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A/N: Hello! Yes, once again I'd like to thank the reviewers. So you people think Peter likes Lily, aye? Well... we'll see...
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Chapter 6: Driving each other CrAZy
'Oh good, Pomfrey's not here. Probably asleep already.' James thought. 'Okay, which one was her bed. oh yeah it was this one.' James thought as he approached a cot.
".Lily?" James whispered.
Lily, startled, looked up from something she was reading- and writing in. She quickly closed the book and slid it under her pillow.
"James?" Lily said, surprised, as she met up with the black haired boy, who was standing next to her cot. "What. what are you doing here?"
"Hey." James said, smiling. "How are you doing?"
"Better, I suppose." Lily shrugged. She took off her golden-rimmed glasses and placed the on the table. "What brings you here?"
"What brings me here? A beautiful girl." James said, winking at her playfully.
Lily snorted. "You're lucky I'm a bit weak in energy right now, Potter, or I'll have you head locked right this moment."
James managed a grin, sitting down in a chair next to her cot.
Lily bit her lip nervously. Things are happening so fast, if about a month ago someone had told her she would be feeling something. something "special" about James Potter, oh, that person won't be alive to see their children attend Hogwarts! But. with this sudden change of heart, Lily doesn't know what to say, to think, to do. It all happened ever since that night- that faithful night, if Lily had wrote all two pages of Nicholas Flamel's autobiography with her quill, maybe this wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't be in the infirmary, sneezing and coughing numerous times, racking her brain on thinking about what to say to James Potter.
'Calm down, Lily,' She told herself. 'You've hate this guy for 4 years. EXACTLY, WHY in the world did I hate him? He's actually pretty sweet- he visited me more times than even Maria and Alison did.'
"Cat got your tongue?" James teased.
"You're always teasing me." Lily answered.
"You're fun to tease," He said, grinning that lopsided grin that made Lily feel like mush. "Did you eat dinner yet?"
"Erm, sorta. Hospital food isn't good." Lily complained. "It taste weird...I didn't get to eat much"
"Mdm. Pomfrey usually puts drops of medicine in them." James answered knowingly. "I... I brought you soup."
"Soup?" Lily asked. "From the elves right? Not from Mdm. Pomfrey's kitchen?"
"Chicken Soup. Actually, I went to the kitchen and I made it myself." James said slowly, blushing. "My mom used to make it when I was a kid." With his wand James conjured a bowl of hot, steamy soup.
Lily felt her heart fluttered. "I love Chicken Soup. God, I can't believe you made me..." Lily trailed off, eyeing the soup hungrily.
"Here, I can see you're hungry enough." James said, placing the bowl on the table, letting Lily pig in on it.
Lily was probably really hungry, cause she finished the soup in 3 seconds flat.
"That was good!" Lily said, licking her lips. "Thanks Pott-James."
"Ah, are we on first name bases now?" James mused.
Lily blushed. She was trying to be nice... but James JUST had to embarrass her AGAIN, just like the old days.
"Excuse ME, but I am being POLITE," Lily started.
"Oh so now you're saying I'm not POLITE? How could I be polite when a girl's always on my case for 4 YEARS??" James asked.
"Let me get this straight. YOU were on MY case for 4 years! YOU were the one who TURNED my school robes PINK AND GREEN WITH BLUE POLKA DOTS on the first day of school. YOU were the one who put FROGS on my plate at the feast." Lily ranted.
"Well, YOU made me FALL at our first FLYING LESSONS!" James smirked.
"YOU KNOW WHAT POTTER? GET THE **** OUT!!" Lily yelled.
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME CAUSE I WAS LEAVING ANYWAY!" James yelled back, walking out the infirmary.
Lily watched James go in fury, out of the infirmary, muttering something Lily couldnt make out. 'God, he's driving me INSANE!' Lily thought darkly. She looked down at the blue and white porcelain bowl in front of her, suddenly feeling very lonely.
"With a flick of your wand, you can break any china into bits." Professor Flitwick squeaked.
James watched as Professor Flitwick flicked his wand, and a blue cup shattered onto the floor.
It was Charms class the next day, James was in a very bad mood. He now was glaring at Flitwick, then his wand, then the pieces of shattered china on the floor, to his own wand.
'Li-Evans likes Charms class.' James remembered, remembering numerous times he caught her all happy and giddy every Charms lesson.
"Now I would like you all to try it out!" Flitwick said happily, conjuring cups and handing out one for each person. "Flick your wand and say, 'Destroyius!'" (An: I DON'T know... hehe)
"Destroyius!" James said, flicking his wand. "destroyius! destroyius! DESTROYIUS!" James yelled, frustrated that his cup was still in one piece.
Now, usually by this time Lily would have approached him, smirked at him for not being able to do it (and show off HER talent) and in the end she'll willingly help James out.
But Lily wasn't there.
James's heart dropped, a frown mixed pout pasted on his face, feeling empty inside.
"Can you do it?" Sirius asked, approaching him. Sirius was pretty good at Charms too, he was probably the second best.
"No." James muttered, crossing his arms across his chest. Sirius shrugged and took his cup and wand out.
"Destroyius!" Sirius said. The cup broke into small pieces. "See? You have to flick your wand FIRST, then say the mantra."
James sighed, took his wand, and eyed the white cup wearily. He flicked his wand and said "Destroyius" The cup did break into bits.
"See? Well, I guess since Lily's not here, I'M the best." Sirius bragged, grinning.
James grunted.
And so the next few days went on, with James feeling a bit crabbier than usual. Lily came out of the Hospital wing, feeling fresh and healthy.
"Hi Lily, are you feeling better?" Fredrick Guliver asked her right after she came out of the Hospital wing.
"Yeah..." Lily managed to say.
That day went on, with similiar events like that happening. It wasn't just Fredrick, there was also Josh, Micheal, Greg, Denver, Trevor, Sam, Ken, ... and a bunch of others, asking if Lily was feeling better, asking if Lily needed anything, asking if Lily wanted to go out with them that weekend...
"Um, yes, I'm feeling better." Lily answered, nodding at Ian who was acknowledging her.
"Well, that's good to hear." Ian grinned. "Look, I've got to run... I'll see you around?"
"Yeah." Lily shrugged, and with that Ian left, whistling happily to himself.
"He's kinda cute." Maria whispered, making Alison giggle.
"Yeah2...he is, kinda." Lily answered, not really caring.
"If Remus wasn't my boyfriend, I'd be flirting with him." Alison remarked.
"Gosh, Lily was in the hospital wing, with the flu, for only a few days and she's been getting a whole lotta attention lately." Maria winked.
"Yeah, yeah..." Lily said, not really listening to Maria and Alison, as she was rummaging through her bag, while walking towards the Great Hall for supper.
The three girls reached the Great Hall, and sat in their usual place at the Gryffindor table. As always, Alison sat next to Remus, which left Maria and Lily sitting across from Alison and the Marauders.
"Potter, pass me the salt." Lily said coldly. What happened earlier in the Hospital wing was still glued to her mind.
"I don't hear a 'please', Miss 'I-am-so-polite'." James smirked, obviously he still remembered too.
Lily narrowed her eye and just snatched the salt from James's hand.
"Ouch." Maria remarked, watching them, sensing a James vs. Lily fight coming.
Apparantly Sirius had sensed it too, because he was trying his best to engage a conversation with James.
"Prongs, Brian said something about our next quidditch match..."
"Miss Evans..." Professor Binns droned.
"Yes, Professor?" Lily asked, stopping by the teacher's desk near the door. Class had just ended, and Lily was rather surprised Prof. Binns had actually known her name.
"The research paper you and Mr. Potter wrote was very nice." Professor Binns said. "I gave you two each an A."
"Thank you, Professor." Lily said, smiling. 'If he actually knew how we did the paper...'
"Yes." Professor Binns said. "Now carry on..."
Lily walked out the door, in search of her friends. But she found saw only Peter, walking slowly, trying to balance a stack of books in his arms.
"Need help?" Lily asked, taking a few books from Peter's reach.
"Oh! L-Li-Lily..." Peter stammered. "H-Hi...Uh.. T-th-Thanks.."
"No need to thank me." Lily shrugged. "Why are you bringing so many books, anyway?"
"O-Oh the Marauders asked me to bring them some b-bo-books.."
"What?" Lily asked. "Those gits! They should take it themselves!"
Peter managed a small smile. Inside of him his heart was fluttering, his stomach felt as if butterflies were flying in it, and felt very warm inside.
"So what's up?" Lily asked brightly.
'No other girl even takes time to talk to me, unlike her...' Peter thought. "N-Nothing much..."
"What are these books for, anyway?" Lily asked, opening one.
"U-uhm Ja-James' new p-prank..." Peter confessed.
"New Prank, eh?" Lily asked, arching her eyebrow. "That jerk's always planning pranks. Got nothing better to do, I see. He could've took his time to do other stuff,..." Lily ranted, muttering stuff about James under her breath.
Peter felt very uncomfortable talking about James to Lily. For some reason he noticed Lily was talking more than usual, and her eyes had some kind of special glint in it- Peter was not really a very aware person, but that glint was just too obvious.
"He turned my hair into rainbow colors yesterday! Rainbow colors! How unoriginal is that?" Lily asked.
"U-uh, very unoriginal?" Peter squeaked.
"Then he put slime on my Transfiguration book during class. McGonagall took 10 points from us because of him!!"
"Y-yeah..."
"GOD, He just drives me CRAZY!" Lily screeched. Peter looked very taken- aback, and Peter swore he could see smoke coming out of her ears. Redheads and their temper... but Peter thought that made Lily even more attractive.
"Sorry for just exploding like that." Lily said, smiling faintly. "You've known me for 5 years- you're probably used to it by now."
Peter nodded, biting his lower lip. What should he say now? How could he engage her in an interesting conversation?
"Potter," Lily suddenly snarled.
"Evans!" James said, a bit surprised.
"Here's your stupid books!" Lily said, throwing them at James. "Next time, get it yourself, rather than making Peter get them for you!" She said, walking off.
Peter saw how James was watching Lily leave in awe, the books Lily had gave him down at his feet.
"Redheads," James chuckled, kneeling down to pick up the books, all the while still looking after Lily's retreating body, her hair bouncing on her shoulder. "Feisty ones, eh?"
All Peter could do was nod.
"He just makes me SO MAD!" Lily screeched in her dorm.
"I know, Lil, I know." Maria said assuringly.
"He's always picking on me, teasing me, playing pranks on me, insulting me, laughing at me, ..."
"He calls me 1001 names!" Lily complained. "I wrote it down, and it took up the whole book!" Lily said. "Carrot Head, Carrots, Veggies, Red, Green, Green eyed monster, Red beast, Fire ball..."
"Lily," Maria began.
"Goddess of Fire, Firewhiskey, Red Devil, Fire hair, Miss Know it all, Miss I know everything, Miss Perfect Prefect, Miss I am better than James Potter..."
"Lily..."
"Little Red riding hood, Little L, Little ball of fire, Big Mouth, Brian's baby sister, Miss Christmas, Santa's unfaithful helper, Froggie..."
"LILY!" Maria screamed.
"What, what?" Lily asked, looking up from the book.
"Enough already, I know I know ok?" Maria said, massaging her temples. "You and James have been on each other's cases since 5 years ago, and I am fed up with your complains and whining!"
"WHAT?" Lily hollered. "I don't whine!" Lily whined.
"Oh, really." Maria said sarcastically.
Lily turn beet red. "Okay, so maybe I do whine, but... It's because he's always driving me NUTS! His other friends aren't as annoying as he is!"
"Okay, Lil, enough." Maria said, sighing. "Have you ever thought about WHY he can make you go crazy so much?"
"Er..." Lily began, thinking. "Not really, actually."
"Well, WHEN YOU FINISHED THINKING ABOUT IT, THEN YOU CAN WHINE TO ME!" Maria hollered.
Lily walked out the big doors of the Great Hall, storming out to the lake.
It was a beautiful night, the crescent moon dangling from the purplish black sky, with numerous sparkly stars shining down on Lily. The lake itself was in a calm condition, with the water peacefully moving, and the light from the moon and stars bouncing off from the water.
Sighing, Lily took out her quill and notebook, and began to scribble away.
Sitting alone near the lake while writing could be one of Lily's favorite pastimes. She would sit on the bench, watching as the stars sparkle, just clearing her mind from the events that have been happening in her life. Watching the still water could make her write anything-poetry, songs...
The soft hoot from an owl near her made her stop writing.
Lily began to think about what Maria had said. What was the real reason James Potter could annoy her so much? Snape was just as annoying, but he never really bothered her. He bothered Maria, but that was another story.
As Lily's mind seems to drift away, she started to write-as if her hands were moving by itself.
" 'Lo, James." Hagrid greeted. "Rock cakes? I made 'em me self."
"Er- No thanks." James answered uneasily. He knew better than to touch any of Hagrid's cooking.
"A'right. So what brings yeh here?" Hagrid asked. "Would yeh like a cuppa' tea?"
"Uh yeah, sure, thanks." James answered. Hagrid began to pour tea for James from the big kettle. "I felt that I needed to talk to you." James shrugged. "You know, my friends are great, but sometimes the Marauders won't understand..."
"Won' understand what?" Hagrid asked. "Is summat on yeh're mind?"
"Er... yeah... but it's kinda hard for me to say it, you know?"
"It's a'right. Just tell me what's wrong." Hagrid urged.
"Well, there's this girl..." James began.
"Aha, it's always 'bout a girl."
"She's not like any other girl," James continued. "She's... very different from them."
"And, so what, yeh like her?"
"I...I think so." James stammered. "Actually, I think there's something more, but.."
"By Golly!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Who is this special girl?"
"It's um, uh..." James said, looking at his shoes. "It's uh, er- Lily-"
"LILY EVANS?" Hagrid boomed.
"Er- yeah, her."
"I knew it!" Hagrid roared. "I've always thought yeh two had summat fer each otha'!"
"Yeah, well-"
"So, what are yeh gonna do, yeh bloke?"
"Uh, y'see, I don't know, ...."
"Why don't yeh tell her?" Hagrid suggested, like it was an obvious statement.
"I would've done that already, if she hadn't hated me so much." James muttered.
"What? She hates yeh?" Hagrid asked. "Well, women are just always puttin' up an act. Ter see if yeh pass the test."
"What? Test?" James asked.
"Yea, they get all cold wit' yeh, ter see if yeh like 'em or not."
"Well, I don't think I've been the world's perfect gentleman to her." James muttered, taking a sip of tea.
"Yeh can start now," Hagrid said knowingly, staring out the window of his hut.
"What?"
"Yea, she's right there." Hagrid said, pointing towards the lake. "Go get her, boy."
Shouting a quick bye James ran out Hagrid's hut. Hagrid chuckled, watching as James sprinted towards the lake.
Lily was surprised how fast she could write a poem. The words just flowed into her head, and she easily scribbled it down as if she had memorized it already.
Chewing at the end of her sugar quill, Lily read her poem once again.
'It was okay' she thought with flourish. She left the notebook open, and tore her gaze away from the notebook. Yet she couldn't get her eyes off of the still, calm water.
At night Lily would usually think about the events that have been happening in her life. She thought about her family, about how lucky she was to have great and understanding parents. Brian was such a cool brother, even if he was a bit over protective. Petunia... now Petunia was the other dame of her life.
She and Petunia never had gotten along ever since Hogwarts. Lily remembered the first time Brian brought his friends from Hogwarts home- Petunia freaked out. She freaked out even more when Lily brought her friends home.
''You freak, you won't have any friends there. Everyone will just HATE YOU.''
Petunia's last words as Lily ran past platform 9 and 10 for the first time rang in her ears. She proved Petunia wrong; she had wonderful friends and a great life here.
Except for James Potter, who could just tick her off anytime he wanted- it was like his hobby.
Or maybe his daily routine would be: 1.Plan/Play pranks 2.Break rules 3.Torment Lily 4.Eat 5.Play Quidditch 6.Snog flavour of the week
To Lily's surprise, she realized James hadn't went out with anybody these days. Had he lost his 'touch'? Lily laughed to herself, finding the thought of James Potter 'charm-less' amusing.
Though he could be a sweet boy if he wanted to. Or maybe he was just brought up like that. Lily remembered the time he lended her his cloak, or when he took her out for that broom ride.
Or when he MADE her chicken soup.
NOBODY had ever made her chicken soup. Except for her mother.
It felt kind of nice back then, when James came to visit her at the Hospital Wing, bringing chicken soup he had specially made.
Or HAD he "specially" made the soup for her?
Maybe he made some for himself and had leftovers. Or maybe he was just bluffing; maybe he didn't make the soup.
Maybe he was just impressing her?
Lily laughed again. James Potter, trying to IMPRESS HER?
Nevertheless, James Potter being SWEET to her?
The thought of that made Lily smile shyly.
"You better be careful, the giant squid doesn't like it when young girls sit on that bench at night."
What? Lily turned around, surprised to find James Potter standing behind her.
The moonlight was shining on his face- he looked incredibly handsome. His eyes were so visible under those glasses, sparkling with that glint- the smile/smirk he wore, Lily felt as if she could melt any moment.
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A/N: Whooo!! Okay, that's tiring. First I'd like to apologize about Hagrid's accent- I can't do it! It was hard for me to do that part... :P I hope you guys like this chapter, and in order for me to write more... I say I need reviews...
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A/N: Hello! Yes, once again I'd like to thank the reviewers. So you people think Peter likes Lily, aye? Well... we'll see...
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Chapter 6: Driving each other CrAZy
'Oh good, Pomfrey's not here. Probably asleep already.' James thought. 'Okay, which one was her bed. oh yeah it was this one.' James thought as he approached a cot.
".Lily?" James whispered.
Lily, startled, looked up from something she was reading- and writing in. She quickly closed the book and slid it under her pillow.
"James?" Lily said, surprised, as she met up with the black haired boy, who was standing next to her cot. "What. what are you doing here?"
"Hey." James said, smiling. "How are you doing?"
"Better, I suppose." Lily shrugged. She took off her golden-rimmed glasses and placed the on the table. "What brings you here?"
"What brings me here? A beautiful girl." James said, winking at her playfully.
Lily snorted. "You're lucky I'm a bit weak in energy right now, Potter, or I'll have you head locked right this moment."
James managed a grin, sitting down in a chair next to her cot.
Lily bit her lip nervously. Things are happening so fast, if about a month ago someone had told her she would be feeling something. something "special" about James Potter, oh, that person won't be alive to see their children attend Hogwarts! But. with this sudden change of heart, Lily doesn't know what to say, to think, to do. It all happened ever since that night- that faithful night, if Lily had wrote all two pages of Nicholas Flamel's autobiography with her quill, maybe this wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't be in the infirmary, sneezing and coughing numerous times, racking her brain on thinking about what to say to James Potter.
'Calm down, Lily,' She told herself. 'You've hate this guy for 4 years. EXACTLY, WHY in the world did I hate him? He's actually pretty sweet- he visited me more times than even Maria and Alison did.'
"Cat got your tongue?" James teased.
"You're always teasing me." Lily answered.
"You're fun to tease," He said, grinning that lopsided grin that made Lily feel like mush. "Did you eat dinner yet?"
"Erm, sorta. Hospital food isn't good." Lily complained. "It taste weird...I didn't get to eat much"
"Mdm. Pomfrey usually puts drops of medicine in them." James answered knowingly. "I... I brought you soup."
"Soup?" Lily asked. "From the elves right? Not from Mdm. Pomfrey's kitchen?"
"Chicken Soup. Actually, I went to the kitchen and I made it myself." James said slowly, blushing. "My mom used to make it when I was a kid." With his wand James conjured a bowl of hot, steamy soup.
Lily felt her heart fluttered. "I love Chicken Soup. God, I can't believe you made me..." Lily trailed off, eyeing the soup hungrily.
"Here, I can see you're hungry enough." James said, placing the bowl on the table, letting Lily pig in on it.
Lily was probably really hungry, cause she finished the soup in 3 seconds flat.
"That was good!" Lily said, licking her lips. "Thanks Pott-James."
"Ah, are we on first name bases now?" James mused.
Lily blushed. She was trying to be nice... but James JUST had to embarrass her AGAIN, just like the old days.
"Excuse ME, but I am being POLITE," Lily started.
"Oh so now you're saying I'm not POLITE? How could I be polite when a girl's always on my case for 4 YEARS??" James asked.
"Let me get this straight. YOU were on MY case for 4 years! YOU were the one who TURNED my school robes PINK AND GREEN WITH BLUE POLKA DOTS on the first day of school. YOU were the one who put FROGS on my plate at the feast." Lily ranted.
"Well, YOU made me FALL at our first FLYING LESSONS!" James smirked.
"YOU KNOW WHAT POTTER? GET THE **** OUT!!" Lily yelled.
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME CAUSE I WAS LEAVING ANYWAY!" James yelled back, walking out the infirmary.
Lily watched James go in fury, out of the infirmary, muttering something Lily couldnt make out. 'God, he's driving me INSANE!' Lily thought darkly. She looked down at the blue and white porcelain bowl in front of her, suddenly feeling very lonely.
"With a flick of your wand, you can break any china into bits." Professor Flitwick squeaked.
James watched as Professor Flitwick flicked his wand, and a blue cup shattered onto the floor.
It was Charms class the next day, James was in a very bad mood. He now was glaring at Flitwick, then his wand, then the pieces of shattered china on the floor, to his own wand.
'Li-Evans likes Charms class.' James remembered, remembering numerous times he caught her all happy and giddy every Charms lesson.
"Now I would like you all to try it out!" Flitwick said happily, conjuring cups and handing out one for each person. "Flick your wand and say, 'Destroyius!'" (An: I DON'T know... hehe)
"Destroyius!" James said, flicking his wand. "destroyius! destroyius! DESTROYIUS!" James yelled, frustrated that his cup was still in one piece.
Now, usually by this time Lily would have approached him, smirked at him for not being able to do it (and show off HER talent) and in the end she'll willingly help James out.
But Lily wasn't there.
James's heart dropped, a frown mixed pout pasted on his face, feeling empty inside.
"Can you do it?" Sirius asked, approaching him. Sirius was pretty good at Charms too, he was probably the second best.
"No." James muttered, crossing his arms across his chest. Sirius shrugged and took his cup and wand out.
"Destroyius!" Sirius said. The cup broke into small pieces. "See? You have to flick your wand FIRST, then say the mantra."
James sighed, took his wand, and eyed the white cup wearily. He flicked his wand and said "Destroyius" The cup did break into bits.
"See? Well, I guess since Lily's not here, I'M the best." Sirius bragged, grinning.
James grunted.
And so the next few days went on, with James feeling a bit crabbier than usual. Lily came out of the Hospital wing, feeling fresh and healthy.
"Hi Lily, are you feeling better?" Fredrick Guliver asked her right after she came out of the Hospital wing.
"Yeah..." Lily managed to say.
That day went on, with similiar events like that happening. It wasn't just Fredrick, there was also Josh, Micheal, Greg, Denver, Trevor, Sam, Ken, ... and a bunch of others, asking if Lily was feeling better, asking if Lily needed anything, asking if Lily wanted to go out with them that weekend...
"Um, yes, I'm feeling better." Lily answered, nodding at Ian who was acknowledging her.
"Well, that's good to hear." Ian grinned. "Look, I've got to run... I'll see you around?"
"Yeah." Lily shrugged, and with that Ian left, whistling happily to himself.
"He's kinda cute." Maria whispered, making Alison giggle.
"Yeah2...he is, kinda." Lily answered, not really caring.
"If Remus wasn't my boyfriend, I'd be flirting with him." Alison remarked.
"Gosh, Lily was in the hospital wing, with the flu, for only a few days and she's been getting a whole lotta attention lately." Maria winked.
"Yeah, yeah..." Lily said, not really listening to Maria and Alison, as she was rummaging through her bag, while walking towards the Great Hall for supper.
The three girls reached the Great Hall, and sat in their usual place at the Gryffindor table. As always, Alison sat next to Remus, which left Maria and Lily sitting across from Alison and the Marauders.
"Potter, pass me the salt." Lily said coldly. What happened earlier in the Hospital wing was still glued to her mind.
"I don't hear a 'please', Miss 'I-am-so-polite'." James smirked, obviously he still remembered too.
Lily narrowed her eye and just snatched the salt from James's hand.
"Ouch." Maria remarked, watching them, sensing a James vs. Lily fight coming.
Apparantly Sirius had sensed it too, because he was trying his best to engage a conversation with James.
"Prongs, Brian said something about our next quidditch match..."
"Miss Evans..." Professor Binns droned.
"Yes, Professor?" Lily asked, stopping by the teacher's desk near the door. Class had just ended, and Lily was rather surprised Prof. Binns had actually known her name.
"The research paper you and Mr. Potter wrote was very nice." Professor Binns said. "I gave you two each an A."
"Thank you, Professor." Lily said, smiling. 'If he actually knew how we did the paper...'
"Yes." Professor Binns said. "Now carry on..."
Lily walked out the door, in search of her friends. But she found saw only Peter, walking slowly, trying to balance a stack of books in his arms.
"Need help?" Lily asked, taking a few books from Peter's reach.
"Oh! L-Li-Lily..." Peter stammered. "H-Hi...Uh.. T-th-Thanks.."
"No need to thank me." Lily shrugged. "Why are you bringing so many books, anyway?"
"O-Oh the Marauders asked me to bring them some b-bo-books.."
"What?" Lily asked. "Those gits! They should take it themselves!"
Peter managed a small smile. Inside of him his heart was fluttering, his stomach felt as if butterflies were flying in it, and felt very warm inside.
"So what's up?" Lily asked brightly.
'No other girl even takes time to talk to me, unlike her...' Peter thought. "N-Nothing much..."
"What are these books for, anyway?" Lily asked, opening one.
"U-uhm Ja-James' new p-prank..." Peter confessed.
"New Prank, eh?" Lily asked, arching her eyebrow. "That jerk's always planning pranks. Got nothing better to do, I see. He could've took his time to do other stuff,..." Lily ranted, muttering stuff about James under her breath.
Peter felt very uncomfortable talking about James to Lily. For some reason he noticed Lily was talking more than usual, and her eyes had some kind of special glint in it- Peter was not really a very aware person, but that glint was just too obvious.
"He turned my hair into rainbow colors yesterday! Rainbow colors! How unoriginal is that?" Lily asked.
"U-uh, very unoriginal?" Peter squeaked.
"Then he put slime on my Transfiguration book during class. McGonagall took 10 points from us because of him!!"
"Y-yeah..."
"GOD, He just drives me CRAZY!" Lily screeched. Peter looked very taken- aback, and Peter swore he could see smoke coming out of her ears. Redheads and their temper... but Peter thought that made Lily even more attractive.
"Sorry for just exploding like that." Lily said, smiling faintly. "You've known me for 5 years- you're probably used to it by now."
Peter nodded, biting his lower lip. What should he say now? How could he engage her in an interesting conversation?
"Potter," Lily suddenly snarled.
"Evans!" James said, a bit surprised.
"Here's your stupid books!" Lily said, throwing them at James. "Next time, get it yourself, rather than making Peter get them for you!" She said, walking off.
Peter saw how James was watching Lily leave in awe, the books Lily had gave him down at his feet.
"Redheads," James chuckled, kneeling down to pick up the books, all the while still looking after Lily's retreating body, her hair bouncing on her shoulder. "Feisty ones, eh?"
All Peter could do was nod.
"He just makes me SO MAD!" Lily screeched in her dorm.
"I know, Lil, I know." Maria said assuringly.
"He's always picking on me, teasing me, playing pranks on me, insulting me, laughing at me, ..."
"He calls me 1001 names!" Lily complained. "I wrote it down, and it took up the whole book!" Lily said. "Carrot Head, Carrots, Veggies, Red, Green, Green eyed monster, Red beast, Fire ball..."
"Lily," Maria began.
"Goddess of Fire, Firewhiskey, Red Devil, Fire hair, Miss Know it all, Miss I know everything, Miss Perfect Prefect, Miss I am better than James Potter..."
"Lily..."
"Little Red riding hood, Little L, Little ball of fire, Big Mouth, Brian's baby sister, Miss Christmas, Santa's unfaithful helper, Froggie..."
"LILY!" Maria screamed.
"What, what?" Lily asked, looking up from the book.
"Enough already, I know I know ok?" Maria said, massaging her temples. "You and James have been on each other's cases since 5 years ago, and I am fed up with your complains and whining!"
"WHAT?" Lily hollered. "I don't whine!" Lily whined.
"Oh, really." Maria said sarcastically.
Lily turn beet red. "Okay, so maybe I do whine, but... It's because he's always driving me NUTS! His other friends aren't as annoying as he is!"
"Okay, Lil, enough." Maria said, sighing. "Have you ever thought about WHY he can make you go crazy so much?"
"Er..." Lily began, thinking. "Not really, actually."
"Well, WHEN YOU FINISHED THINKING ABOUT IT, THEN YOU CAN WHINE TO ME!" Maria hollered.
Lily walked out the big doors of the Great Hall, storming out to the lake.
It was a beautiful night, the crescent moon dangling from the purplish black sky, with numerous sparkly stars shining down on Lily. The lake itself was in a calm condition, with the water peacefully moving, and the light from the moon and stars bouncing off from the water.
Sighing, Lily took out her quill and notebook, and began to scribble away.
Sitting alone near the lake while writing could be one of Lily's favorite pastimes. She would sit on the bench, watching as the stars sparkle, just clearing her mind from the events that have been happening in her life. Watching the still water could make her write anything-poetry, songs...
The soft hoot from an owl near her made her stop writing.
Lily began to think about what Maria had said. What was the real reason James Potter could annoy her so much? Snape was just as annoying, but he never really bothered her. He bothered Maria, but that was another story.
As Lily's mind seems to drift away, she started to write-as if her hands were moving by itself.
" 'Lo, James." Hagrid greeted. "Rock cakes? I made 'em me self."
"Er- No thanks." James answered uneasily. He knew better than to touch any of Hagrid's cooking.
"A'right. So what brings yeh here?" Hagrid asked. "Would yeh like a cuppa' tea?"
"Uh yeah, sure, thanks." James answered. Hagrid began to pour tea for James from the big kettle. "I felt that I needed to talk to you." James shrugged. "You know, my friends are great, but sometimes the Marauders won't understand..."
"Won' understand what?" Hagrid asked. "Is summat on yeh're mind?"
"Er... yeah... but it's kinda hard for me to say it, you know?"
"It's a'right. Just tell me what's wrong." Hagrid urged.
"Well, there's this girl..." James began.
"Aha, it's always 'bout a girl."
"She's not like any other girl," James continued. "She's... very different from them."
"And, so what, yeh like her?"
"I...I think so." James stammered. "Actually, I think there's something more, but.."
"By Golly!" Hagrid exclaimed. "Who is this special girl?"
"It's um, uh..." James said, looking at his shoes. "It's uh, er- Lily-"
"LILY EVANS?" Hagrid boomed.
"Er- yeah, her."
"I knew it!" Hagrid roared. "I've always thought yeh two had summat fer each otha'!"
"Yeah, well-"
"So, what are yeh gonna do, yeh bloke?"
"Uh, y'see, I don't know, ...."
"Why don't yeh tell her?" Hagrid suggested, like it was an obvious statement.
"I would've done that already, if she hadn't hated me so much." James muttered.
"What? She hates yeh?" Hagrid asked. "Well, women are just always puttin' up an act. Ter see if yeh pass the test."
"What? Test?" James asked.
"Yea, they get all cold wit' yeh, ter see if yeh like 'em or not."
"Well, I don't think I've been the world's perfect gentleman to her." James muttered, taking a sip of tea.
"Yeh can start now," Hagrid said knowingly, staring out the window of his hut.
"What?"
"Yea, she's right there." Hagrid said, pointing towards the lake. "Go get her, boy."
Shouting a quick bye James ran out Hagrid's hut. Hagrid chuckled, watching as James sprinted towards the lake.
Lily was surprised how fast she could write a poem. The words just flowed into her head, and she easily scribbled it down as if she had memorized it already.
Chewing at the end of her sugar quill, Lily read her poem once again.
'It was okay' she thought with flourish. She left the notebook open, and tore her gaze away from the notebook. Yet she couldn't get her eyes off of the still, calm water.
At night Lily would usually think about the events that have been happening in her life. She thought about her family, about how lucky she was to have great and understanding parents. Brian was such a cool brother, even if he was a bit over protective. Petunia... now Petunia was the other dame of her life.
She and Petunia never had gotten along ever since Hogwarts. Lily remembered the first time Brian brought his friends from Hogwarts home- Petunia freaked out. She freaked out even more when Lily brought her friends home.
''You freak, you won't have any friends there. Everyone will just HATE YOU.''
Petunia's last words as Lily ran past platform 9 and 10 for the first time rang in her ears. She proved Petunia wrong; she had wonderful friends and a great life here.
Except for James Potter, who could just tick her off anytime he wanted- it was like his hobby.
Or maybe his daily routine would be: 1.Plan/Play pranks 2.Break rules 3.Torment Lily 4.Eat 5.Play Quidditch 6.Snog flavour of the week
To Lily's surprise, she realized James hadn't went out with anybody these days. Had he lost his 'touch'? Lily laughed to herself, finding the thought of James Potter 'charm-less' amusing.
Though he could be a sweet boy if he wanted to. Or maybe he was just brought up like that. Lily remembered the time he lended her his cloak, or when he took her out for that broom ride.
Or when he MADE her chicken soup.
NOBODY had ever made her chicken soup. Except for her mother.
It felt kind of nice back then, when James came to visit her at the Hospital Wing, bringing chicken soup he had specially made.
Or HAD he "specially" made the soup for her?
Maybe he made some for himself and had leftovers. Or maybe he was just bluffing; maybe he didn't make the soup.
Maybe he was just impressing her?
Lily laughed again. James Potter, trying to IMPRESS HER?
Nevertheless, James Potter being SWEET to her?
The thought of that made Lily smile shyly.
"You better be careful, the giant squid doesn't like it when young girls sit on that bench at night."
What? Lily turned around, surprised to find James Potter standing behind her.
The moonlight was shining on his face- he looked incredibly handsome. His eyes were so visible under those glasses, sparkling with that glint- the smile/smirk he wore, Lily felt as if she could melt any moment.
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A/N: Whooo!! Okay, that's tiring. First I'd like to apologize about Hagrid's accent- I can't do it! It was hard for me to do that part... :P I hope you guys like this chapter, and in order for me to write more... I say I need reviews...
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