"Hurry up Padfoot! You always are the one who makes us late!" James called through the bathroom door in the common room.

"I'm going, I'm going!" Padfoot yelled back.

James walked over to the couch and sat down, knowing his friend wouldn't be out for a while. He looked around and saw a few other students walking around. Sirius better hurry! I can't be late today! He thought. He was going to see the girl he loved in just a few minutes and ask her out like he did every other day. He had to have enough time to see her before class. Suddenly the door burst open as Sirius came out looking proud.

"Hey Prongs! You know who's looking good today? ME! Haha, so you ready to leave?" Sirius said.

"Yea, let's go," James replied.

James and Sirius walked down many halls to their first class. They walked in, lucky to have a few minutes before class started. James immediately walked over to a circle or girls, who giggled outrageously as he walked towards them.

"Hello ladies!" James said, eying Lily Evans, a seventh year with dark red hair and emerald eyes. "Hey Lily."

"Hello Potter," Lily replied unmeaning.

"Alright class, please be seated and we will begin!" Professor Sprout said loudly.

"Um….do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow? I mean if you're not already going, but if you're not then you want to go with me?" he asked quickly.

"JAMES! I will never ever go out with you! Get that through your head!" Lily yelled frustrated.

"But –"

"NO!" she yelled again, turning around and walking to her seat.

James stood there, staring blankly at Lily, feeling as if he would never get her. He had been asking her out every day since the day he first realized he liked her. That day just happened to be the day he got dumped by his girlfriend.

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James was getting ready to meet his girlfriend, Erika. He had been preparing for an hour, trying to look his best. He was going on a double date with Sirius and his latest girlfriend. Remus was going to meet them in their dormitory later. James and Sirius were supposed to meet their girlfriends in fifteen minutes.

"PADFOOT! YOU ALMOST READY?" James yelled across the boy's dormitory.

"I am ready for some good snogging, how about you?" Sirius said as he walked into the room.

"Sirius, you need to think less about snogging! Now let's go!" James replied.

James and Sirius walked down to the common room and met their girlfriends a few minutes later. Sirius immediately started snogging his girlfriend Karli, who snogged him back passionately. James rolled his eyes and walked over to Erika. He grabbed her hand and smiled at her. Sirius and Karli were still snogging when James and Erika turned to talk to them.

"Padfoot! Stop snogging! We gotta go now!" James said trying to break them apart.

"Mmmmhmmm!" Sirius mumbled, not paying any attention to James.

"Come on Sirius, we're gonna be late!" James said, grabbing Sirius and pulling him away from Karli.

"AWWW COME ON PRONGS! She is such an amazing snogger!" Sirius complained, making Karli giggle.

"Save it, let's go."

The couples walked, hand in hand down the hallways and outside to the Hogsmeade meeting spot. There were many other couples and students. They stood, waiting and talking until it was time to leave. Soon there were twice as many people crowding around. The professors announced that everyone was there and that we were leaving now.

When they arrived at Hogsmeade, people were running in all different directions trying to get to all of the places they wanted to go. Sirius and Karli headed off towards the Three Broomsticks and James and Erika continued to walk down the path. James' arm was stretched around Erika's shoulders. James felt that he had finally found a girl he loved. They kept walking, past the shops and booths, past the couples and big groups of friends. They sat down at a small bench outside of Honeydukes. It was rather cold outside, so James had given Erika his jacket, seeing that she was shivering. Erika leaned against James' chest and closed her eyes tightly. She had something on her mind, but James couldn't tell what. She had been acting very strange lately, never wanting to go anywhere, not wanting to hang out with James, not even wanting to snog, which was odd because Erika was the type of person who would snog you all day if she could. She hadn't been acting like herself at all for the past couple weeks. James had tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't tell him anything. She had hardly spoken to him since –

"James?" Erika asked with her eyes still closed.

"Yea?" James replied.

"Um, I have something I want to tell you."

"What is it?" James asked, looking at Erika caringly, hoping that she would finally tell her what has been going on.

"You see, I don't know if I should really be having a boyfriend right now, with school and everything…"

She kept her eyes closed, afraid of what James would say. James sat quietly, trying to avoid looking at Erika. James had a hurt and puzzled look on his face.

"James its not you, it's me really. I just need to focus more on school. Don't take this personally."

James stood up and Erika opened her eyes. He turned around and looked at Erika.

"So all this time, you never really liked me?" he asked.

"No! I did! I –"

"Just forget it! I'm leaving now Erika," he said calmly, but sadly as he walked away.

He walked for a few minutes before realizing that Erika still had his jacket. He suddenly turned around and collided into someone walking the opposite direction. He felt his head hit the ground. He got up quickly and rubbed his head as he started apologizing to the person he walked into.

"I am so sorry! Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yea I'm fine, just watch where your going next time," the person said.

"I know, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I was just going to…..never mind. So, what's your name?"

"Lily. Lily Evans. And you?"

"James Potter," he replied grabbing her hand and shaking it.

"Nice to meet you James potter, now I really must be going."

"Wait!" he said, seeing Erika walking towards him.

"Yes?"

"Would you maybe want to go out with me sometime?" he asked quickly as Erika was nearing.

"Oh, um James that's really nice, but I don't really know you and truth be told, you're not quite my type. I'm sorry, goodbye James," she replied.

"Oh, well okay then I'll see you later," James said, surprised that she had turned him down.

Lily smiled and walked away. James watched as she walked into the distance. Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and wasn't surprised to see Erika facing him.

"James, I just wanted to say –"

"Save it Erika, all I want is my jacket back, so if you would hand it over, I will kindly leave," James said.

"But, but James I wanted to –"

"I don't want to hear it, give me my jacket Erika."

"I want to say I'm sorry James, I didn't mean to hurt you, but I just don't have time for a boyfriend so deal with it!" Erika yelled as she took off his jacket and threw it on the ground.

She walked away leaving James standing in the cold. At least I have my jacket! He thought. He walked along the path, looking for Sirius and Remus. He realized that Erika had never really loved him back. She just wanted him as a boyfriend because everyone liked him and he was good-looking. Maybe even because he was known as a great snogger. James was confused, but not quite depressed. He had loved Erika, but now he would be able to try new things and date other people. Maybe this was a good thing. He didn't know.

He walked until he finally saw his friend and his date. They were snogging of course. James walked up behind Sirius and tapped his shoulder, making Sirius break apart from Karli and scream.

"PRONGS! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Sirius yelled, seeing that it was James.

"AWWW! Was little Padfoot scared?"

"SHUT IT PRONGS!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Um, can I talk to you for a minute? Alone…."

"Okay…."

James and Sirius walked away from Karli, so they could talk privately.

"Okay, so what is it Prongs? And where is Erika anyway?" Sirius asked.

"That's what I am trying to explain! She dumped me!" James replied.

"WHAT?"

"Its true and I don't really care. I'm over her."

"Over her? I don't think so! It takes you forever to get over girls! You could hardly even get over the fact that she didn't want to –"

"Padfoot! Shut up! I don't care! I'm leaving. Are you coming back with me or not?"

"I don't believe you're over her still and no way am I leaving! Sorry, but I am having an awesome time with Karli!"

"I am over her! I found someone new already! And I asked her out too!

"So you have a new girlfriend already?"

"Well no, but I'll get her to like me. Somehow…."

"You do that Prongs, you do that."

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Ever since that day in fifth year, he had done everything he could to get Lily to love him back. James glanced over at the next table and stared longingly at Lily. Sometimes he felt that he would never be happy until he got her to love him.