What if Lily Evans rejected James Potter one time too many? What if he gives up? Will they still have a little boy that Sirius insists on calling Harry? Or will Sirius have to burn the parchment with his planned speech for James and Lily's wedding? Set in their 7th year at Hogwarts

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A/N: I'm back! My previous account was Hephaestus-18-Ares but for some personal reasons I have decided to let that account go and start another one. I'm going to start with this. I hope you enjoy this :D

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the Harry Potter World. JK Rowling owns them :D

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"JAMES CHARLUS POTTER!" Lily Evans' voice echoed throughout the Great Hall where almost all of Hogwart's residents is currently eating breakfast. A lot of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs flinched but the two other houses remained impassive — the Gryffindors were already far too familiar with the redhead's shouting and the Slytherins would never admit that they are scared of the muggleborn.

"Proooongs." Remus Lupin, the sanest of the Marauders, groaned."What did you do now?"

The black-haired boy just grinned, dripping pumpkin juice onto his lap as he did so. By the time he figured out that he had wet himself, the love of his life had crossed the Great Hall and is now in front of him eyes and wand ablaze.

It is also good to mention that four rainbow-coloured birds were circling above her, occasionally singing a song that sounded suspiciously like 'James and Lily forever'

"Lilykins!" Sirius stood up trying to distract the angry redhead in front of him and stop his best friend's untimely demise.

"Don't Lilykins me Black!" she spat, pointing her wand at him. Sirius sat down quickly. "You!" she pointed her wand at James who immediately stood up in attention.

"Hello Lily-flower! Fancy meeting you here. Say those birds are quite majestic, don't you think? Where did you get them from? And what marvelous song have you taught them huh? It sounds like—AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he wasn't able to finish his sentence as Lily nonverbally casted Oppugno at the birds who immediately attacked the bespectacled boy.

Lily 'hmmphed' and walked dignified to her best friends Marlene Mckinnon and Alice Prewett. She took a seat and groaned. "Everyone's looking at me aren't they?"

Marlene took a look at the Great Hall and nodded.

"Damn that Potter. Damn him and his stupid birds!" she cursed ignoring the tormented screams of her tormentor.

She took a bite of toast before continuing her ramblings. "I mean he's seriously insufferable! He had been tormenting for the past 4 years. 4 years! You'd think that a man would take a hint at the first 2 years but no! That stupid bespectacled git just had to embarrass me in front of the Great Hall again! This is like the third time this week that he has sent something in my bed."

"Ehem." Lily's back straightened as she heard Professor Mcgonagall's stern voice. "Finite Incantatem." the older witch casted.

"Thank you Minnie." Sirius Black winked. "I don't think I can hear any more of James' girlish screams."

"My screams are not girlish! They are manly like myself." James argued.

Remus snickered resulting in James chucking a breakfast roll at him. The sandy-haired boy caught it perfectly and resumed eating his bacon. Apparently James' action resulted into Peter Pettigrew into thinking that a food fight was happening. Panicking he threw his bowl of pasta at James who knowing his friend ducked.

The entirety of Hogwarts, who had been subtly watching the exchange, all took a sharp breath as red sauce and pasta dripped down the livid Transfiguration professor's head. Minerva Mcgonagall's head throbbed. Oh great Merlin help her. She glared at the pudgy boy in front of her. Mentally she softened, she knew that she had punished Pettigrew enough with her glare. The boy looked like he was about to wet his pants! If he hadn't already. she thought snidely.

"50 points from Gryffindor!" she roared. Groans from the Gryffindor table were heard while cheers were heard from the other three. The groans and cheers stopped though when the professor scanned her eyes around. All students ducked their eyes knowing that it would be a wise thing.

"Detention Potter! Black! Pettigrew! Evans! You shall see me tonight after dinner." she said haughtily before vanishing the food out of sight.

Lily Evans' mood darkened. If she was angry before, now she was a raging dragon. Two weeks after the start of her seventh year and she had gotten a detention already. She nodded to Mcgonagall, glared at James and stalked off to her class: Potions.

"Lily wait up!" Marlene called after her. Lily slowed down for her friend but otherwise resumed walking. "Sorry you got detention." she said sincerely.

"It's not your fault. Its that Potter's fault!" she threw her hands up in the air.

They rounded on a corner where lo and behold the Marauders are there looking at her amused. "Can't stop talking about me I see." James smirked at her.

Lily itched for her wand. She was glad that Alice had gone off to talk to her boyfriend Frank. the level headed girl was usually the one who stops her from hexing the arrogant boy in front of her. "You!" she rounded on the oblivious boy.

"Me!" James said gleefully, happy that the love of his life was talking to him, not considering the fact that she was 2 seconds from hexing his head to America and back. He was seriously resisting himself from doing his patented Happy James jig.

Lily took another step forward intentionally poking James in the chest with her wand. James smiled at her which infuriated the redhead even more. She's so close. I could just grab her and ki

No! Our first kiss should be romantic. Under the sunset or maybe moonlight, near the Quidditch pitch while we're riding in my broomstick.

James shook his head to stop that train of thought. He had planned their first date 7 years ago when they met at the Hogwarts Express.

"Stay away from me Potter." Lily grunted before entering their Potions class.

"No can do Evans!" he said cheerfully, skipping towards the door. Because of their impromptu meeting outside, most of the seats have been taken. Only 6 chairs at the far right was available. Sirius grinned at Marlene Mckinnon. "Milady?" he bowed exaggeratedly motioning for the seat farthest back.

Marlene raised her eyebrow. "You're not fooling anyone Black. I won't be your broom cupboard girl-of-the-week or has it upgraded to a...girl-of-the-day?" she added as an afterthought.

"I am offended by what you are implying Mckinnon! I certainly have not upgraded to a broom cupboard partner change every day."

"Still a week then?" she smirked.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" he winked offering his arm.

"I'll pass." she said but nonetheless took the offered arm. Together the two took the farthest seat back. Lily rolled her eyes. She knew that behind the nonchalant facade of her friend was a giggling and screaming Marlene. The girl had had a hopeless crush on Sirius ever since their 5th year started and the boy had defended her in front of his Slytherin brother. However, Lily knew that Marlene had vowed not to make a move nor let Sirius know that she is interested given his reputation as Hogwarts #1 Man Whore. She was sure that there would be an intense girl talk later at the Gryffindor Dormitories with Marlene gushing at everything Sirius does.

Lily was still busy gaping at Marlene and Sirius that she failed to notice Remus dragging a still shaking from the emotional trauma that Mcgonagall's glare had put him in Peter Pettigrew to another table.

She was shaken out of her reverie as James hooked his arm to hers. "Well Lily-flower it looks like we're paired up for today's class!" he said cheerfully. He mouthed a quick thanks to his three best friends before dragging a sputtering Lily Evans to the front table.

Before Lily could protest or find another partner, Professor Horace Slughorn entered the class laughing jovially. "Good morning everyone."

"Good morning Professor Slughorn." they chorused.

"As part of your NEWT revision we would be doing something that you have done before already. Can anyone remember what this is?" he held up a vial with black liquid.

"Draught of the Living Dead." three voices answered. They all looked at each other and glared. Well Lily glared at both James and Severus. Severus glared at James and James glared back at Severus.

"Correct!" Slughorn was apparently oblivious to the thick tension between the three. "10 points to Gryffindor and 5 to Slytherin!" He bustled about twirling his wand and writing the directions in the board.

"Pair up! 50 points each to the first pair who manage to concoct this potion. Ingredients are in the cupboard. Begin!"

Life roared back as they scrambled to the cupboards, eager to get there first. Lily turned to James. "Okay Potter we are going to concoct this first so that we could even that house points drop that you caused. Do. You. Understand?" she enunciated as though talking to a 5 year old.

Surprisingly, James nodded and stood up wordlessly. Lily sighed. She doesn't fancy another detention for blowing up on James Potter. Slughorn might love her but he still isn't above giving her a detention. Of course she'd just end up talking to the professor for detention but she doesn't want two consecutive detentions. It wasn't good for her reputation as Head Girl.

James dropped the ingredients to their table with a smile.

"What?"

"You're pretty when you're spaced out. Er...not to say that you aren't pretty when concentrating. Actually you're prettier when you are...Uh...I'll just shut up now." he blushed noticing the snickering from Remus, Peter and Marlene. Sirius, however, seemed to be above snickering and was guffawing and pounding the table, mirth evident in his eyes.

Lily ignored him and started to work on their potion. She was so busy that she almost cut her finger with the knife when James stopped her. "The instructions on the book said—"

"The instructions were wrong. Snivellus and I figured it out 6th year. That's the reason why Slughorn rewards greatly on those who can do it right." she whispered furiously. She turned to look at her former best friend who was looking at her with an inscrutable look in his face.

His partner Malfoy mouthed mudblood. She glared at him and turned back to her potion. "You are wonderful." James whispered.

"Shut it Potter."

"No really you're a genius!" he mumbled as he dropped another ingredient.

"I said shut it!" Lily said coldly stirring the potion furiously.

"Hey hey hey I think that's too much stirring. I'll do it." James said taking the rod from the love of his life. A wide grin sprung from his face as their hands touched. Lily had not pulled her hand as though burned from his touch.

"Fine but I swear if you fuck this up James Charlus Potter I swear to Merlin I will hex your organ that is responsible for reproduction." she threatened seriously.

James gulped sure that she probably wasn't lying. "Hey hey no need to threaten James jr!"

"James jr.?" Lily almost shrieked in laughter. "I knew that threat would work. Now add 3 drops of beetle juice!"

"So been thinking about aforementioned reproductive organs of mine eh?" James said cockily (pun intended. hahaha)

"If you mean contemplating on hexing them off and feeding it to the Giant Squid then yes." Lily retorted.

"Hmmm…sure." James mumbled adding the last ingredient. "Done."

Lily beamed at the potion. She took a leaf from her right and dropped it. "It's perfect!" she almost squealed. She would reclaim herself with the 50 points.

"Done." a gruff voice said. To Lily's horror Snape and Malfoy had finished at the exact same time. James and Snape glared at each other before racing towards Slughorn who was at the end of the room.

"Done professor!" James hollered still a few tables away from the professor.

Slughorn grinned. "Evans and Potter well done! I knew you would do it. 50 points to Gryffindor each! And I see Malfoy and Snape also did. 25 points each. Nice work." He said not even caring to check their cauldrons.

"Filthy Mudblood." Malfoy whispered as they went back to their tables. James seemed to not have heard.

"Huh? He didn't even check." Lily mumbled, trying to stop her tears from flowing. She was usually not affected with that name anymore but the way Malfoy said it...it was filled with so much venom.

Because he knows you're perfect. Everyone knows it. James thought.

Lily looked at him with a blank look.

"I said that aloud didn't I?" his hands immediately went to the mess he calls hair.

Lily ignored him and gathered her things. Behind her James could see Sirius doing kissy faces at him while Marlene was trying to fix their potion which was spouting of purple smoke. James also gathered his things and went after Lily.

"Hey Evans!" he said once outside the dungeons. He leaned across the wall trying to look cool.

"What Potter?" she said hotly.

"Want to go out with me?" he wiggled his eyebrows and gave his patented James Potter smirk.

"FOR THE 14TH TIME THIS YEAR POTTER I WOULD NEVER GO OUT WITH YOU." she shouted.

James seemed hurt. Never had she rejected him with such fierceness. He, however, put back his usual cool facade. "What about a trip to the kitchens? I know we still have half an hour before Herbology and I also know that you weren't able to eat breakfast except for a piece of toast. What say you then?"

"I'd rather starve." she said coldly and turned, hightailing it to the Gryffindor Girls dormitories where she could cry without anyone judging her. Sure she shared a Heads Common Room with Remus who was the Head Boy that year but both had still continued to go to the Gryffindor Tower mainly because their friends are there. They made their Head Common Room as a kind of study where they both could read without Sirius and James bugging them for doing their homework three days before they're due.

20 minutes later Lily emerged from the Gryffindor Tower emotionally exhausted. She was also feeling a bit guilty at shouting at James. After all he was just concerned for her. What he said was also true. The single piece of toast that she had eaten wasn't enough to placate her stomach.

She shouldered her bookbag and headed to Herbology trying to ignore the rumbling in her stomach. Honestly, she wasn't shocked that James was waiting for her at the gates. In his hands was a large, roughly-tied towel. Even before he held it out, Lily could already smell the blueberry muffins inside.

He held it out, his left hand scratching the back of his neck. "I figured that you'd be hungry by now."

Lily took the offered bag and mumbled her thanks. "er...thanks."

James beamed. "Anything for you Lily-flower"

"Er...Potter what is this?" she opened the bag and six assorted muffins popped out.

"Well I...I didn't know what you would like so I just grabbed your favorites. Two blueberry, two bran and two strawberry muffins." he messed up his hair even more. "Er I...there's also pumpkin juice." he looked towards the ground and offered the metal canister with two hands.

Lily furrowed his brows. James was acting uncharacteristically. He was bowing his head to hide his blushing face as he offered the pumpkin juice. Normally James would just throw the bottle to her expecting her to catch it. She remembered one instance during 5th year when she complained to Marlene that she was thirsty during Transfiguration. James threw a canister to her and it opened whilst in the air dumping its contents on her. She had screamed and squealed so loud that even Professor Mcgonagall flinched. To say the least, both of them had to be sent to the Hospital Wing. James for having a concussion and Lily with an arm sprain for throwing a desk at James. How she managed to lift and throw such a heavy wooden object, she does not know. Although she has a feeling that what she used was raw magic and not strength. She had discussed it at lengths with Professor Mcgonagall afterwards.

"They're not poisoned I swear." James said.

Lily couldn't resist herself but reply "At this point I don't care if they're poisoned or not." she said inhaling another bran muffin. She looked regretfully at the last two blueberry muffins. She sighed and offered the last one to James. "One each Potter?"

James looked up at that and Lily could swear his smile just glowed a thousand times brighter. James took the muffin gratefully. He strode towards Herbology in a very great mood when she heard her yell. "POTTER!"

He turned smirking. "Yes my love?"

"You! You!" Lily shook pointing at him.

"Me?" he asked donning an innocent look.

Lily screamed and showed him the towel. On it were the words: Lily and James. On the canister's bottom was the name Harry Potter. "Who the hell is Harry?" she exclaimed.

"That Lilykins is your and Prongs' future son." Sirius Black sauntered towards them.

"M-my son?" she burst.

"Don't worry...er. Not after we graduate of course. Maybe 5-6 years after the wedding?" James tried to placate the now redder than a tomato muggleborn.

"Wedding!" she screamed.

"Oh yeah! I'm the best man. Prongs already promised me that position in 2nd year. I've been writing my best man's speech since summer of 2nd." Sirius said jovially.

Lily swore her right eye twitched.

"Oooh whose wedding are we talking about?" Marlene butted in.

"Lily and James'. Padfoot is under the delusion that James is going to pick him as the best man."

"Wedding? Lily you never told me you and James were planning a wedding. I better hope I'm the Maid of Honor Lily Evans."

Lily's eye twitched again.

"In that case can I be a bridesmaid then." Alice said coolly, having to break away from Frank who was talking with Professor Sprout.

"Wormtail and I are groomsmen then." Remus smiled.

James beamed again at his friend's approval and positive reactions. "So Lily-flower what say you? Do you want a Spring or a Winter wedding?"

"James. Potter." Lily shook with anger. Marlene and Alice had the right sense to back a step. Sirius, Remus and Peter noticed and copied them. James however was still stuck in dreamland thinking of their wedding.

"Oh wait I remember that you said in your diary once that you wanted a Winter Wedding." he rambled on.

"You. read. my. diary." Lily grounded out each word.

"Uh oh." Sirius shook his head, now sure that his friend was going to die.

James' eyes widened as he realized what he said. "I...er…"

"JAMES CHARLUS POTTER I WILL NEVER GO OUT WITH YOU YOU ARROGANT TOERAG. I WILL CERTAINLY NOT HAVE A WINTER WEDDING WITH YOU YOU PRAT. NOT MOST OF ALL WITH SIRIUS AS THE BEST MAN. MERLIN KILL ME IF WE HAVE A SON NAMED HARRY. AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I. WILL. NEVER. DATE. YOU. YOU ARROGANT PRAT SO LEAVE ME ALONE!" she burst out, her wand blazing with sparks.

What she didn't realize that they were near the Great Lake where almost everyone was in hearing vicinity. Lily's amplified voice also didn't help. James took a step back hurt. He looked at her with something akin to betrayal.

James didn't know what to feel. Here was the love of his life telling him that she would never date him. She had rejected him quite a lot of times but this was the worst. The venom on her voice was enough to give Pettigrew a heart attack.

With a cracked and weak voice, he said. "Will you go out with me Lily Evans?" All his requests were sincere and from the bottom of his heart but this was the most sincere. He knew what the answer would be but he just had to try one last time. He made himself a promise that this would be the last time he would ask her out.

"Do you have a death wish James?" Remus tried to butt in.

"No Moony." James said coldly.

"Answer me Lily Evans. I swear to Merlin that I will leave you alone and will never bug you again. That I would never ask you out or call you the love of my lie. I promise that I would stop planning our wedding and thinking about our future son Harry. I swear to Merlin Lily Evans I would burn the parchment with Sirius' speech as best man for our future wedding if you answer this one question. Will. You. Go. Out. With. Me?" he said with conviction. He kept his eyes level with hers.

Warm brown meeting Dark Green orbs. "I. Would. Rather. Die." she spat.

James met her gaze again. "Goodbye Lily Evans."

"Good riddance." she huffed and walked towards Herbology. Marlene and Alice followed after giving James apologetic and pitying looks She knew that she should be relieved that she had gotten rid of James Potter but why does she feel so bad?

Meanwhile James smiled at Sirius, Peter and Remus who were giving him pitying looks. "I'm okay guys. At least she was honest with it. I'm over it." he smiled again but it didn't reach his eyes. His eyes were dead.

James felt his chest compress. So this was what heartbreak really felt. Sure he had experienced many heartbreaks every time Lily rejected him but he would bounce back optimistically thinking of the next plan to capture the redhead's heart. However this time there was no next plan. He was going to move on. He knew that he would never be able to move on but he has to try not only for himself but also for her.

"I'm serious! She has made her decision and I'm also making mine. Starting now I'm moving over her." he said slinging his arm over Remus and Peter's shoulders.

"You can't be serious! I'm Sirius!" Sirius said.

Messrs Prongs, Wormtail and Moony groaned. "You know that joke got old the third time you said it during first year Padfoot." Remus pointed out as they entered the Greenhouse.

Sirius just stuck his tongue out at him.

"Very mature." Peter squeaked. James smiled. His friends are the best. He might not get the perfect life with Lily Evans but he was sure his life would still be bearable with Sirius, Remus and Peter with him.

Goodbye Lily Evans.

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A/N: Don't worry it ain't finished yet! Tell me what you think of this using the review button! I'm going to update twice a week. Chapter two's on Wednesday or Thursday btw. :D