a/n- just a slightly better, redone version of this chap. With less babes/babys! By tonight, all chapters redone and two new chapters! (if anyone still cares.)
Chapter One
I Hate You!
"Lily, please!" James called out to the figure fleeing around the corner, a look of disgust probably still etched upon her face. He didn't understand what he had done wrong, why she despised him so much. This was the first time he'd convinced her to hang with him alone and somehow he managed to stuff it up. James sighed and gave up hope that she was coming back, turning slowly and heading toward Gryffindor tower where Padfoot, Moony and Wormtail would surely be waiting, wanting to know what happened. He wondered how he would tell them that he failed, after being so close.
He got to the portrait hole, and, for what seemed like the 10th time that night, sighed. The Fat Lady was asleep, meaning James would have to wake her up, meaning she would lecture him yet again.
"Fat lady…wake up…" He called out softly.
She slowly opened her eyes, and upon seeing the darkness of the corridor and realizing the time, frowned.
"Up at this hour! It's nearly 3am! Why I should tell Professor Dumbledore!" she said, her cheeks turning pink, until James interrupted her.
"Ah, come on, it's not that late!" James reasoned, trying to convince her to let him in without having to call members of authority. "It won't happen again, I promise."
"That's what you said last time! Why I am not here to be woken up whenever you please! Out of your dormitory and up to mischief I suppose." She scolded.
"Arw," James said, "Please?" he gave her a drop-dead gorgeous smile and ran his hands through his hair.
The Fat Lady rolled her eyes but was convinced, "Oh, alright," she agreed "But I better not catch you out at this time any time this week!"
"Fine," James said, smiling again, "Thanks,"
She swung open to an empty common room, the fire just dying down which left an almost eerie glow around the large area. James headed to the left and walked up a flight of stairs to his bedroom that he shared with Remus, Sirius and Peter. Peter was fast asleep, as was Remus, but his best friend Sirius was still up, waiting for him. James fell onto the bed, waiting for the inevitable questions.
"So, what happened?" Sirius asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Uhhh, I dunno." James answered, sitting up and looking at his best friend, "I blew it, that's all I know."
Sirius nodded. "Well, what happened that made you think you screwed up so much?" he enquired, "I mean you didn't hex her or anything, did you?" he said jokingly.
"No, I didn't" James said coldly, "I just blew it."
"Well . . .?" Sirius questioned.
"Well," James started as-unbeknown to him-Lily Evans stomped into her dormitory, jolting her friend awake.
"James-Potter-is-such-a-git!" she exploded, herself falling on her bed. "I mean, he expects me-"
"Calm down Lily," Kat said, opening her curtains on the four poster bed and walking over to her best friend. "He can't have been THAT bad."
"Oh, but he was!" Lily said, the anger inside her brewing up, "He was! I mean he expected me to go alone with him and then when I thought we were getting along watch him say those things and do those things with me there! Ahh!" she finished needing to confide in someone but the words not coming out.
"Do what things? I mean he's NOT that bad and he could get anyone but all he wants is you, he sweet."
"He's. Not. Sweet." Lilly said at great length, "And part of the problem is that he can get any girl! He thinks that he can persuade ME too be like every other girl and adore him! He's so arrogant! He always runs his hand through his hair so its messed up and-"
"But what's wrong with that?" Kat asked, "I mean who cares if he messes up his hair? I think its hot," She was smiling, she had had a MAJOR crush on James Potter since first year but he only seemed to notice her as a friend because of Lily.
"YOU think he's hot but I think he's just plain mean and rude! I mean honestly! Think he's king of the world, god's gift to women, big Quidditch star, hexing people just because he can!" She screamed, waking up her other friends, Toni and Christie.
"What the hell is going on here?" Toni asked getting up and then spotting Lily. "Oh, how was your date?" she asked.
"IT WASN'T A DATE!" she yelled her usually pretty face now red with anger.
"Calm down, calm down, I was only asking" Toni replied hurriedly. "And anyways you better be quieter or else you'll wake the whole castle up."
Christie was yawning and when she finished went straight to the point. "So what did James do that was so bad?" she asked. Christie herself had gone out with James for a short time in second year, but only for a few weeks. James had broken up with her when things got too serious but they were still friends and she liked his friend Peter now, anyway.
"He said he would take me to this place that I'd have never seen before," she said. "Probably being arrogant and self assured as usual-but we never got there; he saw Snape out and hid behind a statue, pulling me with him." She took a deep breath and continued, she hated it when anyone got picked on. "He- Snape that is- walked straight past us and James said to me 'Let's have some fun!' and hexed him from behind. He was laughing as if he impressed me. Ahhh! I hate him!"
"Cool," Kat said, "What hex did he use?"
"IT WAS NOT COOL!" exploded Lily, "But he got him with the whole body bind and then did a levitation charm and made him float up to the ceiling! His wand fell out of his pocket so he couldn't do anything! It was so unfair!"
"Didn't you say you hated Snape?" Christie asked. "I mean 'cause he called you a mudblood and everything?"
"Well, yes." She admitted, "But he can't just go around hexing everyone he sees! He thinks just because he and his friends are so cool and good that they can do whatever-"
"Hey, his friends- AND him aren't that bad," Toni commented, she and Remus Lupin, one of James' best friends had hit it off last year and wrote to each other all summer, she hoped he would ask her out this year.
"Yeah," Kat and Christie agreed.
"Well, I don't think so!" Lily said, "AT ALL."
"Aww, come on, and anyway if you hated James for doing it why didn't you do the counter-curse?" Christie asked.
"Because I didn't know the counter-curse, James led me away and just started laughing, I stopped him and-"
Sirius burst out laughing, "And you left him there?" he asked between fits of laughter, "Bril!" he said.
"Well Lily didn't seem to like it," James said darkly, "I was laughing and she told me I was arrogant and mean and that she never go out with me if someone paid her. Then she ran off."
Sirius was still laughing when James pulled his curtains closed and called out "Goodnight!"
Lily was still fuming at breakfast and James had convinced Sirius to go talk to her and try to get her on James' good side.
Sirius approached the Gryffindor table, sat down next to Lily and started to get himself breakfast. Lily, however, saw straight through him.
"Why are here?" she asked coldly.
"Having breakfast baby, like I do every morning," Sirius called every girl 'baby' or 'babe' because he thought that girls liked it.
"But why are you sitting next to me?" she questioned, "You don't normally. James asked you to come and talk to me didn't he?"
"Hey, do I need a reason to sit next to a beautiful young woman like yourself?" he enquired, and when he looked at her he realised that she really was beautiful, her long dark red hair fell naturally into her face but didn't hide her emerald green eyes that glittered and shone when she was in a good mood. "God she's hot," Sirius thought, "Now I know why James wants her."
"Well, yes, seeing I blew your friend off last night." She stated.
"Ahh, yea I heard about that." Sirius said, "Not a good look for James huh?"
"No," Lily said,
"Well, you know James babe," Sirius said
"Do you think it's funny?" Lily asked him.
Sirius felt it was not a situation to be truthful, "No, umm, it's just that you know James, he hates Snape."
"So that's a reason to hex him?" Lily asked.
"No." Sirius said lamely.
"I'm glad you feel the same as me," Lily said as she got up to leave.
"Wait, what about James?" Sirius called out.
"I'll talk to you later in the common room," she called back.
"What?"
Lily's blank face slowly turned red as everyone in her transfiguration class, including James, turned to stare at her.
"I said," said Professor McGonagall briskly, "What is the right wand movement for changing objects into animals?"
"Ah, umm." Lily bit her lip, she hadn't been paying attention, she was to busy going over the events of last night and how much she hated James. She didn't know the answer.
"Erm," Lily finished lamely, going an even bright shade of crimson.
"Detention! Start paying attention in class Miss Evans, if you want to pass transfiguration this year!"
She then turned and wrote the correct answer on the board, explaining to everyone the energy needed. I do not need detention right now, Lily thought, getting angry at herself for letting James distract her.
Lunch
Lily, Kat and Toni were sitting down- Christie was nowhere to be seen.
"I do not need detention!" Lily exclaimed, "Its all Potters fault!"
"Hey, Hey, Hey." Toni said, "You can't blame everything on him, he wasn't even near you!"
"It was because of last night, he even sent Sirius to talk to me at breakfast!"
"Its cause he really likes you, you know. Why else would he go to so much trouble?" Toni asked.
"Because he's so immature! His longest relationship was with Christie for two weeks!" Lily replied.
"Speak of the devil," Kat said, as Christie approached- with Peter! Peter had his arm around her and they were both giggling. Christie and Peter sat down next to Lily and Christie turned to them and made an announcement.
"Did you guys here? Me and Peter are going out!" she smiled happily, but Lily felt that-after James- Peter was the worst of the Marauders.
Lily smiled too- but it was a weak smile and she hoped no-one noticed; she just didn't feel like smiling.
Lily was sitting by the fire doing her homework when Sirius walked in.
"Babe!" he said, plonking down next to her on the couch. "What ya doing?"
"Homework," Lily replied abruptly-she didn't want to talk to James or any of his friends either.
"What's wrong?" Sirius asked, not wanting Lily to be upset. "Have I done something?"
"I have to go," she said, looking at her watch. "I have detention with McGonagall."
Sirius' face brightened, "Well, you're lucky, because I do too!"
"Oh, no." she said, "Does James have one too?"
"Nah," Sirius said, "We were letting off Dungbombs in the classroom but McGonagall caught me, so it'll be just me and you!"
"Great," Lily said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
Sirius decided to ignore the sarcasm and said "Oh, you want to see me that much baby? I'm honoured!" and gave her a huge hug.
Lily was surprised- "What?" she thought. But she let his arms go around her and it felt good too.
"God she's hot," Sirius thought, "And she doesn't hate me like James."
Sirius let go as James came down the stairs.
"Let's go," he said and got up to go to the portrait hole, Lily followed meekly and wondered why she felt so good when Sirius hugged her.
