn table and started to swing back on her chair again reading the years of carvings left behind by ex students but looking up briefly Lily noticed Amos eyeing her up and down.

Ew….Lily got the creeps when he did that. Not that Amos wasn't nice or anything….not to mention quite good looking, she just didn't like the way he eyed her off occasionally, he was definitely not her type. His eyes sweeping over her body, he'd asked her out a couple of times…not as persistently as Potter but still quite a few. She laughed suddenly though as she remembered the time he'd tried to ask her out in front of James at dinner. Luckily Lily never had to respond as large amounts of food was hurdled from various spots on the table, and Lily had watched him walk away covered from head to toe in mush.

The Marauders not to mention most of Gryffindor had found it hilarious. But unfortunately her memories were short lived as she let the hassling voice of Amos pull her back to her place in the library.

"Sorry I'm fine…just a little tired you know?" she replied lazily, the amazing thing was she wasn't actually lying to him. Last night they'd stayed up into the early hours of the morning sitting and just talking. Lily found it strange how in the space of a couple of months everyone had just taken to hanging out with each other.

Even sitting together at meals…..like they'd always been friends when really not a year ago (mainly because of Lily) they'd mostly hated each other's guts.

Amos sensing that Lily was listening to him again started to ramble on about Quidditch….oh god he was boring. Lily had been Herbology partners with Amos for as long as she could remember, she liked to branch off and have different friends not keep herself restricted to just Gryffindor….. of course there were times she regretted this.

Continuing to ignore Amos, Lily glanced round the library, Madame Price was stalking round the restricted section, while the majority of the other occupants seemed to be making out in the more deserted areas of the library. Forcing her mind back into reality Lily took a sharp intake of breath as she realised how close Amos Diggory had just gotten to her….what the hell?

All of a sudden though she felt a freezing cold hand work it's way onto her lower thigh from underneath the desk and she nearly went flying back with shock. It was unfortunately at this moment Lily saw the distinctive dark tuff of hair out of the corner of her eye, turning her head slightly she locked eyes with a very disgruntled looking James as he stood leaning slightly against the counter glaring at the back of Amos's head as if he was wishing to burn a hole right through it.

Lily tried to give him what she thought was a pleading and apologising look but glancing at her one last time he turned his back and continued to talk to Hannah who was oblivious to the situation and contently talking to him, before continuing to walk straight out the door looking mighty pissed off before Lily even had a chance to explain.

Not a year ago Lily wouldn't have even cared what Potter did or didn't see, in fact she probably would have liked him to see Amos touching her….it pissed him off. But for some reason now a huge chain felt like it was pulling at her stomach and for the first time in her life she felt awful for James.

Slightly exasperated Lily turned her head back in the direction of Amos who in the short amount of time Lily had looked away had fashioned himself a place so close that he was practically on top of her! Her red haired temper flaring up in her Lily slapped Amos straight across the face,

"God!" She yelled picking up her books hurriedly as he began rubbing the side of his face, "Can't you keep your hands to you bloody self for once!"

Lily swung her bag over her shoulder and in what she would have hoped was a very composed state …despite the fact that she'd just been yelling and nearly all the library had interrupted their various activities to look at her, turned on her heel leaving a very confused and very embarrassed Amos behind her.

She marched down the corridor in a fit of rage! Who the hell did Amos think he was hitting on her! God he was such an arrogant prick, since becoming Huffelpuff captain he thought he could get anyone he wanted! She couldn't believe he was putting the moves on her and of all people in front of James… who would first of all be extremely pissed off with Lily and second would probably now absouletly kick his arse next time he sees him…… not to mention in the Quidditch Game this Saturday.

God it was too early in the morning for this!

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Lily didn't see James for the rest of the day and it appeared only the Marauders had and they were not ready to give Lily any details whatsoever! Lily had tried grilling Peter at lunch figuring he was the weakest one and would probably give in. He was just in the middle of telling her that James wasn't upset just planning to get Amos in the…….. but just at that moment Sirius had seen them and had marched staright up to Peter and yanked him out of his chair.

Still disgruntled and pretty pissed off Lily made her way to the spot where James and her normally met to do patrol but after 5 minutes of waiting and a realisation that he probably wasn't going to turn up Lily handed it off to some enthusiastic 5th years and made her way up to the Gryffindor common room.

Where through all the laughter and talking she spotted James in a corner huddled over talking in whispers to Peter, Sirius and Remus. Lily was thinking about going over to talk to James about Amos in the library and try to explain what was happening but then decided it would be against her better judgement with so many people in the common room, Lily knew all but too well how quickly the argument would escalate and to be perfectly honest she didn't think she'd be able to deal with all the false rumours and extended stories that would be floating round tomorrow at breakfast time.

So with this it was that Lily spent most of her evening staring at the Marauders trying to work out what they were talking about…..until she was interrupted.

With her hair pulled into messy pigtails, a chocolate biscuit half out of her mouth and a heavy transfiguration text book in her hand, Daisy plonked herself down next to Lily and began reading, eating and talking all at the same time. Lily laughed a bit on the inside, Daisy was the only person Lily knew who could multitask so many things and still remain composed.

"Deep in thought m'dear?" she asked scanning the book as she did so.

"Not particularly no" Lily replied absentmindly, "Where'd you get that fat ass book anyway? I'm surprised you can even hold it!" she said glancing down at the purple bound book resting in her lap.

"Nothing really, just a book I found in Black's room, its got some really good stuff on Anamagi in it" she replied still flicking the pages, as he blonde pig tails scruffily shaped her shoulders.

"Hold on!" said Lily, "Since when have we been having little visits to Black's room?" asked Lily her eyes flickering to Sirius still scheming in the corner with Potter.

At this Daisy went a tinge of pink in the cheeks. "Nothing, oh it was nothing" she said mumbling and trailing off.

Lily just raised her eyebrows at her. "Is there something you might be neglecting to tell me?" she asked getting louder with each word, "like the fact that we've been visiting BLACK's room at night" Lily continued loudly laughing as she did.

At the mention of his name Sirius's head jerked up from his little scheming and started to stare, only to be yanked down by James still glaring at Lily.

Of course so did many of the girls, most of them now trying to listen in on the conversation while pretending to do something else. Lily laughed again as she looked at Daisy now extremely red in the face just shot Lily a nasty look obviously very embarrassed at all the attention and whispering that was erupting from various places over the room.

"Oh don't be stupid it's not that!" Daisy replied hastily "You're so stupid sometimes " she continued bending her head even lower in the book, attempting to hide her face from the various stares she was now on the receiving end of.

"If anything I'd be trying to avoid Black's room if I was you….you never know what nasty diseases could be hiding in there" Lily said picking herself up and tossing her friend one last knowing look walked out of the common room to do some Transfiguration homework, with some slight satisfaction at least as she saw James's head look at her as she walked out.

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By the next morning Lily still hadn't talked to James since he saw her in the library, and she was pretty sure he was avoiding her. Going to bed and waking up in the dorm alone she'd wandered down to breakfast but the minute he had seen her come into breakfast he'd jumped up and grabbing Chelsea and Lupin as he did dragged them off early to Transfiguration.

Not that anyone else had even noticed, Sirius had continued to ramble on all breakfast about some Huffelpuff girl he'd snogged last night. Not that Lily was interested in this sort of thing at breakfast. It honestly pissed her off, that no one else had noticed this strange behaviour but she didn't want to bring it up and have Daisy start her whole 'you like potter' thing again, it wasn't even like she liked him at all………but then again why was she so worried about it?

Lily sat in Transfiguration next to Alice her foot tapping in frustration as she waited for McGonagall to come in. James was at the back of the room and instead of sitting next to Sirius like he normally would had fashioned himself a seat next to Sarah Penish an abnormally big breasted girl in Ravenclaw.

Lily wondered how she'd ever managed to find herself a place in Ravenclaw…honestly the girl was about as thick as a brick, not to mention looked about as good as one!

She crossed her arms angrily, why couldn't Remus be sitting with him? Why did he have to be sitting next to Chelsea? God! She was so frustrated. Not that she cared whether he liked her. After all they were just friends! Why would she care?

When McGonagall finally came in to class and started to write out notes for them on the board Lily ripped out a Quill and some parchment and scribbling a note to James. Sent it hovering to him with her wand behind her back –

'I know you're avoiding me'

'Ahhh…. I think you'll find Amos is over there' Lily gave him a quick glance backwards at this note and he started to gesture towards Cedric in the second row.

'you're being ridiculous…. You know I'm not with Amos!'

But unfortunatally Lily didn't get a reply to this letter because at that moment the sharp voice of McGonagall cut in.

"Miss Evans and Mr Potter despite what you may think my class is more important than what appears to be your notes!" she said sternly glancing at them.

"I think you can both take a walk to Professor Dumbledore's office thank you!" she said briskly before turning her back towards the class and continuing to write on the board.

Lily pulled herself up slowly from her chair receiving questioning looks from Alice as she did so started to walk to the door, only James got there before her and opening the door for her, mock bowed as she walked out, following her out to the sound of laughter from the rest of the class. Only to pop his head back in two seconds later.

"Don't be too distressed Minerva" he sighed placing a hand over his heart "I will no doubt be seeing you tonight anyway…..shall we make detention…..6 o'clock?

At this she stopped writing to give him a stern look but before she could tell him off again he'd tipped an imaginary hat and tossing a grin in the direction of Sirius and Remus followed Lily out into the corridor.

"Shall we be off then m'lady?" he questioned.

"I take it where no longer pissed off?" she continued tossing a smile in his direction.

"On a day like this?" he smiled, "Why would anybody be bothered to be mad at someone?" he was grinning at her now. "You know we just broke a tradition" he continued.

"What?"

"That's the first time we've ever left a Transfiguration lesson without me asking you out and you rejecting me!" he said happily. "It's a nice feeling not being rejected for once" he laughed. "I suppose you don't feel it in you for a change of heart praps?"

"I think we both know the answer to that one" she said grinning at him. But it was strange….for the first time ever Lily's first instinct had been to say yes….

SOMETHING STRANGE WAS DEFINITELY GOING ON!