Disclaimer: Don't own harry Potter; I just like writing my own versions of Lily and James considering we have limited information about them.

A/N: you know, I'm kind of curious, do people working for J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers actually go through every one of these to make sure they have a disclaimer and sue the person if they don't? seems rather ridiculous… okay moving on…feedback is needed if I'm going to make my writing any better, keep you guys interested, even something like 'could use a little more detail' helps me a ton. So REVIEW!! Hope you all had a great new year, me and my best friend did… (Insert evil laugh here) we were home alone at her house, some good times. O and I re-posted my other story, Forever Forgiven Potter so check it out if you want. On with chapter four!

Chapter 4: Amazement

That night, James Potter went to bed amazed. Excepting the minor, well, not so minor, reaction to the news that he was the new Head Boy, Lily had been rather, what was the right word? Rather…nice to him all day. Well no, nice was pushing it a bit. Civil was more like it because she hadn't exactly been mean to him. Yes, civil. Lily Evans. Acting civil. To James Potter. This was something unheard of.

It had started with the prefect meeting on the train, after the…how to put it…disastrous encounter on the platform when she first found out he was Head Boy. After the feast, Lily and James proceeded, separately, to Dumbledore's office, as they had been instructed in their letters over the summer.

Lily approached the gargoyle entrance to the headmaster's quarters to find none other than James Potter leaning against the wall, waiting for her.

"Hello, James," she said, not unkindly.

"H- Hi, Lily," replied he, rather taken aback that she had addressed him by his first name. "Ready to go up?"

"Sure. Lead the way."

James turned to the gargoyle sentry.

"Blood- flavored lollipop."

The gargoyle jumped aside to reveal the moving spiral staircase, which Lily and James promptly stepped onto.

"Interesting choice of password." Muttered Lily.

When the duo had entered the office and seated themselves, Dumbledore started talking immediately.

"Well, my congratulations to the both of you, but I believe I am correct in thinking that you are wondering why Mr. Potter here was made Head Boy?"

"Er, yes sir."

"Yeah professor why am I Head Boy? I was never even a prefect!" said James.

"Well I suppose most people here don't know this, but the Head Boy and Girl are chosen not by the best prefects, but whoever is the top of their class. This year, it just so happened that both Head Boy and Girl are from Gryffindor, which meant that we had to expand the Gryffindor Head's quarters to accommodate both of you.

"Wait, the what?" exclaimed James.

"The Head's quarters, Mr. Potter. There is one in each of the House's area, that switches to the boy's or girl's side of the stairs depending on whether that House has a Head Boy or Girl."

"I NEVER KNEW THAT!" yelled James, looking like Christmas had come early.

"Yes, most people do not, except for the former Head's and their roommates. This year, Mr. Potter you can access your Head's common room by going to the very top of the Gryffindor Boy's staircase, right above your fellow classmate's dormitory, and Miss Evans you can access it by going to the very top of the girls' staircase, right above your current dormitory. Off of the Heads' common room is a bathroom, and two bedrooms, one for each of you."

Here he paused, looking over his half-moon spectacles at James, his eyes twinkling.

"The Heads' rooms are not, I repeat, not to be used for anything other than meetings between you two, not parties of any sort. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, sir."

"Er, sure Professor."

"Hmm," said Dumbledore, not looking very certain of James's response, "Very well. I suggest you use your time in your common room to plan certain activities, such as Hogsmeade trips, and perhaps the occasional ball or dance, which will be allowed this year to boost morale as these are dark times we are living in."

Getting up he said,

"I believe that is all, good night."

"Good night professor."

"'Night sir."

The two seventh years exited the Headmaster's office, talking amicably. Upon reaching the Gryffindor Common room, James sprinted up the boys' staircase to find his new room.

He found it easily, a deep red room with white trimming, and the usual four poster bed. It was a large room, with many windows along the walls.

James left his room to explore more, and saw Lily entering her room across the way. Her door had and 'L' on it, and looking at his own door he saw that his had a gold 'J' nailed to the wooden door. He went through the third doorway out of the common room to find himself in the bathroom, which had not only a shower, but a very large bathtub. Seeing a note on the mirror, James walked over to see what was on it.

"Mister James Potter and Miss Lily Evans:

You are entitled to not only these rooms, but also the Prefects bathroom on the 6th floor. The password this year is 'Jolly Roger'"

James snorted. That was the funniest password he had ever come across during his time at Hogwarts.

While James was exploring the bathroom, Lily had entered her new bedroom. It was painted a pretty light blue, darker than sky blue, but lighter than royal blue. It was the exact shade of her room at home. Her four- poster bed had a brown coverlet, and looked much softer than the already extraordinarily soft beds of the regular dormitories just below her. Without a second thought she changed into her pajamas and crawled under the warm sheets, immediately falling asleep.

James walked by her open door a few minutes later and peeked inside. Smiling, he shut her door, and ran to meet the rest of the marauders in his old dormitory.

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A/N: I know its short, but I literally just wrote two thirds of that in the last 11 minutes so I could post it tonight. I'm soooooo sorry I haven't updated in a while, I had a ton of trouble starting the chapter, and I didn't know what to start it with. Then a couple days ago – INSPIRATION! Yay. Hope everyone had a good New Years, I most certainly did, muahaha. As always, check out my other story, which will be updated a week from Sunday. Or 2 weeks. Its 17 pages long so I'm debating how long to wait. Any questions or whatever just message me. And please, please review!