A/N: So, another chapter in what? 4 days? Lucky, Lucky people. So we had so much fun writing this and hopefully you find parts of it funny cause if you don't well... that would be tragic. Anyway enjoy!

Mary contemplated her options. Shaking Lily as hard as possible was not waking her up and would probably break her neck. This left Mary with one alternative. Grabbing her wand from her bedside table, she lent over Lily and at the same time doused Lily with water and slapped her across the face. Lily shot upwards, slamming her head into Mary's head and groaned.

"What the hell was that for?" Lily asked clutching her forehead. Mary was lying on the floor with her head in her hands.

"You wouldn't wake up!" Mary replied.

"So? It's 4 am in the morning!" Lily shot back.

"I am fully aware that it's 4 am." Mary answered.

"Then why the hell were you trying to wake me up?" Lily was completely confused now.

"So that you would stop screaming!" Mary had thought it was obvious but it seemed that Lily was suffering form a case of amnesia.

"I was screaming?" Lily was completely confused, she couldn't really remember her dream.

"Yes! I think you've woken up avery single Gryffindor student!' Mary replied. Lily felt as though she had been hit by a truck. The events of the dream came rushing back to her and she realised that she had been quite hysterical.

"I- I didn't mean to..." Lily apologised.

"Yea well now you know why i had to slap you and douse you with water." Mary shrugged her shoulders.

"What happened to good old 'shaking'?" Lily asked.

"I tried that." At that moment the big window beside Lily's head shattered. "Oh for goodness sake!" Mary cried as James and his broomstick fell into Lily's room.

"What the hell are you doing?" Lily cried, offering James a hand, "Are you insane! Are you tying to kill yourself!"

"No!" James protested. "I couldn't get up the staircase so I figured this was the next best thing."

"The next best thing? Destroying a window? It's called sliding it open!" Lily replied, thinking that James could definitely be a bit thick every now and then.

"Sorry! Jeez, next time you're screaming so hysterically that you wake up half the school, I'll just roll over and go back to sleep!" James replied, crossing his arms. At that moment the door flew open and Emily practically divided into the room. Looking up at Lily, a flash of confusion marred her face.

"You're awake?" Emily asked.

"Yes, I do indeed think I am awake." Lily replied. Emily turned towards Mary.

"But you said you couldn't wake her up! I just sprinted faster than I everhave before just to get Professor McGonagall. I'm fully ready to die of exhaustion right now!" Professor McGonagall chose that moment to burst into the dormitory, however, instead of glancing at Lily her eyes took in the shattered window and a very guilty looking James Potter.

"Mr Potter! Care to explain yourself!" Professor McGonagall sternly asked.

"It was Lily, Proffessor." James replied, with a look of pure innocence that could only be established after alot of practise.

"What?! I did not break that window, Professor, I assure you. That was all James." Lily was quick to defend herself.

"Oh! You meant the window! I thought you meant why I was here!" James replied.

"So you did shatter that window?" Professor McGonagall was not in the mood for James' games, it was 4 O'clock in the morning for goodness sake!

"Yes. But it was nescasary!" James reasoned

"Care to elaborate?" Asked Professor McGonagall.

"We all heard someone screaming. And being the brilliant, alert, smart, handsome-" James started, gesturing to himself and making actions as though playing charades.

"The point being?" Cut in Professor McGonagall.

"Oh sorry. As I was saying, being the alert Head Boy that I am I heard someone screaming. And well, it sounded like a girl. So after running down to the common room I tried to climb up the stairs but then i remembered that it was completely useless to try, seeing as I can't climb up a slide. One of the girls down there, a 3rd year i think, shouted that it was coming from the first 7th year girls dormitory, I realized that it had to be either Lily, Mary or Emily. As my duty as a male, to be a knight in shining armour to rescue a damsel in distress, I raced back to my room and got onto my noble steed-" James was cut off.

"Mr Potter, the story, not a fairytale." Proffessor McGonagall interrupted, she was tired and wanted to go back to bed as soon as possible.

"Oh, right. Sorry." James replied. Although he was a weensy bit annoyed that he had had to stop his brilliant fairytale story.

"COntinue." Proffessor McGonagall commanded.

"Wait!" Lily cried.

"What?" Emily asked, wanting to hear the rest of James' tale.

"I am not, never have been and never will be a damsel in distress. And I'm pretty sure that applies to Mary and Em as well." Lily said. Staring at James.

"Miss Evans! It does not matter. Mr Potter, continue."

"Yeah, so I got on my broomstick and flew out my window. Then I flew to this window," James gestured towards the empty window frame, "And I um..."

"You what?" Mary asked.

"I- I shattered the window so that I could get inside." James replied, looking at anything but Lily, Mary, Emily and Professor McGonagall.

"Did you not think of sliding it open, Mr Potter?" Proffessor McGonagall asked.

"Well, that thought did cross my mind, but-" James trailed off.

"But what, Mr Potter?" Professor McGonagall was become annoyed at how slow this was becoming.

"It would have taken too much time..." James feebly muttered.

"I have a strong suspicion that you are lying." Professor McGonagall replied.

"No I'm not!" James protested.

"Really?" James cowered under Professor McGonagall's gaze.

"Ok, I was." He admitted.

"You were what?" Lily asked.

"I was lying, OK! Happy now?" James replied.

"You know James, you really shouldn't speak teachers like that." Lily started.

"Like what?" Lily shook her head, James was really clueless sometimes.

"Like, informal. I mean, our Professors are in charge of us. They deserve respect." Lily reasoned.

"I was treating her with respect!" James protested, defending himself.

"See! You called her, her.That's really not showing respect." Lily replied, not realising he mistake.

"Well you just callled her, her." James shot back.

"Well, you're rubbing off on me! It's not my fault. Besides, I normally address Professors as Professors." James started to respond but was cut off by Mary.

"Oh, both of you! Shut up!"

"As I was asking before I was rudely interrupted, Miss Evans," Lily smiled apologetically, "Why didn't you slide open that window?"

"Iwantedtomakeanentrance." James said quickly.

"Pardon?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"I wanted to make an entrance. I thought it would look cool, and plus, I just love the feeling of smashing through a window riding on my noble steed, desperate to save my lovely damsel in distress."

"What did I say about calling me a damsel in distress?" Lily said, clearly starting to get annoyed.

"Yeah, and you actually think of your broom as you noble steed? That's kind of weird." Emily commented.

"Well, I also thought that if I smashed open the window I would wake Lily up." James tried to apply logic to his answer.

"I was already awake James." Lily replied.

"You were? What? How?"

"I woke her up. I doused her with water and slapped her across the face." Mary supplied.

"Miss MacDonald!" Professor McGonagall was shocked. Mary was a model student.

"Sorry, but Lily was screaming really loudly! She sounded like she was either in a great deal of pain or deadly terrified." Mary reasoned.

"I see. Well, Mr Potter, I will be writing to your parents. However I feel that you should not recieve a detention as you seemed to be carrying out your duties as Head Boy by helping anyone in need. Although, I do advise you from pulling something like this again. You will be punsihed if that is the case."

"Yea, got it." Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow at his remark but ignored it.

"And I suggest you get back to your dorm. Aim for at least a few hours of sleep at least. Now I will see all of you in your classes later today." Professor McGonagall started to turn away before she stopped. "However, Miss Evans, if you are still feeling traumatized, then take a trip to the Hospital Wing and Madame Rhona will give you a potion to calm you down."

"I'll be fine. But, thank-you." Lily replied.

"You're welcome, Miss Evans. Now all of you, get some sleep. And Mr Potter don't even think about using the slide. And please don't shatter your own window."

"Sure thing." James cheekily saluted, hopped on his broom and flew out of the window. Then with a wave of her wand, Professor McGonagall repaired the window and walked out of the room, shutting the door firmly behind her.

"Are you going to sleep?" Mary asked Lily.

"No, I think I'll stay awake. You go to sleep though. I'll talk to you in the morning." Lily replied, grabbing a book and settling onto her bed she began to read.

"Yeah. Cya." Mary said, climbing into bed.

When Lily was satisfied that The others were asleep she closed her eyes and lent her head against the wall. She was so tired, but the fear of what lay in wake if Lily started to dream scared Lily so much that she couldn't go to sleep. Stifling a sob, Lily reached over to grab a tissue from her bedside table. Instead of a tissue however she picked up something else. A lily with a note attached. Puzzled Lily opened the note.

Lily,

Amor Vincit Omnia. Love Conquers All.
Don't worry. The good always beat the bad. And with someone as brilliant as me by your side, you don't need to be afraid.

Forever Yours,

James.

Lily smiled and wiped a stray tear from her face. She had become really emotional lately. Maybe James had cracked the shell that surrounded her. Placing the note back on the table Lily tossed her book on the ground and burrowed herself under her covers, she knew she wouldn't be having any more nightmares tonight.

James lay in his bed staring at the ceiling. He hoped Lily had read the note. James wasn't sure what it was but being with Lily had made him a better person. Although he still pranked people, it was the purpose of his life after all, he wasn't doing it so much anymore. Lily had changed him. Changed him for the better, and James was glad for that. Turning onto his side, James drifted off to sleep.

A/N: The phrase, Amor Vincit Omnia is Latin, just in case anyone wanted to know. Please Review! We love feedback, it makes us happy and helps us to continue!