AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys! This is a story with my favorite pairing in the entire universe: James Potter and Lily Evans. The marauders of course are included in here, but this is going to be a little different to other stories out there. It's going to be a modern day AU.
He sat in his window seat watching the movers haul the furniture through the big oak doors to his apartment complex. From his loft apartment, they looked so small.
The apartment complex housed students that attended the prestigious and expensive academy known as Mason's Academy for Young Leaders in London, England. You had to have money and influence to even receive an interview to attend. There were a fair few that attended on scholarship, but it was rare. Not to mention, those rare few were like the lepers in the society. They stayed mostly to themselves, but often times were bullied and picked on by those who could afford it. The whole system, much like politics, was pretty corrupt, but that didn't seem to stop many from applying anyways.
A light ding of an elevator in the hall outside his room brought him back. There was some scuffling and heavy breathing. He assumed it was the movers; the loft apartment directly left of his had been on the market since the last semester had ended. Seeing as fall semester was beginning in a week, he had no idea why someone hadn't bought it sooner.
The loft apartments, much like the school itself, were for the wealthy. Each one from level one to twenty had large bay windows that opened up to look over the entire campus. The lofts on floor twenty-one were the most expensive and obviously, the nicest. They had individual balconies. Like every other apartment in the building, it had a nice kitchen with a living room and dining room. There was a luxurious bathroom like every other room. The only difference apart from the balcony was the extra amount of space. Instead of one bedroom, there were two.
He came from a wealthy diplomatic father and a mother who had a lot of old money. To say the least, he was the wealthiest student on campus. Not to mention, the most popular. Even in a school of five thousand, boys were envious of his intelligence and good looks, girls constantly vied for his attention and begged to be one of his slags.
It was true. Like any teenage boy who had everything, he used everything to his advantage. And like every other teenage boy, he had needs that needed be explored and met. Many girls were more than willing to help. He lost his virginity in his third year when he was just 14 years old at Mason to a girl named June who was a sixth year. She had certainly been no novice and she taught him a large amount of how to please a woman. Since then, rumors told of him sleeping with half the school. That of course wasn't true, but he had a reputation to uphold. His best friends were similar.
Sirius Black was James' closest friend. They wreaked havoc on Mason together; pranking students and faculty and causing chaos wherever they could. He was handsome in the roguish, bad-boy sense. He had black hair that fell just short of his shoulders. He was even more good looking (if that were possible) than James and had an even more impressive track record. There were an equal number of rumors circling around about Black's conquests, however, 90% of those weren't rumors. Then there was Remus Lupin. He was cute in the endearing way. He had sandy blonde hair and soft features. There was a scar that ran from the corner of his left eye to the bottom of his jaw. He was the only one in the group that could keep James and Sirius in line. He was levelheaded and a hard worker. In fact, for fifth and sixth year, he'd been a school prefect. Then there was Peter. He was kind of the oddball out. While the other guys were all tall and muscular, he was short and rather round. He was overshadowed by his best friends, he wasn't extremely smart nor extremely good looking. James would bet that he hadn't even kissed a girl. He was funny though and courageous and honest, so they kept him around. Plus, he'd come up with some pretty crazy ideas for pranks.
There was a lot of talking in the hallway outside his room, the movers argued about the best way to move a couch in through the doors, how heavy the table weighed. He laughed when he heard the movers arguing about how they had a strict time schedule they had to stick to because some "ridiculous student" had decided to move in two days before term started.
James Potter's seventh and final year at Mason's would be starting in those two days and him and his friends were going to make it the wildest school year yet.
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed chapter one! Like I said before, this is going to be a modern day AU and I'm still mapping out how I want go about this story, but make sure to read and review! Chapter two is in the works and will be posted soon!
P.S. Don't worry. Lily is coming. Also, plot is coming… So… Sorry about all of this background stuff. Have no fear