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A/N: I'm just a newbie so please take it easy on me. Please leave a review. Appreciate it. This was also posted on another fanfic site.
Sunset Romance
Chapter 1:
Lovelorn stares and scalding rejection
It was a cold rainy day and the Marauders lounged about in front of the fireplace. James looked around the crowded common room, searching for a certain red-head. Finally his eyes landed on a corner where she sat curled up in a chair. She skimmed through a book while absent-mindedly twirling loose strands of her brilliant fiery red hair around her finger. Her alluring emerald green eyes, fixed upon the book. She was so engrossed with her reading that she was oblivious to James Potter's longing stares and lovelorn sighs.
James was in love her ever since he laid his eyes on her. He was head-over-heels in love with the feisty beauty that is Lily Evans. She had everything he wanted in a girl; she was smart, gutsy, responsible, talented, beautiful, spunky, charismatic, and the list goes on and on. To James, she was the exact quintessence of perfection. Only problem was, Lily didn't really like him much, no, she despises him. Sure, James was handsome with his extremely fit body (He was, of course, the star player of the Gryffindor Quidditch team), his charming hazel eyes and his boyish face but Lily overlooked that part since she thought of him as an arrogant, smug git who played pranks on unknowing people.
James stood up, dusted his robes, ruffled his messy jet black hair and strode over to Lily.
"Hello Evans" James grinned.
"What do you want Potter?" Lily said coldly, not even bothering to look up from her book.
"Go out with me?" James asked expectantly.
Lily looked up at him and said, "No."
"Please?" James pouted.
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"Pretty please with sugar on top?"
"No."
"Pretty, pretty please with sugar and ice cream on top?"
"I said No, Potter"
"Come on, Evans! I've asked you out every single day since first year."
Lily shut her book and stood up. She was a bit shorter than James. "I'd rather date the Giant Squid than go out with you."
"Come on! Just one date?"
"NO!"
"Why not?"
"Because you're an annoying prat." Lily went off in a huff, leaving James to watch her as she disappeared up the stairs to the Girls' Dormitory.
"Tough luck, mate." Sirius said patting James on the shoulder. "Why don't you ask one of the girls in the "James Potter Fan Club" out on a date?" He elbowed his best friend in the ribs.
"Padfoot, Lily Evans is the only girl for James Potter." James sighed as Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Oh don't be so morose, Prongs. Lily'll say yes, sooner or later." Remus said offering him a smile.
"I hope so, Moony."
Lily collapsed down on her bed, her face buried on her pillow.
"He is such an idiot." She yawned and rolled over on her side. She noticed something glittering on her bedside table.
"What's this?" she asked herself and took the red glittery box. "To Lily" the note had said and she untied the gold ribbon. Inside was a silver necklace. Lily slowly held it up to the moonlight and studied the pendant. It was an emerald shaped like a tear drop.
Lily couldn't imagine who would give it to her. She searched the box once more, looking for any clue that showed who it was from but was unlucky.
Lily lied down on her bed, thinking. She rolled over and was almost instantly enveloped by sleep and dreams of James Potter.
"Lily…I love you." The sun was setting. Lilly was standing behind a tall, gangly figure. She couldn't see his face nor can she distinguish his voice. She drew closer and next thing she knew, he was kissing her.
THUD.
"OW!" Lily found herself on the floor in the girls' dormitory.
"mmwahapnd?" Jenny asked groggily poking her head out from her curtains.
"I fell off my bed. Go back to sleep." Lily muttered as she stood up. She looked out of the window and saw the sun rising in the horizon. "It was just…a dream."
A/N: Well...that's it for the first chapter. Please review! Thanks!