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Chapter Two: An Agreement

Lily awoke the next morning after a comfortable sleep, her bed was extremely comfortable and she hadn't awakened the entire night. Usually she got up a few times.

She had had some strange dreams though. Dreams about James Potter. Shivering with disgust, Lily kicked off the blankets and walked towards the bathroom. The door was slightly opened, pushing it all the way open Lily gasped.

"Oh, hi Lily," James said. He had just finished showering and brushing his teeth, his hair was still damp and he was wearing onlya towel around his waist. Lily was shocked to see that James had a very toned body.

He was a little embarrassed to be caught in only a towel by Lily Evans, and even more embarrassed to have her looking him up and down the way she was, though he was quite pleased to see her checking him out for a change.

"Sorry," she muttered, about to close the door and completely red in the face.

"No, it's ok. I'm done in here anyway." James grinned, walking around her. James was a head taller then Lily, she came up to his board shoulders, so when he past she had too look up at him. When hazel eyes met green eyes, she blushed deeply.

Mental note: knock first next time! Lily thought, embarrassed, as she closed the door and locked it.

Ten minutes later, Lily emerged from the bathroom, showered and wearing her robe, wrapping it tightly around her body in case James was still around. He wasn't in the common room and Lily figured he had to be downstairs eating already. Relieved, she dressed quickly and practically raced towards the Great Hall.

Marlene was already seated at their table, chatting with Ellie Vieira and Alice Prewitt, two of their close friends.

"So, how's rooming with James Potter?" Ellie questioned, smiling at Lily with a knowing smile.

"Urg, don't even ask!" Lily exclaimed, throwing herself down and glancing around for James. Why are you looking for him? She scolded herself, Your trying to get away from him, are you not?

"Well, I think I'll ask anyway. What happened? You look pale." Marlene questioned. Ellie smirked, flicking back a strand of her black hair.

"Obviously that didn't happen, she would be looking very flushed and happy instead of pale and angry, unless…" Ellie trailed off with a glare from Lily.

"Nothing," Lily mumbled, filling her plate with pancakes and bacon. She didn't know why she was so upset over seeing James shirtless. Not upset… she thought, searching for the emotion she was feeling. When she couldn't find it, she concentrated instead on her food.

"So Alice, you were telling us about Frank." Marlene said, trying to steer the conversation away from Lily and her non-existent love life.

"Oh right, we're planning on getting married this summer." Alice said, beaming. "Frank proposed to me a day before I left for Hogwarts."

"That's great!" Lily exclaimed, looking up from her breakfast and smiling at Alice. "Oh I'm so happy for you!"

"I want you three to be my maids of honour." Alice added, grinning at them.

"So long as the dresses aren't pink," Lily joked, "Pink clashes terribly with my hair."

"But I look great in pink!" Ellie whined, the girls laughed.

"So Alice, why are you getting married so soon now? I thought you were going to wait until you were finished Auror training?" Marlene questioned after the laughter had died down. Alice looked solemn.

"With the Dark Lord rising quicker then ever, there just might not be later. Tomorrow's always uncertain." Alice said wisely. Something snapped in Lily, Alice is right, we don't have a lot of promised time, she thought, watching as James, Sirius, Remus and Peter made their way into the Great Hall. She was startled to find herself watching mostly James.

Lily stopped talking. She looked back down at her plate and thought about her family. Petunia still hated her, and she worried about her family. Petunia was getting married in the spring, and Lily knew that Petunia didn't want her there. Lily also knew she didn't want to be there, but she would be going anyway.

"Hey Lily," James said, seating himself beside her. Sirius sat down beside him and began piling food onto his plate like there was no tomorrow.

"Er, hi," Lily said awkwardly.

"Look about this morning, I'm sorry." James said, flashing her his charming smile.

"Sorry about what? It was my fault," Lily mumbled.

"Oh what's going on? What's he sorry about?" Sirius squealed through a mouth full of food. Ellie looked at him with disgust and Sirius winked at her.

"You know, you have terrible eating manors Sirius." She said, shaking her head as if he was hopeless.

"Nothing, never mind." Lily snapped, glaring at James before going back to her food.

"Hey look, there comes McGonagall with this terms timetables!" Marlene exclaimed. She was resting her head against Remus, who was seating beside her.

They received their timetables and Lily mulled over hers. She had double Transfiguration, double Potions, and Charms on Monday's.

"Oh great, double Transfiguration!" she moaned, "I hate that class!" Transfiguration was one of Lily's weaker subjects, she had to work really hard at it in order to get the greats that James, Sirius, and Remus got without trying.

"If you don't get it, I could help you," James suggested. Lily glared at him.

"I'm fine on my own thank you," she said coldly.

"Alright," James said, raising his hands in defeat, his hazel eyes dancing. Lily felt something strange in her stomach. You did not just feel butterflies, Lily thought, looking away from James. She couldn't deny that she found him to be extremely attractive, but she wasn't going to fall in love with James Potter. It was the last thing on Earth she wanted to do.

Lily suffered through her Transfiguration classes; she tried desperately to transform the teapot into a cat but didn't succeed.

Marlene managed on the first try.

"Since when did you become good at Transfiguration?" Lily questioned, sulking, as they walked towards the dungeons.

"Since Remus started helping me," Marlene replied, snuggling against Remus as they walked.

"Oh, I see," Sirius smirked. "I didn't know that kind of help could improve Transfiguration." Remus blushed a little.

"Sod off," he mumbled, his arms still wrapped around Marlene's waist. Lily smirked. Remus and Marlene did make a cute couple indeed, and Lily was glad that they were finally together. She knew that Remus had been holding off for the same reason why he was away everyone month.

Lily, Marlene, Alice, Ellie and the Marauders entered the Potions classroom and took their seats. Professor Kernaghan scowled at the Marauders. It was a well-known fact that Professor Kernaghan favoured his Slytherin students above the other students, and the Marauders were no exception.

Sirius smiled sarcastically at Professor Kernaghan. All the Slytherin's were seated already, scowling at them.

Lily took her seat beside Marlene near the back. On Marlene's left, Remus sat down, and to Lily's distaste James sat down beside her, with Sirius beside him and Peter behind him.

"This is the N.E.W.T level Potions, I want you all to exceed Outstanding in this class." Professor Kernaghan drawled, repeating his N.E.W.T speech. Lily tried to pay attention, but it was difficult with James sitting beside her, she knew he was looking at her.

Lily was glad to get out of the cold dungeons and away from James starring at her. She walked quickly towards the Great Hall, the others behind her, wondering why of all people James had to like her, had she done something in a past life to deserve it?

"Hey Lily, wait up!" James called, catching up with her in two easy steps. Lily inwardly groaned, but tried her best to keep a smile on her face.

"Yes Po – James?" Lily said as sweetly as she could manage, catching herself before she said Potter. James smiled at her, flashing his white perfect teeth. His hazel eyes seemed to be drinking her in, and she felt very exposed.

"I was wondering why you were rushing?" James questioned, glancing behind him. The others were still in the dungeons, making their way slowly but surely to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Oh, I'm just hungry." Lily replied, beginning to walk again.

"Um, I was wondering if you had thought about it yet?" James questioned, keeping pace with her.

"Thought about what James?" Lily questioned, rubbing her temple. She was beginning to get a headache.

"Thought about making friends with me." James replied, smiling. Lily stopped and looked at him, he was waiting for her to reply. She knitted her eyebrows in annoyance.

"I still don't understand why you want to suddenly be my friend." Lily commented, "After so many years of waking up with different coloured hair and being pestered, why are you doing this? Is this another joke?"

"I swear Lily, it's not a joke!" James pleaded, his eyes full of sincerity, "I've changed, and I'm really sorry about all that, but I wanted your attention."

"But why?" Lily questioned, exasperated. He just looked at her.

"I think you know why," he said softly, moving closer to her.

"You know absolutely nothing about me, so how can you like me so much?" Lily asked, standing her ground.

"I may not know a lot about you, and that's what I'm saying. I want to get to know you. I want to be your friend." James answered. If you only knew Lily, he thought to himself. She looked at him warily.

"Alright fine, I'll give you one chance, if you blow it then that's it." Lily told him, pushing a strand of her red hair behind her ear after it had fallen into her face. James nodded.

"Agreed." He smiled as the others finally came trudging up the hallways.

"Took you long enough Marlene," Lily mumbled, turning around and heading to the Great Hall.

After what seemed like forever classes were finally out, and Lily was tackling her homework. She had to write an essay on the Reversal of Death Potion that Professor Kernaghan had assigned them to make in class, a paper in Transfiguration about what animal she would turn into if she were an Animagus, not to mention she had to practice turning teapots into cats. They weren't kidding, it's already begun! Lily thought, looking down at her pile of homework. It was only the first day of school.

"Urg!" Lily exclaimed, banging her head on the table trying to think.

"Er, have a problem Lily?" James questioned from across the table. He too was working on his homework.

"No I'm fine thank you," Lily said through clenched teeth.

"Um, ok. Just a reminder, soon we have to meet with Dumbledore." James told her.

"I know James." Lily said, again through clenched teeth.

"Well, I'm turning in. Night Lily," James yawned, standing up. He went over to his bedroom and closed the door.

James woke up from a very strange dream. It had been of him and Lily, and a baby. Shaking his head, James rolled over and looked at the time. He still had twenty minutes to eat.

Reluctantly he got up and quickly showered, this time making sure to lock the bathroom door. Once he was dressed he decided to see if Lily was still sleeping.

"Lily?" he called softly from behind her door, getting no reply. He opened the door timidly, and found Lily sprawled under her covers, still fast asleep. His heart leap as he walked over, she looked like an angel. Her lips were slightly curved upward, as if half smiling about something. He gently shook her awake.

"W-what?" Lily yawned, groggily looking up at him. "James! What are you doing in here?" she drew the sheets around her protectively, though she was wearing a nightgown, she felt exposed again as James looked at her with his gorgeous hazel eyes. I did not just say James had gorgeous hazel eyes! Lily thought, angry with herself.

"Waking you up," James replied, nervously running a hand through his hair and tousling it, whether from nerves or trying to impress her, she couldn't tell.

"Oh," Lily said, glancing at her alarm clock. "Oh!" she got up quickly, forgetting about being exposed in her white nightdress.

James could see the outline of her body through the nightdress, and he quickly left the room to leave her to dress before he did something that he would regret later. He wanted to kiss her soft lips, but he knew it was still too soon. It's certainly too soon for that, James thought, laughing inwardly nervously as he made his way to the Great Hall alone.

Was Dumbledore off his rocker? Putting James and Lily in private quarters? James shook his head in bewilderment. He wondered if he would actually make it through the year without jumping Lily, he didn't want to hurt her or make her hate him.

"Hey Prongs, why are you looking so glum?" Sirius called, patting the space beside him for James to sit down.

"Long story," James sighed, sitting down and piling eggs and toast on his plate.

"I have time mate," Sirius told him, "is it about Lily?" he added. James nodded slightly, but for once in his life he didn't want to share what he was thinking, he figured if it did get back to Lily she'd hate him even more.

"It's always about Lily," Peter said, shaking his head.

"Sod off," James mumbled, watching as Lily rushed into the Great Hall and sat down beside Alice.

"So why are you late Lily?" Marlene questioned, having seen James walk in later then usual followed by Lily a few minutes later. She had broken apart from snogging with Remus to smirk at her friend good naturally.

"I sleep in." Lily replied, glaring at her for a moment. She felt like she was being watched, and without looking up she knew who it was.

She sighed and went back to eating, wishing that James wouldn't stare at her so much.