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BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

Lily's favorite part of Hogwarts was probably the library. After watching the delicious food appear on everyone' s plates, eating hastily, then sitting through Dumbledore's speech and the Sorting Hat's song, Lily escaped the Marauders and Marlene and settled herself in a corner at the library with a book. after a few precious moments of peace, Lily heard her name.

"Lilyflower?!" It was James. Lily debated staying quiet, but then James would keep yelling. Madam Pince looked like she was about to walk over and hit James with her book, so Lily guessed he had been yelling for some time.

"Potter?" she hissed. "I'm over here!" She saw James unruly head stick out from behind a bookshelf, his glasses sliding down his nose. "You realize, though I doubt you spend much time in the library, that you have to be QUIET?" He just grinned, then came closer. His nose was inches from hers.

"Am I quiet enough now?" He whispered, a small smile on his face. Lily pushed him away.

"You will only ever be quiet enough when your mouth is glued shut."

"There are other ways to shut my mouth."

"Why are you here?" Lily' s voice was exasperated, James noticed. He straightened up.

"Um, McGonagall wants us. She's gonna go over the Head's duties and rules for the Dorms." Lily noticed his voice had changed. He sounded wary. Never in her life, would she think she would ever hear James Potter sound wary. She closed her book.

"Alright." She stood and walked out of the library with James, and when they reached the dorm, McGonagall was already there. She stood outside the portrait hole.

"Hello Potter, Evans. I'll give you the tour, then we'll go over the duties of Head Girl and Boy." She turned to the portrait, it was of a Gryffindor Lion. "You two can decide the password." James looked at Lily. She shrugged.

"Golden Snitch." James said.

"Well that's not obvious." Lily said, rolling her eyes. McGonagall and the two Heads stepped into the most gorgeous common room Lily had ever seen. Red and gold was everywhere. The couches and chairs were upholstered in a brilliant scarlet. Red and yellow streams hung from the ceiling, and the roaring fire glowed. "Wow." Lily grinned and tried to look at everything.

"Yes, there are some advantages to being Head Boy and Girl." McGonagall said, smiling at both of their reactions. James was walking around, grinning like an idiot and touching everything. Lily plopped down on one of the couches. She sighed. It was possibly the most comfortable couch ever. "Now, you must not let anyone but you two enter this room. You are welcome to go visit classmates in their dorms, but they are not to come in here. James dorm is that way, Lily's is that way." She pointed in the correct directions. "You each get your own bathroom, bedroom, and living room." James was grinning even more so now. "Boys are not allowed in the Girls Dorm. You know that." McGonagall looked around the room. "You are welcome to go look around now. Meet me in my office in 10 minutes so we can go over your duties." With that McGonagall swept out of the room.

"Wow.. Look at this place." James spun around.

"I could get used to this." Lily said, curling up on the couch. James smiled at her peaceful look.

"I'm gonna go look at my dorm." James dashed up the stairs. Lily smirked and walked over the Girls Dorms. Not the Girls Dorm, just her dorm. She laughed disbelievingly as she walked into her room. All her stuff had been moved up here, and Penny hooted happily when she saw Lily enter the room. The bedroom was gigantic. She had a queen bed and a stunning window that looked out on the Quidditch fields. The bathroom was ginormous, and the living room had a few couches and, to Lily's excitement, a small library. She smiled as she ran her hands along the books on the beautiful shelves. She realized that it had almost been ten minutes, and dashed down the stairs. Not looking where she was going, she barreled right into James. He fell flat on his back, and wheezed, the wind knocked out of him, and Lily, to her horror, fell right on top of him. They laid there for a moment, in stunned silence, then Lily got up quickly, brushed herself off, and rushed out the door, James staring after her.