In the Days of Lily Evans and James Potter

Disclaimer: HP JK Rowling, Plot Idea mine!

A/N: So, it's been a while since I've updated. School started and I just celebrated my bday, so I took some time off. You all understand, right? Just so you know, since someone PMed me, Lily and James are NOT dating yet. The whole closet thing did not mark the start of "them," it just marked a new...interest of each other. Read on to find out what happens next.

Chapter 8

With a goofy smile and a cloudy brain, James entered the dorm and closed the door behind him. Almost immediately, Frank jumped from the bed to his feet.

"Where've you been, Potter?" he asked cooly. "Out taking advantage of Lily?"

"What are you talking about, Frank?" James asked, loudly enough to wake Peter, who sat up and squinted at them. "I would never take advantage of Lily."

"I saw what you did in Hogsmeade," Frank accused. "You tripped her and then just happened to catch her. You just want a stupid date to that stupid party." Now Sirius and Remus were both awake, and all the boys were standing between James's and Frank's beds.

"It was not what--"

"Don't weasel your way out, Potter," Frank said. "She's been my good friend, and so have you. I even recommended that she check you out. But here you go off trying to...get her in bed or something." Before James could reply, Frank was blindly throwing fists at James. James pulled out his wand quickly, his three friends battling to get Frank from giving James a black eye.

"Levicorpus!" James sent Frank in the air, who was still trying to throw punches at him. Someone knocked on the door, and James dropped Frank with a flick of his wand.

"What is going on in here?" Lily whispered as James stuck his head out the door. Lily and Alice were standing in front of him, both looking extremely confused. "Why are you boys making such noise. We can hear you in our dorm."

"Frank has the wrong idea about...things," James whispered, stepping outside. He was still in his clothes from that day, but Lily had already changed.

"Like what?" Alice squeaked, trying to push past James. James did not comply.

"Well, for one, he thinks I only want Lily so I'm not alone at the dance," James said, not looking at Lily. "And, he thinks I want Lily just to do her and leave her. Alice, we can't quite reason with him."

"What? He said that?" Lily asked, forcing James without any action to look at her. She did not look mad, or accusing, but concerned.

"Yeah," James replied. "I think the other Maur-- I mean, the guys, I think they've got him under control." Alice went to turn, but then looked back.

"Tell Frank if he's going to overexamine everything and butt into your business, then he can do it by himself, because I'm not speaking to him." She turned and left.

"He's not right, is he?" Lily asked. James shook his head.

"No," he muttered. "Good night, Lily." She whispered her farewells and left. James went back into the dorms, hoping McGonagall wouldn't show up.

Just as he entered the dorm, a fist made contact with his jaw, and Frank was once again in the air. Sirius, Remus, and Peter all had their wands out and pointed at Frank.

"Dear Allie left a message, Frankie," James said, not even trying to control his temper. "She's not talking to you, mate. Says you're being a jerk. Butting into other people's business. Overexaminations, Frankie, man." His anger was getting the better of him, and he knew it, and he shoved Frank so that he was a human pendulum for almost ten minutes, crashing into several items including a ducking Peter and James's fist a few times. Eventually, the guys put Frank down, and he concealed himself in his bed.

"As it should be," James muttered, crawling into bed. He fell asleep, wondering what was going on in Lily's head.

A/N: There we have it. Nice, short, not-so-sweet, but with some complementory violence. I thought I'd take a break from those big chapters with about four things going on at once. Leave a comment, and hey, why not introduce the story to others? I'm trying to get 100 alerts and 50 favorites by the time this story is over, so help me out. Muchos Gracias!