A/N: Okay, second Lily/James fic right here! I'm almost done with my last one (Drunk Love) and kind of abandoned it but I promise to finish it. I wanted to go in a new direction after being inspired by so many stories.

Anyway, if you like, my myspace is up on my profile. My color hair is what I see Lily Evans having (I'm a redhead). But that's it, just the hair.

AND, I've spent days and hours and hours perfecting this damned chapter. I'm exhausted.

Disclaimer: I do not own Lily and James. Though I wish I owned James.

Summary: James is an ass to Lily. She gets drunk and hooks up with Remus Lupin, to spite James and her huge crush on him because she thinks that she has no chance. Sometimes the opposite is reality.

If anyone likes the book Holes, I wrote a story called Meggy Poo and its about a girl camp going to green lake, but I promise its well done. See for yourself, Chapter 6 is up.

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"Get up, get up!" Drew Gaston shook her friend Lily Evans awake as she lay in her bed, almost lifeless. Her wavy red hair was really out of control this morning, she noted.

"Hnughh." Lily moaned through her pillow.

Giving up, she went over to the next bed where her friend Persephone was soundly sleeping with a slight smile on her face. Drew squinted down at her and shook her shoulder. When she didn't reply she stood. "Dreaming of a rendezvous with the Marauders, no doubt." She murmured.

"I heard that." Persephone opened one eye.

Lily's POV:

"What are you talking about? I think he is quite cute Lily."

We were on our way over to breakfast and while I was trying to fix my hideously frizzy hair, Persephone was hanging on my arm, bugging me to no end. As usual.

My dear, sweet, annoying friend Persephone idolized the Marauders (and we all knew it). She wanted me or our closest friends Drew and Faye to get together with one of them so she could play pranks with them and be one of the boys.

I don't even know which one she was talking about today, but it didn't matter because once again, it would never happen. We were all too cynical to even fathom what those relationships would be like. Which is why I love my friends.

Even if I did sort of have a huge thing for James, I knew it would never happen and I would just have to wait for it to go away on its own. But lets just keep that on the down low for now, alright?

"You know I cant handle immature guys as boyfriends." Denial is my BFF.

"I'm immature."

I pondered that a bit. She is. "Well, you're a girl and my friend."

"Right."

"And I only put up with you because you're good at Charms and I need all the help I can get." I added.

As we were on the way to breakfast, I fussed with my hair because the front refused to lie flat. I groaned as we approached the Great Hall. I saw something a bit unsettling.

Drew's POV:

I raised my eyebrows at Lily as she looked murderously at a few stray strands of hair. Then she groaned audibly.

Then I saw it. Or rather--him.

It was James Golden Boy Potter, leaning against the stone wall outside the Great Hall with his usual lazy demeanor with the rest of the Marauders. Persephone nearly shat herself right then and there.

He was always sort of an arrogant prick, to say the least, and the whole school knew it. He used to ask Lily out all the time in fifth year to bug her, no doubt. Then one day he gave up on her, they started hating each other and he dated half the school. Nice cycle, right?

Unfortunately, Lily developed a crush on him back then and refused to believe he was serious about her, so now she was worse off than before. So she tried her best to hide her secret infatuation with him to throw others off by being mean to him. Only our group of friends knew, and it would stay that way.

Most people just saw her as his arch enemy.

I glanced over at the Marauders as Lily did a very good job of "rummaging through her bag" to avoid looking at him and going all red in the face.

The Marauders were laughing and chattering. In fact, it looked as though they were waiting for someone. I don't know why, because all four were already there. Maybe they were just waiting for some dumb bimbo to hold on their arm.

Sirius caught my eye and winked as he did to everyone.

Excuse me while I projectile vomit.

I hate that greasy git. He acted as though it was the girls of Hogwarts positions to bow down to him. He wasn't all that attractive, either. I didn't see what all the fuss was all about.

We got into the Great Hall and all sat in the usual spot, sort of in the middle of the Gryffindor table with most of the other sixth years. Lily dropped her bag onto the floor with a thud and kicked it under her seat.

"I'm starving." She announced and kept fussing with that stupid lock of hair. "God I cant believe my hair this morning. What is the matter with it?"

I looked at her unfortunate hair problem. She was right, it was a mess of frizz this morning. Then suddenly it all calmed and went back to it's usual soft, wavy, thick luster.

With huge eyes, Lily stared at a lock she was about to rip out in frustration just a second before. "What--"

"You can thank me with a hug." Came a voice from above Lily.

She turned to see a tall blonde girl with flushed cheeks standing there.

"Faye!" Lily hugged her waist tightly from where she was sitting. "Thank you, you gorgeous thing. You saved my conceit."

Faye Bristow, the fourth girl of their group smiled back sweetly. Her straight hair was up in a pony tail with a brown suede headband.

She sat next to Lily and took a deep breath, her blue eyes twinkling.

"Where have you been?" I asked with a smirk.

"I went for a run this morning." She said.

"You are so mean." I stabbed at my egg. "I wanted to go, why didn't you wake me?"

Faye shrugged. "Because I went with a boy."

"WHO?" Persephone demanded. "A Marauder?"

We all just stared at her.

"Sorry." She peeped.

"Oh, I don't know." Faye went on. "Don't get the wrong idea, though. He doesn't fancy me. He talked to me about one of my dearest friends."

"I wonder who." I said flatly, pointing to Lily.

"What--why would it be me?" Lily asked, kind of mad. "The only guys who have ever fancied me have been impressively large prats."

"Actually this one was going for you, Drew." Faye smiled happily.

"So tell us who it is." Seph said.

"I want to know." Lily gave me a sarcastic smile. Bitch.

I glared at her. "Well I don't. So that's settled, who wants coffee?"

Me + relationship no. That's my main philosophy, pretty much. I hate guys who are nice and I want the ones I cant have. Give me a break, relationships and marriage don't actually work.

"Fine." Faye said, another twinkle in her eye. "If Drew doesn't want to know, its her business to take care of."

"You are way too cynical." Lily sighed and looked down the table at the Marauders.

"Aw, Lily." I pat her hand. "I see what you're looking at."

"I'm not--" Lily started stubbornly.

"You are." Persephone cut her off.

James's POV:

"Prongs, do we really need to wait here for your precious little doll?" Sirius whined.

"Yeah," Peter added. "We sit near Lily and her friends during meals anyway--"

"For god sakes, lower your voices or she'll hear you." I panicked a bit.

Then I saw her.

Her beautiful wavy red hair, I loved it when it frizzed like that, and her gorgeous green eyes--which I couldn't see because she was too busy rummaging through her bag. Dammit. Why did she always do that around me?

"Happy?" Sirius asked once she'd gone into the Great Hall.

Well geez, all I wanted to do wasto see her.

Lily's POV:

I hated it when my eyes drifted over to stupid James and his stupid Marauder friends. I didn't even know why I fancied him.

Him. Him.

Argh.

We had almost every class together, and well--I just couldn't help it. Looking over at him beam at his friends for pulling another one of his pranks on poor old Severus, I noticed his dimples, his brown eyes, and ruffled hair. What was he, five? Sixteen year olds should know how to take care of their hair, shouldn't they?

James wasn't particularly nice to everyone. The population of Hogwarts (save the Slytherins) just adored him because it was almost mandatory. He had girls falling at his feet alongside Remus and Sirius. Even Peter got dates. (Another one of those unsolved mysteries).

Back in fifth year, I remember seeing James every day, developing that little crush on him that would turn into what it was now. Full blown infatuation. For no bloody reason, either. When he would ask me out I shot him down because I know he was just messing about. Not actually serious about any of it.

He teased and tortured me a lot these days. Because I liked to study sometimes, because I wore my hair wrong, because I have weird friends. He definitely got the wrong impression of me, anyway. I was so not a bookworm. And my friends are cool, to me at least.

I don't think James loves when I stand up for Severus, either. Turns out, they're both assholes.

"Lily." Drew said, shaking me out of my thoughts about James. "We have to go to Potions now." And then softly she said, "Were you thinking of Kevin?"

"No. Lets just go." I said quickly. Kevin was our little code name for James so he or anyone else would ever figure it out.

I picked up my bag and threw it over my shoulder.

We walked into potions where Professor Slughorn had cauldrons set up around the room.

"Oh wonderful, I think we have to pair up." Seph whispered.

We all walked over to cauldrons searching for our names scrawled in gold floating above each one. I found mine with relief because I was paired with Drew. I thought I saw Seph snooping around Sirius Black's cauldron, but realized I didn't really care if she made an ass of herself in front of her idols. She always did, anyway.

Remus and James were next to us, unfortunately.

"So anyway, Calantha completely ruined her brand new shoes at breakfast because someone," she threw her head in James' direction, "had to knock into her as she was carrying the syrup back to her seat."

I rolled my eyes. "How surprising." I think Drew hated the Marauders because she was so sick of Seph's talking about them all the time. I got used to it and tried to ignore her as best I could.

"Hey!" Seph nearly pushed me into my cauldron to tell me that her cauldron buddy was Sirius. While she wildly pointed at him, Drew and I stared at her a bit without a reply and she finally retreated back to her spot, sulking.

"Oh, and also," Drew started, "That creep Patrick keeps asking me if you're available."

I shook my head, "Why wont he leave me alone? Why cant someone normal have an obsession with me? The one guy who likes me has to be some obscenely obnoxious seventh year everyone hates. I don't even think the Marauders are as annoying as he is."

Boy did I ask for it.

"Excuse me but I believe I just heard my colleagues names come up rather unpleasantly in your conversation, Lily." James Golden Boy Potter leaned over our cauldron.

Eaughegh

"I was making a fair comparison." I replied.

"Aw, does some one have a crushy wushy on us, Jamesy?" Sirius came from out of nowhere. He was probably trying to get away from Seph.

"No, someone dislikes us, Sirius." James replied, looking at me. God, every day with this.

"Us?" Sirius asked with wide eyes. "Us? How is that possible my friend?"

"I'm not sure." James mock paused. "Why would someone, anyone, say that we are annoying?"

"Oh lord, poor Marauders, two girls aren't falling at your feet?" I shot back.

"Surprise of the century." Drew said and turned herself and Lily back to the cauldron before we could really get into it.

Dammit.

James' POV:

I cant help it! Its my only means of communication with Lily so I figure I can keep with it as long as its harmless.

Lily and her weird friends were probably among the few girls in Gryffindor who didn't put up with the bullshit we forced onto everyone else. I'll admit it, all girls found us charming and in their eyes we could do no wrong. Needless to say, we'd all dated at least half the girls in our year. Even Peter.

Lily was pretty and I know lots of guys fancied her but it was obvious that hey were all afraid to approach her. She and her friends were the wonder women, slightly feministic ladies of our year. I also threatened to hex anyone who fancied Lily into oblivion. Like this Patrick character. I'd have to speak to him soon enough.

Then Drew told Sirius off again. When he did as he was told (for maybe the first time in ten years) I nearly choked on my laughter. He gave me a look and I stopped.

"Hey, I'm stuck with that Persephone chick." He whispered as he neared my cauldron. "She is…batty. To say the least."

"I've never spoken to her before." I mused, "Too bad you aren't with Drew, eh? She sure told you."

"She's Feisty." He winked at me and went to his cauldron with the weird girl.

"Lets get to work." Remus piped up after all this time.

I looked round at him and started to concentrate on the potion. Poor guy. He would glance up at Lily every couple of minutes. I saw her smile and giggle and gossip with Drew when I followed his glances. This was not good. If he went for Lily I would have no chance. He is way more approachable than I am and again, I think she hated me anyway. You know, because fighting with a girl isn't exactly the way to her heart. So that's two points against me. So I took on an ingenius plan.

"Remus." I said.

"Yes?" He asked, staring in to the potion.

"Pay attention and stop staring at Drew, please." I smiled.

He looked up quickly. "I--I'm not staring at Drew."

"Yes, you are."

"No I'm not. Sirius likes Drew."

"Hey!" I heard Sirius hiss loudly.

"Whatever you say, Moony." I smiled.

"I'm not lying."

"So," I smiled, "You wouldn't mind if I asked her to Hogsmeade this weekend?"

He looked at me. "Why would I mind--I don't even--"

"Don't get all worked up." I stirred the potion. "I was joking."

"I'm serious though, James. She's very pretty, but I don't fancy her." He looked down a bit. "I fancy someone else--"

"Nonsense my boy!" I pat his back

He smiled despite himself and shook his head.

"What, you want me to help you out?" I asked.

"No no no, James really its nothing at all. And besides, I like another girl--"

"Oh, stop." I grinned. "Your wish is my command, Moony old boy."

Sirius's POV:

Remus tried to catch me outside the Potions classroom before James came out.

"Sirius."

"Mmm?" I turned around from Dolores, some fifth year who wanted to be my date to Hogsmeade this weekend. I remembered her name, I should get points for that.

He shifted uncomfortably and she got the hint and left.

"James has got this wild idea that I like Drew," He saw my face contort a bit, "But don't worry because I don't, so could you please tell him that I'm interested in somebody else?" He pleaded.

"Why would I worry?" I asked shiftily.

Remus rolled his eyes and ignored my attempt to ignore the small teensy weensy thing for Drew. "Please tell him."

"Sure." I said. "But you have to tell me who you do like."

"Oh, come on Sirius."

"No can do then." I started walking.

"Fine." He sighed. "Lily Evans, okay?"

"Oh." I said with an unreadable expression on his face.

"What do you mean, 'Oh'?" He asked.

"Er--nothing." I smiled.

"I know James fancies her and everything, but I cant really help it." Remus said quickly. "Besides, hasn't it been faltering a bit?" I asked hopefully.

"Lets get to dinner, mate." I clapped him on the back.

Oh shit. Oh shitty shit.

This is exactly what James was afraid of in the first place. He hadn't told anyone but us Marauders about his small crush on Lily Evans since fourth year. It had been growing, too.

Now I'd have to tell him about this new problem. Gods, why do I have to be so nice and caring? I'm too good-looking for this.

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A/N: You like? I hope so. This took forever, but I'm working on the next chapter right now, never fear.

The drunken night in the summary is next chapter, I need to set it all up, don't I?

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