A/N: I don't own Harry Potter.
I had a lot of fun writing this. Any immaturity on Lily's part can be explained by the fact that I set this during their first year. Any immaturity on the part of the Marauders can be explained by the fact that they are the Marauders.
Written for the Quotes Challenge quotes #59 and #37 and the prompt "detention".
James Potter had known from the second he laid eyes on her that Lily Evans was the girl for him. Convincing her of this fact was proving to be quite a bit more difficult.
She wanted nothing to do with him.
That didn't mean that he was about to give up.
"Please?"
"No!"
"Come on, Evans! It's Valentine's Day!"
"Okay, you want a valentine? Roses are red, violets are blue, I think you're crazy, and you smell like poo."
"That wasn't a valentine!"
"Get over yourself, Potter!"
It was left to his friends to cheer him up afterwards.
Remus was less than successful.
"She'll come around eventually. Patience is a virtue, you know."
"Patience is for wimps."
Sirius had much more success.
"Do you know why she doesn't see how awesome you are? She's being blinded by Snivellus! Nobody can see with all of that grease around!"
"You're… you're right! That must be it!"
What occurred next insured that James Potter and Sirius Black could be found in detention every night for the rest of the week.
