A/N: Thank you to all the people that were kind enough to review! It means the world to me! Without further ado, here is Chapter 2 :)
Chapter 2
"POTTER?" she shrieked. Oblivious to all the other people, she began screaming at him furiously. "This has to be some sort of sick joke! Go on! Go! I'm tired of your sick stupid games! How daft do you think I am?"
James laughed. "RELAX, Evans. I assure you, this is not some stupid joke. I am Head Boy. And just so you know, you are not setting a good example for the Prefects."
She instantly flushed. "I-I'm sorry, e-excuse us for a second," she said to the Prefects and roughly dragged James to another compartment and brusquely pushed him to a seat.
Lily had the urge to slap him right across the face, but she hastily shook it off. "POTTER!"
He sighed. "EVANS!" he shouted in the same mocking voice.
"Look I know you're not Head Boy. Why would Dumbledore choose you, out of all people? You have to excel in academics, hardworking, and SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR WORK!"
"Obviously that's me."
Lily groaned. "Fine. Let's go back to the Prefects."
After they had talked the Prefects, James and Lily found that they were the first students to arrive at Hogwarts. They found themselves standing in front of Professor McGonagall, who had a small smile to her face. "Welcome back to Hogwarts. If you could please follow me to my office…"
James looked at Lily and smirked. His hand instantly jumped to his hair and began ruffling it, making it even more messy.
Lily glared at him. "I swear, if you keep on doing that you'll regret it."
"Sorry Evans. Just a habit."
They began following Professor McGonagall, and as they entered her office she motioned them to sit.
Before she began, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat. "First, congratulations to both of you," she said, her gaze on Potter, as if she wasn't very happy with Dumbledore's choice. "Being chosen as Heads is a very large responsibility, so I'm just going to make this short, since I have to go meet the first years. If I hear any of you two misbehaving, there may be a chance your position will be passed on to somebody else. Have I made myself clear?" They both nodded in unison. "Alright, you two better be going down to the Great Hall. The sorting is starting soon."
The two took off and met up with their friends at the Great Hall.
Hestia was chatting away with Alice and Michelle, and she abruptly stopped when she saw Lily. "Hi Lily!"
Lily greeted her three best friends and looked around. "Hmmm, I feel like some people are missing. Like, they disappeared. The population seems a bit smaller."
"So, where were you?" Hestia asked, ignoring Lily's comment. Lily sighed and filled them in about what happened the Prefects' Compartment and the office.
Michelle grimaced. "James is Head Boy?"
Lily nodded her head. "Unfortunately, yes."
"But-but how?" Alice spluttered.
"I honestly don't know. And the worst part is, I'm not rooming with you guys anymore."
"WHAT?" they all shouted at once.
"I know," Lily said sadly.
"Who are you rooming with then?" Hestia demanded.
Lily gulped. "Potter," she whispered.
"NO! You're rooming with James? As in, like you two are sharing a dormitory?"
"No!" Lily blushed furiously. "We get our own rooms. It's basically like the common room, with our rooms on opposite sides."
"Oh," Alice managed out.
Before Lily could say anything else, the entire hall went silent as Dumbledore stood up. "Welcome back to Hogwarts, and for the first years," he smiled to the first years, "welcome to Hogwarts! Before I begin, I would like to introduce to you all the Head Girl and Head Boy- Lily Evans and James Potter." Lily and James both stood up, and everybody was clapping furiously.
"Well, we will all be expecting great things from them. And now, let the Sorting begin."
After the feast was over, Lily went up to the seventh floor to find her new dormitory. "Password?" the portrait, who was Circe asked.
"Er…"
"Sherbert lemon," James Potter's voice replied.
"You may enter." The door swung open.
The "Heads room" was quite large. The sitting room was almost as big as the Common Room and as Lily went into her room, she found her bed to be quite large. Words were etched onto the headboard: Miss Lily Evans, Head Girl.
"I see you're quite impressed," Potter said standing behind her.
"Yes I am," Lily replied. "Frankly, I'm not used to sleeping on my own."
"Trust me Evans, I'm as excited about this arrangement as you are. Only, maybe a tad bit more happy."
"I'm going to sleep now. Sod off Potter."
"Wait." James caught the door and pushed it open. "I need to talk to you."
Lily sighed. "Fine. What is it?"
James took a breath and sighed. "I'm worried about you."
Lily laughed. " Okay. I'm tired, so we can discuss this tomorrow." She sat on her bed and James just stood there, not moving. "Potter, move! I'm going to sleep! Honestly can't you-"
"Lily," he said a little more harshly. "Stop talking for a second."
Lily froze. Did he just call me Lily? She thought to herself. He never used her first name.
"Thank you," he said dismissively. "Like I said before I was interrupted, I'm worried about you."
"Why?" Lily cut in.
"Honestly, can't you just let me finish?" he asked. There was silence, and he continued. "I don't know if you noticed this or not, but some people are missing. Like, they did not come back. Now, did you notice this?" Lily nodded. "Well, about a week ago I heard my parents, who are Aurors talking about You-Know-Who's Death Eaters." He paused. "Well, on the news a few Death Eaters attacked some Muggle-born wizards, and threatened them to not come back to Hogwarts. I think quite a few of them didn't show up for the Feast. All I'm saying is er…be careful."
"Well, I appreciate your concern, but I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself Potter," Lily replied stiffly. "Now, if you could please go-"
"Goddammit Lily, let me finish!"
"You obviously stopped talking!"
"Just listen to me for one more minute! There are students at Hogwarts, who are planning on joining the Death Eaters. Voldemort has asked them, as a sort of test to get rid of the Muggle-borns. Dumbledore well knows about this, and he's doing the best he can to solve this. At the moment, he does not want to address this issue for reasons that I don't know about." James stopped, his hazel eyes locking with Lily's emerald green eyes. "Just be careful okay," he said softly.
"Does everybody know this?" Lily asked.
"Well, everybody who's parents are high up in the Ministry knows."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You seemed in such a chipper mood this morning."
James sighed. "Well, I didn't think it was a problem. However, I saw a group of maybe sixth years eyeing you with disgust. So, maybe it was a bigger problem than I had thought." He smiled. "Don't worry about it. I think I'm overreacting a little bit. Goodnight Evans." And just like that, he closed the door.
Lily sprawled herself on the bed, staring at the ceiling. He was serious, she thought to herself. Hearing the word serious, she giggled to herself. No he's Potter, not Sirius.
A/N: Haha, see what I did there? Get it? Serious/Sirius? Funny no? Okay it's just me. Thanks for reading another chapter! If you have any questions, please write them in the review box, and I'll be answering them in the "Author's Note Section" every single chapter. I will try my best to update the next Chapter within a week or less, since I'm going on vacation. Enjoy your day guys :)
