New story! Yay! See A/N at the bottom for more info :)

They were her favorite fruit – apples, that is. Every morning she had one from the bowl on the Gryffindor table and nearly every evening her dessert consisted of apples. It was a wonder she didn't get tired of them.

James had tried doing the same thing once, eating an apple every morning. He made it three days, and he couldn't understand how Lily did it. They weren't disgusting, but they weren't delicious either. Sirius had thought he was crazy, but then again, he understood his mate's willingness to do anything to get close to Lily Evans, even if it was something as out there as mimicking her eating habits.

But then one morning there were no apples. On any table. James could see Lily down the table, a frown etched on her forehead as she wondered what to have for breakfast instead. Finally she chose a few pieces of toast and some bacon, but he could tell she wasn't really enjoying them as much as her morning apple. No relaxed smile appeared on her face, she didn't chat amiably with her friends.

The apple drought continued for two weeks, and James could see that it was troubling Lily. Her focus waned in some classes and she seemed to have a harder time studying. Even having some apples in her desserts in the evening wasn't helping.

"Wingardium Leviosa."

Slowly, the apple with a tag attached floated up the stairs and tapped itself against the door to the sixth year girls' dormitory. Marlene McKinnon stuck her head out and her eyes grew wide at the sight of the apple floating in front of her. She retreated to the dormitory and then Lily stepped out. She eyed the tag and then her eyes skimmed the room. Seeing no-one, she took the apple out of the air and smiling, took a bite out of it.

The same thing happened for a week, and James could see the difference in Lily. He wouldn't pretend to understand why an apple of all things affected her so much, but he just wanted her to be happy and he would float apples to her door for the rest of the year if it made her smile.

But one morning he overslept and didn't send an apple to her dorm, and the disappointment was evident on her face at breakfast. Sighing, James ran a hand through his hair as he watched her pick at her cereal.

At lunch, he sprinted down to the kitchens and asked the house elves for two apples. Carrying one in each hand, he raced back up the stairs and entered the Great Hall slightly disheveled.

Plopping into his usual space next to Sirius and across from Remus, he scanned the table for the telltale red hair.

Ah, there, next to Marlene, on the other side of the table about five seats down from Remus.

"Lily," he called. She stared more determinedly at her plate, probably thinking that he was just going to shout at her how much he loved her and would she please go to Hogsmeade with him?

"Lily!" he tried again. Remus looked up at him, at the apples in his hand, and rolled his eyes before calling to Lily himself. She looked up.

James tried to ignore the small stab of jealousy as Moony glanced apologetically at him and called "Catch!" He tossed the apple to her and she automatically reached out for it.

He took a bite of his own apple and watched her reaction, hoping that she wouldn't throw it away thinking it was spiked with love potion or something. She studied it for a moment and a small smile played across her lips. James took another bite of his apple and waited for her to do something.

Lily looked up at him and the smile grew slightly. James felt his heart skip a beat. She mouthed Thanks, James and took a bite of her apple before turning back to her friends.

A goofy smile took up residence on his face – she had called him James. Well, maybe she hadn't said it out loud, but she had mouthed it, and it was a start.

Maybe apples weren't so bad after all.

Short, I know.

So, I stole the idea from LittlePlasticCastle (with permission, of course) about using the alphabet, one letter per chapter. And this is going to be slightly confusing, because none of the one-shots are linked, and some are going to be Lily Evans/James, and some will be Lily Luna/Teddy, because I couldn't decide what pair I liked more. I am VERY open to ideas for chapter titles because I have no clue what to put for some letters.

And this is not the 'Lily/James' funny that is in the poll - that is a separate story that I'm still working on. Update on this one will be very sporadic, depending on my work schedule and stuff.

So - review? Ideas please!