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Chapter Two

"Hey, Potter! Had a nice summer?" Remus Lupin asked James as he made his way to their compartment to drop off his trunk.

"Not too bad, Mooney. Sorry about you not getting Head Boy," James replied.

"Eh, no big deal, Prongs. I kinda feel sorry for you, though. Imagine having to deal with Lily Evans on a daily basis. Not that you'd mind sharing a common room with her," Remus replied, grinning.

"No, I really don't mind. I don't think there are to many guys here at Hogwarts who would mind."

"Prongs! Good to see you, old buddy! How has your summer been?" Sirius said, coming out of the compartment and shaking James' hand.

"Padfoot, you live in my house. My summer was just like yours," James reminded him, pulling his hand loose.

"Well, yeah, but… never mind. Still, sharing a common room with Evans, huh?" he said, elbowing James in the ribs.

"Yep. Which reminds me. I need to be in the Heads' compartment. See you guys around," James said, leaving the Marauders' compartment and heading for the front of the train.

"You're late," Lily said, without looking up when James opened the compartment. "Oh. My. Good. God. It's actually you. I can't believe that you're Head Boy!" Lily said when she saw who had come into the compartment.

"I thought Darcie would have already told you," James said, frowning slightly.

"She did, but I thought she was kidding! Arrgh! I can't believe that you're Head Boy and I have to share a common room with you! Dumbledore must have been on drugs if he thought that we could work together!" Lily cried, grabbing her hair and tugging.

"Hey! It's not so bad. I'm a fun roommate. Stop pulling; you're going to pull your hair out. And I really you rather didn't. It's gorgeous hair," James said, sitting down and grabbing her hands.

"I—What? You… you really think so?" Lily said, looking at him.

"Yeah. It goes great with your eyes," James said softly, scooting closer.

"Thanks," Lily replied, just as soft.

"Ahem," a voice said, making Lily and James jump apart quickly. "If you two are ready, the prefects have arrived."

"Oh, yeah. Just have them come in here," James said while Lily pulled her hair up. The new prefects came in, two from each House.

"Welcome. Congratulations on being made Prefect. It is a great honor. Now, as prefect, you will be an extension of the eyes and ears of the teachers. In the evening you will patrol the halls for a couple hours to make sure that no one is wandering after hours. I must warn you, though. You have to be equally strict with all students. You can't let your friends off the hook—" Lily began her speech.

"—Even though we know that you will," James mutter, loud enough for everyone to hear. The prefects laughed quietly.

Lily's head snapped to face James. "Excuse me?"

Well, they will. I'm sure you didn't send your friends to McGonagall if you saw them doing something they weren't supposed to. No one would. But try to be fair. Prefects can't give detentions. That is a right that is, unfortunately, only given to teachers. You may take off some points. If, after repeated warnings, a student refuses to listen, they can be sent to their Head of House, or the Headmaster, whichever is appropriate. They will deal with it. Any questions?" James finished Lily's speech.

"Um, I have one. When do we patrol?" a Ravenclaw prefect said, raising his hand.

"You'll patrol the halls once a week from 8:30 to 10 pm. Each night there will be four or five of you patrolling. Here are your schedules for September. We'll meet on the first Saturday of each month in the Head's Common Room. We'll give you your schedules and you can discuss any problems or ideas that you may have. Now if no one has any more questions, you're dismissed. Go back to your compartments, but be sure to patrol the train from time to time," James answered. All the prefects stood up and filed out quietly.

"Why did you do that?"

"Do what?" James responded, closing the door after the prefects had left.

"Send them away!"

"Because they all have friends that they wanna get back to. We covered everything anyway."

"I know, but I wanted to tell them good luck and then I was going to let them go," Lily pouted, sitting down.

"Oh, come on, you big baby. So, do we have anything else we need to talk about?" James said, sitting across from Lily, their knees touching.

Lily rubbed her eye. "Yeah. Dumbledore gave us permission for four dances. Three, not counting the graduation ball. So we need to figure out dates and what they'd be for. And later we'll get all the details. I'd rather get this over as soon as possible."

"Okay. Well, how about a Christmas ball?" James asked.

"But about half of Hogwarts leaves for Christmas!"

"So, we'll have it the day before the Express comes for them. Are you going home for Christmas?" James asked suddenly.

"What? I—I might. I'm not sure," Lily responded as a tiny frown on her forehead. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Nothing, but I just wanted to know."

"Oh. Well, we can always have some costume party for Halloween. That would be fun," Lily answered.

"How about something for Valentine's Day? For that one we could do drawings for cutest couple and stuff," James said, looking deeply into Lily's eyes.

Lily smiled. "That would be really romantic. I like it. Well, I'd better be off. See you later, I guess."

"Wait," James said, grabbing her hand. Lily turned. "I just want to say… I'm sorry for acting like such an ass these past years. I guess I was trying to impress you. Truce?"

"Yeah, you were an ass. I don't know if I can accept your apology just yet. But I'll try to be nicer to you from now on. After all, we have to share a common room," Lily said, pulling her hand out of James' larger one. "Bye."

"Finally! What took so long, Lily?" Alexa said as soon as Lily opened the door to their compartment.

"It took so long because we had to give the instructions, not just listen. There was a lot to say," Lily said, plopping down on a spare seat.

"We saw the prefects like five minutes ago. What were you doing?" Darcie asked, narrowing her eyes in suspicion.

Nothing. Gosh, Darce. Why do you have to be so suspicious? Me and Potter had to go over the dances we'll have this year," Lily said, rolling her eyes.

"See, this is why it's great to have your best friend as Head Girl!" Darcie exclaimed.

"Yeah, tell us when the dances will be, Lils," Madison said excitedly.

"We don't have everything worked out, but we've got a Halloween one. It'll be—obviously—on Halloween. A Christmas ball will be the day before the Hogwarts Express comes for Christmas break and a Valentine's Day one. It's probably going to be after Valentine's Day though. I don't think the teachers would give us a day off. So probably the Saturday after that," Lily responded, taking a Chocolate Frog.

"Aww, Valentine's Day! How sweet would that be? Lily, you have the best ideas!" Darcie cried out, hugging Lily.

"Thanks, but Potter had the idea, not me."

"Really? Wow, that's not something I would expect from him. I thought he'd have a ball for National Quidditch Day or something," Alexa said, chuckling slightly.

"That does sound like something James would do," Darcie said. "So, I guess you believe me now that James is Head Boy?"

"Yeah, yeah. I just can't believe that Dumbledore would pick him over so many better people. Remus should have gotten it. I can't believe that I have to share a common room with him for 7th year. It's so unfair!"

"Lily. You've shared one with him since first year," Madison pointed out.

"Yeah, but I was hoping that I'll be Head Girl and I won't have to share with him my last year," Lily said, propping her feet up against her window.

"Well, I guess you have to. Why did Dumbledore choose him? I mean, Lily is right. Remus would have made a much more responsible Head Boy than Potter," Alexa said thoughtfully.

"Remus didn't want it. He said he just wanted to stay prefect and that he had enough on his plate. He told Dumbledore last year," Madison said quietly. Of all the girls, Madison was the closest with Remus. It was probably because they are both quiet compared to their friends that they got along so well.

"Oh. Well too bad that he didn't, because it would've been a lot easier to work with him," Lily complained.

The girls spent the remainder of the ride contemplating their last year at Hogwarts and talking a little about jobs they had considered after graduating. Soon—or so it seemed for Lily—a voice rang out throughout the train announcing that they'd be arriving at Hogwarts in ten minutes. At this announcement, the girls hastened to change into the school uniform and put on their robes. In exactly ten minutes, the train began to slow.

"Well, this is it. Our last year at Hogwarts. I wonder what this year will bring?" Lily asked, standing up.

"Probably a lot of surprises. Memories, fun. Love, even. But we'll always stick together, right?" Madison said, standing behind Lily.

"Defiantly. We'll be friends forever. And when you marry James, I'm going to be your maid of honor," Darcie put in.

"I'm not going to marry Potter! But you will be my maid of honor, Darce. Whoever I marry. And you two will be my bridesmaids," Lily said, her face softening. "Well, let's go. Let's get the best carriage for our last ride up to Hogwarts!" And with that the girls were off running. Off running for the best carriage, off running to their last year at Hogwarts.

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