Chapter 3

Lily drew back the curtains of her bed, "psst," she whispered to Marlene who was asleep in the bed opposite, "psst!" she whispered more loudly.

"whuerth" Murmured Marlene against her pillow, "Marlene it's morning, we have lessons after breakfast, if I have to get up, you do too !"

Marlene grumbled but got out of bed, "It's normally Emma waking you up, what's the matter?"

"Really?" lily exclaimed, "have you forgotten about last night?" Marlene laughed, "oh yeah..., oh, by the way Emma thinks you owe her a galleon..."

"Mar, what subject do we have first today?" Lily interrupted.

"I think... its Transfiguration?" Marlene answered, trying to get changed as fast as she could, "Merlin's beard Marlene!" Marlene, confused looked herself in the mirror,

"what's the matter? Is my skirt to short? Crap it is! I look like a..." Lily shook her head, "I'm talking about your, erm... chest area... if you know what I mean?" Marlene frowned, "what about my chest area?" she finally realised what Lily was trying to say, "oh... what about them?"She asked curiously.

"I'm just saying they are bigger than when I last saw you... MARLENE MCKINNION YOU'RE BECOMING A WOMAN!" Lily shrieked, while running and giving her friend a bone crushing hug, "Lily...Lily...Lily! I can't breathe!"She finally released, blushing slightly, "sorry..." Marlene just smiled and sighed, "Do you want to go down to breakfast now, if we have finished this little heart to heart?"

"Yes...I'm done," lily answered coolly,

"why did you want to know what subject we had anyway?" Marlene inquired.

"No reason ..." she said acting innocent, Marlene crossed her arms, "Would this have anything to do with James potter?" she said with a wide grin, "Of course not why would I care what lessons Potter has?" she questioned,

"I don't know... maybe because 1) James has transfiguration this morning too and 2) it's his favourite subject." she said with a wink.

They began walking down the stairs to the common room when they saw Sirius Black sitting at the table with another Gryffindor seventh year, when he saw Lily, he stood up saying goodbye to the fellow Gryffindor and followed after the two girls.

" Evans!", Lily stopped to turn around, "Yes Black?"she said trying to sound calm, " I haven't had the pleasure of talking to you since we got back, but I did get a laugh out of seeing Prongs last night, thanks to you," he said, while giving a bow, Lily sighed, putting her head in her hands, "Is he mad?"

"Well ... I wouldn't say mad..." Black said, still smirking, Lily looked curious,

"Then he's not angry?" Sirius was enjoying this, "I wouldn't say angry either... more revengeful" Lily's eyes widened, he couldn't be serious? , he got her, she got him, it was even...

Sirius leaned over and whispered in Lily's ear, "better watch out Evans," with that, he left the common room.

"Lily calm down..."

"Calm down? how am I supposed to calm down..." lily exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air.

"have you tried meditation," Marlene suggested, lily glared at her, "I'm not going to meditate Marlene," she put her hands up in defeat, " fine, it was just a suggestion..."she murmured.

Lily hadn't eaten anything while sitting at breakfast, she was too must trying to understand what Sirius meant 'better watch out Evans'

Obviously it meant James wanted pay back, but really? Over a silly little thing... what if it wasn't just a silly little thing... I'm over thinking this, she thought to herself.

It was probably nothing.

"Everyone sit down! Mr. Diggory last time I checked you didn't share a seat with Miss. Reynolds so please return to your seat!" McGonagall said loudly, Amos Diggory finally pried himself from Vanessa Reynolds and returned to his seat, sulking, "Today you will be transfiguring small, house-hold objects..."

"Brilliant," Lily whispered to Emmaline sitting just to the right of her, "Lily we all know you hate Transfiguration..."

"Everyone partner up, take an object from this box," she placed the box on her desk, "and take it in turns to transfigure it," When McGonagall had finished talking, everyone ran to the nearest friendly face they could find, Lily went to go partner up with Emmeline, when someone grabbed her arm, she turned round to see James smiling down at her.

" do you have a partner, "he asked, lily gulped, "well I was going to partner with Emm..."

"Good, you can partner up with me," before lily could object she was being led across the room to pick up a lamp.

He couldn't be planning to prank her in the middle of the lesson was he? In front of the whole class? Would he really go that low? Of course he would, she thought, I poured pumpkin juice all over his head in the middle of the great hall in front of so many people.

"So..."James said breaking the silence between them, "How was your Morning, sleep well?" Lily didn't answer, just staring and trying to figure out what James Potter was up to, how was her morning? Did she sleep well? Did he completely forget that she had poured pumpkin juice over his head and ran away? Who could forget, lily thought to herself, it was very dramatic, even for Lily. She decided to play along with his little game.

"Yes, I slept quite well actually, how about you?" she asked trying to sound casual, "No I cannot say I did," he sighed, she wasn't giving in yet, she tried to sound surprised, "really? How come?" James lifted his wand; with a flick he turned the lamp into a paperclip with little effort, "Oh nothing really, just this crazy red head poured some pumpkin juice over my head, and before I could say a word she ran out of the hall, it was all quite dramatic..."

Before she could stop herself, she yelled "I am NOT dramatic!" he had a big grin on his face, sighing with joy, "You're so cute when you're angry, and your ears go all red..." Lily covered her ears, "can we get back to transfiguration please?" she begged, "Well, you're really bad at it..."

"NOT what I meant Potter," she snapped, he looked at her serious, "James...my name is James," Lily frowned, "yes, I am aware, I'm not stupid..."

"You can call me James,"

What? 'You can call me James' she had never just called him James... "Why?" she wondered, "I never call you James," he smiled, "I know, doesn't mean we can't start now?" "Well...alright then... James,"

Half way through the lesson,

Someone tapped lily on the shoulder, a blond headed Ravenclaw, she handed her a note, and pointed across the class room, lily nodded understanding what she meant. She opened the note,

The things that boy can do with a lamp...

Lily looked across the class room to see Marlene and Emmeline winking at her, she quickly turned around, "what's that?" He asked looking over her shoulder, Lily quickly rolled up the piece of parchment,

"Nothing."