inote: This is gonna be a story with CHAPTERS. It's a bit of fun, and a bit angsty, and it's gonna get deeper into the plot in chapter 3 or four. Don't you think Peter's acting strangely? And what will happen when distaster strikes. You'll have to review to find out... (Chapter is only gonna continue of I get reviews, and that doesn't mean two, lol.) LEJP.

Discalimer: I don't own Harry Potter... well... not YET... MWAHA. However this tory is mine so no touchy - eh?

"Get the picture - James - I'm not interested." Lily brushed back her flaming red locks, her eyes flashing angrily. For the third time that day James groaned inside himself. One day… just one day she'd say yes. He wouldn't have to cover up the despair by running his hands through his hair, or giving a cheeky grin.
"That's cool… That's brilliant…" James said heartily, laughing and stuffing his hands in his pockets. Sirius chuckled and patted him on the back.
"Don't you ever give up"
"… It's fine. She likes me really. You know girls… you know what they're like. You've been out with enough of them. I can tell. She really likes me, ya'know"
"Yeah… we can all see that"
James trudged back to the common room, face down. It wasn't just his bruised ego - that had taken so much battering he wasn't sure if that existed anymore. Wasn't she ever going to come around? He wasn't stupid. She was far from mad about him - in fact - far from anything. But he was mad, crazy, head over heels in love with her.
Couldn't she see that?
"Ouch!" Peter yelped as James walked into his small friend. Peter held his left arm close to him, right hand closed around the bottom of his arm. His eyes were scrunched up in pain.
"Sorry…" James mumbled towards his friend. Or follower. He was never really sure what part of the group Peter was part of… he was more of an avid fan. However, worm tail yelped once again, shaking and leapt up the stairs. James watched him, Padfoot and Moony both starting up the stairs to follow him.
"I didn't do anything!" James protested as Padfoot turned on him.
"Didn't say you did! - But what happened"
"I don't know! He's so small… I just sort of trod on him… he is small ya'know"
"He's sixth year - he should be acting like… I dunno mature? Not like some five year old kid!" Sirius grunted with dismay. Remus looked up from his book in surprise, a grin sliding onto his features.
"He's always following you two - Guess that's where he gets it from! You can hardly call us 'adults"
A dreamy look passed over Sirius. "Well… James did a brilliant job on snivellus last term. Nah. I'm not ready to grow up yet"
James mulled the thought over in his head. Girls spent so much time swooning over him he never had the time for it… but maybe this time he should give it a chance. He was sixteen… time to stop acting like a kid. Yeah. James thought, nodding to Sirius who had no particular clue why. Yeah… I like that. I can do… mature…"

James stepped into the hall uncertainly. This was gonna be hard. As usual, several girls laughed and fluttered their eyelashes, mostly at Sirius, but he had to say; he got his fair share. He could see Evans take a mere glance at him, before returning to her breakfast. It was going to be hard without her even noticing him… at least when he was full of all that cock she'd talked to him.
Forcing any doubt from his head, he ignored the batting eyelashes, the thousands of mascara coated lashes. Sitting at the dining table like… well… someone normal. And he wasn't normal… he was height of cool… Amazing wonder boy…
No. Stop thinking like that. You're nobody. Your James. The boy that has NO EGO.
As he brang his spoon of muesli to his mouth he noticed that Peter had gone white. Strange; the last few days he had seemed off. Like he was in pain. And now… he was so pale he looked positively vampire. James offered a hand, brushing his arm as he went.
"Hey worm… want me to take you to the hospital wing"
Think extra brownie points…
"NO"
Peter flung himself from the table, knocking the casket of pumpkin juice flying, clutching his arm. The hall had gone silent. James couldn't understand it. Every time he tried to do something right.. It backfired. For a moment shook, then legged it out of the hall full pelt. James started to follow; but a strange sight met his eyes.
Severus Snape's eyes glinted maliciously and he followed out of the hall suite. James stood and stared. Was that coincidence, or was something going on? If he knew Hogwarts then the latter theory was correct. For a moment, the silence continues, then the normal chatter seemed to resume. In the confusion, James felt a figure brush past him.
"If you think I'm ever going to go out with you… your sadly mistaken James Potter. If that's how you treat your friends… then I don't want to know you." "Hey… Evans!" James called, his stomach sinking. "Hey Evans it wasn't like that… I was trying to help"
But like usual, nothing could make her hear him. Nothing. He felt a hand on his shoulder, but he knew that Sirius' face had curved into a childish grin.
"Ouch…"

Lily swept past James Potter and onto the staircase. Potions; her favourite and best class. Too bad she had to share that time with that ignorant and arrogant brat.
"I just get so mad… I just want someone to… I don't know! Go up to him and stab him! Or"
Jane gave a tinkling laugh and patted her friend on the shoulder.
"You know Lily, I think he really does like you. No matter what you think. He's not that mad about the other girls; you know it. You're stubborn, you know? And stuck up…" Jane held her hands up as Lily swept to face her, cheeks blazing. "Joke. What about Remus, Or Peter? Nobody else is remotely good looking here and well - I can't believe I just said Peter - he's a bit of a weed… But RJ? He's a good bloke. You can't say that about most guys"
"What are you implying?" Lily asked, interested.
"You want to hit Potter where it really hurts, right. Well, the only way you can do that without physically kicking him in the goolies or something like that… is to pick on his friends. Including Sirius"
A smile crept onto Lily's face.
"Well… If I must. But who"
"Why don't you try, well, both? That'll stick it to him"
I'm a mature sixteen year old… I can't do things like this. If I do this then I'll be just as bad as him… Said the 'Lily' side of her. But the flaming redhead said different. Have some fun girl… live a little. Really show them where it hurts. And Remus IS good looking. And - hey, Sirius is positively to DIE for.
"Alright girlies, we're on. Favourites first… Sirius"
Jane gave an envious smile. "If I only had your hair, then I could have fun… they say Blondes have most fun, but the redheads get the blokes"
"This is for Snape, and Marcus, and all the other people they've tortured. An Peter. Poor little weed. He's so small. They bully him, you know?" Lily carried on, fingering a lock of red hair.
Just as she said it the very person came across her path, chalk white and clutching his arm. "Hey Peter, want to walk to potions with me -" She couldn't help it but she seemed to bowl him over as he swept past them. He gave an animal growl, still clutching his arm and yelled.
"Get off me you filthy mud blood "
"OI"
"Don't you dare call her that WORM"
Sirius looked more in favour of Peter's defence, rather than James who was positively shaking with fury. Why was that? Why did he always have to defend herself. It was the go - he had to sort everything out - but he was just a bully. He was just an attention seeker. Before she knew it worm tail had rushed away and James was by her side. Lily however had different intentions. She walked to Sirius, a grateful smile curling on her lips. She fluttered her eyelashes.
"That was brave…"