Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story that you recognize; they all belong to JK Rowling. However, what you don't recognize is all mine. The plot might be unoriginal, but hey, I'm writing it in my own words and with my own twists and turns.
Summary: He is outgoing and pretty nice, but can be an arrogant bastard within a blink of an eye. She is shy with a protective cocoon surrounding her and mixes with only certain people, but can be downright bitchy when her buttons are pushed the right way. When paired to work together, he tries everything in his power to coax her out of her shell and mix in, but what he didn't expect was to find, fall and lose love, all in the same year.
A/N: Wow you guys, I'm so thrilled! My heart raced when I opened my e-mail today (less than 12 hours after posting the chapter) and I was absolutely excited to see 16 (count it, 16!) of you have reviewed already! Gosh, I'm speechless! Well, as I promised, here's the next chapter of Don't Make Me, Don't Break Me. Personal notes and thank-you's are at the bottom. Check it out to see if your name appears! I also reloaded chapter 1 for a minor, minor mistake. That's all. Onward!
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September the 1st, King's Cross Station.
"Lily, dear, are you sure you have everything packed?" her mother asked anxiously. Lily smiled. Mothers, always concerned and always fussing about details. She realized that one day in the near future, she, too, would be like that. But then, she'd have to find the father first. If she could find him first.
"Yes, mother. And yes, I packed my clothes, socks, books and I have my wand here. Don't worry," she reassured her mother soothingly. Petunia snorted. She wondered why she had to come to station along with her parents to see her freak of a sister of to that school, when she had other perfectly humane things to do, like going to the movies with her perfectly human friends, ogling over perfectly cute human actors and spending time with her perfectly human fiancé, Vernon Dursley who had a paycheck as big as he is.
"Well, I hope you packed everything. If you did, you could find a house and move in there straight after you finish that school of yours without ever coming back home. I'm sure that would make me happy. Oh, wait, you leaving every year does make me happy, you leaving me forever would make me happier," Petunia said with a smirk. Her mother reprimanded her with a glare while Lily just smiled.
"I'm fine with that too, Petunia. Don't go changing your ways. Oops, I mean, do change your ways; the world would suffer less if you did," Lily retaliated. Mrs. Cynthia Evans tut-tutted her. Lily just hugged her mother and sent a nasty look at her sister. Petunia stuck her toungue out. When they were much younger, Petunia didn't hate Lily as much as she did now. In fact, they were what sisters really are; they looked out for each other, they had fun together and even went to the mall together. But it all ended abruptly when Lily received the acceptance letter from Hogwarts. Lily had received more attention from their parents, pushing Petunia out of the favourite daughter limelight.
Lily looked at the big station clock above her father's head and gasped. "It's ten to 11! I have to go now!" she exclaimed.
"Alright. We'll see you soon, dear. Have fun!" her mother said, her voice oddly cheerful.
"Yes, do that. Mail or owl us if you need anything," her father said. Petunia snorted again.
"Yes, dad. Will do. Okay, I'm off! See you soon!" she said as she pushed her trolley away form her family. She gave on last wave, took a deep breath and went through the barrier to Platform 9 ¾ to begin a new year at Hogwarts and being Head Girl.
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James weaved his way through the crowd of confused first years, tittering girl who threw him flirtatious waves, trunks and hooting owl in cages to find his long time friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. He maneuvered around like a sure-footed cat, trying not to bump into students and found the rest of the Marauders heaving their trunks full of Dungbombs, Stink Pellets and other various joke stuff to have the most fun in their last year of Hogwarts.
"Jamsie! How nice of you to show up! Help me with this stuff, will you?" Sirius said, trying to heave his trunk onto the carriage.
"Well, hello to you too, Sirius. And no, I will not help you since you asked me so absolutely nicely," James said with a smug smile.
"Alright then. Remus, help?" he tried with another Marauder.
"Are you asking me if I need your help, or are you asking me to help you? Either way, the answer is no. I don't need you help; my trunk is already in here and no I will not help you since, like Jamsie said, you asked me ever so absolutely nicely," he said smoothly, getting of the carriage and giving James a high-five.
Getting desperate, he turned to Peter. "Help me, please, Peter?" he practically begged.
"Not in this lifetime. Sorry," he said. He himself was struggling with his own trunk, so why should he help Sirius?
"Oh c'mon you guys! I though we were buddies! Friends! Aren't friends supposed to help each other out in times of need?"
"Yeah, well, there are times when we needed you to bail us out, but you didn't, so I suppose this is all fair, huh Padfoot?" James said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
"Hold on, is that a Head Boy Badge?" Remus asked curiously, looking at the extra badge on James's robe.
"Yeah."
"Hey! That post was as good as mine last year!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Sorry, but I guess the best prankster gets the best title, don't you think? I'll be back; I have to find out which girl is lucky enough to get to work by my side all year long," James said. With a smug grin, he set off towards the crowd.
"I really thought that position was mine," Sirius said sadly.
"Your thought was wrong," Peter said and with a heave, lugged his trunk up into the carriage.
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Lily emerged on the other side of the barrier and started looking for her friends. After a few minutes of scanning, she found them waving frantically at her. With a smile, she steered her cart towards them. They greeted her with hugs.
"Lily! So glad you could make it!" on of her best friends and dorm mate squealed while crushing her with an enormous hug.
"Nice to see you too, Mike," she said and returning the hug. Mikayla Enriquez, or better known as Mike was glad to see Lily; the train was due to leave in 5 minutes.
"Hey guys," Lily greeted her other best friends and dorm mates, Elizabeth Kimura and Dakota Graham, or Cody for short. She hugged Elizabeth and proceeded to heave her luggage into the carriage.
"What? No hug for me?" Cody asked, feinting hurt. She turned away and faked a sniffle.
"Aw, c'mere," Lily said, a grin etched on her face. She hugged Cody and resumed her previous action.
"Since you hugged me too, I'll give you a hand with your stuff," Cody said, a similar grin on her tanned face.
"Thank you. I don't know what I'd do without you," Lily said, smirking. Cody just stuck her toungue out and the both of them hauled Lily's trunk into the coach.
"Lily, are you Head Girl?" Liz asked suddenly, spotting a second badge on Lily's robes.
"What? Oh, yeah, I am," she said, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned.
"You are? Oh my goodness! I've been vying for that post since I became a prefect!" Mike exclaimed.
"You took away my rightful title," Liz sniffed. She, too, was a prefect.
"Sorry, but I didn't ask nor did I bribe anyone for it," Lily said. "If you would excuse me, I need to find who the Head Boy is." With that statement, she left them.
"I still say that badge should belong to me," Liz said.
"Sorry sister," Mike said with a smirk.
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Lily looked around for the Head Boy, standing on her tiptoes and craning her neck. She knew that she would never know who the Head Boy is until the Welcoming Dinner; looking for someone with an extra badge in this amount of people in this limited places was like looking for a needle in a haystack. She pulled her robe hood over her head unconsciously.
She was about to turn around and rejoin her friends when she knocked into a tall figure (most probably a boy, she thought), but did nothing except send the person a few steps back.
"Sorry!" she apologized quickly. She reached about his chest and saw another badge pinned beside his prefect badge. It read 'Head Boy'. She gasped and looked up and saw her male counterpart in the form of James Potter, a Marauder infamous for all the tricks and pranks they played all over school.
James, meanwhile, thought the voice and hurried apology sounded vaguely familiar. When she looked up to see him, he instantly recognized the striking green eyes that struck a chord in his heart and the fiery red hair that seemed to give her life that fell out of the robe hood.
"You," he breathed. Before he could say anything else, the whistle went off and she gasped again. She looked at him again before running towards the train, her red hair fanning behind her as she ran. As he was looking at her willowy form, feeling captivated by the redhead beauty, he heard the whistle go off again and broke away form his reverie, running towards the carriage. As he entered the carriage, he was comforted by the idea that the beautiful green-eyed, redheaded creature was at least running around in Hogwarts.
At least he knew he didn't have to go so far to find her.
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2nd A/N: Alright, here are the thanks as I said above:
Emily Woodmark (I hope this is long for you! I do write long and descriptive chapters, but 2 and half months of not writing rusted me, I think), Caroline, AvrilLavigneRocks, Completely Unaware, Jess the Great, limitless, baybee, JamesLilyRock, biz811, Scarlett*eyes, Heart Spun of Sugar, Twisted Rose, eris wannabe, koneko and Koneko.
To Koneko, thank you ever so much for pointing out that fact to me. I was kinda rushed when I wrote that chapter, so I didn't consult the books and that fact just slipped my mind. But, I guess we can make an exception, since she is, after all, Head Girl *wink*. And as for the 'loose' and 'lose' thing, wow, I really overlooked that. I changed that already, so again, I thank you
Review! Thanks in advance!
-VeNtiNo-