Summary: He thought she hated him. She thought she was just bragging rights. He kept missing his chances. She was running away scared. A story of love that follows Lily and James from 6th year until graduation. R/R!
Disclaimer: So no one sues me, I'm not JKR, I could never compare to JKR and you all know that. She is the almighty goddess of all things Harry Potter/magic. Her riches are not mine. Enjoy!
(A/N: So EndlessMemories suggested that, since I am not a very quick updater, that I should put a previous chapter summary at the beginning of each chapter. I did this for the end of Hogsmeade Kiss and it did work well, so I thought I'd have a go at it again.)
Chapter Twelve Summary: The Daily Prophet is reporting that Voldemort is getting much stronger and so much fear is building up around his mysterious persona that many are beginning to get to afraid to say his name. Lily is living with Aurelia and not speaking to Petunia much. She has to go back to her house one final time to gather her belongings. Remus and Sirius are basically living with James over the summer. Remus visited Aurelia often and, during his visits, Lily always hides away until it's time for him to leave. James tries to casually pull information out of Remus about Lily and is concerned for her. Although Sirius is trying to play cool, Remus and James are sure he's fallen hard for Rita. Lily finally breaks down to her friends and tells them the whole story about her and James and how it's been plaguing her the whole summer. Lily got Head Girl (no surprise there) and James got Quidditch captain (another no brainer). But there is a surprise as James gets Head Boy. Sirius, Remus, Rita and Aurelia decide not to let Lily know who the Head Boy is.
Bill Forester was sure September 1st was busier than any other day of the year at Kings Cross Station. It could have been his imagination, but Bill was absolutely positive that there were more funnily dressed people that day than any other. There wasn't much else to do working there for nine years other than to observe the comings and going of people. It also seemed that he saw a lot more of the same people on September 1st.
Usually three rowdy boys he always recognized, all pushing carts full of trunks and covered cages, were passing Bill at that moment. One had untidy black hair and glasses, one always wore a leather jacket, although it was all together too hot for it and the other was always sickly looking with sandy hair. They typically had a short fat one with them also, most often seen with green and brown too small golf pants, but today he seemed to be missing.
"…I feel like I've forgotten something," Bill heard the messy haired one say. "Oh no…my broomstick? How can I be Quidditch captain without my broomstick?"
Bill shoved his pinky finger in his right eardrum, the same side the boys were passing, and rotated it roughly to clean out any earwax buildup. He couldn't have understood them properly, broomsticks and something called Kwitch? They didn't look foreign…
They messy haired boy was rambling on about setting a good example as Kwitch captain and the boy wearing a leather jacket put a hand on his shoulder. "Relax, mate. I saw you pack and re-pack it three times. And if you did forget something, Hallie can owl it to you in less than a day."
Bill looked at the stations dirty concrete and shook his head. Owl it? Owl as a verb? When Bill looked up to continue listening to the boy's conversation, they had disappeared.
Sirius, Remus and James had emerged at the other side of Platform 9 ¾, slowing to a walk as the sight of the scarlet steam engine filled their eye line and the smell of smoke began to burn their nostrils.
"Why are you so fidgety?" Sirius asked, looking at James as he danced in place, gazing around the station.
Remus grinned mischievously and leaned over to Sirius, saying in a loud whisper, "Because he's going to see Lily and spend most of his time with her this year."
James glared. "That is so no – oh! There she is!" James pointed across the station at a red haired dot. Immediately he ran his hand through his hair, but stopped halfway through, having to untangle it from his luscious locks. Many girls stopped to admire his stupidity. After James had composed himself, he said, "I better tell her I'm Head Boy, wait for the screams of fury."
As James took a step, Remus flung out his arm in front of James' chest to stop him from proceeding. "I have a better idea," Remus said devilishly. "Don't talk to her until you get in the Heads compartment. Pin your badge on right before you get in. She won't scream at you, trust me."
Sirius shook his head in wonder. "Brilliant, Moony. What else is crammed in that tiny head of yours?"
Remus ignored him and continued consulting James. "Don't act arrogant or be a prat."
"I've learned my lesson there," James said heavily and became lost in his memories.
Sirius rolled his eyes and made gagging noises. Remus pat James' head like one would do to a dog. "I'm off to find Aurelia."
"Hey, Pete has our compartment saved since he came early. Invite Aurelia," Sirius said, then paused, looking down at the ground. "…and Rita, if she wants to."
Remus shared a small smile with James before he headed off. "Let's get our stuff put away, Padfoot, before I have to confront Lily."
"Alright, I'm going to go find Remus," Aurelia said. "Are you two saving a compartment?"
Brushing off a speck of dust on her Head Girl badge, Lily shook her head and said, "No, I need to go to the Heads compartment for a while."
"And I hate saving a compartment by myself," Rita griped. "I'll just go with you, Aurelia."
"What about our compartment?" Aurelia asked.
Rita shrugged. "We can sit with the Marauders."
Rolling her eyes, Lily muttered, "Great."
Glaring, Rita said, "You can sit somewhere else if it bothers you that much. You have like six thousand friends."
"But we always sit together, it's a tradition," Lily retorted, crossing her arms in front of her. "Can you just take my trunk and load it wherever you're sitting? I'll just cope."
Aurelia and Rita agreed and magically lifted Lily's trunk, landing it precariously in Rita's cart. Remus and Sirius appeared a second later. "Hello, ladies," Sirius said, grinning mostly at Rita.
"Hello," the girls responded. "Remus, I can't believe you didn't get Head Boy!" Lily exclaimed straight away.
Shrugging, Remus replied, "It's not a big loss for me, being a Prefect is almost too much to handle."
"But I'll think you'll really enjoy spending some quality time with the new Head Boy," Sirius said, snickering. He stopped when Remus smacked upside the head, causing his smirk to turn into an irate glare towards Remus.
Lily's eyes widened. "You know who got Head Boy? Who is it?" she demanded.
"Let's go!" Rita and Aurelia chimed, pulling Remus and Sirius along quickly with carts in tow.
Sourly Lily watched them leave, then hurried onto the train to see who would be her partner for the year. "Slow down," she warned a few second years who rolled their eyes in response to her warning.
"Already breaking in the Head Girl shoes?" said a voice behind Lily and she turned to see Calypso leaning out of a compartment.
Immediately Lily's heart began to freeze. She had to suppress a glare as she turned and said mechanically, "How was your summer?"
Calypso shrugged and stepped out of her compartment. "Did you stick with my advice about James?" she asked too sweetly.
"I have things I need to do," Lily said, pushing past Calypso to get to the Heads compartment.
"It's okay, we'll talk later!" Calypso called and Lily grit her teeth. She wasn't sure why she had even listened to Calypso in the first place.
Lily entered the compartment to see the usual Prefects plus a few new faces, but no gleaming Head Boy badge. Instantly there were choruses of "Congratulations!" and "I knew you'd get it, Lily!" from everyone but the Slytherins.
Smiling in gratitude, Lily held up her palms to call for silence and began talking. "Alright, I want to get started so you all can get back to your friends. Welcome new Prefects and welcome back old. I'm Lily Evans, your new Head Girl…and the Head Boy seems to be missing."
"So is Remus," piped a 7th year Ravenclaw named Merrik Bancroft.
As soon as Merrik said it, Remus burst in the closed compartment. "Sorry!" he said breathlessly. "There was a fight between a couple of 4th years, had to break it up. James is right behind me, don't worry."
Lily quirked an eyebrow. "Should I be worried? Did he start it or something?"
Remus bit his lip, realizing he misspoke. "You'll see," he finally mustered and James came sidling quietly in the door, the complete opposite entrance performed by Remus.
"Pott – I mean, James…what are you – " Lily's words died in her throat as James turned around, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, standing awkwardly as the Head Boy badge flashed on his chest.
"Potter? Head Boy?" asked Merrik.
"What was Dumbledore thinking…" drawled Bertram Aubrey.
"Did he steal it from the real Head Boy?" asked Ilana Elliot, a 5th year from Hufflepuff.
Gaining a little more confidence, James clasped his hands and rocked back and forth on his heels, surveying all the Prefects. When the chatter died down, James asked dangerously, "Anymore witty remarks at my expense?" He turned to Lily. "I haven't heard anything from you yet." Lily still had her mouth hanging open in shock and all she could do was gesture wordlessly for him to continue. James scrutinized her a second longer before turning back to the Prefects. "You may all think that, with my impeccable pranking record that I do not deserve to wear this badge. You may think I might let more mischief slide by."
James glanced at Lily quickly and began pacing. "But this is not the case. I still have my reputation to uphold. It will not be surpassed by anyone. Now that I've been given authority, I'm not about to abuse it and neither will you. I'll come down twice as hard as any other Prefect if I catch harmful wrongdoing. I hope you can assist me in spreading that to the students of your houses." He paused for emphasis. "Now, I'm going to turn it over to Lily. Full attention, please."
To demonstrate, James turned alertly to Lily and it took her a few moments to find her voice. "Alright then, thank you James. First order of business is the temporary patrol schedule, starting now on the train –"
The rest of the meeting went smoothly and Lily had a good feeling about this year's Prefects. But how did James become Head Boy? Sure he had some leadership qualities, he was admired and respected by the students, but his disciplinary record alone should've prevented him from gaining the position.
Lily shook herself out of her thoughts and realized all the Prefects had gone and James was the only person left in the compartment with her, gathering up parchment, quills and a couple things people left behind. Lily opened her mouth to speak but only a tiny croak came out. She cleared her throat and said, "James…" He stood and turned, tilting his head to the side, looking at her curiously. "C-congratulations on getting Head Boy," she said in a low voice.
Looking relieved, James said, "Thanks, same to you." He paused, looking down at the objects in his hands. "I don't know how I got it."
"You have great leadership qualities, students admire and respect you," Lily said, repeating her earlier thought.
James shrugged, putting down the stuff he had gathered on a seat to sort it better. Lily stood there watching him work for a bit, starting slightly when James asked, "How is this going to work with us?"
Lily sat down heavily, silent for a few moments as she wasn't exactly sure how to answer his question. "We…we can just be friends." She saw James' shoulders slump and Lily got a little irritated. "What did you expect me to say?"
Infuriatingly, James shrugged again. Silence reigned for a few moments before James, still not looking at her, said, "You promised."
Confused, Lily asked, "Sorry?"
Sighing, James finally turned to face her, still crouched in front of the seat, and explained, "You promised it would be the same the next day, you promised we would still be together."
Ice encased her heart and Lily had to take a deep, rattling breath. "Well," she tried to joke, "It was actually a few days later." James just looked at her, no mischievous glint in his eyes. "I," Lily began, looking down at her hands, looking anywhere else to escape James' intense gaze, "I'm sorry. It's…I think you were right about Calypso, but…" Lily paused, not sure how she could put what she was feeling into words. "I don't know. Can we just be friends so we can fulfill our duties?"
James nodded roughly. "Fine. Just friends," he said harshly, collecting the random items left behind and exited the compartment, slamming the door behind him.
Immediately after he left, Lily let out a moan and buried her face in her hands, the tough exterior she was just putting on crumbling. Lily couldn't put how she was feeling into words because she didn't even know what she was feeling. And Lily was sure James thought she was just being –
A thought dawned on Lily…she realized she would have to go sit in the same compartment with him since that's where Rita and Aurelia were. Lily moaned again and banged her head hard against the wall, instantly regretting doing so.
Using every last shred of willpower she contained, Lily got up, collected her belongings and left the compartment, dread and fear weighing down on her lungs and making it hard to breathe.
As soon as Lily closed the door behind her, she turned to be directly face to face with Calypso. "So James is Head Boy? How's that going to work?" she asked, her tone sickeningly sweet.
"Why do you care so much, Calypso?" Lily asked wearily, pushing past her to continue walking down the train.
"What's your problem?" Calypso called to Lily's retreating back. "Did I do something to offend your pretentious nature?"
Lily spun around and glared. "I'm surprised you know a word that big," Lily said and Calypso's mouth dropped. "You did everything wrong. You might've ruined the best thing that ever happened to me."
With that, Lily continued on her way, leaving a stunned Calypso to go back to her compartment silently.
James stepped out from behind the bathroom door where he had slid quickly when he saw Lily exiting the Heads compartment. He had heard the small scuffle between Lily and Calypso and heard what Lily had said. James smiled slightly just thinking about it and leaned against the wall, watching Lily get side tracked into a compartment of giggling 6th year Gryffindors she had tutored a ways down the train.
You might've ruined the best thing that ever happened to me…
Whistling, James shoved his hands in his pockets and meandered down the train to his compartment where he could always hear explosions starting.
Lily finally escaped from the clutches of the gossiping 6th year girls half an hour later, relieved to be going but also dreading going to the Marauders compartment. She didn't want to sit awkwardly with James and she didn't want the people around her to feel awkward. Lily especially didn't want Sirius making any jokes at their expense. It was just strange to be with James and have no clue what her feelings were concerning him. She approached the compartment the Marauders deemed theirs their first year when the group was created and could hear raucous laughter and music.
When Lily entered the compartment, the first thing that caught her attention was Sirius and Rita dancing wildly on a seat. Aurelia was laughing against Remus' chest, both watching Sirius and Rita's antics amusingly. James and Peter were lazily trading Chocolate Frog cards and chuckling every so often whenever Rita or Sirius tripped and nearly fell. The only empty seat was taken by the wireless, blasting some upbeat song about revenging a wizard who beat the singer in a duel.
"Lily!" Rita shouted, waving to her and almost falling off the seat.
"Whoa!" Sirius said, grabbing Rita's hands and pulling her back on the seat close to him, helping her regain her footing. "You alright?"
Rita grinned foolishly and said, "Yeah, thanks for that." She turned away from Sirius and said to Lily, "Just move the wireless over and have a seat."
Climbing over body parts and a trunk or two, Lily made her way to the seat where the music was blasting from. She moved the wireless and, in mid sit, realized the seat saved for her was right next to James.
"Where were you?" Aurelia asked, tapping her fingers in time with the beat of the music on Remus' arm which was casually slung around her. "James and Remus got back ages before you."
Both James and Lily looked at each other at the same time and glanced away nervously just as quick. "I got sucked into Ava, Wanda, Gloria and Marybeth's compartment for a while. What have you guys been up to?"
Remus looked around. "Pretty much this, at least since I've been here." Aurelia nodded to confirm.
The song ended and, laughing, Sirius and Rita collapsed onto the seat they were previously dancing on. "What spurred that entertainment on?" Lily asked, smiling.
Rita shrugged. "Ask him, he's the one who pulled me up on the seat and started boogieing."
"I felt like dancing and a good song came on!" Sirius protested. He copied Remus and slung an arm around Rita. "And I didn't hear you complain," he said to Rita. She grinned and whispered something to him in his ear.
Lily rolled her eyes. James leaned over and nudged Lily, saying, "How long do you think it will take them to realize they're crazy about each other?"
Smirking, Lily surveyed Rita and Sirius. "Before the end of September," Lily said, nodding her head a moment later as if to affirm it.
James smiled back and looked at Rita and Sirius, shaking his head. "Nah…I say around the second to third week of October."
"Hmmm…" Lily said, turning her head to James, startled to see how close he was. "How about fifteen sickles on that?"
James looked surprised. "Betting on your first day as Head Girl?" James shook his head, hair brushing up against Lily's forehead, whistling low. "Wow, Evans…I underestimated you."
"What do you say? Is it a deal?" Lily asked.
Laughing, James stuck out his hand and Lily took it. "Yes, it's a deal. But I'm afraid you're out fifteen sickles."
"Actually, Potter, I think I'll be fifteen sickles richer by the end of September," Lily said, grinning slyly.
They stared at each other for a few more moments before they simultaneously realized that they were still slowly moving their hands up and down in a very vague hand shaking motion. But neither made any move to let go.
James let out a breathy laugh, looking down at their joined hands. "We have a habit of doing this," he said quietly. James rubbed his thumb over the back of Lily's hand and let go, slowly, regrettably and their hands slid away from one another slowly, crawling quietly back onto the owner's laps as if ashamed of their previous act.
Once again, Lily was having trouble breathing. She took a slow, deep breath and looked up from James hand back to Sirius and Rita. They were sitting quite close, talking quietly to each other while Sirius played with Rita's fingers. Lily shook her head. "Can you believe how dense they are?" she said to James. "I guarantee Rita will whine about how she can't read Sirius and has no idea if he likes her or not."
Nodding in agreement, James said, "Yeah, Sirius doesn't share his feelings often, but it's so obvious he cares about Rita more than any other girl he's dated." James watched them a little while longer, then added, "Both idiots, can't believe they haven't realized the other's feelings yet."
Next to Lily, Aurelia snorted loudly. James and Lily turned to see Remus laughing silently and Aurelia posed with a simpering grin. "Why did you just snort?" Lily asked slowly.
Shrugging, Aurelia said, "I think I had a tickle in my nose." With that, Remus let out one bellowing note of laughter, causing Rita and Sirius to break apart momentarily to give him an inquisitive look.
"Well done, Moony!" James said loudly and proudly. "You broke them apart!" Sirius and Rita turned identical shades of red and threw out a few nasty comments before turning back to each other.
Lily was hoping to spend some time alone with her best friends at the feast, but Aurelia insisted on sitting with Remus and Rita didn't want to "cause trouble by arguing" with Aurelia, so Lily once again sat with the Marauders and, once again, was left a spot next to James. "Look on the bright side," Rita whispered to her at one point, "at least this has given you a chance to plan how you two are going to work together for the year."
It was true, but Lily still missed hanging out with her friends and didn't like to watch Rita and Sirius' constant flirting or Remus and Aurelia's touchiness or Peter's gloomy face brought on from being excluded. Lily felt like she had to talk to him to brighten him up which she didn't particularly enjoy since he was quite a creepy and uninteresting person.
All in all, the feast went by quickly and soon the Prefects were rounding up the first years of their house. Lily and James were just about to go help orchestrate the madness when they heard Dumbledore said, "Lily Evans, James Potter, could I see you two for a moment please?"
"Oh God, what did I do wrong?" Lily muttered to herself nervously.
Snickering, James pat her back reassuringly and said, "Relax, you worry too much. Dumbledore was always the easiest professor to deal with whenever I got in trouble. But we're most likely not in trouble," James added hurriedly before the apprehensive look could stretch too far on Lily's face.
"Ah, our new Head Boy and Girl," Dumbledore said once they had reached the staff table, clapping his hands together delightfully. "Congratulations to you both, it was well deserved."
"Thank you, sir," Lily and James said together.
Dumbledore nodded. "I just wanted to inform you about a few things that were not included in the papers sent to you over summer break. You two have your own private Heads common room. It is to be used for Prefect meetings and any other time you would like to use it for personal needs. The password is 'lunascope' and is changed after every Prefect meeting along with the individual house common rooms.
"You and the other Prefects also have the privilege of using a very luxurious bathroom, whose password is 'frog spawn soap' and may be changed at will. You will need to schedule a meeting with the Prefect concerning this information and you need to schedule your own personal patrol schedule to introduce then as well."
Lily and James nodded in understanding. "Is that all, sir?" Lily asked.
Dumbledore nodded and both thanked him and turned away. James stopped after a few steps. Lily slowed and turned to face him. "What's wrong?"
"I…I just realized I need to ask Dumbledore something. You go on, I'll catch up later," James said, already heading back to the staff table.
"But I thought we could go check out the common room before heading back to Gryffindor!" Lily called after James.
James slowed slightly, heart pounding just a little more excitedly than usually. "Sure thing, it won't take very long!" James called back without turning, still heading back into the Great Hall.
The professors were still at the table, conversing quietly. "Sir," James said, catching Dumbledore's attention. "Sorry, sir, but, well, I was just wondering why I got the potion of Head Boy."
Dumbledore analyzed him for a moment over his half moon spectacles. "Do you believe you don't deserve the position?"
James shrugged. "It just seems, with my record…" James trailed off and shrugged lamely again.
Adjusting himself in his chair, Dumbledore said, "Well, I believe in second chances, rather 412th chances for you, Mr. Potter. And it isn't a man's past that matters; it's what he does with his future."
Frowning, James looked at the ground and nodded. Why couldn't Dumbledore just say it instead of giving him some limerick to decode? "I also," Dumbledore continued and James looked up, "saw it as a great opportunity for you and Miss Evans to reconcile your differences to show the student body that even the worst of enemies can one day forgive and forget." Dumbledore leaned forward and said, "Do try not to mess up this golden opportunity I'm giving you," and winked. James nodded slowly and grinned, knowing exactly what Dumbledore was trying to say and glad to have him on his side.
Lily waited for James in the hall outside of the Great Hall while he was talking with Dumbledore and together they headed to their common room. It was very similar to the Gryffindor common room, only smaller with more neutral colors. They right away began rearranging the furniture so it was better suited for meetings and planned how they were going to share the responsibility while levitating furniture. "It's such a waste," Lily said as they were leaving. "I'm honestly not going to use this room often, unless I want to escape the noisy common room when studying."
James felt his cheeks heat up and said with as much normalcy he could muster, "I think you might find a little more use for it."
Lily shrugged. "Yeah, who knows? But I'm very excited for a fresh start this year."
Nodding, James said, "Yeah, it's going to be great."
After a few days, James didn't feel great at all and realized exactly what he was in for. With classes stressing on the extreme importance NEWTS, trying to pull together a successful Quidditch team, Head Boy duties and trying to not get his head over inflated with Lily's renewed, albeit formal, friendship…he was completely overwhelmed.
"Come on, James, we've got to patrol the 5th floor," Remus said, tapping James' arm to get his attention.
James sighed, shuffling the Charms homework and Quidditch plays he had been working on around in hopes to organize it a little better before he left. Sirius looked up from his Muggle Studies homework (only taken to drive his parents insane) and glared. "You guys have to do something again?" He looked around and saw Peter next to him, doodling on his Transfiguration homework and clapped him on the back. "Peter really misses hanging out with you two."
Peter wrinkled his nose. "Hey!" he whined.
Shrugging, James stood and readjusted his robe. "Sorry mate, it's just me and Lily are still trying to iron out the patrol schedule and we have to pick up a lot of the slack. After the first few weeks it will all calm down."
Sirius looked back down at his papers and began hurriedly scribbling stuff. "Whatever. It's just me and Pete only see you guys in the dorm at night and sometimes at meals."
"Relax," Remus said, looking at his watch.
"Yeah we have the whole Quidditch season to hang out, Padfoot," James said, starting to back up towards the door. "See you later, guys."
Remus and James walked out of the common room, heading down two flights of staircases and trying to ignore Peeves' jolly chorus of "Loony Loony Lupin".
"You wanna take the right and I'll get the left?" Remus asked once they had reached the fifth floor landing.
James nodded. "Sounds good. And Moony –" James called before Remus could start turning away. "Thanks for helping me learn the ropes of this whole Prefect-Head Boy thing. I couldn't do it without you."
Remus smiled shamefacedly and punched James' arm. "No problem, you'll just owe me one."
Awkwardly they went their separate ways. James had yet to catch any wrongdoing and that patrol was no different. He was just about to turn around and head back to the common room when he noticed a thin beam of white light stretched over the dark castle floor. The Prefects bathroom door was ajar. James looked up and down the hallway and pushed the door open just enough for him to squeeze through, pulling out his wand and holding it in front of him.
A flowery smell was all James could breathe in and his glasses instantly fogged up from the heat in the bathroom. He quickly swiped his fingers over his glasses lenses and began squinting through the steam; wand still out even though James thought it was unlikely there was any danger.
The steam began to clear and James saw flowing long red hair covering a little of a bare, creamy back. James' mouth dropped and his blood began pounding in his ears. Could it be who he thought it was? If so, it was the best day of James' life. So many wild, wonderful thoughts were racing through James' brain he barely registered the fact that the gorgeous red haired goddess was turning to the side, revealing –
"JAMES!" a shout that sent James' mind spiraling and crashing regrettably back to reality with a jolt. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
James saw Lily snatching up all the clothes she just took off and hurriedly covered herself with them. James shook his head and stumbled, "I, er, saw, door, open…thought, er, danger –"
"WHAT KIND OF DANGER WERE YOU EXPECTING TO FIND IN A PASSWORD PROTECTED BATHROOM AT NINE IN THE EVENING?" Lily screamed.
"I – I, er, well –"
"GET OUT!"
James obeyed, rushing out of the bathroom, tripping over his own feet. He slammed the door shut and leaned against it, catching his breath. A small smile slowly made its way onto his lips and a lovely, tingling shock enveloped him. He walked back to the common room like a zombie, the small strange smile still placed on his lips. He sat down silently and heavily next to Sirius when he got back to the common room and it took Sirius a few moments to realize James was there.
"What happened?" Sirius asked after scrutinizing James for a bit.
James turned his head ever so slowly towards Sirius and did something he never in his life thought he'd do – giggled absurdly.
Sirius stared blankly at his best friend. "Dear God…" he said quietly. "Did you hit your head?"
Quickly James recounted his brilliant story, sighing in the most lovesick way when he finished.
"Do you realize you have the most amazing ammunition to use in your next fight with her?" Sirius said, hands placed casually behind his head.
James came out of his shock long enough to shake his head. "No, that was really embarrassing for her I'm sure. And I want her to see my good side."
Shrugging, Sirius replied, "Well, that's fair, since you've seen many sides of her, two in particular come to mind."
Author Notes: I'd greatly appreciate it, if you have the time, if some of you guys could heavily critique this chapter. I really didn't like it at all. Of course I'll settle for any review submitted ((smiley face))
Alright, I'm in three writing classes currently, one requires weekly essays, another requires me to read novels and then write LAP's over them and the other is Newspaper where I have to write four to five articles every three weeks and then coming for three nights for five hours to put together and edit the layout of my section. So basically I don't have much time to write, but I'm trying my best. Thanks for your patience and, if you have none, I suggest getting a bit, for it is a glorious virtue.