Author's Note: Yeah, I know I haven't updated this story in far too long. I'm not going to beg for reviews, but it does give me encouragement to update faster when I get reviews.

I didn't get any reviews for the first two chapters of this story, and it kind of made me give up on it for a while. But now, I've decided I'm going to keep writing it, even if it never gets a review, because I love writing!

Still though, reviews would be appreciated. :)


At the meeting, Lily and James discovered that the rumours of a Heads Dorm were untrue, much to James's dismay.

As they walked back to Gryffindor tower, James led Lily through some shortcuts that Lily had never come across in all her seven years at Hogwarts.

"Wow, that's amazing!", Lily exclaimed, forgetting that she was supposed to hate James. "How did you find out about all of these?"

"Well, it cost us a few detentions for being out past curfew, but we're pretty sure we know all of the castles secrets now", James shrugged.

"Maybe you can show me more some time."

James stared at Lily. Was she being nice to him?

Lily stopped walking as they reached the Fat Lady. James turned to face her. "Look, Potter", Lily began, "I was thinking that, um, since we're Heads this year and all, maybe we could put the past behind us? You stop bothering me all the time and I'll start being nice to you?"

"Sounds good to me", James told her, "but one thing. Would you mind calling me James instead of Potter?"

"Sure", Lily smiled. Then, turning to the Fat Lady, "Snidget"

The Fat Lady swung open to let them in. James helped Lily through the portrait hole like a perfect gentleman. Lily glanced around the room as the Fat Lady sealed herself behind them. The common room was empty. She supposed everyone must have been exhausted from the excitement of the first day back at Hogwarts.

"Well, um, goodnight, James", Lily said quietly, not wanting to disturb the peacefulness of the room.

James smiled at the use of his first name. He loved the way his name sounded when Lily said it. "Night, Lily."

Suddenly, Lily leaned in and gave him a quick hug. James put his arms around Lily and hugged her back. He could smell the gorgeous scent of her shampoo and her arms felt so warm and soft around him. All too soon, she pulled away from him and hurried up the stairs to her dormitory, not looking back. James watched her leave, and stayed standing there for a few minutes trying to take in what had just happened.

o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o

The next morning, Lily woke up to find that all her friends had already gone down to breakfast. Grumbling, she got dressed and hurried down the stairs into the common room. As she was in such a hurry, she had forgotten to tie her shoelaces – something she didn't realise until she tripped as she rushed across the common room. Cursing to herself, she sat up and tied her shoelace. It was then that she heard chuckling from the other side of the common room. Darn. She had thought there was nobody her. Lily looked up to see James Potter making his way towards her.

"Clumsy, much?", he joked.

Lily pouted. "I'm not clumsy, gravity just hates me."

James chuckled and offered his hand to Lily. She grabbed his hand and let him pull her up.

"You going to breakfast?", he asked her.

"Yeah, you?"

"Yeah. Do you, um, wanna go down together or something?"

She smiled brightly. "Sure, why not?"

Together, they walked to the Great Hall, James showing Lily a few more secret passages along the way. As they walked, they talked a little about themselves. Lily realised that she knew next to nothing about James, which surprised her a bit. She learned that he had no siblings, and she told him about her sister, Petunia, whom she was no longer on speaking terms with.

"She's mad!", James exclaimed, "Why wouldn't anyone want to talk to you?"

Lily giggled and blushed. That was really quite sweet.

They chatted a little more, and didn't even notice that they had entered the Great Hall. It was half empty because most students had finished homework at this stage. There were still a few stragglers, eating breakfast while studying a book, and a few latecomers like themselves.

Sirius and Marlene were in a heated argument over the last slice of toast – nothing unusual there. Emma and Remus were discussing a homework assignment and Peter was helping himself to a second portion of scrambled eggs.

They all stopped what they were doing when they saw James and Lily walking towards them, Lily laughing at something James had said. Nobody said anything as they sat down beside them and started to choose their breakfast, still chatting away. Suddenly, James and Lily noticed the silence and looked around to see their friends staring at them in disbelief.

"What?", Lily asked, bewildered.

"I thought you hated Potter!", Marlene burst out.

Lily blushed a little. "He's not so bad."

"You're JOKING!", Sirius said loudly.

James laughed and said, "Nope. Me and Lily are friends now."

Marlene raised her eyebrows and muttered to Lily, "We'll be having a little talk about this later."