Hey everyone, I have a very important note for this story that you must keep in mind. My friend and I switched off writing it, so you might read my horrible stuff than it turns into brilliance. You should know the brilliant stuff I did not write. My BFFL Snape4eva wrote it and if you want to read more of her genius I suggest you go to her bio.

I must also say that this stuff is not mine and I would've come up with a snappier way to say it, but I can't at the moment. So this is not mine it's all J.K. Rowlings'.

Thank you for your time.

Mixed up Love

Chapter 1

Same as Always

As Lily walked into the Great Hall after waking up late, and rushing to get ready, the first noise she heard startled her. She approached the Gryffindor table to hear the loud laughter of her best friend, Alice.

She looked around and quickly recognized her dark brunette hair pulled up into a lose bun, talking to a dashingly handsome boy with attractively shaggy hair and beautiful grey eyes.

Lily rolled her green eyes as she witnessed her friend flirt openly with the school heartthrob, Sirius Black.

Lily made her way over to them, intending to shoo Black away from her friend. She stopped dead in her tracks and scowled under her breath.

James Potter had just gone to sit with his best friend Sirius Black. Lily no longer had any desire to sit anywhere near there. If there was one thing she knew about James Potter it was that she loathed him. She loathed him more than it was actually possible to loathe anyone. And yet Potter seemed madly in love with her all the same.

Alice looked up from her conversation with Sirius and glanced around the great hall quickly, wondering where Lily was that morning.

Lily caught her eye and signaled that she wasn't going over there. At least not while Potter was there. She would rather die. Alice shrugged and happily continued flirting with the Hogwarts heartthrob.

Later that morning on her way to Potions, Lily caught up with Alice. She pulled her friends sleeve towards her.

"Alice, what were you thinking? What, on Earth gave you the bright idea that it was okay to even talk to those Marauders? You know," Lily began, now falling in step with Alice "I heard that they're so annoying, it rubs off on those who come within a ten mile radius of them."

"Miss Evans, I was not aware of your interest in the latest school gossip," Alice countered with a grin. Lily grinned back.

"Me?" She pointed to herself with a look of mock confusion "Never, it's just this morning, when you abandoned me, I had the extreme pleasure of sitting next Mary Jane," She grimaced with displeasure.

"Poor you," Alice said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.

"Ya, she was awful," Lily laughed.

"No, I mean Potter's coming this way."

Lily wanted to shriek as she turned around on the spot to see James Potter, a wide grin on his face, walking towards her.

She moaned silently. Potter was a brilliantly attractive boy, with always rumpled cute black hair and the most amazing hazel eyes behind his gold rimmed glasses. His mouth was almost always cocked in a smile, a sly one at that. He and his friends, the Marauders they called themselves, were always up to no good. And Potter was their leader.

"Oh good God," Lily muttered. "Let's go," She grabbed Alice's elbow and dragged her away towards the dungeon.

"Evans!" They heard Potter behind them. "Hey Evans wait up!"

Lily moved faster, Alice stumbled behind her, trying to get a glimpse of Sirius who had to be with James as always.

In the potions classroom Lily pulled her up to the front where the Marauders would never dare sit.

The chairs behind them scratched against the floor.

"Hello Evans," Potter said, leaning forward. Lily could hear the snickers of his three friends behind her. "Amazing view up here isn't it?"

Lily tried to keep her anger from boiling up out of her. She wanted to slap Potter hard in the face but refrained herself as Professor Slughorn entered the classroom.

"Welcome class, today we will start with Felix Felicis. Now can anyone tell me what Felix is?" He looked straight at Lily, "Lily, yes."

Lily's hand shot up, "It's liquid luck sir, it makes you lucky."

"Of course, of course, right again Lily," He grinned at his favorite student and turning to the rest of the class said, "Five points to Gryffindor."

"As bright as usual Evans," Potter whispered from behind her.

"Mr. Potter!" Professor Slughorn called sending Potter and the rest of the Marauders into shock that they had been called on something. "Something you would like to share with the rest of the class?"

"Yes sir," Potter declared standing up. The three other Marauders were deeply confused. "I just wanted to say that I wish I had some Felix Felicis every time I asked a girl out," The class laughed at this. Potter grinned down at Lily who was staring up at him furiously.

Again she had the strong desire to hit him hard across the face. Lily turned to scowl at her textbook instead.

When class ended Lily hurried out of the room, not even waiting for Alice.

She stalked back to the heads room getting angrier with every step.

She was staring at her books thinking of the horrors of Potions class. She had a free period next and with having completed all the requirements she had nothing to do. Pretty soon she was lost and had absolutely no idea of where she was.

This, of course did not help her already livid mood.

She was getting even more irritated by the minute, as she was startled by a harsh voice behind her.

"Well, well if it isn't a little Gryffindor Mudblood. Out for a little stroll?" Bellatrix Black and her ugly smirking face came waltzing up the corridor, followed by a few other girls dressed in Slytherin's green colors.

Lily kept walking trying to ignore her. She was not in the mood for a run in with Bellatrix at the moment.

"Don't you think its funny girls," Bellatrix asked with a sneer. "That a Mudblood could do remotely well with magic. I think Slughorn lets you off easy, must feel sorry for you Evans,"

"Let her alone Black!"

Lily stopped dead as she saw Potter walking down the hall towards her, wand held out in front of him. He brushed by Lily forgetting to give her his usual sly smile and went straight to Bellatrix.

"Lookie here," Bellatrix laughed. "Her boyfriends come to help her,"

There was a loud bang as Bellatrix was sent flying into the wall. Her friends rushed to help her up. Bellatrix scowled and brushed them off.

James let himself smile and tucked his wand away. He turned around and walked back towards Lily. She was staring awestruck at Bellatrix looking between her and Potter. He grabbed her arm and pulled her back down the hall. Lily stumbled behind him glancing back at the scene slowly leaving their view.

"Let's go Lily." He whispered in her ear.

"You can let go of me," Lily said pulling her arm away from him. James laughed.