Chapter 3: An Unknown Awakening
Lily woke up just as the sun peeped out over the Forbidden Forest, partially hidden in the gray mist rising above the treetops. A few delicate rays graced the girl's dormitory with their presence, creating soft yellow circles of light on Lily's bed curtains. She smiled, seeing that everyone else was asleep; she loved being alone in the morning. There was something so soothing about it; maybe it was the thought of all the other Hogwarts inhabitants sleeping soundly in their beds, lost in the blissful land of dreams.
She got out of bed quietly and slipped a cloak over her nightgown; she would change later. She glided gracefully across the room and out the door, giving her sleeping friends' beds one last glance.
The common room was chilly and empty. Chairs looked out of place without occupants, as well as tables that were completely clean. Lily tottered over to a chair by the window and pulled her knees up to her chin, covering her cold toes with the bottom of her cloak. She stared outside at the sky, watching the colors change from the golden hues of the sun to the pale blue sky of day. She was just thinking of how beautiful a painting it would make when she heard a slight shuffle behind her.
Lily snapped her head around towards the sound and was extremely surprised when she saw Remus Lupin looking at her with a terrified expression on his face.
"What are you doing here?" she asked accusingly, narrowing her eyes at him. She pulled her cloak closer to her body.
"N-nothing..." He said with the same wide-eyed expression. "I didn't think anyone would be here, no ones ever here this early in the morning. I was hoping you wouldn't hear me," he continued, looking flustered.
Lily noticed that he looked a little pale; his eyes were red and there were gray bags under them. He looked very worn out as he stood there staring at her and shivering.
"Are you alright? You don't look too good, Remus," she said, easing up a bit.
"Y-Yes I'm fine. Thanks, Lily. I was just on my way out..." he replied quickly, once again looking terrified. He hurried across the room, opened the portrait hole, and stepped out before she could react and ask him where he was going.
It was her duty as Head Girl to make sure no one prowled the halls too early in the morning. No one ever did; who would want to cut out on valuable sleeping time? The last thing she needed was the Marauders roaming around and her getting in trouble for it. But wait, it wasn't the Marauders, it was just Remus. Lily was befuddled as to what he would be doing, especially without his friends. She couldn't help but wonder why calm, cool, collected Remus looked so flustered just a few minutes ago. Terrified, actually. She wondered if Sirius and James knew.
James. Anger unfurled inside her like the beautiful hues of the sunrise. She had never felt such an intense hatred for anyone before. He truly disgusted her. She wondered how he could walk around school and not throw up at the sight of himself. Maybe not the physical aspect of him, but everything else. He had no self-respect, he had no true valor. He was so fake, living only for others, for popularity, for girls, and for tormenting those weaker than himself. But in truth, he was the weakest one of all. He was not worthy of being an Auror. She would die before he became an Auror.
Lily was fuming as these thoughts flowed through her. He would never get to her. She would never give him the satisfaction of it. This was one thing she was sure of.
She got up from her chair and straightened out her cloak. The sky was now light blue and she could see shadows of clouds forming in the distance. She quickly made her way across the common room and had almost reached the stairs when she heard someone stumbling down the boys' staircase.
"Evans?"
She recognized the voice immediately. Without turning to look at him, she mustered up the sweetest sounding voice that she possible could and said, "Shove it, Potter," and then skipped up the stairs smiling to herself. This would be a good day.
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"So get this, Sirius. I was going to Dumbledore's office in the morning, just to remind him about you-know-what because he said he was really busy and might forget, you know? But anyways, it was some ungodly hour of like 5 or 6, and I go into the common room, right... And guess who I see sitting there in a chair in her pretty little nightgown looking out the window?" Sirius gave Remus a blank look before comprehension dawned on his face.
"Oh! Oh man, Moony! Rosmerta? I knew it! So what'd ya do, huh?" he guffawed as he clapped Remus on the back, causing him to choke on his toast. Peter was smiling expectantly, like a child waiting for a bedtime story.
After chugging down come orange juice, Remus gave Sirius an extremely dirty look and then rolled his eyes. He tilted his head to the side and stated blandly, "Sirius, how dense can you be? I wasn't talking about the Rosmerta girl. I was talking about Lily." Neither Sirius nor Peter seemed to have any type of reaction to his news. He shook his head and threw his hands up in the air. "Why the heck am I telling you this? Where's James? Why's he still in his room? Merlin, is he STILL sleeping?" He twisted his neck and scanned the Great Hall for his friend. Sirius resumed his usual breakfast routine of shoving food into his face.
After failing to spot James, Remus turned back around and stared at a bit of jelly on Sirius's chin and said, "You are the most disgusting human I have ever seen. I think I need to throw up." He did indeed look very pale, almost a sea-greenish. He started taking deep breaths.
"Here, Remus, have a donut," said Peter sincerely, his outstretched hand holding a powdery looking lump of dough. "I think it might be strawberry."
Remus closed his eyes and tried to close off all of his senses as a wave of pain suddenly coursed throughout his body. He did not want to hear the rumbling morning chatter of excited students. He did not want to smell the revolting donut that Peter was holding. He did not want see Sirius wallowing in his food like a disgusting pig. His stomach churned. And most of all, he did not want to feel the sharp, jabbing pains that were periodically piercing into his spine, or the achiness that inhabited every one of his joints and made him feel like a feeble old man. His head was going to explode any minute now. He waited for the moment, gripping the edge of the table tightly. It had never been this bad before.
"Moony? Moony? Earth to Moony." Someone was poking him in his side.
"STOP IT!" he barked, sounding a little more loud and ferocious than he wanted to. Several students nearby paused their eating and stared at him with curiosity. Sirius had a fork halfway up to his open mouth, and Peter had just taken a bite out of the donut. He looked for his attacker and discovered James standing next to him, frozen in mid-poke.
Remus sighed as the wave of pain slowly passed. "Sorry, James. It's just that time of the month, you know," he explained quietly so no one else could hear. Sirius immediately broke the awkward tension and erupted in laughter, spraying bits and pieces of food all over the table. Several girls nearby looked as if they were trying to decide whether to be disgusted by this display, or to gather up the bits of food and take them up to their Sirius-shrines upstairs.
James slowly cracked a smile and sat down. He didn't say anything as he piled food onto his plate. He looked as if he had a little secret that he had no intention of sharing. Sirius and Remus noticed this, but did not say anything.
In an attempt to start a conversation to cover up the embarrassing incident, Remus began telling James about his Lily sighting. However, he was interrupted by very loud, high-pitched laughter and lively giggles being emitted from the direction of the entrance to the Great Hall.
They all looked up.
"Ah, it's the goddess herself," Sirius said, smirking.
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Lily, Wilona, and Alice waltzed into the Great Hall, all three laughing and giggling loudly at an early- morning mishap in the bathroom. Lily tucked her vibrant, flowing hair behind her ears and dabbed her eyes with the sleeve of her robe. Her face was flushed and fresh, with natural beauty shining through the laughter. She smiled lazily and contently when the humor died down a bit and her friends sat down at the Gryffindor table to eat.
"Ahhh," Alice sighed. The three girls smiled at each other. Neither of them had noticed that their loud arrival had caught the attention of half the school, so began eating and talking as if nothing had just happened. It was only a matter of minutes before they burst into giggles again when Wilona, who had just made eye contact with Sirius, tried to take a sexy swig of pumpkin juice but missed her mouth by a couple of inches and ended up pouring the juice down her face. Lily and Alice hunched over onto the table in fits of laughter, while an incredibly embarrassed Wilona ran to the girl's bathroom.
"Oh God, oh god." Lily repeated as she gasped for air. Both girls were now very pink and began to notice the curious stares of students surrounding them. Lily coughed. Her face turned a shade darker.
"Um. So anyways..." she began, attempting to make the rest of breakfast as normal as possible. She glanced around and behind her. Everyone was still staring.
"Alice! Alice, is there something on my face?" Lily asked anxiously. A wide- eyed Alice shook her head quickly. Lily cowered down in her seat and reached for a blueberry muffin. Slowly, people stopped whispering and turned back to their own conversations.
After a few seconds of silence and muffin chewing, Alice let out a soft giggle.
Lily couldn't help but smile, and tried her very hardest not to laugh.
Further down the Gryffindor table, the Marauders had watched the entrance of the three girls, and the exit of Wilona. They all watched keenly as Lily and Alice began emitting the loudest laughing they had ever heard. They noticed that Lily looked like a cherry. With red hair. James thought she looked positively beautiful.
"Look at that girl, Prongs, totally enjoying herself, WITHOUT you," Sirius commented. Remus turned to see James's reaction. Surprisingly, he sat quietly staring at Lily intently. But only for a few seconds. He then cracked a huge grin and chuckled.
"But if only she knew what I had to offer, I mean, clearly she is missing out on the best thing that isn't happening to her," he paused, "Did that make sense?" He raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"Sorta..." said Remus. He looked back at Lily. She was eating a muffin and talking to Alice. Her face was still slightly pink, and she was engulfed in an aura of energy and happiness. Remus couldn't help but smile. James saw him.
"WHAT! That's MY girl, you're smiling at there, Moony! Don't you even think about it!" he said half jokingly, half serious.
"She does look really pretty though" Sirius said, grinning at James.
James sputtered. "Wha- What? Stop it! I know she's pretty. What are you playing at?" He looked about wildly from friend to friend.
Remus and Sirius just shook their heads, trying to contain their laughter. It was a fun little game they played sometimes. Getting James riled up was easy, not to mention amusing.
Peter was looking down towards the girls.
"Hey look! Haha, looks like ol' Ted's about to pull a move on her. Whaddya think about that?" Peter said, giggling girlishly afterwards.
James whipped his head around towards Lily. A tall, blond-haired boy was standing next to her, his back facing James.
"He wouldn't..." James said threateningly. "But Evans is smart, she wouldn't fall for a guy like that..."
Just then, Lily made some motions with her hands and the boy sat down next to her. James's mouth dropped open in awe, and his eyes widened. He watched on as Lily began chatting with the boy. In a few seconds she began to blush and looked down into her lap.
"He's making her blush! He's saying inappropriate things to her! I'll kill him! I'll kill him if he lays a hand on her," James burst out. He was about to get up when Lily lifted her head. She was smiling. She said a few words and then nodded quickly, still blushing.
"What are they saying? What are they talking about?" James continued, still shocked. He looked at his friends. Remus and Sirius were looking at Lily with their eyes slightly wide as well. Turning back to James, they both shrugged.
"Peter!" James said abruptly. "Turn into a rat and go listen. Now!" He kept snapping his head back and forth from his friends to Lily, his face getting more angry with each glance at her. His fist clenched
"James, we're in the middle of the Great Hall. Be quiet," Remus said. Then his face contorted and he closed his eyes, grimacing.
Sirius continued. "Don't get all worked up about it. She hates your guts, man." He nodded knowledgably. "Anyway, its almost time for classes, let's go." He began to gather up his books.
James looked around the Great Hall and noticed that it was a little emptier and students were beginning to get up and head out. Most of the teachers were already gone. He saw Dumbledore sitting alone, reading a book and eating what looked like a treacle tart. He glanced up and saw James looking at him. He winked.
"Hey, did Dumbledore just wink at you?" Peter asked in wonder. He stood up and stared pointedly at Dumbledore, trying to get a wink for himself.
James stood up and shoved Peter aside. "She does not hate me. I mean really, who could possible hate me? She just doesn't know me. Watch, I'll talk to her, you'll see. She was just overreacting in Potions class." He did not sound very confident.
"Right.." Sirius said.
James grabbed his bag and made his way towards Lily, who was already leaving the Great Hall with the boy named Ted. Alice was no where to be seen.
"Hey Evans! Evans!" he called.
She turned around and he flashed her a big grin. "Hey Evans, how's it going?" he asked when he caught up to her. He shot Ted a quick evil glance.
Lily stared at him in disbelief. "I don't believe you," she said, "Leave me alone, Potter." She moved closer to Ted. He put a protective arm around her and glared at James.
"What are you doing with THIS guy, Evans? Come on, you can do so much better than that! You could go out with ME!" James said, as if this was the most obvious fact in the world. Ted made a move towards him but Lily held him back.
"He's not worth it, "she muttered softly, but James heard her.
"EVANS! Are you crazy? You're making a huge mistake here. I dont believe YOU!" he said incredulously. He stared at her with a slightly open mouth. People were beginning to look at the little standoff and whisper amongst themselves. This was sure to be the gossip of the day.
"Listen, Potter," Lily spat. James winced slightly at her harsh tone. "I don't like you. I want you to leave me alone. I want you to never talk to me again. I want you out of my life completely." Her once bright green eyes were dark and cold as they stared straight into his. Before he could answer her, she turned and dragged Ted with her. James stared as her bright head disappeared into the sea of students that were now pouring out of the Great Hall. He looked around and glared at the people who were still staring at him and they quickly scurried off to their classes.
Still trying to overcome his shock, he stumbled to his next class, his head full of new and perturbing thoughts. This had never happened to James Potter before. How dare someone reject him like that? Continuously. How was it possible? What kind of person was capable of this?
It baffled him.
Lily woke up just as the sun peeped out over the Forbidden Forest, partially hidden in the gray mist rising above the treetops. A few delicate rays graced the girl's dormitory with their presence, creating soft yellow circles of light on Lily's bed curtains. She smiled, seeing that everyone else was asleep; she loved being alone in the morning. There was something so soothing about it; maybe it was the thought of all the other Hogwarts inhabitants sleeping soundly in their beds, lost in the blissful land of dreams.
She got out of bed quietly and slipped a cloak over her nightgown; she would change later. She glided gracefully across the room and out the door, giving her sleeping friends' beds one last glance.
The common room was chilly and empty. Chairs looked out of place without occupants, as well as tables that were completely clean. Lily tottered over to a chair by the window and pulled her knees up to her chin, covering her cold toes with the bottom of her cloak. She stared outside at the sky, watching the colors change from the golden hues of the sun to the pale blue sky of day. She was just thinking of how beautiful a painting it would make when she heard a slight shuffle behind her.
Lily snapped her head around towards the sound and was extremely surprised when she saw Remus Lupin looking at her with a terrified expression on his face.
"What are you doing here?" she asked accusingly, narrowing her eyes at him. She pulled her cloak closer to her body.
"N-nothing..." He said with the same wide-eyed expression. "I didn't think anyone would be here, no ones ever here this early in the morning. I was hoping you wouldn't hear me," he continued, looking flustered.
Lily noticed that he looked a little pale; his eyes were red and there were gray bags under them. He looked very worn out as he stood there staring at her and shivering.
"Are you alright? You don't look too good, Remus," she said, easing up a bit.
"Y-Yes I'm fine. Thanks, Lily. I was just on my way out..." he replied quickly, once again looking terrified. He hurried across the room, opened the portrait hole, and stepped out before she could react and ask him where he was going.
It was her duty as Head Girl to make sure no one prowled the halls too early in the morning. No one ever did; who would want to cut out on valuable sleeping time? The last thing she needed was the Marauders roaming around and her getting in trouble for it. But wait, it wasn't the Marauders, it was just Remus. Lily was befuddled as to what he would be doing, especially without his friends. She couldn't help but wonder why calm, cool, collected Remus looked so flustered just a few minutes ago. Terrified, actually. She wondered if Sirius and James knew.
James. Anger unfurled inside her like the beautiful hues of the sunrise. She had never felt such an intense hatred for anyone before. He truly disgusted her. She wondered how he could walk around school and not throw up at the sight of himself. Maybe not the physical aspect of him, but everything else. He had no self-respect, he had no true valor. He was so fake, living only for others, for popularity, for girls, and for tormenting those weaker than himself. But in truth, he was the weakest one of all. He was not worthy of being an Auror. She would die before he became an Auror.
Lily was fuming as these thoughts flowed through her. He would never get to her. She would never give him the satisfaction of it. This was one thing she was sure of.
She got up from her chair and straightened out her cloak. The sky was now light blue and she could see shadows of clouds forming in the distance. She quickly made her way across the common room and had almost reached the stairs when she heard someone stumbling down the boys' staircase.
"Evans?"
She recognized the voice immediately. Without turning to look at him, she mustered up the sweetest sounding voice that she possible could and said, "Shove it, Potter," and then skipped up the stairs smiling to herself. This would be a good day.
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"So get this, Sirius. I was going to Dumbledore's office in the morning, just to remind him about you-know-what because he said he was really busy and might forget, you know? But anyways, it was some ungodly hour of like 5 or 6, and I go into the common room, right... And guess who I see sitting there in a chair in her pretty little nightgown looking out the window?" Sirius gave Remus a blank look before comprehension dawned on his face.
"Oh! Oh man, Moony! Rosmerta? I knew it! So what'd ya do, huh?" he guffawed as he clapped Remus on the back, causing him to choke on his toast. Peter was smiling expectantly, like a child waiting for a bedtime story.
After chugging down come orange juice, Remus gave Sirius an extremely dirty look and then rolled his eyes. He tilted his head to the side and stated blandly, "Sirius, how dense can you be? I wasn't talking about the Rosmerta girl. I was talking about Lily." Neither Sirius nor Peter seemed to have any type of reaction to his news. He shook his head and threw his hands up in the air. "Why the heck am I telling you this? Where's James? Why's he still in his room? Merlin, is he STILL sleeping?" He twisted his neck and scanned the Great Hall for his friend. Sirius resumed his usual breakfast routine of shoving food into his face.
After failing to spot James, Remus turned back around and stared at a bit of jelly on Sirius's chin and said, "You are the most disgusting human I have ever seen. I think I need to throw up." He did indeed look very pale, almost a sea-greenish. He started taking deep breaths.
"Here, Remus, have a donut," said Peter sincerely, his outstretched hand holding a powdery looking lump of dough. "I think it might be strawberry."
Remus closed his eyes and tried to close off all of his senses as a wave of pain suddenly coursed throughout his body. He did not want to hear the rumbling morning chatter of excited students. He did not want to smell the revolting donut that Peter was holding. He did not want see Sirius wallowing in his food like a disgusting pig. His stomach churned. And most of all, he did not want to feel the sharp, jabbing pains that were periodically piercing into his spine, or the achiness that inhabited every one of his joints and made him feel like a feeble old man. His head was going to explode any minute now. He waited for the moment, gripping the edge of the table tightly. It had never been this bad before.
"Moony? Moony? Earth to Moony." Someone was poking him in his side.
"STOP IT!" he barked, sounding a little more loud and ferocious than he wanted to. Several students nearby paused their eating and stared at him with curiosity. Sirius had a fork halfway up to his open mouth, and Peter had just taken a bite out of the donut. He looked for his attacker and discovered James standing next to him, frozen in mid-poke.
Remus sighed as the wave of pain slowly passed. "Sorry, James. It's just that time of the month, you know," he explained quietly so no one else could hear. Sirius immediately broke the awkward tension and erupted in laughter, spraying bits and pieces of food all over the table. Several girls nearby looked as if they were trying to decide whether to be disgusted by this display, or to gather up the bits of food and take them up to their Sirius-shrines upstairs.
James slowly cracked a smile and sat down. He didn't say anything as he piled food onto his plate. He looked as if he had a little secret that he had no intention of sharing. Sirius and Remus noticed this, but did not say anything.
In an attempt to start a conversation to cover up the embarrassing incident, Remus began telling James about his Lily sighting. However, he was interrupted by very loud, high-pitched laughter and lively giggles being emitted from the direction of the entrance to the Great Hall.
They all looked up.
"Ah, it's the goddess herself," Sirius said, smirking.
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Lily, Wilona, and Alice waltzed into the Great Hall, all three laughing and giggling loudly at an early- morning mishap in the bathroom. Lily tucked her vibrant, flowing hair behind her ears and dabbed her eyes with the sleeve of her robe. Her face was flushed and fresh, with natural beauty shining through the laughter. She smiled lazily and contently when the humor died down a bit and her friends sat down at the Gryffindor table to eat.
"Ahhh," Alice sighed. The three girls smiled at each other. Neither of them had noticed that their loud arrival had caught the attention of half the school, so began eating and talking as if nothing had just happened. It was only a matter of minutes before they burst into giggles again when Wilona, who had just made eye contact with Sirius, tried to take a sexy swig of pumpkin juice but missed her mouth by a couple of inches and ended up pouring the juice down her face. Lily and Alice hunched over onto the table in fits of laughter, while an incredibly embarrassed Wilona ran to the girl's bathroom.
"Oh God, oh god." Lily repeated as she gasped for air. Both girls were now very pink and began to notice the curious stares of students surrounding them. Lily coughed. Her face turned a shade darker.
"Um. So anyways..." she began, attempting to make the rest of breakfast as normal as possible. She glanced around and behind her. Everyone was still staring.
"Alice! Alice, is there something on my face?" Lily asked anxiously. A wide- eyed Alice shook her head quickly. Lily cowered down in her seat and reached for a blueberry muffin. Slowly, people stopped whispering and turned back to their own conversations.
After a few seconds of silence and muffin chewing, Alice let out a soft giggle.
Lily couldn't help but smile, and tried her very hardest not to laugh.
Further down the Gryffindor table, the Marauders had watched the entrance of the three girls, and the exit of Wilona. They all watched keenly as Lily and Alice began emitting the loudest laughing they had ever heard. They noticed that Lily looked like a cherry. With red hair. James thought she looked positively beautiful.
"Look at that girl, Prongs, totally enjoying herself, WITHOUT you," Sirius commented. Remus turned to see James's reaction. Surprisingly, he sat quietly staring at Lily intently. But only for a few seconds. He then cracked a huge grin and chuckled.
"But if only she knew what I had to offer, I mean, clearly she is missing out on the best thing that isn't happening to her," he paused, "Did that make sense?" He raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"Sorta..." said Remus. He looked back at Lily. She was eating a muffin and talking to Alice. Her face was still slightly pink, and she was engulfed in an aura of energy and happiness. Remus couldn't help but smile. James saw him.
"WHAT! That's MY girl, you're smiling at there, Moony! Don't you even think about it!" he said half jokingly, half serious.
"She does look really pretty though" Sirius said, grinning at James.
James sputtered. "Wha- What? Stop it! I know she's pretty. What are you playing at?" He looked about wildly from friend to friend.
Remus and Sirius just shook their heads, trying to contain their laughter. It was a fun little game they played sometimes. Getting James riled up was easy, not to mention amusing.
Peter was looking down towards the girls.
"Hey look! Haha, looks like ol' Ted's about to pull a move on her. Whaddya think about that?" Peter said, giggling girlishly afterwards.
James whipped his head around towards Lily. A tall, blond-haired boy was standing next to her, his back facing James.
"He wouldn't..." James said threateningly. "But Evans is smart, she wouldn't fall for a guy like that..."
Just then, Lily made some motions with her hands and the boy sat down next to her. James's mouth dropped open in awe, and his eyes widened. He watched on as Lily began chatting with the boy. In a few seconds she began to blush and looked down into her lap.
"He's making her blush! He's saying inappropriate things to her! I'll kill him! I'll kill him if he lays a hand on her," James burst out. He was about to get up when Lily lifted her head. She was smiling. She said a few words and then nodded quickly, still blushing.
"What are they saying? What are they talking about?" James continued, still shocked. He looked at his friends. Remus and Sirius were looking at Lily with their eyes slightly wide as well. Turning back to James, they both shrugged.
"Peter!" James said abruptly. "Turn into a rat and go listen. Now!" He kept snapping his head back and forth from his friends to Lily, his face getting more angry with each glance at her. His fist clenched
"James, we're in the middle of the Great Hall. Be quiet," Remus said. Then his face contorted and he closed his eyes, grimacing.
Sirius continued. "Don't get all worked up about it. She hates your guts, man." He nodded knowledgably. "Anyway, its almost time for classes, let's go." He began to gather up his books.
James looked around the Great Hall and noticed that it was a little emptier and students were beginning to get up and head out. Most of the teachers were already gone. He saw Dumbledore sitting alone, reading a book and eating what looked like a treacle tart. He glanced up and saw James looking at him. He winked.
"Hey, did Dumbledore just wink at you?" Peter asked in wonder. He stood up and stared pointedly at Dumbledore, trying to get a wink for himself.
James stood up and shoved Peter aside. "She does not hate me. I mean really, who could possible hate me? She just doesn't know me. Watch, I'll talk to her, you'll see. She was just overreacting in Potions class." He did not sound very confident.
"Right.." Sirius said.
James grabbed his bag and made his way towards Lily, who was already leaving the Great Hall with the boy named Ted. Alice was no where to be seen.
"Hey Evans! Evans!" he called.
She turned around and he flashed her a big grin. "Hey Evans, how's it going?" he asked when he caught up to her. He shot Ted a quick evil glance.
Lily stared at him in disbelief. "I don't believe you," she said, "Leave me alone, Potter." She moved closer to Ted. He put a protective arm around her and glared at James.
"What are you doing with THIS guy, Evans? Come on, you can do so much better than that! You could go out with ME!" James said, as if this was the most obvious fact in the world. Ted made a move towards him but Lily held him back.
"He's not worth it, "she muttered softly, but James heard her.
"EVANS! Are you crazy? You're making a huge mistake here. I dont believe YOU!" he said incredulously. He stared at her with a slightly open mouth. People were beginning to look at the little standoff and whisper amongst themselves. This was sure to be the gossip of the day.
"Listen, Potter," Lily spat. James winced slightly at her harsh tone. "I don't like you. I want you to leave me alone. I want you to never talk to me again. I want you out of my life completely." Her once bright green eyes were dark and cold as they stared straight into his. Before he could answer her, she turned and dragged Ted with her. James stared as her bright head disappeared into the sea of students that were now pouring out of the Great Hall. He looked around and glared at the people who were still staring at him and they quickly scurried off to their classes.
Still trying to overcome his shock, he stumbled to his next class, his head full of new and perturbing thoughts. This had never happened to James Potter before. How dare someone reject him like that? Continuously. How was it possible? What kind of person was capable of this?
It baffled him.