The rest of Saturday passed relatively quickly, and as Lily climbed into bed that night, James Potter was still on her mind.

Lily walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast the next morning, which was a Sunday, in high spirits. For some reason, she just felt like today was going to be a good day. In fact, she would have to ask Charity if she had given her some Felix Felicis in her sleep.
"Morning, Lil." Said Hestia, as she began to walk next to Lily.
"Morning, Hestia." Said Lily.
"You're not carrying your book that you usually bring down to breakfast with you." Commented Hestia.
"No, I didn't feel like bringing a book with me this morning." Replied Lily.
"Lily, that's all you ever do at breakfast." Said Hestia. "That's what you've been doing nearly every morning for seven years straight."
"I know, but maybe seven years is enough, don't you think?" Asked Lily. "I've had my nose stuck in books for seven years, and I'm only going to be here for two more terms. I need to actually do some stuff other than study before I leave Hogwarts."
"Are you quite sure you feel OK, Lil?" Asked Hestia.
"I'm fine, Hestia." Said lily. "But look at it this way; I've been here for seven years and I still don't completely know my way around the grounds because all I ever do is stay indoors and read. I need to get out and do stuff, or before I know it, it'll be time to leave Hogwarts and then I'll have to live with regrets my whole life long."
"Right, Lily, I just have to go and talk to Dora Tonks at the Hufflepuff table for a minute, I'll catch you up later." Said Hestia, before dashing off in the direction of the Hufflepuffs. lily looked down the Gryffindor table, and saw James Potter and Sirius Black sitting next to each other. She decided to go sit with them.
"Hello." Said Lily, as she sat down on the bench on the opposite side of the table from the two Marauders.
"Hi, Lily." Said Sirius, who looked like he had finished his food, judjing by the empty plate in front of him that was usually full of sausages and beans and bacon and toast.
"Is at a nue sirt?" Asked James, with his mouth stuffed full of food.
"Swallow your food and then repeat that, please, I didn't catch a word of it." Said Lily, who helped herself to some cereal. James swallowed the food in one go, and consiquentially choked on it. Sirius gave him a good, hard thump on the back, which seemed to help. "Take a drink of something, James." Said Lily. She looked over, and saw that James' goblet was empty, so she handed him hers. He took a large gulp from it, and then he was fine.
"Thanks, Lils." Said James, handing Lily back her now half-empty goblet.
"It's OK." Replied Lily. "Now, what were you saying before you choked on your breakfast?"
"What? Oh, yea. I asked you if that was a new shirt you're wearing." Said James.
"This? Yea, my Mum sent me it a few days ago, just as a little surprise." Replied Lily.
"Erm, I think I'll leave you two alone now." Said Sirius, who stood up. "Catch you later, Prongs."
"Right, see you, Padfoot." Replied James. Sirius walked off, and James watched him until he was out the door, then turned back to Lily. "I like it." He said.
"What? My shirt?" Asked Lily.
"Yea, it looks nice with your eyes." Replied James.
"Oh, erm, thanks." Said Lily. She blushed, which didn't look good with her red hair.
"You're cute when you do that." Said James.
"James, stop, or I'll go even redder." Said Lily, bowing her head to try and hide her red face.
"You know what I'm thinking?" Asked James. "This is the first time I've called you cute and you haven't threatened me with an Instant Scalping Hex." This only made Lily blush more.
"Well, it's a good hex." Said Lily, and regretting it as soon as it was out. What a stupid thing to say!
"You know, Lils, the way you're getting on, you'd think you wanted to go out with me or soemthing." Said James, not one bit expecting what was coming next.
"OK." Said Lily in a quiet voice, but loud enough for James to hear. He choked on the pumpkin juice he had been drinking from Sirius's forgotten half-empty goblet.
"You'll what?" Asked James. "You'll go out with me?"
"Yes." Said Lily, looking up at last and seeing James's incredulous expresion, which didn't help any.
"You serious?" Asked James.
"Yes, Potter, I'm serious." Said Lily, torn between the desire to kiss James Potter for being so damn cute and hitting him for being so annoying.
"Well, next weekend's a Hogsmeade weekend, we could go to the Three Broomsticks or soemthing?" Said James, who had the look on his face of a five-year-old who had just been tolod he can have whatever he wanted from a the sweet-shop.
"Sounds good." Said Lily, managing a smile.
"Cool, um, I'll see you round, then, I have to go back to Gryffindor Tower to get my Quidditch gear." Said James, standing up from the table.
"I've finished, I'll go with you." Said Lily.
"You've hardly eaten anything." Commented James.
"I'm not hungry." Replied Lily. "Come on, lets go." They both set off together for Gryffindor Tower. James was over the moon, and Lily was quite amazed at what had just happened, but happy none the less.