I know you're all going to
hate me for doing this but I am anyway. I am still finishing Boy Against Girl
so the next chapter WILL be out soon. No worries there. I just had this idea
popped into my head (after I watched Whatever it Takes-a movie) and I had to
write a story! *lol* So here it is. You all know the regular disclaimers. I
don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters…even though I wouldn't mind
owning one *evil laugh erm…*innocent smile* Anyway onto this story and then
I'll be writing 2 and then I'll go
even crazier then I already am! Ahhh!! =)
Lily laughed. "That's what you said last year, love. And the year before that! We're 6th years now and you still haven't asked."
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James went over to talk to Gilderoy. "Alright the first thing you need to do is drop the 'I'm so great and wonderful act'. Lil hates it. You know…be nice to her. You can write her a letter and I'll tell you what to say or something. Like poetry."
Gilderoy laughed. "Me write poetry?"
"It'll work. Trust me. I know Lily better than anyone."
"And I know my cousin. Don't be nice. Insult her. It'll make her be interested."
James looked at Gilderoy. "I want her to like me not hate me."
"Tell her she looks awful. That her robes are too baggy or not long enough. She'll think about you all the time wondering if it's true." Gilderoy said. "Trust me."
"Whatever." James said disbelievingly.
Lily walked in and James blushed guiltily. What would she do if she found out he was helping Gilderoy?
"Hey Lily." Gilderoy said. "I wanted to erm…apologize for my behavior before."
Lily's eyes snapped up to his. He was apologizing? She didn't say anything to him just gave him an odd look.
"Erm…it was ungentlemanly of me. It's just that…." He looked over at James.
James rolled his eyes and mouthed 'Whenever I'm near you I can never say the things I want to.'
"It's just that whenever I'm near you I can't say the things that are going through my mind."
"And what is going through your mind? If you even have one." Lily asked.
"How pretty you are, and how smart." He looked at James who was still mouthing everything. "Your different then any other girl I know Lily."
"Maybe because I'm not self absorbed like any of the other girls you hang out with." And she walked off.
Gilderoy glared at James. "It didn't work."
"It will." James said as he watched Lily walk down the hall. She really was pretty. Why had he never noticed it before?
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"Hey Marissa." James said.
Marissa Lockhart looked at him. James was popular, and he was cute. They just weren't popular together, he wasn't in her group. He could have been, he just seemed intent on hanging out with dorks and pranksters like Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Petrigrew.
"Um hi…James isn't it?" She asked.
Lily walked up and rolled her eyes. She knew his name. Everyone knew his name. He was Quidditch captain!
"Yeah it's James. I was just wondering…"
Marissa looked at him but wasn't listening to what he was saying. He really was cute. He wasn't boyfriend material, but she definitely wouldn't mind going out with him for a while…maybe a week or something.
"Oh sorry. What was that?" She asked while looking bored.
This was harder then he thought! He looked at Lily who just rolled her eyes
Gilderoy walked up to her and gave her one of his smiles she just ignored.
"James I haven't got all day what do you want?" Marissa snapped.
"Umm…" he looked at Lockhart, who pointed to her hair and made a face. Lily looked at him oddly, but he didn't notice
"I forgot what I was going to say. That big thing on your head, I guess what you like to call hair, distracted me."
"My hair?? What's wrong with my hair?" She looked horrified. "And like you have use to talk with that mess on your head." She looked about ready to cry. "Goodbye James."
Gilderoy grinned and walked off after her, but not without kissing Lily's hand.
"James that was so rude!" Lily looked shocked.
"Look Lily you don't understand."
"I guess I don't. You can explain it to me then."
"I really like that girl." Lily rolled her eyes and James just went on. "And I'm sorry that you don't. But she different. There's something there and I think I could really have a chance with her. She just needs to give me one."
"And you really think that Gilderoy is going to help you?"
James blushed. "Well yeah."
"James you are so stupid sometimes!" And she stormed off.
James glared at her. She'd gone after the most stupid guys in school, literally, and he had never yelled at her. Well…he had…but they weren't right for her! Lily had no right to yell at him when Marissa Lockhart could be the girl of his dreams.
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Lily got on the train with James so they could go home together for Christmas vacation. The Lockharts followed behind them.
Lily turned around and glared at Gilderoy. "Will you leave me alone?!"
He only grinned and Marissa batted her eyelashes annoyingly. "Jamesie invited us."
Jamesie??? No one but Lily ever called him that. She was at a lost for words. "Fine." And walked straight for their normal compartment.
She tried to sit by James but Marissa got there first and he was sitting by the window. She sighed and pulled out a book as a piece of paper fell out.
My Dearest Lily,
Lily looked at the paper in her hand and then up at Gilderoy. He looked shy, and that unnerved her. Maybe he was serious after all?
Sirius and the crew all came in. "Hey James! Hey Lil! Think their's room for all of us in here?" He looked at her oddly. What were the Lockharts doing in here?
Marissa looked up from the book James was showing her (Quidditch Through the Ages) and she wrinkled her nose. "Jamesie what do you see in these guys? Their such…dorks."
Lily's eyes flashed and she was about ready to pounce and tear the girl to bits. But she waited to hear James response.
"Come on Marissa, they aren't that bad."
"James look at them! You said you wanted me to give you a try and I am. And so far I've liked it. But I can't be seen with you if your seen with them."
Sirius looked oddly at Lily. Was this girl serious? She wanted to break up the Mauraders? She was crazy. "Erm…Prongs?"
"They even gave you a dorky nick name Jamesie. Come on…it's either me" She kissed him. "Or them?"
Lily fumed. This was going to far. "Alright that's—"
Sirius looked at Lily. "No it's ok. Come on Jamesie." He said.
Remus looked James not quite sure what to say and Peter hid behind the two of them.
James looked confused but then shook his head. "Your right they are dorks. Their geeks. Their—" He stopped when Marissa kissed him and he started to kiss her back.
Lily looked shocked. "James I can't believe you." She whispered as she walked out of the compartment.
Sirius glared at James who still hadn't taken a breath. "You've gone too far now." Remus and Peter nodded as they all followed Lily out.
Gilderoy grinned. "Thanks James. I'll take it from here."
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Lily ran into her room and the first thing she did was shut her corners. When she had moved into this house 11 years ago and met the wonderful neighbors she hadn't ever thought that her new found best friend would ever abandon her. They had spent countless nights talking on their balconies from their window's since they were directly across from each other. They'd always been so close. She thought she knew him. And she had. Just like the back of her hand. She whipped a tear away. She didn't anymore.
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James ran up his stairs hoping to talk to Lily, who he hadn't seen since the "episode" on the train, except for when she ran into her father's car. He'd made a mess of things. Sirius wouldn't talk to him and neither would anyone else. But most of all Lily wouldn't. He hadn't even done anything to her! He walked onto the balcony.
"Lily?" He whispered.
No answer.
"Lily?" He said louder.
Again no answer.
Finally he yelled. "Come on Lily!"
The door opened and Lily came out wearing an old tee-shirt and jeans and carrying a box. She looked beautiful. Why hadn't he ever really noticed before? That was probably why that jerk Lockhart liked her. And the only reason. But he had been too caught up to even think about thing's like that. How could he have been so stupid? Him and Marissa still had an ok relationship, it wasn't great but it would get better. But he wouldn't let Lockhart hurt Lily.
"What do you want?" She asked coldly.
"Lily please? Why are you so mad at me?"
"At you? I don't even know you!"
"Of course you do! I'm the same person I've always been."
Lily shook her head. "No you aren't. My best friend was a nice and carrying person. He would never had said any of the things he's said today. And he never would have said them to people who were supposedly his best friends. I hope you realize what you've done and the hurt you've caused to other people."
"Lily I didn't mean it!"
"Oh so you just say things now so you can get people to kiss you?" She looked disgusted. She threw the box across to his feet. "Bye James." And she closed the door.
He looked at the box. It was full of pictures of the two of them since they were little and other stuff too. Tickets for when they'd gone to the Quidditch World Championships together and lots of other stuff. James sighed and carried the box in. Tears running down his cheek as he looked through the pictures.
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That's all for right now but this story will prolly only be 2-3 chaps long. So we'll see what happens. :-D I love you all and hope you all still love me! :-D I LOVE to hear reviews and BOY AGAINST GIRL WILL BE OUT SOON! I'm not sure exactly when but SOON! =)