A/N: Hey everybody! Okay, this is my first Harry Potter story; I have a one-shot out about Remus that I'll appreciate if you read it and review it. This is my first Lily and James story and I hope everyone likes it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything that comes from the books.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Potter's Head Boy?
Seventh year Lily Evans sat down in her compartment, smoothening her already smooth, beautiful red hair. Her green eyes flickered to the window and she sighed, checking her watch. Where were they? She thought. Her two best friends, Addison Lawrence and Aimee Pierce, were late as always.
A knock was heard on the door and Lily called, "Who is it?"
A deep voice came from outside, "Lily Evans, come out with your hands up!"
Lily burst out laughing and threw the door open to see her friends standing there grinning from ear to ear. Lily managed to throw both her arms around both her friends, hugging them tight. "You guys finally came!"
Aimee Pierce was an extremely pretty seventh year that played chaser on the Gryffindor team had black elbow length hair and equally black eyes to match. She was the type of tomboy, some would say. She laughed as Lily hugged her tightly. Addison Lawrence, however, was another extremely pretty girl with dark brown hair and pretty brown eyes. She was the calm one out of her group of friends and, as her friends knew, she had a secret crush on a boy called Remus Lupin.
"Air...must...breathe..." Aimee gasped out while Addison just hugged back, missing her friend. Lily laughed and then let go of her friends. Suddenly, Addison burst into tears. Aimee and Lily stared at her as she tried to control herself.
"I...I'm sorry...it's just..." Addison tried to say but kept sobbing. Lily smiled at her friend, knowing how emotional she got. "I've just missed you and then Lily, you hugged us and I..." She smiled wryly. "I guess I just went all sentimental like always."
Aimee threw an arm over her shoulder. She waggled her finger in Addison's face, almost sternly. "Now, Miss Lawrence, please, do not let another episode of what happened last year when we left replay this year, all right?" They knew she was joking of course but they couldn't help but remember what happened.
They had all been packed up and ready to go when suddenly, Addison broke down crying. Before they left, she squeezed them to death in death gripping hugs and practically cried every moment. Aimee being the tough one didn't cry but she did soften a bit at this. And Lily swore she had saw tears glimmering in Aimee's black eyes.
Aimee grabbed her black elbow length hair into her hair and showed it to Lily, disgusted. "Look at this! Ugh, Lily, you got the beautifully red hair while I got...black. Black! How dark..."
Addison laughed. "Well, I just got boring dark brown hair." Laughter shined in her brown eyes. "You both have much better hair than me. So stop complaining."
Jaws hanging, Lily and Aimee looked at Addison in disbelief. Aimee snorted, folding her arms over her chest, an eyebrow raise. "Are you serious?"
Lily noticed they were just still standing outside of the compartment so she said, "Err...guys? Should we continue our conversation on Addison's hair inside?"
Aimee shrugged and walked in with Addison behind her. Shutting the door, Aimee plopped down. Addison opened a book she had and began reading almost instantly.
Lily took this time to study her friends. How did they manage to be friends? Aimee was tough and brave, Addison was always calm and if you ever had a secret, you could tell her. And Lily...Lily was just a girl with red hair who was nice and kind.
A knock interrupted her thinking and she started. Addison lowered her book and Aimee stood up. "Yeah? Who is it?"
There was voices muttering to each other and someone seemed to have been pinched because the girls heard a soft, "Ouch!"
A voice cleared. "Sirius Black, at your service."
Aimee raised an eyebrow and mouthed to Lily, Sirius Black? What does he want?
Lily shrugged and Aimee opened the door, revealing the Marauders, a group of boys who played tricks and pranks at Hogwarts.
Sirius Black strolled in. He had black hair and gray eyes. He was one of the most wanted boys at Hogwarts and also had the reputation of being a playboy. Which was true. James Potter followed his best friend, his black, messy hair untidy, as always. His hazel eyes held a mischief sort of light in them. Remus Lupin followed the two inside, glancing at the girls in the compartment, his eyes lingering on Lily and then snapping to James. He had dark brown shined and he had dark gray eyes. Peter Pettigrew, the last Marauder, came in last. Lily had always wondered why this boy was in the group; he never seemed to fit in.
Sirius strolled and, winking at Aimee who merely raised her eyebrow. He turned to his companions and said with a grin, "Hey, mates, think we found our compartment!"
Aimee glared at him. "What are you-" But was interrupted as Sirius added, "And also beautiful companions!" Sirius said, now winking at Lily and Addison, who lowered her book.
Aimee snapped, "Can't you take your pathetic act somewhere else?" Obviously, she didn't fall for his charm or smiles, as many other girls did.
Sirius staggered, faking hurt. "Oh come on, Pierce, you know you just simply adore me."
Aimee studied him with her piercing black eyes. "Um...sorry, Black, but I think the correct word is loathe."
Lily stifled a laugh and Addison smiled slightly at Aimee's hostility to Sirius.
James switched his gaze from Sirius and Aimee to Lily and immediately grinned in a charmingly way. "Evans! So nice to see you. You're looking quite beautiful today."
Lily glared at him. She heard and saw what James did to Snape, a student at Hogwarts. It was completely awful and terrible and she never fell for James' "charming ways" he seemed to possess with the other females at Hogwarts, no matter how many times he asked her out or how many "charming" grins he tossed her way since fifth year.
"And you're looking pathetic as ever, Potter," she spat out and then looked out the window, not the least bit interested in talking to him. He slid down next to her.
"Hey, I was just being-" He started when Lily snapped her gaze back at him.
"Being what? Kind? Nice? Friendly? Why not act like that to Snape?" Lily once again turned away from him.
Sirius and Aimee broke from their little glare down to notice this exchange. Sirius laughed. "Be nice? To Snape?" He snorted. "Right and Professor McGonagall is going to dance in a pink dress in the Grand Hall."
Aimee snorted, trying to suppress her laughter. Addison merely watched everyone, her brown gaze curious.
"Well, you could at least try acting civilized to him," Lily snapped. Sirius opened his mouth and Lily glared at him, shutting him up immediately.
Aimee sighed, bored of this whole thing. "Well, are you guys just going to be annoying people that you are or are you going to leave?"
Sirius grinned and put an arm over her shoulders and she stiffened immediately. "Stay and be the annoying people that we are!"
Aimee struggled out of his arm. "I think other people would love it if you went to her compartment and stayed there."
Sirius grinned. "But of course, I just know you girls love having the Marauders here! Right, Lawrence? Haven't heard you talking yet."
Addison looked at him with a calm expression. Sirius began to look uneasy when she spoke, softly but in a firm voice. "I think that any girl would die to have you in the same compartment as them. So why do you pick the only ones who don't want anything to do with you?"
Sirius opened his mouth but then closed his mouth, thinking. Remus turned his calm expression to look at her. "Because they just love to bother people," he said calmly.
James ran a hair through his black hair. "Hey! We don't bother people! They enjoy our company."
Lily muttered. "Not us."
James winked at her. "I know how much you love me, Evans. How much you are dying to tell me that you love me."
Her green eyes pierced him. "I think that's what you want me to think, Potter. But trust me, the only feeling I have for you isn't love or liking, I can tell you that."
Remus shifted on his foot. "Um...Lily? Aimee? Addison? Could we just stay here? Since, all the other compartments are full..."
Lily smiled brightly at him. "Remus, you can stay, since you're not a brainless idiot like Potter and Black are here."
Sirius asked, "Then where would we go?"
Aimee rolled her eyes. "Go find some girls who actually would want to talk to you. I'm sure it won't take long to find a compartment." With that said, she shoved Sirius out and Lily grabbed Potter and shoved him out. Aimee glanced at Peter, who looked nervous. "Hey, Lil? What should we do with this one?"
Lily glanced at him. "If he wants to stay, then well...let him stay. But if he wants to go with Potter and Black there, let him go."
Peter eyed the two boys and then said meekly, "I'll go with James and Sirius."
Lily shrugged. "Bye."
Peter got up and began shuffling to the door when James popped in again, with a grin. "Hey, Evans," he said. "I know who Head Boy is. And since I know you are most likely Head Girl, I'm sure you're just dying to know."
Lily frowned and then glanced at Remus. "Remus?" She asked, wondering if he was the Head Boy. But Remus shook his head, eyeing James with his eyebrows raised slightly.
James grinned. "Oh, come on, Evans. Just ask me and I'll tell you."
Lily sighed. She did want to know who it was. But then again...this was Potter. Lily's curiosity won over her hatred towards James. "Fine," she snapped. "Who is it, Potter?"
James grinned. He pretended to ponder this. "Hmm, I don't know, Evans. Should I really? I mean...what do I get in return?"
Lily glared. "You'll get a black eye if you don't."
James laughed and then said, "I am."
Lily raised an eyebrow while Remus closed his eyes, counting in his brain and waiting for the explosion.
5...
"What do you mean 'I am'? You want a black eye?"
4...
James' grin widened even more. "No," he said slowly, his grin still on his face.
3...
Lily frowned now, her eyebrows together. Why is he grinning like that?
2...
Lily's eyes widened as realization hit her. No...no, he can't be! ...can he?
1...
Lily's eyes narrowed. "WHAT?!"
0.
James and Sirius laughed at the look of horror on Lily's pretty face. Remus watched Lily, who was now fuming and if it were possible, steam would be coming from her ears.
"You...you...you can't...Dumbledore...he wouldn't..." Lily tried to say a complete sentence but her brain wasn't working. Only one thought was going through it. Potter's Head Boy... Stupid, arrogant Potter is Head Boy...
Oh God, James Potter is Head Boy.
Aimee watched her red-haired friend and suppressed a sigh. She would rather not see Lily really explode. So she stood up and walked in between James and Lily, putting a hand in front of both of them. "Okay, James," she said, frowning at the Quidditch captain, "get out right now unless you would like to suffer the wrath of Lily Evans. And trust me, it isn't pretty."
James eyes the now red-faced, fist clenching Lily and decided to do what Aimee told him to do. So he backed out of the compartment and went to another one. Peter and Sirius followed and Remus stood up.
"Well..." he said cautiously, "she's taking it better than I thought she would."
And with that said, Remus Lupin quickly exited the room.
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"Do you think she was really that mad?" Asked James as he slid into the seat. The Marauders had already acquired a compartment but James had just wanted to see Lily Evans, the girl who he couldn't seem to stop thinking of. Lily Evans, with her beautiful green eyes he could drown in and her beautiful red hair he yearned to touch, to thread his fingers through. But of course, if he attempted any of these things, she would probably hex him into the next century.
Sirius laughed. "Mad? Prongs, I think 'mad' is an understatement." Sirius laughed again, shaking his head as he imagined the red-faced Lily Evans, the girl who James could seem to stop chasing after. I mean, come on. Sirius thought. James here practically has every girl at his beak and call, practically dying to just walk next to him. Why is he going after Evans when she obviously doesn't want him?
Peter Pettigrew, the rat faced and fat boy, nodded, desperate to be part of the conversation. "Yeah, Lily looked like...like she never thought of something like that could ever happened and would rather date Snape then be Head Girl with you."
Silence was heard in the compartment. Peter looked around, wondering how come no one laughed or anything. Then Sirius reached over and smacked him on his head.
"OW!" Cried Peter and rubbed the back of his head. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"First, I didn't hit you that hard, you baby. And second, I think James is going in one of his 'Oh God, she doesn't like me, why doesn't she like me?' thinking stage again and what you just said isn't helping, Wormtail."
James glared at his best friend but knew what he said was true. Remus looked at James and then opened his book, not interested in the topic.
James glanced at Remus Lupin, who turned a page in Hogwarts, A History. "Moony, how can you read that without wanting to fall asleep," asked Sirius, who eyed the book with boredom.
Remus shrugged, his eyes trained to the page. "Maybe because I have the attention span and patience."
Sirius's head snapped up. "Hey! I resent that! ...Okay, maybe it is true...just a little, anyway..." James raised an eyebrow at him. "Okay, fine, completely true!"
"Why does she hate me?" James asked, burying his face in his hands, pondering.
Peter piped up, "Well, she did say you were arrogant, stupid, big-headed – "
"Okay, Peter, I get the picture," James snapped. Peter immediately snapped his mouth closed.
Remus turned another page. Sirius tried balancing his wand on his nose but stopped after almost stabbing himself in the eyes.
"I'm bored," Sirius said, staring at his friend's book. "I'm so bored, that I might even be a nerd and actually read that book."
Remus ignored him and Sirius continued, "I mean, who else in this school would read that book unless they want to go to sleep?"
Remus said calmly, "Lily Evans read it."
James' head snapped up. "She does?" He asked, bewildered. Then he snatched the book from Remus. "Give me that!" And with that said, he began reading.
Sirius smacked his forehead. "Am I the only sane one here?"
Remus raised an eyebrow. "You? Sane? The words don't add together, Padfoot."
Sirius ignored him and turned to James, who pushed his glasses up and kept reading. "Oh, come on, James! You can't be serious!" Then a grin came to Sirius's face. "Of course you can't be serious; I'm – "
"Sirius," answered all his friends, all bored with the old joke. James said, turning another page in the book, "And I am serious."
Sirius laughed. "But Jamesie! You can't be since you're James!"
James raised the book and smacked Padfoot on the back of the head. Well, thought Sirius bitterly, rubbing his head as James went back to reading, we now know that that book actually has another purpose besides boring someone to death.
A/N: Okay, well that may have been boring but I promise, future chapters will be more interesting!
Just a quick question:
What position does James play for Quidditch? Because in the book, it shows James playing with the golden Snitch and in the movie it said Seeker but other people said he plays Chaser. Please tell me which does he really play!
Thanks for reading and please review!
