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Before Lily knew it, she was walking the halls of the train toward the Head's compartment. Now she would know for sure who the Head Boy was going to be.
Lily turned the handle to find none other than James Potter sitting on a luxurious, red couch. He looked up as she came in and grinned at her.
"Lily, so you made Head Girl. Congratulations," James told her.
"You can't be in here," she said bluntly.
"Oh and why not? I'm Head Boy."
The words stung her like a bee. He couldn't be serious. What did she do to deserve this? What had Dumbledore been thinking when he made James Potter the Head Boy? Then another thought entered her mind, she actually had to spend time with him. This couldn't be happening. Not to her, she was too nice for something this horrible to happen to her.
"You've got to be shiting me," was the response she used.
At that James laughed. "Lily Evans, the new Head Girl cursing. Never knew you had it in you."
"I'm serious, get out. You don't belong here. There must have been a mistake. You are the most irresponsible, trouble-making person I have ever met," she said furiously.
"Hey, that is no way to talk to a fellow student, let alone your Head partner," James teased.
She sent him a glare that was more or less reserved just for him. James must have been on the receiving line of the glare about one thousand times.
Luckily, for the both of them, the prefects came one by one into the compartment. This put an end to the little incident, Lily didn't want other students to see her fighting with James, especially on the first day.
Lily quickly explained the importance of prefects as role models to other students, keeping students in line, and most of all the perks. The perks being the prefect's bathroom.
Once that was finally done with, Lily sent some people to roam the halls, making sure nothing inappropriate was occurring. Then Lily hastily went back to the compartment shared with her friends.
Lily pulled the door open and slammed it shut behind her. "Do you know who the Head Boy is," Lily asked with a somewhat crazed expression on her face and in her voice.
None of her friends had responded, just stared up at her dumbly.
"Potter!" Lily exclaimed. "That dratted, ass of man is the Head Boy." Lily nodded her head violently to get her point across. She was definitely freaking out about this. Her eyes were wide, and she looked as if she would bite the head off of anyone that crossed her path.
"Lils, calm down," Zoë began, but was quickly cut off.
"Calm down, CALM DOWN! You're telling me to calm down? I can't calm down! This is James Potter I'm talking about. The guy that has asked me out hundreds of times, only to be rejected. The guy that put jello in my hair so I would give him attention. The guy who is an arrogant, asshole who can't get enough of himself. So, let me tell you, I will NOT calm down!"
"Lily, just hear me out," Zoë pleaded.
"But…"
"Shush. Listen to me. I know him quite a lot better than you do. On the quidditch field during practices, he can be a really nice guy," Zoë told her.
"No he…,"
"Shut up, I'm not done. And at the end of last year, he changed a little. Remember, the only person he hexed was Snape, who deserves it," she reasoned.
"But…"
"Did I tell you that you could talk yet? No, so let me finish," Zoë snapped. "Lily, all he wants is for you to like him, just give him another chance. He can be pretty decent sometimes."
Lily couldn't believe her ears, Zoë was actually standing up for Potter. Zoë was her friend, why was she standing up for him? It was that damn quidditch game. Why did she have to be on the team? If Zoë hadn't gotten to know Potter and somewhat befriend him, then she would be agreeing with Lily that he was a horrible jackass.
The others could sense the tension building up between their two friends. "Okay, now on to a happier note," Gracie tried.
All the others were now looking at her, expecting her to say something 'on the happier note.'
"Why are you all looking at me?" she questioned.
"What are you going to say that's happy?" Marissa asked.
"Nothing. I just wanted someone to say something that would get people's minds off of Potter," she explained.
"Alright. Next time you might want to have something to say. Cause now we need something happy to talk about," Marissa told her.
"Alright! That's enough of that pointless conversation," Lily exclaimed.
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"Okay Prongs, tell me again," Remus Lupin told one of his best friends.
"I didn't say anything that would make her angry with me, I swear," James Potter responded. "I mean, I said 'Congratulations.' Then she told me I couldn't be there and I told her that I could because I was Head Boy. Then she got mad at me."
"Honestly Prongs, just get over Evans already," Sirius Black advised his best friend, "And that Peter, is checkmate." Sirius and their other friend, Peter, had just been playing Wizards Chess.
"Get over her! I can't do that, she's too perfect to get over," James exclaimed.
"Okay, I get it, no need for you to go on about how pretty, or how nice, or how smart Evans is. I got enough of that during the summer," Sirius said.
"You know, I really don't understand why you've been chasing after Evans. I mean, you could have any other girl in the school, even some of the Slytherins if you wanted," Peter chipped in.
"No, I want her, not some other girl," James responded.
These four boys made up the Marauders, the most trouble-making, yet charming people in school. In fact, the whole school knew who they were. The guys wanted to be them, and the girls wanted to date them.
Sirius Black was easily one of the most liked guys in school. He could manage to charm his way out of anything. He even managed to get out of a few detentions. His smile made girls' hearts skip a beat, he was simply that attractive. Girls swooned over how his hair made him have a slightly bad boy appearance. He could even make a girl forget what a player he was while he was with her.
Remus Lupin was the most responsible member of their group. He studied hard, and didn't hex as many people as James and Sirius. However, he did love to roam the Hogwarts grounds with his friends. Remus' darkest secret was the he was a werewolf. His friends had discovered this and had become animangi to help him through the time. His secret is what really brought the Marauders even closer together.
Peter Pettigrew, James' other friend, was not one that most would expect in the group. He was slightly smaller than the rest of the group, and not nearly as attractive. However, he did remain an amazing friend to the Marauders. (At least throughout their time at Hogwarts.) Peter wasn't quite as intelligent as the others as well. They were always helping him with homework and even helping him get dates.
And quite suddenly, the door to their compartment flew open and the girl who they had recently been talking about came scurrying in.
"Okay. Potter, tell me how you did it. Did your parents pay Dumbledore until he let you become Head Boy? Or did you put a spell on Dumbledore, forcing him to give the position to you?" Lily asked with fury in her striking green eyes.
"What are you talking about Lily? I didn't do anything to Dumbledore to make him pick me for Head Boy," James responded.
"Ah ha! Nothing to Dumbledore, then you must have hexed some poor kid until he forfeited the job over to you. I knew it, there's no way you were chosen as Head Boy."
"What?" James asked, he was mortified that she would think he would do something like that. "I wouldn't do that. I got Head Boy because Dumbledore chose me. You can ask him why I got it if you'd like." Truth be told, James was secretly wondering how he had become Head Boy as well. He was always breaking the rules and he was never a prefect. But James wasn't about to admit that to Lily.
"Okay then, I will. Soon as we get to Hogwarts," Lily told him. Then, "Black, why are you looking at me?"
"I was just noticing how good summer was to you," he responded with a grin.
Lily had a look of disgust on her face. She honestly felt like slapping him across the face, but decided against it. Instead she gave him a death glare and stomped out the room.
"Padfoot, why did you say that?" James asked. "Now she's going to hate you."
"Don't worry about it, you see, she'll be so mad about my comment, that she won't be mad at you."
James thought about that for a moment, "Padfoot, thanks."
"No problem, but man, summer did do her good."
James gave him a look that said 'you touch her, you die.'
"Prongs, don't worry about it. I would never go after her, she's all yours," Sirius assured his friend.
Author's Note: Hi everyone, I hope you all liked chapter 2! I promise that Lily and James are getting together soon; I don't like writing that they are mad at each other! Please review and tell me what you think!