Ch. 4 A Confusing Morning

"Mr. Potter! Miss Evans!", a shrill voice woke Lily from her state of dream hood. She was warm and comfortable and didn't want to stir. " Wake up this instant! The both of you!"
Quite suddenly, the memory of the previous evening floated into Lily's memory. She jerked awake. However, Lily was temporarily restrained from motion by James' arm, which he had placed protectively around her before drifting off to sleep.

" P....P...Pr...Professor McGonagall!" Lily choked, panic-stricken.

" Good M-morning Professor," James said, brightly as he stifled a wide yawn.

" I'm taking you both to Professor Dumbledore's office! Up you get, this very instant!"
They both stood and followed her out of the common room.

" Don't be scared, Lils," James whispered as he gave Lily's hand a gentle squeeze.

" I saw that Mr. Potter!"

Lily had gone pale. She wasn't used to being reprimanded this way. She had been sent to Dumbledore's office only on one previous occasion and that was when Dumbledore had informed her that she had the Hogwarts School Record of being top of her year in every single class for the sixth year running. Lily had never received a detention and was quite proud of both this fact and her academic record. She wasn't a classic trouble-maker like the Marauders. How could this be happening to her?

James could tell that Lily was a bit scared. He felt that it was his fault that they had been caught and silently wished to take all the blame. He knew how proud Lily's was of her record of never-having received a detention and didn't want her to loose it. It had been his first night as Lily Evans' Boyfriend and he had already screwed up! " But am I her boyfriend?" James asked himself," Was this some one-time-thing? Maybe she even did it on purpose to get me in trouble with McGonagall. She'll probably start telling them that I attacked her or used some sort of spell on her or something crazy like that. It was too good to be true-I should have known better than to trust that she was feeling the same way I was! How could I have been so stupid?" James suddenly dropped Lily's hand which he had had clasped tightly in his own. Lily looked curiously at him, but James stared straight ahead cold as stone, lost in his own angry and resentful thoughts.

Lily was very confused. She had been somewhat comforted by the fact that James was, at the very least, here with her now. He had been through this sort of situation before. James would know how to handle things. However, James was suddenly cold and listless. It was as though nothing had changed between them. Lily struggled to keep her renewed tears in check.
Lily did not have very much time to conceal those tears, as they had reached Professor Dumbledore's office.

" Jelly slugs" Professor McGonagall said through her tightly pursed lips. The stone gargoyle that guarded Professor Dumbledore's office sprang to one side to reveal the spiral staircase that brought them up to that splendid office.

"Sit," Dumbledore bid them as they entered. He waved his wand and two chairs instantly appeared, side by side in front of his desk. Dumbledore and McGonagall disappeared into another, smaller chamber, off the main office. Lily and James sat in silence until they returned.

"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans," Dumbledore greeted them seriously upon his return,
"Do you understand why your situation is one of such seriousness?"

" No, sir," they responded truthfully and in unison.

" It is because of your positions as Head Boy and Girl. Now, I am not saying that it is not your right to be in a personal relationship," Lily and James both blushed, here. " However, it may set a bad example to younger students. Just think, if a first or second year student had come down from their dormitory and seen the two of you together, they may have gotten the impression that things went much farther than I am sure they did,"

Dumbledore gave them both swift, piercing looks here that caused Lily and James each to blush an even uglier shade of crimson. Dumbledore continued, " Once again, I do not want you to think that romantics are discouraged at Hogwarts. However, as you are Head Boy and Girl I would like you to please be discreet. Twenty house points will be taken from Gryfindor for this lack of judgment. You will also both be placed on probation in way of your positions as Head Boy and Girl. Now, I suggest that you both go down and have some breakfast as classes will begin shortly."

A/n: Hey all! this is Lyny and I'm really sorry that I'm not getting the chapters out as fast as I thought I could, but I am SOOOOOOO glad that everyone likes it and all that!!!! Thanks to all of my reviewers, you guys are awesome and I'll type the chapters as fast as my callaused fingers will allow me to!!! Love to all!!!