When james potter was eleven he saw a girl with the brightest fiery red hair he had ever seen. In charms class one day she had it tied back in braids and he had pulled on them. She glared at him and told him he was rude.
When lily evans was twelve the same messy haired potter boy that had followed her around all last year had shouted across the dining hall, asking her to marry him. Her face had turned bright red and she could barely choke out the word no. the very thought!
When james potter was thirteen he had asked lily evans to hogsmeade for the first time. He had done it all in good humor, but he was secretly hoping she'd say yes. She didn't.
When lily evans was fourteen she had only wanted to continue learning magic at hogwarts but now one of the bunks in her dorm was empty because a fellow muggleborn was killed by death eaters. Lily evans was growing up in a war.
When james potter was fifteen he had pushed severus snape too far and snape had called lily a mudblood. She ran away in tears and james had never felt worse in his life.
When lily evans was sixteen she had found james crying in a deserted corridor. His parents had been killed in an auror mission. A month later her own parents were killed. The two of them slowly became friends.
When james potter was seventeen he kissed lily evans during their late night rounds as head boy and head girl. He was scared that she would react badly but she kissed him back. Later that year she told him she loved him.
When lily evans was eighteen dumbledore approached her and james straight out of hogwarts about joining what he called the order of the phoenix to take down voldemort. They both accepted immediately.
When james potter was nineteen he found lily on the floor of their bathroom crying. She told him she was pregnant. He had never been happier to get news but there had never been worse timing. Later that year they both agreed to get married
When lily potter was twenty she tried everything she could to wait just one more day to give birth to her son. To try and stop the burden the prophecy had put on him but it didn't work. Harry james potter was born at eleven forty-three PM on july thirty-first 1980. If she could have held on just seventeen more minutes...
When james potter was twenty-one he yelled for lily to take harry and go. He had never been more scared of anything in his life. His wife and only son were in danger and he would do whatever it took to help them get away. He never knew if they did because all he remembers is trying to buy as much time as he could for lily and harry before he was hit by that green light.