Lily POV
Woah! James woke me up and I was on his shoulder! Talk about scary! But, scarier still is that I found it comforting to be able to sleep near him.

I was in the hall of the train, heading to the girls' toilets to change and reapply my makeup. I did so quickly realizing James and I had to patrol the halls as everyone got ready to leave. Then a thought occurred to me. If I was asleep on James' shoulder, neither of us could've gotten up, so who patrolled the train?

I ran out of the restroom so fast that I wasn't watching where I was going. That resulted in me running head-on into a very solid figure. "Woah! Lily, let's not rush into this, or anything!" exclaimed the figure.

"Oh, God! I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention!" I exclaimed, then, realizing whom it was, added, "What happened to patrolling? If we both weren't able-"

"Lily! Shh!" James said, putting a strong finger to my lips. "It's okay! I had Sirius and Remus do it for us! I handled it! Don't worry!"

I sighed a sigh of relief, saying, "Thank you!" I moved closer to him and gave him a tight hug.

"N-no problem," he replied, returning my hug. "Now, come on! There's work to be done!" We began monitoring the halls as students poured out of the train before leaving ourselves.

James and I- wait a second! Did I just call Potter- Potter- James? This is just too weird. Anyway, James and I got in a horseless carriage, soon followed by Car and Nik.

The Welcoming Feast went by quickly. In next to no time I found James asking me, "May I escort you to our room?"

"Whatever, Potter," I answered, laughing. We set off together heading toward the fourth floor and to see our room for the first time. Wait- our?- but, suddenly, I didn't mind it being 'our' anymore. In fact, I was actually happy about it.

James POV
"Germoglio," I said upon reaching the correct door. The door sprang open and I allowed Lily to enter before me.

"WOW!" I heard her exclaim before I joined her in our new common room. I couldn't help but mimic her reaction.

The room had a high ceiling covered in elaborate designs. The red and gold designs continued on the walls all the way down to the floor. The fireplace mantle and the chairs surrounding it were of an antique design. In the middle of the room stood a large table and a few chairs of the same antique pattern, presumably for homework and studying.

There was a beautiful library through a door for our personal use, but Lily didn't seem very interested in this. She had crossed the room and was heading up the staircase that led to the bedroom. I followed her up. There were more designs on the walls and two antique four-poster beds. There was a large vanity and two chests of drawers of the same design.

Through the door on the left was a large bathroom. I found Lily in here, checking out the huge bath tub. "So, what do you think?" I asked.

"It's beautiful."

"Then will you stay?"

"Of course! Oh, and I wanted to thank you for everything today and in the past. I also wanted to say I'm sorry and I don't hate you."

"Well, that's good, Lil, because I don't hate you, either." I didn't notice until too late that I had said 'Lil,' but she didn't correct me.

She walked into the bedroom and called, "I'm going to bed. G'night!"

I walked into our room and sat down on my bed. I faced Lily and watched her fall asleep before drifting off myself.

Yes, I know it's a very dull post without much happening. How about one more for good luck?

Lily POV
I woke up the next morning and looked over to see James sleeping in the next bed. "Awww…" I whispered, "He's so cute when he sleeps!"

I went over to my chest of drawers and pulled out one of my school uniforms before going into the bathroom to shower. I began to sing softly to myself when I heard the door open.

"G'morning, Lily," said James groggily.

"Good morning!" I called. "It's about time you woke up!"

"I was up later than you, remember that."

"Yeah, well, it wasn't my fault you stayed up late."

"Yeah, yeah."

"I suppose you want the shower?"

"Yep."

"Then get out of here so I can get dressed!" I heard a door close to signify that James had left. I dressed quickly, and left the bathroom. "All yours," I old him.

I did my hair in a loose bun and applied a little make-up before making my bed.

James came out of the restroom and looked surprised to see me there. "What are you still doing her?"

"Well, fine, if you don't want me here, I'll leave! I just thought it might be nice to walk to the Great Hall together."

"Really?" He couldn't hide the grin on his face no matter how hard he tried. "Just gieve me a few minutes."

"Okay," I replied and waited.

"Ready?" he asked a few minutes later, holding out his hand.

"You're really pushing your luck, you know that don't you?" I laughed, but took his hand nonetheless.

We reached the Great Hall hand-in-hand and getting many stares from our friends. I squeezed his hand before letting go so I could join my friend, who were so impatiently waiting for news. But there was nothing to tell, was there?

Lily POV Cont'd
As I sat down, I was bombarded by a thousand exclamations, the last one I fully heard being "Oh, my God! Spill!"

"There's nothing to spill!" I exclaimed, laughing at my friends' faces.

"Don't give us that 'There's nothing to spill' bull , Lil. If there was nothing to tell, you wouldn't have that stupid grin on your face and you wouldn't have just been holding Potter's hand!" shouted Car.

"Shh!" I shushed her, "the whole school doesn't have to hear our conversation."

"Sorry," she whispered, "just tell us what's going on!"

"James and I just walked-"

"Wait! James? As in Potter?" asked Nikki, astounded.

"Yes. Now do you want me to tell you what happened or not?" They both shut up, so I figured they wanted me to continue. "James and I were just walking down to breakfast. He grabbed my hand and I didn't pull back."

"Why didn't you pull back? This is Potter we're talking about!" Car so beautifully pointed out.

"Do you think you like him?" Nikki asked eagerly.

"I don't know," I replied mysteriously, "I'm not sure, but I think I might be falling for him." I smiled at my two friends' astounded faces. Car recovered first.

"Falling on him, more like," she said, smirking playfully.

"Oh, shut up!" I shouted, then lowering my voice, continued, "I'm not even sure I like him yet."

"Whatever, Lils," Car replied, lapsing into a fit of hysteric giggles.

I made to swat her on the cheek, playfully of course, but just then Remus arrived behind her.

Remus POV
"Guess who?" I asked my girlfriend, throwing my voice so it was harder to recognize.

"R-remus?" she said, questioning her own judgement.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Remus!" she shouted and threw her arms around me. I hugged her back and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

"You missed," she told me and kissed me tenderly on the lips.

"So what the hell is going on? We could hear Car laughing from a mile away!"

"Nothing, Rem," Lily answered me, laughing softly. "She was just slamming on me, that's all."

"Car! You be nice to Lily!" I said playfully, swatting her on the arm. "How so, Lil?"

"It doesn't matter," she replied. I decided not to push the issue, because it was obviously something the didn't want me to hear, so I answered with an, "Okay, I'll see you girls later." And with another small kiss from Lynn, I turned and went back to James and Sirius.

"So, what were they talking about?" James asked me as soon as I sat down.

"They wouldn't tell me, Mr. Ants-in-His-Pants," I replied chuckling. "They said it wasn't important. Come on, we're going to be late for Potions.

"Who cares about Potions?" James asked honestly. "And, by the way, you suck at being a spy."

"Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate my skills. And, you should care. You barely passed last year's test."

"Yeah, so?"

"So, you're not going to graduate if you keep on like this!" I exclaimed as we went through the door to Professor Froster's classroom.

"Who cares?" James shot back.

It was Sirius' turn. "Do you really think Lily wants to be with someone who flunked their last year at Hogwarts?"

James was quiet, but he opened up his Potions book and began staring at it intently. If I didn't know any better, I would've thought he was reading it. Apparently, Sirius' words had struck James. They did me, too. I felt a pang of jealousy as Sirius mentioned Lily's name. But, I'm over her. I have Car now, and Lily has her own life.

We were all sitting in the back, as far from the Professor as we could possibly get. I waited for class to begin while Sirius tried to engage James in a conversation about Quidditch. James merely shushed him and turned the page.