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Summary: Lily Evans & James Potter are the least likely couple. They've hated each other since the 1st year. Lily claims that she'd never fall in love with a stranger, but what happens when she thinks she does, but really she has known him for 7 years.

Disclaimer: Once and again, I do NOT own any of these characters. They all belong to the wonderfully talented, J.K Rowling! If you don't recognize any other characters…then I made them up. Get that? Okay.

Now onto chapter two…

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Escape

Chapter 2.

James Tristan Potter paced back and forth across the floor of the 7th year Boys Dormitory. He thought of things such as his life in general, his best friends, and girls. But one particular girl stuck out in his mind. That girl was Tiger. He had assumed that Tiger had to have represented something, though he just couldn't put his finger on it. He thought that maybe she loved Tigers…but then he figured that a 17 year old girl wouldn't just give herself that name, just because she loved tigers.

He walked over to a mirror on the wall and looked at himself. He had the most untidy mass of jet black hair then anyone he knew, and his dark chocolate brown eyes were so intense girls just melted down with just one contact. Every girl, except…Lily Evans.

James figured, ever since the 1st year, that Lily was just going through a phase that she detested men. But obviously that so called 'phase' had never really phased at all. Lily Evans was a girl that no words could describe. She incredibly beautiful, though she wouldn't admit it. She actually just tried to hide her beauty buy refusing to be popular, and turning down any guys who tried to ask her out. She was, as Sirus put her, naïve. Remus on the other hand just said that she had intellectual depth, and was easily the smartest girl in the school. True, James thought to himself, she was Head Girl, and James was Head Boy. Usually under the circumstances the Head Girl and Head Boy usually dated.

James laughed at the thought, him and Lily Evans dating. That was like mixing oil and water and expecting them to combine with ease. There was no way in hell that he would even 'fall' for a girl like Lily.

He looked back into the mirror and noticed something a light yellow in his hair. He moved closer to the mirror. Was that-? Was that…more Butter???!!! He cursed Lily Evans out loud. He swore right there that he'd never under any circumstances, would he ever date her!

He heard a noise at the window; he walked over and opened the large window. There was a beautiful snowy white owl sitting on the windowsill. James remembered her as Aurora, Tiger's owl. She dropped the owl and nipped James's finger affectionately. He took a cracker off his desk which he had been saving for later, and gave it to her. As she flew away, James ripped open the letter. In it, it read:

Dearest Prongs,

Hello again. How are you? I'm not so great. I've had an ungodly day. Nothing wants to cooperate with me, and I don't want to cooperate with it. It's terribly dreadful. I'm sooooo sorry that I haven't written to you lately. I've been so caught up with school work that I can barely breathe, let alone write.

You are so right about my owl's name. Ever since I was four years old, I've been enchanted by the story of Sleeping Beauty. I used to always wonder why my prince would never come while I slept. One time, I fell down the steps, yes I am very clumsy, and was left unconscious. When I woke up, everything was extremely blurry, and I was in the hospital. Well, I saw this handsome broad figure leaning over my hospital bed. I was in completely shocked! I thought it was my prince charming. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him on the cheek. Now, this was when I was eight years old so please don't think I did this when I was 15 or something. Well, it turns out that was of course not my 'prince charming' it was my DOCTOR!!! Ahh, it's so incredibly embarrassing to think about. My family still teases my to this day.

I still have a scar from falling down the steps on the right side of my right knee.

Well, I had better be going, because I have work to do.

Love always,

Tiger

P.s- Yes all men are insensible-egotistical-morons, and shall always remain that way, that is until I am proven wrong!

James laughed at the letter in his hands. He felt as though he knew this girl like a book, as if he'd known her all his life, when actually he had only known her for about three months, and five days. Yes he did keep count on the exact day he had stumbled across a letter on his windowsill, that fateful letter that would lead to where he was now.

"James? James? Are you in here?" A voice called. James whirled around to see Remus Lupin (a/n: a.k.a Moony, incase any of you are a bit slow) standing at the door.

"Oh, hey Moony." James replied coolly..

"So James…" Remus started, and went over to his bed and sat down. "Lily sure got you good down at dinner."

"Yes I know, Moony." James replied morbidly.

"So, did Tiger write you back?" Remus asked, gesturing to the letter still in James's hand.

"Yea she did."

"Would you mind if I read it?" Remus asked eagerly.

"Sure, go ahead. I'd like to know what you think." James said giving the letter to Remus.

Remus read to the letter quietly to himself. Remus was the only person who knew about Tiger. James planned on telling Sirius sometime, but right now it just wouldn't be right. James had it all planned out on how to tell Sirus. Now you might be wondering why James didn't want to tell Sirus. Well that's because, two weeks before James started to come in contact with 'Tiger', Sirus tried to talk him into becoming "owl-pals" with someone. James refused saying that you never know who you're talking to. For all he knew those people could be 75 year old men trying to get a good laugh. Sirus would probably just tell James the whole 'I told you so' act.

James heard Remus laugh and knew that he had finished the letter.

"So what do you think, Moony?" James asked with anticipation,

"I think she's the one, Prongs." Moony said seriously.

"What do you mean by, 'the one'?" James asked leaning against the wall.

"The one who will make your world go upside down, if you ever meet her." Remus started. "Listen, James, I don't know much about this whole Owl-Pal thing, but one thing I do know, is that you're starting to fall for this girl."

"I am not!" James protested.

"Sure your not…" Remus smiled. "How about we head down to the Library, I have some books to check out, and you can get a thesaurus to look up words to impress our dear, Tiger."

"Oh alright."

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Down in the Library…

James walked slowly up and down the aisle, looking for an interesting book. He had past everything from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, to Merlin's Enchantment Series. All of which did not interest James at all. He decided to hit the muggle section. He found books such as Romeo and Juliet, Anne of Green Gables, to an interesting one that looked as though it had been read about a thousand times.

James pulled the book out to see the book, Peter Pan, written across the front in gold sparkling letters. He took the book, and opened it and began reading. He walked as he did this, and didn't really notice the people around him; he was just content with reading the book.

As he was just finished the first chapter, he made a sharp turn around a book case, and he ran into someone, that he didn't want to run into at the moment.

James's book went flying to the ground, as well as the other persons materials.

"Damn you Potter!" Lily Evans muttered as she kneeled down to pick up her stuff.

"Well, it's not entirely my fault, Evans! You obviously weren't looking where you were going!" James muttered under his breath.

"What was that, Potter?" Lily asked putting her hands on her hips.

"Nothing that would concern you!" James retorted leaning against the bookshelf.

"I can't believe I'm standing her with 'you', wasting my time." Lily said as she picked up her last sheet of paper.

"Well you're not the only one, I have places to go, and people to see!"

"Oh, yes, I might have figured that. You mustn't keep your butter waiting, Potter." Lily shot back, with a smile playing at her lips. She turned on her heel and walked away.

"God, I hate her!" James muttered as he kicked the bookshelf.

He got down and picked up his book, so that he could put it back, when he noticed the page it was open to. He looked at it more closely, to see a picture of an Indian Girl, tied to a rope. James read to text, to see that two words were underlined carefully. Those words were: Tiger Lily

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End of chapter two!!! Thanks to all who reviewed!!! I just love how ironic it is that, of all pages laid open. *sighs* Trust me…it will be a lonnngg couple chapters until they find out who each other is…and how they find out. I already have it planned; I just don't know when it's going to happen, and where. I know these chapters are short. I just like to hurry up and get them out, so you people can read them.