I do not own the Harry Potter franchise

James Potter was walking beside the lake. He had ditched the other Marauders, and was now down here. He was reflecting on how much his life was screwed up. He decided to count all of the times he had screwed up.

"One", He muttered to himself." When I consistently asked Lily out.
Two, insulting Snivellus infront of her. Three, pranking her consistently". James stopped talking, lost in thought.
Quiet footsteps crept up behindert him. A snowball hit his shoulder.
"Four, you were a git." James turned around to see Lily.
"You're forgiven, you git." They walked back to the castle, talking like old friends.

This drabble (104 words for the story) was written for the Random Character challenge on HPFC with the character James Potter the 1st and the prompt lake.