Author's Note: I've been reading Lily and James stories for about the past month now and I couldn't resist writing one on my own. I hope none of you feel as if I'm taking your idea because, honestly, this just came to me and I had to write it before I lost it. I hope you like it and uhm have...fun? Oh and I'd appreciate anyone pointing out any grammatical mistakes or anything that goes against what J.K. Rowling says.

Disclaimer I do not own Harry Potter (the story as well as the character).

Lily Evans held a great number of attributes, which were adored and envied by those around her, such as her sense of humor, willpower, strength, intelligence, independence, leadership, and especially judgment.

However, she held qualities that many people did not approve of, such as sarcasm, spite, and most of all, her ability to hold grudges, for when Lily Evans held a grudge, she never let it die.

Her bad attributes warded people away, and only four people out of the entire school tried to see the good.

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"REMUS LUPIN!" Professor McGonagall shouted from the front of the room. "I expect such behavior from your colleagues…" she sent a glare to James Potter and Sirius Black. "However, I thought you above such nonsense!"

Remus looked shyly (and with hidden pride) at the picture of Severus Snape stripped to his undergarments.

Professor McGonagall saw no reason for pride in this, and Severus Snape SEETHED with anger.

Lily Evans stared in shock at Remus. She had known he was a Marauder, and friends with the three greatest pranksters in the school. He had admitted several times that he enjoyed pranking. Yet it never ceased to amaze her each time he pulled a new trick.

The Slytherins were laughing even harder than the Gryffindors at the ridiculous picture of Severus.

The bell rang at last, just as McGonagall yelled "20 POINTS FROM BOTH GRYFFINDOR AND SLYTHERIN! AND DETENTION FOR A WEEK REMUS LUPIN, IN HERE EVERY NIGHT FROM 7 TO 10!"

Before she could scream any more, everyone rushed our.

Lily did not usually go down to lunch. She, instead, snuck to the kitchens after classes to eat. She found that as a more balanced schedule for her metabolism as well as health.

Today, however, two pairs of arms grabbed her before she could climb the staircase to the Portrait Hole.

Remus stood in front of her, with piteous Peter Pettigrew sulking behind him. The two other Marauders were the ones who grabbed her.

Remus was dashingly handsome. In Lily's opinion, he was the best looking out of the three, with his flowing, shoulder-length blond hair and piercing slate colored eyes. He, at least, LOOKED intelligent. The other three were the type who looked oblivious if not, put bluntly, stupid.

James was exceedingly handsome, Lily grudgingly admitted. He had unkempt hair, which Lily suspected he did on purpose, and kind brown eyes, the kind you could stare into for hours and hours.

Sirius had shaggy, curly black hair. He was the greatest troublemaker and, somehow, he managed to be a genius.

Poor Peter Lily thought. He was the only chubby one out of the Marauders. A slow mind with a body to match.

"LILY!" Remus whined. "The lot of us have been at this school for three years now, beginning our fourth, and you have yet to eat lunch with a friend!"

"That, Remus Lupin, is because of the simple fact that I…have…no…friends!" Her emerald green eyes glared at him maliciously. "Now, may I suggest that you command your GOONS to release me before I take my want and…"

She stared in horror as her wand slowly and tauntingly floated to Remus's hand.

"NOW, will you come along willingly, or do we have to force you?" James asked.

Lily admitted defeat, thought she would not enjoy it. Throughout her entire lunch, she ate nothing and said nothing, spending most of her time sending death glares at the Marauders. Those had no effect on any of them, except Peter, who flinched slightly each time.

"Lily!" Sirius whined. "DO stop before you send Peter on a first class trip to Saint Mungos! Why are you being so…so…"

"Dreadful?" Lily offered. "Contemptible? Obnoxious? Unpleasant? Cantankerous? Down right, bloody DIFFICULT? I like being alone, Sirius, and you bloody lot have disrupted one of the few times of the day I get to be COMPLETLEY alone."

James shook his head pityingly. "Really, Lily. Are you going to hate us for trying to be your friend?" he groaned.

Lily's glare softened, going down notches until it was completely gone.

"See?" Remus beamed. "If you TRIED, at the least, to be amiable, then you could have a great time. After all, we are NOT bad people Lily."

Lily shook her head. "Remus, Remus, Remus," she muttered. Then, without another word, she grabbed her wand from his robe pockets, leapt up, and dashed to the Gryffindor girl's dormitories.

There were cries of surprise and dismay from the four boys, who all got up and chased after her.

Lily, for her weak body, had strong legs. She was fast, but not THAT fast.

After all, James WAS a chaser on the Quidditch team.

Not only that, but he was great with charms and transfigurations.

It wasn't long before she turned a corner and found James and Sirius there, with Remus and Peter closing in behind her. She was trapped.

"What is the BIG DEAL?" Lily practically screamed. She was beginning t get frustrated and angry. She didn't understand the reason for their desperate pursuit.

James and Sirius looked hurt, Remus upset, and Peter scared.

"We just want to be your friend," Sirius muttered.

"Well you're going about it all the wrong way," Lily seethed, attempting to calm down. "Invite me to a social event, ask me to join you to study, question me about homework, but DON'T force me to eat lunch with you! How PATHETIC is that?"

The boys, slightly embarrassed, looked up the stairs, at Severus coming towards them.

"AH LILY!" she shouted gleefully. Lily stood, rooted to the spot with shock, unable to respond when slimly, grease ball Snape HUGGED HER.

That was the last straw, just as she started swearing profusely, an obnoxious bell began ringing. That was even worse. Lily began shaking with anger.

Or was she?

She woke in a cold sweat to her alarm clock beeping, signaling exactly 5:30 AM.

It had only been a dream, an odd, estranged dream.

She could understand Lupin speaking to her and asking her to eat lunch with him. He was her friend after all. But Potter, Black, and Pettigrew? They had never even bothered to send a glance her way.

And SNAPE hugging her? Disgusting! As much as she didn't WANT to hate him, she couldn't stand people who called muggle-borns mudbloods. Not that she cared what people thought of her, she was considering the feelings of those other muggle-borns around her.

With a sigh and a dreadful knowledge that the day was not a promising one, she climbed out of bed.