Okay, so, the song 'Gives You Hell' by the All-American Rejects came on the radio the other day and I was instantly inspired to write a Lily/James story.

Enjoy!

Oh, and I'm also very disappointed with the amount of reviews that 'How It Happened' currently has. Five-hundred and fifty one hits and only nine reviews. Wow.

Gives You Hell

Chapter 1

[Plans]

"I will never, never say yes to you, Potter! Never! When will you get that through your thick skull?"

James scratched the back of his head, biting his lip.

"Lily-"

"I don't want to hear anything that comes out of your mouth. Why don't you just do me a favor and leave me the fuck alone?"

He sighed when the quill in his hand split in half and poked his palm painfully.

"Evans!"

"Fuck off, Potter."

Giving up, he threw his textbook and parchment off of his bed and buried his face in his hands. He wished that he could go back to dinner and fix everything. He had never meant to cause Lily so much distress. Even if he didn't have a clue of what he had done to make her so upset.

There was soft knocking on the door of the dormitory, and then Remus poked his head in. He looked worried. "James? Are you alright?"

"Come in, Moony," James replied, flopping down on his back.

Remus walked in and quietly closed the door behind him. He turned and forced a smile at James. "Uhm…I was just coming to check on you. We were worried."

"The door's been open; you could've come up sooner."

"Yes, well, Sirius told me that you probably wanted some alone time." He glanced around the room nervously and then took a seat at the edge of James' bed. "James, are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just great."

"I'm sorry. I really am. Lily had no right to say any of those things. Something must've upset her before you came along. I've never seen her act like that."

"Me either."

"I don't know where she is. Mary's gone, as well, and neither Alice nor Marlene will tell anyone anything. Sirius even kissed Marlene to try and get something out of her." He shook his head, chuckling almost silently. "You should've heard some of the things that Sirius was saying about her-"

"I deserved it, didn't I?"

Remus looked up in surprise. "W-what?"

"What she said. I deserved it. I mean, I've done so many terrible things to her the past six years. Embarrassed her in front of everyone. I deserved to be told those things."

"No, James, what she said was completely out of line. Trust me."

"It wasn't, though, Moony. She's smarter than I am. She knows what she's talking about." He groaned. "I'm never going to be able to talk to her again."

Remus opened his mouth to reply, but suddenly the door busted open and in strolled Sirius and Peter. Sirius was looking rather happy, and his hands were up in the air as if he had done something heroic. Peter closed the door behind them and Sirius skipped into the middle of the room. "Guess who just came up with the most wonderful way to get that bitch Evans back?" he sang, twirling around in a circle.

James rolled his eyes. "I have no reason to 'get her back', Padfoot-"

"Shush, Prongsie! You're just in shock." He stopped dancing and took a seat next to Remus on the end of the bed. "So, Mary and Lily both just returned from what I assume is the girls' bathroom about five minutes ago, and Lily was an absolute mess. Lots of tears." He waved his hand dismissively. "But that's not the point. The thing is, she's regretting what she said. And I understand why she would, because what she did was absolutely cold-hearted."

"Sirius, where are you going with this?" James asked.

"Be quiet! What I was saying is that you need to get her back. Do something completely devious." He clapped his hands together. "And I, being the genius that I am, came up with the perfect plan." His eyes met James' and he bounced up and down excitedly. "Make her jealous."

"Make her jealous." James looked completely un-phased. "There's nothing to make her jealous about, though-"

"Oh, but there is. It's obvious she has a thing for you, Prongs. I mean, you didn't see how hard she was crying. She felt really bad about it."

"Okay, well, even if she did feel bad about it, you have no proof that she actually likes me. And I would never sink to that kind of level."

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?"

"Sirius, I don't really think that Lily will be very upset about seeing James snogging a bunch of other girls," Remus piped up. "She's made it very clear that she's not interested in him. This plan makes no sense."

"Did anyone ask you, Moony?"

"Maybe he has a point, though," James thought aloud, tapping his chin thoughtfully. "What if his plan actually worked?"

"Come on, James, you're not honestly thinking about doing this, are you? It's ridiculous."

"Ridiculously brilliant," Sirius murmured.

"Lily won't get hurt, right?" James asked.

"Not any more than she hurt you, mate."

"James!"

"Moony, shush!"

"Sirius!"

"I'm in."

"I knew you would be."

xXxXx

[Beginning]

James stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked into the common room, which was currently buzzing with activity. He was covered in mud and rain, and his robes were dragging dirt and water in. His glasses were fogging up and his uniform felt like it weight hundreds of pounds with all of the water it had soaked up during the Quidditch match, which they had just won.

"Hey! It's James!"

The common room suddenly erupted into cheers and applause. James smiled and waved to the few people he could see. The rest of the Quidditch team dragged themselves through the portrait hole and into the room, and the crowd went even wilder. Someone grabbed James' hand and pulled him into the throng of people.

He peered through his glasses and saw that it was Angela Rode, a very attractive sixth-year prefect. He smiled at her and she batted her eyes flirtatiously at him. "That was a really amazing game," she purred, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Thanks. We all worked really hard to win." His eyes searched the room for a sign of the red-head who he really needed to be there.

"I think that you did the best job, though."

He looked back down at her and groaned slightly. She was extremely close to him. Dangerously close. And she was so pretty. But Lily needed to be there. She had to, or the whole point would be lost.

"James?"

There she was! Congratulating one of the Beaters near the window. He grabbed Angela's arm and pulled her feet away from where she was, and then crushed his lips against hers. She responded so quickly and so passionately that he had to keep himself from opening his eyes in surprise. His arms automatically curled themselves around her waist and she pushed herself closer to him, closing all of the distance between them.

Her hands raked through his hair hungrily and, not knowing what else to do, he let his hands wander further down her back.

"Disgusting."

It was Lily. He heard her footsteps storm away and up the stairs leading to the Head Boy and Girl common room and dormitories. He would've given anything in the world to go with her, but currently he had a girl wrapped around him.

It was nearly ten minutes later when they pulled themselves apart, and James' head was spinning from lack of air. Angela had on a pleased smile and she ruffled his hair affectionately. "Good game, James. I'll see you around."

He watched her canter off, his mouth hanging wide open.

Okay, I hope that was alright! I know that it wasn't the best, but hopefully the next chapters will be better and longer. But, then again, I am famous for my ridiculously irritating short chapters.

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