Disclaimer: Always hers, never mine. But that just the way to cookie crumbles, I guess.
Her stomach full and her spirits high, Lily had lost track of time, chatting away with her friends. As she glanced at the clock above the fire, she did a double take. Over an hour had elapsed without her noticing.
"Girls," She exclaimed, "you need to go! Lights out is in ten minutes." With a flick of her wand, the food disappeared and the pillows righted them selves on the couches.
"Oi! I was eating that!" Sirius said, pouting. "You made my sandwich vanish." He gave her puppy-eyes. "Prongs, make it come back."
"Yes, I did. And no, Potter won't bring your sandwich back because you need to get back to your dormitory, also."
"Flower," James called. "They don't have to be back in their dormitories right away. Let them stay. And if they get caught going back later, it's fine. We're Head Boy and Head Girl. We'd get them out of it."
"No, I won't." She said firmly. "I already did something stupid by letting Sirius sneak down to the kitchens and steal food. But I refuse to exploit my duties as Head Girl for your mates, whom I don't even like."
Sirius grabbed his heart. "Evans, I can't believe you don't like me. That hurts so me so much." He then pretended to cry into Peter's shoulder.
"Yes, Black. As amazing as it might seem, there are people in this school who don't worship the ground you walk on. Now you need to get out."
Sirius, his eyes angry, opened his mouth to snap back, but Ellie, who hated conflict, cut him off.
"It's alright, Sirius. Lily is just trying to do her job properly. We really should get to sleep, anyway. Classes start tomorrow, and I'd hate to be late to my first lesson of the year." She gave Lily a small hug and started for the door, her black hair swinging with every step.
"I'll walk with you!" Remus offered, jumping up. "I mean, we're going to the same place, after all and it would seem ridiculous to go alone."
Ellie blushed as Aira gave her a small thumbs up. Sirius moved to follow Remus, but Aira grabbed his arm and held him back.
"Let them go alone! It'll be romantic." Lily heard Aira whisper.
Ellie blushed harder as Aira's words. Remus, on the other hand, smiled brightly and pushed the door open.
"After you, Ellie." He said, tipping an invisible hat. Ellie giggled, waved to her friends and rushed out.
The door snapped shut and they all stared. Sirius finally broke the silence by saying, "Well, now that their love-lives are being handled, the rest of us should probably get going."
"Hey!" Aira exclaimed, cross. "I'm just trying to get them together. Ellie deserves herself a good boyfriend like Remus."
Sirius laughed. "I'm sure they're in good hands, then. Come on, let's leave these two lovebirds," he said, gesturing at Lily and James "alone."
Aira, Charlotte and Peter chuckled before making their way to door.
"See you after your little snogfest, mate." Sirius said, grinning. Lily promptly smacked him in face, but he just laughed and dashed after the others. Lily turned to James.
"I know that you know, Potter, that I would never kiss you." Lily said, eyebrows cocked. "Sirius, on the other hand, seems to think otherwise. He also thinks we are 'lovebirds.' Any thoughts onto where he got those ideas?"
"They aren't strange ideas, Evans. Padfoot just might be psychic." James said, sitting up. "And since it's the future, which we can't stop, mind you, I think we should just speed up the process, don't you?"
"I think that Black should reread his tealeaves. Anyway, I'm going to patrol now. Good bye, Potter." Lily started to get up, but James pulled her back onto his lap.
"Let go of me." The redhead spat, trying to squirm away. James held her tightly, though, rendering her motionless.
"Why? This is very comfortable, I think. In fact, I could imagine falling asleep this way. You're keeping me very warm." James murmured, pulling her against his chest. "And you smell absolutely ravishing. And your hair is incredibly soft. Bloody hell, Evans, you're like the best blanket known to man."
"I said, let me go!" Lily said again, angrily. "Let me go or I'll send you to bloody hell!"
James burst into laughter and his grip loosened. Lily was able to break out of his arms. She stood there, watching him shake.
"Evans, you are a laugh! That was probably the most brilliant thing I have ever heard you say. 'I'll send you to bloody hell!" James mimicked in a falsetto voice. "Do you mind if I use that sometime? To tell Peter to bug off when he's bothering me?"
With a frustrated growl, Lily turned and stalked toward the door.
"Wait, where are you going? You don't need to leave. It was funny!" James called as Lily slammed the door shut behind her.
As she marched down the hallway, Lily could the whoosh of the tapestry moving and the James footsteps chasing after her. He sped up her pace, refusing to look back at him.
"Evans! Evans! Flower! Lily, please, wait!" He called after her. Instead of stopping, though, she continued to hurry away from him. But with 6 years of Quidditch under his belt, James was able to catch up with her without a problem.
"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you, it's just I've never heard you swear and... well, it's bloody funny, that what." James said, apologetically. "I'm really sorry."
Lily refused to meet his gaze and they walked along in silence.
They reached the dungeon, near the Slytherin common room when they saw Severus.
He was coming out of the portrait hole when they saw him.
"Out of bed so late, Snivellus? I think that's a detention, don't you, Lily?"
Lily again, refused to speak. Severus looked so shock to see her he dropped package he'd been holding. He quickly picked it up, his eyes not once leaving Lily.
"Lily…" Severus began, "I need to speak with you. Alone. Is there anywhere we can meet, preferably without this swine of a human being following you?"
"I don't really think Lily wants to speak with you, Snivellus. She doesn't associate when people who don't wash their hair."
Severus opened his mouth to retort, but Lily cut him off. "No, there is not. As Potter, said, I don't want to speak with you. And being out of bed this late is a detention. Professor McGonagall will be expecting you in her office at 7'o clock promptly tomorrow evening." Her voice was cold like ice and sharp as knives. She could tell each word hurt him, but she didn't really care. By calling her a mudblood, Severus had sealed his own fate. He stared at her, completely shocked.
"What were you doing anyway, Snivellus? And what's that package you've got there?" James reached out to snatch it, but Severus jumped back, holding it to his chest tightly.
"Something of importance. Therefore, it doesn't concern you, Potter. Good night, Lily. I hope we'll get the chance to speak again soon." Severus disappeared back into the portrait hole, and Lily could feel tears start to form in her eyes. She quickly blinked them back, but not before James noticed.
"He's a prick, Lily. Don't worry about him." James was met only with silence and they continued their rounds.
After what felt like hours, Lily finally spoke again.
"I don't like you, Potter. I don't like what you did to Severus back there, and I don't like you. I really do not like you. You're cruel, arrogant, don't care about anyone but yourself, and you skip class on a regular basis. None of those are qualities that I greatly admire. Somehow, by with twisted turn of events, you managed to become Head Boy. I don't have the faintest notation as to how that happened, but I do know a few things. I don't want you throwing parties in my- err, our common room. I suppose I can't really stop you from having the other Marauders in there, since Aira, Ellie, Charlotte and I will be there, but no room-trashing parties. I also don't want to have to pull your weight. That means, unless you have a very serious reason, you have to perform your duties. You can't skip a meeting with the prefects to pull pranks, or ditch your patrol nights because you want to get in an extra Quidditch practice. Also-"
Lily would have continued, but James cut her off. "Alright!" He laughed, "I don't know how much of that I actually followed, but I get it. I'll try and be a model student. On one condition."
"That brings me to the next point. You need to stop trying to rope me into loving you, because it's not going to happen." Lily said sharply.
"Oh, harsh. But that wasn't my condition."
Lily looked at him, surprised. They stopped walking, and were standing on the first floor, near the kitchens.
"I want to teach you to live a little. Lily, you're so logical. Sometimes, though, people need do something completely ridiculous, just because they can. And I don't believe I've ever seen you do something crazy. So, have we got ourselves a deal?" James stuck his hand out to shake hers.
"Why on earth would I want to learn and 'live' from the boy who life centers around making other people's awful?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"Because, if I don't hold up my end of the deal, I won't ask you out ever again." James said simply.
"That's not bad leverage, actually. But what would happen if I were too break my end of the deal?"
James grinned largely. "Well, then you'd have to go on a date with me."
Lily stared at it, outstretched in a friendly manner. "Alright." She agreed finally. There was little chance she'd break her end. "You be a good Head Boy, go to class, stop being mean to innocent people and I'll try and ride a broom." She reached out to shake, but James' suddenly pulled his hand away.
"That wasn't my proposition, Lily. I will eventually get you on a broom, but that wasn't what I meant. "
Lily again sighed. "Fine. I'll do some other crazy things, also. But you have to swear on your life to try and become a model student."
James smiled. "Oh, I do. And if I don't, well, you'll never have to worry about me again."
I'm sorry about the lack of Severus in the last chapter. But don't worry! I do plan on tying his side-plot in! Anyway care to guess what he was holding?
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