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"The List"
"Hey Lily"
"Hi James…" Lily said cautiously. She was on her own, so she might as well attempt to make some friends, even if it is with them. James looked down briefly at 'The List' before addressing her.
"Wow, your hair looks amazing today, then again, it always does" He registered her face, no signs of fluttering eyelashes…no signs of gentle hand movements, no return compliments…well at least she didn't throw anything at him…wait, could that really be…an unforced smile!?
"Thank you James" James punched the air with triumph when she had looked away and sat down in the seat in front of him.
"Jus l'amore, translated into Juice of love" Slughorn had appeared at what Lily thought as out of nowhere, "We will be making over the next few weeks the Juice of love. Your homework assignments will be to research and write about it and your class assignments will be to make it. As you're a bunch of miscreants I will put you into partners" He smiled, "so who should I pick first…hmmm, Evans and Black, Potter and Snape, Lupin and Reindeers…"
"No!" Lily groaned.
"Feck, arse, bugger" James moaned. He was hoping to get Lily as a partner, and if not Lily then at least someone he didn't despise.
"Evans, I guess we're partners then" Sirius said, smiling suggestively at her.
"Don't touch me or I'll appeal for a restraining order" She hissed, pulling her seat away from him.
"The ingredients are on the board, you should know by now were all of the equipment is, you have an hour to get started, begin" Slughorn flicked his wand and in front of each pair appeared a small cauldron.
"I'll get the ingredients" Lily said harshly. She got up and walked over to the cupboards. James took his chance and hurried over to her.
"Hey Lily, do you know which leech will produce a better texture for the potion?"
"Yeah use a really fat one, they're less grainy"
"You're so clever Lily, I wish I could be as clever as you, I bet your parents are so proud" James recited perfectly from 'The List'.
"Err, thanks Potter" He saw her stroking the side of her face with her hand…gently, he had done it again, she had given him gentle hand movements!
"I think Potions will be really great this year, what, with harder work and smaller classes. What do you think Lily?"
"You're asking me what I think?"
"Yes, why is that so weird?"
"Because you never ask me what I think, it's always about what you think"
"Well I guess I've had a change of heart"
"Yeah, I reckon it will be great, except I've got Black as a partner, no offence because he's your best friend and all"
"No that's ok, how's your hamster Hamlet?"
"How do you know about Hamlet?" She asked him suspiciously.
"Remus told me about him, I thought maybe you would like to talk about him"
"He's great thanks; he's just had his third birthday! Mum sent me a picture; I can show you later if you like!" She said excitedly. Everything was going so great!
"Ok then! It's a d-" He bit his tongue, remembering not to say the'd' word.
"It's a…"
"Dragon! Over there!" She spun around to see absolutely nothing.
"Oh sorry, my glasses were dusty, it was only McIntyre" He smiled weakly. She gave him a strange look, shook her head and walked away with her arms full of ingredients and supplies.
"Stupid James" He muttered to himself, walking back to Snape with the ingredients.
"Stupid Potter, they're the ingredients for a fenix felis potion" Snape drawled with amusement in his eyes.
"In that case Snivellus, you can get them next time" And he dropped the things into his arms, "off you go then" he said shooing him in the direction of the cupboards. He glared at him and stormed off to get the right ingredients.
"So Lily, do you have a boyfriend?"
"Black if you ask me out I am going to jump through the window"
"Nooo, no not for me"
"Well then no…wait who's it for?"
"James"
"Oh in that case yeah I do" She said slicing up some leeches and dropping them into their boiling cauldron.
"Now Lily, play fair, James is a great guy"
"And so is Dumbledore, but I don't want to go on a date with him"
"Older men not your thing eh Evans?" He winked.
"Don't wink at me; I hate it when you wink at me"
"Why?"
"Because my Aunt Mildred only has one eye and she finds it offensive when people wink" Sirius kept quiet after this comment and helped stir the mixture while she continued adding ingredients.
"Ok pack up and label your cauldrons, you can leave now" Slughorn said lazily, waving an arm as dismissal.
"Hey Lily, Lily!" James was running to catch up with her; however she had realised this and decided to run faster. She had a free period next in which she could get away from the Marauders and study, "Lily, finally, you didn't seem to hear me calling you" James said when he had finally caught up with her on the stairs.
"Yes I did" She muttered under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing, what do you want James?"
"Where are you off to now?"
"Gryffindor Common room if you must know"
"Oh you have a free period next too, so do I"
"Potter, are you stalking me?"
"What?"
"I mean, why have you taken all of the same lessons as me?"
"I didn't"
"Potions, Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts"
"I want to be an Auror"
"No you don't" She said, dismissing the matter.
"Yes I do…"
"I want to be an Auror"
"Really?" He asked her excitedly.
"Yes, I've wanted to be one ever since I heard about the uprising"
"Wow, we have something in common"
"Hmm, are you sure you want to be an Auror?"
"I think I would know" James said getting slightly agitated.
"Hmm…anyway, I best be going now, I'm going to do my Transfiguration homework"
"I'll come with you"
"Hmm…sure you're not going to prank me, or distract me or, god forbid, kiss me?" James slapped himself mentally, he forgot to make sure she trusted him enough to spend alone time with him.
"Yeah I'm sure"
"Hmm…"
"Lily will you please stop 'Hmm-ing' me?"
"Ok Potter you can come with me, but any funny business and I'll hex you so badly your mother, father and cousin Victor will feel it"
"How did you know I had a cousin called Victor?" James eyeballed her suspiciously.
"The same way you knew I had a hamster called Hamlet" She said and then she flounced off up the stairs with James at her heel.
Once Lily was settled down by the fireplace in the Gryffindor Common room she got out her books and began to read through her text book again. She unrolled a scroll of parchment and titled and dated it. James sat watching her with intent.
"Potter you're distracting me" Lily said, not taking her eyes from her parchment.
"Oh right" James said hurriedly. He got out his own parchment, book and quill and started to also scribble down a few paragraphs. He was a bit pissed actually, before 'The List' he thought he was doing fine. Well, fair. Ok, crap, but at least he was making progress. She did call him by his first name after all didn't she? All he was doing was repeating himself, why should it work any different this time?
"Wow James you work quickly" Lily said looking down at his parchment.
"Eh? Oh yeah, I like Transfiguration"
"Why?"
"Ahh Lily my dear, if I told you that, I would have to kiss you"
"You're right, don't tell me" She laughed. James made an excuse to bend over and have a quick look at 'The List' it didn't say anything about her laughing at his jokes. What should he say now?
"So that's why you're so wonderfully skilled in that particular subject" He mumbled.
"Huh?"
"I…err…never mind" He was getting tongue tied, what else did it say on 'The List'?
"James are you ok?" She asked him. Was it time to ignore her?
"I've got to go" He collected up his things and fumbled upstairs.
Lily's heart gave an extra beat. What had just happened? Was Potter ignoring her again? Wait, why did she even care, she didn't like him so him ignoring her wasn't bad. Was it? She finished off her essay and put her things back in her bag. As Potions was her last lesson of the day she now had some free time to laze about, take a rest, she even considered going down to the lake to paddle her feet.