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Author's Note: I changed the time of the meeting to 9:00 from 9:30.

Meetings

"Remind why I agreed to this?"

Lily and Henri were standing at the King's Cross apparition point, waiting for James Potter to arrive. He wasn't really late, they had arrived a few minutes early due to Henri's insistence that they should not be late. If it had been up to Lily they wouldn't have gone at all.

"You are here because James was never a prefect and will have no idea what to do. You also want to talk with him," Henri said sounding slightly exasperated.

"What am I going to say? We've never really even had a conversation!" Lily's voice was slightly panicky.

"You will tell him about your duties, and what he has to do on the train. Then you will talk to him as a human being. You two need to get over your antagonism if you are going to be effective as Heads. You need to tell him that you are not going to tolerate continued behavior of sort that he has displayed over the past two years. He can't ask you out. Remember, he had a chance, but he gave it up. Still, even if you won't go out with him, he might be an okay friend. Give him a chance."

Although Henri's voice was calm Lily could tell that it was taking every bit of her will power to stay calm. Henri hated the way James treated her friend, but she thought that everyone had some aspect of them that was good, and, anyway, Lily had wanted to be Head Girl for years. She couldn't lose it just because the other head was Potter. Even if he was scum.

Lily swallowed hard as she saw James appear alongside his friend Sirius Black. "Right, give him a chance." She then stepped forward to greet James.

"Hello Potter."

"Hi Evans. I'm here. For the meeting thing."

"You mean that you aren't in Africa? And you didn't decide to arrive two hours before the train leaves just for fun? Wow. You really are a strange person."

"What, no. I'm here for the meeting. I just said that!"

"Sarcasm, Potter. I know that it's hard for you, but I'd appreciate it if you tried not to be stupid. Let's just do this. Why don't we go sit over there. Black and Henri can wait here. There're some things that we need to discuss."

"Sounds good," replied James with a grin.

After they reached the bench that Lily had indicated the two seventeen-year-olds sat down, Lily scooting on the bench to be as far away from James as possible.

"So, what do want to talk about?" James asked after they were settled.

"Well, you were never a Prefect."

"I know."

"So, you don't know what your duties are. I can fill you in on most of them as we go along, but I thought that it would be good for us to discuss the train meeting. We need to tell the houses what the passwords are first, and then tell the fifth-year prefects what they have to do. We also need to tell them about leading the first years to their houses, and remind them of their responsibilities. We introduce the new prefects and ourselves to everyone and vice-versa. Any questions?"

"What exactly are my duties?"

"Well…"

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Henri and Sirius looked at one another. Then Henri went to sit down on a bench. Sirius followed her. They sat in silence for several minutes. Then Sirius spoke. "Um, hi."

"Hello Black," Henri's voice was stony.

"So…" Sirius fished around for something to say, "how was your summer?"

"It was fine, thanks for asking. I'd ask how you were, but I, unlike you haven't forgotten that we aren't friends."

"Gosh, I was just making conversation, Laws! You don't have get all prickly. Anyway, James and Evans are heads this year. That probably means that we'll have to spend a bunch of time together. It just seems to me like we should try to get along for their sake."

Henri let out a bark of laughter. "Black, do you actually think that Lily and Potter are just suddenly going to become best friends just because they are both Heads?"

"No, of course not. They are going to fall in love! James is already most of the way there of course, and Evans likes him even if she won't admit it!"

"You are obviously blind, deaf, and have a bad memory. Lily doesn't like James. She hates his guts. I would not be terribly surprised if James returns to us in several pieces."

"You are not suggesting that Lily would use magic on a platform full of muggles? The fair maid would never do such a thing!" cried Sirius feigning horror.

"No," replied Henri dryly, " I'm suggesting that she may murder him with her bare hands. She, unlike you, has an excellent memory, and knows exactly what kind a person Potter is. She is giving him a second chance because of their new position. That doesn't mean that she has suddenly gotten to be stupid."

"Whatever you say. I still think that they would be a perfect couple. If only Evans would agree."

"In case you've forgotten, your dear friend, Potter, had her. He messed up. He missed his chance. She didn't do anything."

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"Head boy is a lot more complicated than I imagined. Is that everything?" James asked after Lily had explained his duties. He was smiling, thinking about how they hadn't yelled at each other once.

"Those are all of your responsibilities," as he started to rise she continued, "I'm not done. We need to discuss your behavior."

"What about it?"

"You have to set an example. You can't just act like you're three anymore. You need to at least tone down the pranks, even if you refuse to stop them. You need to be responsible. And you will stop asking me out. I don't want to hear it. I don't like you. You had your chance, and lost it. Do you understand me?"

"Yes Evans, I do. I really am sorry though," James' expression had changed, and he now looked very downcast.

"Good. I really do mean it, Potter. Actually I suppose that we should call each other by first names if we're to be working together. Look, I am going to try very hard to be civil with you. Maybe we'll even become friends. I'm willing to give you a second chance, but you have to make an effort."

"Okay. I really will try. I would love to be your friend, Eva- I mean Lily. I know that we can be the best Heads ever!"

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"Is Evans going to give Prongs a second chance? Because, see, the thing is, I know that he was a prat before, but he really has changed. He's grown up a lot. I know that he really upset her in third year and everything, but he would never do something like that now. Truly."

"I honestly don't know. She was so mad at him. For that and the way he tortured Snape. They knew each other before school started. He told her about Hogwarts and magic, and she helped him- with stuff. I'm not going to tell you what, so don't ask. I don't like him much, but that doesn't mean that I think that you should torture him. Anyway, she isn't really friends with him anymore, although I suspect that she wouldn't appreciate it if Potter or the rest of you continued to attack him." Henri paused, and looked directly at Sirius for the first time.

"You do know that we don't always start those fights, don't you? He's attacked us plenty of times. And he's done stuff that was really mean to Moony."

Henri looked at him curiously, noticing that there was a look of guilt and shame on Sirius's face, as though he blamed himself for some of the things that Snape had done. After a moment she answered him, "It's one thing when it's self-defense. But you have to admit that he doesn't start everything."

"Fair enough. What on earth is taking Prongs and Evans so long?"

"What are those stupid nicknames? Actually, don't tell me, I don't want to know. Here they come," Henri stood and went to greet her friend, saying, "Come on, lets go to the platform. The others should be arriving soon. You two took forever! And I was left here with Black."

"You're forgetting that I can't stay with you. I've got to go to the prefect meeting. I'm sort of running it! I'll come with you to find a compartment, but I can't stay."

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"James, wait," Lily called out to her fellow Head as he started to return to his compartment after their meeting with the prefects.

He turned, "Yes Evans, I mean Lily."

"I just wanted to say that you did a good job in there. Last year's Head Boy didn't do as well, at least in my opinion, and he'd already been a prefect for two years. Oh, and don't forget that we have a meeting with Dumbledore after the feast.

"Thanks for the reminder. And thanks for giving another chance. I promise to do better. Or at least to try."

Lily nodded, then said, "Yeah. I don't know if I can completely trust you yet, not after, well, everything, but you have a chance. Good luck."

With that the two teens turned and walked to the compartments where their friends were.

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As Lily entered her compartment she was attacked. Her friends, Laura Rabnott, Ruth Kent, and Sarah Johnson all jumped on her, hugging her and demanding that she tell them about her summer and the meeting.

"Can I please sit down? I know you all missed me since I am after all the most wonderful person you know, but please, give me little breathing room!" Lily was laughing delightedly, having forgotten just how much she liked her friends.

"My summer was fine, as made clear by the fact that I am here. I am here, aren't I?" she asked voice filled with fake worry. "Anyways, I'm sure that Henri told some stuff, I was with her for the last three weeks! And I saw all of you just a week before that."

"So what?" exclaimed Sarah, "You hadn't gotten your letter yet, and we want to hear it from you."

"It's not all that exciting. I got a letter, it said that I was head girl, and then I stated crying upon the discovery that James is Head Boy."

All the other girls stared at her. Laura was the one to ask the question in all of their minds. "James? You haven't called him that since before the Game! What happened?"

"Oh," replied Lily looking slightly flustered, "We decided that since we'll be working together this year we ought to use first names. It's not a big deal."

"Of course not. The fact that you just used the first name of someone who you despise and haven't had a normal conversation with in four years, ever since the Game really, is not a big deal? Who are you and what have you done with Lily?" asked Sarah.

Lily looked at her friends who were all looking at her expectantly. "I'm giving him a second chance. It's been four years, maybe he's changed."

"I think you like him," announced Laura.

"WHAT? I do not like Potter! Have you forgotten the Game and what he did to me?" Lily cried in horror.

"No, but I also haven't forgotten that you had a crush on him before that," answered Laura defensively.

"Well, you know Lily, she is sort of right. You did like him, even if you don't anymore. But, you know, Laura, things do change," Henri said, acting as peacemaker as usual.

"Exactly," agreed Lily, nodding vigorously. Then, in an attempt to get the attention off herself she asked, "So, Laura, how was your summer?"

"It was pretty good," came the reply, followed by a chuckle. "Have you seen Amos Diggory? He is SO hot! And he's really sweet too. I really like him. I can honestly say that I've never felt this way about any other guy."

The other girls exchanged looks; this happened to Laura a lot. Every time that she had a crush she would tell them that she had never felt this way. It was a speech that they all knew by now. The only change was that every month, sometimes more often the guy's name would change.

As the girls began to discuss Diggory and the summers that they had had, Lily thought to herself, 'maybe this year won't be as bad as I expected.'

Author's note: That is the longest chapter I've ever written. Umm, I have to tell you that I don't know how often this will be updated. It might be every week, but it might not. Sorry about that. Also, I want to thank all of the lovely people who either reviewed this or put it on their alerts/favorites.