This is my first fanfic, so let me know what you think. Just a short one shot broken up into four chapters, L/J of course :)
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Chapter 1 - The First Date (and quite possibly the last).
James was running late. It wasn't anything unusual, but hey, if Lily was going to put herself out on the line and agree to a date then the least her annoying, arrogant, antagonist could do would be to actually turn up! And she hadn't even asked him out, it had been HIM that had twisted HER arm (and most probably the brain cells responsible for her better judgement). For the billionth time that evening Lily wondered whether it was all just a cruel joke, whether the irrepressible James Potter was playing another one of his almost famous tricks. She didn't want to believe it, after all, against her own brilliant natural instincts and character assessments Lily did have to admit there was something about James that meant she couldn't quite (almost but not quite, she was working on it though) walk past him in the hall without a tiny flicker of hope kindling itself somewhere deep (VERY, VERY deep) inside her. At the same time though, she couldn't bring herself to entirely discount the idea either. In Lily's mind, there were only two possible explanations for why James Potter could be running late to a date (first date) with her.
Number 1: It was all just a trick after all, a clever scheme devised to humiliate her. (If that was the case Lily thought darkly, then James Potter was going to need more than just his amazing Quidditch skills to stay out of the all encompassing wrath she could feel boiling at the mere thought of it being a joke). Not to mention the wasted time spend waiting for the fool to turn up. Or maybe, the voice inside her head whispered, she was the fool for turning up in the first place. Lily threw that thought aside angrily. Her mind was obviously deluded. Quickly, she moved on to the second and more likely reason James Potter hadn't shown up yet. In fact, it wasn't only more likely; it was to her mind the only reasonable excuse anyone could have to stand her up.
Number 2: That James Potter was lying in an unconscious stupor somewhere in the Hogwarts hospital wing and though all his subconscious might was directed at fulfilling his life's ambition of just one date with the beautiful and charming Lily Evans, his body was just simply unable to respond due to the shockingly brutal nature of his injuries. A fall from his broom during Quidditch practice perhaps was responsible she mused. Or perhaps an accident during transfiguration class that had left him in a temporary state of being a half human - half dog. In other words, a hog. Of course, if this was the reason then Lily could perfectly understand why she was now sitting alone at the top of the astronomy tower in what really could only be described as her most breezy outfit. And to top it all off it was almost dark, any longer and she herself was going to have to leave.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed on the stone spiral staircase leading to where she was. After a tense moment of having to decide whether or not to find a hiding place, Lily was, after pretty much an hour of waiting her so called date. NO-ONE in the entire school walked the way James Potter did. Some squeaked, others clomped and some even thudded, but only James Potter....oh, there really was no other way to describe it. Only James Potter pranced. You could almost hear the self satisfied smugness in his footfalls as he walked, one - two, one - two, one - two. As she heard him approaching closer (he was almost to the top now), a sudden rage swept over her, one not entirely unusual when associated with J.P as she sometimes liked to call him, much to his annoyance of course. Lily waited; gathering her cloak around her so that he wouldn't catch so much as a glimpse of what she was wearing beneath. He finally appeared, looking ever so jovial, an act, Lily was sure, meant to catch her off guard and land him back in her good , THAT wasn't going to work. Ignoring his rather vague attempts at excuses and apologies, Lily rushed past him and into the stairwell. No way was she going to stay and actually have a date with him after what he'd done. Too bad, she thought reluctantly as she left, J.P happened to scrub up well as he'd somehow managed to prove tonight. If only he'd been on time. Mind you, she reminded herself, she was talking or rather thinking about James Potter here. Later (she was thinking tomorrow might be a bit too soon but definitely within the next two weeks), she decided, she might just be able to find it in her heart to almost forgive him. Maybe.
What did you think????? Worth putting the other chaps. up or what?