As I looked at Snape, I felt that I was slowly dying an excruciatingly painful death. We were halfway to Hogwarts, and not a word had been exchanged between us. Although, he did tend to stare at me a lot, but that is hardly anything like a conversation! I turned back to my essay. It had been assigned for work over the summer, and I was just looking through to make sure that it was perfect. It was the beginning of my sixth year at Hogwarts, but I was still shocked that I had survived this long after having to suffer years of torment from a certain boy that's infatuation with me was still burning strong. Much to my amazement, of course. I had told him repeatedly how I felt about him (or more what I did not feel for him) and yet, he continued to hope that I would go out with him. The idiot…
I heard whispers coming from outside the carriage door. I pulled out my wand and listened to four boys sniggering outside.
"We can't do that Padfoot! You don't even know how to!" I heard Remus whisper.
"Yes I do! Don't think that I don't pay attention in class Moony, cause sometimes I do," I heard Sirius answer.
"Oh I do beg your pardon for underestimating you oh clever one!" Then there was the familiar squeak of Peter Pettigrew.
"Come on let's do it already! Before the lunch cart gets here!" Potter was muttering.
"Get your wand out Severus!" I warned quietly.
"Why?" Snape asked worriedly.
"Cause you might need it…" I whispered. I opened the carriage door and Peter tumbled in. He hurriedly scrambled off the floor and ducked behind James and Remus.
"What do you want Potter, Lupin, Black? And of course Pettigrew…"I sneered.
"Step back Lily, for we have come to save you!" James announced.
"From what?" I laughed. James grinned.
"From the snake of course!" Sirius smiled. James walked towards me.
"Get away from me Potter!" I snapped, poking his chest with my wand.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." He said bending down and putting his arms around me.
"What are you doing?" I screamed, as he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.
"Hey, get off her!" Severus shouted. I hit James repeatedly as he began to walk out of the carriage. There was nothing I could do though, because if I charmed him, he might hurt or drop me.
"You git! I hate you Potter and I hope you rot in-" I screamed, but I was cut off by an angry voice.
"What is going on?!" I felt James freeze. I looked up and met the gaze of a very angry Professor McGonagall.
"Afternoon Professor," I said in a very high pitched tone. James dropped me and I fell to the ground in front of him. Pure fear is what I saw on his face when I looked up at him.
"I'm screwed aren't I?" he sighed.
"Yep…" I replied slowly.
"This is your entire fault Potter!" I whispered angrily, as I was forced to sit in the same carriage with him and a sleeping Professor Slughorn.
"My fault? It was Sirius who started it!" He said, causing the professor to stir in his sleep.
"Keep your voice down!" I whispered. James stood up and sat next to me.
"Fine!" he said.
"What is your problem anyway?" I asked angrily.
"I don't have a problem!" he replied defiantly.
"Oh, of course not, so you just decided to hex Severus for fun did you?" I asked sarcastically.
"God, you're so…!" He bit his tongue.
"I'm what? I'm so what, Potter?" I spat.
"Blind." He muttered.
"Blind? Well, I really am offended, but here is what I think of you, Potter. You are arrogant, stupid, self-obsessed and selfish and you don't think. That's your main problem, you don't think!" Professor Slughorn let out a snort and James looked at me. I stared back, and saw that a trickle of blood was running down his cheek. I rummaged around in my pocket until I found a tissue and I handed it to him.
"You're bleeding…" I said huffily. The anger swept away from his face. Probably because he was scared that his handsome face was damaged.
He held the tissue to his face, but it wasn't covering the cut.
"No you idiot, its here!" I said, taking his hand and moving it up.
"I really like you Lily…" he murmured. I paused, but chose to ignore the remark and I took my hand away.
"I really do, and that's why I want you to go out with me and come to Hogsmeade with me in November." I looked up and saw that he was serious.
Maybe he wasn't what I thought he was…
"Wh-What? Did I miss something? Have we arrived yet?" Professor Slughorn snorted, slowly waking up.
James let out a frustrated sigh and sat back opposite me.
"It's all an act isn't it?" I asked him quietly. James looked startled.
"You don't really like me. You just want a chance to jilt and control me!" I cried, suddenly realising the truth behind all of this.
"No!-" he began.
"Well you won't control me Potter! And what makes you think that I would ever go out with you anyway? You're so full of yourself! God, I hate you Potter, I hate you!" And with that, I stormed out of the carriage.
"Lily! Lily wait!" I yelled after her, but it didn't make a difference what I said now, because she had the insane idea that I was out to get her controlled in her mind.
"Women!" I said in frustration.
"A lover's tiff! Back in my day, women worshipped men, that is, until they began to stand on their own two feet…" said Slughorn. I looked at him.
"But why do they have to be so…so stubborn?! What's a guy to do?" I asked.
"Well, my dear boy, a boy must oblige to a woman's decision," Professor Slughorn smiled sympathetically.
"But I can't get over her!" I groaned, putting my head in my hands.
"Then one must resort to a different way of getting their love," Slughorn stroked his beard. I looked at him curiously.
"Slip her a love potion?" I asked, visualising her falling head-over-heels in love with me after drinking a glass of pumpkin juice.
Slughorn let out a roar of laughter. My daydream abruptly stopped.
"No, no my dear boy! You must play the game of winning someone over that includes one very important factor!" He told me. I looked at him with a puzzled expression, not getting what he was saying. He let out a sigh.
"Jealousy! Now if you excuse me, the lunch cart is coming and I am particularly hungry!" He laughed, patting his enormous stomach.
I thought about it. Maybe the professor was right… But who could I date that would make Lily Evans, the most stubborn person in the whole of the wizarding world, jealous?
I couldn't date any of her friends, cause they all hated me after what I did to the only girl's bathroom that didn't have a roaming ghost wandering in and out of the toilets i.e. Moaning Myrtle. I mean, really it was all Remus' fault. He should have warned me that the toilets would explode if I flushed slug-slime and wiggenweld potion together down them. I thought it would just make them bubble, but apparently I was wrong… And they shouldn't have been in there talking anyway! Haven't they ever heard of a common room? And the toilets were fixed in the end, so there wasn't any damage left.
But there is one person who still can't resist my charms…
R/R please:)