Starting Again || Lily & James

chasingstags:

          “Course I do. Don’t you?”

        Without another word, James spun around and hopped up onto
     the train, sliding open a compartment door to stow away his trunk.
     It was almost annoying, hearing the mistrust in Lily’s voice. Granted,
     he’d never really done anything to prove to her that he deserved the
     position, but that didn’t mean he was useless.

        Besides, Dumbledore trusted him, and he wasn’t about to gamble
     away that judgement.

          “Might be best if you take the lead, I’ve never been to one of these
     meetings.”

             Her eyebrows furrowed. She didn’t want to trust him. Lily thought she
        never could but how dysfunctional would they be if they didn’t even trust
        each other? Something wasn’t the same and it bothered her. As she boarded
        the train, she couldn’t help but think that Dumbledore knew what he was doing.
        But hadn’t she made it obvious how much she didn’t live Potter? Perhaps it
        was a lesson. Teaching her to work cohesively with someone she didn’t like.

             No, Dumbledore wouldn’t put someone nearly incompetent in charge
        because he wanted to teach a lesson a student. Or would he? She wasn’t
        so sure anymore. Maybe he really did have confidence in James. 

                        ❝ You were never a prefect, Potter? ❞