Two Heads Are Better Than One

Chapter 2

"Have fun sweetheart." Said Mrs Potter, planting a kiss on James' cheek.

"Thanks mum." Muttered James, straightening up and wiping his cheek with his sleeve.

"And you too Sirius." She said, reaching up to kiss Sirius on the cheek too.

"Thanks Mrs Potter." Sirius grinned at her.

"Oh, come now Sirius, you've been living with us for over a year, surely you know that you can call me by my first name." said Mrs Potter sweetly.

"Uh…" It was obvious to James that Sirius didn't have the faintest idea what his mother's first name was! He was about to interrupt when, instead, he was saved by Remus.

"C'mon you two the trains about to leave!" he shouted from a doorway on the Hogwarts Express.

"Right. We better go, Padfoot." Said James. "Bye mum. See you at Christmas!"

"Goodbye James. Goodbye Sirius."

"Goodbye, Mrs…I mean – dammit!" Thankfully, Sirius had muttered this last word so as Mrs Potter couldn't hear.

"PADFOOT! PRONGS! COME ON!"

The train was slowly pulling away from Platform 9¾ so James and Sirius had to run for the door from which Remus was stilling hanging out. He held out a hand for James to grab hold of. James grabbed his hand and jumped into the train, turning back and holding out his own hand for Sirius. The train was speeding up now and Sirius was beginning to slow, looking a little tired.

"C'mon Padfoot!" yelled James "Grab my hand! Moony, help me…" but Remus had vanished. "Where the…?" James looked around but couldn't see him. Had he not seen that Sirius was not on the train yet? Deciding he had much bigger matters to deal with, James turned his attention back to Sirius who had now stopped running altogether. "NO! Padfoot don't give up! C'mon…C'MON!!" James nearly toppled out of the door as he was hanging out so far to try and reach back to Sirius which he knew, at this stage, was impossible.

Sirius stared at him with solemn eyes. "PADFOOT!" yelled James, "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, DO SOMETHING! CHANGE INTO A DOG AND CATCH UP THAT WAY – ANYTHING!!" James watched in horror as Sirius slowly shook his head.

"It's too late, Prongs!" he called back. "I can't catch up with you now!"

James didn't know what to do! He wouldn't see Sirius again! Don't be stupid! He thought! Surely there are other ways of transporting Sirius to school. Dumbledore will know what to do.

Suddenly…a door from much further down the train opened and Remus' head popped out! "Padfoot!" he yelled, catching Sirius' attention and holding out both arms. He's not gonna make it! Thought James. It's too late, the trains going too fast – he won't be able to jump!

But just as this thought had entered James' head, Remus caught Sirius around the chest and pulled him onto the train. Sirius cried out (with pain or from fright, James didn't know) and vanished inside the train.

James slammed the outside door shut and raced along the carriages until he came to a bundle of bodies on the floor. Sirius was still lying on top of Remus, rubbing his sides and groaning in pain.

"Gerroff me you big lump!" came the muffled voice of Remus.

Sirius shifted slightly and landed on the floor with a thump. James hurried to close the door as the train continued to pick up more speed. "You guys alright?" he asked, turning to face them.

"Yeah, I'm ok." Replied Remus, sitting up stiffly and massaging his arms. "What about you, Padfoot?"

"Uh-hu." Said Sirius, also sitting up. "Kinda caught me by surprise there Moony." he laughed weakly and stumbled to his feet (with a lot of help from James.) "But thanks anyway. I thought I was gonna be left stranded!"

"Me too." admitted James. "Why did you stop running?"

"Old age is getting the better of me, Prongs."

"You're only seventeen!" retorted James and Sirius grinned at him.

"Too right you are, Prongs! At the prime of my youth, I am."

James looked at Remus and rolled his eyes. "Well I best be off." he said, getting to his feet and dusting off his clothes.

"But you've only just got here!" whined Sirius.

"No! I mean I better go to the prefects meeting."

"Oh right! Well, surely you can wait ten more minutes…besides, you have to be changed into your robes before you go anyway, don't you?"

"Hmm…good point." he said "C'mon, Wormtail will have wondered what's happened to us."

Ten minutes later, the Marauders were changed into their Hogwarts robes, playing games of exploding snap and discussing the previous summer's events.

"I still can't believe you were appointed head boy, James" gaped Peter. "Dumbledore must really have liked you!"

Sirius laughed at the look of shock on James' face. "Do you really find it that hard to believe, Wormtail?!" he asked angrily.

"N – no." Spluttered Wormtail. "I was just saying that out of the whole year I didn't expect you to get the –"

"DAMN!"

"Whats up Moony?"

"My prefect meeting! I was meant to be there about 5 minutes ago!" Remus jumped to his feet and wrenched open the carriage door, "I'll see you guys later." And with that he was gone.

"Uh...bye." The other boys exchanged slightly amused looks then continued with their game of exploding snap. However, no sooner had the door closed was it open again.

"So its TRUE!"

A slim, red-headed girl stood in the doorway with her hands on either side of the frame, looking quite disgruntled. Two girls stood in the hall behind her, giggling.

"Evans" said James, sitting up straighter in his chair. "How nice to see you again. Have a nice summer?" Sirius snorted at James' formality and Lily looked furious.

"Don't 'nice summer' me, Potter!" she said, flinging her hand to her hips now.

"What did I do?" James was so confused, and slightly scared at Lily's reaction.

"You didn't do anything!" Lily's expression softened a little, "I guess it's not really your fault," then it turned back to stone cold fury "But still...of all the people -"

"Well if I didn't do anything wrong what are you yelling at me for?" And then he saw it, silver and shiny against the black of Lily's robes. James' mouth opened slightly as he stared at it, he couldn't believe his luck.

"Potter, what are you staring at?" asked Lily, folding her arms across her chest nervously.

"Your breasts." Answered Sirius simply and Peter gasped slightly.

"POTTER!" Shrieked Lily

"SIRIUS!" Shouted James

"PETER!" Shouted Sirius

"What did I do?" Peter asked

"Nothing," said Sirius "I just wanted to shout a name..."

"Sirius, shut up! Evans, I wasn't staring at your breasts, I promise. Not that I wouldn't. I have before. No! I mean they're lovely and I would hate to not look at them. Its like a waste. But I don't mean I look all the time. In-fact I don't at all! I dunno why I said I did. I lied. Sorry. But they're very lookable-at. I would look at them more if I could. But I didn't wanna stare so I don't. Not that I've looked at them before or anything. I just mean -"

SLAP!

"Get a hold of yourself man!" said Sirius, settling back into his seat after having slapped James hard across the face.

James looked up to see Lily staring at him, slightly amused and mouth open. "Sorry." He mumbled.

"That's," Lily hesitated "alright, Potter" she slowly dropped her hands to her side. "Now what were you really staring at?"

"Your badge," said James "you're head girl?"

"Yes, I'm head girl" shouted Lily, suddenly angry again. "And I was informed as I arrived that you were head boy. I didn't believe it at first so I had to come and see for myself and it was true!"

James sat back in his chair, heart pounding. This was possibly one of the best things that had ever happened to him; he and Lily were head boy and head girl! They would be forced to attend meetings together and patrol together. He would be alone with her, just the two of them, and she would have to stay with him. James thought he might have to hug Dumbledore for doing this.

Lily was staring at him now, her eyes blazing. Those beautiful emerald eyes...he could stare at them forever.

"What are you staring at now, Potter?" She asked him.

"Your breasts." Said Sirius again, he hadn't even looked round from staring out of the window.

"For your information," said James "I'm not!"

"Makes a change."

"Shut up, Sirius!"

"Right, well, are you coming or not?" Asked Lily, cutting Sirius off before he had a chance to reply to James' retort.

"Coming? Me? Where?" Spluttered James, excited at the prospect of going anywhere with Lily.

"Head boy/girl meeting of course!" Replied Lily, sounding a little impatient.

"Huh? Oh yeah of course!" James jumped to his feet, tripping over Sirius' out-stuck foot on the way out the door, and followed Lily out the carriage. Her giggling friends had decided to stay and - what appeared to be - goggle at Sirius while James and Lily headed off to their meeting.

James' heart had begun to pound hard again. They were alone, well, sort-of. She was so beautiful; the graceful way she seemed to glide as she walked, the flowery scent emitting from her hair as its tossed, shiny and soft and...

BANG

"Potter!"

"James!"

"Ohmygodwhatwasthat?!"

"It was me." Said Remus, helping James back to his feet.

"Wha...what happened?"

"You walked into me...again! Stop doing that. It hurts!"

"Sorry mate."

"Ja...Potter! Hurry up. We're late enough as it is. This isn't a very good start to our year as 'heads'." Then Lily started to walk down the corridor without him.

"She almost called you James." Said Remus in a low tone, smirking slightly.

"I know," James grinned back, for in his opinion, that was a very good start to their year as 'heads'. A very good start to their year indeed...

A/N: Sorry sorry sorry for the VERY late update. I have been very very busy with things then not been able to get back into the swing of writing again for a while. But I have started chapter 3 so hopefully that will be uploaded much faster than this chapter has been =P Sorry again and thank you so SO much for your patience =)