IA/N: My first shot at Lily and James.but its good! I promise! Thanks
so much for reading!/I
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"Lily Evans, get your scrawny little butt down here this instant!" Petunia Evans screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Mom and dad need to take you to get supplies for your freak school!"
"Petunia!" Elaine Evans's voice could be heard to reprimand her 17-year- old daughter.
"Coming!" Lily shoved her feet into some dark green Mary Janes, going very well with her green sweater and khaki skirt. She debated about wearing her robe and cloak into the car but decided against it and carried them into the car with her.
"Freak! Where are you?" Petunia yelled.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry." Lily muttered, rushing down the stairs and out the door. Petunia reluctantly followed her into the car and plopped down into the back seat.
"Lily how may more years do you have left at Hogwarts?" Her mother turned around to face her smiling daughter.
"Three, counting this year. I'll be in 5th year." Lily said watching her mother's face. She was so interested in Hogwarts and always asked Lily about what went on around the castle.
"I am so proud of you sweetie." Her father looked at her from the rear view mirror. "You made Perfect!"
"Uh-that's PREfect, daddy." Lily giggled.
"Right." Her father said and concentrated on driving.
"Why do you always ask HER about school? You don't care about me!" Petunia whined.
"Of course we care about you, dear." Mrs. Evans said automatically. It seemed to come along naturally to reply to Petunia automatically these days.
"Here we are." Her father pulled up to the curb and waited as her mother got out with her. "Pick you up at three." Mr. Evans smiled and drove off.
"How do we do this again, Lil?" Her mother said, feeling the walls as if a secret passageway sealed Diagon Alley from view.
Lil pulled her mother away from the wall and led her into The Leaky Cauldron.
"Wow! I didn't even know that building was there!" Her mother said to herself wildly.
"Mom, shush!" Lily said, getting a few stares from Leaky Cauldron customers.
"Oh okay." Her mother said quietly, "Sorry dear."
Lily pulled her Robes on and swung her cloak over her shoulders. She pulled out her wand and tapped the correct bricks as a passageway formed, showing the busy streets of Diagon Alley.
"Okay." Her mother read off the Hogwarts list and they went and got each supply Lily needed for the New Year at Hogwarts.
"Mum, I'll meet you in this clothing shop at a quarter 'til two." Lily said, seeing a grin break across her young mother's face. She LOVED Diagon Alley. "Buy yourself something nice, alright?"
Lily left her mother in a robe shop and wandered off through Diagon Alley. She walked into Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor where she spotted her two best friends Cassie Anderson and Laura Ashcott.
"Lily!" Cassie wriggled out of her boyfriend's grasp and hugged her for what seemed like a minute when Laura elbowed her out of the way and hugged her in turn.
"How is the most popular girl in our year?" Laura asked after a short but welcoming hug.
"Hardly." Lily sat down at their table. "Well Petunia has a boyfriend finally. This big, chunky, creepy looking guy who only grunts when you speak to him."
"Petunia has finally found herself a boyfriend? No way." Laura said, pulling her black hair out of the usual messy bun. Her gray eyes were widened with shock. It was true, Petunia was always a girly girl, but she had never managed to find a boyfriend. Lily updated them on all this, of course.
"Say Cass, do you want to introduce me to your boyfriend?" Lily said as casually as she could.
"Oh!" Cassie blushed. "Uh-Lily, this is Remus Lupin."
"You're on the Quidditch team, aren't you?" Lily asked, shaking his extended hand.
"Yeah." He smiled, scratching the back of his sandy-colored hair. "You are Lily Evans, aren't you?"
"Guilty." Lily said. "How do you know me?"
"I've heard.a lot about you." Remus smirked at her.
"What about me?" Lily suddenly felt worry rush through her body by the way Remus looked at her.
"Do you happen to know a Severus Snape?" Remus asked.
"Oh god." Lily rested her elbow on the table and shielded her eyes from view. "What did he say now?"
"Not much lately, just that he still loves you." Remus said as Cassie burst out laughing, almost falling off his lap. Severus had been particularly smitten with Lily Evans ever since third year. He hated muggle born wizards, but Lily would stand up to him like no girl ever had before.
"Don't get me wrong, Severus is a good guy and all.well.sometimes." Lily glared at Cassie. "But he's just a little.oh I don't know, creepy?"
"I couldn't agree with you more." Cassie gasped, taking Remus' hand to help herself up.
"Lily, let me just tell you something about Snape." Remus looked at her seriously. "He is determined to do anything to get what he wants."
"So you're saying that I should-"
"Just watch out for yourself." Remus finished. Three boys waltzed (literally) into the Ice Cream Parlor as Remus finished his warning.
"Remus, my good man." A boy with short black hair and dark brown eyes said in a dignified voice. "How are you, lad?"
"I don't think I've been introduced to your girlfriend, Remmy." A boy with tousled black hair kneeled down and kissed Cassie's hand.
"Oh STOP it, James." Cassie blushed furiously.
"And this fair maiden." He turned to Lily but she slipped her hand out of his grasp and he kissed his own hands.
"That wasn't fair." James said as he stood up straight. Lily looked at him with pity.
"Poor James." She cooed as she uncrossed her legs and stood. "You'll never get a real girlfriend acting like that."
"Oh really?" James asked curiously.
"If you are still an egotistical jerk who only want a piece of ass, mmm.yes."
Lily turned around and hugged Laura. "See you in a week, tell me how Rome goes, alright?" She brushed past James and hugged Cassie.
"Bye Lily, and remember what I said." Remus said.
"Don't worry, I will." Lily said, giving him a little wink before she strode through the door.
"You know, she is the only girl I know who doesn't blush or freak out when I flirt with her. It's annoying." James said. "How does she do it?"
"Lily's a special girl." Cassie said. "Bye Remus." She gave him a soft kiss and walked out the door with Laura.
All four boys watched them go and sat down together.
"What did she mean by 'Lily's a special girl'?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know." Peter said, brushing it away quickly. "How about some sundae's?"
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to Sirius, "What do you care?"
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The week passed by quickly for Lily, and before she knew it, she was on the Hogwarts Express, looking for an open compartment.
"Damn!" She muttered and started walking towards the Prefect compartments when someone called out her name.
"Lily!" She heard Cassie's voice carry down the corridor. "Come here quick!" Cassie beckoned her with her hand. She looked worried.
Lily rushed over to where Cassie stood. "What's wrong-" Lily started but saw Laura, bawling on a seat.
"Laura! What's wrong?" Lily rushed over and kneeled next to her friend.
Cassie ran her hands through her straight brown hair repeatedly. She was an amazing friend, but Lily was the best person at consoling.
"It's-it's-it's.oh maaaaaaannnn." Laura wailed.
Obviously, everyone on the train could hear her because none other than James Potter and Sirius Black appeared at the doorway looking concerned. Actually looking CONCERNED. Lily made a mental note to herself to write in her diary that two of the Marauders were being reasonable.
"Okay now, Laurie.your gonna have to take deep breaths before you do anything else." Lily said, stroking her hand. Laura did as she was told and looked swollen-eyed at her best friend. "Okay now? Tell me about it slowly."
"Well, you know I-I went to Rome for five days, r-right?" Laura said through sniffs. "I-I met a guy there and he-he.he kissed me."
"Go on." Lily said soothingly. Sirius and James were quite impressed with her consoling skills.
"I told him that I had a boyfriend and I did-didn't want to hurt him. He understood t-that and accepted it." Laura paused and looked at her hand folded neatly on her lap. "I owled J-Jeffrey and.and.and-" She went to bawling again.
"Did he say something rude to you in his letter back?" Lily said softly.
Laura stopped crying and sniffed a few times before she nodded yes.
"Do you want to tell us what he said, you don't have to if you don't feel comfortable about it." Lily said in a very calm voice.
"No, I want to tell you guys." Her lip quivered. "He-he broke up with me." Laura was calm and she stared blankly at the boys standing in the doorway. "He called me a slut and said he didn't want anything to do with me."
"I'm so sorry." Cassie said as they both hugged their shivering friend.
Lily turned around and saw the two boys standing motionless at the door.
"Yes?" She smiled sweetly.
"Uh.j-just wondering what we could do to help." Sirius said and James nodded.
Lily turned around completely and got up. "No way." She smiled at them.
"What?" James asked, stepping back into the hallway with Sirius.
"You guys are the most insensitive guys in our year and you actually care about someone other than yourselves?" Lily leaned against the wall with her arms folded. "Yeah right."
"Well if you put it that way." Sirius frowned at her.
"Hey, the truth hurts." Lily shrugged.
"We can be consoling and caring." Sirius defended.
"Prove it." Lily said.
"Fine." Sirius said and walked into the compartment. He sat down directly next to Laura and put his arm around her. She looked at him as if he'd grown an extra head. "Are you doing alright?"
"Y-yeah." She said shakily.
Lily smiled at him and walked down towards the Prefect's compartments when someone tugged on her arm.
"Oh, h-hello Severus." Lily sighed. She saw James gape at her from twenty feet away. "How was your summer?"
"It was." He looked her up and down. "Perfect."
"That's nice."
"I've been meaning to talk to you, Lily." Severus said.
"Uh-well, I really cant right now because you see.uh," Lily stuttered.
"I'm sure it can wait, whatever it is." He said quietly. Lily looked into his almost black eyes and felt fear creep up her back.
"Actually-" Lily said.
"Lily! Where have you been!" James appeared behind Severus. "Oh, hello Snape." He said coldly.
"Potter." He spat.
"Sorry, Severus.I need to go." Lily smiled politely and walked away with James. As soon as he was out of earshot, she whispered, "Thank you so much."
"He is such an ass, he doesn't realize he'll never get a girl." James said. "Don't expect it as an easy escape, Evans. I wont be around all the time."
"Thank you." Lily said as he escorted her into her compartment.
"Where have you been?" Cassie asked Lily as she sat down next to her.
Lily put her head on her shoulder and sighed. "Severus was trying to 'talk' to me again."
"Ah." Cassie said, "That bastard."
"Luckily James saved me." Lily said.
"James Potter?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah, he's not much."
"I know but he's so.so.James."
Lily smiled.
"You still like him don't you?!" Cassie asked her.
"For god sakes, keep your voice down!" Lily got up to peer around the corridor to see if anyone had heard.
"Oh calm down, I've kept your secret for five years, I wouldn't let it out now." Cassie waved her hand in the air.
"Yeah but." Lily nodded in Sirius's direction.
"He's asleep!" Cassie pulled Lily down onto the seat. "Calm down."
"You'd better be right." Lily said and rested her head against the wall before she drifted off to sleep.
"I am." Cassie followed suit. Sirius opened one eye and smiled.
'So Evans likes Potter.' He thought. 'This ought to be good.'
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IA/N: Ooh! Cliffhanger! Okay I'm writing all this and I just switched from AOL to DSL last night so I'm updating a lot quicker. Please review! It's just the CLICK of a button and there you go! I'm accepting flames, only because they are reviews too. Heh heh./I
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"Lily Evans, get your scrawny little butt down here this instant!" Petunia Evans screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Mom and dad need to take you to get supplies for your freak school!"
"Petunia!" Elaine Evans's voice could be heard to reprimand her 17-year- old daughter.
"Coming!" Lily shoved her feet into some dark green Mary Janes, going very well with her green sweater and khaki skirt. She debated about wearing her robe and cloak into the car but decided against it and carried them into the car with her.
"Freak! Where are you?" Petunia yelled.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry." Lily muttered, rushing down the stairs and out the door. Petunia reluctantly followed her into the car and plopped down into the back seat.
"Lily how may more years do you have left at Hogwarts?" Her mother turned around to face her smiling daughter.
"Three, counting this year. I'll be in 5th year." Lily said watching her mother's face. She was so interested in Hogwarts and always asked Lily about what went on around the castle.
"I am so proud of you sweetie." Her father looked at her from the rear view mirror. "You made Perfect!"
"Uh-that's PREfect, daddy." Lily giggled.
"Right." Her father said and concentrated on driving.
"Why do you always ask HER about school? You don't care about me!" Petunia whined.
"Of course we care about you, dear." Mrs. Evans said automatically. It seemed to come along naturally to reply to Petunia automatically these days.
"Here we are." Her father pulled up to the curb and waited as her mother got out with her. "Pick you up at three." Mr. Evans smiled and drove off.
"How do we do this again, Lil?" Her mother said, feeling the walls as if a secret passageway sealed Diagon Alley from view.
Lil pulled her mother away from the wall and led her into The Leaky Cauldron.
"Wow! I didn't even know that building was there!" Her mother said to herself wildly.
"Mom, shush!" Lily said, getting a few stares from Leaky Cauldron customers.
"Oh okay." Her mother said quietly, "Sorry dear."
Lily pulled her Robes on and swung her cloak over her shoulders. She pulled out her wand and tapped the correct bricks as a passageway formed, showing the busy streets of Diagon Alley.
"Okay." Her mother read off the Hogwarts list and they went and got each supply Lily needed for the New Year at Hogwarts.
"Mum, I'll meet you in this clothing shop at a quarter 'til two." Lily said, seeing a grin break across her young mother's face. She LOVED Diagon Alley. "Buy yourself something nice, alright?"
Lily left her mother in a robe shop and wandered off through Diagon Alley. She walked into Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor where she spotted her two best friends Cassie Anderson and Laura Ashcott.
"Lily!" Cassie wriggled out of her boyfriend's grasp and hugged her for what seemed like a minute when Laura elbowed her out of the way and hugged her in turn.
"How is the most popular girl in our year?" Laura asked after a short but welcoming hug.
"Hardly." Lily sat down at their table. "Well Petunia has a boyfriend finally. This big, chunky, creepy looking guy who only grunts when you speak to him."
"Petunia has finally found herself a boyfriend? No way." Laura said, pulling her black hair out of the usual messy bun. Her gray eyes were widened with shock. It was true, Petunia was always a girly girl, but she had never managed to find a boyfriend. Lily updated them on all this, of course.
"Say Cass, do you want to introduce me to your boyfriend?" Lily said as casually as she could.
"Oh!" Cassie blushed. "Uh-Lily, this is Remus Lupin."
"You're on the Quidditch team, aren't you?" Lily asked, shaking his extended hand.
"Yeah." He smiled, scratching the back of his sandy-colored hair. "You are Lily Evans, aren't you?"
"Guilty." Lily said. "How do you know me?"
"I've heard.a lot about you." Remus smirked at her.
"What about me?" Lily suddenly felt worry rush through her body by the way Remus looked at her.
"Do you happen to know a Severus Snape?" Remus asked.
"Oh god." Lily rested her elbow on the table and shielded her eyes from view. "What did he say now?"
"Not much lately, just that he still loves you." Remus said as Cassie burst out laughing, almost falling off his lap. Severus had been particularly smitten with Lily Evans ever since third year. He hated muggle born wizards, but Lily would stand up to him like no girl ever had before.
"Don't get me wrong, Severus is a good guy and all.well.sometimes." Lily glared at Cassie. "But he's just a little.oh I don't know, creepy?"
"I couldn't agree with you more." Cassie gasped, taking Remus' hand to help herself up.
"Lily, let me just tell you something about Snape." Remus looked at her seriously. "He is determined to do anything to get what he wants."
"So you're saying that I should-"
"Just watch out for yourself." Remus finished. Three boys waltzed (literally) into the Ice Cream Parlor as Remus finished his warning.
"Remus, my good man." A boy with short black hair and dark brown eyes said in a dignified voice. "How are you, lad?"
"I don't think I've been introduced to your girlfriend, Remmy." A boy with tousled black hair kneeled down and kissed Cassie's hand.
"Oh STOP it, James." Cassie blushed furiously.
"And this fair maiden." He turned to Lily but she slipped her hand out of his grasp and he kissed his own hands.
"That wasn't fair." James said as he stood up straight. Lily looked at him with pity.
"Poor James." She cooed as she uncrossed her legs and stood. "You'll never get a real girlfriend acting like that."
"Oh really?" James asked curiously.
"If you are still an egotistical jerk who only want a piece of ass, mmm.yes."
Lily turned around and hugged Laura. "See you in a week, tell me how Rome goes, alright?" She brushed past James and hugged Cassie.
"Bye Lily, and remember what I said." Remus said.
"Don't worry, I will." Lily said, giving him a little wink before she strode through the door.
"You know, she is the only girl I know who doesn't blush or freak out when I flirt with her. It's annoying." James said. "How does she do it?"
"Lily's a special girl." Cassie said. "Bye Remus." She gave him a soft kiss and walked out the door with Laura.
All four boys watched them go and sat down together.
"What did she mean by 'Lily's a special girl'?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know." Peter said, brushing it away quickly. "How about some sundae's?"
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to Sirius, "What do you care?"
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The week passed by quickly for Lily, and before she knew it, she was on the Hogwarts Express, looking for an open compartment.
"Damn!" She muttered and started walking towards the Prefect compartments when someone called out her name.
"Lily!" She heard Cassie's voice carry down the corridor. "Come here quick!" Cassie beckoned her with her hand. She looked worried.
Lily rushed over to where Cassie stood. "What's wrong-" Lily started but saw Laura, bawling on a seat.
"Laura! What's wrong?" Lily rushed over and kneeled next to her friend.
Cassie ran her hands through her straight brown hair repeatedly. She was an amazing friend, but Lily was the best person at consoling.
"It's-it's-it's.oh maaaaaaannnn." Laura wailed.
Obviously, everyone on the train could hear her because none other than James Potter and Sirius Black appeared at the doorway looking concerned. Actually looking CONCERNED. Lily made a mental note to herself to write in her diary that two of the Marauders were being reasonable.
"Okay now, Laurie.your gonna have to take deep breaths before you do anything else." Lily said, stroking her hand. Laura did as she was told and looked swollen-eyed at her best friend. "Okay now? Tell me about it slowly."
"Well, you know I-I went to Rome for five days, r-right?" Laura said through sniffs. "I-I met a guy there and he-he.he kissed me."
"Go on." Lily said soothingly. Sirius and James were quite impressed with her consoling skills.
"I told him that I had a boyfriend and I did-didn't want to hurt him. He understood t-that and accepted it." Laura paused and looked at her hand folded neatly on her lap. "I owled J-Jeffrey and.and.and-" She went to bawling again.
"Did he say something rude to you in his letter back?" Lily said softly.
Laura stopped crying and sniffed a few times before she nodded yes.
"Do you want to tell us what he said, you don't have to if you don't feel comfortable about it." Lily said in a very calm voice.
"No, I want to tell you guys." Her lip quivered. "He-he broke up with me." Laura was calm and she stared blankly at the boys standing in the doorway. "He called me a slut and said he didn't want anything to do with me."
"I'm so sorry." Cassie said as they both hugged their shivering friend.
Lily turned around and saw the two boys standing motionless at the door.
"Yes?" She smiled sweetly.
"Uh.j-just wondering what we could do to help." Sirius said and James nodded.
Lily turned around completely and got up. "No way." She smiled at them.
"What?" James asked, stepping back into the hallway with Sirius.
"You guys are the most insensitive guys in our year and you actually care about someone other than yourselves?" Lily leaned against the wall with her arms folded. "Yeah right."
"Well if you put it that way." Sirius frowned at her.
"Hey, the truth hurts." Lily shrugged.
"We can be consoling and caring." Sirius defended.
"Prove it." Lily said.
"Fine." Sirius said and walked into the compartment. He sat down directly next to Laura and put his arm around her. She looked at him as if he'd grown an extra head. "Are you doing alright?"
"Y-yeah." She said shakily.
Lily smiled at him and walked down towards the Prefect's compartments when someone tugged on her arm.
"Oh, h-hello Severus." Lily sighed. She saw James gape at her from twenty feet away. "How was your summer?"
"It was." He looked her up and down. "Perfect."
"That's nice."
"I've been meaning to talk to you, Lily." Severus said.
"Uh-well, I really cant right now because you see.uh," Lily stuttered.
"I'm sure it can wait, whatever it is." He said quietly. Lily looked into his almost black eyes and felt fear creep up her back.
"Actually-" Lily said.
"Lily! Where have you been!" James appeared behind Severus. "Oh, hello Snape." He said coldly.
"Potter." He spat.
"Sorry, Severus.I need to go." Lily smiled politely and walked away with James. As soon as he was out of earshot, she whispered, "Thank you so much."
"He is such an ass, he doesn't realize he'll never get a girl." James said. "Don't expect it as an easy escape, Evans. I wont be around all the time."
"Thank you." Lily said as he escorted her into her compartment.
"Where have you been?" Cassie asked Lily as she sat down next to her.
Lily put her head on her shoulder and sighed. "Severus was trying to 'talk' to me again."
"Ah." Cassie said, "That bastard."
"Luckily James saved me." Lily said.
"James Potter?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah, he's not much."
"I know but he's so.so.James."
Lily smiled.
"You still like him don't you?!" Cassie asked her.
"For god sakes, keep your voice down!" Lily got up to peer around the corridor to see if anyone had heard.
"Oh calm down, I've kept your secret for five years, I wouldn't let it out now." Cassie waved her hand in the air.
"Yeah but." Lily nodded in Sirius's direction.
"He's asleep!" Cassie pulled Lily down onto the seat. "Calm down."
"You'd better be right." Lily said and rested her head against the wall before she drifted off to sleep.
"I am." Cassie followed suit. Sirius opened one eye and smiled.
'So Evans likes Potter.' He thought. 'This ought to be good.'
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IA/N: Ooh! Cliffhanger! Okay I'm writing all this and I just switched from AOL to DSL last night so I'm updating a lot quicker. Please review! It's just the CLICK of a button and there you go! I'm accepting flames, only because they are reviews too. Heh heh./I