Disclaimer: I have never owned the genius that is Harry Potter. I will never own it, no matter how much I beg for it. This story and it's chapters are mine, though. If you steal, I will get you. Just kidding.

Chapter One

Every time we're down

You can make it right

That's what makes you larger than life

Larger than life- Backstreet Boys

"Lily!" I heard a voice call. Annoyed, I turned my head to be greeted with the sight of my two best friends.

Maria and Haydeé strolled over to my table. I found it was way too early for them to be talking in such excited voices. Honestly, who was this excited in the morning?

Maria was the first to reach me. She looked way too excited for her own good. Her dark brown hair was billowing behind her from her running over. I noticed that today she wore a very cute outfit. Luckily, since it was a Hogsmeade weekend, we were allowed to be dressed in Muggle clothing. Her icy blue eyes, I noted, were lined with black eyeliner. I squealed at her whole look. Maria never dressed to please anyone. She always told us her mantra, "COMFORT, COMFORT, and even more COMFORT!"

Today, however, she was dressed to the nines in chic clothing. Dressed for warm spring-summer weather, she wore a white and black dress that was short and cute. Then, I looked at her feet, each toe was perfectly manicured with royal blue nail polish. She wore black sandals that went perfectly with her outfit. (A/N: OUTFITS ON MY PROFILE!!!)

"You are looking gorgeous!" I said as she sat next to me.

"Yes, she is!" Haydeé exclaimed, finally having reached us. "And you want to know why our girl is all dolled up?"

"Why?" I asked in excitement.

Haydeé smiled at me, before replying, "Our little baby Maria has got herself a date!"

Maria blushed at Haydeé's comment, before looking down at her feet.

"Maria!" I cried. "I'm so happy for you!"

And, in fact, I was happy for her. Maria was extremely introverted and hadn't had a boyfriend since fifth year. Now, at the end of our sixth year, I couldn't be any happier for my closest friend.

"Now, who is it?" I asked. I took a rather large bite of toast as I awaited her answer.

Maria mumbled a name as she looked down at her plate. I swallowed before speaking again.

"I'm sorry, who?" I said, before I took a large gulp of pumpkin juice.

"Remus Lupin." Maria said, a tad louder.

With surprise coursing through my body, I happened to spit out my juice. It landed everywhere within a five foot radius. People glared as they looked at the mess. I grimaced at the mess I created.

"Sorry!" I said to everyone nearby as I attempted to clean up the spilled juice.

"Now, Lilykins, what did you do this time?" I heard as I wiped down the table with a napkin.

I looked up to see Sirius Black standing beside me with a smirk on his face. I rolled my eyes at him and he grinned crookedly at me.

"Come and sit, Sirius!" I said with a smile at my best friend. He listened to my wishes and sat beside me before grabbing a plate and piling it with eggs.

"You excited for your date, my dear Maria?" Sirius asked with his mouth rather full.

Maria blushed, while Haydeé and I laughed. "That would be a yes." Haydeé said, sending a flirtatious smile to Sirius. He smiled back at her, charmingly.

Sirius and Haydeé weren't a couple, but they sure acted like it. Neither one liked to be tied down very much, so they only snogged each other a few times. They may have even shagged, but neither would tell us how far they went. Sirius always came back to her after he dated girl after girl. I always thought it was because he was in love with her, but he could also just like her for her beauty. Haydeé was from a very Greek family and she was certainly beautiful. She had this gorgeous olive tanned skin and very shockingly light blonde hair. Her eyes were a clean ocean colored blue that invited just about anyone in. Her teeth were a perfect shade of white and they went well with her skin tone. I was always envious of her. She was deemed perfect in my book. Can't you just feel the jealously rolling off me?

"Sirius, where're the others?" Maria asked when her cheeks returned to their normal pallid color.

"Prongs and Moony are on their way here. I haven't got a clue where Wormtail is. He's been acting rather loony lately." Sirius said before he took another huge bite of food into his mouth. "But...Wormtail's always been a bit of a nutter."

I ate the last bite of my toast before wiping my mouth.

"Well, I better be off. I have to get ready for the Hogsmeade trip!" I said before getting up.

"Oi, Lily!" Sirius called as I walked away. He was walking towards me.

I turned back towards him. "Yes?"

"Meet us at the entrance!" He said. I gave him a confused look. Then, in a whisper, he said, "Remus and Maria's date is going to be with us. He's a tad nervous. He wants it to be with everyone."

"By everyone, you mean…?"

"I mean you, me, Haydeé, Remus, Peter, Maria, and James." Sirius said. "You can bring Amos, too, if you'd like."

"And James?" I asked, groaning a bit. However, I did like the thought of bringing Amos, my boyfriend.

"And James." Sirius said with finality.

I huffed. "But why?"

"Did you honestly just ask me, why?" Sirius asked me. Lily nodded her head, yes.

"Yes, Sirius, I did. Now, stop joking around and tell me why James Potter has to join us!"

"Lily, James is my best mate. He goes where I go and vice versa. You need to get over your dislike for him and attempt to be nice." He said. Then in a kidding voice, he said, "I know it's going to be hard for you to do, but you need to get over this. He's not a bad guy, Lils. You're being childish about this."

"Sirius, just leave me alone!" I said before storming out of the Great Hall.

"Lils, you know you love me!" He yelled at my retreating body.

And with my luck, I had to run into somebody just as I was exiting the room. The body I ran into was chiseled and hard. I just wanted to run my hands all over their skin. I looked up to be greeted with wide hazel eyes. Then, I retracted my gaze from the eyes and realized who I was looking at. James Potter stood before me with a smile painted on his face. I almost smiled back because I was so surprised.

"Hello Lily!" James said in his beautiful British accent. I may have disliked James, but I couldn't deny that I didn't find him attractive.

"Hi" I ground out.

"Hi Lils!" Remus said as he passed by.

"Hello Remus, see you lot in a little while." I called before I stormed up to the Gryffindor tower.

"Lily!" I heard as I was on the staircase. I almost kept going because I had a feeling it may have been Amos or James. I wanted to ignore both of them.

I whirled around to be greeted with the sight of my gorgeous boyfriend. Amos Diggory was extremely attractive. He had this gorgeous brown hair and a pair of kind eyes. Amos picked me up in a hug before planting a kiss on my lips. I smiled at him, but I knew what I felt. No spark. However, I knew if I broke up with him, I'd be pretty loss. I considered him one of my closest friends, besides Maria, Sirius, and Haydeé.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him in my direction.

"So, what are you planning on doing today?" I asked.

"Well, I wanted to stay here and finish my homework. Then, I was going to go to Hogsmeade, just to get some Honeydukes." Amos said, nonchalantly.

Amos must have noticed my face falling because then, he asked, "Why?"

"Oh, well, Sirius and my lot were planning on going to Three Broomsticks. You know?" I said as I looked down at my robes.

"How about I meet you there? Once I've finished all my work, yeah?" Amos offered.

"Ok…" I said. "See you." I said before he leaned down and gave me a kiss. Again, no freaking spark. Damn, what the hell was I supposed to do?

Sighing, I made my way to the Gryffindor Common Room. I traveled up the Girl's staircase and into the sixth year room.

"Ok, you left the Great Hall like ten minutes ago. How did I beat you here?" Haydeé asked when she caught sight of my standing in the doorway.

"I saw Amos." I sighed.

"You still don't know what to do about him?" Haydeé groaned. "God, just break up with him already. Have some fun for once! You've been dating him since fifth year. And even then, you had no spark. Lily, he's graduating this year. He'll probably ask you to marry him!"

"I can't break up with him though, I don't know how and to be honest, I don't know if I want to…" I said, shrugging.

I fell onto my comfy bed as I tried to think of some coherent thoughts. I was still unsure of what breaking up with Amos would do. I didn't know if I loved him or what. I shot off my bed, hoping to get all Amos related thought out of my head.

"Well, I know that I want you to break up with that arsehole. Amos Diggory is a pompous git who doesn't know shit." Haydeé said.

"Hey, you're talking about my boyfriend, you know!"

"I don't care. You need to get rid of him, Lils." Haydeé said.

"And why's that?" I asked, turning to my trunk for something to wear.

"James is still in love with you." Haydeé said simply as she combed a brush through her gorgeous locks.

"Oh, piss off." I replied. I pulled out a top and showed it to her. "You think I could pull this off?"

"Uh, I don't know, try it on." She suggested. I listened and changed into the shirt. We both looked at it and shook our heads. NO WAY! It was too tight, even on my thin body. I felt too constricted in it. I took it off with annoyance before turning back towards my trunk.

"Ugh. I don't know what to wear." I said.

"Well, Maria and I planned on wearing dresses." Haydeé said.

"Yeah, but I don't wear those, Deé."

"You always look so pretty in them, though." Haydeé replied. She put on her dress. It was a crisp dress, blue at the top and striped floral. Only Haydeé could pull that kind of dress off. It looked perfect on her.

I pulled out my favorite sweater crop top and pulled it on. It showed a bit of my midriff, but in a cute way, not at all trashy. Then, I grabbed a pair of shorts and put them on as well.

"Lily, please wear a dress!" Haydeé said as she did her makeup. She was only putting on a bit of mascara to her already long eyelashes.

"Nope, I'm wearing this." I said, showing Deé my outfit.

"That looks really cute, but I'd rather you wear a dress. So…if you let me do your makeup and you wear a pair of my heels, I'll let you slide." Haydeé offered.

I sighed and agreed. Haydeé found me a pair of patent leather pumps and forced me to put them on. "You look cuter in them than you would in flats!"

So, there I was, standing in shorts, a sweater, and heels. Haydeé did my makeup, putting a lot of eyeliner on my eyes and dark eye shadow. Then, she straightened my hair, creating layers in my hair. The heels made my tall, thin frame look even taller. My legs looked ten miles longer.

"I look really harsh." I said as I looked in the mirror.

"No, you don't, Lils. What are you talking about?" She asked as she looked at me, too, in the mirror.

"I just don't look like myself, I don't know." I answered as I looked at my face. I never wore makeup, so wearing a ton looked really different on my skin. That kind of makeup always looked good on everyone else, but not on me. It just didn't seem to fit me.

Haydeé looked up at the clock and swore. "Damn it, we're supposed to meet everyone downstairs in five minutes."

"Well, then, let's go!" I said, hopping on my bed.

Haydeé put a hand up as if she were asking me to stop. "Hold on, we need some perfume first."

"Deé, I really don't care about smelling like a flower. Amos likes me just fine without it." I replied as she started spraying the both of us with her flowery perfume.

"He'd like you a lot more if you smelled better." Haydeé replied with a smile. She grabbed my arm and looped it into hers. "Now, let's go. Maria's going to be wondering where we are."

We all but ran to the Great Hall, knowing everyone would be upset that they had to wait for us.

"Hey guys!" Haydeé said as we neared them little group. I noticed that among the people were: Sirius, Remus, Maria, Frank Longbottom, Alice, Edgar Bones, and Riley Hawthorne.

"Where's Lily?" Sirius asked jokingly when we reached him. Then, he looked at me. "Lilykins, is that you?" He laughed.

"Do I look weird, Sirius?" I asked, feeling selfconsious.

Sirius laughed, long and hard.

"No, just the opposite, Lily, you look great. James would have to agree." Sirius said.

"Where is that prat, by the way?" I asked, noticing that James wasn't there.

"Him and Peter wanted to stop at Honeydukes before going to the Hog's Head. They're going to meet us there." He explained, ignoring my name for James.

"Oh damn, I thought I was going to be blessed to not have to deal with him today." I sighed.

"Honestly, Lily, you're being a bit of an annoying pansy. James is my best mate and he really hasn't done anything to bother you…at least this year." Sirius said.

I was quiet for a moment, taking in what Sirius said.

"Actually, you're right…." I said after a while. "He's sort of left me alone this year."

"Yes, I think after what you said to him last year, he's a little hurt. You didn't have to be so mean."

"I had to be mean. It was the only thing that would get that arrogant git off my back. He deserved it." I replied, a little offended that Sirius would say that.

"Yeah, but I didn't deserve it. I had to deal with him when he went through his little depression over the summer. You really don't realize how much he fancies you." Sirius retorted.

"I think I know how much he fancied me. He used to ask me out every bloody day." I snarked back.

"Not fancied, fancy. He still does, Lily."

"Well that's his problem. I'll love James Potter when pigs fly." I replied.

"I can make that happen!" Sirius said before he ran, knowing I'd try to hit him.

"Damn you, Sirius, it's hard to run in heels!" I yelled at his running form.

All I heard in response was Sirius's booming laugh.

"I'll get you back for this!" I cried, taking off my heels and sprinting after him.

Behind me, I heard the others asking how I was able to run so fast without shoes on.

"She's actually just an amazing runner." Haydeé said, laughing.

I inched closer to Sirius's running body and laughed when he heard me closer.

By this point, we were in Hogsmeade, running behind shops and around corners.

"Damn it!" He yelled. I had just reached him, grabbing him by the collar.

"You suck." I declared, breathing heavily. Sirius gasped for breath as I smacked his chest hard.

"You are not going to ever set up James and me!" I said.

"I promise I won't, just don't hurt me!" He squealed.

"Lily, what are you doing to my best mate?" I heard a voice ask from behind me.

"Save me, Prongs!" Sirius yelled. Prongs laughed loudly and gently took my hands and removed them from Sirius's collar.

"Thank you, Prongsie! How am I ever going to repay you?" Sirius asked, pretending to act like a damsel in distress. He flicked back his hair as if he were a girl and made a pouting face.

"How about a kiss?" James replied, laughing.

"Pucker up!" Sirius ordered.

Sirius threw his arms over James and pretended to kiss him. I was laughing so hard as I watched the scene unfold.

"I think I'm give you love birds some space." I said, backing away.

"No, Lily, we'll go with you." James said.

James walked fast enough so he could walk along side of me. I didn't ignore him, but I didn't talk to him. I never knew how to act around James. He went against everything I initially had thought about him.

When I first met him, I thought he would be nice, but then he teased Severus and me, so I didn't like him much. Then, in our third year, I found out he made fun of me because he fancied me. In fourth year, he asked me out every day. I said no each time, but I could see the determination in his eyes.

James would occasionally date other girls, but they would last about two weeks before they'd have some row and break up. James continued to ask me out until I yelled at him in our fifth year. I knew I really hurt him and that's why I did it. It would get him off my back. Now, he and I barely talked. He didn't ask me out. He just was there.

James Potter would always be a mystery to me.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'd really like to see what you all think of this story. If I get ten reviews, then I'll update. However, like Protecting Harry, I'll probably update every week, sometimes every two weeks.

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Luvinlifee