Lily and James Potter died for their son Harry on 31st October 1981 at just 21 years old. This is how the story ends – but how does it begin? A story of friendship, love, acceptance, brilliance and magic: A Lifetime Too Soon.

Before Harry, before Godric's Hollow, before the Dark Lord was defied three times... Lily Evans and James Potter discovered that neither of them were what the other had expected, and embarked on a relationship that would change the world as they knew it.

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.

James makes Lily a simple offer. "Shag me and I'll leave you alone for the rest of the term." Of course, Lily refuses but the offer is always on the table...Will Lily give in? Will James sweeten the deal? RATED M.

You mean to say that Potter's family is coincidentally staying across the street from our beach house for the summer, Mum and Mrs. Potter are now randomly best friends, and they expect me to hang out with that git for two months? You've got to be joking. (Even worse? There's a sequel.)

It's James' 18th birthday and instead of throwing him a party, Sirius decided James and Lily should go on a first date.

Moments. They make or break relationships. Lily didn't just happen to fall in love with James. It wasn't an accident, but a long drawn out process that grew out of the relationships of the people around them. And when it came down to it, even Lily and James couldn't fight fate.

Lily Evans has spent years despising James Potter. He has spent just as long worshiping her. When seventh year pairs them Head Boy and Girl, each comes to realize that their judgment isn't quite what they thought it was. This is the same story that was over on Checkmated, but I completed it here. Prequel to Heroes for Ghosts. Warning: this story is a strong M rating.

Nazi Germany. Lily is brought to the Potter's household when she is twelve years old, to go into hiding. James doesn't take much notice of her until she is sixteen. But secrets can never be kept forever, and the consequences of this one being discovered can be particularly deadly.

"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"

War. Terrible war. England burned to the ground – he has won. The world belongs to him now – to the solely Lord of magic – and to him alone. The nation he has divided in four estates; four districts, each separated by three sectors. To prevent a further rebellion, he created what would be later known as - The Menial Games.

James and Lily are interrupted on their first date.

James and Lily, and a whole lot of firsts. Smut.

James is a sonnet and you are Shakespeare. James would not know what that means, because James is not the type of boy who reads poetry. JPLE One-Shot.

She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.

Lily has always considered herself ordinary. But as she enters her 7th year, things start changing and Lily starts going a bit mad. Suddenly, she's Head Girl, her mates are acting strangely, and there's a new James Potter she can't seem to get rid of. PRE-HBP

All Right, Evans?, Part II [7th year]: "As in all wars, life goes on." -HP/HBP

Four times where James and Lily spend July thirty first together. Oneshot. J/L

If there was one thing James was good at, he realized, it was making Lily Evans angry. One-shot. Jily.

Because when all efforts at making the rounds schedule fail, what else is there to do but open a few Butterbeers and simply talk. It's here, in the Head's Office, that both Lily and James finally get what they need.

No one ever explained this part of love to him. No one told him that magic went beyond transfiguring desks into cats and that magic was holding her hand in his and kissing her eyelashes.

You think he won't even listen to you - but you have to try, because the moon once had an argument with the sun and now they rule the sky together. James/Lily (drabble)

A Jily fanfic about James and Lily sitting together in their seventh year and Lily decides to ask James why he loves her. Supposed to be a oneshot but open for suggestions to continue. Rated M for sexual content

A series of drabbles centering on Lily and James Potter.

They were caught, eventually. It had been inevitable, but at least James and Lily had two months before things went haywire. Limes oneshot ::no smut but mentions of mature themes::

"Nuh-uh, Evans. No way would Prongs skip out on Quidditch with me just to shag you.": Lily and Sirius make a bet for James's attention. L/J. One-shot.

In which Lily Evans makes the best of insomnia, with the help of her womanly wiles.

James was vaguely aware that the sky outside his window produced a bright crimson. He could have thought of blood. He could have thought of the fate right before him. His last thought, at the end, was of Lily's smile.

"Sirius felt ill, his head woozy and his vision dizzy, as he sacrificed one last glance at James' torn expression, and, blinking back the tears with all his might, he retracted his right fist, and while imagining Remus in his mind, brought his punch barreling straight into James' gut." Rated for language.

"He had never, until now, called her Lily." JPLE Oneshot.

Perfect. That's what today had to be. James needed the perfect attire and perfect hair to make his perfect date with the perfect girl one thing. Perfect. Jily One-shot.

""I don't even understand why you like her so much." James just rolled his eyes and focused his attention on the red headed girl sitting across the room."

Another oh-so-clever, broom-cupboard attempt to woo the unyielding Lily Evans. But in the end, perhaps it's not quite that hopeless. L/J. One-shot.

Of James Potter, Lily Evans, and the aftermath of an opened window.

This time she dared to let go of her rule-abiding tendencies and reach out for the hand of the troublemaker. James/Lily one-shot where Lily finally falls for the infamous marauder.

It was the middle of the night and the Quidditch pitch was dark... L/J. One-shot.

"For something so immensely life-changing, it only took Lily Evans a number of heartbeats to realize just how deeply and madly in love with James Potter she was." JPLE Oneshot.

Part I of in-progress trilogy [6th year]: The thing about being Lily Evans and James Potter was that you couldn't do anything without everybody else saying something about it.

It was beautiful, just beautiful, but the best part would always, always be right after.

The story of a Golden Snitch and two people in love.

"Sirius was floating... memories playing around him; all of his senses ignited with the ghosts of his past."

Lily Evans is in her last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With returning long-ago memories, confusing feelings and a war raging outside the safe stone walls, Lily's year as Head Girl isn't going as peacefully as she thought it would.

He knew. He knew it when he saw her that fateful day toward the end of fourth year; something had changed. What exactly had changed was yet to be determined, but he was positive something was different about her. Companion to Kiss and Tell.

Sirius Black arrives at Godric's Hollow late on October 31, 1981 and immediately sees the Potter's nearly destroyed house.

James knew that his breaths were numbered. But he didn't care. Not if there was a chance - the smallest possibility that Lily and Harry could get away.

You don't read Lily/James because you crave a love story. You read Lily/James because you crave attention. JPLE One-Shot.

"There's something you have to realise about a boy who buys you sweets that taste like torture, fights a branch duel for your honour, or lets you dribble on his jumper: a boy like that should never be ignored."

The woman sighed and took one last look at the slumbering twosome before shutting them away; they really were the most beautiful couple.

James Potter is in for a bit of a surprise. May contain citrus fruit.

Lily and James. This is the story of how the famous couple came to be, and how they and their friends found hope, camaraderie, and love as the first shots of war rang in their ears and tore their world apart. Full Summary Inside. REWRITTEN.

Lily and James are on Patrol. One Shot.

And that was why he was now sitting on the lawn overlooking the lake drinking stolen wine and thinking about the girl who tormented him every moment. He was a mess.

"Lily, do you know what it really means to be loved?" She nodded. "No, I mean really loved. Like… Like making love." Her eyes widened and stared into his hard hazel gaze. She shook her head.

He's being a pansy. He should be kissing her. He should have snogged her senseless the moment they set foot in his dormitory. Really, she should be lying naked underneath him, writhing and screaming his name at the top of her lungs.

James comes up with a nickname.

'"You always want things you can't have, James." ... Suddenly, he picks her up, and her legs are wrapped around his waist, and she's slammed into the wall, and his lips are on hers, and his lips are on hers, and his lips are on hers ...' JPLE One-Shot.

"I think you're an arrogant, selfish pig, and I think you'd be doing both of us a favor if you just left me alone!" Potter stared at me for a moment, an unreadable expression in his hazel eyes, before uttering a single word: "Okay." J/L, Lily's POV.

L/J. The Aha Moment: a point in time when something finally clicks. Everyone realizes that there's something more between James and Lily, though it takes some people longer than others. James has always been a slow learner.

Potter was going to say that he wasn't my boyfriend. I couldn't let him do that. For the love of Merlin, I could not let him do that. I had to stop him. He couldn't tell her the truth. So I did the only conceivable thing I could think of. I kissed him.

Abandoned by her best friend and suffering the torment of her hideous older sister - and her sister's hideous boyfriend, Lily Evans thought she was in for a boring summer. James Potter had other ideas.

For six summers, Lily's parents hear all about that Potter boy. Then comes the seventh.

The final chapter of Molly Raesly's "Boyfriend" series.

"I dropped my fork. Did he really just say that? Smehkaleen." The much awaited sequel to Molly Raesly's "Boyfriend."

Ahhh. First kisses. Just lovely, aren't they? They're new and sweet and full of fuzzy, floaty, first kiss feelings. They make everyone happy, right? James is about to find out.

James and Lily spend their summers together producing plays, though neither are happy about the presence of the other. With James, as the set designer, and Lily, as the actress, tensions run high.

L/J. It's easy to say that the Prefect's bath is his favorite place in the world lately.

When it comes to loving Lily Evans, all James Potter needs is a 'when'. A thoughtful four-shot reflecting the seasons with a changing relationship and the two people in it. Please read and review!

Lily gets an early-morning surprise on her birthday. LilyJames drabble.

James Potter and Lily Evans have the weirdest relationship in the school it's not a hatred, but also not a friendship, yet they spend a little too much time together... for obvious reasons. Rated R for sexual content, graphic sex scenes and language.

When James and Lily are chosen as Head Boy and Girl, she begins to see him in a different light. However, when Lily is pressured by her friends and reputation, she realizes that she and James can never be together... at least not in public.

Mix: 1 portion each of mystery, mayhem, and murder. Add: James, Lily, spies, school, and sarcasm. Stir in: 1 tablespoon each of chaos and enmity. Blend using: sense of humor and ability to read. Serve: shaken, not stirred...

After being disowned by his parents, Sirius needs money to pay for his flying motorbike and ropes in James, the prettiest Marauder apparently, to help him in his genius plan to rake in the galleons. JamesLily. One shot.

How did a simple suggestion blow feelings way out of proportion? Now their relationship has taken an undeniable turn & there is no way to stop its course. Decisions that're made cant be taken back: Lily isn't sure she wants to, James on the other hand...

Lily Evans has been distracted lately…and it’s all because of James Potter and his stupid, unbuttoned shirt. Hardly any fluff, but plenty of shirtless James for everybody. Seventh year fic.

James Potter loses his glasses and seeks help from Head Girl, Lily Evans, to be his guide dog. No doubt, unintentional boob grabbing always occurs with temporary blindness. One shot.

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!

[Finished] Ah, the world of Hogwarts Quidditch, the game is exciting, the players are worshiped, the commentating is explicit and James wants Lily on his team. Things could get rioty. LJ 7th year.