June, 1974 (Third Year)

"Evans."

"Shush." Pause.

"Hey, Evans."

"Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate." Another Pause.

"E-vans!"

"I'm warning you, Potter." Yet another pause.

"Do you wanna go out with me, Evans?"

James Potter woke up. As soon as his eyes opened, he had to squeeze them shut again, because of the blinding light.

"He's awake, Madam Pomfrey." A voice called; a voice that James recognised as belonging to Remus Lupin.

"What happened?" James asked, trying to sit up. His head began to spin, however, so he slumped back onto the pillows. He suddenly heard somebody laughing loudly from the other side of the room.

"Classic, classic..." Sirius Black called, making no attempt to control the amusement in his voice.

"What happened?" James repeated, slightly more irritably.

"Well, Lily Evans wasn't too keen on you distracting her from her work in Transfiguration." Remus Lupin said. "She liked it even less when you asked her out... for the thirty-second time." Even Remus sounded rather like he suppressing a laugh at this point. "So... she told you stop. Then she threw Hogwarts: A History at your head."

It was unfortunate that Madam Pomfrey had just come over to give James medicine; he was so surprised that he spat it all out. Madam Pomfrey tutted, and left to get another spoonful of potion.

"Hogwarts: A History? That great thick book? Couldn't she have thrown something lighter, like - like - like you, Remus?"

"Why me?" Remus asked indignantly.

"Yes, why Remus?" A girl's voice came from the bed along from James.

"Ah, Evans. Well, you see, Remus is rather small, so it would have hurt less."

"I'm taller than you!" Remus protested.

"Yes, but you would have hurt less that Hogwarts: A History."

"Potter, you're pathetic. It was only a book. And besides, I didn't throw it that hard, because I hurt my arm. Madam Pomfrey fixed it in an instant, but insisted that I apologise to you." Lily sniffed disdainfully. "Sorry, Potter."

"Ah, I knew you loved me really!" James grinned. Lily made a rude gesture at him, taking him off guard - then Madam Pomfrey returned, and Lily hid her hands behind her back and smiled innocently.

"Have you apologised?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Yes, Miss." Lily replied quietly.

"You may return to the Gryffindor common room until your next lesson. There's not much point going back to Transfiguration now."

"Okay." Lily skipped over to the door, and left, closing it quietly behind her.

"Now then, Mr Potter. If you would take your medicine now -" Madam Pomfrey held out a spoonful of potion. James took it obediently. "You may leave. Go to the common room, but any more fights, and I shall be telling Professor McGonagall and you'll get detention. Obviously not you, Remus, you had nothing to do with it. And, Mr Black, as odd as it seems, I can't prove you had any involvement either, other than laughing." Sirius batted his eyelashes, and attempted an innocent smile, like Lily's, but Madam Pomfrey saw straight through it. "All right, you can all go. And remember, Remus, you need to come next week."

"How could I forget?" Remus said weakly. Madam Pomfrey's stern expression lapsed momentarily into a sad smile.

"I should trust you to remember by now, shouldn't I? Take care of yourself until then, dear. And keep an eye on Mr Potter." Remus nodded, before he realised that James and Sirius had already left. With a final, respectful nod at Madam Pomfrey, he followed them.

AN: I hope you enjoyed that. I've always imagined Lily as being slightly less serious than she first seems, and having a crush on James the whole time, but just refusing to admit it, so I decided to write this.

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