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Summary: Lily is in love with James, but James isn't too fond of her. He finds her annoying and obsessed. If he still thinks that way then why is he just noticing Lily has grown up since their first year, now, in their seventh. The question is, does she still feel the same way about him?
NOTE: I got really sick of a lovesick James and a hard Lily, melting with the site of James' brown eyes, so I decided to make a lovesick Lily and a hard James, who melts at the site of Lily's green eyes! Go me! R/R! (OBVIOUSLY PRE-BOOK 5)
"Woo-hoo! Jamsie-boy!" shouted a voice behind James Potter.
James whirled around, looking for who called his name, when he got hit in the head with a chocolate frog. He looked up and saw Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, already aboard the scarlet Hogwarts Express and hanging out of an open window, waving down at him.
James laughed and climbed onto the train to find his best friends sprawled out in a compartment, food scattered around, already. He smiled fondly, knowing he was going to miss this and crossed his arms. "You three are aware that the train hasn't even begun to move yet, correct?"
They nodded and Peter said, "Oh, lighten up, Prongs! It's our final year! Let's celebrate."
Remus nodded in agreement and Sirius added, "This is the last time we'll be riding the Hogwarts Express to get to Hogwarts! Let's have a fiesta!"
James laughed and collapsed next to Remus. James nudged his friend, lightly. "You're awful quiet, Moony."
"No, he's not, Padfoot's just loud," Peter replied, stretching.
Sirius shoved him over and they began throwing food at each other.
James rolled his eyes at them and noticed that Remus was staring absently out of the window as the train began to lurch forward. He must've felt James' gaze, because he said, "I'm just not ready for this year to come."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not ready to be an adult. I feel like I'm being pushed out of my comfort zone. Who's really going to hire a werewolf, you know?"
James nodded, understandingly. "It'll be okay, Moony. People will look past that, I'm sure."
"Well, if it isn't Sirius Black and his crew. Haven't seen you lot all summer. Odd," said a voice coming from the doorway of the compartment.
The four boys looked up to see their friend, Arbella Figg, leaning against the doorframe, a smile on her face. A short girl with long red hair and startling green eyes was standing behind her, with a look of uncertainty on her face.
Sirius grinned. "Hullo Arbella! It's about time someone noticed me for gaining control over the people you see before you."
The red-haired girl snorted. "Sirius, you can hardly gain control over yourself, however can you say that you've gained control over three other boys?"
James also snorted. "Boys?"
Her glinting green eyes caught James' hazel ones. "Yes, you heard me. Boys."
"We're not boys!" James argued.
She chuckled. "Right, then, what are you? I mean, I take that back. Not all of you are boys."
James had a look of triumph on his face. "Exactly!"
"Remus is a man."
"What?"
"You heard me. Remus is a man, all the rest of you are boys."
Remus turned a deep scarlet and James shook his head. "No possible way."
The crimson-haired beauty laughed. "You'd think it was very possible if I'd said that you were the only man."
"What makes you think that I'm just a boy?"
She paused for a moment. "Maturity, dearest James. Maturity."
James' jaw dropped. "Are you insulting me?"
She grinned. "Looks that way, doesn't it?"
Peter, Sirius, Arbella, and Remus were laughing insanely at the two of them and Sirius whispered to Arbella, "Who is that?"
She glanced at him, shocked. "You dunno?"
Sirius and Peter shook their heads, and Arbella laughed as Remus' replied, "That's Lily, you twits!"
Peter's jaw dropped and Sirius looked Lily up and down before he began to shake his head. "Li-Lily Evans?" he sputtered, as though just the thought of that being Lily was ludicrous.
Arbella nodded. "She matured, so to speak, this summer."
Peter's eyes were still wide as he surveyed her. "She matured, all right."
Remus smacked Peter in the back of the head. "Be nice, you two, especially you, Sirius. We all know your eyes were originally on Arbella."
Sirius and Arbella both blushed deeply and they focused back on Lily and James.
James, now so into the argument, was on his feet and in the middle of attempting to save his pride and prove he wasn't immature, although, Lily was just proving his immaturity as well as her own.
"Nu-uh!" James shouted.
"Uh-huh!" Lily shouted back.
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"ENOUGH!" Remus yelled, annoyed. Lily and James shut up, immediately, and looked at Remus. He sighed and said, "James, you are a boy, just admit it."
"You'd be arguing back if she called you a boy, too!" James argued.
Remus looked at him. "No I wouldn't, and you know that I wouldn't."
James opened his mouth to argue, but then closed it again when he realized that Remus was absolutely right.
Arbella arose. "We should actually get back to our own compartment. We've caused enough mayhem for today."
Sirius looked up at her with pleading eyes. "No, don't go."
She smiled and held his hand for a few moments. "I have to. I don't feel like playing referee right now."
"Then, I'll be the ref!"
She chuckled. "I'll come back later and, then, sit next to you at dinner. Does that make it better?"
Sirius pouted. "A little."
She smiled and left with Lily trailing not too far behind. They heard Lily say, "You are so lucky to have Sirius of all people hanging over you. I'd kill to be in your position."
Arbella smiled. "I know, but I'm glad it's him."
Sirius turned as red as a beet as they heard this and instantly got a starry look in his eyes.
Remus chuckled. "I believe I sense the beginnings of romance."
"Yeah, that's nice. Who was that girl I was arguing with?" James asked, changing the subject to more "important" matters.
Sirius smiled, his playful look back. "Why? Were you captivated by her beauty?"
James turned a deep crimson. "No! I was just wondering."
Peter chuckled. "Well James, you will not believe this."
"What?"
"That was Lily Evans," Sirius finished, smiling.
James looked shocked. "No way! How is that humanly possible?"
"It's amazing what a summer can do to someone, isn't it?" Remus smiled.
James looked off, out of the window. "It sure is."
"Does this mean, with the new Lily, that you may..." Sirius trailed off and wiggled his eyebrows.
James punched him in the shoulder and shook his head. "No way. I can't. I just see her so much as that dorky, little girl that has followed me around, completely obsessed with me, for the past six years, to even begin to think of her like that."
"The one who just told you off and called you a mere boy?" Remus asked, grinning.
"Yeah, Prongs, you didn't think she was that much of a little girl when you were gazing at her," Peter said.
James sighed. "You three are hopeless."
"And we're your best friends," Sirius pointed out.
"What were you thinking?" Peter asked.
"I have no idea," James said shaking his head.
"But you gotta love us!" Sirius said, grinning.
"I don't have to."
Sirius punched James playfully in the arm and Remus shook his head, tauntingly. "Don't be angry just because I'm a man and you're not."
James narrowed his eyes and Sirius stood up. "Guys, I'll be back."
"Third compartment down on your left," Remus said.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Well, that's Arbella's compartment, isn't it?" Peter asked.
"So?"
"So, that's where you're going," James added.
"How do you know?"
"We just know. Have fun!" Remus said, brightly but absently, as he returned to gazing out of the window once more.
Sirius waved them and left. James arose and said, "I may go with Sirius, just to, you know, keep an eye on them."
"Uh-huh sure. See you later, Prongs," Remus commented.
James blushed, ever so slightly, and left to catch up with Sirius.
A/N: So how do you like it? I mean, I don't really think it's the greatest, but hey! It has potential. I hope you like it. I'm thinking up the next chapter now. It was just a spur of the moment kinda fic, but it is not complete! R/R!
Summary: Lily is in love with James, but James isn't too fond of her. He finds her annoying and obsessed. If he still thinks that way then why is he just noticing Lily has grown up since their first year, now, in their seventh. The question is, does she still feel the same way about him?
NOTE: I got really sick of a lovesick James and a hard Lily, melting with the site of James' brown eyes, so I decided to make a lovesick Lily and a hard James, who melts at the site of Lily's green eyes! Go me! R/R! (OBVIOUSLY PRE-BOOK 5)
"Woo-hoo! Jamsie-boy!" shouted a voice behind James Potter.
James whirled around, looking for who called his name, when he got hit in the head with a chocolate frog. He looked up and saw Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, already aboard the scarlet Hogwarts Express and hanging out of an open window, waving down at him.
James laughed and climbed onto the train to find his best friends sprawled out in a compartment, food scattered around, already. He smiled fondly, knowing he was going to miss this and crossed his arms. "You three are aware that the train hasn't even begun to move yet, correct?"
They nodded and Peter said, "Oh, lighten up, Prongs! It's our final year! Let's celebrate."
Remus nodded in agreement and Sirius added, "This is the last time we'll be riding the Hogwarts Express to get to Hogwarts! Let's have a fiesta!"
James laughed and collapsed next to Remus. James nudged his friend, lightly. "You're awful quiet, Moony."
"No, he's not, Padfoot's just loud," Peter replied, stretching.
Sirius shoved him over and they began throwing food at each other.
James rolled his eyes at them and noticed that Remus was staring absently out of the window as the train began to lurch forward. He must've felt James' gaze, because he said, "I'm just not ready for this year to come."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not ready to be an adult. I feel like I'm being pushed out of my comfort zone. Who's really going to hire a werewolf, you know?"
James nodded, understandingly. "It'll be okay, Moony. People will look past that, I'm sure."
"Well, if it isn't Sirius Black and his crew. Haven't seen you lot all summer. Odd," said a voice coming from the doorway of the compartment.
The four boys looked up to see their friend, Arbella Figg, leaning against the doorframe, a smile on her face. A short girl with long red hair and startling green eyes was standing behind her, with a look of uncertainty on her face.
Sirius grinned. "Hullo Arbella! It's about time someone noticed me for gaining control over the people you see before you."
The red-haired girl snorted. "Sirius, you can hardly gain control over yourself, however can you say that you've gained control over three other boys?"
James also snorted. "Boys?"
Her glinting green eyes caught James' hazel ones. "Yes, you heard me. Boys."
"We're not boys!" James argued.
She chuckled. "Right, then, what are you? I mean, I take that back. Not all of you are boys."
James had a look of triumph on his face. "Exactly!"
"Remus is a man."
"What?"
"You heard me. Remus is a man, all the rest of you are boys."
Remus turned a deep scarlet and James shook his head. "No possible way."
The crimson-haired beauty laughed. "You'd think it was very possible if I'd said that you were the only man."
"What makes you think that I'm just a boy?"
She paused for a moment. "Maturity, dearest James. Maturity."
James' jaw dropped. "Are you insulting me?"
She grinned. "Looks that way, doesn't it?"
Peter, Sirius, Arbella, and Remus were laughing insanely at the two of them and Sirius whispered to Arbella, "Who is that?"
She glanced at him, shocked. "You dunno?"
Sirius and Peter shook their heads, and Arbella laughed as Remus' replied, "That's Lily, you twits!"
Peter's jaw dropped and Sirius looked Lily up and down before he began to shake his head. "Li-Lily Evans?" he sputtered, as though just the thought of that being Lily was ludicrous.
Arbella nodded. "She matured, so to speak, this summer."
Peter's eyes were still wide as he surveyed her. "She matured, all right."
Remus smacked Peter in the back of the head. "Be nice, you two, especially you, Sirius. We all know your eyes were originally on Arbella."
Sirius and Arbella both blushed deeply and they focused back on Lily and James.
James, now so into the argument, was on his feet and in the middle of attempting to save his pride and prove he wasn't immature, although, Lily was just proving his immaturity as well as her own.
"Nu-uh!" James shouted.
"Uh-huh!" Lily shouted back.
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"ENOUGH!" Remus yelled, annoyed. Lily and James shut up, immediately, and looked at Remus. He sighed and said, "James, you are a boy, just admit it."
"You'd be arguing back if she called you a boy, too!" James argued.
Remus looked at him. "No I wouldn't, and you know that I wouldn't."
James opened his mouth to argue, but then closed it again when he realized that Remus was absolutely right.
Arbella arose. "We should actually get back to our own compartment. We've caused enough mayhem for today."
Sirius looked up at her with pleading eyes. "No, don't go."
She smiled and held his hand for a few moments. "I have to. I don't feel like playing referee right now."
"Then, I'll be the ref!"
She chuckled. "I'll come back later and, then, sit next to you at dinner. Does that make it better?"
Sirius pouted. "A little."
She smiled and left with Lily trailing not too far behind. They heard Lily say, "You are so lucky to have Sirius of all people hanging over you. I'd kill to be in your position."
Arbella smiled. "I know, but I'm glad it's him."
Sirius turned as red as a beet as they heard this and instantly got a starry look in his eyes.
Remus chuckled. "I believe I sense the beginnings of romance."
"Yeah, that's nice. Who was that girl I was arguing with?" James asked, changing the subject to more "important" matters.
Sirius smiled, his playful look back. "Why? Were you captivated by her beauty?"
James turned a deep crimson. "No! I was just wondering."
Peter chuckled. "Well James, you will not believe this."
"What?"
"That was Lily Evans," Sirius finished, smiling.
James looked shocked. "No way! How is that humanly possible?"
"It's amazing what a summer can do to someone, isn't it?" Remus smiled.
James looked off, out of the window. "It sure is."
"Does this mean, with the new Lily, that you may..." Sirius trailed off and wiggled his eyebrows.
James punched him in the shoulder and shook his head. "No way. I can't. I just see her so much as that dorky, little girl that has followed me around, completely obsessed with me, for the past six years, to even begin to think of her like that."
"The one who just told you off and called you a mere boy?" Remus asked, grinning.
"Yeah, Prongs, you didn't think she was that much of a little girl when you were gazing at her," Peter said.
James sighed. "You three are hopeless."
"And we're your best friends," Sirius pointed out.
"What were you thinking?" Peter asked.
"I have no idea," James said shaking his head.
"But you gotta love us!" Sirius said, grinning.
"I don't have to."
Sirius punched James playfully in the arm and Remus shook his head, tauntingly. "Don't be angry just because I'm a man and you're not."
James narrowed his eyes and Sirius stood up. "Guys, I'll be back."
"Third compartment down on your left," Remus said.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Well, that's Arbella's compartment, isn't it?" Peter asked.
"So?"
"So, that's where you're going," James added.
"How do you know?"
"We just know. Have fun!" Remus said, brightly but absently, as he returned to gazing out of the window once more.
Sirius waved them and left. James arose and said, "I may go with Sirius, just to, you know, keep an eye on them."
"Uh-huh sure. See you later, Prongs," Remus commented.
James blushed, ever so slightly, and left to catch up with Sirius.
A/N: So how do you like it? I mean, I don't really think it's the greatest, but hey! It has potential. I hope you like it. I'm thinking up the next chapter now. It was just a spur of the moment kinda fic, but it is not complete! R/R!