September 30, 1976 - Oh, Rubbish! Who: Lily, James Where: Potions classroom When: Friday evening Rating: PG
Status: Closed, completed Summary: While daydreaming and working on an extra-credit potion, Lily inadvertently creates a great deal of smoke. While chasing it out of the potions classroom, she encounters one James Potter who comes in to keep her company while she tries the potion again. She asks why he's there, reasoning he was trying to nick something from what should have been an empty classroom, though when James confesses he was trying to make a love potion for McGonagall, Lily doesn't believe him. Still, the topic shifts to love potions, his advances on her, and the upcoming Hogsmeade trip. Once she's done with her potion, Lily allows James to escort her back to the tower, whereupon they share a goodnight kiss before retreating to their respective dorms.
It was her own fault, and she knew that. She'd been ... well, daydreaming, for lack of a better word, and she'd missed a step in her potion. Highly unusual for her - but fortunately, there were no witnesses just then.
Waving away the worst of the smoke, and scowling at herself, she flicked her wand a few times to clear away the worst of the potion mess.
Of course, that meant starting over now, and she wondered if she had the focus for it. Lately, she'd had a lot on her mind.
Stirring a little breeze from the end of her wand, she tried to blow the smoke toward the door; it would disperse better in the hallway than in the classroom.