Stage 1-Denial

By jnw1991 AKA Jazzi

Author's Notes- This is my first Harry Potter fic, so please be nice and don't send me flames. Sorry if this isn't as funny as it should be. It will get funnier.

Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, Hermione and Ron would already be together.

Other Notes- Lily, James, and the Marauders are in the beginning of their 7th year.

I am not in love with James Potter. Why should I be? So what if all the head boys and girls in the past have fallen in love, gotten married, and ended up having lots of babies. That doesn't mean that will happen to James and Me. Because like I said, I am not in love with James…Alice, what do you mean I'm in a stage of denial?

September 1st 1977,

I can't believe Professor Dumbledore would do this to me. He knows how much I can't stand potter. So why did he have to make him Head Boy? He doesn't even fit the qualifications. He has never been a prefect. You're supposed to be a prefect to become Head Boy or Girl. Not only that, but he has the worst record in the history of Hogwarts. He and his little gang, The Marauders, have been wreaking havoc since they first arrived.

Now, I'm not saying all the Marauders are terrible. In fact, one of them is a pretty good friend of mine. Remus Lupin is the nicer, more sensitive one of the group. He is a prefect, and doesn't cause as much trouble as the others. Not only that, but he is extremely smart and really cute. I used to have a crush on him, back in my 4th year. Now, we're just friends, helping each other with homework, talking about how our days are, making him listen to me complain about the last prank Potter did.

Alice is looking at me with a mischievous look in her eyes. (Alice is my best friend, by the way. We've been best friends since the first day in our first year). She only gives me that look when she's up to something.

"Now explain to me why you are in here again?" she asks, even though I have told her like 5 times already.

"I don't want to be in there with Potter."

"Why not? Are you afraid to walk into his bathroom while he's in the shower and shag him senseless?" Damn her and her perverted mind.

"Why would I ever do that?" I shouldn't have asked this. I knew what she was going to say.

"Maybe because you love him…"

"I DON'T LIKE POTTER! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THAT!"

"Ahh, to be young and in the stage of denial."

I can't believe she says I'm in denial. I don't have anything to deny. Really…I don't.

"I'm not in denial. I'm just telling the truth." I say.

"Fine then, whatever you say." And with that, she leaves the dorm, probably to look for her boyfriend, Frank Longbottom.

I rolled my eyes and got up from my old bed. I was going to miss being in here. It wasn't that I didn't like the private Head Dorm I have. It's just that, I have to share it with Potter.

I walked out of the door and headed for the Head Tower. I took my time walking. Hopefully, once I got there, Potter would be asleep and I would be able to sneak into my room and get a good night of sleep.

I was wrong….

Music was playing from every side of the room. Students, drunk students, where slurring around, bumping into walls and such. There were even people passed out on the floor, due to too much drinking. I looked at the couch and saw Remus, sleeping. How could he sleep with so much noise around him? I tapped on his shoulder, and he looked up at me, with a look of worry.

"Err, hello Lily. When did you come in?"

"Just a couple of minutes ago. I came here to get a good night's sleep, but apparently your buddies thought otherwise." I noticed him glancing around, probably looking for a way to escape from my wrath. He wouldn't leave that easily.

"I see…" he was still glancing around, and becoming more nervous with each passing second.

"So tell me dear Remus," I put on my fake smiley cheery face, "where is Potter?"

"I believe he is over there dancing with that lady with him." he pointed to a corner where, sure enough, Potter was dancing with some girl that I didn't even know. He was dancing close to her…too close.

"Thank you Remus. Now I advise you to go gather the rest of you Marauders and get everyone out of here. Now." he didn't have to be told twice. He hurried to the other side of the room, where Sirius Black was trying to play Pin-the-tail-on-Peter-Pettigrew. I could see Remus telling Black and Peter, both who paled faster than anyone I had ever seen. Next thing I knew, people were being scrambled out the door.

I walked to where James and his little girl were still dancing, even though the music had been turned off. I tapped on his shoulder, and he turned around, with a drunken grin on his face.

"Heeyy Lillsy! Howw youuu beeen?" he slurred.

"Why in the hell are all these people in here? They shouldn't be in here!"

"Allll….calm down Lils! We were just having a..err…back-to-schhhoool partay."

"I will not calm down until all these people are out of the dorm." I huffed.

"Come onnn…lossen uppp!"

"No. Now tell your little girlfriend to get out." I knew I said that the wrong way, just by looking at the way his eyes gleamed.

"Why? Jeaalousss?"

"No…I just don't appreciate you having you girlfriends out here in the open of the dorm and you practically shagging her in front of me." Damn. I did it again.

"You don't wannnt to see meee with her 'cuz you're jeaalousss!" he raised a victory fist in the air.

"I told you, I'm not jealous."

"Don't deny that you want me." He's the second person who's told me that today!

"I'm not denying anything."

"Then prooove it. Kissss meee babyyy!" He puckered his lips at me. I glared at him and walked to my private quarters, leaving him there. Before I left I heard him yell back to me.

"If you're jealous, why do you keep denying it?

I was about to yell something back, but then I thought of it. Why did I act so jealous around his girlfriend? Maybe I am jealous. Maybe I might just like him…

Author- Well there it is, Chapter 1. I know, it's not funny, but I hope the next few chapters will be funnier. Next chapter will be in James' POV, with wonderful side commentary from Sirius, Remus, and Peter. I'm gonna try to get it out in the next couple of days, before I leave for Georgia. So expect that real soon. Also, I'm not sure if the series has ever said anything about Alice Longbottom's maternal last name, but if it has, then can someone please let me know. Thanks!

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