Hermione followed an irate Lily Evans down the Grand Staircase. Lily had reached the Great Hall at an alarming speed before Hermione caught up with her.

"Lily, wait!" Hermione yelled. Lily froze, unaware that she was being chased by her new room mate.

"Did Potter get you to come and talk him up to me? I noticed you and Sirius were pretty cozy." Hermione laughed.

"Me and Sirius? Surely you jest! We're just friends (cliché!), and anyway, we only met this morning." Hermione had lied, but how could she tell Lily that Sirius was an old friend without telling her everything?

"So you aren't here for James?"

"Fuck no! I came to see if you were okay; you seemed a little irritated when you left."

Lily laughed. "Oh, well I just came down to see if my friends Verena and Veronica were at lunch yet…I doubt they are."

"Why do you say that?" Hermione asked as they approached the Gryffindor table. She followed Lily to a seat at the far end where two sickly thin girls were sitting. Hermione now knew why she hadn't expected them to be at lunch.

Lily smiled at her friends as she and Hermione took the seats across from them. "Hello, Bulimia, hello, Anorexia!" she greeted happily. The two girls, whom Hermione had now dubbed as twins, glared at Lily for her comment then simultaneously turned to look at Hermione.

"Hey, New Girl, I'm Verena Chase, and this is my sister, Veronica. What brings you here to our humble hall of learning?" she asked, holding out her boney hand to Hermione. Hermione shook her hand very carefully as not to break her. Verena raked her fingers through her long red mane which reached the middle of her back. The only visible difference between Verena and Veronica was their hair; Verena's was a shocking shade of fire-engine-red and Veronica's was so blonde that it was nearly white. Quite frankly, Hermione thought they both looked like prostitutes.

"I just transferred here from Beauxbaton's. I started the year late because my mum was really sick and needed me to take care of her." Hermione had lied again. 'I've got to stop lying, I'm getting too good at it,' she thought.

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Meanwhile, in the Gryffindor common room, James Potter was sulking. Sirius had tried everything short of a hooker (which Remus talked him out of) to cheer up his best friend.

"It's no use, Sirius; there is nothing you can do. All I want in the whole world is Lily, and she hates me." James whispered, too depressed to raise his voice.

"Well, of course she does; who would want to be with a guy who thinks like that? What do we do, Jamesy, when we fall off a broom?" Sirius asked.

"We light the damn thing on fire?"

"Shit, you really are depressed; no, we get back on. I just happen to have a foolproof plan to get you any girl in school."

"It'd have to be foolproof if an idiot like you came up with it. Anyway, I don't want just any girl, I want Lily Evans, the only girl."

"Spare me the lovesick puppy routine and just hear me out. What you need to do is apologize, plead, beg for her forgiveness; then, when she finally gives up her stupid grudge, you will become her best friend." The common room door shut quietly and Hermione slipped in undetected.

"What? I don't want to be her best friend; I want to be her boyfriend," James said.

"I'm getting there. When she feels comfortable enough with you, you tell her what you want." Sirius was vey proud of his ingenious plan.

"That's disgusting, Sirius. How dare you tell him that chauvinistic shit?" Hermione shouted, startling both James and Sirius to the point of hyperventilation.

Sirius quickly straitened himself up. "Fuck, Baby, are you trying to kill me?" he asked suavely…but not suavely enough……

"Don't you 'Baby' me, you little hornball! I heard your little plot, and it's idiotic; James will never get Lily that way. Hell, he'll never a parakeet that way!"

"Okay, fine, you don't believe in my plan, but it works and I'll prove it."

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Christmas Holiday came and went. The second semester was to begin in two days, but meanwhile, all students were free from classes. James had been chipping away at Lily for a month and was finally starting to make some headway. She had actually started talking to him! He was thrilled. Hermione hated Sirius for being right, but he was one of the best friends she had made on her little ahem trip.

A/N: Hello! Sorry I havn't posted in a few days, I was at a friends house. As always, kisses! Review(or else!).