Chapter 2:
Sirius was staring dreamily at the goblet at the front of the hall, while absentmindedly stirring his porridge with a sausage.
"Smart. Never use spoons, unless you're in dire need of them," said Remus who sat down in front of Sirius.
"Very funny Remus," Sirius said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"So, what's going on, Sirius? I haven't seen you this troubled since third year, when we thought Snivellus was going to rat us out on a prank," Said James who came a few minutes after Remus had.
"Ah, the good days," Remus said sarcastically.
Sirius ignored him. "It's just that I wish I could somehow be able to put my name in the goblet, and I don't mean to brag or anything, but I'm pretty sure that if I do- that goblet is going to spit out my name faster than James catching the Snitch."
With the last remark, he gave a charming smile to a few girls who overheard him. The girls started giggling. A scoff was heard from a very special redhead.
James puffed his chest. "Is there a problem, Miss Evans?" he asked with a charming smile and an imitation of Professor McGonagall's voice.
Lily looked away from her friend who was giggling, wearing an annoyed expression on her face.
"No, I just couldn't help but overhear Black's tear-shedding hopeless story," she answered in an overly sweet voice.
Before Sirius could make a witty remark Wormatil who no one noticed until that moment- stood up and mumbled incoherently a few words that sounded like: "Not hopeless… you… meanie…" and sat back down again. Sirius put his face in his hands while Remus and James pretended not hear.
Lily laughed. "Good talking to you, Peter," She said sarcastically. She really hated that guy. With that, she got up and went with her friend to their Herbology class.
"You just had to, didn't you?" James asked angrily. He got up and followed Lily.
"Evans! Wait up!" James panted. Finally, Lily stopped and turned around.
"What?" she said, rolling her eyes.
"Well, I-" He took a deep breath, "just wanted to say sorry," another deep breath "Wormtail's an idiot," James managed a half honest smile, but Lily ignored it, regardless of how rare it was.
"It's nice to see how you stick up for your friends, James," she said. "Come on, Ems, we should go," Lily pulled her and started walking down the grounds, leaving James dumbfounded.
"Why are you always so harsh on him?" asked Emily Abbot.
"Why am I so harsh on him? Because he's an arrogant toerag! And so are his friends. You just don't see them, because lucky for you they don't hang out in the Hufflepuff common room."
Emily just shrugged and sighed, and the two girls kept on walking, changing the subject.
"Now everybody grab a pot and Ill Split you into pairs," the class groaned at Professor Sprout's words.
"Black, you're with Abbot," Sirius turned to look at her, gave Emily a look and a charming smile, and turned away.
"What a jerk," Lily said under her breath.
"And the last pair, let's see… Potter, and… Evans. I want each pair to go to their Bobotuber and be careful not get touched by the puss!"
Lily groaned loudly, and walked to her plant. Not only was this one of the most disgusting things she has ever had to do, but she was paired with Potter. Of all people, it just had to be Potter.
"So, Evans, we meet again!" James said, obviously untroubled by their talk from earlier.
"Oh, just shut your mouth, Potter," said Lily, as she proceeded to pop one of the gross swellings on the plant.
James looked at her; a flash of hurt crossed his face, vanishing quickly as if it was never there.
"Evans, I can do that. You can collect the puss, it isn't as gross," said James timidly.
Lily looked unsure but said: "Um… Ok."
Did Potter just switch his extremely easy job with her hard one? That's suspicious.
They proceeded to work quietly, until one of the black swellings practically exploded over James' face. Luckily, he was wearing goggles and a mask. Lily burst out laughing. James looked at her and started laughing too, while wiping the stuff off his face. She's so much prettier when she smiles, James thought.
It took Lily a few minutes to get back to herself. She asked: "I'm sorry, are you ok?" a genuine smile was still on her face.
"Uh yeah, it didn't touch any of my skin," Lily looked at James and they both started laughing again.
When James recovered from his laughter, he said: "Hang on, Lily," Lily? She thought to herself. He has never called me that before. "Lily, you have dirt in your hair," and before she could shake it out, James removed his glove and brushed the dirt off her hair. When he moved his hand down, he gently caressed her cheek and kept his hand there, barely touching. They stared at each other like that for a few moments until a harsh voice broke off the spell.
"Potter, if you don't mind continuing your make-out session later, get back to work!" James quickly put his hand down. He put his glove back on, both him and Lily blushing furiously.
He looked at Sirius who was openly staring at him, mouthing the words: "What just happened?" mirroring his and Lily's exact thoughts.