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Sorry that this chapter is quite short but nothing else seemed to fit into it!

Chapter 2-Start of term rituals

Lily pulled on her pajamas and clambered into her warm, four poster bed. Her mind was whirling with bizarre thoughts of the day that she had just had. What on earth had been happening? She had very suddenly become friends, with the boy that she had called her nemesis until today. She had also realised that the very reason that she had called him her nemesis, was because she had had the most enormous crush on him. It had been the only way she could find to hide her feelings. Even Lily herself, had thought that she hated him, until today. How could you like someone that much for six years, and not even know yourself? Lily's head was in a massive mess. Mya crept into the dormitory, looking rather ruffled and lip-bruised. Lily smiled suddenly, and sat up.

"So, I'm not even gonna guess what you and 'Siri darling' have been doing this evening!" Lily burst out laughing as she spoke "Admit it Mi, you've been making out for how long!" Mya blushed, chewed her lip, winced, and shuffled her feet. Lily immediately felt bad for embarrassing her and said, "Oh, Mi, I was only kidding! You and Sirius are perfect for each other, you are."

"You think so?" asked Mya, instantly back to normal, "You don't think he'll just throw me aside? Like his other tarts?"

"No, of course he won't!" Lily chuckled "He's absolutely smitten with you! He just lights up when you're there. Anyway, if he did finish you, which I find highly unlikely, he would have the fully fledged anger of Lily Evans to deal with!"

"Aw, thanks Lily! Anyway," Mya fluttered her eyelashes and said in a daft voice "I'm far too gorgeous for him to finish!" Mya laughed her tinkling laugh.

Lily smiled at her friends antics, Mya was attacking her bed in a ridiculous manner, 'checking it for creatures'. She was interrupted in the middle of this 'start of term ritual' when their other best friend walked into the dormitory. Freya was a little taller than Lily and Mya, but she was still no giant. She had thick, shining chestnut hair which was in a loose plait over one of her shoulders, it was normally in loose curls but today it was magically straightened. She was half nymph, so the ends of her locks of hair were a shining gold colour. She had a pretty smiling face with a sparkly sheen that was also due to her nymph side, and a slim frame. Her eyes were a rich brown with swirls of bronze, surrounded by long lashes. She was a clever young lady who normally stayed by the rules. She was more uptight than Lily, who was prone to getting carried away, rules or no rules, and she was the complete opposite of Mya, who seemed to actively avoid anything that called itself authority. Funny how three friends could be so different, and yet have so much in common. They started to chat about their holidays, Sirius and Mya, Remus and Freya, the coming year, and such things, but Lily wasn't surprised when Mya said,

"So, Lily Evans, what was going on on the train today?" the subject of her and James always came up at some point.

"You and Sirius were practically eating each other's heads?" Lily answered evasively, trying to think of something else that happened on the train that she could say to buy time, Freya snorted.

"NO! You know what I mean!" Mya said indignantly.

"Please tell me what you are talking about" Lily said in an innocent voice, although she knew it was useless acting dumb, Mya wasn't thick, and she thought that Freya was probably having a good guess at what they were talking about.

"You know! You were so badly flirting with James on the train! When did that happen!" Mya's huge, dark eyes glittered with interest. Freya stared at Lily in mock amazement.

"Oh god..." muttered Lily in a small voice "Was it that obvious?"

"Clear as daylight sister!" Mya was enjoying herself, the spangly ribbons intertwined in her hair sparkled, giving her the look, in Lily's opinion, of an evil pixie.

"Ok, I'll tell you... Well, as you know, James is the new Head Boy, so I decided that we could be friends, I completely forgot about all the times he asked me out last year. He seems to have grown up so much. Then I realised that the only reason I have hated him all these years is because... I, I..."

"Yes?" said Mya, smirking "Do tell, I'd rather not listen to you stutter all night."

"Yeah, c'mon Lily," ventured Freya "I'm dying from the suspense!"

"FINE!" said Lily in exasperation "I... like James."

"YES!" whooped Mya, "I KNEW IT!" she was now dancing around the dormitory like a mad woman.

Lily couldn't help smiling sheepishly. Freya was giggling so much that she was having trouble breathing.

Meanwhile in the boys' dormitory, James was being similarly interrogated by his so called friends, Remus and Sirius, while Peter sat and almost wet himself with excitement.

"We are gathered here today to ask Prongs since WHEN does Lily Evans, age 16, resident of Gryffindor, flirt with him and hold his hand on the train?" Sirius said in a serious voice.

"She's 17 Padfoot." was all James had to say.

"Whatever age she is!" said Sirius, "What the HELL was going on today?"

"Well, I dunno, she just asked if we could be friends and we shook hands and..."

"Didn't let go?" suggested Sirius, grinning evilly.

"Yeah." sighed James, he opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Sirius.

"Oh no you don't!" shouted Sirius, "You're about to go into a reverie about Lily but, listen to me very carefully," Sirius spoke slowly as if talking to a small child "WE, DON'T, WANT, TO, KNOW!"

James looked put out.
"Actually, I was going to ask, or rather, tell you something."

"Oh, what?" said Sirius apologetically.

"Well, y'know you and Mya? Well, you're not just gonna dump her like any of the other ditzes that you've gone out with? Are you?"

Sirius looked actually quite irritated,

"No," he said quietly, "I would never do that to her. The only reason that I went out with all those other girls was to get her attention. You know that."

"Good," James sounded relieved "Cause Lily would murder you if you did!"

"OY!" yelled Sirius and ran after James, who had taken refuge behind his bed "I DON'T GET BEATEN UP BY GIRLS!"

"Oh, so second year is an exception then?" James taunted

"Matilda was about two feet taller than me! It's not my fault I have such a violent family, anyway, if you ask me, Matilda looks more like a man anyway, so she doesn't COUNT!"

James sniggered in response,

"Still touchy on that subject Padfoot?"

Remus shook his head, as Sirius launched himself across the dormitory, brandishing a pillow and starting pillow fight that started every year, for one reason or another. He smiled and chuckled to himself,

"Will those two ever grow up!"

I think the answer to Remus' question is "NO, and we love them for it!"

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