A kiss for Evans

Chapter 1: "I hate James Potter!"

Lily Evans was sitting alone in the Gryffindor common room. She was writing on a piece of parchment, doing the essay professor Bins had asked her to do. Working was the best way to hide her anger.

"Hell, what made you so angry?" A voice asked.

Lily looked up. Alice was watching her, one eyebrow raised. They had been best friend since their first year at Hogwarts. They knew each other so well they always felt what the other was thinking. Lily had found that very useful at times but now she wished Alice had not noticed her anger. Lily didn't even know herself why she was feeling so strange.

"I'm not angry, the red haired girl lied, I'm just feeling nervous about the exams coming, that's all."

Alice laughed. Lily flushed red.

"We don't have any exams! Come on, now, you can tell me what's up!"

No I can't, Lily thought. She was about to answer when to her great relief a boy entered the common-room. But unfortunately for Lily, the boy that had entered was the person she hated most at the moment. He had thick black messy hair that made him look as if he had just come off a broomstick. He smiled. Every girl in the school melted as he came near them. Even Alice who stood non nonsense felt weak for a second or two. Every girl fell under his charm. Except Lily Evans. The boy marched up to them, and began to speak:

"Hey, Evans, how are you?"

His name was James Potter.

Lily didn't bother answering her greatest enemy. She pretended to be deeply engrossed in her work.

"Oh, leave her alone, Alice said in a kind voice, she's not feeling well."

Lily could have killed her if there had not been a witness standing just beside her.

"Ah. I see."

James Potter's eyes were glinting maliciously. That wasn't a good sign.

"You're probably jealous of me and Amber to whom I have just promised my

undying love."

Lily snorted loudly. After six whole years asking her out, James Potter had finally given up and had asked Amber instead.

At that exact moment in came Amber. She was considered the hottest girl in their form. She shook her blond hair into Alice's face and blinked her baby-blue eyes at James. For some reason Lily felt disgusted as the couple kissed profoundly. She took her essay with her and went into the dorm she shared with Alice and Amber.

The next day Lily had to endure more torture. In every corner she looked she seemed to see James and Amber, their lips glued together. Her hatred for Amber grew and she no longer knew how to hide her feelings for her 'friend'.

"Your work is dreadful Amber, professor McGonagall told the girl in transfiguration class, you must do it all over again!"

Lily found herself smirking, full of glee. Amber spotted her smile and felt hurt. Lily was usually a kind-hearted person and all thought Amber had too much pride to show it, she liked the muggle born.

That day Alice was quite careful with her best friend. She didn't know why Lily was acting so odd but she knew there was something that annoyed her. Something that annoyed her very much. Alice decided to ask her friend about it at lunch.

Lily stayed silent when Alice spoke to her.

"I don't know," she answered truthfully after a while.

Alice shrugged. She didn't really believe her friend's reply but she decided not to push it. Instead she started chatting to Amber who was sitting next to her. Amber always had something to say and she was much more fun to be with than a sulking Lily. That only made Lily angrier. After lunch she rushed of into the library where she found Remus reading quietly. Lupin was the only marauder Lily liked. She sat down next to him.

"Hey!" Remus greeted her warmly.

Lily forced a smile.

"Hello"

Remus gently closed the book he was currently holding and stared at Lily.

"You don't look well, the boy said, has anything happened?"

Once again Lily found herself interrupted.

"Hey, Moony! There you are! We've been looking for you for ages." A familiar voice called.

Lily closed her eyes and opened them again, hoping the three boys behind her would just disappear. But they didn't.

"Hey Padfoot," Remus said getting to his feet.

Sirius Black was strolling down towards them. A few heads turned to watch him. They were all girls. Sirius was accompanied by his usual companion: James Potter. And a few steps away, Peter Pettigrew was following them.

"Moony, get your ass out of the library we have something to show you, Padfoot said with a mischief look in his eyes."

Lily was watching James. She knew he would soon turn his head to wave at the girls behind him. And so he did. And as Lily had also predicted his hand flew to his hair, messing them up again. Typical, Lily thought.

"Right, Remus said sighing, I'll just go and put this book back in its place or I will get seriously injured by Madam Pince."

As Remus walked of Sirius went with him (followed obediently by Peter again) as if they needed to be more than one person to put a book on a shelf. However Lily noticed Sirius winking at James. This meant trouble. James sat down next to Lily. For a while they said nothing.

"You know I will drop Amber as soon as you say the word," he said quite softly.

Lily's eyes opened wide and for a moment she couldn't deny that these few words made her anger and hatred vanish. She smiled. James was taken aback by such a response. He too smiled at the girl he loved since his first year at the wizard school.

Lily could feel James Potter's breath, could feel him coming closer. She shivered but not because she was cold.

Why am I feeling like that? She cursed herself, I hate James Potter!

But right then she did not hate him and didn't move as James bent down closer …

My first James/Lily fiction so please Review!