The whole idea for this was inspired by my friends Elayne and Beth, oh and sort of Rochelle, but mainly Elayne and Beth! Oh, and Dillon, he's just awesome and entertains me!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the Marauders and their epicness, all of those belong to J.K. Rowling.

"No." said Lily Evans coldly as James Potter entered the common room.

"But I didn't even say anything!" he responded with wide eyes.

"You were going to though, you were looking at me like you do when you're about to ask me out."

"I was just going to ask-"

"No."

"If you could-"

"No."

"Help me with-"

"No."

The potions homework… he finished mentally. He looked up at her emerald green eyes, then she looked back with that 'no' look on her face. Dejectedly, he went up to the boys dormitories to go sulk, like he usually does when Lily rejects him so coldly.

I just wanted some homework help… I mean Remus is nice and all with homework and stuff… but Lily gets it better, and I think I would too if it was her teaching it rather than Remus all the time… no offence to Remus. He thought, whilst staring into the distance.

"Hello, earth to Prongs!" Sirius said, seeing his sulking friend. "Rejected again I see, mate? You'll never give up, will you?"

"I just wanted homework help… that's all… I'll never give up… Lily will eventually go out with me… I hope." He responded, still sulking

"Oui, that's not the right attitude to have, mate. You'll never get her sulking like that! Stop being a pussy, she already has one! You need to be a manly man, that's how I do it, all manly man like!" Sirius proudly said.

"Manly man? How do I do that?"

"Repeat after me Prongsy," he puffed out his chest. "I AM A MANLY MAN WHO DOES MANLY THINGS! I WILL NOT LET ONE REJECTION (or multiple in James' case) GET IN THE WAY OF MY GOAL! I WILL ACT MANLY AND NEVER SULK IN THE CORNER! I WILL DO THINGS WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT AND HOWEVER I FEEL LIKE IT, BECAUSE I AM A MANLY MAN!"

James' eyes lit up as he repeated Sirius, "I AM A MANLY MAN WHO DOES MANLY THINGS! I WILL NOT LET ONE REJECTION GET IN THE WAY OF MY GOAL! I WILL ACT MANLY AND NEVER SULK IN THE CORNER! I WILL DO THINGS WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT AND HOWEVER I FEEL LIKE IT, BECAUSE I AM A MANLY MAN!" he then added his own little part to Sirius' little spiel, "I WILL NOT TAKE NO AS AN ANSWER, BECAUSE EVANS WILL LOVE ME, DAMNIT!"

"That's my boy, Prongs! Now doesn't that feel better to be a manly man, and to do manly things?"

"Yeah it-" he was then cut off by Remus entering the room.

"Hey guys, why does Lily seem so pissed off?"

"Li…ly…" James sadly said… going back into sulk mode and obviously forgetting what he just said with Sirius.

"Damnit Moony, he just got out of sulk mode until you came in and mentioned 'she-who-must-not-be-named'"

"Who, Lily?" Then those words that Remus said just set off James, and he was on the verge of tears hearing that name again. "Oh crap, sorry…"

"I just got him into manly man mode, and he was feeling better until you came in… great job."

"I-I'm sorry… was he rejected again?"

"What does it look like to you, Moony?" Sirius said with referencing arm motions towards James.

"Yeah… it looks like he was…"

"OBVIOUSLY!"

"How the hell will I get her to like me," James spoke up, with pleading in his voice, "I just don't know how, I thought I was doing everything right…"

"Well, she likes the artsy types, so you could get more artsy, maybe read a little bit." Remus said.

"No, she needs a MANLY MAN!" Sirius responded, once again puffing out his chest.

"Let me handle this Padfoot, I actually talk to her, so I know what I'm talking about."

"NOBODY SHUTS UP SIRIUS ORION-"

"As I was saying James, artsy type. She liked some American wizard last summer, he played the violin and liked a lot of the books she enjoyed, his name was Silver Oakenvale I believe."

"So I have to actually start reading, playing a girly instrument, and stuffing my face with cheeseburgers all the time? Ha, no way Moony. The cheeseburgers I can live with, but seriously everything else, no." James rebuttaled.

"Mmmm… cheeseburgers…." Sirius dreamily said.

"I have some books you can borrow if you wish to. Also, she currently likes some Ravenclaw boy."

"Ravenclaws are rubbish!" Sirius laughed. "They can't pull a prank to save their lives! Prongs, we need to pull a prank to show Lily how horrible they are!"

"Blue Cornish pixies in the common room? With a permanent sticking charm with Slytherin gear in the dorms?" James added.

"Now that's the manly Prongs I know! WE ARE MENLY MEN THAT DO MENLY MEN THINGS!"

"HELL YEAH!"

"You guys are hopeless…" Remus sighed. "What would I do without you guys? Nevermind, don't answer that."

"I don't like your whole 'book and cheeseburger' plan Moony, I don't like using my brains to win someone over! I like Sirius' plan!"

"Obviously you never use your brains when it comes to plans… you listen to Sirius… I'm the only one here keeping you guys in line." Remus muttered to himself.

"Let's warm you up to be a manly man so this manly man can go win his girl!" Sirius said, once again puffing out his chest. "Now first let's work on your posture, puff out your chest like me, and walk with meaning in your step with your head held high!" He demonstrated by walking across the room and back like it was a runway.

"Looks more like you're strutting to me!" Remus laughed. "Seriously James, do you really want her, or do you want to act like a prick and follow Sirius' advice?"

Of course, he chose to follow Sirius' advice, and puffed out his chest and started strutting across the room, "I feel manly already!" he proudly responded in an authoritative voice.

Nobody listens to the sane one… the one who actually knows what he's talking about… that's always inevitable, why do I even try to correct them anymore? Remus thought.

"I think you're finally ready to go up to Lily all manly-like!" Sirius announced with a tear in his eye about an hour later. "Now repeat after me once more, I AM A MANLY MAN WHO DOES MANLY THINGS! I WILL NOT LET ONE REJECTION GET IN THE WAY OF MY GOAL! I WILL ACT MANLY AND NEVER SULK IN THE CORNER! I WILL DO THINGS WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT AND HOWEVER I FEEL LIKE IT, BECAUSE I AM A MANLY MAN!"

James repeated him, "I AM A MANLY MAN WHO DOES MANLY THINGS! I WILL NOT LET ONE REJECTION GET IN THE WAY OF MY GOAL! I WILL ACT MANLY AND NEVER SULK IN THE CORNER! I WILL DO THINGS WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT AND HOWEVER I FEEL LIKE IT, BECAUSE I AM A MANLY MAN AND EVANS WILL LOVE ME, DAMNIT!"

"Let's go down to the common room, and SHOW LILY WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THIS HOUSE!" After Sirius practically yelled that, Remus knew this would go wrong, not like anything went right around here.

Then down to the common room they went, to seek Lily Evans, Sirius and James were strutting with their chests held out at a ridiculous level; their heads practically looking up at the ceiling.

Once James' eyes were locked on his target, he strutted over to her, and practically yelled, "Hello Lily, I am a manly man that does manly things and this manly man wants you to go out with him, no, not wants, you WILL go out with this manly man! I will NOT take no as an answer, because damnit, Lily, you WILL go out with me and you WILL love me, JAMES HAROLD POTTER! Now what do you have to say to a manly man now, Lily?"

"One word: no." she said without taking a single glance at James.

That then crushed James entire manly man spirit as he slumped to the ground and crawled back to the dorms. "Well I tried… time to go back into a sulking depression. Last time I ever listen to you Sirius."

"MY CREATION IS RUINED!" Sirius yelled, his chest still puffed and head still held high.

"Told you it wouldn't work!" Remus smirked.

"Okay, I'm really desperate for ways right now… so Moony, could you tell me more about this book thing?"

I think that first chapter went rather well if I were to say so myself! I'll try to update over break if this whole thing turns out successful and whatnot! Remember to review, reviews get me updating faster! Happy Holidays everyone!