Chapter 6

"So all we are waiting for is our beloved head boy." Severus Snape snarled. It was about twenty minutes after Lily had left her friends behind. She felt guilty about snapping at them, but Potter had just infuriated her.

Lily did not understand why Remus had not arrived yet. It was not at like Remus to forget, and also, Lily had stated that she was going to a prefect meeting. Remus should have stood up and followed her out.

"Sorry I am late!" Lily spun around and found herself standing in front the dark haired headboy. "Its alright, now that I have arrived, you may now begin!" It was not Remus.

It was James Potter.

"You?" Lily groaned, her eyes wide. "How did you get to be headboy? Oh why did I ever do to deserve this?" James looked at her quizzically, but then sat down next to her.

Lily Evans had wanted the postion of Headgirl ever since she had come to Hogwarts. She had always looked up to every single headgirl as Lily passed through her years at Hogwarts. It did not matter what house they were from as long as they held the postion with dignity and pride. When Lily had received her prefect badge with Remus Lupin in fifth year, she had been overjoyed at the prospect. It was one more step towards the life that was soon to come. Lily had received her headgirl badge a week before her parents had been killed. They had both been so proud of Lily, and to Lily, it was only one more step to the goal Lily had been waning to reach.

"So what do we do, Evans?" James muttered to Lily out of the corner of his mouth. Lily gave James a glare that very effectively silenced him.

"Mr. Potter, as we are now headboy and headgirl, it is our duty to make sure that the prefects' know their place, to oversee school decorations and special events, and to patrol the school after hours." Lily muttered in a hushed voice. She realized that all of the younger prefects were waiting for Lily and James to start.

"Thats it?" James said with a large amount of relief. Lily rolled her eyes at him. "Trust me, my beautiful blossom, it will not be that difficult to be patrolling with you after hours." Lily groaned and stood up.

"All right, prefects..."

Lily did not find it as difficult to instruct the prefects as she had thought it was going to be. She knew quite well what to say, as she had been listening to the headboy and girl the last two years. James, however, was leaning back in his seat, his head resting in his hands. He was throwing horrid glares at Severus Snape, his worst enemy. Lily just rolled her eyes at their childish acts. James was such an immature prat! He sat there, ruining one of Lily's moments, and she didn't get special moments very often.

"All right, so tomorrow at breakfast, James will pass out your patrol schedules. Fifth year prefects can patrol the corridors for awhile, just to get a hang of what it is like. The rest of you can go." Lily said, and the prefects filed out. James stood up and stretched. Lily knew that he hadn't heard a word that she had said.

"Well," James said with a grin on his face. He and Lily walked out of the corridor. "That wasn't too hard. I thought being headboy was going to be a lot more difficult, huh Evans?" Lily screeched out a bunch of curse words and stomped off down the hall. However, she was interrupted by a pretty girl with streaked brown hair.

"Oh Lily! James!" Krystal Chambers, 7th year Ravenclaw prefect, stopped them in the middle of the hall. "That was a lovely speech, Lily. James, have you seen Sirius around?" James shook his head quickly, and Lily raised an eyebrow at him.

"Nope, not at all." James said, quickly. Lily wondered if Krys knew he was lying to her. "Haven't seen hide nor hair of the little bugger." Krys nodded slowly, looking slightly disappointed.

"Ok, James," Krys said slowly, as though she was trying to figure out what to say. "Well, if you see him, will you tell him that his girlfriend is looking for him?" James nodded his head and took off past Krys. Lily was slightly shocked.

"Bye, Krys." Lily whispered as she followed James down the corridor. Krys waved good-bye and headed to her compartment. "Potter! Why didn't you tell Krys that you saw Sirius today?" James shrugged and rolled his eyes.

"Sirius and Krystal broke up over the summer." James said, and Lily's forehead furrowed. "Krystal broke up with him because she told him that his mind was always some where else. Do you catch my drift? Like, when Sirius would kiss her, Krystal wouldn't see herself in his eyes." Lily nodded her head slowly.

"I understand," Lily said. "But if Krystal broke up with Sirius, why does she seem to think that they are still going out?" James shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck. Lily never truly realized how muscular he was.

'No Lily Evans!' she though, scolding herself. 'Don't think about him that way. Its Potter!'

"She sent him an owl this summer about how she missed him. Sirius didn't want to agree with her. They fought a lot when they were dating, and he said that it was best for Krystal if the stayed apart and saw other people." James said, and Lily saw in his eyes, the concern that he held for his best friend. They had reached the compartment that held their friends. James tugged open the door.

"Especially, Sirius, huh, James?" Lily said with a grin. James laughed a hearty laughed that made shivers go down her spine.

"Especially, Sirius, Lily. Especially him." James whispered as he looked at Sirius. Lily noticed that all of their friends had their mouths dropped open.

"Do mine ears deceive me?" Sirius asked, with a smug grin on his face. His feet were propped up on the opposite seat.

"Lils?" Brittney said, her blue eyes wide. "Did you just call him James?" Lily clapped her hand over her mouth like she had said a swear word. James quickly drew the attention off of him and Lily.

"Hey Sirius, your girlfriend was looking for you." Sirius's feet slid off of the smooth leather and he fell to the floor. There friends started to laugh heartedly.