When At First You Don't Succeed, Cheat.



*** Chapter one. *** Bets

Lily Evens was a normal girl for her age, nothing unusual about her appearance, well maybe her emerald green eyes, but any ways, she went to a perfectly normal school, if your a Wizard or a Witch that is. She was currently packing, for her seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witch-craft and Wizardry. She smiled to her self as she heard, "LILY I TOLD YOU NEVER TO PUT ONE OF YOUR FREAKLY BOOKS IN MY ROOM, LET ALONE ON ME BED!" The cry was from Lily's older sister, Petunia, as she flew open Lily's door with a *bang* and threw Slandered book of spells: Grade Seven at the laughing Lily.

"You think it's funny do you?!?" Lily smiled as she watched her sister leave, muttering something about immature.

Lily looked about platform 9-1/3 searching for her best friends, Katie Rachel and Sin. She had the most exciting news, she was head girl! She saw her three best, feminine friends searching for someone also, most likely her. Lily carefully creped up behind them, and kidnapped Rachel, and told her the "plan" and the together they kidnapped Katie and told her, on the count of three jump at Sin ok. Sin looked around not seeing her best friends hiding behind the pole she was leaning on, "Hum, must not of heard them say be right back, oh well." Lily giggled softly and put up her last finger and all three of then jumped out screaming madly, and knocking Sin to the ground. "Still haven't grown up, I see Evens." Lily wiped around seeing her least favorite person, aside from Snap and Malfoy. James Potter. " Hello to you Potter. Head boy I see," She sighed eyeing the badge pined to his robes. "Well I can't always win, and get someone decent as a partner." James coughed as lily walked away, followed by her friends, "SHE CAN'T BE HEAD GIRL, I'M GOING TO DIE, SHE'LL KILL ME IF I DISAGREE!" Remus and Sirus snickered , " Well Jamsie, this problem will not go unsolved, Mooney Wormtail and I have been doing some thinking and planning." James did a fake cough at the words 'Thinking & Planning.' Peter scowled at think but said nothing. "And we challenge you to this: Make Lily Evens fall for you James Potter by the end of the year." "What? Her fall for me? But. but. bu- Fine, if I win?" "You chose your prize. You lose, You publicly emit your defeat at the closing feast at school. Deal? "You got it!" And the four of them left to find a compartment, although Sirus, Remus and peter were slightly behind. "Do you think they told her yet?" Sirus asked in a monotone. "Maybe," smile Remus. They were referring the master plan that they had come up with over the holidays, and with some help from Rachel, Katie and sin of the 'Lily Clan' it would be possible. To get the two most eligible people in Hogwarts to get mixed up in a big web of bets. Whilst James was trying to get Lily to like him, Lily was trying to live though the hole year with out falling for James, and for both to lose would not be an option.

In a compartment on the train, " We have a bet for you," "Ok, Katie, shoot." "Well lily we have this idea, you know how James, likes to have a flavor of the week, well we were thinking, that if he chooses, you (god forbid) you would have to resist at call coasts ok?" Lily smiled, this would be a synch or so she thought. "Sure! What do I win?" "Well if you win you pick your prize, but if you lose, well you have to kiss James at the closing feast ok?" Lily nodded, thinking she had her work cut out for her, James Potter pick her hardly.