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Disclaimer: Still haven't moved to Czechoslovakia yet so I don't own Harry Potter. (Pouting) Wish I did. (Laughs) Never going to happen.

Ch 4. Keeping a Secret

James got up the next morning, extremely tired. The early morning came back to him. Waking up… going down the stairs… finding Lily sitting on the couch, reading… what happened after that was a blur, until…

"Oh my God! Yes! I kissed Lily Evans! I kissed-"

James, in his exuberant excitement rolled over too far and fell right off his bed and onto the floor. It was made worse when he tried to pick himself up and he hit his head on the bedside table. It renewed another pain. Apparently, he hit his head on the way down and the new hit renewed the pain in his head. Fortunately, for him, the morning got better when Lily came into his room, a look of concern on her face. She saw him on the ground and walked over to help him up.

"Are you ok?" she asked when she finally managed to get him off the floor. "I heard a loud thump, you yelling, and another loud thump, so I figured something happened."

James was still in shock that Lily was in his room. Lily Evans, in his room, of her own accord. He didn't trick her or anything. "Oh, yeah," he said coming out of his trance. "I, sort of, fell," he said bluntly.

"Well, I must say, when it comes to acrobatic stunts, you really suck at the landing," Lily said. She laughed at him. A blush started creeping up his cheeks. He tried, forcefully, to keep it back. He was James Potter. James Potter doesn't blush at anything. "Hey, James. Hello? Are still with us?"

He became aware that she was waving her hand in front of his face to get his attention. "James, are you sure you're okay? Do you need to go to the Hospital Wing?" She was firing question at him as if she really cared if he was okay. "Here. Let me look at your head. You're not responding to me. You may have a concussion."

She grabbed his and pulled him near the bed. She stood up on it and parted his hair to look at his skull. She was running her fingers through his hair, looking for injuries.

"Ouch!" He said and grabbed his head. He backed away, causing Lily to fall over backward onto his bed. It seems she was using him to balance so she could look at him. She landed with a loud 'Oof,' on his bed. James heard her and he turned around to look at her. He walked over to her and asked if she was okay. "Well, if you're okay, but why did you do that to my head? That really hurt!"

"Well, excuse me! I was only trying to help. I was checking to see if you were hurt in any way. Fine, I won't help you next time! I was only trying to help a friend."

"Wait, friends?" he asked her. She had already reached the bathroom door and was about to pull it open when he asked her.

She turned to face him. "I thought we were. Are we not?" She looked at him, waiting for an answer.

He looked back at her. "I thought you hated me. That's why I didn't know."

"Well, like you said. Did it ever occur to you that I could have changed?" she said, and with that she turned on her heel and walked out.

"Damn it!" said James, picking up a book off the shelf and throwing it at the wall. "I finally had a chance with Lily and I blow it!"

'Shut up and cool down! If you keep this up, she'll never like you.' The little voice from the other night returned.

"Why can't these stupid voices stay away." James grumbled, digging through his closet and pulling on his robes.

'Get down to the common room and wait for her. When she gets there, apologize to her for acting like a complete arse and walk her to the Great Hall. It'll show you are trying to act like a gentleman.'

James contemplated this thought and decided he would try it. He got ready as fast as he could and walked down and sat on the couch to wait for her. He didn't have to wait long. About five minutes later, Lily came down the stairs. She saw James sitting there and walked over to him. He looked up and saw he standing over him. He tried to hide what he was doing. He slid it underneath the pillow, hoping she didn't see what he was doing.

"Oh, hey Lils," he said nervously, running a hand through his hair. He saw her roll her eyes at him. He immediately took his hand out of his hair. He forgot that it annoyed her. She took notice of this and smiled on the inside. "Um, I was wondering if I could walk you the Great Hall?"

She looked up and smiled at him. He smiled back at her. "Of course you can walk me to breakfast." They turned and headed toward the door.

They were on the stairs when she stopped. He turned to look at her. "Oh, I left something up in my room. I have to go get it."

She turned to go when James spoke. "Hey, do you want me to go with you?"

"No," she said, as she walked back to the common room. "I'll be right back, if you want to wait here." She walked back into the common room. She walked over to the couch where James was waiting for her earlier. She picked up the pillow and smiled. He had been reading the book she was reading when they were awake earlier that morning. She had left it on the couch and he saw it. She looked at it saw that he had gotten quite far in it. She turned and left, slipping the book into her bag. She hurried down the stairs to meet James. They were at the third floor when James spoke up. Lily had completely forgot about her list of surprises until James did something he never did before. Apologizing took spot #9 on her list. He stopped her and turned her to face him.

"Hey, Lily, I'm sorry for getting angry at you. I wasn't thinking and when you hit that spot on my head, I got angry because it hurt so bad. I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry." He finished. Lily stared at him. He never apologized to her. Hell, he never apologized to ANYONE for that matter. Lily couldn't help but smile at him. He returned it gratefully.

"I forgive you, James," she said and the tension lifted and they talked all the way to the Great Hall. James was surprised when Lily brought up the topic of Quidditch. Lily actually knew what she was talking about. She even had a favorite team, the same team as James, Puddlemere United. They kept the conversation going, even when they got to the Great Hall. They were so preoccupied that they didn't see the strange looks and hushed voices. They even surprised their friends when they sat down next to each other. The Marauders and Lily's friends were speechless when they sat together. What really confused everyone was that they were getting along.

Remus was the first to recover form the shock of seeing the two of them together. "Uh, James, Lily, you do know you're sitting next to each other, right?"

"Yes," they said together. At that instant, five wands shot up and were being pointed at them.

"Who are you two because the James and Lily we know absolutely hate each other with a passion," said Aly, pointing her wand directly at James's heart.

"Aly, calm down. It's me, Lily. James and I came up with an agreement to act civil towards one another this year. We've become friends. Put your wands down! You're attracting attention," said Lily, pushing the wands away. This seemed to convince everyone else and they put their wands away. The only person who hadn't put up their wand was Peter. He was too engrossed in his food to care.

Lily started to talk with her friends about what happened over the summer. Lily had missed them so much over the summer. Petunia had been a real bitch over the summer, and it was worse because she constantly had her whale of a fiancé over at their house. He was sooo annoying. He kept calling her a bunch of other flower names, like Daisy, Rose, and countless others.

Lily's friends didn't have much to say either. Lily and her friends were so different but they clicked so well together that you could have sworn they had been separated at birth. (At times, Lily wished that were true so she wouldn't have Petunia as a sister.) If you looked at them and knew them, they shared similarities with the Marauders.

Lily was like James. She was the leader and everyone knew her. Almost every guy in the school wanted her. She and James were both hardworking, loyal, and strived at everything they did.

Sam, her real name is Samantha, was most like Sirius. She was easily the prettiest girl in the school. She had long black hair with light waves and hazel-blue eyes. She had the figure every girl at the school wish they had. Every guy wanted her and about half of them had already had her.

Emma was very similar to Remus. She was also very pretty but she would rather spend more time with a good book than with a guy. She had dirty blond hair that cascaded down her back in deep curls and bright blue eyes.

Aly, real name, Alice, was not really like Peter but she made the fourth person. She had shoulder length brown hair and dark chocolate brown eyes. She already had a boyfriend, Frank Longbottom and they were very rarely seen apart.

Lily was listening to their conversation but she wasn't really paying attention. Her thoughts kept wandering back to James, how well they had connected, how easy it was to talk to him. She was also debating whether or not to tell them about what happened but decided against her. James was having the same dilemma; only he was having a little more trouble holding the secret. He wanted to tell them; after all, they told each other everything. But, he and Lily were finally getting along and he didn't want to jeopardize everything he had worked so hard for.

A/N: Well, this is the longest thing I have ever written. We had a snow day today so I decided to use my time constructively. I really like this chappie and hope you do too. I hope you leave a review. Any ideas are welcome and R&R! Please, with whipped cream and cherry on top?

-Truth in the Moon