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Chained for life

Chapter 8

Both Lily and James got home fine and decided to spend the last few days evenly between the two families. The day before leaving for Hogwarts was a stressful one, well at least for Lily, James didn't care as much.

"James! I have lost my book for Charms, do you know where it is?" Lily asked in a stressed voice. James rolled his eyes. How would I know? He thought.

"Of course Lily darling" James replied. Lily looked up waiting for his answer. "it will be where you last left it." he smirked at Lily's annoyed face.

"I can always take back what I said about us being friends you know" Lily said while searching through her book shelves and draws.

"Well actually there is this law that once a friend always a friend so sorry sweetie that one doesn't work" Lily looked up in surprise. Then she glared at James. James chuckled.

"Always the gullible one you are." James said as she huffed and continued her useless search.

"Look James I need to find this book or we wont be going to your house to get you packed. Do you really want to wear the same thing every day?" Lily asked raising her eyebrows. James put on a serious face.

"Well Lily then I would have to clean everything at night therefore not being able to wear anything at night, not that I care but you're the one living with me and all." James said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Eww that's so gross. Go be gross somewhere else and where someone cares." She replied looking disgusted.

"I would but as you can see" James said while lifting up his arm that had the chain around it "I can't go anywhere sweetie pie" Lily glared at the nick name and was about to retort when Lizzie came in. She grinned at the two.

"Ah I heard you dulcet tones and thought I should come up and save the one from being killed and the other from being sent to Azkaban." She said to the two. Lily shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever Liz. Now do you know where my charms book is?" Lily asked Lizzie.

"Why don't you just accio it." Lizzie asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ah im not 17 yet and I thought you were my friend" Lily said faking hurt. James grinned.

"Hey, I'm older, wiser and better than you. Yes!" James said doing a little happy dance.

"actually its proven that girls are more mature than guys so when you say you are 17 you more like 10 and when im 16 im more like 20." Lily said with a smirk.

"That's the majority Lils." Said James

"You guys are never going to get along" Said a put out Lizzie. James and Lily both looked down ashamed.

"Lily would you like me to accio your book for you?" asked James politely.

"Yes that would be very helpful James" Lily replied in an equally polite voice.

"Accio Lily's lost charms book." Said James and in came Lily's book.

"Thanks you very much James" said Lily happily and put her book in her trunk and closer the lid. "Off to your house then?" Lily asked.

"Yes we should be leaving shouldn't we? Lets go." James opened the door and let Lily through first, Lily nodded her head in thanks to James. Lizzie looked at the two with a large smile on her face; her plan was totally going to work…

***

Lizzie, Sirius, James and Lily all arrived at the platform together with fifteen minutes till the train leaved. They got their trunks and started to board the train.

"Well we have to sit in the heads carriage the whole day so you guys can come find us after the meeting if you like." Lily said James just nodded in agreement. Sirius grinned and Lizzie raised an eyebrow.

"Do you not want us to come see you after the meeting Lily darling?" Lizzie asked in an amused voice. Lily blushed James grinned.

"That's not what I meant" mumbled Lily.

"Don't worry Lily we shall live up to their expectations" commented James. Lily's eyes widened.

"We will not" said Lily forcefully. James, Sirius and Lizzie all laughed at Lily's retort. Lily rolled her eyes at the pathetic excuses for friends she had and pulled James towards the compartment.

"What are we going to say about the chain James? You think people will be curious?" Lily asked worriedly.

"We could say it we had a little fun and we couldn't get it off?" said James innocently. Lily glared at James.

"And this is why I don't like being friends with you James Potter" she said.

"Okay, okay I'll be serious." James said, Lily raised an eyebrow at him. "No pun intended." He said quickly.

"So any ideas?" Lily asked hopefully.

"Well I know you wont like it…you'll hate it and probably hex me to I don't know where…you'll hurt me like I don't know what for even suggesting it!" James said

"Just tell me goodness sake James!" Lily said irritated.

"Promise you won't hurt me in anyway shape or form?" James said seriously. Lily lifted one eyebrow and pretended to think it over then suddenly burst out.

"Of course not you idiot! Now tell me the god damn plan!" Lily said quite irritated now.

"okay fine…we could just pretend we were going out and you see when we hold hands it looks more like a bracelet or you don't really see it under our robes." James said looking amused yet afraid.

"So pretend we were going out?" Lily said slowly

"Well yeah I suppose" said James.

"Nope. Not happening. No way. You can't make me." Lily burst out all of the sudden moving as far away from James as she possibly could there was a hint of playfulness in her eye as she did but Lily tried to hide it. James saw it all the same. "This is just one of your plans to get me to like you isn't it? It will not happen." James just rolled his eyes at Lily. Women, James thought they over analyze everything.

"Truthfully Lily, I had no such plan but don't worries we can let the rumor mill of Hogwarts think up a good story." Lily huffed but walked into the compartment all the same. They sat down and either read of stared off into nothingness. There was a lot of tension in the room Lily opened her mouth to say something to James but just as she started to do so the prefect started walking in eyeing Lily and James with interest…especially their hands. Lily couldn't help but notice that the relationship between James and her had drastically changed. She stilled gave her usual retorts but she felt as though they were more playful and gave them in a more teasing matter. Lily looked over at James who ruffling up his hair in frustration at something he was reading about head duties. Lily couldn't help herself, she smiled at him. Maybe I should actually get to know him more thought Lily. Before she knew it she was staring at James, soaking in his features, when James caught her in the act. He tilted his head to the side with a playful look of confusion on his face.

"I don't get it Lily." James said

"What James?" Lily asked trying to shake herself out of her thoughts.

"Other than why you were staring at me with a smile on your face for the past 20 minutes…" he said with a cocky grin on his face as a pink tinge appeared on Lily's cheeks "how does one actually remember all these rules?" he said shaking the pages of rules in her face. Lily smiled trying to cover up her mistake from before.

"For the record I was wondering how I 1. got stuck with you for this long without going crazy and 2. Why I didn't become friends with sooner." Lily said with a coy smile. "also with the rules they are pretty much just general knowledge what is right and wrong so you don't really need it as such." Lily concluded.

"Ahh I see I see." James said as if he understood what Lily had just said but really he did not understand it at all… how could one just know what to do. James sighed, this was Lily evens he was talking about…she could do practically everything. James was pulled out of his thoughts by Lily's voice

"Hi im Lily Evans, head girl, and this is James Potter, head boy." Lily spoke as all the prefects settled into the compartment. James sighed it was going to be a long day.

***

Lily and James were the center of attention wherever they went. The rumor mills at Hogwarts had come up with some very disturbing ideas that Lily had put a stop to at once. James found it highly amusing watching Lily telling people off about the rumors. He was completely fine with it; he didn't care what they thought.

"James?" Lily said one night while they were sitting by the fire in their heads dorm common room, much like the Gryffindor common room only smaller.

"Mm" came sleepy reply for James.

"I just realised we have been together for quite a while now and you haven't really tried anything on me?" She said as if asking him why without actually asking.

"Would you like me to?" asked James raising an eyebrow and leaning back into the couch. Lily rolled her eyes but grinned all the same

"no James I was just saying it because I remember asking you not to and you said you didn't work that way and im just saying im surprised you have stayed that way even after weeks of us "sleeping together"…god that sounds wrong" Lily said shaking her head as if ridding herself of some awful dieses. James just shook his head.

"You don't get it do you Lily? I don't want to hurt you and I want you to like me on your own terms. I may try heaps of things to get you to notice me and go out with me but I just wanted to show you the real me that you sort of never got to see." James said with a shrug. Lily just looked at him and smiled. With James there was a lot more then meets the eye.

"You know James I think you're starting to grow on me." Lily said nudging him in the shoulder.

"I would like to think so!" James said mocking seriousness. "After all this precious time we have spent together" Lily smiled she couldn't help think that she would miss living with James after the chain came off. If the chain came off that is.

A/N so a bit more on Lily and James's relationship…I just thought I should get that all out I should be updating sooner I am now on holidays yay for me woot! I get all these lovely story alerts but no reviews :( please Read and Review…It makes me happy :D