Harry Potter and the Marauder's Time - Prologue

"For the last time I will NOT go out with you, you egotistic jerk!" an angry redhead screamed, "when you loose your big head, which will be never, maybe I would consider!" Lily Evans had tried to get the point across to popular James Potter, who had been very taken with her since day one. The truth was he constantly showed off to impress her, which, naturally, annoyed her.

"Come on, Lily-Flower, you know you want to, you love me, deep down," Oh, no, James had gone too far in his eagerness. And everyone knew that Lily Evans would not stand for that comment

"How dare you!" Lily spluttered, "you don't even KNOW me… How can you be so quick to JUDGE me?"

With that, Lily stalked off, as James just watched her go. He loved the way her hair swished as she strutted away, and the way her muscles moved smoothly from each transition. He liked her, no, loved her; every part of her. He would do anything for just one date with her. He'd do anything for her… even die for her. This was the closing of his sixth year, and she would be his before school was over, he was determined of that.

Otherwise, he may never see her again and that thought alone would kill him.

"Rejected again, I see," just what he needed, the infamous Sirius Black, his best mate who happened to live with him since last summer when Sirius ran away from his parents house. He absolutely hates his parents for the simple fact that they believe in everything he thinks is wrong. That being killing, as his parents call them, "mudbloods" just because they aren't pure.

"Oh, shut your mouth, Padfoot, just cause you've had about a million other girlfriends doesn't mean I have, or want to, I could have been going steady with any other girl in this castle, I just chose Lily. And she's the one, I know it! I just have to wait until she realizes it, too," replied James exasperatedly.

"Which will be never," joked Sirius, "the giant squid has better chances than you, any day!"

"Who's going out with the giant squid?" asked James' other friend, Remus Lupin. He looked tired, and no wonder, he was a 'tame' werewolf, but a werewolf none the less, and it was only two days after the full moon. To finish his sentence, he inquired, "Do I even want to know what Lily said?"

"The usual," said James, and his carefully placed hair seemed to wilt, and suddenly he looked almost as worn as his friend Remus. Sirius, noticing this, dropped his joking manner at once.

"I'm only yanking your wand, James, I'm sure Lily would go out with you," He said bracingly. James looked hopelessly unconvinced. "Like she said, once your ego goes down a bit, she'll consider you; and, face it, any girl who looks at you, just considering you, will fall in love with you instantly."

"I guess," said James, "I sure hope you are right, for once."

"I hate that James Potter!" squealed Lily to her friend Mary MacDonald. "It's not like he's bad looking… quite the contrary… but I can't stand being around him! Dating him would be horrid! His ego is out of control, and… well… what do you think?" she asked.

"Oh, Lily, it's obvious he cares for you, and you've nursed a soft spot for both him and Severus since first year," said Mary.

"You know what went down between me and Sev last year, we went our separate ways… and as for James, how would you like it if… say… Sirius Black tailed you like James does me?"

"Oh, it wouldn't be so bad!" said Mary with a slight smile. Lily stared at her in astonishment, as the Hogwarts Express rumbled on back home.

James, Lily, Sirius, Mary, and even Remus would have time to work out their love life in their 7th and final year at Hogwarts.

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