Update 7/15/11:

Edited!

Original:

Here's the next chapter. :) I like it so far, I think.

I wrote it rather fast, there's probably mistakes. I'll be going over it within the next couple of days. (probably.)

Hope you like it. :)

~pranceswithkitties

Summary: Lily and James had a 'falling out' their 6th year. Now, since they're both Heads of Hogwarts, can they put aside their differences and work together? Will it really be that hard?

James ignored Lily's obvious stare as she came into the compartment. Leaning against the wall, he looked as handsome as ever, his hair all tussled up, his glasses slightly askew…

Snap out of it! Lily though to herself. Taking a deep breath, she addressed the Prefects, "Alright. So it's… the start of another term…" she fumbled over her words, glancing at James again, "Time to just go over some basic rules. But first of all-" another glance, "I'm Lily Evans, the new head girl, and this is-"

"-James Potter, head boy." James finished, careful not to look at Lily. The girl Prefects in the compartment looked downright flustered, just at the feeling of being in the same cart as James Potter. He was practically a celebrity, the way girls treated him.

"R-right." Lily said, trying not to look at him. "So the rules are just the same as normal…" and she proceeded to go over the many Hogwarts rules that the Prefects must uphold.

James stole a look over at Lily. What was she playing at? This wasn't the Lily Evans he knew… her persona was usually as red hot as that hair of hers… Something was strangely different about her. She seemed much more timid As much as he disliked her from their last encounter, (mainly because of the fact that she had humiliated him in front of the whole school…) he couldn't help but feel like she… like she was afraid of him, or something.

He zoned out as Lily droned on about rules and such… things he didn't really care about. He started to wonder even more than he had before about why Dumbledore put Lily and him together as Head Girl and Boy. It was preposterous. He was possibly the biggest rule-breaker in the entire class. Probably in the whole history of Hogwarts itself. How was he expected to uptain the very rules he was best at breaking? He sighed, and ruffled his hair with one hand.

Lily was just about done explaining things, "And erm…" she took a deep breath, "That should be about it." she went through her brain, thinking of anything else to tell them, "Oh, and the Prefect's bathroom is located on the fifth floor, the fourth door on the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered. And that's… it." she ended feebly.

The Prefects nodded in understanding, a few of them looking rather pompous. "You're free to go back to your compartments." Lily said, "Just remember to lead your Houses back to your common rooms, right after the feast." The Prefects began to file out of the room, a few stopping and thanking Lily, telling her they looked forward to this year.

James stayed in his corner, leaning against the wall, surveying Lily. What was up with her… he wondered. He lifted himself up, preparing to leave when all the Prefects had gone, and she suddenly spoke up.

"Um, hey… listen," she began, looking as though she was forcing it, "I-I'm sorry for last year, it was… well, it was downright awful of me." She looked up into his eyes for a short moment, and back down.

James shook his head, unable to believe what he had heard. Lily Evans, the girl who hated his guts, who made a fool of him last year, in the Great Hall, in front of nearly every person in the school… Lily Evans, the girl he had been infatuated with for most of his Hogwarts career, was finally pushing aside her own stubborn temper, and trying to make a truce with him. He laughed bitterly.

"We'll see, Evans. I can't just forget what happened," he looked at her, "You hate me, remember?" his eyes narrowed. "I'm not saying I don't want a truce… we're going to be living in the same dorm," he ruffled his hair again, "but don't think we're gonna be 'buddy buddy' any time soon." He watched her face falter, and as she quickly nodded her acknowledgment, he strode past her, and back out into the hall, wondering if he had said the right thing.

Lily took a slow, shaky breath. Well. There you go, Lils. She thought to herself. He hates you now. Despises you. Not that he shouldn't… She backed up and took a seat in the empty compartment. I guess I got what I wanted… he won't be hitting on me anytime soon… Lily thought, with a strange feeling of disappointment.

It wasn't as though Lily had always hated James… but she really treated him awfully in the past. Normally, Lily absolutely despised that big-headed showoff of a boy, James Potter. But he really wasn't so bad, all of the time… in fact he would often attempt to be a sweetheart towards her, always asking her out and trying to be with her. Lily had thought that his constant attention was insanely annoying, but now, after their big ordeal last year… she had come to thinking… Did she really hate him? Or was she just denying that she really, in fact, liked the boy?

At first, upon this realization, she laughed and felt it was ridiculous. But, thinking more and more about it, she was sure. That had to be it. She must like James Potter.

She now began to feel absolutely horrible for the way she had treated him in the past. Leave it to her red-head temper to screw things up, she thought.

But now, coming back to Hogwarts, she was surprised to find that she felt… well, downright nervous around him! This was so odd, considering she had been around him many more times than she would like to have been in the past, (or so she had though, at the time) and she had never felt like that around him. It was like her heart had realized she liked him before Lily had even thought of the notion. And now, she could barely stand being around him. But not in the kind of way that she couldn't stand him before… it was more that… she felt as though she would throw up because of the tension. It was awful.

Worst of all, after what happened last year, he thought she hated him. And he definitely was not as friendly as he had been, during the previous years at Hogwarts. He was downright finished with her, it seemed.

Oh, what an ordeal she had gotten herself into.

Lily blamed teenage hormones.

Quickly after she had gotten back to the compartment, and her friends had changed into their robes, the train had finally reached it's destination. As the students began to file out, Lily told the girls to go ahead of her. They told her they would save her a seat in the great hall for the feast. Lily thanked them, before she went from compartment to compartment, checking that every student had gotten off of the train. She was afraid she might run into James and not know what to say, but luckily, she didn't.

About 15 minutes later, Lily arrived inside the castle, and sat at the Gryffindor table with Addie, Maxine, and Sara. Not too far down the table sat James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Lily tried her best to not look over at James.

James, surprisingly, didn't. He blatantly stared at Lily, trying to figure her out. What could possibly be going on in that crazy head of hers... last year, she had made it VERY well known that she never wanted to talk to him ever again, and couldn't even stand the sight of 'his huge head'. He let out a great big sigh as he continued to stare at her.

Remus looked to Sirius, who was looking at James. They both raised their eyebrows as they realized who he was staring at, "James..." Remus said, in an attempt to get him out of this trance-like state, "Jaaames..." he waved a hand in front of his friend's eyes.

James jumped out of his trance, shaking his head, "What?" he asked, trying to look non-chalant. Sirius rolled his eyes and laughed a dog-like laugh.

"After last year mate..." Sirius shook his head, "Really? I mean, I know you've got to live with her and all, but still. She's not too fond of you."

"I dunno, Sirius." James shoveled some mashed potatoes into his mouth, "It's like she's changed her mind about me or something..." he said, spraying food over his friends.

Remus wiped a glob of potatoes off of his face, looking slightly annoyed, "What makes you think that...?" he said, stealing a look over to where she was sitting.

"She's like..." James trailed off, thinking of how to explain it, "A nervous wreck around me. It's odd..." he trailed off again, shoveling more food in his mouth. "She downright apologized to me about… well you know," he didn't bother to explain. Remus looked puzzled.

"Well that's certainly not like her..." he commented, before digging into his meal as well.

"Whatever, mate," Sirius said, "She's wonky. Doesn't know what she wants." he concluded, helping himself to more food.

"What do you think, Peter?" James asked, in an attempt to get more advice.

"Oh! Well," Peter looked confused, "I erm," he looked over at Lily. "She's wonky." he said, agreeing with Sirius.

James looked thoughtful as he continued to scarf down food. Things like this made him hungry.

After the feast, the Great Hall emptied out, lead by the Prefects, to their own House dormitories. Lily bade goodnight to her friends, as she went to find her way to her own dorm.

That was another big thing that Lily was nervous about. The Head Boy and Head Girl always shared a dorm. They didn't have the same room or anything, but from what she had heard, it was four rooms. A nice, cozy common room in the middle, with two dorms on either side, and an adjoining bathroom in the back that connected the two. She was at nerves end, thinking about it, now that the boy she had to share this dorm with was none other than James Potter.

And that was another thing to wonder. How had he gotten the position of Head Boy? Lily couldn't even count how many times she had caught James and his friends breaking rules, as a Prefect. How did Dumbledore expect him to stand up for these rules? She couldn't figure it out. It was like Dumbledore had some kind of crazy plot...

Nonetheless, Lily made her way through the halls, trying to find the Head's dorm. After 10 minutes of roaming around, she felt as though she had taken a wrong turn somewhere...

Great. She thought to herself. All she wanted right now was to just sleep in a nice, warm Hogwarts four-post bed, but she had to go and get lost. She brought her wand out, murmured "Lumos," and the tip of her wand lit up the slightly darkened corridor. She looked at where she was, and realized she was completely turned around. "Ugh..." she grumbled went back from where she came. She must have taken a wrong turn while she was tucked into her thoughts...

Eventually, she made it to a wide pair of doors, with the golden words encrusted upon the top, reading, "Head Student's Dormitory". It was a very decorative door, with great big golden knockers upon it, resembling that of two Hog's heads. She went to grasp the handle of the door, but was surprised to see that the knockers burst into life, asking, "Password?"

Lily stared. There was a password? Ohh, how could she forget... it was in the letter that had been sent to her with her badge... the password completely escaped her mind now. She went through the pockets of her robe, hoping that she had maybe thought to put the paper in there... but she was out of luck.

"Well?" the door knockers said, after a moment's silence.

"Erm," Lily said, feeling rather odd to address them, "I seemed to have forgotten the password..." she said, feeling hopeless.

"I've got it right here."

Lily nearly jumped out of her shoes at the voice behind her. She turned to see James, pulling an envelope out of his pocket, the same envelop he had gotten out of her compartment on the train. He retrieved the letter from within the envelope, and his eyes scanned the paper.

"Scallywag."

The doors spread wide open, revealing a nice, comfy room, with a lit fireplace, a big couch, and a table in one corner. The room instantly reminded Lily of the Gryffindor common room. Quickly, Lily looked to James, "Thanks..." she said quietly.

James nodded and gave her a small smile, but didn't say anything. He motioned for her to go ahead of him, into the room. As she did so, he closed the doors behind them. He sighed. "Evans..." he began, but as he turned around, he found that Lily had already crossed the room, and entered her own dorm on the left. The small click of the door sounded as his answer.

Ouch. James thought. This was going to be harder than he thought.

There we go. Second chapter.

I might continue writing tonight, I'm not sure...

Read and review please?

~pranceswithkitties