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Chp. 2 Best Friends and Head Duties

"Lily! LILY!!" Lily whirled around, searching for who was yelling at her. It was her best friend, Callie. Callie was in Ravenclaw, and Lily often wondered why the sorting hat had placed her in Gryffindor and not in Ravenclaw.

"Callie! Where were you on the train? I couldn't find you!" Lily said, hugging her best friend.

" I was sitting with my little sister. My mom said that if I left her side, she would ground me. So I couldn't leave, sorry." Callie explained as they sat down at the Ravenclaw table. " My sister got sorted into Hufflepuff. My dad's going to have a cow. He hates Hufflepuff."

"So did I miss anything?" Lily asked, taking a sip of pumpkin juice.

"Well, Dumbledore's profound words of the evening were: ' Gobbledegook saffron flobberworm. Tuck In!'

So no, you didn't really miss anything."

" There weren't any announcements?" Lily asked.

"No, why? Should there have been?" Callie asked, taking a bite of turkey.

"No, there just usually are." So Dumbledore hadn't said anything about the attacks that had taken place that summer. Not only had Voldemort killed a middle aged wizarding couple, but a few muggles had disappeared as well. The Order of the Phoenix was already in place, but Lily wasn't allowed to go on any missions until she finished school. She and Remus Lupin were the only two students who had been invited to be a part of the Order last summer. Most of the student body at Hogwarts had never heard of the Order of the Phoenix. And It looked like Dumbledore wanted to keep it that way.

"So I heard you and James got into a fight at the prefect meeting." Callie said, a grin spreading across her face.

"It's not funny!" Lily exclaimed, seeing her friend's expression. " I could have detention for a month!" Callie giggled, then stopped when she saw the glare Lily was sending her.

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"So do you want the early patrol, or the midnight one?" James asked.

"I don't care." Lily answered, sitting down on the couch with a book, ignoring him.

"Ok, this is not going to work if you don't try," James said, sitting down next to her, taking her book from her hands. "I know we aren't going to be good friends now, but can you at least be civil? If you haven't noticed, I am trying." Lily stared into the fire, pretending like she hadn't noticed. Only she had. James had been very nice to her over the past few weeks. Lily had found herself sitting with the Marauders at the Gryffindor table at meals more often. Lily looked quickly over at him, catching his eye. She returned her gaze to the fire.

" I guess I'll take the early patrol," Lily finally whispered, and James smiled.

"Thank you. Well, I guess I'm off to dinner."

"Dinner's over James, you missed it."
"Ah, not when there's an army of house-elves in the kitchens happy to make me something!" he said, winking. Then he quietly slipped out of the portrait hole, leaving Lily alone with her thoughts.

A/N Sorry it's so short! I'm really busy right now! Review!