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So Lily loses her phone only to have James Potter find it. What is James Potter thinking? Well... HEHEHE
Lily- About to board the train.
Ok, so I have officially lost my cell phone, and it sucks. Not so much about the fact that I won't be able to call people, but the fact that someone else at this very moment may very well have it in their grimy hands. I can see them sitting there, looking at my pictures(thankfully there are none of me), my music, my notes, my emails, my downloads, and my contacts. So technically, if they wanted to, they could pull a full psycho analysis on me.
C-R-A-P
Nevertheless, I must lift my head up and keep on going.
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I can't! Someone could have it, and it can be someone I know! Why oh why? I mean it's not like I have anything to hide, but still.
Anyways, I have to stop ranting, I need to put on my Head Girl face, cause I'm getting on the train for Hogwarts, yayyya.
James- under the bridge in the station waiting for Peter to catch up with him, Sirius, and Remus
Ok, so I have been made head boy. How did I do that? Of all the people that Dumbledore could choose, he picks me. I mean it's me James Potter!!!
It should have gone to someone else, Remus, Diggory, even Peter, but me? I don't want this responsibility, I want to have fun.
As of now, I am the person that I have always despised, I am the authority figure, the party pooper, the debbie downer, the one that people despise and fear.
I can see it now, Sirius getting all over my back about it, poking at me, challenging me just to challenge me, expecting me to let him have his way. Just think of all of the retarded things that he is going to try to pull.
Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute... I have the power? I have the authority? I call the shots? I am the head boy?
As of now of now I am rubbing my hands together "hehehehehmhmhmhmhohooho".
"Um James? Do you care to let us in on whatever it is you're smiling at and why you are hohohohoing?" says Sirius.
"He's probably now only realized that Lily Evans has been made head girl" retorted Remus. "And he has probably just realized that they pretty much share the same living space, and that they will have to attend all of the prefect meetings together, and that you guys will probably have to spend at least an hour everyday doing head stuff,and that she pretty much has to see him everyday for the rest of her natural born life at Hogwarts, and that he probably has more of an upper hand in gaining her heart than he ever has, not that his hand has ever been up" added Remus as we looked at him in bewilderment.
"What? I was just saying". He simply said.
Then suddenly Sirius started speaking in a high pitch singing voice "This is it James, this is the year that all of you wonderful, magical dreams come true, Lilly Evens will practically have to see you everyday and everyday, and if you don't win her over, then some mystic force shall strike you dead".
And right when I was about to smack him upside the head "Ouch!!!!!! What the hell, my head" I yelled. I stop to look at the culprit only find a cell phone in the middle of the floor.
"Awww, shuckers James, I guess your off to a bad start." said Sirius as I bent down to pick it up.
"What is it?" asked Sirius, "it looks like a phone".
"That's because it is a phone Sirius" I said. I swear, sometimes I wonder about that boy.
"Well then leave it, its not our problem, besides I think it has bad luck. I mean it hit you James, it hit you as you were declaring your undying love for Lily Evans, if you keep it you are bound to have trouble in that area" replied Sirius.
"Don't be absurd Sirius, he should take it to the lost and found just in case anybody looks for it, James don't listen to him." started Remus, "and besides, he was not declaring his undying love for Lily Evans, you were declaring it for him."
"True that" I added. "How about I take it to the guest services, and you can wait here for Peter, I'm sure it won't take that long."
"Wait, there's no need for that, Peter's coming I can see him" said Remus before I started to walk off. "Sirius can go with you anyway, I think that Peter is still sort of peeved about Sirius stealing his last batch of chocolate frogs when we were at your place mate."
"Okay, first off I did not steal them if they were originally James' to start with; second, he didn't need anymore, trust me; thirdly, I don't want to have to walk all the way to guest services." reputed Sirius.
Yes, Peter was probably still bitter about having his frogs stolen, and although Sirius was right about him not needing any, he shouldn't have told him about his weight. But that was Sirius for you, he was blunt and honest, and that is why he was my best friend. I could always depend on him to tell me the truth, and his humor is even stronger than his bluntness. His wit, sarcasm, and simple austere aura of coolness drew everyone in; it was intoxicating, because when you hang out with Sirius Black, you can't help but have fun. People either love Sirius (which would count for the female population) or hate him (which would count for the guys that consider him a threat to their alpha maleness), and that's just the way it was.
"That was quite rude Sirius, when he gets here you should apologize to him, and maybe buy him some frogs on the train, you know how Peter is- " said Remus stopping there cause Peter was now in much to close of hearing distance.
Yes, Remus was right. If Sirius has done that to either me or him, it wouldn't have been such a big deal, but with Peter it was different. It's clear that Peter, to be perfectly honest, isn't as handsome as the three of us. I swear, I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but anyone with eyes can see that. Peter always seems to be overshadowed by us three, the girls never pay attention to him, and he isn't really smart, athletic, or personable. But I still like him, it's sort of like having a pet rat -hehe, you can carry him around, and never feel alone, and in the end he always came back to you, he was a buffer for us, he was the middle ground.
Everyone absolutely loves Remus, he was smart, hardworking, polite, and was to his core, a caring person. And its for this reason that the girls love Remus, besides his looks that is. It is in my own opinion, sweet. It's the quiet ones that typically like him, instantly drawn to his sensitivity. But to be perfectly honest, it makes me sort of jealous. Why? Well the sweet, quiet, and caring down to earth girl that would typically fall for him, would be Lily Evans. In fact, when you think about it, Lily is actually the exact girl version of Remus, standing up for what is right, and all the sweet and chewy stuff like when you bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie.
Okay, that sounded weird, I sorta kinda just called my best male friend a chocolate chip cookie. I can't help it I'm hungry.
"I don't need to hide from him, he should apologize for throwing a temper tantrum the way he did, you would think that food is his life" said Sirius.
"It's your life, what are you talking about? If you didn't eat for a day you would probably just end up eating Peter." I said.
"Actually that's not such a bad idea, he would probably taste like a dumpling" added Sirius as we made our away from Remus and towards guest services.
Grabbing the phone out of my hand, Sirius opened it up and started going through it.
"What are you doing Sirius?"
"Looking through the phone, duh, sometimes I wonder about you James." said Sirius giving me a shove.
"And why are you doing that?"
"I want to see if it's a girls phone, you know these things can be psycho analyzed, help us get a look on the other side." he said caressing the phone.
"Why are you such a creeper? I swear if I didn't already know you, I would peg you as-"
"Eeeeek! Yayya this is a girls phone, looky look Jamsie. It has a pictures of flowers on it, an application for beauty tips, and smily faces after its texts." exclaimed Sirius as we stood in front of the counter.
"Well thats all good Sirius, but it's time to give it up." I said.
"Nnnno"
"Sirius"
"Nnnno"
"Sirius stop acting like a baby and give over the phone."
"Sorry, no can do, hey hey hey" he said as he continued to scroll through the phone. "Whoever it is goes to Hogwarts, look." He said handing over the phone to show me a to do list.
TO DO:
Pick up new Transfiguration Book
Get a new potions case
Dry clean my robe(seeing as I'm not allowed to do it magically)
"They will most likely be on the train by now, it's best we take it with us" said Sirius as he cradled it like a baby with a smug smile on face knowing that I would have to listen to him.
"Fine, let's go my phone pedophile friend" I said, and we turned to head back to the train.
As we made our way to our slot in the train, Sirius stopped by a cart and bought a box of chocolate frogs. Awww, he is so sweet sometimes.
Looking over at me slightly abashed he went "What? Goodness James, I'm beginning to think that you're the real freak" as we met Remus and Peter.
Sirius, handing the box over to Peter who instantly stared smiling his impish grin, put his hand in Peters hair and messed it around and said "sorry mate".
That's Sirius for you, in the end he knew what was right and what was wrong.
As he sat down next to me across from Remus and Peter, Remus simply smiled to himself pretending to read the Daily Prophet.
Sirius fully aware of this lunges across towards Remus and starts to tackle him. Remus who is obviously now annoyed decides to take it further. "Oh Sirius, are you going to but me a box of Chocolates too, after you finish tackling me? I always knew you were such a softy".
Literally laughing our heads off as Sirius yells "here!" and tarts taking Peters chocolate and shoving it into Remus' mouth, we fail to notice that the train has started to move.
After about ten more minutes of us calling Sirius a softy, he goes back to his seat and pulls out the phone.
Remus taking instant note of it is looking at me and says "Oh Dear Lord, is that what I think it is? Is this what you have stooped down to Sirius, a thief?"
"Well, yeah" said Sirius as if stating the obvious.
"Really Remus, it's a lost cause. He is utterly convinced that this phone is the gateway to revealing what girls really think, it's quite stupid actually." I add
"Oh really, you don't want to know more about girls and what they like? James with this new knowledge and your heartthrob looks, you will have every girl eating out of the palm of your hand, you're not even a little bit curious?" asked Sirius inquisitively.
"No, I don't. There is only one girl on my heart and I know everything that I need to know about her, and her name is-" and right when I am about to finish my sentence, guess who slides open our compartment door.
"Potter, what are you doing in here, you are Head Boy, we have to make our rounds remember?!?"
Yes it is her, my love, Lily Evans, the one and only.
"Ouch, why so mean, calm it down a little, I just had to get settled in. Sirius and I got on the train late cause we were returning a phone that we found lying aroung the station. So if you ask me, I think that I have already gone above and beyond my Head Boy duties, but no fear I'm coming. Anything to spend time with my little Lilykins." I said.
"Wait, you found a phone, do you still have it?" she said looking all eager with a crease forming between her green almond shaped eyes.
"Actually, we were going to but-" I answered
Sirius who suddenly cut me off, went "Lily darling, how nice to see you come and eagerly come and get James here, I knew you would come around and realize you mad pent up passion for James some day. The phone unfortunately, is gone. Right when we were about to hand it in someone claimed it, and we gave it back, so I think you are out of luck."
All three of us, me, Peter, and Remus that is, looked at him as if he were transforming into a dog, could only stare at him as he lied.
"Actually, I don't know what he is saying my darling, because-" I started to say, but Sirius interrupted me again saying "yes, yes its a good thing that we found the owner, or who knows what would of happened."
"Well that sucks, okay Black thanks, I um guess."
But Sirius didn't stop "why Lily may I inquire as to why you are wondering about the phone, have you lost yours?"
"Well, yes I have. But I really should be going. And Remus, please control your friends will you? I am Head Girl this year, and I really can't have them causing trouble for me."
"As always Lily I am powerless, but I will do my best" replied Remus winking back at her. "But I think you may have better luck asking James for help, since he is Head Boy and all"
Ignoring me, which to be frank really hurt, Lily looked at Remus and said, "Really Remus, like that would ever happen?" and strolled out.
Leaping across the department and shutting the door behind her, Sirius in all of his enthusiasm yelled "James Potter, you are going to win Lily Evans heart this year, and I know how!"
"Wait, why did you lie to her about the phone, I doubt thats highly condusive to forming a good relationship Sirius. Thanks, thanks a lot" I said grabbing the paper Remus was reading and started to hit Sirius with it.
"Stop, I actually want to hear why Sirius lied James; because evidentially, he is now not only a thief but a lier as well. Actually we already knew that, but both in one day? Do tell, do tell." said Remus.
"Yes do tell Sirius, do tell" I added as I smacked him twice more with the paper.
"Yes do tell, do tell" quipped Peter as he slapped Sirius weakly from the back.
Suddenly throwing his arms around and flicking Peter off, Sirius put his arms down and looked at each one of us slowly to add some sort of dramatic effect.
"Because James Potter. I know How you are going to win Lily Evans this year." he said.
And then ever so slowly, he held up the phone to show a text that the phone had just received saying "Hey Lily, where are you?"
Lily
What else could there possibly be? He is an arrogant jerk who takes pride in making me feel dreadfully uncomfortable. But why do I care so much about what he thinks? Sure he's charming(when he wants to be), and handsome, but he is also rude, inconsiderate, lazy, and pompous. James Potter thinks he rules the world. He plays pranks, big deal. He in no way has the right to walk around like he owns the school.
Everyday of every year he has never failed to ask me out; and every day of every year I reject him. If I thought that for one minute that his feelings towards me were genuine, I would have gone out with him years ago. I can't help it, he is just to beautiful; which is exactly why James Potter would never truly like someone like me.
Deep in my heart, I know the truth. I know that asking me out is simply another way to take up time and laugh about with his friends. I am not popular, super tall, exciting or special. In fact, the only "special" things that ever happen to me, are getting perfect scores on my tests. Therefore, there could be no reason that James Potter could ever truly like me.
So as I am walking away from him and his friends as I walk down the aisle of the train, I can only dread the amount of insecure, awkward, and disturbing interactions that I will have with the infamous James Potter this year.
James
There are certain reasons that Sirius Black is my best mate, and this is one of them.
"Sirius, you can't possibly expect James to keep that phone do you?" asked Remus, looking at the phone in Sirius' hand.
"Actually Remus, I do" replied Sirius. "Now, first things first, lets go though all of the pictures!"
"Wait!" I yelled, "there could be some stuff on there that is private, maybe we should just give it back, like a peace offering."
"Grow up and be a man James" said Sirius. "This is it, don't you see? This thing has her music, her numbers, her notes, everything. Not only could you learn about her, but you could learn how to be the person that she wants you to be. It's quite brilliant if you ask me."
"No Sirius, he should give it back. I think she will appreciate the gesture." added Remus.
"So I would be tricking her into liking me. That doesn't sound like a healthy relationship Sirius, I'm siding with Remus on this one" I replied.
"Then again James, as of now, you don't have a relationship. ANY relationship would be good right about now." he added. And I have to hand it to him, he did have a point. Then again, is this how I really wanted it to be, a trick? Oh goodness I am such a girl sometimes.
Snatching the phone out of Sirius' hand, I run out of the cart, and after Lily; leaving behind a yelling Sirius Black and a chuckling Remus Lupin.
Lily
Okay, I can't find anyone to talk to, I have absolutely no idea where my friends are sitting, and I am now left wondering around like a dork. I mean, they could have made a little bit of an effort to come and find me, seeing as I am Head Girl, so I would only be in the Heads quarters on the train.
Boy do I really need to get some better friends. Wait, I can here footsteps coming this way, maybe its Robyn.
"Hey Lily, it's me James"
Oh great just what I need, to be alone with Potter who can clearly take note that I have no one to hang out with.
"What do you want Potter, did you finally decide to come out of that hole you live in?"
Why so mean, why?
"Actually, I came here to give you some good news, but seeing as your aren't in the appropriate mood, I'll come back later." he said standing in the doorway.
"Well then why aren't you leaving Potter?"
This is really is making me uncomfortable, looking up at him towering over me, as I sit here in my lowly stoop with no friends.
"Hey, why are you always so mean to me? As far as I am concerned, I have done absolutely nothing to offend you. In fact, I think that I have been doing quite the opposite. But hey, who am I to judge."
He's right, no he's wrong.
"James, you ask me out whenever I see you. I mean, I think that I have made it perfectly clear that I am not interested. So if being mean is the only way that I can get my point across to you, then I guess it's just what I have to do."
He stood there for a minute taking it in, surely getting some sort of rebuttal ready.
"Lily....I never meant to make you feel uncomfortable. You are my darling, why would I ever want to do that?" I mean sure it's funny to watch you get angry, but that's sort of the basis of our relationship, isn't it?" he finally said.
That's it, he really is trying to annoying me like I know he is. What-an-ass.
"Wait, so the basis of our relationship is you trying to bother me? So I was right, you are trying to drive me crazy." I said with my arms crossed in front of me as I stared up at him from my seat.
"Well err yes and no. Lily, the only reason that I enjoy bothering you so much is because that's the only time that we ever get to talk." he said making his way into the compartment.
"Stop, don't come any closer Potter, I mean it."
"What, you waiting for someone?" he said as he continued to make his way into the seat across from me.
"Well as a matter of fact I am. Because unlike you Potter, I don't bother people for a living. So if you would please go now."
Fully making himself comfortable in his seat across from me, he sat there and stared at me with a smirk on his face.
"Actually my dear Lilykins, I don't have to go anywhere. This is the Head Boy and Head Girl compartment, I may come and go as I please." He said, with his arms behind his head and his feet next to me.
So I stuck out my tongue.
"Do that again, only a little slower please." he said laughing.
"You are such a freaking perv, add that to the long list of reasons that I don't like you Potter." I spat, shoving his feet off the seat.
"Hey Lilykins"
"What now?"
"Will you go out with me?"
"Okay"
"Really?"
"Hey Potter"
"Yes me love?"
"No"
Throwing his hands to his heart, he acted as if he was shot, and then proceeded to stare at me with a smile. Yes he continued to stare at me with that perfectly crooked smile which undoubtedly awed all girls. But no, not me, I have resilience. I have an astute ability to look beyond typical boyish charms and those typical-
Suddenly there was a large hand waving itself in front of my face "Lily, earth to Lily are you there?"
Shaking my head and bringing myself back to present thought I could see James looking at me with laughter in his eyes as I stared at him blankly.
"Sorry, what?"
"I said, it looks as if no one is coming for you. So I might as well get settled in."
"You are already settled in, what more could you do?"
"Well for starters, I could reveal to you the initial reason that I came here." he said putting he feet next to me yet again as I attempted to keep them from getting anywhere near me, pushing and shoving them.
"Lily, Lily, Lily, you are making me consider not telling you. Besides, I rather like having this bit of power over you so I might as well use it to my full advantage, so let's make a deal" he said as he tapped my leg with his foot.
"What deal, why would I want to make a deal with you Potter? Unless it was one where you end up leaving me alone forever. I don't think you get it, I-don't-like-you." I said pushing his feet off the seat next to me yet once again.
"You see, that's the thing dear Lilykins. Here, let's make a deal. I tell you that piece of good news that I have for you, and you have to make an attempt to be civil with me. I mean, you may realize that I'm not such a bad guy after all. So what do you say?" holding his hand out across from me for a shake.
Hmmmm, civil with James Potter, if I do this I can possibly get him off my back for good. Sounds like a good enough deal to me.
"Sure" I say, reaching over and shaking hands with him.
His face instantly lighting up with a smile, takes his other hand while continuing to hold onto mine and reaches it into his pants pocket and then looks up at me and says "okay, I am going to show you something, but you have to promise to not get angry."
"I thought that this was good news Potter."
"New rule, if I show you, then you have to start calling me by my real name. I mean, how else are we going to become friendly acquaintances?" he said lifting up one of his eyebrows while looking at me.
"Fine Pot- I mean James. Now show me."
Giving my hand a little squeeze, his other hand then came out of his pocket revealing cell phone. No, not any cell phone, my cell phone! What the hell was James Potter doing with my cell phone?!?
"Why do you have that? Give it to me Potter!" I said reaching across to snatch it out of his hands. Unfortunaltey, thanks to his damn good quiditch skills, and therefore faster reflexes, he was able to pull it away before I could get it.
"You promised that you would not get angry, and to call me by my first name remember?" he said with smug smile on his face holding the phone out of my reach.
"Okay James, can I please have my phone back?"
"Wait, ask me how I got it first."
"Fine, how did you get it James?"
"Well it's funny that you ask actually. You see, I was standing around in the station with Remus and Sirius waiting around for Peter. You know, the usual. Anyways, as I was standing around minding my own business-"
"Oh sure you were"
"Hey, who's telling the story here?"
"Sorry, go on"
"So, as I was standing around minding my own business, something suddenly falls from the bridge above me and lands on my head. Now, as a good citizen, I only saw it fit to take this phone that had so rudely fallen from the sky and nearly gave me a concussion to guest services. Sirius of course, had other plans. Going through it, he came to discover that whoever owned the phone went to Hogwarts, and that the best way to get get it back to its rightful owner was to take it with us. And that is where you come in Lily darling. You see, as Sirius was being his typical self, nosing through the phone, you walked into our compartment looking for yours. It wasn't until after you left did Sirius reveal that the phone was in fact yours, and decided to keep it for future references, and just because it's in his nature to take joy of messing around with others."
"What, that annoying little- I actually thanked him!"
James who suddenly put his finger on my lip to silence me continued to talk.
"But I, who was and am so eager to be on good grounds with you, decided to do the right thing and give the phone back to you. So alas, here we are."
"Oh..., um thanks?"
Moving his finger from my lips he handed the phone over and proceeded to stare at me, and then said "I'm excited Lily Evans, I think that we are going to have a good road ahead of us."
"A road that a certain to lead us straight off the edge of a cliff due to the pitch Black."
"Did you just make a Sirius Black referenced bash joke? You see, just that action alone proves that we are going to be great friends. I have to tell that one to Sirius." added James as he started to twirl his wand around.
"But don't hate on him, he had good intentions with the phone thing and all, really."
"I don't see it, then again the two of you are friends with Remus so there must be some civility in the two of you."
"Wait, do you um uh like Remus?" He said running his hand through his messy black hair nervously.
"Of course I like Remus. He doesn't ask me out every time I see him"
Then leaning across and putting his face a little closer to mine, he asked slowly, "no, I mean do you like him like him."
Wait, what?
"Well yeah, I like Remus, but I hardly know him enough to like him like him. Goodness James, you sure get to the point."
"Oh errr um sorry" he said blushing and running his head through his hair leaning back into his seat.
"Oh yeah, um your friend Robyn was it? Well she sent you a text asking where you are." he said settling his feet next to me again.
This time I didn't move them, they weren't thaaaaat big of a deal, and seeing as I am trying to be civil with him.
"Well, aren't you going to reply?" he said looking at me a little confused.
"No. She knows where I am, she's just to lazy to come look for me and wanted it to look like she's trying to make an effort. So no, I am not replying." I said getting a little worked up.
Pretending to write in his hand Pott I mean James started saying "note to self, don't text Lily and ask where she is, go look for her instead." and then looked up at me from under his eye lashes and smiled.
I couldn't help myself, I smiled back.
"Okay, I know that sounds terrible but hear me out. I just don't want to waste another year being third wheel to her and Francine. Whenever we hang out I am the odd ball who gets shoved to the back, I'm the last one invited places, and I'm the one who's uncool or not up to their standards. I just don't want to waste another year of my life miserable with the people I hang out with. I mean, whenever they ask me for a favor, I go out of my way to help them, and I never get anything in return; not that I'm saying that I'm the kind of person who does things to get things back. Does that make sense?"
Oh my, what am I doing telling this to James Potter?!?! If that doesn't scare him off I don't know what will.
Sitting up straight and then looking at me for a minute he reaches over and grabs my hand, which I pull away to no surprise to the both of us, but he continues to go on pulling his rejected hand back to himself.
"No, I get it. You want to be friends with people that you know care about you. People who you know you can count on both emotionally and physically. I mean, that's how it is with the Marauders. We can just read eachother without having to say anything because we are so intact with one another, and when one of us hurt, the rest of us can feel it." He said with a sweet smile.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Goodness James, for someone who likes to bring misery to others, you're really insightful."
"Misery, what? I play a few jokes here and there but I doubt I cause any pain Lily dear, you just need to learn what a good joke is." he said holding his arms up in defense.
"Oh really? What about Snape then? You make him miserable plenty." I answered staring him down.
Laughing, he then said, "Snape is an exception. He hates us as much as we marauders hate him, it's as simple as that."
With that the train came to a stop and the whistle blew signaling out arrival at Hogwarts. Getting up and stretching, James held his hand down to me and said "shall we?".
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