A/N: this was just an idea that came to me. I hope you like it since I haven't ever written a Lily and James fic and it has been a while since I've written a HP story. Please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters. If I did, I would not be writing this; I would be buying a very pretty car. Just kidding…maybe…

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Chapter 1

Could he be any more annoying or infuriating? Never mind he probably would find a way to be even more of a prick than he already was. He would fall into step with her while she was patrolling the halls asking her a myriad of stupid and pointless questions only to be met with the same response again and again. "Shut up Potter!" It was like an automatic switch in her head went off whenever he stepped within ten feet of her. Gosh he was like a plague that constantly followed her wherever she went. But her friends weren't much help to her in this area. Although they would never admit it directly to her face, they thought she overreacted to James and his annoyance; of course this is what every other girl in the school thought about her. Most of them would die to have James Potter constantly asking them out and following them incessantly, but of course Lily Evans was not most girls.

She didn't want to be one of those girls who swooned at the sight of him. Whose knees trembled when he came near. Whose heart raced and batted their eyelashes at him just to catch a glance in their direction. They put on their prettiest little outfits and strutted in front of him with their school skirts hoisted high and shirts unbuttoned just enough to show some cleavage but not enough for McGonagall to take points away for vulgarity. The girls who purposely did the stupidest just to be noticed by him, those were the ones she despised. And they didn't just do it for James Potter, but also his partners in crime Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Well maybe not Peter but he still hung out with the other three.

Girls would send them their most flirtatious looks during meals in the Great Hall or while they were "studying" in the library. Remus was the only one of them with any common sense to actually study to pass his classes. James and Sirius didn't seem to care that much about class or tests. And Peter, well to be quite honest she didn't really know much about him.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, or more commonly known as the Mauraders, ruled the school. Girls fell at their feet and guys wanted desperately to be part of their group. Their pranks were legendary throughout the school and they were known for having a permanent residency in either McGonalgall's office or detention, which was another reason why Lily hated them. She was stickler for following the rules and hated how they exploited their responsibilities, since Remus was a prefect and James Potter of all people was Head Boy along with her.

So today, not unlike another Monday, Lily sat in Charms class furiously taking notes on the lecture next to her best friend Kristina, who was less into school work and more into twirling her hair around her fingers while starring at some cute Ravenclaw across the room. Kristina was the more boy crazy one of her best friends, but with her long platinum blonde hair and deep blue eyes, she nearly drew all the boys crazy, even Sirius had made a pass at her. The only boy that seemed to not find her quite as interesting to stare at was Potter, mostly because his eyes never left Lily. Kristina was the athletic one of the group who wouldn't care if the boys stared at her, but would break their hand if they ever tried to touch her. A little hostile at times, she was one the most loyal people Lily knew.

Sitting to her right was her two other best friends, Lindsay and Emma. Emma was the quiet one of the group. With long dark brown hair that reached almost all the way down her back and deep chocolate brown eyes, she could have most guys falling at her feet like Kristina, but instead she spent most of her time at the library. While Lily worked and read everything under to get good grades at Hogwarts, Emma didn't put herself out there for people and classmates to see the real her. Her grades suffered greatly because of her lack of attention in classes, probably due to the fact she was always reading a book, even while the professors were lecturing. Only Lily, Lindsay, and Kristina knew how sweet she really was.

Lindsay was the wild one; she had shoulder length brown hair that fell in soft curls framing her face. Bright blues stood out on her pale face. She was the one who would drag the three others out for a late night party, or give everybody crazy makeovers with bright green eye liner and blue lipstick. While Kristina attracted all the boys, Lindsay was the most sexually driven one of the group. She had dated almost all the boys in the Gryffindor dorm, except Peter and James, and she flaunted what she had, instead of hiding it like Lily and Emma, although Emma more than Lily.

Lily had always marveled at how different they all had become since first year, but somehow something had bonded the four girls. They were inseparable, almost like the Mauraders.

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While Lily was jotting down everything the professor was saying for preparation for N.E.W.T.s, James was mindlessly staring at the beautiful red head whose quill was flying across the parchment at top speed. He admired her diligence at her school work, one quality which James acquired but never seemed to exercise in the classroom. He couldn't stop himself from constantly dreaming about her emerald eyes that sparkled when she looked at him. Well alright the sparkle in the eyes when she looked at him was from anger and frustration but what the hell, it was better than nothing.

His friends were convinced that his constant pursuit of her was completely in vain but something held hope in James's mind that she would someday fall for him just as he had fallen for her. Except that she didn't know that he was completely and utterly in love with her. She probably figured it was some game or contest to get her to sleep with him or something; she would just be another notch on his belt. But if she knew how different she was to him, he wondered if she would react differently to him. there was nothing thought that would convince her of how he really felt, probably because he was scared to admit to anyone besides his closest friends what she really meant to him. The rest of the school was lead to believe what Lily did; she was his newest conquest that he would convince to date him, and then dump her as quickly as their "relationship" started.

So because James was a constant annoyance, Lily loathed him to no end, which didn't help James's pursuit of her. But James was never one to taken the first hint, or second or third, he would constantly ask her stupid questions, pull crazy pranks, and mock her just for her attention. This, oddly enough, was pointed out by Sirius to be a completely useless tactic that seemed to be providing no progress in changing Lily's opinion of him. Remus seconded Sirius's observation, stating that he should try to be less annoying to Lily and use his head to come up with a plan that would supply him with actual results. The fact that Remus had agreed with Sirius's statement made Sirius's ego grow about three times its normal size since Remus was always considered to be the smart one of the group, or at least the only one with any common sense.

James and Sirius's idea of common sense was anything that didn't land them in McGonagall's office having a "friendly" chat about the safeties of bewitching the torches in the halls to spit fire at any Slytherin walking by. Remus on the other hand was more sensible the pranks they pulled. Since fifth year where the four were nearly expelled for a series of plans having to do with man eating plants and bewitched brooms in friendly Quiddich scrimmages, the Mauraders decided to run any future pranks by Remus before they were followed through. Well, their plan worked for a little bit until Sirius discovered he could find a way to combine his talent for pranks with his love of the girl species. This proved to be successful and disastrous. Coincidently their plan was thrown out the window and they went back to pulling pointless and extremely stupid pranks.

Because of these stupid pranks, Lily hated James even more than she did before. She wasn't always the center of their jokes and pranks, but since fourth year James had constantly asked her out. Since she said no every time, he tried even harder each time with even crazier and more ridiculous ideas, each time with no avail. So Lily, who became increasingly annoyed by his stupid antics, developed a very mature and sensible reaction to him, scream incessantly and pick useless fights with him in order to divert his affections towards her to someone else. This never worked.

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So here Lily sat in Charms trying to ignore the fact that James's eyes were searing into the back of her head. He could never just leave her alone; his thick head couldn't absorb the idea that she didn't want to be anywhere near him nevertheless date him. It infuriated her to no end that he just wouldn't give up. And now it seemed he was trying again. She couldn't understand why his friends didn't advise him to give up this game of cat and mouse.

A ball of parchment flew over her shoulder and into the center of her neat and uniform notes. Hesitantly she opened the note, her curiosity getting the better of her as she attempted to read the messy scrawl across the page.

When do you want to meet for our Head meeting tonight? I have a previous engagement of sorts but we can do it after 8. –James

PS- please don't throw this back without a response because this is getting almost too pathetic for even me. Save our little Jamesie from himself! –Sirius

Sirius this is not pathetic; you have done way worse things to get a girl. And stop intercepting my notes and DON'T call me Jamesie!

Lily attempted to stifle a laugh reading Sirius and James's conversation, but instead of throwing the note back to them, she kept it until the end of class which came all too quickly for Lily. The end of class meant a confrontation with James that meant another fight which meant another hellish night of Head duties with him. She sighed at her inevitable bad mood and hastily got up with Emma, Kristina, and Lindsay following her behind.

Before having a chance of running into James, Lily casually dropped the noted in the trash can and strolled out with her best friends flanking her down the hallway.

"Evans, wait up!" James ran up behind her. Lily rolled her eyes but continued to walk ahead as if there wasn't some crazed lunatic following her down the hallway screaming her name.

But of course fate wasn't on her side today and before she knew, her feet tripped over Kristina's and they both fell to the ground with a sea of scattered books surrounding them. Well that would have happened to Lily if James hadn't been behind her and, due to his quick Quiddich reflexes, caught her around her waist before she hit the ground.

Lily breathed in and out steadily as she took in her situation. Books were strewn on the ground with Kristina on top of them and a strong pair of arms was fastened around her waist. She relaxed her body from the near fall into the person holding her and found herself extremely close to the last person she wanted to be with.

"Potter, get your bloody hands off me before I break them myself!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, pushing his arms off from around her. Taking the hint immediately, James pulled away from her, but a little too quickly and Lily lost her balance. She ended up where she would have before if James hadn't caught her.

"Ow bloody hell…" Lily cursed was she regained her composure on the ground.

"You see Miss Evans, if you had not been so resistant to my help, you would find yourself in this little predicament on the ground. Instead you would be securely in my arms," James said smoothly.

"I'd rather be in hell than be in your arms Potter," Lily spat.

"Fine have it your way. So what time for the Head meeting? I have a previous engagement that should end around 8 or so," James stated smugly, as if having a previous engagement was the most important thing in the world.

"I hope it's a lobotomy for your oversized head and over inflated ego," Lily sniped.

"Actually I have a date if you want to know," James said proudly.

"I don't want to know actually," Lily said, hoisting herself up from the ground.

"So 8 it is then," James said.

"Yeah 8," Lily said coolly before turning around to help her friends, completely ignoring the four Mauraders behind her. After picking up all the scattered books, the four girls casually walked away from the Mauraders behind them. James's eyes followed the red head as she strolled away down the hallway.

"James what the hell was that?" Sirius jokingly asked, referring to James's high and mighty act.

"Oh no I know that look, he's planning something and that's never good," Remus said wearily.

"Come on Moony not all my ideas are bad ones," James replied, giving him his best hurt face.

"When it has to do with Evans, it's a given that they will be bad ones, or at least blow up in your face. Mostly they happen to be hilarious to watch as you fall back on your ass, but then pathetic to see you heartbroken over her," Sirius mused, but his attentions quickly turned from James to a few Hufflepuff girls walking down the corridor. They giggled to each other and waved shyly at Sirius while making their way to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Thanks for the support Padfoot. Look, since none of my other ideas have worked, I have decided to attempt to make her jealous. She'll see me out with another girl and instantly realize that she needs me. Then I'll have her following me," James laid out his "brilliant" plan.

Remus snickered at his idea. "James that has to be your most ridiculous plan yet, I don't even want to hear about it when it ultimately fails miserably. Prongs, I beg you, don't go through with this."

"Yeah I wouldn't even do this, Jamesie," Sirius commented.

"Yeah…" Peter squeaked in.

"Sirius you have done this before. Don't you remember Rebecca Torkins, that Ravenclaw fifth year you were so desperate to go out with that you went out with her twin sister to make her jealous. Then once you went out with her, you moved on to her best friend two days later," Remus told them, grimacing at Sirius's horrid treatment of the girls.

"See Padfoot, at least I treat girls with more respect than you do."

"Yeah but I don't follow one girl relentlessly who wants nothing to do with me. Take a hint Prongs, she doesn't like you."

"Look we could stand here all day arguing this subject but I think we should get to lunch. We all know what happen to Sirius without food," Remus rationalized. It was as if suddenly Sirius remembered he was hungry, and he proceeded to drag the other three down the hallway towards the Great Hall.

"Food here I come!" he yelled as they made their way through the double doors of the Great Hall, only to receive a scathing look from McGonagall for his loud tone.

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"He's up to something. I just know he is. There was something about his tone today; he's planning something. It's probably some insane plot to get me to go out with him. Well it's not going to work; I wish he would just leave me alone. Can the boy not take a hint? I don't want to be anywhere near him. All I know is that his little plan is going to be stupid and pointless. I wish he would just go away. Does he not understand I don't want to go out with him? Honestly, it's infuriating," Lily rambled on. She was seething as her friends listened to her incessant ranting.

"Methinks the lady doth protest too much," Kristina mimicked. The other laughed along side her as Lily glared at them.

"Not funny," Lily deadpanned; her green eyes were red with fury.

"We're sorry hun, but you do complain about him a lot," Emma soothed. She rarely spoke to anyone besides her friends, but when she did talk, she was always the mother figure.

"Yeah yeah I know."

"I just think you're being paranoid. He's not smart enough to come up with some cunning plan to ask you out. His idea of "cunning" is getting Remus to ask you about something, and then come bounding out from behind the corner and ask you out while your caught off guard," Kristina mused, biting down into a piece of bread.

"You're giving him too much credit," Lindsay added.

"I guess," Lily said, thinking over her situation. Maybe she was being paranoid. Then again it was James; she couldn't put anything past him. Lily soon found herself lost in thought when something snapped her out it.

"Lily. Lily!" Kristina waved a hand in front of her blank face.

"What?" Lily looked up at her friends who were already getting ready to leave.

"It's time for class," Emma said.

"Oh crap!" Lily bolted from her seat and ran out the Great Hall on her way to class.

"She may need this," Lindsay stated, following the rest of her friends out caring Lily's book bag. They laughed at the craziness of their friend and pushed their way through the doors of the Great Hall on their way to Potions.

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A/N: ok so this doesn't really leave a cliffhanger but I promise this story will get better and more interesting. Chapter two will be up as soon as possible. You can't really tell where the story is going right now, but it will become clearer as the story progresses. Please review and feel free to give criticism and critique. Thanks! (: