It all started at the very beginning of their 7th year, everything had changed a lot, Lily and James had almost all of their subjects together and, being heads of the school, the teachers sat them together. So no better reason then for them to start being civil to each other.

Sure, they still had their arguments this is Evans and Potter we are talking about here, of course they were still going to argue a bit, but they could also laugh at each others jokes without getting angry and could put up with each other for longer than five minutes.

This sure grabbed the attention of everyone around them, no one had ever expected them to ever have a conversation with each other without one of them storming off, hexing, or hitting each other. Well, maybe all of that was Lily, but still...

All this attention meant a Hogwarts gossip chain began, and the rumors spread like a wild fire around school that Lily was cheating on Cam with James.

Of course Cam didn't believe the rumors for one second, telling Lily, "I am not going to believe Hogwarts gossip queens Lil, I trust you," which had earned him bonus points in Lily's good books.

Although, with everyone else noticing that two Hogwarts enemies had now become civil to each other, it meant that Laura had noticed too.

Laura Martin, the Slytherin ice queen. She would make any girls life a living hell if they got close to James Potter. She had always had a thing for James, yet he never returned the feelings, she would humiliate and destroy anyone who she thought was destroying her chance with James, sure some girls have faced her, but she always won. No one had yet out done the ice queen, no one wanted to try, they would back away before she could destroy their population. This of course drove James mad, but he still found a way of getting girls to accompany him into broom cupboards, and the Gryffindor girls were falling at his feet in the common room, where Laura could never see them.

This meant she was watching the two of them like a hawk to see any signs of flirting or of anything else that she didn't like before taking action.

Of course, this was a bigger deal than any of the other girls James flirted with, as everyone knew how James used to badger Lily to go out with him. But, in Laura's mind, it was OK back then because Lily hated James so she was never threatened by her, now though… it was another story.

It went on like this for a few weeks and nothing changed. The "Lily-is-cheating-on-Cam-with-James" rumors died down as more exciting rumors went around as school life continued. This didn't mean that the heat was off Lily and James; they still had Laura watching keeping an eye on them ever chance she got…

Lily had found out from Cassie and Riley that Laura was watching her and had been bitching off about Lily taking her man. This only resulted in Lily falling to the floor crying with laughter. Whilst doing this, the Marauders had walked in since Lily and her friends were in the Heads quarters and had frozen at the sight of Lily rolling around on the floor holding her stomach, cackling like a banshee.The boys, throwing nervous glances over their shoulders, had quickly retreated to James's room and not come out until they were sure that the common room was clear.

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One memorable day in Herbology was what came to be the turning point, setting off LauraLily and James were sitting together, and had been given a rather unusual plant called a Princess ivy to "wake up" as Professor Nichols had said. It was quite a large plant with thorns on the ends of each branch instead of flowers, and it had a weird center to it, like a branch was missing, almost.

"So how do we suppose we wake this lump up?" James had asked.

"I'm not sure; Nichols said something about the beauty of silence, so why don't you try clapping around it?" Lily had said smirking.

"But wouldn't that be the beauty of noise?"

"No, that doesn't make sense, also I think she was hinting, so I am guessing it is the opposite" Lily informed him. "Go on, try clapping."

"Like this?" James asked as he started clapping loudly in different places of the plant.

"No, try stomping too, the vibrations might help!" Lily called. James nodded and started stomping.

"I don't think its working!" he cried.

"Yes it is! I just saw it move, try shouting loudly, or singing!" Lily's voice almost broke as she tried to hold in her laughter, since the rest of the class who were now staring.

"Is it working?" Lily couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing at the sight of James who looked like he was doing some crazing tribal dance.

James pouted as the class laughed at him and sat down in his seat.

"S- Sorry Po- Pot," Lily couldn't stop laughing long enough to finish her sentence and James was trying hard not to smile.

"Lily, do you know how you actually wake this stupid plant up, without making a fool out of yourself?" James asked politely as she wiped away the tears of laughter from her eyes.

She nodded

"How then?" he asked her

"You can't do it without making a fool out of yourself. Sorry," she shrugged.

"What?! How do you do it then?"

"You have to kiss it. It is the princess ivy, it needs a "Prince" to kiss it, which means only a boy can kiss it," she grinned.

"Nichols!!" James yelled on the top of his voice, shoving his hand high in the air. "OI, NICHOLS!!"

"Don't you believe me? It's true, she will only tell you the same thing," Lily stated, still smiling.

The old professor came tottering over at the sound of her voice, smiling politely at the two heads.

"Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, how may I help you both?"

"Professor, my fellow head has told me that I have to kiss the princess over here" He prodded the plant violently. "Why can't she do it?"

"Ah, well done Miss Evans, you have read up on them I suppose?" Lily nodded "Well, Miss Evans is right, only a male can kiss the princess, and you have to place the kiss right…there" She smiled, pointing to the weird space on the plant.

James scowled at Lily. "I'm not doing it," he declared, crossing his arms.

"Oh Potter, stop being such a baby and kiss the plant, its not going to hurt, you now is it?"

James gave her a death glare before puckering up and lowering himself to the plant.

Lily snorted with laughter which made him pull back and start demanding to know if she was lying or not, before puckering up one again and kissing the plant.

The whole class cracked up as one of the branches came down and collided with James' face scratching him across the cheek, making him jump away and start wailing with fright.

Lily was laughing so hard she had to hold onto James for support, who was now laughing as well but also going a slight shade of pink.

"I guess you're not her prince charming" Lily managed to get out before collapsing into another fit of laughter.

This was the point that Laura Redding snapped. At sight of both Lily and James holding onto each other with laughter she screamed, throwing the plant onto the floor before flinging the door open and storming out, her two lap dogs, I mean friends, following after her.

This chapter had also now been replaced, only because i replaced the intro and i couldnt include Laura in it, so hopefully it is better.

hmmm ramble ramble I have no train of thought at the moment as i am all DRAINED from doing THREE CHAPTERS! 1,2 and 4 )

FUN STUFF eh ;)

well, please review and make it worthwhile D

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