Lily playing quidditch? James studying? A harmless bet turns into the competition of a lifetime.

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It was a Sunday. Lily, James, Remus, and Sirius were walking idly on the stunning grounds at Hogwarts, casually talking and occasionaly showing off (James).

"So, James," Lily started. James turned to look at her. "Have you been studying for the History of Magic exam on Friday?"

"What exam?" James asked, looking very unconcerned about the whole thing.

"Holy cricket, James. Do you study for anything? At all?"

"No Lily-Bily, I, unlike you, are a quidditch genius," James boasted, smugly.

"Oh, yes master, so sorry I even asked about your study habits. Oh, wise quidditch guru I bow to thee." She bowed deeply in front of him. James rolled his eyes, sullenly.

"At least I can win quidditch games. I've seen you play, Lily-flower and you are certainly not as highly skilled as I."

"James, how are you going to get to the Astronomy tower?" Lily asked, now suddenly wide-eyed with fear.

"What? How do you mean?" James asked, getting serious.

"I mean, you won't be able to fit! Your head is just to big to fit through any door. And if your ego gets any bigger, we'll have to take you to the hospital wing to get it deflated!"

Remus and Sirius were now roaring with laughter, especially after seeing the look on James' face when she said this. James playfully hit Lily in the arm.

"But really, you should try and study. It will do some good," Lily reasoned. "Just this once. Please. For me?" She gave him her best puppy eyes. James resisted and looked away.

"Nope, not going to do it."

"Well anyway, even if you did study, you couldn't get an A on it," Lily had formulated a plan in her head.

"What's that supposed to mean?" James looked outraged. Lily's plan was working.

"It just means that you wouldn't be able to ace a test if you did study for it, so what's the point, right?"

"Hey! I try to study. Sometimes. I just have quidditch practice all the time! It's not like you do quidditch!"

"Psshhh, how hard is it? You fly around a field and catch a ball. Oh, yeah, hard stuff," Lily said.

"Ha! I bet you couldn't last one game of quidditch and win!" James shot back.

"Yeah? Well I bet you couldn't get an A on an an exam!"

"Oh yeah? Well, you're on! I'll ace my History of Magic exam and you win Saturday's game!"

"You can do that? I mean just switch players?"

'Why not?!" James aksed.

"Fine! Loser has to become his personal servant!"

"No, her personal servant. Because I am going to win!" Lily said, triumphantly.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"I'm going to go and study!" James spat out.

"And I'm going to go practice!" Lily shouted.

And with that, both the two egos stalked off in separate directions leaving Sirius and Remus to take time to figure out what had just happened.

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AN: Just a little story idea I had.