Crazy For This Girl
She rolls the window down
and she talks over the sound
James glanced over at one
of his best friend's, Lily Evans. They had been best friends since
first year, along with Chloe Jackson, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black
and Peter Pettigrew. They
were now sixteen and best
friends as they had ever been. He tried to blow a stray stand of
messy black hair out of
the way when long elegant fingers moved it away. He raised his
head from the piece of
parchment he was writing on and saw Lily. Her long and curly fire
engine red hair was up in
a ponytail that was already falling out. Her bright green eyes
were smiling, as were her
perfect rose petal lips. James always felt a little twinge in his
heart when she flirted
with other guys, but he tried to ignore it. 'She's just my friend, just
my friend' he repeated it
to himself over and over in his head whenever she looked at him.
"What's wrong with you?"
she asked, he smile becoming a grimace. "You had this glazed-
over look, it
was…gross…don't do it again Jamie, you look like a doll." James laughed loud
and clear, and then
grinned the lop-sided grin that made all of his many admirers go week
at the knees. "Don't pull
that on me James Harold Potter! I'm not one of your cronies and I
will not melt at your
smile." She narrowed her eyes and frowned, he copied. A second later
Chloe came up and looked
from Lily to James and back to Lily again.
"What ARE you doing?"
"Nothing!" they chorused
and smiled innocently at her.
Of the cars that pass us by
and I don't know why
but she's changed my mind
It was the Halloween feast
and everything was as amazing as ever. Peter was sitting beside Sirius, who was
sitting beside James, who was across from Lily, who was sitting
beside Chloe who was
sitting across from Sirius. And as it was a full moon we all know
where Remus was… James
kept stealing glances at Lily, whose hair was up in a loose bun.
Strands framed her face
and a candle from the table behind her made her hair glow redder
then usual. She looked
over and smiled at him and he smiled back. But just then Sirius
caught Lily's look and
grinned to himself. He pulled his wand out and unnoticed by the
other table occupants
lifted a big pitcher of pumpkin juice and spilled it on Lily. She stood up,
dripping with juice and the whole hall went silent. She, amazingly enough, kept
calm
and cool and.
"How are you Lil?" Sirius
asked, which was a pretty stupid question as she was obviously
not good.
"Just Peachy!" she replied
before waltzing to the door of the Great Hall as if nothing had
happened. Everyone burst
into laughter right before she left and she turned around, bowed
and walked right out. This however sent everyone into hysterics.
As discreetly as possible,
James slipped out of the
Great Hall and ran up to the Gryffindor common room, where he
found Lily, sitting in an
armchair. She was already in dry clothes and had a muggle novel
across her lap.
"Hi…" he said.
"Hi James. How was
dinner?"
"Fine…fine. How did you
get changed so quick?"
"I took the shortcuts to
get here." James smacked his palm on his forehead. 'I'm such a
dunce.' He thought. He
hadn't taken the shortcuts and usually it was second nature to
him…usually.
Would you look at her as she looks at me
she's got me thinking about her constantly
but she don't know how I feel
and as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she's figured out
I'm crazy for this girl
yeah, I'm crazy for this girl
"Morning Jamie!" Lily
hopped down the common room stairs and over to the armchair in
which James was asleep.
She looked at him and then grinned evilly. "I think I'll just sit
down in this…oh! There's
something IN MY chair!" James pushed her off his side and sat up
strait, his hair sticking
to his face where it had been pushed against the velvet of the
chair. "Why, good morning
James!" she said acting, very badly I might add, totally
surprised.
"Thanks for waking me up
Lil!" he crackled sarcastically. (He just woke up)
"You're welcome!"
"Did you not notice the
sarcasm?"
"I noticed, but I chose to
ignore it."
"Smart."
"Come on! Get up you lazy
oaf!"
"What time is it?"
"Eight thirty." He
groaned. "What's wrong?"
"It's SATURRDAY LILY!!!!!
That day you're supposed to sleep in not get up early! I'm tired." He summoned
his glass of water from the sixth year boys' dorm and started to chug it, in
order to wake up.
"Well I'm sure I'd be
tired to if I was sneaking around at three am last night!" He chocked
on his water but soon
recovered.
"How did you know?"
"James, I'm not stupid,
plus I happened to be in this chair at three am this morning."
"WHAT?"
"I couldn't sleep so I was
watching the fire and at three I heard you and the guys come in,
so I decided to go upstairs." He smiled when he heard her squeaky
voice, he loved the
way she talked, it was so
much like a cartoon character it made him laugh, which he
started to. "What's so
funny?"
"You."
"Me?"
"You."
"I think you mean you."
"I THINK YOU'RE BOTH
CRAZY!" came a voice from the stairs of the girls' side of the
common room.
"Well if it isn't Miss
Rilee Charles." Lily said unhappily. She was Sirius' girlfriend and none
of 'the group' liked her
much, except for Sirius of course. She was snotty, rude, stuck up
and spoiled, but never
when Sirius was around. When he was there she was sweet as
sugar.
"Yes it's me you hoodlum.
Me, the next head girl and you better believe it Lily Jade Evans!"
James opened his mouth in
shock but Lily didn't look too surprised.
"Whatever Barbie." At that
very moment Sirius, luckily for Lily, walked down the stairs.
"Hi Riles!" he said
walking towards her and putting his arms around her small waist and
biting her unnaturally
blond hair. Lily looked at James.
"Well I'm going to
breakfast, James will you be joining me?" she pleaded with her eyes.
"Sure Lil." He jumped up
out of his chair and followed her out of the common room. He turned around to
say something to Sirius, who was sucking his girlfriend's face.
All day was pretty much
like that. Rilee and Sirius playing tonsil hockey and James, Lily, Remus (It's
almost Christmas and Chloe had the 'flu) and Peter left out in the cold. It was
a Hogsmade day so for four hours they had something to do, other than homework.
At dinner, James and Lily were sitting alone in the common room.
"It's so beautiful
outside." Lily said, staring out the window at the snowflakes tumbling down
against the inky black sky.
"Want to go out?" James
suggested, getting a little frisky. (Get your mind out of the
gutter!)
"Definitely!" Lily jumped
out of her seat and flew up to her room, grabbing her new
sapphire blue cloak and
her matching hat and fuzzy gloves. Once she had got to the
common room James was
nowhere to be found. She decided he must've gone up to his
room to get his things so
she ran up the boys' stairs and jumped into his room. He was
standing in the middle of
the room, with his cloak over one shoulder and his mitts and hat
at his feet. In his hand
was a letter, it was on a piece of old ripped parchment. She walked
over and tapped his
shoulder. He turned around with tears in his eyes and shoved the
letter in her face.
Dear Mister J. Potter,
I regret to inform you
that your parents, Harold and Tessa Potter, have been killed by you-
know-who during one of the
expeditions they were in as aurors. All their fortune and estate
has been left to you.
Being as you have no relatives that are alive, you will be staying at
Hogwarts until the end of
your seventh year. I must know if I am correct that you turn 18
on January 6 next year. I
am sorry for your loss.
Alastor Moody,
Head Auror.
She dropped the paper and
walked over to his bed, dropped her cloak and pulled off her hat
and mitts. She sat down beside him and wrapped her arms around his
middle. She could
hear his muffled sobs and
could feel tears on her shirt. Her eyes watered at the thought of
the two happy people that
she had met many times. Tessa's long raven black hair and
bright blue eyes and
Harold's messy midnight hair and chocolate brown eyes, so loving and
warm…they were both gone,
blasted off the face of the earth, deceased.
"Jamie, I'm so sorry."
"It's just, just. God they
didn't deserve to die."
"It's ok James, it'll all
be ok."
"Thanks Lil."
"For what?"
"For being here, thank you
so much."
She was the one to hold me
the night the sky fell down
The letter had come over a
week ago, and every night James could be seen sitting quietly
by the fire, staring at
the flames.
"James?" Lily had walked
up behind him, hoping to have a conversation as the only words
he had said recently were
"Yes, no, sir, Professor, Lily and food."
"Yes?"
"I want to talk to you."
"Then talk."
"Life won't end now you
know."
"Yes it will…it's the end
of the world." She grabbed him by the shoulders and looked strait
into his big brown eyes.
"IT IS NOT THE END OF THE
WORLD." He looked in her bright and shinning green eyes,
which were now almost
crying at the thought of her best friend being miserable for the rest
of his life.
"I'm so sorry." He let his
head and eyes drop. She put an arm around his shoulder and gave
him a tight squeeze.
"James, it'll all be ok…I
promise."
"James?" Lily snuck into
the still brightly lit sixth years boys' dorm. Inside Peter was
already snoring and Remus
was reading a book. James and Sirius were sitting on the floor
in their pajama's (boxers
and t-shirts) playing chess. "James?" She repeated, standing
above him.
"LILY!" he whined, looking
up at her. "I'm in the middle of business."
She tried to sustain a
laugh.
"Business? And what
business would that be huh Mr. Potter?"
"You know what I mean…"
"I need to talk to you
about the Valentines Ball…but if you're too busy, I'll just…" Before
she could finish her
sentence he was standing beside her, ears perked up and eyes
shinning.
"Come on!" he said.
"I need to talk to you
ALONE!" she whispered to him, that sent shivers up his spine and all
over his body.
"Ok, ok, ok." He grabbed
her hands and led her into the guys' bathroom. Inside there were
razors and shampoo and gel
and all that other stuff and even a bottle of conditioner. She
giggled at the sight of
it.
"Whose it that?" she said
pointing.
"Can't you read?"
"Read what?" he pointed to
a label that said in bold red writing SIRIUS'
PROPERTY! DO
NOT TOUCH UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE A VERY PAINFUL
DEATH!
She laughed again and then
turned to a very amused James. His eyes were twinkling but
they didn't have the same
sparkle they had before the letter. That dreadful letter…
"What did you want to talk
to me about anyway Lil?"
"About the Ball."
"Oh yea!" he acted as if
he had forgotten, but that was impossible.
"I was wondering…"
"Yes?"
"Could you set me up with
somebody?" his heart fell but he feigned that he had been
suspecting it.
"Sure, who?"
"Oh, anybody. I just want
it to be a surprise, thanks Jamie!" She kissed his cheek as she
had done so many times
before and strolled out of the room. She bade adieu to the guys
and creped back to her
room.
It was the night before
the Ball and James hadn't found anyone to go with Lily yet. He'd
definitely had the chance
no doubt. She'd told the entire male portion of the student body
that she was being set up
by James, and if they wanted to go with her they should talk to
him. He hadn't found
anyone he thought was 'good-enough' for her. She skipped up to him
and jumped on his back.
"Found anyone yet?" she
asked while giving him a 'noogie'.
"Yea! Great guy."
"Who?"
"I thought you wanted it
to be a surprise?" he teased.
"Oh yea, I forgot about
that. I need to tell you that it's changed to a Masquerade Ball. I
didn't think you heard
what McGonagall told us at breakfast so I thought I'd be the bearer
of good news. I have to go finish my Herbology homework." She
started to walk away.
"Jamie?"
"Yea?"
"Thanks so much!" She
strolled back to the table she was sharing with Chloe and picked up
her quill and threw it like a dart at the back of Rilee. He
laughed and she grinned at him.
And what was I thinking when
the world didn't end
why didn't I know what I know now
Lily gracefully walked
down the stairs, wearing lime green robes and a mask the same
color. She was easily
identifiable with her red hair, her height and her dazzling green eyes.
Everybody who wasn't going
to the ball, as the ball was for fourth years and up, ohh-ed
and ahh-ed at her and her
dorm mates. Sitting in a chair beside the fire, James wasn't
even wearing his dress
robes yet.
"James, where do I meet
this guy?" Lily asked, as he hadn't told her anything about her
date.
"In the entrance hall." He
replied, not taking his chocolate eyes off the fire.
"Thanks…are you even
going?"
"I don't think so."
"Well, I'll see you later
then ok?"
"Sure." She hesitantly
walked away and he bolted up the stairs to his dorm. He grabbed his
new royal blue robes and
gelled his hair down. Pulled on the mask he had taken so much
care in finding, and
strolled down the stairs, a new man. He couldn't be recognized even by
Sirius, who he had know
since he was about three.
"Sirius, how do I look?"
"James?"
"Yes…it's me."
"WO! That's a big
difference. You look great, why?"
"I told Lily, I'd set her
up, so I'm setting her up with me."
"Good luck!"
"Thanks Sirius." James ran
out of the common room.
Would you look at her as she looks at me
she's got me thinking about her constantly
but she don't know how I feel
and as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she'll figure out
I'm crazy for this girl
yeah, I'm crazy for this girl
Lily looked up once
somebody had taped her on the shoulder. He had black hair and she
could see through the mask
that he had big brown eyes. 'Those eyes look so familiar…' she
thought to herself.
"Are you Lily Evans?" A
deep mature voice sounded out.
"Yes, I am. James set you
and me up. What's your name?"
"Uhh…I'm Harry."
"What house are you in? I
haven't seen you around."
"I'm a Ravenclaw. I know
James because we're in the same Divination class." Lily made a
grimace. She had taken
Divination for a month. Professor Trelwany kept predicting her
death. Every class, it was
either the grim, or the cards, of it would be seen in the
crystal…anything. "Would
you like to go in?" He offered her his arm and she gladly took it.
They walked over to the
refreshment table and he poured her a glass of punch. She
delightedly took it when a new song started.
"Oh this is my favorite
song by Wizard Wonders!" she exclaimed putting down the glass she was holding.
He followed suit.
"Want to dance?"
"Sure!" He pulled her into
the middle of the floor as the song started the first of many
choruses. It was a slow
song and the words were blocked out for James, as he stared at
the precious flower in his
arms. She looked around the hall. The only lights were from
pixies, flying around the
room and from the stars and moon on the enchanted ceiling. It
was a clear night and
Venus could be seen shining orange in the sky. Lily sighed and
looked at her date. He
looked so familiar. She remembered him from somewhere. The faint
twinkle in his eyes, and
the grin he had on constantly made her heart melt, as nothing ever
had. She didn't even know the guy, and she was pretty sure she was
crazy for him...
Hours later, the mystery
man excused himself,
"I must go to my common
room. I told a friend I would be back by midnight and it's 11:50
now. Please stay and enjoy
the last ten minutes, I must go." He kissed her hand and
walked out of the room.
Once out, James BOLTED. He ran as fast as he could and took all
the shortcuts he knew.
When he got to the common room he ran even faster up the stairs
to his dormitory and to
the bathroom. He changed into his usual black robes and wet his
hair, getting rid of the
gel. He again ran down the stairs and to the chair he had been
sitting in before the
Ball. He grabbed his novel off the table and started to read it, his
heart pumping. Minutes
later, Lily walked through the portrait hole and over to his chair.
She had a dreamy look on
her face, and he smiled at the thought he had done that.
"Have fun?" He asked,
excited to hear her reaction to 'Harry'.
"I had a blast!" He voice
was squeakier than normal and her eyes kept un-focusing,
remembering his brown
eyes.
"How was Harry?" She
looked into his eyes and suddenly realized something. James was
'Harry'. She chocked on
her breath and felt his hard yet loving pats on her back. "You ok?"
He asked concerned.
"Fine, fine. Listen Jamie,
I'm real tired and I'm going to bed. Thanks so much and
goodnight." She was aiming
to kiss his cheek but he turned and she ended up kissing him
on the lips. They both
pulled back, amazed at the electricity that had been in that kiss, the
very thought of it made
James' head spin and made Lily's knees weak.
And right now
face to face
All my fears
pushed aside
and right now
I'm ready to spend
the rest of my life
with you
The next day Lily was
confused. She didn't know whether to tell James she knew and felt
the same way, or to sit
back and wait for him to tell her, a frantic Chloe interrupted her
thoughts.
"LILY!" she screamed after
bumping into her on the stairs.
"What is it Chloe?"
"It's James." She panted,
"He's sick."
"Oh my god!" Lily
exclaimed.
"Come on!" Chloe grabbed
her by the wrists and they ran to the hospital wing. In the bed
farthest from the door was
James. Lily's eyes started to water at the sight of him. He was
sprawled out in the bed,
having spasms and screaming every so often. He breath caught in
her throat as he yelled.
"NO NOT LILY! KILL ME! NOT
LILY!" the tears that were in her eyes poured on her cheeks.
He had a high fever and was delusional. She ran over to his
bedside and crouched down.
"It's me…I'm fine James.
They didn't kill me, I'm alive." He stopped mid-spasm.
"Lily? You're alive!" He
pulled her into an emotional hug. "Lily I have to tell you
something."
"What Jamie?"
"I love you…" the he
collapsed in a heap on the bed, dead asleep. She grabbed his hand
and felt more comfortable
when his fingers locked into hers. The on-lookers stared in dis-
belief.
"Is he ok?" she quietly
asked Madam Pomfry.
"He'll be fine. Sirius,
Chloe, Remus and Peter, you must leave. Lily, you can stay if you'd
like."
"Thank you." She said in a
small voice, a voice nothing like the loud, strong and squeaky
one that was hers.
James eyes began to
flutter three days later. The first person he saw was Lily. She looked
at him with puffy eyes.
"James!" He tried to sit
up and groaned in the process. "Stay down."
"Lil…how long have I been asleep?"
"About three days." He
groaned again.
"Did I miss the Quidditch
match?" She sighed; his mind was always on Quidditch.
"No, they delayed it." She
rubbed his hand with hers and smiled at him. "Jamie?"
"What?"
"Before you fell asleep,
you said something."
"What did I say?"
"Well, first you screamed
at 'them' not to kill me, and then you told me…you loved me…"
James sat up strait.
"I did?" he asked
surprised.
"You did." She confirmed.
He fell back, hitting his head on the wall. (OUCH!) "Is it true?"
He nodded and then she
looked at him with happy eyes. "Oh Jamie! I love you too!" She
pulled him into a hug and
then lay down beside him on the small bed.
"Have you been scared?" He
asked. They had been lying there for twenty minutes, just
relishing the peace and
quiet and the thought of their true love and best friend lying
beside them.
"I've been PETRIFIED! I
thought you were gone."
"I'll never be gone Lil.
Even if I'm not there in body, I'm there in spirit. I love you so
much." He wrapped his arms
around her shoulders as she turned her face upward. He leaned down and…
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" Madam
Pomfry had chosen that very moment to barge in and ruin the kiss.
James grabbed the curtain that had hid his bed for so long and
pulled it in front of the
bed. Blocking the matron's
view of the whole scene and he kissed Lily.
Would you look at her as she looks at me
she's got me thinking about her constantly
but she don't know how I feel
and as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she'll figure out
I'm crazy for this girl
yeah, I'm crazy for this girl
A/N Strange I know. What
do you think? R/R
ThAnKs ThE cRaZy KaCcEe
