Hi all! Happy Election Day, America! In honor of election day, I wrote some Jily.

Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling. I really wish I was, but I'm not and I don't own anything.


"James Potter for President! Vote James Potter!"

"Potter, what on Earth are you doing?"

James looks surprised at being addressed by Lily. Lily hides a grin because she can visibly see how drunk he is.

"What does it look like, Evans? I'm running for President."

He looks smug, like she should know what he's talking about. The group of drunk Gryffindors surrounding him laugh and disperse, now that their source of entertainment is gone. He jumps down from the back of the couch and stumbles as he lands beside her, almost knocking over one of the party-goers behind him. He looks quite pleased with himself for landing on his feet. He also looks quite adorable, Lily thinks.

"There is no president of Britain, Potter."

He visibly droops and he's confused now and maybe sad too. She supposes he wouldn't know. He is a wizard and had probably never learned about the government of Great Britain. Plus, he's trashed.

"But Sirius and Remus told me-"

"Yeah, they were fucking with you."

He slumps down against the wall and looks like a sad puppy. She looks over her shoulder and Remus and Sirius are snickering, their own plastic cups in hand and almost empty. She should know better- it's the first party of the year and everyone always seems to overdo it that first time.

"Don't worry about it, James."

"Well, if I could run for president, you know if we had one, you would vote for me, right?"

Lily smiles, amused at his hopeful expression. "I don't think so, Potter. You'd probably make us all wear badges with your face on them and hats that say 'Go Potter'."

She chuckles as he crosses his arms over his chest and gives a loud 'Hmph'. He is no longer chipper like he was before and walks away to pour himself another firewhisky.

At breakfast the next morning, Lily straightens her blouse so that the small circle pinned on the lapel is visible. James sits down across from her and groans, immediately burying his face in his arms on the table. Sirius and Remus don't look too much better and Pete still seems to be a little drunk. Lily smiles and clears her throat to get their attention.

James looks up with squinted eyes. "Could you lower your voice. You know, maybe try not to sound like an angry hippogriff?"

Lily rolls her eyes and sticks out her chest. It's a gamble to have the badge pinned to her chest because he's James Potter and she's caught him looking at her chest before, but she figures it will be amusing so she does it anyway. Plus, she kind of doesn't mind so much when he looks.

He leans forward and, with his eyes still squinty, he mouths the words written on her badge. And then a large, white smile overtakes his face. Remus snorts and Sirius roll his eyes.

"I thought you said you wouldn't vote for me Evans."

She just shrugs and smiles.

Because the badge on her shirt isn't her Head Girl badge. The badge on her shirt says 'James Potter for President' and there's a picture of his face on it. And the James Potter on the badge is smiling almost as widely as the James Potter sitting across from her.


I would totally vote for James Potter.