The Tutor

Summary: Lily is doing badly in one of her classes, and seeks a tutor.

Chapter One: Upside Down

"Potter!" Lily Evans screamed. "Get me down from here!"

She was upside down about fifteen feet in the air with her wand on the ground underneath her. James had put a spell on her when she rejected him yet again.

Yeah, this'll make me like him. Lily thought sarcastically. He's sooo mature.

Lily Evans was one of the smartest girls at Hogwarts. No. She was the smartest girl at Hogwarts. She had long, wavy red hair with the stereotypical temper to go with it. She also had bright green eyes that were currently glaring at the most annoying creature ever to walk the planet, in her opinion.

"Not until you say you'll go out with me," James bargained. "I'll let you down now, and I'll pick you up at seven."

Lily frowned up at him. Which was really glaring down at him because she was upside down.

James Potter was arrogant, pompous, conceited, stupid, ignorant, and egotistical. All things that Lily could not stand. He had jet black hair that ever looked brushed, but in an attractive way (although Lily didn't think so yet), chocolate brown eyes, and a permanent smug grin stuck on his face.

"I'd rather stay up here forever." Lily said, the blood rushing to her head.

"Alright, whatever you say…" James said, walking away.

"Stop! Get me down!" Lily yelled at him, her face now growing even redder than her hair.

"So, is seven good?"

"NO!"

"Lily!" a familiar voice called.

"Bridget! Help me down!" Lily called to one of her best friends.

Bridget Johnson ran over next to James and glared at him. Then she got out her wand and stared at it. Then she frowned, Lily groaned, and James laughed.

"You don't know the spell." Lily moaned.

"You could help me out a little!" Bridget called up to her.

Lily told her the spell, and after much protesting from James, Bridget said the spell and Lily fell to the ground.

"Thanks, Bee." Lily said, as her friend helped her up.

Bridget Johnson was the kinda girl that made your self-esteem drop at least ten notches just by being in the same room as her. She had medium length blonde hair that looked like she stole it from a movie star, and bright, electric blue eyes. She wasn't the brightest, but she was nice, funny, flirty, charming and had the best smile at Hogwarts. Needless to say, she was a guy magnet. This would be a good thing, because she changed boyfriends almost as much as she changed her expensive, preppy clothes.

Just then, Claire Huntington rushed up.

"You couldn't have come a minute sooner, could you?" Lily asked, brushing the dirt off of her robes.

Claire was the quiet one in the group. She was really smart, the fourth in her class, after Lily, and those two morons-who-never-did-any-work Marauders. She had long wavy hair and her mom had just let her put a spell on her eyes so she wouldn't have to wear glasses anymore, and her big brown eyes stood out more than ever. She had gotten a few more guys' attention, but not from the one she wanted.

"I'm sorry I'm not all smart brainy like you guys," Bridget said sarcastically.

"If you were 'smart brainy', you would have let me get her down, because you would know that me and her were meant to be," James said, and three pairs of eyes rolled simultaneously.

"She's down! James got a date with Lily!" Sirius said, as he and Remus ran up to James and punched his shoulder playfully.

Sirius Black was in any teenage girl's words: 'sigh'. He had perfect dark brown hair and eyes the color of a stormy ocean. He was outgoing, funny, charming, and had a different snogging buddy almost every day.

"No," James said angrily, "I don't."

"Why not?" Sirius asked.

"Ask Johnson," James said, growling.

"Oh please, James," Lily said, rolling her eyes, "You can't force someone to go out with you."

"She does have a point," Remus told him.

Remus Lupin was the bookworm of the boys. He had short, light brown hair and light, gray eyes. He wasn't as much of a hit with the girls as James or Sirius, but he's had his times. But never with the one girl that he wanted.

"Don't worry," James said, "I'll make it happen."

"Ugh," Lily ughed.

"Hey, Lily," an incredibly hott voice called. "I saw you out the window and came down to help. But I see you're on the ground again."

"Hey, thanks, Logan," Lily smiled.

Logan Wood. He was a blond haired, blue-eyed, Quidditch playing, hottie. But in a different way than Sirius and James. The Marauders have the bad boy factor, and Logan had the preppy, pretty boy factor. He was tall and always looked like he just walked off of a photo shoot.

"Hey, Logan," James said coolly.

James hated Logan. Not only was he the perfect, annoying, pretty boy that always got James' skin crawling, but Lily liked him. And he liked Lily. Not that James didn't want Lily happy, its just he only wanted her to be happy with him.

"Hey, James," Logan said, giving James a high five. "Good job last game."

Oh yeah, he also unrightfully the Gryffindor team captain. It was James's sixth year, he was easily the best player on the team, and he deserved to be captain. Not stupid seventh year Wood.

"Walk you to class?" Logan asked, holding his arm out.

"Sure," Lily giggled.

Giggled? Lily just giggled, James thought in disbelief.

Lily took Logan's outstretched arm and left for her next class.

"Hey!" Bridget called out to them. "We always walk to Transfiguration together!"

"You could always walk with me," Sirius suggested.

Bridget just rolled her eyes and left by herself.

"Wait!" Sirius said, following her, as James and Remus laughed.

A/N: Well, hope you liked it. I'll get more into the plot in the next chapter, which I will start as soon as I'm finished this author's note. So, I'll go as fast as my busy-ish schedule will allow. :-)