Authors Note: All Harry Potter names,settings, etc. belong to the amazingly talented JK Rowling- ENJOY!
"NO FRICKEN WAY, Dumbledore has finally completely lost his MIND!"-Sirius yelled, as he paced back and forth in James' room
-"How come everyone always says that when they hear I did something good"- said James in an offended voice
-"This is a nightmare (ignoring James' comment) its bad enough that Remus is a prefect but now..ugh how is my reputation going to survive!"
-"Relax Padfoot I'm sure there will still be plenty of girls willing to join your fan club, besides this could really help change Lily's feelings for Prongs here"-Remus said
-"Oh please I doubt it, he's been drooling over her for almost 7 years now and she has yet to call him by his first name"-Sirius stated, ignoring the fact that James was still in the room
-"HEY"-James complained
-"Sorry mate its true, its time to move on there are plenty--"
-"NO! Lily is the only one and if you were truly my best mate you would know that!"
-"while we are on the subject what ARE you going to do to get her to fall for you this year"- Remus asked James
-"get who to fall for him?"-Peter asked, looking completely lost in the conversation
-"Are you really that daft wormtail"- leered Sirius
-"Oh, sorry"- Peter murmured, as he sunk into a chair
-"Well I thought I'd just be myself" -James added, looking very confused
-" Oh yea thats been working really well" -Sirius snorted, which received a glare from James
-"Padfoot shut up! Prongs though WE enjoy you personality maybe you should try to be a little more ...mature around Lily"- Remus stated delicately
- "how?"
"Well try not to be so cocky, don't ask her out every 5 seconds, stop listening to Sirius--"
-"HEY"
-" for relationship advice, don't hex first years, stop jinxing Snape"
-"Ok thats were I draw the line"- Sirius, now with a very offended look on his face
-"Well then at least don't do it in front of Lily, and for God's sake keep that obnoxious grin off your face !"
-"so basically you want him to have no fun at all this year"- Sirius retorted
-"no, I'm just saying to act your age and if Lily really is that important to you, you will do what I say"
-"...ok if your sure it will work, I'll give it a try"
-"oh yea this is definitely going to be a fun year"- Sirius said sulkily
The marauders then spent the remanding part of the summer teaching James how to behave in front of Lily...well Remus and Peter did anyway Sirius spent most of the time muttering about James being whipped and not even dating yet. Then the day arrived when they had to put their efforts to the test.
-"PRONGS WAKEY WAKEY ITS TIME FOR EGGS AND BAKEY!"
-"Padfoot its times like these that I really wish you didn't live here"- James said while putting a pillow over his head and rolling over
-"ok I'll just tell Evans that poor little Jamesy pooh was to tired to come to Hogwarts this year"
-"what...oh I totally forgot"- James said, while jumping out of bed and changing into muggle clothes before throwing the rest of his stuff into his trunk
"YOU KIDS UP YET?"- called Mr. Potter
"COMING DAD"
Both Sirius and James came down the stairs for breakfast where their eyes met two long boxes topped with bows sitting on the kitchen counter.
"Breakfast master James"
"Aw thank you Bitty" James said as he and Sirius sat down to mountains of food that came in second only to the piles of food that are at the Hogwarts Feasts
"Bitty made all Master James' and Sirius' favorite foods for this special day" beamed the house elf
"A special day that deserves a special gift"-Said Mrs. Potter coming in from the ball room smiling at the two boys and motioning to the two for-mentioned boxes "your last year at Hogwarts"
Both Sirius and James dropped the food in there hands and hurried over to open their present, two new broomsticks!
"THANKS MOM! "
"THANKS MRS.P !"
"I would also like for you two to think about these before you guys "Accidentally" have an incident at school"- smiled Mr. Potter, who just entered the room, while also giving both the boys a stern look
"US do something against the rules?" James said, trying to fight back a smile but failing terribly
"Honestly Mr. P its like you don't know us at all" smirked Sirius
(About an hour later on platform 9¾)
-"LILY, LILY OVER HERE!"-Shouted Mary
-"Hi Mary"- Lily smiled as gave her friend a hug
-"Marlene, Alice, and I already got our compartment"
-"Ok I'll meet you guys there after I meet the head boy"
-"Oh I'm sorry I completely forgot, congratulations on becoming head girl!"
-"Thanks, I'm really nervous I keep thinking I'm gonna mess it all up"
-"Don't worry" said a voice standing behind Lily " I KNOW I'm gonna mess it up"
-"POTTER"
-"Hi Lily"
-"I'll just see you two later then" said Mary leaving for her compartment
-"What do you mean your gonna mess it up, I swear if you are planning to make it hard for me being head girl I'll--"
-"Calm down Lily, I'm head boy, I was just saying I know that I"LL make a mistake"
(Lily stood there frozen: this must be some sort of joke, there is no way Potter was made head boy, he just CAN'T BE!)
-"I'll go find Wormtail and Moony, see you later Prongs, Goodbye Lily love"-grinned Sirius
(The next hour passed in one great blur, Lily silently followed Potter to the prefect compartment where they told the prefects their duties. Potter was acting so strange, so ...mature.")
-"So I guess I'll see you at the feast" -James said, interrupting Lily's thoughts
-"What..oh...yea"- Lily stated blankly
(And he left just like that, no confessing his unending love for me, no asking me out, no snide comment on how my uniform fits my body NOTHING!!)
-"How did it go"- Remus asked as James entered the Marauders compartment
-"Fine I think"-
-"Now you even have him thinking, next he will probably say he's not going to play quiddich anymore"-Sirius pouted
-"Get real Padfoot, I'm in love not suicidal"- James stated rather quickly
-"Give it time, Lily just isn't used to the new you yet, she'll come around"- Remus said, trying to encourage James
-"I hope so"- James sighed
(Lily's thoughts)
(After my meeting with Potter I went to go talk to my friends in our regular compartment. Mary Macdonald, Alice Prewett ,Marlene McKinnon and I have been friends for the better part of our Hogwarts years. Alice is petite with short brown hair. She is the sweet and good natured person in are group but is not a person to upset, she is the person I always confide in. Mary is 5'4 with long brown hair, she has the more "popular personality" ,she knows everyone and everything but can be a little too nosy and often gets herself into sticky situations. Last is Marlene, Marlene has shoulder length wavy blonde hair, she is the most sarcastic person next to me in are group. Once you get to know her she is a great friend and is always fun to be around.)
-"What do you mean he didn't ask you out"- Mary asked, amazed
-"Does she really have to explain that Mary"-Marlene told her sarcastically
-"I'm sorry I'm just in shock"
-"Can we please stop talking about my nonexistent love life please"
-"Sorry Lily"- both Mary Marlene replied
-"How was your summer Alice?"- Lily asked, turning to face her
-" Frighting I had to meet Frank's mother, Mrs. Longbottom"-Alice shivered
(Alice has been dating Frank Longbottom for almost 2 years now. I think they are one of the cutest couples I have ever seen. Frank is so sweet to Alice which is great because she definitely deserves the best.)
-"don't feel bad Alice, I have known Mrs. Longbottom my whole life and I still shake whenever I'm by her"- Marlene told her
-"not to mention she has dreadful taste in clothes"- Mary smiled, tying to lighten the mood
The rest of the train ride was filled with laughter as the girls discussed everything that had happened to them over the summer.
(James Thoughts)
(We added five new Gryffindors this year even though I didn't really pay attention to the ceremony. Lily is sitting across the table a few seats down so I have a perfect view of her. Whenever she is around no matter how mad she is at me or if she doesn't even notice I'm there my stomach always feels the same, I get this weird butterfly feeling. She is probably the prettiest person I have ever met, I love the way her whole face lights up when she laughs. Thats my newest goal for this year, I'm going to make Lily Evans laugh as much as I can.
-"Oy Prongs, I just thought of the BEST beginning of the year prank EVER!"- exclaimed Sirius
-"Lets hear it Padfoot"
-"One word... cannon's"
-"NO!"-Remus shouted
-"I think its a great idea"-James stated, with an excited look on his face
-"I agree"- Peter interjected
-"you haven't even heard the best part yet first we--"
-"forget it Padfoot cannons are way to dangerous someone will definitely get hurt and you don't need that especially after how angry Professor McGonagall was last year when you blew up her class room"- Remus
-"That was an accident how was I supposed to know that you can't use fireworks in enclosed spaces"- Sirius retorted
-"IT SAID IT ON THE BOX!"-Remus yelled, drawing even more attention to the Marauders- "Besides I doubt Lily will like your cannon idea very much"
-"On second thought bad idea"-James said, after the mention of Lily's disapproval
The rest of the feast passed by with Sirius deep in thought over a bigger and better prank he could pull for the start of the year.
(After we left the Great Hall I was helping some first years that were confused about where to go and I saw Lily smiling at me...well I think I saw Lily smiling at me, but it vanished as soon as she noticed I was looking at her. She has never smiled at me before, no thats not true she smiled when Padfoot pushed me into the black lake, and she smiled when I burnt my eyebrows off in charms during 5th year, she smiled when Padfoot and I got into a fight which ended in both of us having neon green hair for a week. Come to think of it, she smiles whenever something bad happens to me, but this was different, the look on her face was different.)
Lily and her friends had a custom that every year on the first night back to school they would all stay up late talking. However this year Mary wore herself out at the feast trying to get the attention of some Hufflepuff she decided is hott, and Marlene feel asleep listening to Mary list all his good features. Now only Alice and Lily were left awake.
-"Alice"
-"yes Lilly"
-"what do you think of Potter"
-"why"
-"no reason just...curious"
-"well...personally I like James a lot"
-"you do?"
-"yea I mean he has some flaws but he really is sweet once you get to know him, just look at the way he treats his friends"
-"everyone treats their friends nicely"
"No I mean watch what he's like with his friends. Sirius and him are like brothers and they are always joking around which shows that he is fun to be around, if you watch when he's talking to Remus you will see that he can be serious and is actually really smart, and my favorite is the way he acts with Peter he is constantly standing up for him even to Sirius when Sirius starts to pick on him and the way he never makes fun of Peter when he can't do something, he always helps him out"
-"I think its just easier to think of him as a bulling toerag"- Lily sighed
-"keep what I said in mind though ok"
"ok oh and Alice"
-"yea"
-"can we keep this conversation between us"
-"if you want"
-"thanks"