CHAPTER THREE: LILY V.S. JAMES
~*LILY'S POV*~
I was walking down to my Defense Against Dark Arts class when I saw James in the corner of the hall, making out. After three years of being in the same school with him, I'm used to it. Ever since the my first year he's been playing girls with Sirius. Whenever James is with me, he's either trying to kiss me or he's trying to annoy me on purpose. When I passed James and that skinny girl, I snorted. James looked up from his 'business' and said, "What do you want Lily?"
I stared at him and battered my eyes at him, jokingly and said, "I want you, Jamsie-poo!"
When I said that, James stared at me and mumbled, "Don't call me Jamsie-poo!"
I came closer to James and whispered in his ear, so that he would shiver from my closeness, "Get a life."
James grabbed me by my waist and kissed me. My plan had worked. The skinny girl that James was kissing before watched all of this and glared at me. She looked at James with tears in her eyes and said, "James Potter! I thought you liked me! Not that annoying girl you have in your arms!"
With that she slapped James with as much strength she could muster out of that skinny arm and trudged out with a tear and mascara smeared face. I looked at James with a triumphant look on my face and said, "Well, there goes your five minute girlfriend!"
I walked off to class with James staring at me in disbelief. I knew he was going to think of some kind of horrible revenge for me, but I didn't care. This was a war between us and not even teachers were going to stop it.
When classes were over and the Gryffindor students trudged into the portrait hole, I sat myself down on a squishy chair in a quiet corner. Taking out my diary, I began to write down what had happened between James and I today. I smiled as I finished writing my entry, but soon that smile faded because right when I put my quill down, his big smiling face was there. I must admit that he was hot. He wasn't a small skinny first year anymore. He was taller and well built since he was on the quidditch team. I caught my breath and smiled. He smiled back and said, "Hi, Lily, mind if I join you and your little diary session."
I thought about it for a moment. I did have a huge crush on James Potter and I hated him at the same time, it was hard for me to make these decisions. I nodded, but that answer of mine was wrong. Right when I nodded my head, James sat himself right on top of me and held me in an embrace. I struggled to get out of his warm arms and yelled out, "JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR BUTT AND YOUR ARMS OFF OF MY BODY!"
Obviously this didn't sound right. At least to the people in the Gryffindor common room because everyone was staring at me. I finally pulled myself free and glared at James. Leaving his warm arms made me feel so cold. All I really wanted to do was curl up on him again and fall asleep, but then my hatred toward him took over. I gathered my things and left the common room. Little did I know that I left my diary there.
~*JAMES'S POV*~
This was my usually day of meeting up with my current girlfriend, Mandie. She was a skinny girl with gaunt looks. She looked like she didn't eat at all. It didn't matter to me though, my goal was to annoy Lily as much as possible because I knew she was coming down the hallway at this time. Seeing my girlfriend walk over, I quickly grabbed her and started to kiss her with such passion that I knew Lily would do something about it. As she walked by she glared and snorted at us. I needed to talk to her, I quickly said, "What do you want Lily?"
To my surprise she leaned over and whispered in my ear,"I want you, Jamsie-poo!"
I could feel chills go up and down my spine and I shivered. I still had a huge crush on Lily, but I always thought she had a thing for Sirius or Remus. Getting angry I said in a dangerous voice,"Don't call me Jamsie-poo!"
She moved toward me, her lips almost touching my ear and she said, "Get a life."
Anger filled my mind again. Expressing my anger toward her was a way different story. Wanting to do something that she knew I was going to do, I kissed her. In my imagination, I think that she kissed me back.
I just remembered about Mandie still staring at us in disbelief. With a few tears streaming down her face she said, "James Potter! I thought you liked me! Not that annoying girl you have in your arms!"
Before I could say anything I felt a cold had sweep across my face in a weak slap. I just stared after her dumb-founded. Then it crossed my mind that I had just kissed the girl of my dreams, Lily Evans, and nothing mattered to me except that kiss.
I heard Lily say something as she left, but all I could do was think about that kiss and her. I had to kiss her again sometime soon.
At the end of the day, I walked into the common room with my friends and Peter, who always tagged along, when I saw Lily. Sitting alone with her leather bound diary. I knew what she wrote in there because at night I would sneak through it when I had my invisibility cloak. She writes about me all the time and even said in one entry, "I'll always remember the warmth of his hand on the first day of school, when I was nervous."
I smiled and walked over to Lily in her chair. Hiding myself behind her quill I smiled. When she finished her entry, she put her quill down to find my face smiling up at her. I said, "Hi, Lily, mind if I join you and your little diary session."
She looked down at me and stared. I loved staring at her emerald green eyes and beautiful red hair. There was always something enchanted about them that took my breath away. When she nodded, I couldn't help myself, but to sit next to Lily and snuggle up with her. She obviously didn't like this position because she screamed out, "JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR BUTT AND YOUR ARMS OFF OF MY BODY!"
Obviously this didn't sound right. At least to the people in the Gryffindor common room because everyone was staring at me. Lily quickly got out of my arms and gathered her stuff. She quickly ran upstairs to her room, hearing her door slam. I looked around nervously at the people in the common room and saw Lily's diary on the table. I quickly grabbed that and went to my room. I wanted to see what she wrote about me and that kiss we had today.
When I got up to my room, I quietly walked over to my bed. I drew the curtains around my bed and began to read her sacred diary. She talked about me on almost every page. Diary entry number one:
September 1
Dear Diary,
Today was my first day of being in the Hogwarts. When I first step foot off the train, I felt so nervous. I met my first few friends. They're all guys. First boy I met was named James Potter. He seems nice, he showed me how to get on the platform and he's so cute. Then there's his best friend Sirius Black. He's a joker, but he's also very handsome. He's always playing jokes and getting into trouble. Then there's Remus Lupin. He's cute also, but he's too shy. Remus is gentle, unlike James and Sirius, but Remus is awfully quiet. I met Peter. He's just a tag-a-long. I can see that Sirius and James don't like Peter much. I don't think Remus cares much about Peter. When we entered the castle, there was the sorting. My new friends and I were sorted into Gryffindor. I'm glad that I was sorted in with James, Sirius, and Remus. They're going to be a lot of fun. When the feast ended, I got carried away and Sirius kissed me, on my cheek. I enjoyed Sirius's affection, but I could tell that James was really jealous because he stormed off into his dorm. Well that's all, diary. I'll write as soon as possible.
With Love,
Lily
After I read this entry from Lily, I was angry. She thought that Sirius, me, and Remus were cute. I didn't like the thought. It was true that in our second year, Lily had gone out with Sirius just to anger me. They were still going out to this day, but I knew that Sirius was going out with other girls too. I didn't that Lily cared.
I flipped the pages back and found today's entry. It said:
December 1
Dear Diary,
Today was an incredible day. When I was walking down to Defense Against Dark Arts, I saw James and his girlfriend Mandie, making out. I was really jealous. I had a huge crush on James Potter, and there he was kissing Mandie in the corner of the hallway. I wanted revenge, I wanted to hit James and tell him that I was crazy about him, but I wanted him to stop loving Mandie. I tore them apart and then James kissed me. The kiss took my breath away. I was waiting for that kiss all my life. Ever since I met James Potter, I wished for a kiss from him. I only wish for us to be together before I graduate Hogwarts. I love him a lot, I only wish he knew. I'll end up telling him, but he'll probably take it as a joke. Well, that's my story for today.
With Love,
Lily
I stared at that entry and frowned. Lily Evans had a huge crush on me. I had a huge crush on Lily Evans. So what was stopping us from being together?
~*LILY'S POV*~
After I ran up to my room, I broke down and cried. I cried till I couldn't shed another tear. James, the boy who I had loved so much, was embarrassed by the students of the Gryffindor house! It was all my fault. I loved how James held me in his warm arms and hugged me. I would always feel safe. Then it hit me, I had left my diary down in the common room. I quickly washed my face and walked down to the common room. People were staring at me and giggling. I glared at them and walked to the chair I was sitting in before. My diary wasn't there. I looked every where around the common room and ran up to my room to search through my bag. As I was searching for my diary, I jumped to the obvious conclusion that James Potter had it. He was probably reading every page by now.
I sat down on my bed with a haggard look on my face and climbed the stairs back to the common room. Seeing that everyone was crowded around a post board, I pushed my way through a sea of giggling girls. There it was in large silver letters:
*THE WINTER BALL*
~ALL THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AND UP ARE INVITED~
~MUST HAVE A PARTNER TO COME~
~TAKES PLACE IN THE GREAT HALL FROM 7 PM-12 PM~
*DECEMBER 20th*
~DRESS ROBES MUST BE WORN~
This was a perfect way to annoy James back! I knew that James was always jealous when I went out with his friends and I knew just the person. I went up to Sirius that night and said, "Sirius will you go to the winter ball with me?"
Sirius looked up from his work, smiled, and said, "Is this your idea for annoying the sense out of poor James Potter."
I grinned and nodded. He agreed to go with me and I marched triumphantly back up to the girl's dorm. I was wondering who James would go with to the ball. I bet a line of girls were waiting to ask him.
~*LILY'S POV*~
I was walking down to my Defense Against Dark Arts class when I saw James in the corner of the hall, making out. After three years of being in the same school with him, I'm used to it. Ever since the my first year he's been playing girls with Sirius. Whenever James is with me, he's either trying to kiss me or he's trying to annoy me on purpose. When I passed James and that skinny girl, I snorted. James looked up from his 'business' and said, "What do you want Lily?"
I stared at him and battered my eyes at him, jokingly and said, "I want you, Jamsie-poo!"
When I said that, James stared at me and mumbled, "Don't call me Jamsie-poo!"
I came closer to James and whispered in his ear, so that he would shiver from my closeness, "Get a life."
James grabbed me by my waist and kissed me. My plan had worked. The skinny girl that James was kissing before watched all of this and glared at me. She looked at James with tears in her eyes and said, "James Potter! I thought you liked me! Not that annoying girl you have in your arms!"
With that she slapped James with as much strength she could muster out of that skinny arm and trudged out with a tear and mascara smeared face. I looked at James with a triumphant look on my face and said, "Well, there goes your five minute girlfriend!"
I walked off to class with James staring at me in disbelief. I knew he was going to think of some kind of horrible revenge for me, but I didn't care. This was a war between us and not even teachers were going to stop it.
When classes were over and the Gryffindor students trudged into the portrait hole, I sat myself down on a squishy chair in a quiet corner. Taking out my diary, I began to write down what had happened between James and I today. I smiled as I finished writing my entry, but soon that smile faded because right when I put my quill down, his big smiling face was there. I must admit that he was hot. He wasn't a small skinny first year anymore. He was taller and well built since he was on the quidditch team. I caught my breath and smiled. He smiled back and said, "Hi, Lily, mind if I join you and your little diary session."
I thought about it for a moment. I did have a huge crush on James Potter and I hated him at the same time, it was hard for me to make these decisions. I nodded, but that answer of mine was wrong. Right when I nodded my head, James sat himself right on top of me and held me in an embrace. I struggled to get out of his warm arms and yelled out, "JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR BUTT AND YOUR ARMS OFF OF MY BODY!"
Obviously this didn't sound right. At least to the people in the Gryffindor common room because everyone was staring at me. I finally pulled myself free and glared at James. Leaving his warm arms made me feel so cold. All I really wanted to do was curl up on him again and fall asleep, but then my hatred toward him took over. I gathered my things and left the common room. Little did I know that I left my diary there.
~*JAMES'S POV*~
This was my usually day of meeting up with my current girlfriend, Mandie. She was a skinny girl with gaunt looks. She looked like she didn't eat at all. It didn't matter to me though, my goal was to annoy Lily as much as possible because I knew she was coming down the hallway at this time. Seeing my girlfriend walk over, I quickly grabbed her and started to kiss her with such passion that I knew Lily would do something about it. As she walked by she glared and snorted at us. I needed to talk to her, I quickly said, "What do you want Lily?"
To my surprise she leaned over and whispered in my ear,"I want you, Jamsie-poo!"
I could feel chills go up and down my spine and I shivered. I still had a huge crush on Lily, but I always thought she had a thing for Sirius or Remus. Getting angry I said in a dangerous voice,"Don't call me Jamsie-poo!"
She moved toward me, her lips almost touching my ear and she said, "Get a life."
Anger filled my mind again. Expressing my anger toward her was a way different story. Wanting to do something that she knew I was going to do, I kissed her. In my imagination, I think that she kissed me back.
I just remembered about Mandie still staring at us in disbelief. With a few tears streaming down her face she said, "James Potter! I thought you liked me! Not that annoying girl you have in your arms!"
Before I could say anything I felt a cold had sweep across my face in a weak slap. I just stared after her dumb-founded. Then it crossed my mind that I had just kissed the girl of my dreams, Lily Evans, and nothing mattered to me except that kiss.
I heard Lily say something as she left, but all I could do was think about that kiss and her. I had to kiss her again sometime soon.
At the end of the day, I walked into the common room with my friends and Peter, who always tagged along, when I saw Lily. Sitting alone with her leather bound diary. I knew what she wrote in there because at night I would sneak through it when I had my invisibility cloak. She writes about me all the time and even said in one entry, "I'll always remember the warmth of his hand on the first day of school, when I was nervous."
I smiled and walked over to Lily in her chair. Hiding myself behind her quill I smiled. When she finished her entry, she put her quill down to find my face smiling up at her. I said, "Hi, Lily, mind if I join you and your little diary session."
She looked down at me and stared. I loved staring at her emerald green eyes and beautiful red hair. There was always something enchanted about them that took my breath away. When she nodded, I couldn't help myself, but to sit next to Lily and snuggle up with her. She obviously didn't like this position because she screamed out, "JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR BUTT AND YOUR ARMS OFF OF MY BODY!"
Obviously this didn't sound right. At least to the people in the Gryffindor common room because everyone was staring at me. Lily quickly got out of my arms and gathered her stuff. She quickly ran upstairs to her room, hearing her door slam. I looked around nervously at the people in the common room and saw Lily's diary on the table. I quickly grabbed that and went to my room. I wanted to see what she wrote about me and that kiss we had today.
When I got up to my room, I quietly walked over to my bed. I drew the curtains around my bed and began to read her sacred diary. She talked about me on almost every page. Diary entry number one:
September 1
Dear Diary,
Today was my first day of being in the Hogwarts. When I first step foot off the train, I felt so nervous. I met my first few friends. They're all guys. First boy I met was named James Potter. He seems nice, he showed me how to get on the platform and he's so cute. Then there's his best friend Sirius Black. He's a joker, but he's also very handsome. He's always playing jokes and getting into trouble. Then there's Remus Lupin. He's cute also, but he's too shy. Remus is gentle, unlike James and Sirius, but Remus is awfully quiet. I met Peter. He's just a tag-a-long. I can see that Sirius and James don't like Peter much. I don't think Remus cares much about Peter. When we entered the castle, there was the sorting. My new friends and I were sorted into Gryffindor. I'm glad that I was sorted in with James, Sirius, and Remus. They're going to be a lot of fun. When the feast ended, I got carried away and Sirius kissed me, on my cheek. I enjoyed Sirius's affection, but I could tell that James was really jealous because he stormed off into his dorm. Well that's all, diary. I'll write as soon as possible.
With Love,
Lily
After I read this entry from Lily, I was angry. She thought that Sirius, me, and Remus were cute. I didn't like the thought. It was true that in our second year, Lily had gone out with Sirius just to anger me. They were still going out to this day, but I knew that Sirius was going out with other girls too. I didn't that Lily cared.
I flipped the pages back and found today's entry. It said:
December 1
Dear Diary,
Today was an incredible day. When I was walking down to Defense Against Dark Arts, I saw James and his girlfriend Mandie, making out. I was really jealous. I had a huge crush on James Potter, and there he was kissing Mandie in the corner of the hallway. I wanted revenge, I wanted to hit James and tell him that I was crazy about him, but I wanted him to stop loving Mandie. I tore them apart and then James kissed me. The kiss took my breath away. I was waiting for that kiss all my life. Ever since I met James Potter, I wished for a kiss from him. I only wish for us to be together before I graduate Hogwarts. I love him a lot, I only wish he knew. I'll end up telling him, but he'll probably take it as a joke. Well, that's my story for today.
With Love,
Lily
I stared at that entry and frowned. Lily Evans had a huge crush on me. I had a huge crush on Lily Evans. So what was stopping us from being together?
~*LILY'S POV*~
After I ran up to my room, I broke down and cried. I cried till I couldn't shed another tear. James, the boy who I had loved so much, was embarrassed by the students of the Gryffindor house! It was all my fault. I loved how James held me in his warm arms and hugged me. I would always feel safe. Then it hit me, I had left my diary down in the common room. I quickly washed my face and walked down to the common room. People were staring at me and giggling. I glared at them and walked to the chair I was sitting in before. My diary wasn't there. I looked every where around the common room and ran up to my room to search through my bag. As I was searching for my diary, I jumped to the obvious conclusion that James Potter had it. He was probably reading every page by now.
I sat down on my bed with a haggard look on my face and climbed the stairs back to the common room. Seeing that everyone was crowded around a post board, I pushed my way through a sea of giggling girls. There it was in large silver letters:
*THE WINTER BALL*
~ALL THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AND UP ARE INVITED~
~MUST HAVE A PARTNER TO COME~
~TAKES PLACE IN THE GREAT HALL FROM 7 PM-12 PM~
*DECEMBER 20th*
~DRESS ROBES MUST BE WORN~
This was a perfect way to annoy James back! I knew that James was always jealous when I went out with his friends and I knew just the person. I went up to Sirius that night and said, "Sirius will you go to the winter ball with me?"
Sirius looked up from his work, smiled, and said, "Is this your idea for annoying the sense out of poor James Potter."
I grinned and nodded. He agreed to go with me and I marched triumphantly back up to the girl's dorm. I was wondering who James would go with to the ball. I bet a line of girls were waiting to ask him.