A/N: Take a moment of silence for Japan before you start reading. I have a friend who came over here and she's from Hiroshima. I don't know if any of her friends/family members in Northern Japan are affected. She seemed incredibly sad the other day, and I didn't ask her about it.

A/N: After that serious note, here is the 10th chappie! And woo hoo for me, I have 2 thousand hits! Awesome, thanks guys! I feel like I should have a party. *Puts on 'One More Time' by Daft Punk and does some retarded dancing.*

A/N: Ooh, special thanks to FutureAuthor-Hopefully, Loslote, and Mercy'sFoundaWayforMe. They're my regular reviewers! C'mon, give them a clap *someone throws a banana at the author* ... or a banana.

P.S. FLUFFDOM! Well, not really. A 'pay attention to EVERYTHING, otherwise the end result won't make sense' chappie... as are all my other chapters (except the random girl from chappie 2... or is she a random girl? Was that a random incident? *someone throws an orange at the author* Hey! Hey! Hey! You can throw the bananas, but definitely not the oranges! *throws the orange back, and then 10 mins later, the paramedics are hauled in...*)

And to you, my dear reader, this chapter is dedicated. :D

The news of Eli the Elf girl had spread incredibly fast.

Lily kept getting badgered about Eli, and Eli just wooed all the boys (and some females).

It seemed that there were only two guys who seem unaffected by Eli. Lionel and Drew Brocklehurst never glanced twice at Eli.

Lily thought that was rather strange but she wasn't that concerned.

James was the most noticeable admirer, he practically worshipped the ground that Eli walked on.

This annoyed Lily for she was trying to organise meetings and every time, suddenly James has 'other plans', preferring Lily to do all the work and not even raising a finger. He was exactly the same as the year before!

Lily sighed heavily, and turned to Eli who asked her a question, a question that would bother Lily for a while.

"Is James Potter single?"

James lay awake, yearning for Eli in a way that should be illegal; at least, at Hogwarts.

He slid out of his bed, grabbed his wand, and the Marauder's Map, and searched for Eli's name. James had been doing that for a while now; a fortnight after her miraculous appearance.

To his surprise and curiosity, Eli was standing right outside his door.

Why is she there?

He got up from the floor, wiped the map clean, and opened the door.

"Hello?"

He lowered his wand, and found Eli's eager face.

"Hi, James!"

James blinked.

"...Hi, Eli. If you don't mind me asking, why are you here?"

"Well, you see, I came here, as you can see, to ask you... a question?"

Eli replied uncertainly.

"Yes?" pressed on James, slightly irritable, and slightly hopeful.

"Would you like to have me as your girlfriend?" Eli said, as though the word girlfriend was foreign to her.

James gaped at her.

"Would you like to repeat that?"

Eli smiled gently. "Would you like me to be your girlfriend?"

James grinned, stretched, and picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder. The spun around, Eli squealing in delight, and James just laughing.

What they didn't notice was Lily, leaning against her doorframe, watching the new couple, a strange expression twisting her face...

Lily drifted through the Library, pulling several books off the shelves.

Hugging her books to her chest, she turned the corner and was confronted with the image of James and Eli snogging passionately.

Lily jumped, taken by absolute surprise and disgust, (who knew James even knew where the Library was?) then tried to side-step them. They broke apart and beamed at each other breathlessly. Then, James looked around and spotted Lily trying to get past them.

If possible, his smile widened.

"No you don't," he said, snaking his arm around Lily's hand.

"Just a moment, dear," James said to Eli, who nodded happily and resumed reading the book that was laying open on the desk behind her.

James pulled Lily away from Eli, and in between two shelves.

"So."

Lily raised an eyebrow at James.

"So?" asked Lily.

"I think you need a good, solid relationship."

Lily gaped at him.

"Are you serious?"

James chuckled.

"I hope not. Anyway, you know that Lockhart bloke? I think he'd be good for you."

"Who are you? My therapist?"

James chuckled again.

"Well, no. If you're not going to follow that advice, then why not be friends!"

Lily blinked, privately fearing the sanity of James.

"Be friends with you?"

"Ahh, why not, eh? It's our last year, we need to cooperate and we might as well leave on good terms, just in case we meet somewhere in the world," said James cheerfully, ruffling Lily's long red hair.

Lily considered for a moment. He had raised some good points there. Although, Lily needed to know two things.

"Are you going to hit on me?"

James laughed at her, as though she said something particularly amusing.

"Why would I do that when I'm in a relationship?"

Lily half-shrugged, then asked another question, one that she regretted saying afterwards.

"Why are you so happy?"

James sighed deeply and grinned.

"Because I'm in lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrve, my dear friend!" James said, sliding a finger down Lily's nose. Lily watched the finger intently, and the result was looking cross-eyed.

"I'm in a happy relationship! The colours are bright, the sun is shining, everything smells completely wonderful and... well, the world's is so happy, and cheerful. And friendly. You know?"

Lily thought that everything was the complete opposite. They were in the middle of a war, it was completely dull in the castle, clouds circled the sky, everything smelt how it should, and Voldemort was still killing everybody off.

So, no, she didn't know.

Before she had a chance to answer, James dragged her back to Eli.

"Meet my new friend! Lillian Rose Evans!"

Lily cringed against his arms.

He linked arms with Eli and Lily, haphazardly moving down the corridor.

"Hi!" he shouted perkily to an incredibly glum looking fifth-year Ravenclaw girl loitering outside the library, who stared at him.