DISCLAIMER: Anything you recognize isn't mine besides I am a poor college student who owns nothing so suing me would be pointless.
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Third Year
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"Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans stop that this instant this is a classroom and you will respect it!" The herbology teacher, Ms. Podd yelled at the two thirteen year olds who were in a heated yelling match. She glared at them with her hands on her hips. "I have never seen such blatant disrespect. You will both be receiving detention tonight at eight with me in greenhouse 4." James elbowed Lily hard in the side. She countered with a stomp on this foot. "That is enough! I have come to expect this type of behavior from Mr. Potter but not from you Ms. Evans. I am very disappointed in the both of you! If so much as one word comes out of either of your mouths for the rest of the period you will be removed and given a week's detention. Am I clear?" Neither acknowledged her. "I said am I clear?" James and Lily nodded. "Good now please take your seats. As I was saying …"
"Good job Evans now I've got detention." James hissed to his neighbor.
"Shh. I'm not speaking to you … besides you always get detention. I'm the one who should be upset. You are ruining my perfect record."
"Why should you be upset you get to spend the night with me?" James couldn't help but snicker as he saw the anger form in Lily's eyes out of the corner of his.
"I would rather spend the night trapped in the Slytherin common room than be forced to spend it with you."
Neither had faced each other through out the whispered exchange yet James knew his next comment would make Lily's eye twitch, "Come on love, we both know that's not true and I thought you weren't talking to me, Evans."
Lily opened her mouth then snapped it back shut. He had just won. Her left eye twitched with rage as she clenched her teeth. Damn him.
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Lily and Professor Podd were already waiting inside Greenhouse 4 when James arrived. "Perfect now that Mr. Potter is here we can begin. Tonight you guys will be de-gnoming the blackberry patch. Professor Slughorn will be needing blackberry leaves for a potion and is coming down to gather the leaves tomorrow along with some other ingredients and I want the patch de-gnomed for him. You may leave once all the gnomes are gone." The students were almost out the door when Ms. Podd stopped them. "I almost forgot to tell you, do not eat any of the blackberries. Understand? This is detention not the Great Hall."
Once outside James and Lily got to work on de-gnoming the patch. They worked for a good five minutes in silence until James decided to throw his gnomes at Lily instead of into the forbidden forest. "Stop it Potter! Now I have to re-throw your gnomes. I don't know about you, but I want to get done with this as soon as possible so stop fooling around and pull your weight."
"If we are going by weight here Evans then you should be doing a lot more work then me." James turned around and went back to his task before Lily could see him smile. He wanted her to think he was serious and really piss her off.
Lily looked down at herself in bewilderment. She glared over at James who stood around ten feet away thinking she would like nothing more that to toss him into the Forbidden Forest like the gnomes. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"
James didn't even turn to look at her when he responded. "It means exactly what I said. Now get back to work. I don't want to be the only one working."
Lily seethed at James. How dare he tell her to work? She was the one who was working not him. The nerve of the boy. "I really hate you"
"I really hate you too, dear."
Lily's only response was a frustrated growl.
Nearly a half hour later, the pair was almost done with their detention when James stomach started to rumble. At first it was soft and quiet but it was soon loud enough for Lily to hear. "Is that your stomach?" She asked in disgust.
"Yeah what of it?"
"You were calling me fat meanwhile your stomach sounds like a pissed off wildebeest?"
"Yeah so what? I'm a growing boy. I need a lot of food." James countered feeling a little embarrassed.
"Well you got the boy part right." Suddenly Lily got a devious idea to get James back. "Why don't you just eat some of the blackberries?"
"You know we can't eat the blackberries. What are you trying to do Evans get me another detention?"
Lily quickly hid her head while grabbing one of the last gnomes. She was trying to get him another detention for getting her into this mess, but he didn't need to know that. "No, I'm just tired of hearing your body's repulsive noises. Besides when have you been afraid of detention? Go ahead I dare you."
"Nice try Evans, but it's not gunna work. I won't fall for it." Even as he said the words, his eyes strayed to the blackberries. Sirius had made it impossible to eat a dinner with his stories of last night's date with some Hufflepuff he had been talking to. James loved his best friend like a brother, but sometimes he wondered if he Sirius wasn't just a bit too wicked for normal society.
"Is big bad Potter afraid of little Ms. Podd and one tiny detention? Come on I double dog dare you."
James met Lily's eyes as he grabbed a handful of blackberries and shoved them in his mouth. The second he swallowed he knew he was in trouble. "Mr. Potter what did I tell you? That's it detention tomorrow night as well. Honestly can't you follow a single rule? You and Mr. Black, I swear …"
Ms. Podd continued to rant as James caught Lily's gloating eye before she headed into the castle. She had just won and she bloody knew it. James narrowed his eyes she wasn't going to win again, at least not if he could help it. He would definitely be getting her back for this.
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A/N: Chapter three is up! I already have chapter 4 written and my beta is looking over it so it will be up next weekend. Thank you to everyone who left reviews; your reviews keep me going. A special thanks to Riiko Shea for the kind words and reassurance. The next chapter will have more Lily/James goodness!