May 10, 1978

Lily woke up groggily. Sun was streaming in through the windows and a noise, a rather annoying noise, was being launched at her ears.

"Uhhh…"

A peck was placed firmly on her lips and the noise vanished.

"Just an alarm Lils, makes us wake up for school on time, you should like it." James voice moved towards the bathroom.

"Uhhh…" Lily responded. She slid off James' bed and onto the floor. "Oof."

She straightened and made her way to the bathroom.

"Knock kno-ahhh…" Lily yawned.

"Oi! Slowly open the door! You hit me!"

"Sorry…" Lily stepped forward and wrapped her arms around James and leaned on him. "Forgive me?" She said sweetly, looking up at him and fluttering her eyelashes.

"Yeah, yeah I forgive you."

"Spit."

"What?"

Lily detangled herself, "Spit out your toothpaste."

James followed her instructions and rinsed his mouth. "Ok wh-" Lily planted a big kiss on his lips and sat on the loo.

"Oh come on that's no fair." James protested, setting down his toothbrush.

"Is too, I have to pee!"

"Alright, I'm going to get dressed then." James sauntered out of the bathroom and closed the door behind him.

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Professor McGonagall stalked up and down the aisles of desks, reciting for her students the rules of transfiguration.

"I am only reviewing these rules, since a fair majority of you are forgetting the basics! As we do more complex transfigurations, it is paramount that you keep in mind where you started. As a result, the first step in class today will be for all of you to turn a rat into a water goblet, something that my second year students are doing. If you are all able to do this successfully in the span of 30 seconds then you may continue with conjuring spells, if not you will be assigned homework to review every lesson from first to fifth year. I am making myself clear?" She had reached the front of the room and stared down her nose at all of them.

Everyone gave a collective, "Yes, professor."

"Good, Black!"

"Yes Minnie!" Sirius said standing up and saluting her.

"Get up here and pass out the rats." Sirius rushed up to take a heavy box from her arms.

Sirius distributed all the rats and took one for himself before returning the box to Professor McGonagall.

"Alright, I am starting the timer... now! Begin!"

Lily quickly cast the incantation for turning animals into water goblets, and relaxed a little when the crawling, nasty rat disappeared and an ornate goblet appeared instead.

She looked around the room, a few hufflepuffs were having a bit of difficulty, along with Dorcas, who was madly waving her wand about, but overall it seemed that people understood the basics.

"Time is up! Let us see what you were able to do." She strode down the aisles inspecting each goblet. "It seems that you are all mostly capable she said coming back to the front. However I am disappointed at the number of you who had to speak the spells."

Next to Lily, James was leaning back in his chair.

"For those of you were able to do the required transfiguration without speaking," She stared down at James, "I would like you now to transfigure something larger into a small water goblet."

James let all four legs of his chair back onto the ground. "Uh professor?" James said raising his hand, "What is it that you want us to transfigure?"

"An excellent question Mr. Potter, I would like you to transfigure yourselves. Since you are so keen why don't you come up here and give us a demonstration?"

"Sure, professor…" James stood and walked slowly to the front of the room clutching his wand tightly.

"You are going to want to relax, Mr. Potter."

"Right…" James muttered.

"You may begin." Professor McGonagall said.

"Right…" James took a breath and closed his eyes. The next instant, where he had been standing there was nothing. Lily stood up abruptly. From above the desk she could see that it wasn't that there was nothing, simply a water goblet on the floor.

"Very good, Mr. Potter, very well done. You may return to us now."

The next instant James reappeared looking very disturbed.

"If you feel faint or nauseous please go to the water closet, if not return to your seat."

James looked a bit pale, but nodded and returned to his seat.

"What happened?" Lily whispered.

"It's really weird to be a goblet, let's just say.

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"Well I couldn't eat another bite." James declared flopping onto a couch in the Gryffindor common room.

"You did eat the equivalent of a horse tonight!" Lily said easing down next to him.

"Yeah, but-"

"Oh yeah you're a 'growing boy' right?" Lily said making air quotes.

"Yes, yes I am!" James protested.

"Whatever, I'm doing some studying, you should too!" Lily said as she stood.

"Exams aren't for a month, why do I need to study now?"

"Because exams are in less than a month and you need to do well! These are your last exams at Hogwarts, you're NEWTs are important!"

"Less than a month!" James jumped up.

Lily marched to the table and set back to studying.

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"Lily, I have been studying for hours can we go to bed?"

"Go ahead."

"You'll come up soon?"

"Actually, I was going to talk to you about that." Lily pushed the books that were stacked between them over. "James, I've been sleeping through the night now, and well, since I was really only sleeping in your room because you help with the nightmares, and I'm grateful that you do, but I should sleep in my bed you know for the rest of school."

"Oh." James furrowed his brows. "Yeah I guess… if you're… you should… ok well good night then." James stood and kissed Lily on the head before going up to the boy's dorms.

Lily stayed up for another half an hour studying before gathering her things and going up to her dorm. She quickly readied herself for bed and settled into her bed for the first time in a week. It felt a little weird, but also good to be back in her own bed.

Lily rolled over and closed her eyes. Lily opened her eyes and glanced at the clock, 10:43. Lily flopped over to her other side and closed her eyes.

10:44, Why did it feel like forever had passed, but had been scarcely a minute? Lily rolled over and tried to sleep again.

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The floor creaked ominously and the door threatened to wake everyone. Lily tip-toed across the floor to James' four poster. When she had come in front of his bed she gently opened the drapes and bent over James.

"Don't be alarmed." She whispered.

"Gah!" James yelled and sat up abruptly smacking Lily in the head with his own.

"I said don't be alarmed!" Lily whisper-yelled. "Scoot over." Lily said holding her head.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you, and I was asleep you know." James said moving over to make room for her. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to sleep in your dorm?"

"Well, I was, but I couldn't sleep, so I'm here." Lily lay down next to him, settling in as James stretched his arm across her stomach and lay his head next to hers.

"I'm glad you came." James whispered.

"Me too." Lily mouthed, a smile on her face as she settled into sleep.

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