AN: This is such a perfect song, Lily is definitely thinking this. And it's an awesome song to boot: The Hives – Try It Again : youtube .com/watch?v=x_NESyzbNZ8
4th Year - December 2nd
"Go with me."
James Potter leaned casually against the wall where Lily was looking at the poster of the School Ball after transfiguration. She gave him a withering look and turned to go.
"So that's a maybe?" James started at her sudden movement and scuffled to keep up with her. A little bit of his cool air had dissipated and his cocky one-sided smile had faltered.
"Go with me," He repeated, "everyone expects it – we'd look great together." She continued to stalk away without looking back and James had to take long strides to keep up with her.
"Go with me." He kept saying it, following her through corridors and up staircases. Suddenly he was forcefully halted.
"What the!" He staggered as his foot fell though the vanishing step. "Aw come on babe, help me out here – I'm stuck in the-"
"For the last exasperated, bored and in all other ways tedious time – do not. EVER. Call me 'Babe'" She had wheeled around haughtily, her green eyes ablaze the way no others could be.
James grinned his one sided grin, if a little sheepishly, "at least you're talking now…"
"And so while I have you here I want to make one thing inescapably clear: I am neither you're pet, nor you're girlfriend; I am not you're inferior or conquest; I would thank you kindly if you would leave your condescending remarks firmly rattling around your own head, since I am sure there is nothing else filling it. I beg you to leave me alone. I'm not delusional and neither are you – we both know that there are plenty of girls that would be happy to have you annoy them endlessly, so please – for the love of god – do that rather than embarrassing yourself and me with this ridiculous game. I find you pathetic and tragically immature. I won't even start on your tendency for cruelty, especially against Sev. I could never like a bully; so, in short: NO, I will not go to that ridiculous ball with you."
She was pink in the face and people had stopped on both the halls above and below as well as the stairs in order to witness this outburst, but she held her head up and stalked away leaving James looking completely nonplussed as to what just happened.