It's too far out of her way and she's wasting so much money, but Lily can't help but return to the bookstore every weekend, where her passion for good literature has, perhaps, been unexpectedly reignited by the messy-haired, pun-making, rather handsome bloke who works there.

First assignment at an all-girls school, surrounded by hundreds of skirts every day, tasked with getting close to them all to learn their deepest secrets... It's everything a bloke could want. Well. Except for the part about actually wearing the skirt. Auror-in-training James Potter and his three friends are in for more than they bargained for with their first assignment.

How does Lily discover her buried feelings for James Potter? Picks up from James's and Lily's 5th year, shortly after Lily ends her friendship with Snape.

Lily Evans starts Hogwarts as a fifth year, after being homeschooled due to her ill mother. The summer before, she has a whirlwind romance with a hazel-eyed boy named James Potter. Upon arriving at Hogwarts she discovers he is none other than the arrogant bully who has tormented her best friend Severus for years. Can James win Lily over again or will he lose her forever?

3 years after Hogwarts, James and Lily are back with old and new friends by their side. Their lives are motivated by fear, their world surrounded by immense danger. As they each fight for their lives and for their loved ones in a world centered around Voldemort, the struggle to survive the war against him is nothing compared to the struggle to survive the wars within themselves.

"The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promise land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la." AU.

Au, renamed- Growing up during the First Wizarding War defined a generation. But mostly it meant that every single one of them was damned.

Professor Potter and Head Girl Lily Evans... The Dark Decline

AU in which Lily is a bored suburban teenager, James is an angry punk, and Mrs Figg runs a corner shop.

Lily got pregnant at sixteen and left Hogwarts to work at an inn. After seventeen years of single parenting, she now has to manage a persistent James, nosy villagers, and a son who's all too interested in joining the Order. (Gilmore Girls AU)

Being wild isn't easy: Sirius and James end up in prison for it. But like that's going to stop these rich boys from making friends, falling in and out of love, and hatching terrible plans...M scenes, very AU. JP/LE.

"We don't deserve her," the Head Boy answered thoughtfully. "None of us do. Not even me. Not because she's perfect. She's not. Sometimes I think she's even more disastrously flawed than the rest of us combined. And not because she's beautiful, even though she is. Certainly not for being lovely because she never was.We don't deserve her because she's so much more than we'll ever be"

In a world ruled by Voldemort, where Muggleborns cannot attend Hogwarts or even hold a job, nineteen year old James Potter is bitter and bored, stuck in a Ministry job he hates, dreaming of the life he should be leading, a life where he is brilliant. But something more interesting might be right around the corner …

AU. Lily Evans isn't a witch.

Voldemort is at large and new Ministry policy is enacted in light of increased Muggle killings: all Muggle-borns are assigned to a Pureblood family for protection. Can Lily learn how to be a Potter...without falling for her new brother?

Lily genuinely liked James Potter. He was handsome enough to make any girl swoon, but he was also funny, clever, and secretly kind. Unfortunately, he could also be rude, thoughtless, spoiled, and cruel. Finding the balance was the tricky part. Author note: James is a jerk. Please don't be surprised.

The rules were simple. Provoke each other. Scream at each other. Snog each other. Do this as frequently as possible, but don't ever, ever kiss and tell.

Lily Evans has a secret. A very dark secret. One so explicit that not even she herself knows about it. Enter James Potter. He finds himself absolutely infatuated. And he's determined to discover every little thing about his emerald-eyed enigma...

LJ. "They didn’t do it out of love. They were not in love, nor did they want to be. They barely knew each other. None of this was romantic, not even close. What they had together was purely business." R&R?

AU: 1st in Beginning Series What if Harry's life had been different? What if his parents didn't die? Join Harry in his adventure with his friends as he falls in love and fulfills the prophecy. previously posted on SIYE - changes here

AU. At the prestigious private University of Percy Academy, James Potter is a rich, hotshot second year grad student who has no time and patience to deal with lowlife rejects like Lily Evans.

In her seventh and final year at Hogwarts, Lily Evans finds herself facing a tragedy that leaves her life in pieces. She ultimately finds great strength both within herself and those she never would have expected. FINAL CHAPTER UP July 8 05!