LET ME HELP?

Disclaim: None of the characters in this fanfiction belong to me. They belong to J.K.Rowling and I take no credit what so ever for any of her characters, or for certain objects or activities that are used or mentioned in the Harry Potter books. Example Quidditch.

Summary: Lily James are in sixth year and neither of them know or pay any attention to each other. James is popular and happy, Lily on the other hand is unpopular, lonley and has problems. But what happens when James notices Lily and takes her under his wing, looks after her, helps her, protects her and maybe even fall in love with her! But to find out you are gonna have to read! Ha Ha. And please review because I would like to know what you think Cheers.

Chapeter One Who's She?

It was a usual Hogwarts day the sorting had taken place the night before and everyone was getting settled back into their school ritual. Things were not going too well for a certain sixth year red-head girl named Lily Evans. She was unpopluar at school and didn't really have any close friends so no one was willing to get her up in the morning and to make matters worse her first lesson of her first day was transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. Lily rushed in and appologised for being late but McGonagall was not satisfied and asked Lily to stay behind so that she could have a word with her. This made Lily's day worse she didn't have much confiefdence and transfiguration wasn't one of her strong points and Lily especially now wasn't looking forward to the subject this year scince her mother died of cancer during the holidays.

Lily stayed behind when the rest of the class left for break. "Ah Lily now I have noticed a downfall in your-" Professor Mcgonagall was interupted by one of her other sixth year students, a boy with messy jet black hair and black rimmed round glasses. It was James Potter. Lily recognised him but she had never acted round him how other girls did and they had never spoke. Lily looked breifly at him and then down at the floor. "Sorry Professor" He said smiling slightly. "I forgot my book" He went over to pick up his book. "Now theres an idea. Mr Potter I want you to meet Lily Evans." "Er- Hi Lily" He looked a bit puzzled at why professor Mcgonagall wanted him to meet this girl that he hadnt really noticed before.

Lily out of polietness replied. "Hello" she was still looking down at the floor. Professor Mcgonagall beckoned James over to her desk and he stood beside Lily. "Now Mr Potter you are by far the best in my sixth year transfiguration class, and I was woundering how you would feel about tutoring Miss Evans, she had fallen behind only slightly so what do you say will you tutor Lily?" She looked at him sternly. "Well.Yes I s'pose I could when do you want to meet?" He said turning to face Lily who was still looking down at the floor she just shrugged a little so Mcgonagall told them to meet tonight and it would be the same every week until she caught up.

James looked at Lily as they left the classroom he was quite surpried that he had never really noticed her before she was quite pretty but his friends occupied most of his time and she had never paid attention to him. He felt sorry for her it was obvious that she was shy and that something was wrong. He knew only too well not to take pity on people but he wanted to help and he wasn't sure but she didn't really seem to have many or even any friends.

"Lily" James said carefully, she glanced slightly in his direction to show she was listening before returning her gaze to the floor. "I was woundering Sirius, Remus, Peter and me were going to go and see the giant squid im on my way to meet them now.If you want to come if you have something better to do then you don't have to but I was woundering if you would like to come?" James new he was rambleing now and Lily stayed quiet.

She didn't know what to do, and was it real was the James Potter Quidditch star, top pupil and predicted next years head boy asking her to spend time with him and his friends the famous Marauders. Lily glanced up again before answering. "You wont want me there and anyway im not much company" She shook her haed slightly. James thought about this. Right he told himself stop treating her like glass and stop being all sesative she'll only mope about if you don't bring her with you. "Well your not going to get in the way, I want you there and my fellow marauders will be delighted to have some normal female company" he said putting emphasis on the word normal. James took Lily by the arm and pulled her outside. Lily was slightly confused not by James's behavour but because she had always thought James had lapped up all the attention he got from the girls or maybe that was Sirius. They reached the side of the lake and sat down James pulled Lily down beside him. "Right guy's this is Lily Evans she's in our classes and she's normal and Sirius one complait about the fact that she not going to jump right on top of you and I'll slap you" said James just as Sirius opened his mouth but had now closed it. "Hi Lily I'm Sirius" He said grinning like a mad man. "Hello. I'm Peter" He said timidly and turned back to his sweets. "Hello I'm Remus" said the last boy smiling widely. "Hi" was all Lily said and she continued to look anywhere but in the faces of the boys or in fact anyone else.

Flocks of girls came spralling over in groups and being shoowed away by all of the marauders except Sirius who just smiled at them, some girls just hovered past. The worst thing about this for Lily was that all of the people walking past with the odd exception were in her year group and classes yet all of them she could distinctly hear asking each other 'who is she?' Lily tried and tried to ignor the fact that no one new her name but the words just seemed to echo in her mind. She felt the tears well up in her eyes and felt it begin to sting and as much as she tried to hold them back it just didn't work they flowed out. The marauders noticed this of course. "Hey Lily whats wrong?" James asked almost at once. The rest of the marauders looked at Lily and crouded round her and tried to find out what was wrong and to comfort her. Other girls eyed her evily. Lily wiped away the tears vigerously before she replied. "It's nothing I just got something in my eye its out now." Even though none of them looked convinced they all gave her some space Remus having the most common sense in the group whisphered something in James's ear and caused James to smile. Lily of course didn't notice this.

"Lily come on we'll go inside and get a drink, I'm bored of trying to get the squid to attack Sirius." This made Lily smile a little but Sirius looked mock offened. Lily was helped up by James and they walked up to the castle. It was only once they were inside Lily realised that there wasn't really anywhere to go and get drinks at break. She looked up at James for the first time to asked this question. "James where are we going to get drinks from?" James turned to look at her and was stunned to find that she was looking up at him. She had bright dazzaling green eyes that could knock the senses out of any sain lad. Lily noticed he was looking with a stunned expression on his face and turned away quickly. "It's a surprise. Lily why do you always look down or away from people?" She didn't look up this time, she just spoke. "Because people look at me funny and besides no one knows me, I think I scare people when I look at them to talk or to ask them something." "well I don't think you scary I think you have really nice eyes, that I have ever seen before because you never hold your head up high and rearly look people in the eye" James smiled at Lily that was now looking up at him.

They were walking down towards the kitchens when someone James knew walked past them. "Hey Potter coming to Quidditch practice on Friday?" Said the boy. "Yeah" James was about to continue walking but the boy continued. "Who's the girl? It's-" But too late Lily had ran off her face streeming with tears and James didn't stop to hear what the boy was saying he ran after her.

Hi hoped you liked my first chapter I know it probably went on a bit and you probably couldn't see where it was going but hopefully it will turn out right in the end. review please I'd like to know what you think.