Chapter 1: Novation
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"Come on Potter, think!" James Potter sat, his brow furrowed in thought, as he tried to think of another way to impress Lily Evans. The beautiful Muggleborn was laughing gaily with her friends, ignoring every and all attempt James had made to catch her attention.
Finally, Sirius and Remus had sat him down, and told him that he needed to change up his game.
Flashback
"Mate, it's your 6th year, you need to step it up" Sirius said, "If you really want her…" he let his voice trail off, leaving no question in James's mind as to what Sirius was referring to.
"Of course-" he began to say indignantly, but Remus cut across him,
"Of course he wants her" the wolf said dryly, "Prongs is too set in his methods and ways to change it up so late"
"Look Prongs, mate, James" Sirius said seriously, "You need to talk to her like a person, and not like a person who is in love with her."
"How am I supposed to do that?" James said, throwing his hands up in the air, "I can't even talk to her without being an arrogant arse, Padfoot" he sighed, burying his face in his hands
"Just innovate" Remus said suddenly, "Act like a totally different person, and she won't know what to do"
James let his eyes widen,
"It's perfect" Sirius agreed, "She'll never know what hit her"
"You think so, guys?" he said,
"Trust me, mate" Sirius said confidently, "I have a way with women"
End Flashback
James took a deep breath, smoothing his hair against his head, letting it flip back up, unruffled by his attempt to flatten it. No matter how many times Lily Evans told him she didn't like him, wouldn't go to Hogsmeade with him, he knew something had to give.
He stood up, and idled over to the trio of girls, and sat down to join their circle on the grassy hill overlooking the rest of the grounds.
"What do you want, Potter?" Lily asked, looking at him pointedly with those vibrant green eyes, pining him to the spot with their sparkling depths. Her friends said nothing, waiting for him to respond.
Instead of responding with his usual cocky answer, James ducked his head and turned to look at the ground, fiddling with his robes.
"I wanted to talk with you," he said, attempting to sound sincere for once. She blinked once, and cocked her head to the sound, studying him.
"Alone?" She asked in a surprisingly gentle voice. He nodded, and allowed her to herd away her friends, before she turned attention back to him.
"What is it you want to talk about?" She asked, cracking a smile, "without my friends around"
James looked up, straight into the face of the woman he loved,
"Me?" He asked innocently, "I just want to talk about anything"
"Anything?" Lily asked warily, eyeing him warily, "If I said Severus...?"
"I would" he acquiesced, and she observed him again, letting the silence of the hill overcome the pair as James picked up a dandelion and started to twirl it around.
"Something's different about you, James Potter" she said finally, "You've changed"
"Innovated" James corrected absentmindedly, and for once, Lily smiled genuinely at him,
"Yes, that is another word option" she said, "But I can say" she said, leaning a bit forward, and placing her mouth next to his ear, "I look forward to getting to know this new James Potter and the wishes that could come true because of it"
And with that she stood up, flashing another heart-stopping smile at him, and leaving him to sit on the hillside by himself, with a dandelion in hand, with all the petals blown off.