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CHAPTER 2: Breakfast

After the feast Ivy, Mary, Jamie and Lily met in the dormitory.

"I still can't believe James can't get the orange out of his hair!" Jamie said slipping on her large T-shirt.

"I can." Mary said. "I mean he's rubbish at Transfiguration." But in truth he just didn't try in class, outside of class he could do just about any spell he wanted.

"And Charms." Ivy added.

"And Potions." Jamie said.

"And do you remember what happened the last time he took muggle studies?" Lily asked.

"Didn't it have something to do with a trumpet, a ball and water?" Ivy asked.

"No I believe your getting the ball mixed up with toilet paper." Lily corrected.

"Oh yes. His giant spit wad." Jamie said reminiscing.

"That was awful." They all agreed.

"You have to admit though, he makes class more interesting." Jamie said.

"Oh yeah. Loads of fun he is." Mary said. "You guys didn't have to go to the hospital wing because one of his 'experiments' in potions went horribly wrong!"

"Oh Mary, you're not still upset about that are you?" Ivy asked walking into the bathroom.

"He nearly made me fail Slughorn's class." Mary reminded them. As if they could forget Potter's mad attempts at brewing An Elixir to Induce Euphoria.

"It wasn't so bad." Lily said.

"I was missing my eyebrows for three months. They still haven't grown back properly."

"At least you didn't have to drink it." Ivy consoled holding a toothbrush up to her mouth.

"I think anyone who had to would have died!" Jamie said. Ivy disappeared into the bathroom again.

"He's not that bad at potions." Lily defended.

"Well look who's sticking up for Potter." Jamie grinned raising an eyebrow.

"Please like I would ever stick up for Potter!" Lily said nearly spitting the name.

"Now who's getting defensive?" Jamie teased sitting at the foot of her bed. Of any of them Jamie was the messiest. Her auburn hair was almost always thrown up into a quick pony tail and she rarely wore makeup, except maybe Chap Stick. But then Jamie had an easy beauty about her.

"I'm not getting defensive." Lily argued. "I'm just saying that at least his potions don't blow up." Lily pointedly looked at Jamie.

"One time!" Jamie shouted causing them all to laugh.

"I'm getting tired." Ivy said reappearing having brushed her teeth and hair.

"I'm brushing my teeth." Lily said grabbing her sleeping gown from her trunk.

"Uh huh." Jamie agreed sarcastically.

"Honestly you two are worse than Toerag and Scruffy." Mary said to Jamie and Lily.

"Hardly!" Jamie disagreed. "At least we'll pass our N.E.W.T.S. Besides Potter and Black are insolent children. We are intellectual young women." Jamie placed a hand over her heart dramatically. As if she was insulted by the very idea.

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The next morning Lily woke early. She dressed in her uniform, brushed her hair and tidied the area around her bed. She wasn't about to have breakfast alone, but didn't want to spend a lot of time in the dormitory with the sleeping girls either. So she grabbed up her school books along with a book she'd been reading and headed down to the common room.

Much to her surprise James Potter was already down there completely dressed. He was sitting on the couch with his feet propped on the coffee table. His messy hair poking up all over his head.

"What are you doing up so early?" Lily asked him. He jumped a little at her voice.

"Morning Evans," he grinned turning to her. "Padfoot's snoring woke me. What about you?"

"My friends don't snore."

"No, I meant why are you up so early?" He asked. Lily shrugged. "Couldn't sleep?" He guessed.

"No. I just woke up and didn't feel like going back to sleep." It was quiet for a moment as Lily weighed her options. She could either wait in the common room with James for her friends. Or just go to breakfast by herself. Neither seemed exceptionally pleasant.

"Do you want to go to breakfast together?" James asked. After all the years of declining James a date here she was with no real options. She could say no, but then she'd have to leave and go alone, or go someplace else. Or she could just have one breakfast with James Potter.

Lily glanced back up at the girl's dorms. Her friends would probably be asleep for a long time. And maybe she could just keep it a secret. After all what was one breakfast? He was really only escorting her after all.

"Fine. But only this once." Lily agreed. James heaved himself out of the sofa. He followed her out the portrait hole and to the grand staircase before saying anything.

"So I see you're Head Girl."

"So I see you got the orange out of your hair." Lily responded.

"Yeah, it wasn't easy." James laughed combing his hand through his chaotic hair. "Moony finally got it while I was asleep."

"Hmm," Lily replied not sure what else to say. She was at least trying to be nice to Potter. Even though he drove her crazy.

"So can I ask you something?" Lily asked James as they descended onto the fourth floor landing.

"Sure." James agreed.

"What was with the candy cart and hexing your best mate?" James laughed at her.

"The candy cart was because I lost a bet," he explained, "and Padfoot, well he started it. Let's put it that way." Lily shook her head. What an immature answer. But then it was James Potter.

The Great Hall was just about empty when they arrived. Except for a few younger students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. No one was even at the Slytherin table and only three excited first years were at Gryffindor.

"It really tells you how early you are when no ones even at breakfast." James said.

"Yeah." Lily agreed. "I don't think I've seen this place emptier.

"I have." James mumbled. Lily ignored him, hoping maybe she'd misheard him. She sat down grabbing a muffin, eggs and sausage. James jumped the table to sit across from her. He put a pancake on his plate first than placed eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese and basically anything within reach on top of it. Than to finish it off he put another pancake on top of his mountain drenching it with syrup.

"That's revolting." Lily told him.

"It's not like I'm going to eat all of it." He said as if that excused the fact his plate alone would be enough to feed a large town. "Besides it's like a glorified breakfast burrito." James used his fork to saw through, although how he got the one bite to stay on his fork long enough to shovel it into his mouth was another story altogether.

It turned out James couldn't eat all of it. He did try however, and the resulting stomach ache was proof.

"I'm going to be sick." He groaned. Lily didn't want to pity him; it was his own stupid fault after all. But she felt herself feeling a tiny twinge of pity.

"Ah, Evens. Already eat have you?" Professor Slughorn asked passing the table. More students had joined, but still no sign of their friends.

"Yes Professor."

"And what about, er, Potter here?" he asked a bit more hesitantly.

"I'm afraid so Professor." Lily said as James turned his head so his cheek was pressed against the table.

"Hmm. Yes well, I'm having a party to celebrate the beginning of the year. You will come won't you?" Slughorn asked back to his booming voice.

"Of course Professor. When will it be?"

"Oh, well I haven't gotten to the details yet." Slughorn said. Lily nodded kindly. "But don't worry! It will be soon!"

Slughorn looked up to the staff table for a second smiling. "I'll be seeing you in class Miss Evan. And you Potter?"

"Yes Professor." Lily said. The professor nodded eyeing James before leaving.

"Maybe you should go the hospital wing." Lily suggested a minute later. James hadn't move.

"No. I'll be fine."

"You look like you're going to explode." Lily disagreed.

"Just ate too much." James insisted. Lily was about to leave when Sirius, Remus and Peter came in.

"What happened to him Evans?" Sirius asked her.

"He tried to eat a breakfast burrito, as he called it."

"By himself?" Sirius asked. But he didn't wait for an answer, "Prongs mate? Can you hear me?"

"Don't," James said then there was mumbling as he pointed his wand at Sirius.

"He's not dying." Remus told Sirius.

"Hold on!" Sirius cried crouching down beside him. Remus rolled his eyes sitting on the other side of James.

"Ill see you later Remus." Lily said taking her school bag. "Black. Potter."

The two boys were having some sort of food fight. Peter watched with excited eyes as Sirius and James bickered like five year old brothers.

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