Hi.

I'd do a disclaimer but it's pretty obvious I didn't write Harry Potter.

In this story Lily didn't know Snape before she came to Hogwarts.

First year

'JAMES' shouted a young boy, 'wait for me!'

Lily heard the shout and instinctively turned, just as she did the boy with shaggy black hair managed to awkwardly jump around her.

He barely managed to shout an apology over his shoulder before he was off in a flash.

Lily just rolled her eyes and turned back to her new roommate, Molly and continued fingering the Lily necklace her father had gotten her. She knew boys will be boys no matter where she was.

She was, in fact, in her new school called Hogwarts. Lily didn't even know it existed until about 6 weeks ago, this was because she was a muggleborn and muggleborns (or muggles like her parents) don't know about magic in general, let alone schools for magic.

Getting that letter was, quite possibly the best thing that had ever happened to her.

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It was on her very first day she met James Potter, and even her eleven year old mind she could admit the fact that he was gorgeous however Lily was smart and she could recognise that he was an arrogant twit.

He sat in their transfiguration room which they shared with Hufflepuffs laughing loudly and playing pranks on his unsuspecting classmates. He was accompanied by three others, the boy with black hair, whom she later learnt was Sirius, and a lanky brown haired boy and finally a boy who reminded Lily of the pink space hopper she had at home.

She sat in her chair trying to read "A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration" when she felt a small tickling sensation on the back of her neck. She ignored it but then she heard the silence that went through the room and felt more tickling she realised that it was some sort of insect.

Lily let out a shriek and jumped out of her chair waving her arms and shaking her long red hair like a crazy person, letting out a sigh when she saw a spider had dropped from her hair and was scurrying along to a corner.

She soon guessed that from the laughter coming from James and the rest of the class behind her that he'd put the spider on her neck. She opened her mouth to scream at him when Professor McGonagall walk through the doors and demanded the class take their seats.

Lily sat down with a huff and openly glared at him for a few seconds before finally lifting her head and looking away.

I'll get him back, Lily thought maliciously.

And get him back she did. She made sure that when he drank his pumpkin juice she slipped a little something in with it. That's why he suddenly ended up with multiple but relatively painless boils over his face.

However after she felt like she acted over nothing and went to make amends. Of course James being James was stubborn and refused to accept her apology.

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That was the start of their obsession with each other.

Second Year

It was the second year of Hogwarts when James realised that he had a bit of a crush on Lily Evans. They were revising the Avifors Spell in Transfiguration. Lily had cast the spell and a huge big bird flew out her wand, everyone had stared in awe at the beauty of the bird but what James was focused on was Lily.

She looked stunning. Her red hair blew around her head like a halo, her whole face lit up, a smile stretched across her face and her green eyes shone bright with happiness and pride.

She was beautiful.

Of course, he didn't do anything about it. James knew what Lily thought of him. She thought he was an arrogant prick. And James agreed with her quite a bit, the only reason he was a bully and a nob in first year was because he felt he had to prove himself, and then it just kind of stuck.

James knew he couldn't change now, but at least he could change his attitude towards her.

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Lily was confused. She was confused about a lot of things. Her DADA essay, her parents not replying to her owls, the situation with Petunia, why she suddenly felt lonely. But what confused her the most was James Potter.

James Potter.

He'd all of a sudden stopped talking to her. She wasn't sure if she preferred it this way or not.

It was a Saturday. Everyone was studying for their end of year examinations. Everyone apart from Lily. Lily had been studying for these exams for weeks now and she was feeling prepared. She always looked forward to the peacefulness and the quiet which happened before an exam. The castle was tranquil and serene due to all the students doing last minute studying.

Lily was sitting on the end of the docks on the lake admiring the floatinglilies which were drifting about when she saw something gold shine out the corner of her eye. A snitch.

There was only one person who'd be walking around when they should be studying carrying a snitch. James Potter.

Lily turned to look at Potter and realised he was just stood there, throwing the glowing snitch back and forth in his hands, staring at her. She waited a couple of seconds then narrowed her eyes, getting up and walking swiftly over to where he stood.

'Potter!' Growled Lily, 'what is wrong with you?!' She stormed up to him, pushing him a little.

James stumbled a little, with his snitch clutched tightly in his hand and his mouth slightly open. She huffed and he blinked and shook his head. He was James Potter and she dared talk to him like a piece of dirt.

'I was just admiring the view. The lake is rather beautiful this time of year.' That was a lie with a tinge of truth. He was admiring Lily but the lake really was beautiful at this time of the year.

'Don't lie Potter, you may fool everyone else with your supposed charm but I know that you are just and arrogant little boy looking for attention' Lily spat.

That was kind of ironic, considering James was towering over Lily this very second.

'Yeah? And why is that?' He replied heatedly back. James wasn't too concerned about his arrogance being brought into the conversation. He was just irritated Lily noticed what a dick he was.

'You walk, no sorry, strut about the castle, you bully people just to make yourself feel and look better, which is why you're always clinging onto that stupid snitch because you feel the need to be the center of attention all the time!'

Lily had become slightly hysterical towards the end and James thought she'd never looked more beautiful than she did then. Her face was flushed and her mesmerizing eyes were bright with importance and knowledge.

Maybe that was why James broke down and told her.

'You want to know why I walk around like I own the place? Maybe it's because of my family, you try having four other brothers all who have excelled in their school career. Try being the youngest of the lot and failing a load of subjects. You try being part of the only Gryffindor pureblood family who values knowledge over anything else.

'Maybe it's the need to prove I am good at something. And I have! I'm a seeker for the Gryffindor quidditch team. So yeah, I like to brag. I'm allowed after half a lifetime of listening to my brothers stories about how amazing they are at life.'

He let out all in a huff, and Lily snorted and lifted an eyebrow.

'Ok, and maybe I like playing pranks on my class mates! So do Sirius and Remus and Peter! It's a habit. And the Slytherins do deserve it!' He said in a hurry.

Lily couldn't help it. She burst out laughing.