First Harry Potter FanFic. It's their seventh year at Hogwarts and James refuses to give up. Will his efforts finally get him a chance with Lily Evans?
Disclaimer: *Sigh* Nope, it's J.K. Rowlings. But if I were to own it, I'd make a whole series about the Marauder Era.
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"Still the same." She muttered under her breath and continued her way towards the Gryffindor common room."
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Lily approached the Fat Lady and was about to giver her the password when pair of hands covered her eyes and pulled her down.
"Hey-!"
"Shhh!" She heard someone giggle and next thing she knew she was being pulled down back down the halls of Hogwarts and towards the doors that led to the quidditch pitch.
Her capturer removed their hands and she saw her friend Alice's face an inch away from hers.
"Alice! What are we doing here?" Lily hissed through clenched teeth.
"I told Eric I'd meet him here but I didn't want to be alone!"
"Alice! He's your boyfriend. If you're not alone then how will anything happen?!"
"That's just it!!" Alice hissed and pulled Lily into a broom cupboard.
"Alice, what on earth-"
"I met someone else."
Lily gaped at the dark outline of her friend.
"Um, wow. Does Eric know?"
"No! I'm going to break up with him and I needed you there. Please."
"Who did you meet?" Lily asked, crossing her arms.
Alice avoided Lily's eyes.
"Alice. Who. did. you meet?"
"Frank Longbottom."
Lily rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll stand with you while you break it off with Eric. But only because I've seen the way Frank looks at you."
Alice squealed. "Thank you Lily!"
"Sure, let's just get this over with." Lily said and pushed the cupboard door open.
And guess who she ran right into?
You got it, James Potter and Sirius Black.
"Hey Evans! Do I want to know what you were doing in there with, whoa, Alice?!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "You're so immature."
James grinned.
"Let's go mate, can't be late for practice." Sirius said, pulling James towards the doors.
Lily groaned. "Alice! I didn't know they'd be practicing!"
Alice shrugged. "Look! There's Eric!" Alice pointed to a short figure standing awkwardly by the stands.
"Let's go!" Alice grunted and pulled Lily with her.
Lily, unwillingly followed.
She ignored the calls from Potter and went with Alice towards Eric Bones.
"Hey Alice!" He smiled and stood on his tip toes to kiss her cheek. "Hi Lily!" He smiled and waved.
Lily felt an uncomfortable knot form in her stomach.
"Alice-" She tried to convince her friend to not go through with it, but Alice ignored her.
"Hey, Eric?"
"Yeah Alice?"
"Remember how you once ate that Pumpkin Pasty and it tasted funny?"
"Uh-huh..."
"Do you remember why?"
"It had gone stale because someone spilled something on it-"
"Exactly. It went stale due to an outside person, right?"
"Alice, where are you going with this?"
"Alice!" Lily tugged at her sleeve.
"What I'm trying to say is that-"
"INCOMING!" A loud voice called and Lily, Alice and Eric ducked as a bludger came hurtling towards them. Sirius chased it on his Comet, holding the bat ready.
He hit it with a loud thunk and sent it whizzing in the opposite direction.
Alice straightened up and looked to Eric, who was passed out on the ground.
"Eric?" She asked nervously.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked kneeling down beside him.
"Did he get hit?"
James saw Lily kneeling beside Eric and called for his team to take a break.
He flew down to them. "Hey, is he okay?" He asked, crouching beside Lily.
"I don't know..."
"Oh no, did the bludger hit him?" Sirius asked, joining them.
"No, I don't think so..."
"We'd better get him to the Hospital Wing." James suggested.
Sirius nodded and the two of them lifted him up and started to walk.
"Wait! You can't carry him the whole way!" Lily said running up to them.
"What's the matter Evans? Doubt my strength?" James asked, nearly dropping Eric in an attempt to flex his muscles.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I mean what if you drop him? With your short attention span it won't be too hard. For example, just now."
Sirius and James looked at each other.
"Here." Lily said waving her wand. A stretcher floating in mid air appeared. She moved Eric onto the stretcher and tried not to laugh at Sirius' and James' dumbfounded faces.
"Alice and I will take him." Lily said boldly.
Alice smiled weakly from the ground.
"Forget her! I'll go with you." James said, stepping towards Lily.
"Lily, go with him, I-I think I'm going to go... do some Charms homework." Alice said standing up and running away.
Lily watched her go, knowing she wasn't going to do any homework. Especially for Charms. Professor Flitwick hadn't assigned any.
"You heard her." James said grinning.
Lily rolled her eyes and started to walk up the grounds and into the castle with James.
A little longer than usual, but you don't mind, do you? ;)
