ames & Lily. Pre Harry.
I got my inspiration for this from How I Met Your Mother season 8 Episode entitled The Robin.
Disclaimer: I'm not claiming to own anything Harry Potter related, The characters, the world and the whole concept belongs to J K Rowling, I'm just a huge fan using my own imagination. Not to publish or plagiarize someone else's work. Some characters have been written in as family members of characters mentioned in Miss Rowling's series.
It was the start of James Potter's seventh year, and he knew that this year, things would be different. He boarded the scarlet steam engine train and heard a loud bang. He quickly moved out of the way to see a slytherin student running down the corridor, only it seemed he had suddenly sprouted a pair of donkey's ears. He smirked.
"Padfoot," he cheered as he clapped his best friend on the back.
Sirius grinned and moved into an empty compartment.
"I thought it suited him rather well," Sirius laughed.
James laughed a little and shoved his trunk into the overhead storage compartment. The door opened and they were joined by their best friends Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
"How was your summer Remus?" asked Sirius sitting down and putting his feet up on the opposite seat.
Remus sat down opposite Sirius and stretched.
"The same as usual, wrote a lot of letters." said Remus.
"A new ladyfriend?" Sirius teased.
"No, Lily wrote to me often." Remus admitted and looked at James.
James looked back at his friend, knowing what Remus was silently getting at.
Just before they broke up for the summer holidays, James and Lily hadn't exactly ended the year on the best of terms.
Lily was tired of constantly being asked out by James Potter. She found him arrogant, big headed and full of himself. So it came as a surprise to her when he wrote her a note in charms class that day asking her to meet him after class. She guessed it was yet another attempt to get her to go out with him. So she sighed, wrote that she would, only to plan what she was going to say for the millionth time. She always used the same speech when it came to one of James Potter's 'go out with' talks.
When the bell rang, she picked up her books and met James at the door to the classroom.
"Potter, it's been six years and you still won't take no for an answer?" she asked.
James looked down at her.
"No Evans, I just wanted to tell you that I'm done." he said.
Lily blinked.
"Your done what?" she frowned.
"Trying to get you. You're right. It's time for me to move on. Find someone else," he said.
Lily looked flabbergasted. This had completely taken her by surprise. James Potter was giving up on her.
"Wow, it only took you six years to listen to me." she said.
James smiled slightly.
"I don't think I can take much more rejection from you, I mean you didn't even give me a chance when that's all I ever wanted. I guess you're too stubborn to actually see that people aren't always what they seem," said James.
He knew that when the corner of her eyes and jawline had tightened he had said the wrong thing. He had just made her angry by insulting her.
"Well then Potter if that's what you really think of me, then I suppose you had a lucky escape." she growled.
"Not really much of an escape is it? You've been telling me no for the past six years," James stated.
"I hope you don't contract dragon's pox over the summer Potter, but then again if you do, I won't have to put up with you next year." Lily snapped.
James narrowed his eyes.
"Have a nice summer, Evans." he said bitterly as Lily stalked off to catch up with her friends.
He felt like such an idiot, that conversation hadn't gone the way he wanted. His plan hadn't gone off the way he wanted. He had one more year left to get her to go out with him, and seeing as his current method hadn't won her heart for the past six years, he thought that by making her think he had lost interest in the chase, she might see him in a different light. But as usual, he said the wrong thing and couldn't stop himself from because he always said it before he thought of the consequences. She still saw him as an arrogant toerag.
But he was determined not to give up just yet. He'd leave her to the summer, then keep his distance next year.
"So, what was Lily upto this summer?" asked Peter.
"She got made head girl," said Remus.
James groaned. His plan wasn't going to work now.
"What's up Prongs?" asked Sirius.
"Dumbledore gave me the Head Boy position," James groaned.
Sirius blinked then burst into a fit of laughter.
"You? You got made- That's the most hilarious thing I've heard," Sirius guffawed.
James kicked his best friend in the leg.
"It might make you a little more mature," Remus noted.
"James and mature don't go in the same sentence," Peter said.
"Thanks Wormtail," said James grumpily.
Lily passed their compartment. Her almond shaped eyes briefly met James's gaze. Her face showing no emotion. She just stared at him coldly like she always had done, perhaps more coldly than ever before.
"You really hurt her," Remus muttered.
James looked at his friend and smiled "Don't worry Remus, I guarantee that Lily Evans will be singing a different tune come graduation," he mused confidently.