Lily left the Head's dorm a little after James, because she didn't want to run into him on the way. However, when she arrived to the Gryffindor common room, she found him chatting away with none other than Penelope Jones herself.
She didn't know why she felt so annoyed, but maybe it was the fact that Potter was perfectly happy now. Lily was also greatly confused. Most of the time Potter would not talk to any girl but Lily, and now here he was, flirting with Penelope.
A few minutes later when Potter went to his dorm (and Lily couldn't help but notice the smile on his face) Penelope came up to Lily. "Thanks Lils! James said after practice on Wednesday he has something special!" "'Special'" Lily repeated dryly. "Okay just make sure he comes back in time for curfew!" She nodded and basically skipped away.
The next day after lessons James and Lily found themselves working on prefects schedules. "Okay Potter, you and Remus have that corridor on the 5th floor on the 23rd." Lily said. Just then James fidgeted around in his armchair. "Um….I can't do that night and neither can Remus." Lily glared. "None of your marauder business will get in the way of patrolling. You need to be responsible." "Um, sorry Evans, you really don't understand." He blotched out their names and added new ones. Lily raised her eyebrows suspiciously, but didn't press the matter.
"Oh, by the way, sorry for snapping at you yesterday. It's just…three weeks ago my dad…..was killed." Lily gasped and felt her eyes go soft. A victim of war. "And my mom says he would be so proud to know I'm Head Boy but everyone thinks I shouldn't be and….." He looked close to tears. Lily grabbed his hands and surprised even herself with her actions. "James," She said the name cautiously. "I didn't know…" He gave her a tight smile and left.
Lily couldn't help but feel bad that night. This war left an aching sense of emotion in her heart, weighing her down. No one was safe. She felt a tear trace down he cheek as she thought of Ella, her only muggle friend. She was killed by a death eater for no good reason. "A victim of war." Lily repeated, breathing heavily.
Hi, so should I have longer chapters? Just wondering... Also don't hate me for this.