A/N: Thanks for the reviews, they helped a lot. Well, what are you waiting for! Go ahead read, that's why I typed it, isn't it? Lol.

Chapter 3

" Friends?"

'What the bloody hell? Why Potter? Anyone but Potter,' Lily thought, sitting stock straight in her chair, mouth open, eyes burning imaginary holes in the body of her new professor. Lily closed her mouth, turned to Amanda and narrowed her eyes at her.

" Did you hear what I just heard?" she asked still scowling with the utmost hatred she could summon.

Amanda smirked and said, " Yes Lily, get over it, he is your partner, and you have to deal with it."

Lily raised her eyebrows at her friend and then replied angrily, " Oh no I won't! Hell no, there is no possible way I will be his partner!"

-1 Hour Later-

" I cannot believe that I am going to be your partner," Lily said as she followed James, who was leading them rather skillfully to their assigned dormitory, examining the map carefully.

James smiled and said, " Me either, I thought you surely would've killed me by now,"

She made a grunting noise as they began to climb the stairs up to the seventh floor, " It's against the bloody rules to hurt another student, and the least thing I need to add to my horrible life would be to get expelled and have to go back to my bloody parents,"

They turned a corner and went down a small flight of stairs and then walked up to a large red door, James opened it and proceeded to walk through, Lily following close behind.

" And what's so bad about your 'bloody parents'?" he asked, stopping and looking at the map closer, he looked to his right and then to his left and then back at the map.

" Nothing, they just get on my nerves sometimes; all parents do, besides it's none of your business, Potter," she snapped, stopping behind him and waiting for him to continue.

James looked up once more and turned to the right. As they climbed another flight of stairs he replied, " Hey, I was just asking, sorry if I'm curious. You don't need to snap at me, it's not like I arranged us to be partners."

She continued to follow him, walking briskly with her head held high and her arms crossed, she wouldn't be surprised if he had!

After a few moments they walked up to a canvas with a picture of a orange and white striped cat sitting on a red chair on its neck it bore a blue collar with a gold pendant that read, 'Fluffy' , " Hurry up and make a password so I can go back to sleep," Fluffy said stretching, and yawning.

James looked at Lily and shrugged, " Well, what do you want it to be?"

Lily appeared in deep thought when she replied breathlessly and sounding a bit annoyed, " I don't know, what's your favorite food?"

" Chocolate," he replied smiling at her, she had stopped scowling and now was just looking at him as if he was tolerable... barely tolerable.

She looked at the cat and then back at James, as she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, " Well, since yours is chocolate and mine is strawberries then why don't we use, 'Chocolate Covered Strawberries'?"

James raised his eyebrows and shrugged again, " Sounds good to me,"

" So 'Chocolate Covered Strawberries' it is eh?" the cat asked.

" Yes, now will you please let us in?" Lily snapped at Fluffy.

Fluffy narrowed her eyes, waved her tale angrily and hissed, " Fine,"

The canvas swung open and the two walked in, admiring the beauty of their newly acquired common room.

It was a large square room with crimson red walls and golden curtains covering a large sliding glass door which appeared to lead to a balcony of some type. To the left of the glass door was a large oak desk with a matching oak chair, on the right was three ceiling to floor bookshelves filled with assortments of both educational and recreational books. The floor was covered by plush off white carpet that cushioned your feet as you stepped onto it. Directly in front of them was a large oak door and a red love seat facing the glass door. In the middle of the room on the soft carpet was the Gryffindor crest, and on top this crest was a glass table.

Lily was amazed at how extravagant the room was, and just for a month they would be occupying it, it just didn't seem logical enough to build such a nice common room that would be used for only four weeks. She walked towards the oak door and opened it revealing a golden carpeted hallway with crimson red walls to match the common room. She stood at the door way and noticed that straight ahead was a door with a moon emblem, Lily guessed that this was the bathroom. To her left was a red door, and to her right was a gold door, 'These must be our bedrooms, wonder which one is mine' Lily thought to herself as she walked over towards the golden door and swung it open.

The room was carpeted with the same soft off white plush carpet, and wall coloring as the common room had. Directly in front of her was a tall red oak four poster bed with a golden quilt covering it, the quilt was shining in the faint light that was escaping the bay window to her right, making it quite clear that it was satin. On the middle of the quilt was a red diamond, and in the center of this red diamond was a golden 'L', obviously stating that this room belonged to Lily, and Lily alone. There were also four equally shiny golden pillows resting at the top of her bed with the same red diamond and golden 'L' emblem on each of them. At the end of her mesmerizing bed was a large chest, probably holding extra pillows and sheets.

She smiled as she ran over to her new found bed flinging her self onto the soft, silky material and inhaling the refreshing smell of just-washed blankets. Grudgingly she lifted herself off of her bed and walked towards her wardrobe, which sat opposite of her bay window. Lily opened the wardrobe's doors and was surprised to see all of her clothes had been already placed there, along with her shoes, socks and, shockingly, her undergarments.

Forgetting about her wardrobe, she turned on her heal and walked to the other side of the room, seating herself at her new desk. Opening the drawers she soon discovered that her extra bottles of ink, many quills, and several scrolls of parchment, were stored safely, and, may I add, very orderly, in separate drawers.

Lily raised her eyebrows in pleasant surprise as she stood up and walked out of her room, returning to the common room, where, to her misfortune, sat James scanning the spines of each of the books that were held by their new bookcases; most likely searching for one on quidditch.

" Have you discovered your room yet, or are you too blindly ignorant to acknowledge the door leading to it?" she asked, smirking, as she sat down on the couch and opened her bag; pulling out her Transfiguration homework.

James rolled his eyes and turned towards her, " Can you, perhaps, try saying something that is at least reasonably considerate to me, maybe just once and awhile? And yes, I have discovered my room and the bathroom, as a matter of fact,"

She looked up at him and narrowed her eyes in disgust, " Why in the name of Merlin did we have to be paired together?"

James shrugged and returned to the bookshelf, " Aha! Here it is," he said, more to himself, as he pulled out a thick book with the words: Transfiguration Guide Volume 6: printed neatly on it. " And I believe that we were paired together because of your obvious hatred towards me, sort of like the professors expect this project to make us more... friendly, towards each other; although it is your fault that we don't get along, I've been willing to forget and move on for an entire year." James regretted saying this almost instantly, for Lily slammed her book shut and looked at him with the most disgusted look ever.

" Oh, really! It's my fault is it," she said angrily, he had done it this time, he really had. " It's my fault that you set loose a spider in my compartment! It was my fault that you spread a rumor about me and my 'toilet' incident! It was my fault that you ruined my entire first, and second year!" she shouted, standing up and walking over to him, now directly in front of his face. " It was my fault that you turned me completely against you, and forced me to hate you with all of the burning passion that I can summon! It was my fault that now every girl accept Mallory and Amanda, think I am some psychopath freak that goes around using the boys bathroom for no apparent reason? I think not!" she screamed at the top of her lungs prodding James in the chest with her index finger.

He seemed frozen, shocked at the way she had proved him wrong he had dropped his book onto the table and was opening and shutting his mouth, obviously at a loss for words.

" Yeah, but... but... but... yeah but...-" James faltered

She glared at him again and shouted, " But what? ' But I can't help the fact that I'm an arrogant, unkind, git?' Is that what! Huh!"

James looked at her once beautiful face, that had now turned into a horrifying face, she was hot when angry, but terrifying when she was pissed. He didn't know whether to argue further or to just let it go, knowing James and how his mind sometimes was very blank, he chose the entirely wrong answer.

" No, actually I was going to say, that if you hadn't of punched me in the face on the train than maybe I would've stopped being mean to you!" he shouted, now angry, " But I restrained myself because I knew it would be very rude to say that, after all I was the one who made you do it! And you know what else! Time and time again I have tried to talk to you, I have tried to become friends with you, I have tried to get you alone so I could apologize, but would you listen? Hell no! You are so damn right set on hating me you cannot see that I have changed! As I am now, I would never think of setting loose a spider on you, but I did then and you won't let it go! But I don't care anymore, I give up!" and with that he stormed out of the common room and into his bedroom, slamming his door shut so hard that a small vase slid off of the table and shattered.

Lily stood there in the middle of their new common room shocked and surprised at the same time. Coming out of her trance she sat down on the red couch and put her head in her hands and started to cry. At first it was just a sniffle, but then it began to get louder and louder, until she was sure he would hear, so she decided that she would retreat to her room.

Lily bolted up her door and walked over to her bed, she lied face down and started to sob into the quilts. Suddenly she realized who and what she was crying over, but why was the question. Why did she care that he was mad at her, shouldn't she be happy? Wasn't it her goal to make him leave her alone? Why did she feel regret for turning down his offer to go to Hogsmeade with him? Why did she cry over her worst enemy that she had hated for the past 5 years?

Because, you like him. And this time you know I'm right.

Shut up, you only make things worse.

So does that mean that you agree with me?

...no... I don't like him.

Why are you crying over him then?

B-because he hurt my feelings...

Has anyone ever told you that you can't lie? ... Because you can't. I know you like him.

No I don't and I never will! ... well ... maybe I do... NO I DO NOT LIKE HIM! ... never... never... never...

What's so bad about him anyways? He has changed you know.

Yeah, he has hasn't he?

Yes, and he's cute too.

He is isn't he? ... Oh Merlin, what am I thinking! I do not, DO NOT like James Potter! I am not falling for him!

Yes, you are, fast and hard too.

No no no no no. It isn't possible!

Yes, indeed, it is!

This is insane, after all he has done to me why would I fall for him? Give me a good reason.

He loves you.

... er ... okay, erm ... give me another one.

He admitted, in a way that he was very sorry for what he had done to you.

Fine name five then! Ha, I know you can't do that.

Okay, so 1. He loves you, 2. He admitted in his own way that he was sorry for the pain he has caused you, 3. He is only attracted to one girl, and that one girl knows he will not take anyone but herself, that one girl being you. 4. You have finally realized that you like him back. And 5. You two are destined for each other.

Okay ... so I like do him.. but just a little! A smidgen ... a whole lot... no just a smidgen!

Lily had stopped crying and was now sitting on the edge of her bed, dabbing her tears away. She grabbed her diary out of her bag and started to write in it;

September 5th

Friday 7:15 P.M.

Dear Diary,

It's amazing how you can hate someone one minute and find yourself deeply caring for them another. I really don't know when it dawned on me, but... I sadly admit that I am falling for James Potter. I swear, no sooner had we moved into this dorm together, my feelings for him had begun to change immensely. We had a huge fight about fifteen minutes ago and now he, I am sure, totally hates me. What am I to do? Should I just go on acting like I hate him? Or should I tell him? Maybe I should just take it slow and go apologize, after all, I did say some pretty nasty things to him that I now regret. Yes, I do believe that's what I shall do.

A very confused...

Lily Evans.

Lily shoved her diary back into her bag and lied back down, she needed to think. What had made her like James all of the sudden? Just an hour ago she wanted him to fall over the nearest cliff, and now she wished that they were friends. Her thoughts were interrupted by a quiet knock on her door.

She took a deep breath, she knew it was him, and walked over to her door. Lily cracked it open and peeked through only to find a very glum-looking James standing a few inches away.

"...Yes?" she asked quietly, almost in a whisper.

" May I come in? Or do you wish to come out?" he asked politely, half smiling.

She gulped down air and nodded, opening the door and allowing him to come in. " Yeah, you can come in,"

He nodded his head in thanks and sat down on her bed, she followed and sat down on the far end of it, trying to stay as far away as possible. Lily was staring at her feet but she noticed him looking at her.

" Well, I'm pretty sure that you don't want to talk to me right now," he began giving a fake laugh. Lily ignored it and continued to look at her feet. " If you didn't hate me before then I'm sure you do now," with that Lily snorted accidently and then coughed to cover it up. " But, I just thought that I should come in here and say I'm sorry. You were completely right, It was my fault. I should have never even thought of doing something like that to you. And I really am sorry for ruining half of your school years here."

She shook her head and looked up at him, finally meeting his eyes, which were very dull and tired-looking. " No, I wasn't right, it wasn't all your fault, after all I do hold grudges. And I don't hate you, I'm very sorry that you think I do though, I was sure you'd hate me by now." She noticed a certain spark light up his eyes. " I'm sorry too, ... for the ass I have been for the past two years."

James smiled at her and shook his head slightly, " It's fine, you had a reason to be," he extended his hand to her and continued, " friends then?"

Lily smiled back and took it, feeling his firm hand grasp her own and a wave of excitement and happiness overwhelm her, " Friends,"

A/N: Hmm, it seems that fights actually help relationships rather than make them worse, doesn't it? Ha ha ha. Well, I sure hope you enjoyed this! They will be receiving their seed for the project in the next chapter. Please please review! Thank you so much!

Lissy