Days in Avalon

Chapter Sixteen: An Evening in Detention

As the Hogwarts Express made it's way up the countryside to the school, the students on the train made the most of their time by sharing stories of their holiday trips, playing various wizard games, and for some, pulling pranks on the younger students. Lily told the others about her summer ordeal, and needless to say they were all surprised. Out of everyone in the group, they never would have thought that Lily would lose her cool so much that she would use magic on a muggle.

Soon the students found themselves pulling up to the Hogsmeade station and taking the supposed horseless carriages up to the castle, while the first years took the small rowboats across the lake. Within a matter of moments the students had settled into their house seats to await the Sorting Ceremony. When the last student had been sorted (a boy named Riley Zahn who was sorted into Ravenclaw), Professor Dumbledore stood up to give his normal welcome and warnings of the year. After which, with a wave of his hand, all the tables were filled with a variety of foods and sweets, and the hall once again broke into a low rumble with students chattering.

"Hey gals," said Karen coming over to have desert with friends. "What's up with James Potter?"

"Why do you ask?" inquired Andy as she grabbed a piece of cherry pie.

"Because he keeps looking down here," she stated. Sure enough as the other four girls looked down the table, they found James staring at them and then quickly turning back to talk to Remus Lupin. Andy couldn't help but laugh inwardly at James's infatuation with her best friend.

"Probably planning another prank, or trick, or something," said Lily darkly as she finished off her tart.

"Or maybe he's just checking someone out," chuckled Felicia, as she raised her eyebrows suggestively.

"Ha ha, Felicia," said Lily sarcastically.

"Hey it could happen. I mean stranger things have occurred," said Kelly. "Maybe the little urchin has grown up."

"It's possible," agreed Karen. "Just hope he doesn't follow in his best mate's steps."

"What do you mean," asked Felicia.

"Well, I heard," said Karen in a low voice, "that over the summer he's been a little…'busy'…girl-wise."

"What?" said Felicia in shock.

"Oh please! I just ate," groaned Andy in disgust. She suddenly lost her appetite at the very vague mental picture that formed in her mind.

"Yeah, apparently little Blackie over there has become quite the ladies man. And not just in his dream world," added Karen.

"I can't believe that James would ever stoop that low," stated Andy.

"Why?" inquired Kelly.

"Well because James is a gentleman," said Andy as if it were obvious. Lily couldn't help but let out a small snort of laughter.

"Plus if he did go that low, he wouldn't live long to tell the tale, because both his parents would kill him," added Andy choosing to ignore Lily's outburst.

Lily sighed in disgust and rolled her eyes at the mere thought of James Potter. As she glanced down the table, she happened to catch a glimpse of Everett in the corner of her eye. She turned her head toward the Ravenclaw table and saw him chatting among friends. Feeling that someone was staring at him, Everett turned and gave Lily a very friendly smile. Lily returned the smile as she felt the blood rush to her cheeks. When she turned back to her friends, they were all looking at her with raised eyebrows.

"What?" chuckled Lily.

"What's that about?" inquired Andy motioning toward Everett's direction.

"It's nothing," said Lily as she took a sip of her pumpkin juice, wishing they would change the subject.

"That wasn't a 'nothing' look he was giving you," said Andy, beating Felicia to the punch line.

"Andy," said Lily growing even more embarrassed than before. Andy glared at Lily giving her the 'I know you're not telling us something' look.

"So are you going to tell us, or do I have to force it out of you?" said Andy with a raised eyebrow.

"Urgh, it's nothing really. I just…sort of…agreed to see him next week," mumbled Lily.

"You mean like a date?" said Andy.

"Uh well…" started Lily.

"Oh my god! Lily!" squealed Karen.

"Oh, our own Lily flower is growing up!" said Felicia with pride.

"You're not really into this guy are you?" asked Andy. Although deep down she was happy for her, Andy couldn't help but feel a little worried that her plan to get her with James might end before it even got started.

"It's just a date," said Lily simply. "Besides you're one to talk, little miss I flirted with practically ever male on the train, and has a date with most of them for every day of the week."

"What?" said Felicia, Kelly, and Karen at the same time.

"So I have a few dates lined up. Big deal! It's not like I'm marrying any of them. I was just being polite," said Andy seeing how she walked herself right into that one, and now wanting to change the subject. Lily simply gave her a smirk delight.

As the feast ended, Professor Dumbledore dismissed everyone to their dormitories for a good nights rest before classes tomorrow. While everyone headed to their respected dormitories, Andy pulled Lily aside while Remus and the new fifth year prefects showed the first years to their dormitory.

"Okay spill it," said Andy.

"Spill what?" chuckled Lily.

"You know what. When did this whole thing with Everett start?"

"I ran into him on the train after you went to get whatever it was out of your trunk. We got to talking and when I was about to leave, he asked me out."

"Lil, are you sure you really want to go out with this guy? I mean his kind of…well…a stick in the mud," said Andy not seeing a nicer way of putting it.

"What?"

"You know, boring, dull, dreary, unexciting, humdrum…"

"Okay I get the picture. But why do you care anyway? I mean it's not like I'm picking out china patterns, or registering for a wedding. It's just a date."

"Come on Lily. I know you. You can't really say no to people who act all nice and sweet to you. And I'm afraid that you are going to be in a relationship that is so boring, you are going to turn into a mind-numbing troll like Everett," implored Andy.

"Well thank you for your concern, but I'll be fine," said Lily with a smile.

"You say that now," said Andy darkly.

"Everett is a great guy. Besides who would you rather have me go out with? Someone who is smart, sophisticated, nice, caring, and considerate toward others and their feelings? Or someone who is self-absorbed like your friend, James Potter?" said Lily.

"Hey Jay is a nice guy really. He's just a guy who likes to have fun. Something you should try once in awhile," stated Andy with her arms crossed.

"Please!" said Lily while she rolled her eyes.

"James's is smart. He's also nice, and caring, and considerate toward others."

"Well if he's such a great guy, then you go out with him. Oh wait you did that already!"

"Geez, Lily. Why do you always have to see the bad in him?" sighed Andy.

"Name one good thing he's ever done? And don't say about your accident last year because if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have been hit in the head with a rock slide," warned Lily.

"All right, fine then. He sticks up for Remus whenever he's gone off somewhere. Plus, he's helped me out with Transfiguration. He's also helped out a couple of students with their defense charms in class, and he's helped out Peter in practically everything," stated Andy.

"Oh well that makes all the difference!" dramatized Lily. "But never mind the fact that he's also used those same charms against those students, or that he's constantly disrupting a class for some reason, or the fact that since first year he's practically made my life a living hell. James Potter is nothing to me but an egotistic, cruel, annoying, and troublesome jerk that takes pleasure in other people's pain. Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go to bed now," barked Lily. With that she stormed off toward Gryffindor tower, leaving Andy alone in the dark hallway.

"This is going to be harder than I thought," mumbled Andy to herself as she rubbed her eyes. "Why do I always have to pick impossible tasks?" she asked herself as she head off in the same direction as Lily. Unbeknown to either Lily or Andy was the fact that someone happened to listen in on their conversation. Still feeling the cold, painful, sting of Lily's words James stepped out from his hiding spot and let Lily's word's sink in.

'She really does hate me. And she's going out with some Everett guy?' James thought as he tried to sort out his confusion on his way to his room.

'Fine then. If she wants to go out with a loser like him that's fine. Urgh why did I ever think I could like a girl like that whiny, goody too shoes, bookworm? Sirius was right. Evans is just a waste of my time.' concluded James angrily, as he made his way up to his room for a restless night.

As the week began, classes were as hectic as they were the previous year. All of the sixth years found themselves being loaded up again with mounds of homework and essays due on various days. But as the days passed one right into the other, Lily was slightly surprised to find that Friday had finally come. She had talked to Everett earlier on in the week, but he didn't really tell her what they would be doing. Just the fact that she should probably bring a jacket and that they wouldn't be going to far.

After her last class, Lily quickly made her way back up to her room to find an outfit to wear.

"So tonight's the big night with your date with Everett?" said Kelly as she came in to find Lily already sorting through her clothes. Andy and Felicia followed in behind her and saw Lily trying to figure out what to wear in the mirror. Felicia put her books down and went over to her trunk to find something, while Andy flung herself on her bed after an exhausting day.

"Ahh my pillow," sighed Andy.

"So where are you off to tonight, Lil," inquired Kelly.

"Don't really know. Everett didn't really give any details. Just that we weren't going that far and that I should dress comfortably," said Lily and she tried to figure out which sweater to wear.

"Hmm…probably plans on taking you to Hogsmeade," said Felicia as she pulled out some of her clothes.

"Oh, that's real original," said Andy in a low voice. Lily turned around and glared in the direction of Andy's bed. She hadn't really talked to her since their argument when they arrived back.

"Either that, or he plans on taking you up to the Astronomy tower to get know you better," said Felicia as she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Oh please Felicia. Not everyone goes up to the Astronomy tower to snog," said Andy.

"Well, okay then Ms. Know it All. What else could they do?"

"Hmm…well since it's called an Astronomy Tower they could…oh I don't know…look at the stars!" stated Andy to which Felicia just scoffed.

"Or they could go up their to get away from annoying friends who spend way to much time thinking about the opposite sex," added Andy as Felicia made her way to the bathroom. Right before she closed the door, Felicia stuck out her tongue at Andy.

"Oh real mature, Figg!" shouted Andy.

"What time are you suppose to meet up with him?" asked Kelly trying to change the topic at hand.

"Right after dinner," said Lily as she continued over her debate.

"Oh for Merlin's sake, Lil! Just wear the green cardigan with a white shirt," roared Andy, getting fed up with hearing Lily quietly debating.

Both girls jumped slightly at Andy's sudden outburst. Lily glared daggers at Andy who was now sitting up on her bed glaring back, until Andy's face started to relax.

"Sorry. I guess I'm just in one of my moods again. Wear whatever you want," sighed Andy as she fell back on her pillows and pulled out a book to read.

Lily turned back to her task and found that Andy's idea was a pretty good one. 'The one time she has to be right.'

As Lily finished getting ready, Felicia came out of the bathroom dressed up in a red mini skirt and a black top.

"Well I'm off," she said as she grabbed her jacket.

"Whoa, wait a minute," said Andy getting up from her bed.

"Just where do you think you're going dressed like that?" asked Lily.

"I got a date tonight," said Felicia simply.

"With who?" said Kelly.

"Some guy. Don't wait up ladies," said Felicia with a smirk before she left.

"She's up to something," said Lily.

"Really? You think?" said Andy sarcastically.

Everett met up with Lily in the Entrance Hall right after they both had finished with dinner as planned. He then took her out onto the grounds where they walked along the lake as the sun set in the west. They talked about a numerous topics such as school, the latest news in the Wizarding world, and about the latest books each has read and movies each has seen, since both were muggle born. After it had gotten dark, they both returned to the castle and headed up to Astronomy Tower for some stargazing. While they were up there they enjoyed a couple of chocolate frogs that Everett had acquired.

All the while Lily was on the date, she enjoyed spending time with Everett and thought he was really cute, but for some reason in the back of her head she had this nagging feeling that this wasn't really right. 'It's just first date jitters. It's nothing more than that.'

As the evening came to a close, Everett walked Lily to the third floor landing where they would part.

"Well, I had a great time Lily," said Everett with a big smile.

"Me, too," giggled Lily.

"Maybe we could do it again sometime?" he asked slightly afraid of her answer.

"Yeah, I'd like that a lot," said Lily with a warm smile.

"Great! Well I guess this is goodnight then," said Everett. He looked into her bright emerald eyes and Lily began to feel loss in his brown eyes. She could slowly feel him growing closer to her face, and she began to close her eyes. Lily could feel her breath begin to quicken slightly out of anticipation for the moment to feel him kiss her. 'This is it!'

But the moment never came. Instead of kissing her on the lips like she thought he would, he ended up giving her a peck on the cheek instead.

"Goodnight Lily," said Everett.

"Goodnight Everett," said Lily, a little disappointed that he didn't really kiss her. As Lily made her way back to the common room replaying the evening events in her mind, she didn't hear someone come up from behind.

"Oh look, the teacher's pet," said a voice from behind. Startled by the presence of the voice, Lily quickly spun around and found Severus Snape standing behind her.

"What do you want, Severus?" sighed Lily in annoyance.

"My my, aren't we feisty tonight. What? Date didn't go well?" said Snape with a smirk.

"Sod off," said Lily.

"Ah, ah, ah. Careful there, Evans," said Snape shaking a finger at her. "After all, I am the on duty prefect."

"So?" said Lily not seeing the point.

"So…verbal abuse is a highly chargeable offense," said Snape with an eerie grin. He then pulled out a small pad of paper from his pocket and a quill.

"What do you think you're doing?" inquired Lily.

"Giving you a detention," said Snape.

"What!"

"You heard me," said Snape sharply.

"This is stupid," said Lily rolling her eyes.

"Oh, do you want to challenge me?" asked Snape as he began to reach into his robes for his wand.

"What's going on here?" said a new voice. It was Andy who was coming down the same hallway.

"None of your business, Starmenter," growled Snape.

"Right," said Andy as she looked at Snape to Lily then back to Snape. "I don't so. What are you up to, Snivellus?"

"Giving Evans here a detention ," snapped Snape.

"Excuse me?" chuckled Andy.

"This is ridicules!" sighed Lily.

"Why on earth would you give Lily a detention?" chuckled Andy.

"She's out after hours, and she mouthed off to me, if you must know," stated Snape. Upon hearing his excuse Andy suddenly broke out in a fit of laughter.

"You're kidding right? Come on, Snivellus. That excuse is never going to work. But before you get your knickers in a twist, I'll explain why it won't work. The reasons are one: Lily is a sixth year, which means she's allowed to be out this late, two: she's a prefect, so she really doesn't really need an excuse for being out late, and three: as for her mouthing off to you, she only did that because you deserve it you stuck-up, tattletale," said Andy with malice in her voice.

Severus mumbled something angrily at Andy before diving into his cloak for his wand. At the same time, Andy quickly pulled out her wand out. But before she could even shout off a curse, Snape was flung against the wall. Andy looked over in Lily's direction as saw that she had her wand out and was pointing it directly at Snape.

"What is going on here!" shouted Professor McGonagall's voice as she came running to where they were.

"Snape? How…did you…w-wha…" stuttered a shocked Professor McGonagall. "Explain yourself, Ms. Evans," roared Professor McGonagall seeing that Lily had her wand out.

"Uh, well…" started Lily.

"It's my fault, Professor" piped Andy.

"Ms. Starmenter?" said Professor McGonagall as she turned toward Andy.

"I did it," said Andy with a shrug.

"Andy!" shrieked Lily in protest.

"Oh Lily, would you shut up and quit trying to protect me. I did it, Professor. I attacked Snape," stated Andy.

"Why?" growled McGonagall.

"Well, Snivel…I mean Snape here was harassing Lily, so I told him to knock it off and he wouldn't so I hexed him," said Andy simply.

Professor McGonagall looked at all three of them sternly to see if this story was the truth. Seeing that Snape was indeed all right and too tired to deal with this, Professor McGonagall decided to believe Andy's story.

"Very well then, I'll take away twenty points from Slytherin for harassing a student. And for your confession, I'll only take away ten points from Gryffindor, and give both of you detention. It that understood?"

"Yes, Professor," said Andy hanging her head in shame.

"Very well then. I'll ask that you and Ms. Evans return to your house, immediately," said Professor McGonagall. With a nod from both girls, the professor dismissed them and bid them goodnight.

"You shouldn't have done that," said Lily when they were only a couple of feet from the picture of the fat lady.

"Oh, come on Lil. Did you really want to serve detention all night with McGonagall breathing down your neck?" said Andy with a raised Lily. Lily saw the look on her face and both girls began to laugh.

"I'm sorry," said Andy.

"Me too," said Lily as she said the password to the fat lady.

When they entered the common room, they found James pacing in front of the fireplace looking highly tick. Andy gave Lily a nod that told her she would be up in a sec.

"What's up Jay?" said Andy.

"Nothing, just McGonagall being annoying as always," growled James.

"What did you do now?"

"Ahh she caught me setting up a prank outside the Slytherin common room. It was going to be the best prank the Marauder's have ever pulled! Now instead I have to serve detention with the old bat. Ah, I'm going to bed. I can't wait for Padfoot any more to get back from his date. See you tomorrow, Star," said James before heading up.

'Well I guess detention won't be so bad after all,' thought Andy as she headed up to her room.

The next day, seemed to drag on for a lot of people at Hogwarts. Seeing one of the last warm days before fall fully kick in, was so inviting to the students that they had a hard time concentrating on their lessons. As the final bell rang for the day, all the students bolted out of Transfiguration except for two.

"Ms. Evans and Ms. Starmenter. I'd like to see up front please," called Professor McGonagall right before the two girls had reach the door. Lily eagerly walked back up to the front of the classroom, while Andy sighed heavily and reluctantly walked to the professor's desk.

"Here is your detention schedule, Ms. Starmenter," said Professor McGonagall as she handed over a piece of parchment to Andy. "You are to meet in the old Defense Against the Dark Arts room in the dungeons tonight. You'll be serving it with one other person."

"Yes, Professor," said Andy. 'Ah, looks like Jay and I will be having a grand old time.'

"That's all for now. Just remember to be on time. Nine o'clock sharp," said Professor McGonagall sternly.

"Right professor. I won't be late," said Andy before she turned on her heels and waited outside the classroom for Lily.

"Now, Ms. Evans," started McGonagall. "There is a favor I must ask of you."

"What kind of favor, Professor?" inquired Lily, slightly afraid of what she had to say.

"See, the headmaster had asked me along with a few other faculty members to help him on an assignment this evening. Which means that all of the detentions that the others and I have been scheduled to oversee have been re-assigned to different teachers and prefects, except for one student. Unfortunately there are no other available seventh year prefects and our Head Boy and Girl are already overseeing another assignment. So that means I have to choose a sixth year prefect to handle it."

"I understand, Professor," beamed Lily, relieved she wasn't really in trouble and that she was given this responsibility.

"I'm glad you do. You are to report to this location tonight at nine o'clock sharp," said Professor McGonagall as she handed Lily a rolled up piece of parchment. "All of the directions are in there. That is all."

"So what did McGonagall want?" asked Andy as Lily came out of the classroom.

"Oh, I've been asked to oversee a detention tonight," said Lily as she looked at her watch. "Ahh…oh sorry Andy, I can't talk right now. I've got a meeting with Professor Flitwick in a few minutes. I'll talk to you later," yelled Lily as she bolted down the hallway away from Andy.

"Hmmm…wonder if she's overseeing my detention. I got to find James. Ha ha…James and Lily in the same room together. Luckily I'll be there to stop any fights. Who knows, with a little luck and persuasion, this whole crazy idea of them getting together may just work out," said Andy to herself as she made her way back to Gryffindor tower to find James.

Andy searched the entire tower and castle, but couldn't find James at all. She thought perhaps she'd see him at dinner, but alas to no avail. 'Where is that guy? Oh well, I guess I'll see him at nine,' thought Andy as she went up to her room to relax before she had to serve her detention.

As nine o'clock rolled around Andy was seen heading down to the dungeons for her detention. When she reached the old Defense room, she looked at her watch to find that her watch said 8:58.

"Ah, two minutes to spare. Hmm…wonder who could be behind door number one?" said Andy to herself as she opened the door to room. Once she was inside, she found Professor McGonagall in the room already, along with the other person whom she would be serving detention with; a tall boy, with long black hair.

"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" shrieked Andy in surprise and disgust.

As nine o'clock came around, James broke out into an all out sprit to get to the fourth floor classroom that he was suppose to report to.

"Sorry I'm late professor," huffed James as he burst into the room.

"I…was held up by Peev…what are you doing here?" he inquired as he saw the redheaded Gryffindor by a desk.

"I'm here overseeing a detention," spat Lily. "What are you doing here?"

"This is where I was told to serve my detention," said James with a hint of disgust in his voice.

"Oh I don't believe this," groaned Lily as she looked up at the ceiling, silently wishing this were a dream. Seeing that it wasn't, Lily decided to get right into business mode before any petty bickering started.

"Here," said Lily handing a James a broom and dustpan.

"What's this?"

"Professor McGonagall wants you to clean out that closet, and then reorganize it neatly and without magic," stated Lily all business-like. She pointed over toward the far closet on the other side of the room.

James picked up the broom and headed over to the closet to see what exactly he had to do. Upon opening it, he found the entire closet full of boxed crammed tightly together.

"You've got to be joking! There's no way I'm doing that," said James in protest.

"Fine. Then I'll tell Professor McGonagall you refuse, and she'll give you a double detention," said Lily with her hands on her hips.

"Like that hasn't happened to me before," said James with a smirk. He took a seat on one of the desks and folded his arms in front of him. Just the sight of him, reminded Lily of a five year old refusing to listen to his parents.

"If you don't do it…" growled Lily feeling her temper rising.

"Then what, Evans?"

"Then I'll go straight to Professor Dumbledore and tell him that you were the one who put that whispering charm on Professor Portview, that made him think someone was calling him," said Lily in a matter of fact tone.

"You wouldn't" said James calling her bluff.

"Would I?"

Seeing the look in her eyes, James knew she meant business. He got up from the desk and began to clean out the closet while grumbling something incoherent. Lily suddenly felt a satisfied grin form on her face as she went over to her bag, and pulled out the essay she was working on for Defense Against the Dark Arts.

About two hours into James's detention, he had successfully pulled out everything in the over cramped room and was sweeping up the years of dust that the room had acquired when he heard an annoying drumming coming from Lily's direction.

"Are you going to be doing that all night?" roared James in annoyance.

"Why? Does it bother you?"

"If I answer yes, will you stop?"

"Hmmm…Nope!" replied Lily as she continued to drum her fingers along the desk.

James gritted his teeth as he created a violent dust cloud with his broom that swept through most of the classroom. He hoped that this might cause Lily to stop that incisive drumming, but to no avail.

"Would you mind!"

"If it bothers you so much than make me stop. That is, if you want another detention," retorted Lily.

"Oh you'd love that wouldn't you!" spat James. He quickly picked up one of the boxes and carried it back into the closet. This continued on for about another hour or so, until James finally placed the last box neatly into the small room.

"There. That's the last of it," sighed James as he wiped his brow.

"About time," yawned Lily as she looked at her watch and saw it was almost midnight.

"Well if you wanted me to hurry, all you had to do was say so," said James sarcastically sweet.

Lily bit her lip in trying to keep her temper in check. She didn't really want to get into another row with the raven-haired boy, but knew that it was almost impossible not to.

"Look Potter, I have spent enough time with you tonight, to last me a long while, border lining on a lifetime," spat Lily as she began to pack up her books.

"Ah, so I still have a chance to be blessed with your presence a little while longer," said James.

"Not hardly. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go see if Everett is still awake," retorted Lily. She picked up her book bag and started to head for the door before she was stopped by James stepping right in her path.

"Everett? Who's Everett?"

"A guy," said Lily simply as she tried to side step him, but failed.

"A guy? What like a boyfriend?"

"Well…he might be. I don't really know yet," said Lily. She was already annoyed with James's presence as is, but now she was ready to mow him down, in order for him to get out of her way. Seeing that he wasn't really going to let her pass until he got what he wanted, Lily reluctantly gave in.

"Look, if you must know everything, we went out once, and he wants to see me again," stated Lily.

"What?" replied James confused and slightly hurt. But before he could say anything else, Professor McGonagall came in to see how the detention went.

"Ah, I see that you have finished, Potter," said Professor McGonagall. She walked over to the closet to inspect it and found everything in order.

"Not a bad job. I assume everything went well," asked McGonagall. Lily and James nodded in response. "Good. Well if you'll excuse me, I have to go check on another detention. Both of you are free to go."

James and Lily quickly left the classroom and walked back silently to the common room.

"Well, goodnight," said Lily once they had entered the common room.

"Why?" James suddenly blurted out. All the while they had been walking back to Gryffindor, he had been plagued with asking her a question that he'd wanted to ask since the end of last year.

"Because I'm ti…"started Lily.

"No. Why didn't you want to go out with me?"

Lily just stared at the boy before her completely loss for words. 'Where the heck did this come from?'

"Because you're not my type," replied Lily. When her words hit him, Lily saw something in his eyes that stirred her very soul. She could see something that looked like pain, anger, and something else that she couldn't quite place. Feeling sorry for him, she decided to justify her reason with an explanation.

"Look Potter, you may be a nice guy, it just…I don't find you…I mean…what I mean to say is… I just don't think that it would have gone well. I mean come on, we're two completely different people. Plus the fact that we've hated each other since our first year," stated Lily.

"But I don…"started James but was interrupted by the portrait door, swinging open violently. Coming through the porthole, was a very angry looking Andy muttering to herself.

"Lousy, stinking, idiotic, prat! Can't believe that old bat had the nerve…" she muttered as she walked passed both James and Lily and headed up to her room.

"Guess her detention didn't go well," said Lily off handedly.

"She had a detention tonight?" inquired James.

"Yeah, in the old Defense Against the Dark Arts room," stated Lily.

"Uh oh," said James.

"What?"

"Someone else had a detention there tonight too. Three guess as to whom," said James looking behind him, expecting the portrait to swing open again.

"Ah…guess I should get up there before she wakes up the entire dorm. Night," said Lily, before she hurried up the steps to try and calm Andy down, leaving James alone.

James sighed in disappointment as he watch Lily head up to her dorm room. He couldn't tear his eyes away from where he last saw Lily's auburn hair bounce up and down as she climbed the steps.

"I don't hate you, Lily. I just can't stop thinking about you."

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except this story idea and the characters I made up. Everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling.