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A/N: Er, well that was a rather weird disclaimer. . .okay. Since we're not allowed to put song lyrics in our stories, I'll just give the title and artist/band of the song and, if you want, you can go and find the lyrics and read them yourself. Any lyrics I recommend go fairly well with the whole Lily/James thing. I don't own the songs either.

Song lyrics: "Just the Girl" by The Click Five (story title named after this song, goes really well with the story).

Revised: 8/1/06

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Chapter Two

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"Don't. Call. Me. Lilyflower. . . .and definitely not Lils!" Lily yelled to James as he and the rest of the Marauders walked off to the Great Hall the next morning.

James chuckled and turned his head, flashing her a grin and a wave. Lily stood stock still, shaking with anger.

"Well, it looks like your running out of names for Evans, James." Sirius amused.

James smirked,"Oh, I think I can think of a few more."

Remus rolled his eyes,"And I'm sure none of them are perverted in any way, are they, James?" He asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Of course not, Remus." James replied back smoothly.

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"What do we have first?" Peter asked.

"Potions with Slughorn, of course. Wonderful class to start the morning off. Nothing like chopping up dragon liver or shriveled unicorn eyes- Oh, and we can't forget Slughorn's speech about every slug club member, can we? Looks like you be getting a full biography on me today, boys." Sirius said looking bored just speaking about the class.

The others chuckled."You know, Sirius, I bet unicorn eyes are better, because they're all dried out." Peter pointed out.

"But they stink." Sirius pointed out.

"So? You don't have to feel slimy dragon liver." James said agreeing with Peter.

"You can put on gloves." Sirius argued.

"They'll still feel all squishy." Peter said. James and Remus nodded thoughtfully.

"That's because you three are just squeamish prats." Sirius said. He held his hands up and then started in a high-pitch voice,"Oh! It's so squishy! Ahhh! I think I'm going to be sick! Ugh. I'm feel faint because I'm such a sque- bloody Dumbledore!" Sirius yelled as someone taped him on the shoulder.

He turned around to find an amused Professor Mcgongall,"Mr. Black if you are quite finished, it would be best to head to class."

"Er, right, Mcgongall. We were just heading in that direction." Sirius said weakly.

Mcgongall nodded with a smirk threating to play on her lips, before walking off.

James was the first to break the silence,"Ha-ha! You called us squeamish!"

"Oh, stuff it." Sirius muttered, beginning to walk off.

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"Welcome to fifth year potions! I am Professor Slughorn, head of Slytherin house. Potions is a hard skill, but I think you will find it's worth it. Especially if your career depends on it." Professor said jovially as he stood at the front of the room.

"It's the same speech every year. The only thing that changes is the year." Sirius muttered to the Marauders. They snickered but stopped as they got death glares from Lily and also from Severus Snape. Sirius and James glared back at him.

"Oh, will you two stopping having a glaring contest? I feel sorry for the girl who has to sit in between the three of you. Her head would be burned off right now if your glares were lasers." Remus asked irritated. He didn't want them goofing off then have their cauldron explode. Not again.

"Today, we will be learning how to make a love potion. It is not nearly as strong as the Amortentia potion, but it is still very important that you don't drink from any of the cauldrons. Can anyone tell me how the potion works?. . .ah, yes. Miss Evans?"

"The maker puts a strand of their hair in the potion. When a person drinks from it, they will fall in love with whose ever hair is in the potion. The potion takes about thirty minutes to take effect." Lily stated.

Professor Slughorn beamed,"Ten points to Gryffindor, Miss Evans!"

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"Remember class, put one strand of hair in your potion, no more, no less. . .Miss Vance!" Professor Slughorn cried as he saw her drop five strands of hair into her potion.

"Wonderful, Miss Evans! This is exactly what the love potion is suppose to look like!" Professor Slughorn cried happily as he walked by Lily's cauldron.

James looked up from his lumpy love potion to Lily. She had her head down embarrassed with a small tint of red in her cheeks. He smirked as Professor Slughorn continued,"Yes, you are marvelous at potions Miss Evans! You must join the rest of the Slug members at the dinner tomorrow night."

Lily's head snapped up,"Er, well, sir, I was planning on doing some homew-"

"Splendid! Just splendid! It starts at 6:00 PM. . .Ah, Mr. Pettigrew, perhaps we should try a different approach next time, eh?" He asked as he walked on to Peter cauldron which was sending sparks of fire out every once and a while. "Yes, yes I think that would- ah!" Slughorn yelped as a spark landed on his robes, setting them on fire.

Everyone froze as they watched the flames grow larger. Peter gulped and sent a jet of water from his wand to Slughorn. . .it didn't stop, instead, water just kept flowing out of his wand.

Slughorn sputter,"Mr. Pettigrew I think the flame is out now.You can stop the water!"

"I- I'm trying, sir! It won't stop!" Peter sputtered as well. The water was flowing out even more violently, getting out of control.

Screams were heard as the students ran around slipping on the water.

"Calm down, class, calm d-" Slughorn shouted just before slipping in a water puddle. He fell unconcious.

"Er. . .Professor Slughorn?" Lily asked as she walked up to him. He didn't answer. Lily glared at Peter's wand,"What did you do, Pettigrew?"

"I don't know! I said the spell for some water because my potion was shooting sparks and now the water won't stop. . .Oops." Peter added as his wand flew out of his hands and fell to the floor, water still pouring out.

Lily sighed and muttered "boys" to herself, before walking to the wand cautiously.

"AHHH, PETTIGREW, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Lily screamed as she too fell to the floor in an inch of water.

Peter climbed to the top of a desk as James, Remus, Emma, and Alice yelled Lily's name.

"I'll save you Evans!" James said jumping down to the flooded floor. He slowly made his way to Lily. . .only to slip and fall as well,"OWWW! PETER, HOTHEAD EVANS, ISN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Lily sat up and crossed her arms,"You sure know how to save someone, Pothead. Even though I don't need saving." she added quickly.

James sat up as well and grinned at Lily,"Nice outfit, Lily."

Lily scowled as she realized what he meant. Her white shirt was soaked. Lily huffed and splashed water at him.

James laughed and stood up, only to be pushed down by Lily. He spat water out of his mouth and glared her before pulling Lily back down as well.

Lily choked as she gulped down some of the water along with some potion from Remus' overturned cauldron near by. She looked a little dazed for a second before getting up,"Alright, who knows where Pettigrew's wand is?" She was answered with silence. The room was just about empty except for Emma and Alice, who were waiting loyally for Lily, the Marauders, and an unconcious Professor Slughorn.

The group began to seearch frantically for the wand as the water reached their knees.

Sirius froze and peered down into the water,"Something just touched me, guys."

"Oh, stop being such a baby, Black." Emma scoffed and walked over to her desk and peeking under it.

"I'm not a baby! I felt something touch me!"

Remus gasped in fake suprise,"Oh, Merlin! Do you think-? Maybe-? No! Maybe the water's touching you?"

"Har, bloody, har. Something else touched- There it is again!" Sirius said, jumping slightly.

Lily began to say that Sirius was going insane when James spoke,"Er, what happened to Professor Slughorn's glass tank of Grindylow?

Everyone spun around to where James was standing. Next to him was a shattered glass tank.

"Oh. My. God." Remus said slowly.

"See? I wasn't lying!" Sirius said.

"Quick, find a table or anything out of the water." Lily shouted scrambling onto an upside down cauldron.

The other also followed as well.

"Hey! There's Peter's wand!" Alice exclaimed happily, then less happier,''Along with the grindylow's. . . .great! Their playing what looks like a game of hot potatoe or maybe grindylow in the middle with it."

The teenagers sighed.

"Wait, I've got it! Accio, Peter's wand!" James commanded.

"Potter, no!" Lily yelled.

"Wha. . .?" James started to say, but trailed off as he saw his mistake. "Bloody- !"

One of the grindylows came with the wand,"Nice, Grindy. Nice, Grindy. That's right. . .nice. . .grindy. . .oh, you little twit! Give me the bloody wand!" James said through gritted teeth.

The creature growled.

"Did you just growl at me?" James asked, outraged at the creature.

"Grindy" nodded evilly.

James huffed,"You're going to regret growling at me." He said before grabbing the wand. Bringing the Grindylow with it.

Remus hit his forehead,"James. . ."

Lily shook her head in disbelieve,"You are so daft, Potter."

The grindylow tackled James making them roll around on the table, just about knocking them over,"Give it to me! Go find a bat heart or withered horklumpto throw around with your other friends!" James yelled.

"Stupefy!" Sirius pointed his wand at the fight. . .only to stun James.

"Sirius!" Remus yelled.

"Oops. Oh well, it can't get any worse. . .oh well, I guess it can." Sirius said thoughtfully as the grindylow took Peter's wand and jumped into the water, back to his other Grindylow buddies. The table flipped over, bring James with it, into the water.

Lily sighed and rolled her eyes,"Only you can do something so dense, Potter."

"Someone has to get him! He'll drown!" Alice yelled.

"Peter, you go." Remus said.

"W- What? Why me?"

"Because this is your fault!"

"I. . .er, I can't swim." Peter lied.

"You seemed perfectly capable of swimming when Sirius tossed your bagel out in the lake in third year." Remus said bluntly.

"Oh, well I guess I can, but I have. . .bathophobia!" Peter yelled.

"You have a fear of depth?" Remus asked.

"Yeah!"

"Oh, for Merlin's sake Peter! The lake is hundred times deeper then this water!"

"The grindylows will strangle me though!" Peter said looking warily at the grindylows playing Grindylow in the Middle with his wand.

Remus sighed in frustration,"Fine. We'll. . .distract them."

Peter hesitantly nodded before slowly dipping his left foot into the water, before quickly pulling it out.

"What's wrong now?" Emma asked, annoyed.

"It's cold."

"Oh, well, let's just let it warm up for your convenience while James drowns, eh?" Emma exclaimed, then threw a potions book at Peter's head, making him fall into the water.

"Ugh. . .cold!" Peter moaned as he made his way to James.

"Sirius, help me distract the grindylows." Remus said as the creatures began to notice James and Peter.

"Okay, sure. Here Grindy, Grindy. Here Grindy, Grindy." Sirius called to the Grindylows, waving a shiny piece of glass at them.

Lily rolled her eyes,"Black, they're not nifflers! They don't care about shiny objects!"

"It's worth a try!" Sirius grumbled. "Okay, Grinds, old friends, I'm going to tell you a joke." Sirius started,"Okay, what do you call a bat, three dragons, and 5 doxies?"

Remus moaned,"Not that joke, Sirius! It doesn't make a bit of sense."

Sirius huffed.

The grindylows began to swim to James and Peter,"Everyone go to plan B." Remus commanded, picking up a quill and two rolls of parchment.

They raised their eyebrows at him,"What's plan B?"

"Throw anything you can find at them." Remus said, chucking the rolls of parchment at them.

The grindylows looked outraged at Remus and began to swim towards him. Remus shrunk back,"Okay, new plan."

"What, Mr. Planman?" Sirius asked, throwing a half-eaten apple at one of the grindylows.

"Paddle to the door and try to open- ah! Get off me, you little buggers!" Remus exclaimed, as they pulled at his sleeve.

"Stay calm, Remus! They'll only suffocate you faster!" Sirius called.

Remus stopped struggling for a moment,"Sirius, they aren't devil snare plants! They won't stop if you calm down! Hey! Give me back my wand!" Remus said, playing a rough game of tug-o-war with the grindylows.

By this time Peter had got James to safety,"Okay, James is taken care of. Oh, Remus, why are they after you?" He asked clearly oblivious to what had happened while he was away saving James.

Remus ignored Peter and tried to paddle the table away from the grindylows.

Sirius whistled,"Geez, Remus. You sure know how to get them mad. What did they ever do to you?"

"What?" Remus asked exasperated.

Sirius didn't answer as a jar hit him in the back,"Black, this isnt Remus' fault! Don't blame him!" Lily yelled.

Remus blinked at her,"Thanks. . .Lily."

Lily smiled at him,"Yeah. Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy!" Lily yelled to the grindylows.

"Well, the grindylows are taken care of. Great team work, guys." Sirius said examining the grindylows.

The others gaped at him,"What exactly did you do, Black?" Emma asked.

"I distracted the grindylows!" He protested.

They snorted,"You said a bad joke." Remus pointed out,"Oh, and threw a half-eaten apple at them. Which was way off aim, landing on Professor Slughorn's head."

"Yeah! And Remus risked his life distracting them." Lily cried.

Everyone turned to her,"What?" She asked.

"Er, Peter?" Remus started.

"Yeah?"

". . ."I think the grindylows had a little too much fun with your wand." Remus said, weakly holding up Peter now two-piece wand.

"My. . .w- wand! I- It's broken!" Peter whispered, floating by Remus' desk on his desk,"Mum's going to ground me till I'm dead and in my grave."

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"It's quite alright, Peter. Just be a bit more. . .careful next time." Slughorn said to Peter as he apologized in the hospital wing twenty minutes later.

James had been unstunned. The potions room had been dried. The grindylows had also been unstunned and put back into their tank.

Everyone was fine though, except for a few bruises and scrapes. . .well, Lily was acting a bit weird.

She sat as close to Remus as she could, gazing and sighing dreamily at him. All the while making Remus uncomfortable, James mad, and the rest of the group confused.

"Maybe we should head back to the common room." Remus suggested since classes had been cancelled for the rest of the day, much to the students delight.

Lily beamed at him,"That's a wonderful idea, Remus! You're brilliant!" She said, hugging him.

Everyone gapped at her.

James turned away, clutching a pillow from one of the hospital beds tightly.

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"Well. . .this has been an. . .interesting experience, eh?" Emma asked nervously, trying to get rid of the awkward silence. Lily was still fawning over Remus as they walked into the Gryffindor Common Room.

They sat down at the couches surrounding the fireplace.

Silence.

Lily sighed dreamily at Remus.

Silence.

Lily scooted closer to Remus, who jumped slightly at her movement.

Silence.

Lily sighed again at Remus.

Silence.

"Are you alright, Lily?" Remus asked as he snatched his hand away from Lily.

She smiled at him,"Yeah. I'm perfect. Your eyes are pretty."

Remus chuckled nervously and scooted to the edge of the couch.

James fingered his wand in his pocket.

The girls eyebrows rose.

Sirius snorted,"Yes, Remus. You have absolutely beautiful eyes."

"Shut up, Sirius." Remus hissed.

Silence.

Lily sighed again and scooted to Remus.

Remus scoots away from her again, only to fall of the couch. Lily leaned over the couch with a look of concern,"Are you alright, Remus?"

"Er, yeah." Remus said sitting on the couch again, as far from Lily as possible.

Silence.

Lily giggled adoringly as Remus blinked,"You blink nice too."

"Yeah, Remus. You blink nice-"

"Shut up, Sirius!" James hissed this time.

Remus turned to James to give him a grateful look, only to find James glaring furiously at him. Uh, oh.

Silence.

"I wish I could blink like you." Lily stated dreamily.

Remus cleared his throat nervously.

"Yeah, Remus you're so dreamy." Sirius said, mocking Lily. She didn't seem to notice since she was too busy staring at Remus.

"Oh, for Merlin's sake, why don't you just marry him?" James muttered dulfully.

Lily did something much worse right then, though. Something that made Peter give a high-pitch squeal. Something that made Emma and Alice exclaim, "Lily!". Something that made Sirius fall of the couch laughing. Something that made James stand up furiously, pointing his wand at Remus. Something to make Lily smile dreamily. Something that made Remus just about have a heart attack.

That something was kiss him.

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A/N: Revised: 8/1/06