The Little Things

Basic Overview: James loves Lily. Lily hates James. James asks Lily out. Lily rejects James. James tries again. We all know how it works. But in between his many fruitless attempts, James is always there for Lily. A collection of one-shots featuring James showing just how much he cares. Pity there's no one around to notice.

Alright, this is my first story, please read and review, I want to know how I'm doing, uhh...yeah I think that's it, enjoy!

Disclaimer: hyugrvguyugyrvg. I own nothing, except perhaps the keyboard I just face-planted into a couple times.

Beginnings

First Year

The three Potters approached the barrier between platforms nine and ten. James was worried. He had recently run at the wrong place and crashed into a solid wall. What a collision! Anyway, he had his parents go first this time. Mr. and Mrs. Potter casually strolled through the barrier. Just as James was about to follow, he heard someone say "Excuse me?"

James, having just started his run when he was hailed, had pushed his cart forward, then tried to stop it because of the voice behind him. His trolley was rather heavy, and James was rather small, and also eleven years old. Thus, he had some difficulty in stopping his cart from rolling towards and through the barrier without him. This resulted in a very strange looking maneuver, which also hurt his legs a bit and strained his arms. This ticked him off.

James whipped around, more than just slightly angry, looking for the stranger who had just asked him to excuse her.

He saw her.

He excused her. Immediately.

She introduced herself as Lily Evans. He introduced himself as Pames Jotter. He then realized his mistake and corrected himself. She giggled.

James then made his first of many extremely important decisions.

James decided he liked Lily. He liked her a lot.

Then she asked if he knew how to get to Platform Nine and Three Quarters ("I read the ticket and looked through the letter millions of times, but I couldn't find anything about where the platform was and--") and he told her that all you had to do was walk through the barrier.

She asked if he was sure.

He asked if she was kidding.

She answered no.

He then replied yes.

She asked if he would go first, so she could make sure that it worked. James replied, "Sure." He ran at the barrier. He didn't crash.

James looked around, awed, and started to walk away, then remembered the red-head (Lily), and waited at the entrance.

She followed him, eyes shut tight, pushing her trolley at full speed.

She hit him (just kidding).

She almost hit him. Instead she shot right past him. He called her name for fear that she might hit something or someone else.

Upon hearing her name, Lily opened her eyes.

Lily looked around, awed, and started to walk away, then remembered her manners and thanked James.

He replied, "You're very welcome."

They walked around for a bit together, until Lily saw her friend Severus (Snape), and ran towards him, not forgetting to thank James this time. James gave her a small smile as an acknowledgement, then walked away, just a little bit upset and surprised that she would leave him so quickly after he helped her. James then made another very important decision.

James decided that he did not like Severus. Not one bit.

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James sat down in a compartment, alone.

Someone asked if they could sit across from him.

James replied in the affirmative.

The boy sat down.

The looked at one another for a while, sizing each other up.

The boy said, not rudely, "I'm Sirius Black (whoa, didn't see that one coming!), who are you?"

James Potter replied, "James Potter."

They had their first real conversation.

James made his third important decision of the day.

He decided that he liked Sirius. Very much.

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The compartment door opened.

An argument about Gryffindor and Slytherin took place between James and Severus.

Lily and Severus left.

James was a little bit ticked.

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The Hogwarts Express arrived at Hogwarts.

James got off the train.

Sirius got off the train with James.

Lily got off the train.

Severus got off the train with Lily.

The four of them gathered with the other first years outside the Great Hall.

Each of the four of them, in turn (Sirius first, then Lily, then James, and finally Severus), put on a hat. A Sorting Hat.

The Hat then yelled out either Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin, and the wearer took off the hat and went to the table of the House he/she had just been Sorted into.

Sirius, expecting to go to Slytherin like the other Blacks, went to Gryffindor ('Take that, mother!' he thought triumphantly).

Lily probably wanted to go to Slytherin. But she was Muggle-born. Putting her in Slytherin would have been terrible (although a really funny oxymoron). Lily went to Gryffindor.

James would have left if he had to go to Slytherin. So the Hat put him in Gryffindor.

Severus wanted to go to Slytherin. But he had to go to Gryffindor as well (just kidding). Severus went to Slytherin.

There was a feast.

There were announcements.

Then everyone went to bed.

James fell asleep thinking about Lily.

Severus fell asleep thinking about Lily.

Lily fell asleep thinking about Lily.

Sirius fell asleep thinking (yes, he thinks) about Gryffindor House.

For James and Lily, that day was the beginning of an extremely strange one-sided love relationship.

For Sirius, that day was the beginning of a life-long friendship with James.

For Severus, well, that day was many things. He had always had a complicated life, and always would, till the moment he died.

So how did you like that? If you would like me to write more of these, please review, if you wouldn't, I probably will anyway, just ignore it.

Please review and PLEASE cut a little slack, this is my first story.