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Lily closed her eyes. This wasn't happening. Hogwarts had started less than three weeks ago and she was already sick. She sneezed and pulled the quilt around her. It was only September, the fire in the Common Room was roaring, and she had a quilt wrapped around her, yet she was still freezing.

Lily doubted that this sickness was natural. James Potter or Sirius Black, or both, had probably hexed her, making her catch something fifty times worse than the flu. She was sure it was Potter or Black, because it definitely wasn't Remus Lupin or Peter Pettigrew. Remus would never do something like that to her, and Peter wasn't smart enough to do something like this.

Someone came down the Boys' Dormitory stairs. Lily didn't turn her head, she didn't really care who it was.

"How you feelin', Lily?" It was Remus. Lily sniffled. She turned her head to look at him.

"I feel like I had a run in the with Whomping Willow."

Remus laughed. "That bad?"

She nodded. "Potter and Black are going to pay for this…"

"Now, how do you know it was them?"

Lily glared at him. "People don't get sick in September for no reason!"

Remus laughed again. "Ok, so you've made your point."

Lily nodded, snuggling back down into the quilt grumbling. "I hate them."

Remus shrugged. He told them not to make Lily sick, it wasn't very good for James' plan of winning her over- but, of course, as always, the never listened. Lily heard a noise on the Boys' stairs and pulled the quilt around her. It was Sirius.

"Remus, are you bothering Lily again?" Sirius asked, "You know, it's not very nice."

Lily shot a look at Sirius, "Sirius, you made me sick! This is your fault, you're the one who's not nice!"

Sirius held up his hand in protest, "Lily, I am shocked that you would accuse me of making you sick!"

Lily opened her mouth to scream at him when Alise came in, carrying a bowl of soup and a piece of bread.

"Yes, Lily, fresh chicken noodle soup," she said, grinning, handing it to Lily, "I didn't even conjure it, I walked all the way to the kitchen, just to get it for you."

Alise was grinning. "Let me feel your forehead- oh, you still have a temperature, I'm sure I can find a potion or a spell to make this cold go away or at least get better…"

Lily shook her head. "No, once the potion wears off, it'll just come back, I'd better wait it out and wait for it to get over with," Lily grumbled, coughing and shivering at the same time, "There is nothing right now that could make me feel worse."

Alise smiled, at least nothing could make Lily feel worse. Sirius looked at her. He admired how much she looked after her friend, even though he did make her sick.

Just then, the Common Room door swung open. It was James. Lily raised her head to see over the couch. She groaned, throwing her hand over her eyes, "Merlin, I stand corrected."

"Hello, chums!" James announced, "What are we doing today?"

James strode over to the couch and without looking, hopped over the back, hoping to land comfortably on an empty couch and settle down for a comfy nap. Instead, he fell right atop of Lily.

"POTTER! ARGH! GET OFF OF ME!" Lily screeched, his body on top of her, making her spill her soup all over her. James struggled to contain composure.

"Oh, Lily, I am so sorry, here, I'll-"

Lily pushed James off of her and off of the couch. He fell onto the floor with a loud thud, taking her quilt with him.

"Lily, I am so sorry, I didn't know you were-"

Lily stood up, her hair a mess and her pajamas soaked from the spilt soup. Her face turned red in fury, James' turned in embarrassment.

"Well, thank you, Potter. I didn't think being sick could get any worse and then you come in and make it horrible!"

James face was red, he was so embarrassed. He hadn't meant to upset her. He didn't even know she was laying on the couch. He thought she was in her room sleeping off her sickness. He had gotten her sick so that he could bring her soup and make her feel better. Instead, she was sick and he just jumped on her, spilling the soup Alise had gotten her and making things worse.

"I'm going to go take a shower now, if you'll all please excuse me!" Lily shouted, storming angrily up the stairs.

"Way to make things worse, Potter," Sirius said, smiling at James.

James hung his head. His plan backfired and he was the only one to blame.

Alise picked up the empty bowl off of the floor. "I'll go return this to the kitchen," she announced to no particular person. She started to walk towards the door.

Sirius picked his head up, "Oh, I'll go with you!"

He scurried behind her, falling into step with her as she walked through the door.

James turned to Remus. "You don't think Lily'll forgive me do you?"

Remus shrugged. "You never know…"

James sighed. He hadn't meant to make Lily angry, now how was he going to apologize without sounding like an ass?

Lily stood under the water, shampooing her hair. The steam from the hot water made her head feel better. Getting clean when she was sick always made her feel better.

She sighed, reaching to soap her back, rinsing her hair. Maybe it was a good thing that Potter made her spill her soup, otherwise she would have laid on that couch feeling horrible all day. At least now she had temporary relief from her sickness. She felt revived, fresh.

"Lily?"

She stopped. What the hell is a BOY doing in the Girls' Showers?? And why is he calling my name??

"Who's there?" she asked, then suddenly realizing that she was indeed in the shower. And naked. With a boy. Shit.

"Lily, I'm sorry about today, I really didn't mean to upset you-"

"James! What in Merlin's name are you doing in here??"

James' heart stopped. She said my name.

"Lily, I just wanted to apologize for today-"

Lily couldn't see him, she didn't know where he was, the steam was too thick.

"James, why the hell are you in the Girls' Showers??"

"I wanted to talk to you."

"THEN WAIT UNTIL I GET OUT!!"

James blinked. He really hadn't thought about Lily in the shower. He didn't plan on seeing her naked, it never even crossed his mind. Well, now that he thought about it…

"NOW!" Lily screeched.

"Now what?" James asked, taking a step. Lily heard him get closer, even though she couldn't see him.

"GET OUT!!" Lily yelled. She certainly did not want James to see her naked, soaking wet in the shower.

"JAMES GET OUT!!"

"Ok, I'll wait for you outside." James said, backing away towards the door. "Are you sure you don't want any help?" he asked with a smile.

"NO, I DO NOT WANT ANY HELP!! NOW GET OUT!!"

James left the Girls' Showers smiling. Not only had he gotten close to seeing Lily naked, he had teased her. And now he was going to talk to her. Hopefully it would go well.

Lily stood in the shower, making sure he was gone. She rinsed her hair again. Damn boy, coming into the showers!

When she was sure she was clean and knew she could not put off talking to James any longer, she turned off the water and grabbed a towel. She wrapped it around herself, tucking it in in the front. She squeezed the water out of her hair and finger combed its length. She readied herself, letting out a long breath, and put her hand on the door.

James looked up when the door opened. Steam came out in a rush and Lily came out, looking like a goddess coming from heaven. He held his breath, staring. When the steam dissipated, the real Lily stood there, as beautiful as ever. She was standing in only a towel, her red hair wet and dripping. She was beautiful.

James couldn't keep his mouth closed. She was stunning.

Lily stood there, cocking her head to the side and running her fingers through her hair.

"You wanted to talk?"

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