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Chapter 1: I Want You To Want Me

I want you to want me

I need you to need me

I'd love you to love me

I'm begging you to beg me

Lily fell onto her bed with a groan. She had spent the whole feast staring at the one and only, James Potter. She figured that at least one person down at the Great Hall noticed, maybe stupid Kevin Chang, but she didn't really care. As if an answer to her question, her best friend Alice came in with a frown. "Lily? Why were you staring at Potter all night? Did he do something to you?" She moaned in agony. "Whoa. What'd he do?!"

"He was born!"

Alice giggled. "Isn't that that problem?"

"Now it's the blessing!"

She stared at her friend. "Now, your voice is muffled by your pillow so I don't think I heard you correctly. Did you just say that it was a blessing that James Potter was born?" Lily took the pillow off her face and a sheepish frown. Alice's eyes widened as she climbed into Lily's bed. "No!" She gasped. The redhead nodded. "You did not, DID NOT, fall for Potter!"

"But I did" She whimpered. "Merlin! Damn him and his…his beautiful hair and his hazel eyes and his toned body and his tanned skin and his stupid glasses and-"

"Lily!" She scolded. "You didn't just fall for him! You fell in love with him!"

She made a face before laughing. "No I didn't."

"Yes you did," Alice drawled.

"Yes I did!" She cried. Whimpering lightly, she grabbed her arms and shook her. "What am I going to do? What am I going to do?!"

"First off, you're going to stop shaking me" She growled. Lily immediately stopped. "Secondly, you're going to steal James Potter from Maggie Hart!"

"How?" she whined.

"I see that you're very opposed to the idea" she said sarcastically. Their other roommates had just walked in and Alice quieted her voice. "Lily," She whispered. "James has been running after you since first year! If you can't get him back than I don't know what to tell you. Do you know what I've been hearing about Hart? She jumps from guy to guy and when she's sure that they've completely fallen for her, she dumps them like a broken wand! You have to win James' heart, get married, and have a million fat babies!"

"A million fat babies?" Lily asked in shock. "You know, I'm kind of tokophobic, so maybe not that many children, but-"

"Lily," Alice hissed. "You must have millions of fat babies to keep James happy"

"Would you be serious for a second!"

"Ladies!" The two straightened up as Minerva McGonagall came into the room. "I just wanted to see if there was anything wrong in the room."

"Nothing, Professor" Their voices rang.

She nodded stiffly. "Very well, oh and, Miss Auburn" Alice stood.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall?"

The teacher smiled at her. "Frank is waiting for you in the common room. I took the liberty of passing along his message since I was coming this way" Alice blushed as the girls 'ooh'ed behind her.

"Thank you, professor" She smiled. When she left, she waved at the others, gave a discreet wink to Lily and ran down the stairs. When she was near the bottom she let out a giggle. "Frank! You'll never believe what Lily-" she looked up and stopped abruptly. Frank was playing chess with James. Remus was sitting on the couch, reading, while Sirius and Peter were playing exploding snaps in the corner. They all looked up at her, waiting for her to continue.

Frank grinned at her. "What about Lily?"

"Uh…" Her eyes were wide and her arms stiff at her side. "I thought you were down here alone" she blurted out.

"Oh well the fellas had just come in. I told them they could stay down here. So what's wrong with Lily?"

"Yea, what's wrong?" James said in worry.

Alice let out a nervous laugh. "Well she uh…ehehe… she's staying here…in the dorm…until the head dorm gets fixed…cause something happened with Peeves…and she's the head girl! Yay!"

Frank frowned. "Yea…that's what they said down at the feast. James is the head boy with her- is something wrong, Alice?"

She gave him a glare. "Nothing!" With that she stomped back up the steps.

"You're bird's mental, mate" Sirius muttered from the corner.

Frank shrugged. "I love her anyway"

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James headed up to the boys' dorms with his friends. He glanced back down at the steps with a sigh. "What do you think is really wrong with Lily?" He asked them. Sirius shot him an annoyed look, Peter copying him. Remus sighed sadly. James was just never going to get over her.

"I thought we agreed that you wouldn't worry about Evans anymore. Isn't that why you go together with Hart?" Sirius complained.

"I know, I know" James defended. "It's just… Alice looked kind of worried when she saw all of us sitting there. Maybe something's wrong with her. What if she's hurt? That idiot Chang probably bothered her again. Merlin, I knew I should have followed her when she left the hall. She looked so upset"

"Maybe she was j-jealous be-because she s-saw you with M-Maggie" Peter stuttered. "S-she was l-looking at you an a-awful lot, Prongs"

Sirius laughed at the notion while Remus seemed to consider it. "You know, James, Peter might just be right. He suspected it before, at Diagon. I noticed it too. She was staring at you in the Great Hall for a while before going back to her meal. She'd done it a few good times too"

"Do you think?" James asked in innocent hope.

Sirius snorted. "Don't even dream, Prongs" He said. "You'll just get your heart broken. You have to stop following her around like a lost puppy that she'll merely kick around" Everyone stared at him, shocked to silence. With a heavy sigh, James fell onto his bed and closed the curtains. Sirius looked around uncomfortably. "Was it something I said?" he asked.

Remus and Peter rolled their eyes. "Nice j-job, Padfoot" Peter said. "Now he's going to sleep on a wet pillow"

Remus chuckled and patted Peter's back.

Sirius huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "I was just saying that truth"

"You said it like an insensitive jerk"

"Isn't that what I am?" He asked in faux confusion

"Go to sleep, Sirius!" Remus laughed.

James grimaced as Maggie gripped his arm tightly, trying to make cooing sounds in his ear. He flinched as she blew in his ear way too roughly. "Uh, Maggie" He asked. "You're a Ravenclaw, aren't you? Why are you sitting at my table?" Maggie pouted. He found it as the most unattractive thing he'd ever seen. She pressed her lips towards his cheek, opened slightly so she could slip her tongue out and lick his skin. James' jaw fell and his eyes widened in disgust. While trying not to gag, he pulled away and panted in horror. Sirius was sitting across from him, trying hard not to laugh. Peter had slipped under the table as he bubbled with giggles and Remus was fighting his smile as he continued eating, his head down to hide the mirth in his eyes.

"Do you still want me to go to my table?" she purred.

"Yes, I do" he said, still panting.

She gave him an odd look before walking away. "Okay," She had said slowly.

James was shaking, his head nodding up and down rapidly. "I have to break up with her" He said in a firm voice. "Good lord, she's…she's horrid! Why are all theses guys saying she's so wicked?!"

"Cause they meant it in a different context" Remus said. His friends were finally able to laugh freely.

However, they suddenly quieted and James stiffened when Lily sat next to him. "Good morning, Remus, Peter, Black. James"

"James?!" the four of them shouted in shock. Everyone in the hall looked at them. Lily had dropped her muffin on her plate and stared up at them. She folded her hands and placed them on her lap.

"Was I not supposed to call you James? Is that not your given name?"

James seemed flustered. "Uh, well it is-"

"So than what's wrong?"

"But you called me Black" Sirius frowned.

Lily leaned in. "Because I don't call jerks by their first name." she grabbed her plate and walked to the end of the table.

"Does that mean James isn't a jerk?" Peter asked.

"But wasn't I always a jerk to her?"

"I'm so confused" Sirius voiced.

Remus dropped his fork. "Good lord. Do you think Lily had actually fallen for him?"

The four looked at each other. "Nah" Everyone but James said.

Prongs pouted."Why couldn't she like me?"

Remus sighed and tilted his head. "She's never accepted your advances before. Why would she do it this year?"

James drooped. "Because I'm oh so charming?"

Someone snorted from behind them. They turned to look at Frank Longbottom. "You'll never believe what Alice told me" He said.

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Alice was staring at Frank worriedly. "He wouldn't" She whispered. Lily looked up in confusion.

"What's wrong, Alice?" She asked.

She shook her head. "I- I'm so sorry, Lily. I told Frank about James and-"

"You did what?!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Alice!" The two got up from the table and ran towards Frank. "Longbottom!"

"Oh come on, Lily Bean!" Sirius whined. "He was so close to telling us what your mental issue was!" His friends gaped at him. "Did I say something wrong again?"

"Frank Longbottom" Alice hissed. "I told you so that you could help us" Lily shrugged but nodded along side her friend. "See if you still get any this week!" She screeched before pulling Lily down the hall. They grabbed their bags and left the hall. When they were by the doors, the two glanced back. Lily laughed at Frank's face. "I'm sorry, Lily. I thought I could trust him, see if James still liked you."

"It's okay, Alice" Lily sighed. "At least we stopped him before hand"