A/N: I know that the beginning is rather pointless but it does have a little significance in the story. The significance is microscopic but it's still there. Now on with the story!
Oh Lillllly! Evans!
Oh no, there came that dreaded voce belonged to no other than...
"Potter, what is your problem?" Lily was in no mood to deal with him today. She had woken up in a rather bad mood this morning for no apparent reason.
"I couldn't help but notice that you were looking absolutely spiffing today!"
Lily stared at him bewildered. "Is that even a word?"
"I dunno, but it's the best word ever made!"
"Riiiiiiiiiiight"
"Lily, will you go out with me?"
"Sure, why not"
"Really?"
"NO"
"Awwwwww, but don't you just love me?"
"No, not really"
Was is just her imagination or did Jam- no POTTER seem overly cheerful today.
"James! Sirius, I found him!" Lily looked behind James and saw Remus Lupin running down the corridor towards them with Sirius Black close behind.
"There you are mate! Remus and I were looking all over for you!" (I really need to stop with the exclamation marks )
"Remus? Is there something wrong with Potter? He seems to be acting um...strange..."
"Oh that, we just got back from charms where we were practicing cheering charms. The effect still hasn't worn off yet."
"Whadda ya mean Remus? I'm always like this. Happy and Joyful, yup that's me!" said James while bouncing up and down like an over excited 3-yr old.
Remus, Lily, and Sirius stared at him strangely.
"Well" said Sirius. "What do you know, he's finally lost it."
After dinner... (James is back to normal)
Lily was trying to get to sleep. It was around 12:45 in the morning but she seemed to have a bad case of insomnia and it was annoying her to no end. Visions of James hopping up and down like a child were haunting her. Actually, James had looked rather cute. Those big hazel eyes twinkling with happiness as though he was just given an ice cream cone...NO! Stop right there Lily Evans! You did not just think that Potter was cute! Lily was horrified were her thoughts were going. "Oh sweet Merlin, Potter is even haunting my thoughts. It's bad enough during the day" muttered Lily to herself. "Great, now I'm talking to myself. I need to take a walk. Or better yet, find some chocolate."
Lily quietly got out of bed and made her way down the dormitory stairs. She opened the portrait hole and crept down the dark corridor. It took a few minutes before Lily realized that she had no idea where she was and she had no wand! While cursing herself for her stupidity, Lily heard light footsteps coming from behind her. Panicking, she just stood there frozen wishing that she could just slip through the floor and disappear.
"Well, who would expect Evans wondering around at this time of night; or should I say, morning" came an amused voice.
Oh, it's only Potter Lily thought relieved. "It's not like you're supposed to be out here either."
"That's different. To see Lily Evans breaking the rules is like-"
Loud footsteps echoed behind them. "Who's there?" came a raspy voice.
"Shit" whispered James. "It's Filch. Quick, this way!"
He began running down the hallway pulling Lily behind him.
"Whoever you are, you can run, but you can't hide!"
Out of breath, James skidded around the corner pulling Lily into a hallway she had never seen before. She watched disbelievingly as James began pacing in front of the stone wall.
"Potter, why the hell are you just walking around? Figure out a way to get us out of this mess!"
"Why Evans, this is what's gonna get us out of this mess" said James Potter while grinning and gesturing to the solid, stone wall in front of him.
Before Lily could retort with a smart remark, a glossy oak door appeared on that same stone wall James was pacing in front of before. Mouth agape with shock, Lily just stared.
"I know that those pesky kids are here somewhere" came Filches voice from close behind. James saw a beam of light on the wall. It looked like Filch was going to round the corner soon. Then they would be caught!
James hastily opened the door and pulled Lily inside. "Won't Filch still see the door and come in and find us?"
"No."
"How is that possible?"
"It's complicated. You see, only people looking for the room can find it. You have to walk in front of the wall and concentrate for the door to appear."
When Lily turned around, her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped for the second time that day. There was a roaring fire in the exquisite marble fireplace and two large overstuffed red velvet couches in front of it. There was also a towering bookshelf made of mahogany against the back wall. Lily made her way over to it. "Figures" James muttered. "She loves books but she doesn't love me. What does a book have that I don't?"
Lily heard him while walking over to the bookshelf. She was rather amused. Who would have thought, the great James Potter jealous of books.
When her eyes fell on the books, Lily let out a gasp of delight. There was a whole muggle collection of books ranging from authors Jane Austen to Carolyn Keene. "Potter what is this place?" Lily asked not bothering to keep the awe out of her voice.
"It's called the Room of Requirement. What ever you really want, just ask the room for it and the item will appear in front of you." "How do you know about the room? Dumbledore never showed the prefects where it was." James smirked. "Well you do know that the Marauders are known to know every inch of Hogwarts, of course we would know about the Room of Requirement. It's very convenient." Lily wrinkled her nose in disgust at the last statement. She could only imagine what the Marauders, mainly James and Sirius would use the Room of Requirement for.
"So, how long do ya think we're gonna have to stay here?"
"Probably an hour or so to make sure that Filch isn't lurking around anymore" replied Lily reasonably.
"You know Lily, this is the first civil conversation we've ever had."
Lily just stared at him. "You called me Lily."
"Well, I thought that we knew each other well enough to drop the formalities. If you want, I could go back to calling you Evans."
"No, no it's ok Pot- James" said Lily turning back to the books. As much as she hated to admit it, her name sounded nice rolling of his tongue.
Behind her, James grinned. Victory number 1 he thought happily to himself.
A/N: I know this was rather short. Originally, I was going to make this a one-shot but I thought it would be too long. So now it will be 2 at the most 3 chapters long. The chocolate will come in the next chapter I promise! Please review. If I don't get enough reviews I might not continue this fic. This chapter took a lot of effort and time. Feel free to give me ideas or any particular event you would like me to include in the story.