Fame; A Story About Lily Evans and James Potter

Chapter Three

I woke up with a start as a hand lightly nudged her shoulder. Her eyes opened just wide enough to see who did it. A small, fragile looking little girl with two blonde ponytails and big round glasses peered at her curiously. She was only in her second year maybe. She was too big to be a first year (she was more developed than any of the others) and was too small to be a third year. Lily, realizing her situation, sat up.

"Hello there." She said kindly, making sure that she flashed her Lily's signature warm smile.

"Oh…um…hi. I just saw how you stood up to Tanya and…and, I just wanted to say that it was really awesome how you did that." She said her voice breaking uncertainly and her eyes were glued to the carpet.

"Well, thanks I guess." I said, flattered by her kind words.

"I…I'm sorry if I bothered you." She said, gathering up the courage to look at me in the eyes.

"What's your name?" I asked tenderly.

"S…s…Sally." She said.

"Well, Sally, I hope to see you again." I said.

I felt some warm motherly feeling in my heart, swelling up inside of me. I couldn't help but smile at the small girl. Sally… it seemed like a perfect name for her, just like Bitch would be a perfect name for Tanya. Speaking of Tanya…

"Hey, have the others come back yet?" I asked, looking around warily for extra measure.

"Yeah, actually, just a few hours ago." She said.

Oh shit.

"Thank you." I said, mustering up the strength to get up.

My stiff legs and neck were killing me, but I did have to get to bed.

"It was nice meeting you Sally. Good night." I said, once again smiling at her.

With slow sluggish movements, I finally made it to the top of the stairwell. My eyes threatened to close at any minute now, but I kept on persevering. Once I found to the door, I hurried in and plopped down on my bed. This was going to be a hell of a long year.

James P.O.V.

After watching the amazing performance by my true love, Lily Evans, I was in awe. Never had anyone seen anything like this before. It was magical, but so was my whole life come to think about it. I whistled softly, right after she had left. My eyes were locked on her, though juice covered, proud form. Not in an arrogant way, but like some one who had achieved something.

My eyes travelled, reluctantly, to the furious and embarrassed Tanya. Everybody in the room was murmuring either about Tanya or Lily. Something warm and fuzzy jumped like fireworks in my heart. I have always liked Lily, but there was never anything like what I was feeling. I was…proud of her? I saw Snivellus looking out the door, probably thinking of her. Jealousy, yes I know, and rage erupted inside of me. I sent him my deluxe evil eye. He gave me an arrogant scowl, but looked back at his food anyway. It was enough to make me smirk triumphantly.

Almost everybody knew about the little "love triangle". Snivellus and I are both vying for Lily's attention, but she hates us both. It hurts me to even say that she hates me, but someday I must face the horrible truth. Dramatic little me. It was hard, not thinking of the way her hips swayed as he walked and that look she wore on her face when she was talking back to Tanya, a feat that was probably very frightening. Let me tell you, I know. I used to date Tanya back then in…fifth year I believe. As far as I remember, I stopped liking her, so she started dating Sirius. Not that I care of course. For this whole time at Hogwarts, I have always liked Lily. I ruffled my hair carelessly, just imagining what Lily would do if she saw me. Roll her eyes in exasperation, perhaps? I wouldn't be surprised.

Once the feast was over and it was time to go back to our common rooms, I sat up eagerly. You do not know how much I would love to sleep in my bed. From the corners of my eyes, I could see Sirius already flirting with some girl that was a year younger than us.

He offered his hand to her and said in his most seductive voice, "May I escort you to your bed, Mlle.?"

She giggled, but expertly responded saying, "Any day…or any night."

They walked off together, flirting with each other. Sirius was obviously trying to get her into bed. This reminded him…he did need some company. His eyes roamed the female Gryffindor population.

"You've been totally ignoring us this whole time." Some one said from behind me.

I whirled my head around to see Remus looking down at me. Remus was always taller than I was, by about two inches if I remember correctly. Peter however was tiny. He only reached up to my shoulders.

"Oh, sorry mate. I was just thinking of some one." I said, knowing that they probably knew who I was thinking of.

Remus rolled his eyes, a habit he shared with Lily. Speaking of Lily…

"I wonder what she's doing right about now" I asked, half to myself and half to my friends.

"And how should we know?" Asked Remus, eyebrows slightly raised.

I shrugged, slightly embarrassed by his stupid question. They were right, how should they know? Over and over, that scene replayed in my head. A great start to the year. No problem that she had stolen the spotlight when we were about to unleash our prank. However, it was very entertaining. No doubt everybody, even the professors, enjoyed it greatly. Voices echoed throughout the castle, excited and nervous chatter was all that you could really hear. Girls, as always, were glancing around for their next catch.

I found myself eyeing a particularly cute one, but I kept seeing images of Lily appear in my head. What in bloody hell was wrong with me? I was always attracted to her, but I usually had no problem when trying to find another girl to "play" with. Maybe it was just that conversation we had outside about her name. Maybe I was just slightly sympathetic and happy that she would share with me something like that. It was going to be a good year. Maybe she would actually go out on a date with me. Have you noticed that I'm saying "maybe" a lot today? Not that I cared…or maybe I did. See? I said it again.

Remus, who had given up talking to me, was now in a conversation with Peter. God knows what they're talking about. Though I heard snatches of their conversation.

"…oddly distant today."

"…Lily."

"She gave me….it says…."

"What…..it is?"

I furrowed my brow, wondering what they were talking about. Something about Lily, she gave him something….what was going on? My day was getting weirder. First, that thing about Lily, then the sudden burst of confidence. Now she gave Remus something? Like I said... What was going on?

A/N: Hey there! Hope you liked this chapter! Clueless C was the one who gave me the idea to have someone other than James wake her up, so thank you Clueless C.