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Chapter 1: First Day Back Always Sucks
James Potter, a 17 year old wizard, stood in the middle of the Great Hall in Hogwarts, his hazel eyes searched the bustling crowd of girls and boys, he was looking for someone and it wasn't who you'd think it would be. Girl after girl passed him, staring, longingly, at his thin, but muscular body. While clumps of boys grinned at him and waved, passing him notes and slapping him on the back. But he paid no attention to any of them, none of them were who he was looking for. He ran his hair through his wild black hair, making it even more messy than it already was, he liked it like that.
He sighed and turned around to walk over to his friends and then he saw it, out of the corner of his eye, the dark red hair of Lily Evans, the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on. Her bright green eyes were sparkling with excitement as she moved towards the Gryfinndor table, her hips swayed back and forth, teasingly, and her lucious red mouth blew a kiss to Sirius Black, his best, who laughed and jumped up to give her a great bear hug. James' eyes narrowed with envy, why couldn't he be the one that was holding Lily in his arms? He walked over to Remus Lupin, his other best, and sat down next to him. Remus smiled at one of his best friends and clapped a hand on his back.
"What's eating you, prongs?"
James smiled weakly at him. Remus had blond hair. There were often bags under his eyes, but his grey-blue eyes always sparkled with happiness. He was thin and about 5"10'. He was the one of the greatest guys in the world, not to mention one of the most interesting. He was smart, handsome, kind, quiet, but mischievous, and he had a secret. He was a werewolf. Towards the end of fourth year, he had told his three best friends, James, Sirius, and Peter, this. And all through the summer they had worked out a plan. When Remus transformed, they all would too and so, they became animigus. James, a stunning stag, Sirius, a large dog, and Peter, a small rat. They had each earned a nickname, according to their animals, James was Prongs, Sirius was Padfoot, Peter was Wormtail, and Remus was Moony. Every month they would go through the secret passage in the Womping Willow and go to the Screeching Shack, were they would play as animals all night long.
"Nothing Moony.....well no, not nothing, just...," James began but his voice faded away and he looked into his lap.
Remus smiled, knowingly, "Lily?"
James nodded, "Yeah, Lily."
"Don't worry mate, you guys got along okay, last year."
James sighed, "Yes, but....well, she still hates me, she only put up with me because she was going out with you."
Remus laughed, "You two had your moments last year..."
"Ha! Like when?"
"Okay, once, during a snowball fight, you tackled each other and you ended up onto of her and I could tell there was some chemistry going on."
"Yeah, and then I asked her out and she slapped me and stormed away and didn't talk to me for a month, yeah, that's chemistry all right. She hates me, Moony, it's obvious."
Remus chose not to reply, instead he turned his attention to Peter Pettigrew. Peter was smaller than the rest and not very handsome, but cute, in a boyish way. He had thin dirty blond hair and beady blue eyes. His chubby figure wasn't exactly the girl's dream, but, still, there were a few girls who liked him. Sirius walked over and sat down, heavily, next to James.
"I'm so hungry man, I could eat a hippogriff! When is Dumbledore gunna say his goddamn speech?"
"After the sorting's over, idiot." Peter replied.
Sirius laughed, loudly, and grinned at James, who was studying his face. Sirius had dark brown hair, that, unlike James', lay flat on his head and hung in his eyes, elegantly. It was long and he often tied it in a ponytail. He had lovely blue eyes and, since he played beater on the quidditch team, his body was muscular and tan. Standing around 5"11', he was the apple of most of the girl's eyes and the envy of many boys.
The last child was sorted and Dumbledore than stood up and raised his hands.
"Welcome, my dears, to a new year. I would like to give a special welcome to the first years. I have a few announcements to make. First off, the Forbidden Forest is, as it has always been, FORBIDDEN," and he stared at the four boys seriously, but his eyes twinkled.
You see, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, were, well, let's just say, very very very big trouble makers. In fact, they called themselves, the Maurders. They were always hexing people, having duels with enemies, pranking the teachers, and going into the Forbidden to, "explore." But no matter how many times they were caught and how many detentions they got, they never stopped.
"Also, the new head boy and head girl are Lily Evans and James Potter!" There was a huge roar of applause from the Gryffindor table, compliments of Sirius jumping onto the bench and screaming. The Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs cheered, politely, but the Slytherins, as always, sat glowering in their seats, not making a sound. James and Lily both stood up, their smiles bigger than their faces.
"Ah, happiness," Dumbledore sighed, "And when the feast is over, would the newly appointed head students please see me in my office. Anyway, with that, I have but one thing left to say, dig in!"
Food appeared on the table and everyone began grabbing and filling their plates up.
"Man, that girl is something, huh?"
"You mean, Lily?" Peter asked, his mouth full of potatoes. James heart sank as far as it could go and looked down at his plate.
"Nah, I mean that Ravenclaw," he pointed to a girl with long brown hair and bright blue eyes, "Her name is, Renee. But don't get me wrong, Lily's still the coolest, I just don't like her in that way. Besides, Lily belongs to James," he said and smiled at James and winked at him.
James felt like hugging Sirius, he loved the guy, he really did. The feast finished and all the students began trudging out of the Great Hall, stuffed with delicious food. James, however didn't follow his friends like he had done for the past six years, but went to the left. As he walked down to the Gargoyal that guarded Dumbledores office he saw Lily standing there in a hallway.
She wasn't alone.
She wasn't with another girl
She was with a boy.
And that boy, was Amos Diggory, one of James' least favorite people. He was in Hufflepuff and in Jame's mind, a pretty boy. But to a lot of girls, he was cute, "but no where near the Maurders, of course," the girls would say. Amos had blond hair, which he spiked up and dark blue eyes with touches of brown in them. He was about James' height, but not as muscular.
Lily was giggling and she was leaning against the wall, while Amos pressed himself against her, whispering in her ear, his hands playing with the buttons on her blouse, which already had two buttons undone. James couldn't move, he was shocked and devastated, the girl he liked, okay, the girl he loved was with one of the boys he hated most. He wanted to kill Amos, but sit down and cry at the same time.
Amos had moved his head, so that his forehead was pressing against hers, he said something and she nodded slowly, she looked breathless. That's when he kissed her and she made no movement or sound to protest, in fact, she kissed him back and pressed herself against him. When she moaned, James lost it.
"OKAY! YOU CAN STOP NOW!"
The pair broke apart abruptly and stared at him. James glowered as he saw Lily's undone shirt, her smeared lipstick, and Amos' shirt all pulled out and crumpled. He moved forward and sneered.
"Sorry, Amos, but unlike you, who was NOT appointed a head student, Lily and I have a meeting with Dumbledore."
He grabbed Lily's hand and began pulling her down the hallway, as fast as he could, away from Amos, who stood glaring at James. When they arrived at the Gargoyle, Lily pulled away from his grasp and pushed him, hard against the wall. For a girl, she was strong.
"Where the hell do you get off," Lily snarled at him, her red lips looking more kissable than ever.
"You were making out with Amos Diggory! How LOW can you get?"
"Who I fucking make out with is none of your god damn business, James Harold Franklin George Potter!"
James winced, she only used his full name when she was really really mad, which meant, that right about now, she was ready to loose it.
"The girl I fucking LIKE is my business!" He shouted back at her, but although he had just confessed his feelings for her (for the millionth time), she made no sign of liking him as well, or even pity.
"Why you little GOD DAMNED FU-"
"EHEM!" Dumbledore cleared his throat very loudly. "Ah, now that I have taken your minds off your private lives and gotten your attention, I would ask that you would kindly follow me. I will be showing you to your rooms."
He lead them down loads of hallways and up many changing stair cases. As they walked he talked to them about the rules, their responsibilities, ext. ext. All of which James found very boring, unlike Lily, who was asking many questions and listening intently. They finally stopped at a huge winding staircase, that never seemed to end.
"Aha! We arrive at our destination at last. Now, listen closely. At the top of this staircase, you must say the password, which is, "Lemon Drops," my personal favorite candy," he smiled at the thought, "and a door will appear, open it and you will be in your Rooms. There is a folder and some books that you might want to read over. Your next meeting with the prefects will be next Tuesday. Have a nice day."
He appeared. Lily looked at James, who looked at her and simply said, "get going!" They climbed up the staircase, 67 stairs, James had counted them. When they reached the top, they found themselves standing on the last stair. Of course, if they took another step, they would simply fall, since their was nowhere to go. After a very long and silent moment, Lily repeated the password and a door appeared, with "Head Student Lounge and Dorms" engraved on a gold plaque, on the door. They open it and stepped in.
It was smaller than the common room, but much, much fancier. The colors were red and gold with touches of orange. Their was a comfortable couch and two large squashy chairs. A large fireplace stood, with a mantelpiece covered with books, paintings, and little instruments. The ceiling was like the one in the Great Hall, only that it really was a huge window, absolutely marvelous. Their was a huge bookcase stacked with books and an ornate desk with a matching chair, to work on. Their were three doors, labeled "Lily Evan's Dorm," "James Potter's Dorm," and "Head Bathroom." Both rushed into their rooms to find huge king-sized beds with curtains and a canopy. In each their was a door leading to the Common Room dormitories and one leading to the other's room. When they reached the bathroom, their mouths dropped in shock. In it was a large swimming pool, with many jewel-encrusted taps labeled in silver things like, purple bubbles, green tea scents, ext. Their was a hamper, with bug fluffy white towels on it and a quaint screen, which revealed a small changing area. They wandered back into the head common room.
They each sat down and said nothing, until James broke the silence.
"We're going to have to try to get along, if we're going to have to work together."
"Excuse me! I told you last year, that if you improved yourself, that I would give you a chance."
"And I HAVE improved! You seen me hex anyone lately? And my snitch has been locked in it's case since the day you told me that! You just won't give me a chance!"
Lily looked down at her hands, "James, it wouldn't work.....and I don't think I could ever....like you......like that."
"Bullshit......"
"Oh, for god's sake James! Your so.....immature!"
"I'm immature! Your the one who refuses to talk to me!"
Lily stood up, "I'm going to bed, goodnight!"
"More like a bad night....." James grumbled.
Lily looked at him one last time, her face had a look of....pity....in it. She turned and walked to her bedroom, but before she went in, she looked at him one last time and then slammed the door.
"Fuck....," was all James could say.
He walked into his own room and slammed his own door and then walked down the passage to the boys dorms. When he got there his heart felt considerably lighter, they were his best friends for Christ's sake! Sirius was sitting blowing enormous bubbles with his gum, Peter was rambling about how way too many girls liked him and how he just couldn't choose which one to date, "coz, they're just all so hott!", Remus was writing an essay. He didn't know where the other boys were, and frankly, he didn't care. When he saw him, Sirius, happy that a reason had come along to shut Peter up, jumped from his bed and ran to him.
"How is it man? Nice room?"
"Absolutely fucking gorgeous."
"Shut up," Sirius said, shoving him playfully, "no need to gloat man! We all know that you get a gorgeous room and get to share it with a gorgeous girl! No need to explain!"
The boys laughed and James flopped onto his bed.
"I think I'm gunna sleep in here tonight."
"Are you crazy? Why?" Sirius said, his face full of puzzlement.
"I dunno, I just felt....dormsick."
The boys laughed at his corny joke. For the next 2 hours or so, they laughed, drank, and talked. Their fellow 7th year Gryfinddors joined them later that night. As it got later and later, the boys began drifting off to sleep, one by one. Until, James was the last one awake. HE lay in bed thinking about the redhead he so passionately wanted and he thought to himself,
"First day back always sucks," and he fell asleep.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize.
Chapter 1: First Day Back Always Sucks
James Potter, a 17 year old wizard, stood in the middle of the Great Hall in Hogwarts, his hazel eyes searched the bustling crowd of girls and boys, he was looking for someone and it wasn't who you'd think it would be. Girl after girl passed him, staring, longingly, at his thin, but muscular body. While clumps of boys grinned at him and waved, passing him notes and slapping him on the back. But he paid no attention to any of them, none of them were who he was looking for. He ran his hair through his wild black hair, making it even more messy than it already was, he liked it like that.
He sighed and turned around to walk over to his friends and then he saw it, out of the corner of his eye, the dark red hair of Lily Evans, the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on. Her bright green eyes were sparkling with excitement as she moved towards the Gryfinndor table, her hips swayed back and forth, teasingly, and her lucious red mouth blew a kiss to Sirius Black, his best, who laughed and jumped up to give her a great bear hug. James' eyes narrowed with envy, why couldn't he be the one that was holding Lily in his arms? He walked over to Remus Lupin, his other best, and sat down next to him. Remus smiled at one of his best friends and clapped a hand on his back.
"What's eating you, prongs?"
James smiled weakly at him. Remus had blond hair. There were often bags under his eyes, but his grey-blue eyes always sparkled with happiness. He was thin and about 5"10'. He was the one of the greatest guys in the world, not to mention one of the most interesting. He was smart, handsome, kind, quiet, but mischievous, and he had a secret. He was a werewolf. Towards the end of fourth year, he had told his three best friends, James, Sirius, and Peter, this. And all through the summer they had worked out a plan. When Remus transformed, they all would too and so, they became animigus. James, a stunning stag, Sirius, a large dog, and Peter, a small rat. They had each earned a nickname, according to their animals, James was Prongs, Sirius was Padfoot, Peter was Wormtail, and Remus was Moony. Every month they would go through the secret passage in the Womping Willow and go to the Screeching Shack, were they would play as animals all night long.
"Nothing Moony.....well no, not nothing, just...," James began but his voice faded away and he looked into his lap.
Remus smiled, knowingly, "Lily?"
James nodded, "Yeah, Lily."
"Don't worry mate, you guys got along okay, last year."
James sighed, "Yes, but....well, she still hates me, she only put up with me because she was going out with you."
Remus laughed, "You two had your moments last year..."
"Ha! Like when?"
"Okay, once, during a snowball fight, you tackled each other and you ended up onto of her and I could tell there was some chemistry going on."
"Yeah, and then I asked her out and she slapped me and stormed away and didn't talk to me for a month, yeah, that's chemistry all right. She hates me, Moony, it's obvious."
Remus chose not to reply, instead he turned his attention to Peter Pettigrew. Peter was smaller than the rest and not very handsome, but cute, in a boyish way. He had thin dirty blond hair and beady blue eyes. His chubby figure wasn't exactly the girl's dream, but, still, there were a few girls who liked him. Sirius walked over and sat down, heavily, next to James.
"I'm so hungry man, I could eat a hippogriff! When is Dumbledore gunna say his goddamn speech?"
"After the sorting's over, idiot." Peter replied.
Sirius laughed, loudly, and grinned at James, who was studying his face. Sirius had dark brown hair, that, unlike James', lay flat on his head and hung in his eyes, elegantly. It was long and he often tied it in a ponytail. He had lovely blue eyes and, since he played beater on the quidditch team, his body was muscular and tan. Standing around 5"11', he was the apple of most of the girl's eyes and the envy of many boys.
The last child was sorted and Dumbledore than stood up and raised his hands.
"Welcome, my dears, to a new year. I would like to give a special welcome to the first years. I have a few announcements to make. First off, the Forbidden Forest is, as it has always been, FORBIDDEN," and he stared at the four boys seriously, but his eyes twinkled.
You see, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, were, well, let's just say, very very very big trouble makers. In fact, they called themselves, the Maurders. They were always hexing people, having duels with enemies, pranking the teachers, and going into the Forbidden to, "explore." But no matter how many times they were caught and how many detentions they got, they never stopped.
"Also, the new head boy and head girl are Lily Evans and James Potter!" There was a huge roar of applause from the Gryffindor table, compliments of Sirius jumping onto the bench and screaming. The Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs cheered, politely, but the Slytherins, as always, sat glowering in their seats, not making a sound. James and Lily both stood up, their smiles bigger than their faces.
"Ah, happiness," Dumbledore sighed, "And when the feast is over, would the newly appointed head students please see me in my office. Anyway, with that, I have but one thing left to say, dig in!"
Food appeared on the table and everyone began grabbing and filling their plates up.
"Man, that girl is something, huh?"
"You mean, Lily?" Peter asked, his mouth full of potatoes. James heart sank as far as it could go and looked down at his plate.
"Nah, I mean that Ravenclaw," he pointed to a girl with long brown hair and bright blue eyes, "Her name is, Renee. But don't get me wrong, Lily's still the coolest, I just don't like her in that way. Besides, Lily belongs to James," he said and smiled at James and winked at him.
James felt like hugging Sirius, he loved the guy, he really did. The feast finished and all the students began trudging out of the Great Hall, stuffed with delicious food. James, however didn't follow his friends like he had done for the past six years, but went to the left. As he walked down to the Gargoyal that guarded Dumbledores office he saw Lily standing there in a hallway.
She wasn't alone.
She wasn't with another girl
She was with a boy.
And that boy, was Amos Diggory, one of James' least favorite people. He was in Hufflepuff and in Jame's mind, a pretty boy. But to a lot of girls, he was cute, "but no where near the Maurders, of course," the girls would say. Amos had blond hair, which he spiked up and dark blue eyes with touches of brown in them. He was about James' height, but not as muscular.
Lily was giggling and she was leaning against the wall, while Amos pressed himself against her, whispering in her ear, his hands playing with the buttons on her blouse, which already had two buttons undone. James couldn't move, he was shocked and devastated, the girl he liked, okay, the girl he loved was with one of the boys he hated most. He wanted to kill Amos, but sit down and cry at the same time.
Amos had moved his head, so that his forehead was pressing against hers, he said something and she nodded slowly, she looked breathless. That's when he kissed her and she made no movement or sound to protest, in fact, she kissed him back and pressed herself against him. When she moaned, James lost it.
"OKAY! YOU CAN STOP NOW!"
The pair broke apart abruptly and stared at him. James glowered as he saw Lily's undone shirt, her smeared lipstick, and Amos' shirt all pulled out and crumpled. He moved forward and sneered.
"Sorry, Amos, but unlike you, who was NOT appointed a head student, Lily and I have a meeting with Dumbledore."
He grabbed Lily's hand and began pulling her down the hallway, as fast as he could, away from Amos, who stood glaring at James. When they arrived at the Gargoyle, Lily pulled away from his grasp and pushed him, hard against the wall. For a girl, she was strong.
"Where the hell do you get off," Lily snarled at him, her red lips looking more kissable than ever.
"You were making out with Amos Diggory! How LOW can you get?"
"Who I fucking make out with is none of your god damn business, James Harold Franklin George Potter!"
James winced, she only used his full name when she was really really mad, which meant, that right about now, she was ready to loose it.
"The girl I fucking LIKE is my business!" He shouted back at her, but although he had just confessed his feelings for her (for the millionth time), she made no sign of liking him as well, or even pity.
"Why you little GOD DAMNED FU-"
"EHEM!" Dumbledore cleared his throat very loudly. "Ah, now that I have taken your minds off your private lives and gotten your attention, I would ask that you would kindly follow me. I will be showing you to your rooms."
He lead them down loads of hallways and up many changing stair cases. As they walked he talked to them about the rules, their responsibilities, ext. ext. All of which James found very boring, unlike Lily, who was asking many questions and listening intently. They finally stopped at a huge winding staircase, that never seemed to end.
"Aha! We arrive at our destination at last. Now, listen closely. At the top of this staircase, you must say the password, which is, "Lemon Drops," my personal favorite candy," he smiled at the thought, "and a door will appear, open it and you will be in your Rooms. There is a folder and some books that you might want to read over. Your next meeting with the prefects will be next Tuesday. Have a nice day."
He appeared. Lily looked at James, who looked at her and simply said, "get going!" They climbed up the staircase, 67 stairs, James had counted them. When they reached the top, they found themselves standing on the last stair. Of course, if they took another step, they would simply fall, since their was nowhere to go. After a very long and silent moment, Lily repeated the password and a door appeared, with "Head Student Lounge and Dorms" engraved on a gold plaque, on the door. They open it and stepped in.
It was smaller than the common room, but much, much fancier. The colors were red and gold with touches of orange. Their was a comfortable couch and two large squashy chairs. A large fireplace stood, with a mantelpiece covered with books, paintings, and little instruments. The ceiling was like the one in the Great Hall, only that it really was a huge window, absolutely marvelous. Their was a huge bookcase stacked with books and an ornate desk with a matching chair, to work on. Their were three doors, labeled "Lily Evan's Dorm," "James Potter's Dorm," and "Head Bathroom." Both rushed into their rooms to find huge king-sized beds with curtains and a canopy. In each their was a door leading to the Common Room dormitories and one leading to the other's room. When they reached the bathroom, their mouths dropped in shock. In it was a large swimming pool, with many jewel-encrusted taps labeled in silver things like, purple bubbles, green tea scents, ext. Their was a hamper, with bug fluffy white towels on it and a quaint screen, which revealed a small changing area. They wandered back into the head common room.
They each sat down and said nothing, until James broke the silence.
"We're going to have to try to get along, if we're going to have to work together."
"Excuse me! I told you last year, that if you improved yourself, that I would give you a chance."
"And I HAVE improved! You seen me hex anyone lately? And my snitch has been locked in it's case since the day you told me that! You just won't give me a chance!"
Lily looked down at her hands, "James, it wouldn't work.....and I don't think I could ever....like you......like that."
"Bullshit......"
"Oh, for god's sake James! Your so.....immature!"
"I'm immature! Your the one who refuses to talk to me!"
Lily stood up, "I'm going to bed, goodnight!"
"More like a bad night....." James grumbled.
Lily looked at him one last time, her face had a look of....pity....in it. She turned and walked to her bedroom, but before she went in, she looked at him one last time and then slammed the door.
"Fuck....," was all James could say.
He walked into his own room and slammed his own door and then walked down the passage to the boys dorms. When he got there his heart felt considerably lighter, they were his best friends for Christ's sake! Sirius was sitting blowing enormous bubbles with his gum, Peter was rambling about how way too many girls liked him and how he just couldn't choose which one to date, "coz, they're just all so hott!", Remus was writing an essay. He didn't know where the other boys were, and frankly, he didn't care. When he saw him, Sirius, happy that a reason had come along to shut Peter up, jumped from his bed and ran to him.
"How is it man? Nice room?"
"Absolutely fucking gorgeous."
"Shut up," Sirius said, shoving him playfully, "no need to gloat man! We all know that you get a gorgeous room and get to share it with a gorgeous girl! No need to explain!"
The boys laughed and James flopped onto his bed.
"I think I'm gunna sleep in here tonight."
"Are you crazy? Why?" Sirius said, his face full of puzzlement.
"I dunno, I just felt....dormsick."
The boys laughed at his corny joke. For the next 2 hours or so, they laughed, drank, and talked. Their fellow 7th year Gryfinddors joined them later that night. As it got later and later, the boys began drifting off to sleep, one by one. Until, James was the last one awake. HE lay in bed thinking about the redhead he so passionately wanted and he thought to himself,
"First day back always sucks," and he fell asleep.