Love Makes The World Go Round
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Chapter 1: Oh NO!
Lily Evans glanced at herself in the mirror. Her red hair and bright green eyes were sparkling, giving the false appearance of happiness. However, this was far from the truth. She had spent the past holiday at home with her mother, father, and most unfortunately her sister, Petunia. Petunia, of course, tortured Lily with endless name-calling, remind Lily somewhat of a child experiencing their terrible two's. Not only had Lily dealt with Petunia all summer long but also Petunia's "wildly handsome" (Petunia's words, not Lily's) boyfriend, Vernon Dursley. Lily thought of Vernon as an arrogant, pompous, royal pain. Because of these two (one being quite large) factors, Lily's holiday was positively dreadful, her only savior was of the knowledge that the holiday would eventually come to an end and she would go back to her real home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Lily had recently received her letter for her seventh year necessities that included books, and also another letter notifying her that she was now the new head girl. Her mum and dad were surging with pride and happiness for their youngest daughter; however, Lily was not. This was because of a correspondence from one of her best friends, Alexis Chaplin. Alex was currently dating one of the four Marauders, or as Lily called them the Bloody Idiots. The Marauders consisted of Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and James Potter, who were all in the seventh year along with Alexis and Lily.
Sirius Black, who with his black hair, charming smile, and wicked sense of humor, had girls crawling all over him. He never paid attention in class, however, always passed with flying colors. He was also one of the two most mischievous boys in the group. Then there was Peter Pettigrew, the least popular of the four. He was short and chubby, his looks reminiscent of a rat. Most didn't understand how the cowardly Peter got in the elite Marauders, however he was in it and therefore, received respect from the other students. The third Marauder was Alexis' boyfriend, Remus Lupin. He was attractive, though not quite as much as James and Sirius. He was the studious one of the bunch, usually always with his head in a book. He was usually the one who could talk the others out of really dangerous pranks.
The last Marauder was James Potter. Now James Potter was the only reason that Hogwarts wasn't absolutely perfect to Lily. He was, in Lily's opinion, worse than Vernon. James was conceited, had an ego as vast as the sea, picked on other students for usually no reason, was always pulling pranks (the pranks were usually very funny- though Lily would never admit it!); however, he was also very handsome and smart. With jet black, messy hair, and standing at 6'1", he could have any girl that he wanted except one, of course. It just so happens that the one that James could never get was the one that he fells for. From the first day he laid eyes on Lily, at the tender age of 11, James was captivated by her. He never told anyone about his actual love for her until the fourth year. But even still, he always joked about it, not wanting to put his heart on his sleeve for Lily to completely smash.
Lily never knew that he actually loved her. She believed that the two hundred thirty two times he asked her out were because of one out of two options. One was that she was the only girl who refused to go out with him, therefore leading him on a chase. The second option was the one that Lily dreaded. It was that perhaps James asked her out as some sort of prank. Lily could never withstand the embarrassment if that was true, so therefore refused to go out with him every time he asked. Still for whatever reason, James kept asking Lily out. He became more and more inventive over the years. Lily, however, never said yes to him, fearing that he would use her just for one of his many girlfriends and dump her. And this doubt she had about him and her caused an extreme anger towards James that cumulated over the years. And therefore, Alexis' letter to her was more dreadful to Lily than anything she could ever imagine.
In it said:
Dear Lily, Hey! How are you? I hope your sister isn't being cruel to you this summer! Well I just wanted to see if you wanted to meet me in Diagon Alley this Saturday to pick up our supplies. Oh, I assume you probably became head girl, right? Well if you are then congratulations! Guess who is head boy? Remus told me that he is NONE OTHER then your darling James Potter! I nearly died of shock when I heard! I just wanted to give you a warning to ease the surprise for you! Well write back soon! I've missed you tons! Love, Alex
When Lily received this letter, she dropped the letter and thought to herself, "MY LIFE IS OVER!"
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