A/N: I've been wanting to write a James/Lily fic for awhile now. So heres the first chapter. But yeah. Hope you enjoy.
I felt the brush of wings against my cheek, and saw the golden glint about ten feet ahead. Then I heard the cheers of my fellow Gryffindors. They knew the move. It was my specialty. The diving splinch. My sights were locked on one of my favorite sights. A small golden ball with fluttering wings; the golden snitch. Alan Davies, Ravenclaw captain, and my fellow seeker, had been studying my moves. Trying to imitate me, I find it flattering, closely followed by laughable. I'm James Potter. Not everyone can do what I do. He's watching me now, and he sees me dive. I pull a hard left, and he follows. But he doesn't pull enough. I fly right past him. When I shoot a grin over my shoulder I see her hair. The sun is playing with it, and it looks as though it's on fire. I grin, and know it's now or never. I grin, and wave. I see the snitch out of the corner of my eye, and pull up on my broom. Smirking, I stop inches from the snitch. Keeping my eyes trained on the ball, I pull out my wand, and point it towards my throat: 'Sonorus!'
'Lily Evans!' A hush fell over the stadium. 'If I catch this snitch, will you agree to grace me with your presence during the next trip to Hogsmeade?'
Every head in the stadium turned to look at Lily. She sat with Emmaline Vance on her one side and Remus Lupin on the other. 'What is he doing?' She hissed, under her breath.
'Er.. asking you out?' Lupin looked at his hands, to hide his smile. 'If you say no...' Lupin was interrupted by James.
'If you say no, my dear Lily-flower, then I will be forced to stand back and allow Alan here to catch the snitch. Here and now.'
'What?' Lily all but screeched. She looked at Lupin, 'You've got to be kidding me?'
Remus shook his head, 'Wish I was Lil's. But he's as serious as I've ever seen him.'
She groaned, but turned back towards the field. Cupping her hands around her mouth, she narrowed her eyes. 'Fine! I'll go out with you!' Emmaline laid a hand on her friends shoulder. In a quieter voice, Lily said, 'I am going to murder that slimy git!'
On the field James grinned, and wrapped his fingers around the snitch. The whistle sounded. Gryffindor won, 370 to 210. They were going to the finals, and were going to beat Slytherin once and for all.
x-X-x
It was the second Saturday of April and James Potter was up before dawn. The voices of the owls were still sounding through the windows. Grinning he sat up in his bed and stretched. He grabbed his glasses and pushed them up his nose. Picking up his pillow, he threw it at his best friend, 'Oi! Sirius! Get your lazy ass up!'
Rude grumbling came from the next bed, 'Shove off James! It's still dark out!'
'Way to point out the obvious, Padfoot.' James grinned, 'But, todays my date with Lily. And I wanna look... spiffy.'
Laughter came from across the room, 'Did you really just say 'spiffy'?'
'Shut it, Moony!' James said, laughing. He stood to stretch. 'I'm going to jump in the shower quickly. When I get out, I expect the three of you out of bed.' Crossing the room, James tossed over his shoulder, 'Also will one of you wake Wormtail? His snores are very annoying!'
When the door was safely shut, Sirius slowly got out of bed. Yawning, he stood up and stretched. 'Why does he need us to be up this early?'
Lupin stood at the foot of his bed, sorting through his trunk. 'He needs our help. James can't make himself spiffy alone. Merlin!' He exclaimed, kicking his trunk, 'Where are my clean trousers?'
Laughing, Sirius pulled on yesterday's jeans, 'I so enjoy the way you speak. Your mum must be proud.' Shaking his head, Sirius mumbled, 'Trousers.' With a sigh and a quick smile, he rubbed his stomach, 'Gets me every time.'
'Shove it, Padfoot.' Lupin laughed.
'You guys are grumpy this morning.' Peter Pettigrew poked his head through his bed curtains, 'I don't know if I want to hang with you at all.'
'Yeah? Well, I don't know if I wanna be seen with Padfoot over there.' Remus pointed over his shoulder, 'If I am correct. This is the third day in a row, that he has worn those jeans.'
'What? These?' Sirius looked down, and then grinned at the two, 'The past two days, I've had a robe on, no one will know.'
'Ha! As long as they don't get to close to you,' Remus shook his head, and laughed.
x-X-x
The first thing Lily was aware of was the fact there was somebody sitting on her. Opening one eye she saw Emmalines brown hair hanging in her face, 'Oh my Merlin! Get off me!'
Laughing Emmaline climbed off her, 'Sorry Lil's. But you're supposed to meet James in the great hall in twenty minutes.'
'You couldn't wake me up any other way? You just had to climb on top of me?' Lily asked. She slowly sat up, and looked out the window. Sneering, 'Why couldn't it be rainy? Isn't it supposed to be 'April showers bring May flowers?'
Emmaline gave her a funny look, 'Is that a muggle expression?' When Lily just nodded, she shook her head, 'Well. That's a weird one.'
Alice Fortescue came walking out of the bathroom, 'Oh Lily. You're up! Good.' Smiling slightly, 'You need to get ready.' She said, in her soft voice.
Climbing out of bed, Lily stretched, 'Why couldn't you be the one to wake me up? You left me with that!'
Emmaline, held a hand to her heart, and moaned, 'Oh your words kill me, Lily-bean.'
Rolling her eyes, Lily opened her trunk, 'Oh I just bet they do!' Rummaging through it she pulled out a pair of clean jeans, and a red t-shirt. Straightening up she walked towards the bathroom.
Wrinkling her nose, Emmaline asked, 'Are you really going to wear that shirt?' When Lily just nodded, 'Well.. that one is really baggy.'
'So?'
'So! Don't you wanna show off your shape?' Emmaline asked, grinning widely.
Lily rolled her eyes, 'Emma. My date is with James Potter. I should probably be wearing something more concealing then this!'
The girls laughed. 'Whatever. At least put that gold wide headband in.'
Lily paused, and smirked, 'I am a Gryffindor. Red and Gold baby, all the way!'
x-X-x
James was outside the great hall, pacing. 'Somehow I just knew she wouldn't show.' He ran his hands through his hair, making it stick up. 'I mean, why should she actually show? For the past six years I've done nothing but embarrass her with my constant badgering.' He groaned, and sat heavily on the floor.
Sirius looked up from the game of exploding snap he and Lupin were playing. 'Cheer up, Prongs. If she's a no show you can just follow through with the revenge.'
Lupin looked up sharply, 'Revenge? Come on, James! What's he talking about?'
James grimaced and glanced at Sirius, 'There's a reason we don't tell Moony everything!'
'Oi! You've been holding out on me!'
Laughing, Sirius stood and stretched, 'Ah. We've hurt his feelings, Prongs.'
Grinning, James, 'Well.. if Lily bails, then I have a feeling that at the Championship, I might not see the snitch.'
The boys all looked at each other, Sirius and James grinning, while Remus looked on in horror. 'You realize if people hear about this... Lily will.. she'll...'
'James Potter!' The three glanced up at the stairs to see Lily, Emmaline, and Alice walking towards them, 'You cannot be serious!'
'Uh... no. That there,' He pointed to his friend, 'Is Sirius!'
Narrowing her eyes, Lily walked right up to him, and smacked him hard. Sighing out her nose, 'Well I'm here now. Let's get this over with.' She started walking ahead of him, 'I showed. So you had better catch that snitch.'
James jogged to catch up with the girl he loved, and glanced over his shoulder. 'Have fun!' Sirius yelled after him, grinning.
A/N: Okay darlings, what did you think? Should I do more.. or just pretend this never happend lol. Let me know!
-Lorrinda. ^_^
