"... She had James on her mind more than ever. She thought about his brilliant smile on the way to Divination, where she imagined his face in the crystal ball. In Care of Magical Creatures she kept thinking of how cute his jet-black hair looked when it stuck up in the back, and on the long trudge back to the Great Hall for dinner she watched him walk a few feet ahead with the Marauders... Lily realized she was obsessing. It was ironic, she thought, that I should want to go out with James Potter when he doesn't ask me anymore!"