Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the marauders which saddens me but that's life I guess.
"Excuse me?"
I looked up from my table of my three new best friends to see the prettiest girl I've ever see tap me on the shoulder. It took me a minute to focus on her. She had really big green eyes and her hair looked like it was on fire. "Yes?" I asked, running a hand through my messy black hair and trying to cover up my 'drawing'. I guess you could say it was a drawing, since it was coloring time. But my new friends and I were devising a plan to pull a prank on our new teacher—Mrs. Appleton: the teacher of the four year old preschool class in the best school in London, but that's no reason not to prank.
"I was wondering if you had a red crayon I could use?" She asked sweetly, pointing to the table right next to mine. "It seems none of my friends have any either and we really need it."
"Oh. Of course." I handed the crayon in my hand, trying to be charming I added, "it matches your hair."
"Thank you." She giggled, skipping back off to her seat and continuing to color as though nothing happened between us just now.
"James!" My best friend ever, Sirius Orion Black groaned. "We needed that red crayon to show where Mrs. Appleton would be. I thought it was clever! Apple-ton. Apples are red, which means we need the red crayon!"
"I think we can manage with the other 23 red crayons we have, Sirius." Remus, another one of my new friends, rolled his eyes. "We did steal everyone's red crayons, which is why that girl had to come over and ask to borrow one in the first place."
"I don't care. Peter already ate two!" Sirius said grumpily as Peter, the less-intelligent one of the group, was unwrapping another red crayon and licking his lips.
"What?" He asked as we all stared at him. "The red ones are the best! They taste like apples!"
"That can't be good for you." Remus rolled his eyes again, continuing to color as he read his Dr. Seuss book.
"How can you even read?! It's the first day of preschool!" Sirius threw his hands up. I looked at my best friend with a bit of jealousy, he had grey eyes which I thought was really cool because I've never seen those before and his black hair went to his neck and no matter what he did, it remained perfect—the complete opposite of the black mess on my head.
"I just wanted to be prepared." Remus shrugged, continuing on with his business.
'This year is going to be great.' I thought to myself as I got up and walked over to the girl with the fiery red hair. "What's your name?" I asked her, trying to determine if her hair really was made of fire.
"Lily." She smiled, looking up at me with her bright green eyes, directly into my hazel ones—behind my glasses of course. "Lily Evans. And yours?"
"Well I'm James Potter." I grinned, running a hand through my hair again. "Do you maybe want to play on the playground later?"
"I think that would be fun." Lily grinned up at me.
"But Lilllyyyyyyy." A girl with blue eyes and curly blonde hair whined, I later found out her name was Marlene McKinnon. "You said you'd play with us! Boys are stupid anyways!"
"It's okay, Mar." Lily rolled her eyes. "We have playground time twice! I can play with you and James."
"Brilliant. See you later then." I grinned, walking back to my seat and thinking about how much I loved the way she said my name.
"Is she your girlfriend?" Sirius asked the second I sat down.
"What? No! I only just met her." I said, hoping he didn't notice as my cheeks turned a bit pink.
"Don't you think we're too young for girlfriends?" Remus looked to Sirius. "I mean, we are only four."
"Not at all." Sirius shrugged. "I bet I can get that girl over there to be my girlfriend." He said seriously, pointing over to Marlene.
"I dunno, mate. She said boys are stupid." I shrugged. "Maybe I'll ask Lily to be my girlfriend, she's the prettiest girl I've ever seen!"
"I've seen loads of girls prettier than her!" Peter pipped up with red crayon stuck in his teeth. Somehow, we all knew he was lying.
"Peter..." Mrs. Appleton said in the sweet voice that made us all sick and want to prank her in the first place. "Have you been eating the crayons?"
"No." Peter said seriously, looking at his hands nervously.
"Peter, I'm serious, did you—" Mrs. Appleton started, but she was cut off by Sirius.
"No, I'm Sirius." He said with a sincere look of concern on his face. I had to slap a hand over my mouth to keep from laughing.
"I know that your name is Sirius, dear. But I meant that I'm serious in a sense that I'm not joking around." Mrs. Appleton explained sweetly. Peter made a gagging face when she wasn't looking, but it only made me want to laugh more.
"I'm not joking around either, my name is Sirius." Sirius replied sincerely. "I thought your name was Mrs. Appleton, isn't it? Or is your first name Sirius? Because in that case, I hate to break it to you, but Sirius is a boy's name."
"No dear, my name isn't Sirius..." Mrs. Appleton thought about a way to explain this. "Just never mind. Peter don't eat crayons, snack time is soon and food will be better. And it'll taste better too."
"The red ones taste like apples." Peter said seriously, offering one to her. At this point, Mrs. Appleton became frustrated and just walked away. Peter shrugged and continued to eat his crayons. "More for me."
"I thought she'd never leave!" Sirius laughed. "Do you think she believed me?"
"Definitely, mate." I laughed, patting him on the back. "Good job."
"This is going to be a fun year." Peter said to us and we all nodded in agreement.
"We need a nickname for our group." I suggested. "Any ideas?"
"How about the marauders?" Remus suggested. "It sounds cool, doesn't it?"
"Yeah!" Sirius grinned. "Marauders for life!" He stuck his hand in the middle of the table and we all piled our hands on top, laughing when we put them up in the air.
After what seemed like a million bazillion hours, it was time to go outside on the playground. I grinned as Lily stood by me in line and took my hand. "Hi." I grinned at her.
"Hi." She smiled back, blushing slightly. "I heard you tell your friends that you thought I was the prettiest girl you've ever seen, did you really mean it?"
I felt my cheeks grow red as I nodded. "I always mean what I say." I said seriously. "You're really pretty, Lily Evans."
"Thank you." She giggled, leaning up and kissing my cheek. "That's really sweet of you to say."
I nervously ran my free hand through my black hair before placing it on my cheek were she kissed it. "You're welcome." I said softly, pulling her outside. It was the first time in my life I can remember not knowing what to say. Lily Evans, the girl that took my red crayon, the girl with hair on fire, the girl with the beautiful green eyes, the girl that stole my heart.
"So..." Lily said as we walked around the playground, hand in hand. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"Nope. It's just me, my mum, and my dad. What about you?" I asked, wanting to know every single thing possible about this girl.
"I have one sister named Petunia, and a mummy and a daddy." She replied, smiling at me.
"Lily, do you want to be my girlfriend?" I blurted out without even thinking about it. This girl was driving me crazy!
She giggled and her cheeks flushed pink again. "I'd like that, but don't you think that we're a bit too young for that?"
"Not at all." I grinned at her, trying to remain cool. "I really like you, Lily Evans. And besides, we're already holding hands and you already kissed me..." I wanted to say I loved her, but I honestly wasn't even sure what love was. I knew I loved my mum and dad, but this was different.
"I kissed your cheek! That's different!" She laughed. "But sure. I'll be your girlfriend!" She kissed my cheek again.
"Brilliant!" I beamed, pulling her into a hug. "Lily? Is your hair on fire?" I asked seriously.
"No, James. It isn't." She laughed, pulling me over to the swing set. But I wasn't convinced.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it! I thought this would be a fun idea to do, so I thought I'd try it out. I'm probably going to be continuing this, but I'm not sure when yet. Please leave reviews and let me know if you like it or if I should continue! Also, please let me know if you think I should add magic or keep it all muggle-based, thanks!