So, this is the first chapter of my first Lily and James fanfic. I hope you enjoy, and as always, please review! I love constructive criticism!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, JK Rowling does. [Insert witty comment about what would happen if I owned Harry Potter here]
"I was on the way back to the Gryffindor common room, coming back from Slughorn's Christmas party. I was reminiscing about the funniest moment of the night, smiling and giggling. I must have looked like an idiot. Thankfully, no one else was in the hallway.
"It looks like you ate a smurf," commented a voice. I had been so zoned out; I didn't notice that James had come around the corner. I blushed, my hand flying up to my mouth. My temper flared up immediately.
"How do you even know what a smurf is, Potter? And it's because I ate a blue candy cane!"
"Sirius lives with me now, and over the summer, we got a muggle television and watched lots of different types of shows on it. So now you need to go brush your teeth; is that why you're on the way to the common room? I thought Ol' Sluggy's Christmas parties lasted longer."
"Oh, okay," I replied, my anger subsiding some, the rest just smoldering, like an almost-out fire. "His party's over. Why else would I be walking to the common room? I actually like to party, in case you thought I didn't, thank you very much. And Ol' Sluggy? Really?" I asked, as we began to walk towards the common room.
"Wow. I always assumed that he'd be the teacher that would party the night away. And we've always called him Ol' Sluggy."
"Why did you think that? The past Christmas parties have lasted longer and now that you mention it… This has been the shortest one." Huh. Food for thought, I guess.
"Well then, that explains it. You can tell that all the teachers are under stress, from all this stuff about You-Know-Who. But seeing as how Hogwarts is the safest place in the world, and always has been, you think that they would worry more about summer vacation, don't you?"
"Yeah, I know. I can tell that they're worried about us now, but I don't know why. And I think that they're trying to keep summer vacation off their minds. I know I am."
"Aww, Lily don't get all sad now! I wonder if they feel slightly sorry for the world though, considering that they're giving us our freedom?" James asked./p
"James, that frightens me. Don't scare me like that and joke about your freedom!" I made an "oh no!" face, all of my anger slipping away. Lately, James had been less arrogant than all the previous years. He still joked and pulled pranks, but he had deflated his head a bit and actually gained an ounce of maturity. We've had time to talk, when we run into each other on patrol. We've made it a game to see who's seen/who can say the most random thing.
"Now Lily, that hurts!" he replied in a mock hurt voice, with a fake-shock expression to match. "I thought you would have more faith in me by now!"
"I just giggled. "Pigs' feet," I said, as we reached the portrait of the fat lady. We climbed into the portrait hole, and began to walk to our separate common rooms.
"See you tomorrow, Lily."
"Night, James" I replied, looking over my shoulder as I slipped through the doorway to the dorms. I thought about him as I walked to my dorm. How he was actually sweet, now. Well, kind of sweet. He was still a prankster. I thought about him while I was in the shower; wonder why it was me he liked. He hadn't asked me out in months. I paused, the shampoo in my hair immediately beginning to drip towards my eyes, and thought back to the first day of school. Had he asked me out at all? I just shrugged to myself and resumed the scrubbing of my hair. When I finally went to bed, I was still thinking about him. My last thought before I drifted off to Dreamland was a question: Why am thinking about him so much? Is it possible that I'm actually beginning to like him back? Then all else faded, and my dreams took over my mind.
The next day, after I had gotten dressed, I went down to the great hall for breakfast. Not many students had decided to stay for break; there were only a handful of students left from each individual house.
"Lily! Good morning, sleepy head!" exclaimed Alice, one of my best friends. She came out of her seat like a bullet, and ran up to me and pulled me into a hug.
"Mary and I would have woken you up, but you looked like you were having a good dream, so we decided to not bother you."
"Thanks, I needed that extra sleep," I replied. I sat down at the Gryffindor table, a plate magically appearing in front of me. I began filling it up with some of my favorite foods, then began eating, gazing at the roof of the great hall absent-mindedly. It was actually a clear day outside, the sun shining brightly with a few puffy marshmellow-y clouds floating around outside. I hope it won't make the snow too slushy, I would like to go and play in it. It had been forever since I had done anything in the snow, and I would like to have a snow day.
Just then, the marauders came skipping in, singing Christmas carols at the top of their lungs.
"Mary rolled her eyes. "They can be so immature sometimes." But then she smiled. "But at least it's entertaining."
"Yeah, I know what you mean." I smiled back. This got us into our regular random breakfast conversations.
"Hey Lily, you wanna play a game of Wizard's Chess?" James asked.
"Actually, I was going to put my coat on so I could go play in the snow before the sun melted it any. Do you want to come?" I asked. "I'm meeting Mary and Alice out there, you could get Sirius, Remus, and Peter to come, too. We could all have a big snowball fight." I grinned.
"Sounds great. I'll get the guys and we'll meet you out there." He replied.
"See you soon!"