Chapter 7: Yellow Jellyfish, AGAIN!

Jessica grinned between vigorous kisses, and thought sinisterly that James Potter was hers. She tried to initiate something more than just the innocent kisses they were already sharing.

James shifted away giving her a meaningful glance, he was quite content and wasn't in the mood to take this any further.

Jess pouted, the girl didn't understand body language at all! James sighed, "Jess I'm really tired. I'll see you tomorrow?"

Jessica silently nodded and whispered, "Bye." She walked down the corridor, longing to be in James' arms again. Would she never be good enough for him? A single tear slid down her cheek as she made her way back to her dormitory.

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James Potter woke up in his dormitory, infuriated with himself. He still regretted his harsh words to Lily.

James was brought up in an aristocratic environment, one in which women were regarded very highly. In James' eyes, what he had done last night was unforgivable and he couldn't live with himself until he had gotten Lily to accept his apology.

He got up, determined to win his Lilykins back. His stomach growled, however he first needed some breakfast!

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"Good morning Kay! Time for breakfast"

Kay pulled the duvet on top of herself. Lily proceeded to rip the blanket off Kay and open all the windows in the dorm.

"Time to wake up lazy head, everyone's already at breakfast and if you don't hurry we'll be late!"

Kay opened an eye and instead of Claire's brown bob, she saw fiery locks. That got her up. "Lily? What're you doing here? Shouldn't you be in the Heads Dorm?"

"I didn't know I wasn't allowed to stay in this dorm?"

"Lily, this doesn't have anything to do with last night does it? Because I'm really sorry about it all, and I promise never to meddle again." Kay said solemnly

"It's fine Kay my angel, I'm completely over it," came from a smiling Lily

"So… does you sleeping here have anything to do with a troublemaking Head Boy?" questioned Kay silently.

"Didn't you just promise not to meddle?"

"This isn't meddling per say… it's just one friend asking another friend about her love life."

"Love life?" said Lily in mock outrage, "With Potter!"

"Oh come on Lily, you know he loves you and you love him. Any fool can see that."

"Oh whatever Kay," Lily threw a robe in Kay's direction. "I'll meet you downstairs okay?"

"Yeah yeah, I'll be right there," mumbled Kay

Lily walked down the staircase in thought, glancing at the Boys' staircase adjacent to her, "Apparently James the fool can't see it," she whispered.

She sat down on a couch in the Common Room, waiting for Kay. She had decided for the second time in two days that she was going to ignore James Potter again. The emotions Lily had felt last night were overwhelming and she had stupidly gone in pursuit of them, only to come out with a broken heart.

Lily had for one fleeting moment, when she had seen James in the corridor, thought that she could apologize he could apologize and they would live happily ever after.

She realized now what a fool she'd been, a guy like James Potter never gave any girl a happily ever after… that was pure wishful thinking on her part. He doted on a different girl every week. Lily grudgingly admitted that he had been with Jess for a while now. Maybe he really was changing.

Of course he wasn't, the bastard didn't give a damn for anyone besides himself and his wretched friends. Lily took that back, his friends were all right she decided. She had a good friendship with each of them.

Sirius was the big brother she never had; he was always there when she needed a laugh. The two had really gotten closer since the beginning of sixth year when his family had disowned him. Lily knowing what it felt like be rejected by a loved one had been there to comfort him.

Although Sirius had left on his own accord, she knew his family had already isolated him greatly. For Sirius the place had become torture and leaving was the only thing the frustrated teenager could do.

Sirius wasn't particularly upset about it but it still had stung to an extent. Ever since then Lily and Sirius had been "apple buddies".

Lily and Remus were often paired as partners and had thus bonded. Lily was also one of the few that knew about Remus' 'furry little problem'. She had figured it out in fifth year when she had kept a diary. Lily really enjoyed astronomy and had kept track of the moons phases. At the end of the year when she was reviewing her diary, she noticed that Remus disappeared on the night of the full moon once a month to visit his 'sick mother'.

Lily had jumped to the conclusion that Remus was a werewolf but she needed to hear it directly from him. When she had confronted him, he had calmly told her that he was indeed a werewolf.

Lily had just given him a look and said, "To think I'd been so worried about your mother!"

She and Remus still laughed at the memory.

Lastly, there was Peter. Lily liked Peter well enough. It was a pitying friendship in some ways but she didn't detest him. He was better than Potter anyhow.

"Lily, BOO!"

Lily looked up to see Kay standing above her, "Took you long enough."

The two walked out of the Common Room laughing together

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Kay was walking back from a particularly dreadful Potions class. Her cauldron had started spouting some sort of sulphury gas. Kay hated the class and she only did it because it was a required NEWT if she wanted to become an auror.

Her only consolation was that Lily was there to help her out, as today Lily had saved the day by telling Kay to add the juice of a Sopophorous bean to the mixture. Lily was as Professor Slughorn loved to say, "A dab hand at potions, Lily is!"

Suddenly Kay was pulled into a corridor, she tried to scream but found to her annoyance that her captor's hand was covering her mouth rather firmly. She bit the hand.

"Blimey Smith, was that really necessary?"

Kay looked up to find a pair of bright gray eyes staring intently at her. "Was it really necessary to kidnap me Black?"

"Well actually it was, in interest of green horned apples."

"What are you going on about Black?"

"Lily and James! Come now Smith do you ever listen when I speak?"

"Hmm, what was that Black?"

"SMITH!"

Kay sighed, "What about Lily and Potter?"

"Well I dunno, James has been acting really strange today, and he keeps muttering something along the lines of 'must say sorry'."

"Uh well Lily seems fine, you know her usual cheery self. Maybe your friend's just losing it?" replied Kay nonchalantly

"No, that can't be it," Sirius said, oblivious to Kay's indifference.

"Right well you figure it out Einstein and drop me a line when you do," said Kay turning to leave.

"Who's Einstein? I remember that name." Sirius pondered unaware of Kay's departure. "Oh dear that's James' aunts name, the really scary one!"

He turned to find himself alone in the passageway. He hurried out, "Smith come back! Smith! Apologize! You can't just call me Einstein and leave!"

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Lily sat down for lunch; she had been having a blissful 'James Potter free' day. Unfortunately, her luck had just run out.

"Lily, may I sit down next to you?"

"Kay please could you pass me some pumpkin?" said Lily completely ignoring James

"Lily," he poked her

"Kay is it just me or is there an annoying fly buzzing about this place?"

Kay stifled a laugh out of respect for James, "I don't know Lily, I don't see anything," she looked around James.

"Lily you know what fine pretend I'm not here," huffed James, "But listen to me anyway…"

Before he could get any further, Lily motioned to Kay and the two left the Great Hall. Kay sent James an apologetic glance

James Potter was now unbelievably frustrated. He was going to get Lily Josephine Evans to accept his apology no matter what.

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The last class of the day was Transfiguration, with dear old "Minnie".

"Good afternoon class, today we're going to be transfiguring pillows into animals. Potter and Black pay attention if you have any intention of passing your NEWTS!"

James and Sirius looked up grinning. "Sorry Professor," they replied, not looking very sorry at all.

"Right the words are verto bestia. Follow my wands movement now, that's right Ms. Evans, it's a swish and flick. Left to right Potter not the other way!"

Lily smiled smugly; James and Sirius usually outshone her in Transfiguration.

Lily swished and flicked and voila, "Verto bestia…" there stood a snowy owl in front of Lily.

"How do you do that?" asked an amazed Kay

"Here let me help you," Lily guided Kay's wands movement.

Kay tried it and thankfully it worked. Kay stood back to examine the lizard she had just created. "It's beautiful," Kay said smiling, "don't you think?"

Sirius gasped, "Smith you traitor!"

"Uh sorry, what?" asked a perplexed Kay

"Your animal, it's, it's… a reptile!" cried a melodramatic Sirius

"Thank you for that Black, I feel so enlightened"

"Don't you understand? It's treachery I tell you!"

"Do elaborate Black?"

"Come now Smith, are you that dumb?"

"Apparently so," said Kay smiling cynically. The two of them had managed to get the whole class' attention.

"Well then in simpleton language, what animal represents Slytherin?"

"A snake?"

"Well done Smith, you're brighter than you seem!" Sirius clapped in feigned surprise. "See the connection yet?"

"Nope"

"Merlin Smith! Well to spell it right out, a snake is a reptile and so is a lizard… so therefore your fraternizing with the enemy!"

"It's just a lizard Black, calm down!"

"I won't!" Sirius reached out to grab Kay's lizard, James stuck his hand out to try and stop Sirius, Kay screamed and McGonagall walked back into the classroom

"Potter, Black, Smith what is the meaning of this?" inquired a stern Minerva McGonagall.

"Professor Black has lost his mind?"

"Thank you Ms. Smith but I think the larger majority is already aware of this," the class laughed and Sirius pouted.

"Professor I-"

"Hush Black, Ms. Evans," Lily looked up in surprise, "Would you care to enlighten me on the current situation in this classroom?"

"Uh well, you see professor, Kay transfigured her pillow into a lizard and then – Sirius said something about her being a traitor and he tried to kill her lizard. So then Potter – I'm not too sure what Potter was doing."

McGonagall peered at Sirius, "Is this true Mr. Black?"

"Absolutely Professor, I love my house and will not stand anybody insulting it. Hypocrites like Kay Smith should be burned or, an even worse fate, be transferred to Slytherin!" Sirius fell to the floor clutching his heart in pain.

"Black and Potter my office now! The rest of you are dismissed!"

James and Sirius walked over to Professor McGonagall's office and sat down. Sirius was feeling extremely passionate while James was dreading Lily's reaction; he knew she'd blame it on him somehow.

"Mr. Black and Mr. Potter I am extremely disappointed in you! Both of you will stay until you've mastered the spell and written a two foot essay on When Logic Gets Out of Hand'."

"Professor I didn't do anything though!"

"Of course you did Mr. Potter."

"But I have a Prefect—."

"Leave the finished essays on my table and the two of you will demonstrate the spell done correctly tomorrow."

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"Done, now I can go to the prefect meeting. If I hurry I can be there just in time."

"Why are you so eager?"

"I don't want Lily to be any angrier with me."

"Take flowers then, all girls love flowers."

"Great idea, where will I get flowers though?"

"You're a wizard bright spark! Let me do it," Sirius muttered an incantation under his breath and then gasped.

James turned to look at himself in the mirror, "Sirius you idiot!"

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Lily was pacing, up and down, down and up.

"Lily?" Lily looked up to find the inquisitive face of a fifth year.

"Yes dear?"

"Well , who are we waiting for? You see I have so much homework to do and if we don't start soon I'll be up all night."

"Well you see I would start but the member missing is our delightful Head Boy," she responded exasperatedly. They waited a few more minutes and then Lily made up her mind, "Right good evening everyone, If you could all quickly fill in which evenings you're free for patrol and your – actually I'll work out the patrol timetable. You all have to patrol twice a week, any questions?"

"Lily…" stuttered a third year

"Yes Shacklebot?"

"Why is there a…. a… a…"

"A what?" asked Lily impatiently

"A, a yellow jellyfish!"

"Someone take Shaklebot to Madam Pomfery."

"Lily look behind you," said an awestruck Remus

Lily turned… "AAAAAAAAHHH!"

There standing in front of her was a human-sized yellow jellyfish with some sort of cushioning around the body. It was exactly as Lily had pictured it as a child, it was even carrying the wilting bouquet of petunias!

"Lily, I'm sorry I'm late!" It tried to present Lily the petunias

"Conjunctivitis"

The Jellyfishes eyes contracted and he reached out trying to find Lily

"Get away from me! I ate all my vegetables at dinner tonight!!"

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