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A Day Without a Flower
James had just woken up and was feeling rather groggy. He got out of bed and headed straight for the shower hoping it would wake him up, after all he needed to be able to think clearly today was the beginning of the O.W.L.s and tomorrow DADA would be his last test.
After he showered and ran his fingers through his hair several times, just enough for the windblown look, he declared himself ready for the day. He made his way down to the Great Hall and sat down with his friends. He took a moment and glanced around for his favorite target to tease.
"Hey guys, where is Evans, she is always at breakfast at this time?" James asked incredulously.
The boys all just stared at him quizzically when Sirius finally muttered, "Who are you going on about?"
"You know Evans, short girl, red hair, green eyes, fiery temper, I tease her every day!"
"James," Remus added hesitantly, "there has never been anyone here by the name of Evans; I think maybe you should go see Madame Pomfrey."
"I'm not sick I feel perfectly well, I don't know what joke you are all playing at, but I will see you at the O.W.L.s." James said and stormed out of the Great Hall.
I can't believe they have the gall to pull a prank of this magnitude on me. No Evans, what would the world be like without her? I would not have her to tease anymore, but there is always others to tease, like Snivelus, people like him wouldn't scream their heads off at me and give me a headache into next week. She also wouldn't be there to tell a professor on me every time she caught me having fun that she deemed inappropriate. I imagine Hogwarts would not be so bad without Evans around; in fact it would be idyllic. James was deep in thought as he made his way down to wait outside the doors of the Great Hall, where the O.W.L.s would take place.
This is exactly where Remus, Sirius, and Peter found him. They all began whispering excitedly. Sirius came up on James left, while Remus and Peter came up on his right. Together the three of them jumped on him and they all went crashing to the ground. An amused Sirius looked at James and smirked, "Whatcha thinking about?"
"I was pondering life without Evans." The other three shared a wayward glance.
"Uhhh… James, I know O.W.L.s are stressful but seriously you need to stop talking about whomever this Evans is, people are going to start thinking you are crazy. I think you should just keep these Evans' delusions to yourself." James was furious, why were his friends acting like this, at that moment the doors to the Great Hall opened. James got off the ground and haughtily entered the Great Hall.
Why did they continue to insist there was no Evans? It is crazy; wait a minute why do I even care? Oh I remember they are trying to make it out like I am crazy.
The O.W.L.s seemed to drone on and on, about half way through James' head was beginning to hurt and his eyes were starting to become dry. He began to look around the room for a few minutes to clear his mind before going at the test again. Where is Evans? She is not the type to miss class, let alone the O.W.L.s. James was feeling too confused so he placed his focus back on completing his O.W.L.
When he finally finished he headed up to hand in his O.W.L, and asked McGonagall politely, "By chance, professor, have you seen Lily Evans? I need ask her a question before the next test."
McGonagall just stared at him blankly before pursing her lips into thin lines and proclaimed, "Mister Potter, I don't know what mischief you are up to but it is not appropriate to make fun of those, who are stressed for these tests. 10 from Gryffindor." James stared at her spluttering then turned and walked out of the Great Hall even more confused than before.
James was wandering around the corridors, contemplating why everyone was acting so strange, whenever he brought up Evans, and also why was he so worried about Evans' whereabouts. James walked right into someone and fell back landing flat on his bum.
"Bloody hell!" he exclaimed. When he looked up to apologize he was staring directly into a pair of blue eyes with a twinkle in them.
"Hello Mister Potter, how are you this fine afternoon?"
"Sorry for not paying attention to where I was walking sir. I'm alright, sir."
"You know James; it is all a figment of your imagination.
"Sorry, sir?"
"This world where no one knows who you speak of, whom you tease all the time, you keep her at a distance because she scares you, not in a frightening way. Even more so you worry about her now, because your heart has already been claimed."
"Are we talking about Lily Evans, professor?"
"I'm sorry my dear boy, but whom?"
"Lily Evans."
"That name does not, as the muggles say, ring a bell." Professor Dumbledore continued on with a twinkle in his eye.
James made his way up to the common room and sat pondering about his strange day. As he sat there the common room had filled up and James began realizing how dull it was without Lily's tinkling laughter, or the way her eyes darkened when she was mad at him. He missed seeing her laughing across the room. Yes, James Potter had finally realized he had fallen for the one and only girl he could probably never have, Lily Evans.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter came through the portrait hole, "He sure has been thinking a lot today," Peter stated. Sirius snapped his fingers and James didn't budge so he began shaking him.
"Jamsey wake up, it's time to wake up."
James began to stir; he opened his eyes to find Sirius jumping on his bed. Sirius hopped off once he had accomplished his goal of waking up James.
"So Jamsey, Moony, Wormtail, and myself were wondering about this 'I love Lily Evans!' Care to tell us something?"
"So you actually know who Lily Evans is?" All of them looked at him funny.
"Ok, ok, stupid question I know, well I had a dream of a day without Lily Evans and you all had no idea who I was talking about. At first I was mad because I thought you were all playing a joke on me, then I realized how much I missed her when she didn't exist, and finally leading to I'm in love and don't know how long I have been with Lily Evans!"
And so the change in James Potter began. If anyone even looked like they were flirting with Lily, behind Lily they would see one of the Marauders glaring menacingly. Eventually, all of Lily's admirers were chased off until all boys just saw her as James' girl. Let's face it no one wanted to be on the bad side of any of the Marauders. He didn't tease her anymore, but he flirted with her and asked her out all of the time. He still drove her crazy but on an entirely new level.
Over the summer after their 6th year, James realized his attempts were futile and decided to change again. He decided he wouldn't flirt with Lily or ask her out all of the time. He would just be a chivalrous gentleman, and love her from afar.
A/N: This is my first fanfic and I'm not sure what to think about it. Please give me advice or feedback. Lastly, there is constructive criticism and then there are ignorant rude people, please no flames, just constructive criticism please.