Hi! this is my first Jily- or any harry potter- fanfic! i usually write hunger games fanfics... but since jily is my OTP, i HAD to write about them! hanks to my awsome bestie, Prongs, for being my AMAZING beta! If your wondering, my group of friends have the marauder names. I'm Padfoot.. just a heads up!
Please remember through th whole story that i dont own the story... just the plot and the characters that i make up!
James stared out of the train compartment window. He watched the scenery go past and sighed. Everything looked so pretty. Not as pretty as Lily Evans, but pretty. Meadows went by, and so did woods, and everything he saw reminded him of Lily. Lily and her perfection. James sighed again. He looked to his good friend Remus Lupin, who seemed determined to finish reading his book. He needed to get his mind off of Lily.
"Moony, what book are you reading?" James asked his fellow Marauder. Remus looked up from his book.
"Oh, it's a muggle book, actually. To Kill a Mockingbird. Quite interesting, really, it's all about a black man who is-"
"A muggle book? Moony, I thought you preferred Wizard literature." James said, perplexed.
"Yes, I do tend to favour Wizard literature, but Lily gave me this you-" James didn't wait for Remus to finish. James perked up and snatched the book off of Remus.
James flipped through the pages, despite Remus' cries of protest. James looked up from the book abruptly.
"When did Lily give you this? Why? You talk to her? Are you friends? Remus have you-" Remus took back the book from James and looked for his page once again.
"James, Lily and I are friends. We were also Transfiguration partners. Remember? You insisted on 'studying' with us for the whole time? Lily lent me this book before we boarded the train, since she knows that I am quite fond of reading."
"Oh," was all James could say. Remus went back to reading the bird book, and James began to fiddle with his fingers. He intertwined them, then played thumb wars, then his mind drifted once again on the red headed beauty. James wondered how big his hands were compared to his. He wondered how soft her hands were. He wondered-
"Oh, you will not believe where Wormtail is, mates! We go out for a quick lolly run, and we bump into none other than Carla Jespen. Carla Jespen, the hottest girl in all of Ravenclaw! Bloody bonkers, she is, 'cause she totally ignores me, ME, the hottest thing to walk these carriages, and talks to bloody Wormtail!" Sirius stumbles into the compartment. He plonks himself next to James and huffs. He looks between the two.
"It's not fair Prongs! I've always wanted to nail Jespen, and Wormtail steals her away from me!" Sirius whines. Sirius grabs James' arm and hugs it. Remus places his bookmark in the book, closes it, then looks up to Sirius.
"Maybe if you weren't so arrogant, Carla would talk to you. She's not the type of girl to fall for arrogance." Remus states. Sirius gives Remus the death stare and scowls.
"Prongs, tell Moony to stop being mean!" James laughed at his comment. Sirius was definitely bipolar. One minute, he was mature and the protector of the group; the next he was like a small child clinging on to his mother. Unfortunately, James took the role of his mother.
"Padfoot, Moony's just trying to help," James soothed. Sirius pouted. Moony raised his eyebrow, and Sirius stuck his tongue out. Sirius retreated from hugging James arm, and began to talk about another story.
"Well, after Pete left me for Carla, I ran into Sammi Davis. And may I say, that little Hufflepuff has grown into a fine young woman.Well, let's just say, if the broom closet wasn't occupied, it would've been after our encounter," Sirius winked at James, and Remus rolled his eyes; something he did often now.
"But, sadly, Davis is now dating Liam Green, which is quite…" James mind wandered. Green. Like Lily's eyes. Wow, she has such brilliant eyes. Like, like an ocean. The type you find at the beach…
"And then I ran into Evans. Now that escalated quickly. One minute we were arguing, the next we were having hot monkey sex in the bathroom," Sirius smirked. James was drawn out of his day dream.
"WHAT?!" he screamed. His yell was so loud, that the girl in the adjacent compartment looked into theirs.
"Sheesh, Prongs. Calm your farm, mate. I'm just trying to get your attention." Sirius laughed. Even Remus chuckled a bit.
"So, Prongs, what did you do over the holidays? Think about Lily, talk about Lily, dream about Lily?" Sirius asked with fake interest.
"No, this time I went one better and I made up fake situations in which I would talk to her," James joked.
The three Marauders laughed. The laughter soon stopped, and was filled with an awkward silence. But being in the same compartment as Sirius, it was near impossible for there to ever be a silence.
"I'm surprised you haven't started stalking her yet," Sirius chuckled. In that instance, James' smile vanished from his face, as his recollection of the summer holidays flittered into his mind.
James, did in fact, spend most of his summer stalking, no following, Lily Evans of 21 Track St. He had made sure they would 'coincidently' meet in her trips to muggle London, and walked past her house many times, always at night, and watched as well as listen to her sing in her room. Lily would always be shushed by her sister, but it was made James' heart flutter to hear her sing out of tune.
Sirius saw James' expression and practically fell off of the seat in a fit of laughter.
"Mate, don't tell me you actually stalked poor ol' Evans!" Sirius said between breaths from his laughter.
"Well, yes, okay. Maybe I did. But Padfoot, Moony, I think I love her. No, no, Iknow I love her. We ran into each other over the Summer, and well, I guess I knew then that she was the one," James confessed. Sirius stopped laughing, and stared at his best friend.
Sirius was always aware of James' undying love for Lily Evans, and he fully supported it. In fact, Sirius tried even harder than James to make the two of them happen. Lily and James was Sirius' idea of a perfect couple. Sirius was so determined to make the two of them happen, he would sell his soul for it!
"Oh, Prongs, that's great. It really is, mate. I'm happy for you. Well, I wasn't going to tell you this, but Evans is in the compartment two down from us, and she's by herself, so if you wanted t go see her," Sirius didn't have to say more, because James was practically at the door.
"Thanks Paddy, thanks Moony!" He yelled as he left the compartment. Sirius frowned.
"You know, I'm starting to get the feeling that Prongs loves Evans more than me. Wouldn't you agree, Moons?" Sirius asked seriously.
"Sirius, you're just processing this?"
"Evans!" James cried as Lily left her compartment. Lily winced. Her plan to leave without having to face James had failed miserably.
"Yes, Potter?" she replied with a sigh. She turned to face a beaming Potter. Lily felt her heart flutter. She quickly scorned it, and looked at Potter with her usual distaste.
"Hi, Evans, I was wondering, what are you doing this Saturday?" Potter asked.
"Avoiding you," Lily said firmly. Potter's smile faltered just the tiniest bit. No!her heart screamed, evil woman! You hurt his feelings! Apologize!
"Oh, Potter, I'm sorry-," James held up his hand and chuckled.
"It's fine, Evans. I know it must be weird for you. I mean, finding out that the gorgeous, the heavenly, the God-like James Potter is your-," Lily rushed and covered Potter's mouth with her hand.
"Are you crazy, Potter? Don't say it out loud!" Lily hissed. James bit her hand. Lily's hand flew off his mouth and she let out a half-hearted "Ow".
"Geez, Evans, you don't want people to find out about a Patronus? C'mon, Evans, what happened to that Gryffindor courage?" Lily bit her bottom lip. Potter was right. There was nothing to hide, but she couldn't just suddenly say that Potter was her soul mate. It would be crazy.
"I know, Potter. I'm just," Lily stopped. She thought for a moment then spoke again, "figuring things out,"
Potter nodded slowly. Lily looked down and remembered the robes in her arms.
"I have to change in to my robes now," she whispered. Potter nodded his head again, making his round glasses fall down his nose. Lily hated that. Her father's glasses always did that. It annoyed both her and her mother. Lily wouldn't dare touch her father's glasses. He loved them, since they were his father's, but her mother often did. She would always walk over and push his glasses up. When she did that, her father would kiss her; it was a perfectly clichéd moment.
Lily waited for Potter to fix his glasses, but he did no such thing. Annoyed, Lily moved closer to Potter and pushed up his glasses. Potter froze, and so did Lily. Lily felt a blush creep onto her face and she averted her gaze.
"You can't deny it, Lily. I'm a stag, you're a doe. We're soul mates." Potter whispered. Lily looked up at Potter. She did not appreciate being told what she was. She took a large step back and looked defiantly at Potter.
"Well, Potter. I don't feel that connection at all right now," she said. Liar, her heart yelled, but she continued. "So don't be so cocky. You know, I highly doubt we will ever be together." Lily turned on her heal and walked to the girl's changing rooms.
"You'll see, Evans! By the end of the year, you and I will be together, and happily in love!" he called out after her. Lily couldn't help but smile. She heart began to thump harder, and her stomach was in knots. Lily took a deep breathe and turned, trying to keep her cool.
"I look forward to it, Potter,"
ok, so did you like? reviews much appreciated! thanks
Love Padfoot