Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Harry Potter, only the plot.

Reasons I shouldn't date James Potter:

1. He treats people with no respect.

2. The way he spits his gum on to the ground without caring that someone has to pick it up.

3. The way he sneaks out every month with his so called "Marauder" friends.

4. He treats no woman (especially me) with any dignity.

5. The way he strolls around like he owns the whole school.

6. The way he thinks his jokes are funny when they are just plain cruel.

7. The way he always jinxes Severus just because he's there.

8. He's a snob.

9. He acts like he's the only good quidditch player on the team.

10. He's just so rude!

Reasons I should date James Potter:

1. He's James Potter.

Lily walked away from her writing and went with her friend Alainie to the great hall; they were serving turkey with gravy today, her favorite.

"Lils?" Alainie asked as she poked her friend with a spoon.

"What!?" Lily answered as her fire red hair bounced in annoyance.

"What were you writing about?"

Lily looked down at her plate to avoid eye contact; her best friend could tell when she was lying.

"Nothing, just you know…stuff"

"Mhm…" said Alainie, taking a bite of her Chicken leg and staring at her friend.

"And this 'stuff' has nothing to do with James Potter, does it now?"

"No, not at all!" Lily answered a tad too quickly.

"I see…'cause ya' know…that James isn't that bad looking I would certainly let him into my dormitory, if you know what I mean" Alainie hinted with her southern accent, gesturing the turkey leg as if landing a plane.

Alainie and her cousin Rachel were accepted to Hogwarts…even though they were from Louisiana, in the United States. It's a wonder how Dumbledore found them. Lily just assumed they were superior wizards.

"Well, I myself" acquired Alainie, her brown curls bouncing on her shoulder. "Like that Sirius fellow…in fact I see Rachel coming right now…she fancies Remus Lupin, you know that smart brainiac…maybe we could all hook up!"

Alainie ran off to fetch Rachel and talk her into going over to the guys table with them.

A minute later Lily was being dragged up off her chair by Rachel, her other best friend.

Rachel was a hyper, sometimes outgoing, shy girl. She was about Lily's height and had dirty blonde hair that she sometimes curled on special occasions.

"If Alainie's making me do this then it's only fair if you come too" Rachel hooked her arm into Lily's and off they headed reluctantly behind a courageous Alainie.

Sirius nudged James as the three girls sat down in front of the boys.

"Hey" Sirius said, nodding his head at Alainie.

"Hey" she replied back looking at the table and tapping her foot.

They sat in silence for a while until Rachel spoke, causing all six of them stare directly at her.

"Well! This has been fun…now if you excuse me…" Rachel began to get up when Lily pulled her back down next to her.

Lily whispered into her ear harshly. "Don't you dare"

"So…boys…" Lily began looking at Peter to Remus to Sirius and then finally to James.

"Ummm… we were kind of wondering if you wanted to like...you know... go somewhere with us this afternoon…or something"

The boys looked shocked. "Like…a date?" Remus asked looking at Lily to Rachel, causing Rachel to blush madly.

"No…well…yeah…I guess"

Peter ran off at this... he felt kind of awkward since there was no girl for him.

"Do we get to choose who we go with?" Sirius asked winking at Alainie.

"Well, yeah." Rachel answered looking at all of the boys, who had their eyes on the girls they obviously already chose.

Remus stared at Rachel as the others watched intently.

"Rachel, would you like to accompany me to Hogsmeade this weekend?"

Remus paused for a second and reached for her arm, he placed a soft kiss on her hand.

Rachel giggled…Remus took that as a yes.

"Well" said Sirius clearing his throat. "I don't talk that Shakespeare-smart ass talk that ole Moony over here does but…" Sirius grabbed Alainie's neck and pulled her into a lasting kiss.

McGonnagol unfortunately was strolling past at the moment and saw what had happened.

"Black! Public display of affection! Detention, my room Saturday night!" She walked off sternly as Sirius shrugged.

"Eh, it was worth it" Sirius said wiping his bottom lip. "Mmm...vanilla"

Alainie laughed as the others awkwardly chuckled.

"Well, Lily Evans…that means we're the only ones left" James cocked his head.

"Yeah, it does" Lily replied as she turned her back and paced off.

James stood up and yelled back at her. "Is that a yes or a no?!"