Chapter 9: Fights

Today was their last patrol of the week. Tomorrow, they would have a prefect meeting organising times for patrols and their time together will be cut short. Needless to say, James was going to miss patrolling with Lily.

It's not like they weren't going to patrol anymore, they were, just not as much. James worried that after that night's patrols, that his and Lily's friendship would falter a bit and they would never be that close. He and Lily had only been friends for two days now, but it seemed like so much longer and James didn't want it to end.

Their patrol started off just like the two patrols previous to this one. James and Lily met up in the Common Room and they walked together, both trying to get a hold of their jitters. Then, they would talk contently and enjoy each other's company. That night, though, they ran into a bit of trouble.

"Potter, Mudblood," snarled an angry voice from behind him.

Lily and James drew their wands and turned to face Lucius Malfoy. He was standing there, rainbow hair, robes, thong and all, but also with a few of his mates. Amongst them were Bellatrix Black, Rodolphus Lestrage, Evan Rosier, Antonin Dolohov and Severus Snape.

"Well, if it isn't dear Lucius and his buds. Out after hours again, aren't we Malfoy?" said James. "I must say, those really aren't your colours," he added.

"Shut it, Potter. I know you and your little Mudblood bride did this to me," he snapped.

"Hey, watch your mouth, Malfoy. Wouldn't want to get a little soap in the mouth, now would we?" he taunted.

"Potter, I'm going to get you back so bad, you will regret the day that your mother ever gave birth to such filthy scum like you," he said spitting on the floor. "As for you, Mudblood. You will meet your end soon enough, just you wait. The Dark Lord will gain power and all Mudbloods like you will be gone," he said laughing.

"Leave her out of this, Malfoy," said James, stepping in front of Lily protectively.

This time, Bellatrix spoke up. "Oh, isn't this cute. Wittle Potty defending his wittle Mudblood," she mocked. They all laughed.

Now it was Lily's turn. She stepped out from behind James. "Well, what about you, Bellatrix? Need to travel in packs to make you feel safe?" she taunted.

James panicked. What is she doing? Bellatrix can seriously hurt her! What the BLOODY hell is she doing?!

Bellatrix was outraged. "How dare you challenge to me, you filthy Mudblood?! You have no right, no right! I'll prove to you who is the better witch! You Mudbloods have no place here!"

"Very well then. Let's duel, shall we? No outside help," she said confidently.

"No, Lily! I will not stand by this. Slytherins, up to your dormitories, NOW!" James shouted.

"Ah, ah, ah, Potty. Mudblood here challenged me. That means that I must now duel her. We will see who comes out victorious," she said with a manic glint in her eyes. The rest of the pack were all smiling evilly and laughing slightly. Malfoy was smirking, watching all of this like it was an amusing movie.

"Lily, stop. Come on; let's go get a teacher or something. Just don't do this," he pleaded.

She looked at him. "No, James. I have to do this. I have to prove that I'm just as skilled as she is," she said determined.

"Lily, you already know you are as skilled as her. No matter what you do, she WILL NOT believe it. Even if you do come out on top, she will just want more vengeance and put you in more danger. I said I'd promise not to let anything happen to you, and by letting you do this, I am breaking my promise. I never break my promises," he said.

Lily seemed to falter at this. "I'm sorry James, but I have to do this." Her eyes showed determination but also slight fear. Lily knew Bellatrix was a dangerous witch who knew many dark spells, but she knew that if things did get out of hand, James would put an end to it. And with that thought, she turned to face Bellatrix.

"Let's do this."

"Very well, Mudblood. Say goodbye to your lover."

"Just remember the rules. No outside help."

They both hardly inclined their heads as they bowed. Bellatrix made the first move and soon there were flashes of lights and shouts of jinxes and hexes that were being thrown by the two witches. Soon Lily and Bellatrix were both exhausted.

Bellatrix opened her mouth and threw another curse at Lily, "Stupefy!" Lily didn't react as she saw Professor McGonagall walking briskly towards them and she fell to the floor, out cold.

"ENOUGH!" shouted Professor McGonagall. She was walking towards them and looked positively outraged. Her face was slightly pink and her lips were in a very thin line.

"What is the meaning of this, Mr. Potter? Again, I have been highly disappointed with you and Miss Evans. You are supposed to be setting an example! You are not supposed to be duelling other students during your patrols for Merlin's sake!" she yelled. She then turned to the Slytherins. "And you! I will have a word about this with Professor Slughorn, this many of you out of bed after hours! And duelling with the Head Boy and Girl, six to two!"

"Fifteen points each from Slytherin, twenty from Ms. Black. Twenty points each from Gryffindor. Really, I expected better from the two of you. Slytherins, I will walk you to your Common Room. Mr. Potter, take Miss Evans to the Hospital Wing. I expect that you will not get into any more trouble tonight?"

James nodded and made his way over to the unconscious Lily. There was a small amount of blood on her forehead and bruises on her face and arms. She had fast reflexes and was as excellent a dueller as Bellatrix. If Professor McGonagall hadn't come to stop them, then they would have been duelling for hours.

James muttered, "Locomotor Lily," and Lily's slim body was floating several feet off the floor. He carefully made his way to the Hospital Wing and knocked on the door. He waited a while until Madame Pomfrey opened the door wearing her night robes and a night cap.

"What is the meaning of this Potter? Oh my! What happened to Miss Evans?" she asked opening the door to let them in.

"Run in with Slytherins," he muttered bitterly. He manoeuvred Lily onto the bed and took off the charm.

"She's out cold. She was hit with a Stunning spell," he mumbled.

"Very well. Ennervate."

Lily's eyes fluttered open and she moved her head to James' direction. "James?" she whispered. "What happened?"

"Bellatrix stunned you as McGonagall came," he answered.

Lily closed her eyes and sighed.

"Lily, are you okay?" he asked as Madame Pomfrey went to get Lily a potion in another room.

Lily shook her head. "No. I didn't win."

James was shocked. She's in the Hospital Wing and she's worried about not winning?

"Lily, don't you think you should be more worried about your health rather than winnng?" he asked.

"No, James. You don't get it. Since I came to Hogwarts, I've had to prove myself and once I get my chance, I go and ruin it."

"Lily, you don't have to prove yourself to anyone! Everyone already knows that you are an amazing witch! You don't need to prove yourself!" said James, confused at Lily.

"No, James! You don't UNDERSTAND! I have to prove myself to MYSELF! I have to know FOR ME that I am good enough! I have to know that I can beat her and that I deserve to be in this world! I'M TRYING TO PROVE IT TO MYSELF!" she exclaimed, tears slowly pouring down her face.

James didn't answer. He was hurt and speechless. He didn't know that was how Lily felt.

"Mr. Potter, you may leave now. Miss Evans will have to spend the night," said Madame Pomfrey, re-entering the room.

James nodded. "I hope you get better soon, Lily," he whispered. Silent tears were still making their way down her face and she was still staring at James. He quickly and quietly exited the Hospital Wing and walked to Gryffindor tower.

Lying in bed, James thought about what Lily had said. Did she really have to prove herself to, well, herself, to think she was good enough? Lily's reasons seemed strange to James. Anyone could see, even the Slytherins, that Lily was an extraordinary witch. She was top of almost all the classes, coming second to James only in Transfiguration, she was Prefect fifth and sixth years, and now, she was Head Girl. Surely, all those accomplishments were enough proof for Lily that she was good enough to be in this world? Hell, some pure-blooded witches and wizards weren't even that good.

Did that mean James and Lily were in a fight now? After all, she did yell. Even if they weren't in a fight, and Lily wasn't mad at James, he was going to apologize to Lily anyways. He wasn't exactly sure if it was his fault; he didn't actually do anything wrong. But then, why did he feel so horrible? He guessed it was because Lily felt horrible.

James was also hurt that Lily had yelled at him. She said that he didn't understand her after he was trying so hard to. He really wanted to understand, but they were in two different situations. As a friend, James was trying to comfort her and see what she was going through, but she had just yelled.

James hated how Lily had to go through all of this prejudice because of her heritage. His heart ached because Lily felt she had to prove to herself that she was worthy of living in this world. He didn't know it mattered to her that much.

He would never know what kind of inner battle Lily was fighting because he never had to or will go through something like that. James was definitely smart, handsome and good at Quidditch; but even if he wasn't, he'd probably still be accepted because he was pure-blooded and son of Harold and Julie Potter.

James decided that he would go and apologize to Lily tomorrow before the Prefect meeting. He wouldn't be able to stand himself knowing that the girl he loved was mad at him. It hurt his heart. He knew that he would never be able to be mad at Lily. He loved her to much. James would do anything for Lily to forgive him. Even if she wasn't mad, he would still find someway to make it up to her. With that thought, he fell asleep.

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Lily woke up the next morning feeling ashamed. She was ashamed of how she acted the night before. She was ashamed that she was stupid enough to challenge Bellatrix to a duel. She was even more ashamed that she had lost. But, she was mostly ashamed of how she treated James.

She knew that James was only trying to help and understand her, but instead she yelled at him and accused him of not understanding her. She knew that she hurt and confused James and she was sorry. It was her fault and she knew it. But she didn't want to apologize yet. She wasn't ready to face him yet. She had to get herself together before apologizing. She was embarrassed of herself and facing him so soon would be a bad thing.

She asked Madame Pomfrey if she could leave, and after taking one more potion, she walked back to Gryffindor tower.

It was still fairly early on a Saturday morning, so no one was in the Common Room yet. She walked up to her dorm and opened the door. Marlene woke up when Lily entered and sat up on her bed.

"Hey Lily. What happened last night? Why didn't you come back to the dorm?" she asked, concerned.

"Hey Marly. Look, I'm really tired, I'll tell you later, okay? I just want to sleep," she answered.

Marlene looked curious, but nodded anyways. She knew that Lily would talk when she was ready, so she left it alone.

Lily changed into her pyjamas and lay down in her bed. She closed the bed hangings and snuggled into her bed sheets. Tears started falling down her cheeks at the memory of last night. She wiped her tears and fell asleep.

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James woke up in the after noon. He was tired from all the patrols that week and from last night. Sirius and Peter were still sleeping but Remus' bed was empty. He showered and walked down to the Common Room. He saw Marlene sitting by the fire, doing some homework, but no Lily.

"Hey Marlene. Where's Lily?" he asked, sitting down across from her.

"Hey James. She's sleeping, why?" she asked, looking up from her homework.

"Well I wanted to apologize for last night," he replied.

Marlene was confused. "Why, what did you do?" she asked furrowing her eyebrows.

"What? She didn't tell you?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

"No. She just came in from wherever she was last night, said she was tired and she fell asleep," she said. "She wasn't with you the whole night, was she?" she asked suspiciously.

"NO! No, we were just together for the patrol, that's it. I swear," said James, holding his hands in front of him.

"Okay, I believe you. Then, can you tell me what happened?" she asked curiously.

"Uh, I don't think I should be the one telling you," he said cautiously. "But, I will," he said hastily at Marlene's glare.

James quickly retold Marlene about how the Slytherins approached them and how Lily challenged Bellatrix. He told her about McGonagall coming and Lily yelling at him. Marlene looked shocked.

"She said that?" she asked, both eyebrows raised.

James nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry about it, James. I'm sure she'll forgive you. Although, I'm not even sure you should be the one apologizing," she said assuring.

James shrugged. "I will anyways. I would feel better if I did," he replied.

Marlene nodded. "Do you want me to get her for you?" she asked.

"No, don't wake her up. I'll just talk to her at the Prefect meeting today," he said.

Marlene nodded again.

"Hey, have you seen Remus?" he asked, wondering where his friend could be.

"I think he went down to the Library," she replied.

"Okay, thanks. I'll see you later," he said getting up.

"Anytime, see you, James."

"Bye."

James walked down to the Library and looked for Remus. He found him sitting at his normal table near the back.

"Hey, Moony. Who spends their Saturdays in the Library?" he asked sitting down.

Remus rolled his eyes. "People who want to do well on their NEWTs," he replied.

"Please don't tell me that you're studying for NEWTs already, Moony?"

"No, I'm just finished homework," he said.

"Oh, thank goodness!" James exclaimed. "If you were, I'd officially dub you the biggest nerd on this planet," he finished.

Remus rolled his eyes and packed up his things.

"So, what's up Prongs? Wanna get some lunch?" he asked.

"Sure," James replied, getting up.

"How was patrolling last night?" asked Remus.

James sighed. "Bad."

"Why? What happened?"

James retold the story for the second time that day to Remus.

"Wow."

"Yeah," said James.

"So, what're you going to do?" asked Remus.

"Marlene told me she was sleeping, so I'm just going to apologize before the Prefect meeting," he said shrugging.

They went to the Great Hall to eat their lunch. Sirius and Peter were not down there, so they figured they must be sleeping still. After lunch, James and Remus walked back to the Common Room.

Marlene was still sitting in the Common Room, but this time, with Nicole and Melissa.

"Hey girls," said Remus, approaching them.

"Hey Remus, James," said Melissa.

"Lily still not up yet?" asked James.

Marlene shook her head no. "She looked pretty tired when she came in," said Marlene. "Don't worry, I'll wake her up before the Prefect meeting," she said. Marlene took Lily's place as prefect now as Lily was Head Girl.

James nodded and said, "Come on Remus. Let's go wake up Sirius and Pete."

Remus nodded and they walked up to their dorm.

"Come on Pete. Get up," said Remus.

James, who was not in the mood to torture Sirius with 'Veronica', decided to copy Remus and wake up Sirius the old-fashioned way.

"SIRIUS. GET UP. IT'S 2 IN THE AFTERNOON," said James.

Sirius mumbled something and rubbed his eyes.

"Rise and shine, Princess. About time you got up," said James, rolling his eyes.

Sirius yawned and stretched his arms out. His hair was not even messy as he ran a hand through it, trying to comb it out. It still fell elegantly into his face and he brushed it aside.

"Morning Prongs," he yawned again. "How was patrolling?" he asked, lifting himself out of bed.

"I'll tell you once Peter gets up, I've already told it twice today," he said.

"To who? Moony and…?" he asked.

"Marlene. Lily didn't tell her yet. She's still sleeping."

"Oh. Peter! Hurry up and get your arse over here! I want to hear what happened!" shouted Sirius impatiently.

Peter scurried over hurriedly.

"Good rat," said Sirius patting him on the head.

Peter scowled.

"Hey Moony, when's the next full moon?" asked James. Remus looked a bit peaky.

"Next week. Wednesday. Can you schedule me for patrol at least a couple days after?" he asked.

"Of course, Moony. Don't worry about it," James replied.

"All right, James. On with the story. What happened yesterday?" asked Sirius.

Once again, James retold the story to Sirius and Peter. Sirius was furious at his cousin Bellatrix.

"How dare she?! That filthy wench! When I get my hands on her…" he finished, wringing his hands.

"No, Sirius. Don't do anything. If anyone should be mad, it should be me or Lily. Don't do anything," James repeated.

"I hate her! I hate all of them! Why does she have to be so damn obsessed with the Dark Arts!" exclaimed Sirius. His whole family was Dark Arts-obsessed. Only Sirius, his cousin Andromeda and his old uncle Alphard were normal.

"They're not like you, Sirius. It's better if you just leave it alone. There's nothing you can do now. You better just distance yourself from them as much as possible," said Remus.

"Yeah, you're right. But I still hate dear Bella. She's such a bloody wench," said Sirius darkly.

"Well, now that that's over, who wants to play Quidditch?" asked James.

"Yeah, I'm coming. Just let me get changed," said Sirius.

"Remus? Pete? You in?" asked James.

"I'll come outside but I'm not going to play," said Remus.

"Yeah. Me too," squeaked Peter.

"Sirius, we need to hold Quidditch try-outs soon," he said, looking at Sirius.

"Okay, how about Tuesday?" he asked.

"Right before the full moon? Okay, I guess that'll work. I'll let McGonagall know."

The four boys walked down the stairs and went outside to the Quidditch pitch but not before Sirius and Peter ate something from the Kitchens. It seemed so long ago when James and Lily had their little midnight feast. Once outside, Sirius and James flew around with the Quaffle for a while before deciding to return to Gryffindor tower.

When they walked into the castle, they found Marlene walking outside with Nicole and Melissa.

James furrowed his eyebrows, "Lily still not awake yet?" It was already 4:00.

"No, she's awake. She's still in the dorm though," replied Marlene.

"What's she doing?" he asked.

"Said she wanted to finish homework," she answered, shrugging her shoulders. "Don't worry James. I'll get her to the Prefect meeting. After dinner, right?" she asked.

James nodded. "After dinner. McGonagall's letting us use her classroom," he replied.

"Got it. See you then," she said.

The Marauders walked back upstairs to their dorm. James took a shower after Sirius and they walked down to the Common Room. James still had a bit of Charms homework to finish, so he sat by the fire and completed it.

Dinner was starting soon, so the four boys made their way down to the Great Hall. They sat down and awaited the arrival of the four Gryffindor girls. Five minutes of waiting later, three out of the four girls came to sit with them.

James furrowed his eyebrows. Where was Lily? Why hadn't she come out of her dorm all day? Was she avoiding him?

Marlene saw the look on his face and replied, "James. Don't worry. She'll be there. She said she wasn't hungry," she said, sitting down.

James nodded, but he still felt as though Lily was avoiding him. He ate his dinner without speaking; the absence of Lily made him uneasy. Could she possibly be that mad at him? He didn't do anything that wrong, did he?

Soon enough, dinner was over. Marlene went back upstairs to Gryffindor tower to give Lily some food and bring her down to the meeting. James and Remus made their way to McGonagall's classroom. Remus sat down and James stayed at the front of the class. They waited patiently as the prefects filed into the class.

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Lily had managed to avoid James for the whole day. During that time, she got herself together and decided to apologize to him after the prefect meeting. But, she was still ashamed of how she acted. She only hoped James would forgive her, after all, they'd only been friends for 3 days now. She decided she needed a bit more time before the prefect meeting, so she skipped dinner.

After dinner, Marlene had come back up. She brought Lily some food and they walked down to the Prefect meeting together. When they arrived, James was standing in front of the class and the prefects were sitting down at the desks. Lily gasped slightly at James. Not seeing him for a whole day was torturing for her. She loved spending time with him. But, that time away from him was needed, she told herself. Marlene went to sit with Remus near the front of the class and Lily made her way towards James.

"Alright, now that everyone's here," said James, taking control. "Welcome to the first prefect meeting of this year," he declared.

There was scattered applause. The Slytherins were glaring menacingly at Lily and James. Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Black were the two seventh year prefects and were amongst the Slytherins who were glaring. Lily ignored them.

"Today, we are going to make patrol schedules for the next month. You will be patrolling from eleven in the night, to one in the morning. During patrols, you will be looking for students out of bed. You cannot take away points, but you can give out detentions. You will be patrolling with your prefect partner, the person who is in your house and year. If you cannot make it to a patrol, please make sure to let me or James know and we will find someone to replace you," said Lily.

"Each month will be one house patrolling. You will rotate each day amongst the 3 years in your house, so you will be patrolling 2 times a week. Lily and I will take the extra days where you will have no one to patrol, so we will be patrolling at least once a week. Gryffindors will take the rest of this month, Slytherins will take October, Ravenclaws have November, and Hufflepuff have December. It will continue on in that order until the rest of the school year, understood?" finished James.

The prefects nodded. "Good, now will the Gryffindor please come up here with your partners to sign for twice a week please?" said Lily.

The Gryffindor prefects stood up and went over to the calendar Lily was holding. Remus and Marlene picked their dates first. Remus made sure that they did not patrol on days close to the full moon.

The Gryffindor prefects sat down and James spoke up. "We will have another prefect meeting at the end of this month where we will determine next month's schedule."

"Now that the schedules are taken care of, are there any suggestions or worries that anyone has?" Lily asked.

Narcissa Black raised her hand with a look of disgust on her face.

Lily looked at her. "Yes, Narcissa?"

"Yes, I have a complaint. I don't think the Head Boy and Girl should be attacking innocent students and using violence as a source of punishment," she said sneering. The Slytherins laughed.

"Narcissa, I can assure you that Lily and I do not attack innocent students. They only reason we would use violence on someone was if that person was not cooperating, they resorted to violence first or they were an extremely disgusting person," he spat the last part out. He looked Narcissa in the eye and the Slytherins stopped laughing.

Narcissa stopped sneering and asked, "Oh, so then let me ask you why that little piece of scum standing beside you attacked my sister last night?" Gasps went around the room at the thought of the Head Girl attacking another student.

James was glaring at her and opened his mouth to retort. "Your sister was not attacked as you say and deserved what she got because she is a truly disgusting person," he said angrily.

"STOP," said Lily. "Enough of this. James, control yourself. Narcissa, please do not bring up personal matters into this meeting. I can assure you that Bellatrix was not attacked as James has already said, and in fact agreed to duelling. So as James and I were not all to blame here, I suggest we drop the matter and move on," Lily looked away from Narcissa and looked around the room. "Anyone with suggestions?" asked Lily.

The rest of the prefects were still trying to register what had just happened between the Head students and the Slytherins. No one raised their hand for a while. James was still glaring at the Slytherins to be of any help. The Slytherins were all glaring at Lily. Lily was looking at the prefects. The prefects were looking between James, Lily and the Slytherins.

Remus, recovering first, raised his hand. "Maybe we should have a graduation ball, you know. For just the seventh years," he said timidly.

Lily looked thoughtful. "That's a good idea Remus. James and I will run it by McGonagall. Any other ideas?" she asked.

Marlene raised her hand. "How about we end the meeting and call it a night?" she asked hopefully.

The Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw prefects laughed. Looking around, Lily saw that James and the Slytherins were still glaring, so they weren't going to get much done. Lily definitely couldn't run the meeting by herself.

"Alright. Everyone dismissed. We'll let you know when the next prefect meeting will be. Goodnight, everyone," she said.

The prefects stood up and made their way to the door. Lily told Marlene to go ahead of her with Remus. Marlene nodded and gave her thumbs up. Lily smiled and walked over to James.

"Hey James? Can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked.

James looked surprised. He had stopped glaring once the Slytherins left, and that was pretty quick. He nodded and they waited till the last prefect was out the door.

"I have something to say," they both said at the same time.

"You go first," they said again. They stopped. Lily opened her mouth and James stopped her with his hand.

"I'm sorry, Lily. For yesterday. I didn't know that was how you felt, and I shouldn't have tried to stop you. Forgive me?" he asked hopefully.

Lily was shocked. That was not what she was expecting. "What? James, you have no reason to be sorry. It was my fault. I should be apologizing. I shouldn't have yelled yesterday and I'm sorry," she said.

"What?" asked James, confused.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted yesterday. I'm sorry for challenging Bellatrix. I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm sorry for acting like a total loon."

"Whoa. Lily, don't worry about it. Really. I didn't know you felt like that, but you should know that you don't have to prove yourself, especially to yourself. I mean, you're on top of all your classes and Head Girl. Everyone respects you, except Slytherins, but who cares about them anyways? You should be proud of yourself. Why would you even think like that?" asked James.

Lily shrugged. "I guess partly because of the Slytherins, but mostly because of Petunia."

"How so?" asked James curiously.

"She always told me that I was never good enough. She would criticize everything I ever did. I guess she was one of the reasons that I tried so hard all the time, just to be good enough for her. Eventually, I stopped trying to impress Petunia, as it wasn't working, but I still felt the need to prove myself. Now, I just guess that's just how I am," she replied. "I'm sorry. I was being incredibly stupid last night."

"Don't be sorry Lily. Just know that you are an incredible witch and you will always be good enough, okay?" he said kindly.

Lily looked at him. He was so sweet. She had yelled at him and here he was apologizing. He made her want snog him senseless, but she held back. Instead, she hugged him.

James was taken aback by this. Lily was hugging him. He didn't know what to do. Was he allowed to hug back? James mentally hit himself. Of course you're allowed to hug back, you dolt. You're her friend, remember? So, James hugged back.

Hugging James reminded Lily of the feeling of being in his arms again. This time, not only did she feel safe, but she felt his warmth and had his scent. She sighed deeply. It took a lot of strength on Lily's part to let go. She felt so wonderful in his arms.

"Thanks, James," she said, stepping away from him reluctantly.

"For what?" he asked, confused.

"For being a great friend, of course," she said.

He ran his hand through his hair. Wow. He hadn't done that in a while. "No problem, Lily. Anytime," he said shyly.

Lily smiled at his old habit. She always pretended to hate it when he did that because he did it to be cool. She actually hated when he did that because it made her want to run her fingers through it.

"Come one, let's go back to Gryffindor tower," she said, opening to door.

James nodded and followed her back.

A/N: HELLO! There's Chapter 9. I hope you like it. Again, I will ask you to REVIEW please and tell me what you think. Feel free to give suggestions as well. I'll try to respond, i most likely will. Um, I think that's it. And thanks to reviewers.