Author's Note- I'm back! *trumpets blare in the backround serenading me… yeah, right, I wish*. Anyway, this is chapter 4 of Yours Hating James Potter, concentrating on L/MWPP's first year in Hogwarts (don't worry, the sequel is the second year, and after that the third year, yadayadayada). This hasn't been beta-read yet, so ignore all mistakes (I'll put up the edited version once Dragon Enchantress sends it back). So, yeah, R&R, and be kind, not cruel. And read with an open mind.

Disclamer (oh how I hate these things)- how many times must I say it. If anyone out there still thinks I own Harry Potter & co. call up the nut house. BECAUSE I OWN NOTHING!

Now, on a lighter note, here is the fic.

1.1 Yours Hating James Potter

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3 January 2nd

Just got back from Diagon Alley. It was fun until my day was ruined. Jen, Meg, Maddy, and I were having loads of fun (me mainly picking out things for pranks and the others laughing at my choices). Well, we went to the ice cream parlor and got some ice cream. Then, who did we happen to see, walking down the street? Maria. It had to be Maria. She noticed us and walked right over.

"Hey, girls," she said.

We all managed smiles (mine was VERY small).

"Hello, Maria," Meg said.

Well, after a few mintues Meg convinced us to let Maria hang out with us. I personally thought the day couldn't get any worse. Remind me to knock on wood next time, cuz it didn't get better, it just got worse. WAY WORSE.

Ok, we were all outside the bookstore, when who should walk by, but POTTER, SIRIUS, REMUS, and PETER. Jen, Maddy, and Meg didn't notice, and I ignored it. However, Maria did notice. And being Maria she shrieked and started yelling, "James! James! Hi! Hi! I want to throw myself at your feet!" (Ok, I admit it, I made that last part up. I don't remember what she actually said).

Jen, Maddy, and Meg heard her. Naturally, they all went over to say hi, and I followed because… just because.

So then Jen, Maddy, and Meg wanted to hang out with them, and I wasn't about to hang out alone, what fun would that be, so I had to tag along. And Potter, being Potter, was really annoying.

"Hey, Turnip, what do you got in that bag? Huh?" he would ask.

"If you don't shut up these are what's going to make you meet your Maker," I said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, I'm so scared," Potter said sarcasticly, then made the mistake of turning his back on me.

I took the oppritunity to hit him over the head with the bag (which was quite heavy, trust me).

"OW!"

"Next time don't intimidate me, 'kay?" I said, and smiled at him, then ran to catch up with Jen.

You know what. At that moment I would have rather been in Transfiguration class with McGonagall then where I was then, and that SAYS SOMETHING.

Anyways, gotta go. Bye!

Yours,

Lily



January 2nd

Life stinks. Life sucks. Life SMELLS! Sirius, Remus, Peter, and I had decided to go to Diagon Alley for the day. Huge mistake. Guess who was there? Turnip and Maria. The worst combination. And our friends are friends, so Turnip and I actually had to spend half a day together. SHE EVEN HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH SOMETHING. I don't know what it was, but it HURT. I wanted to kill her, but I have more self control than Turnip, so I simply gave her a green streak in her hair and jumped around yelling, "O Christmas Tree, O Christmas, how ugly are thy branches?"

It was actually very fun.

James



4 January 3rd- Hogwarts

5 I'm back. Hogwarts hasn't changed. Maria hasn't changed at all. She just set her alarm clock for six (the whole room groaned, followed by an evil glare from Maria).

6 "Maria, we all wake up at normal times, and we all look fine," Jen said.

7 Maria flashed her a look that only Maria can make and replied, cooly, "You say you look fine, but I can prove otherwise."

8 She left the room with Jen mimicking her.

9 "For once, I'd like to see what happened if she didn't wake up at six," Jen said.

10 I went over to her alarm clock and quickly set the alarm for eleven o'clock, the exact time that third classes start.

11 "There, let's see how 'beautiful' she looks now," I said.

And I can't wait to see how she looks, late for class.

Yours,

Lily



12 January 4th

Ah, the taste of sweet, sweet, revenge. Jen, Meg, Maddy, and I all made it down to breakfast on time, however, when it was time to get to our first class, Maria was no where to be seen. And she didn't show up until our third class, when she ran in, late. Her hair was sticking up in the back, greasy hair (maybe she can join the ranks of Snape!), and had obviously not brushed her teeth.

"I'm sorry, Professor, but someone tampered with my alarm," Maria said, and glared at me.

I, naturally, pretended to act all innocent.

"Never the less, Miss Abbey, you are late for class. I'll have to give you detention," the Professor said.

Maria stood in the row, her mouth wide open (which is not a good look for her). Jen, Meg, and even Maddy, kind, forgiving Maddy, giggled.

"Maria, can you move? You're blocking my view," I said, and smiled at her.

"Don't worry, Professor, I won't be late again. I'll get up extra early tomorrow just to make sure," Maria said, and took her seat.

And, Maria set her alarm clock for FIVE in the morning. IS THERE NO JUSTICE IN THE WORLD???

Lily



January 7th

Potter's in detention, so I can celebrate freely tonight. Maria reset her alarm clock back to six o'clock (I never realized how much six o'clock seemed like sleeping in when you wake up at five), and I actually passed my Transfiguration test today (I got a 66). So I think this is a pretty good day, I think. Then again, Potter just got back. So, you never know.

Lily



13 January 10th

14 Kel wrote. She asked if we got the newspaper here. I wonder why. Kel doesn't really care that much about what's going on in the news. She's more interested in what's going on in her house. I'll have to send her an owl and ask what she meant.

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16 January 13th

17 Now I know what Kel meant. She sent me an owl this morning, with a letter and a newspaper article.

18 Here's the letter:

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20 Jamie,

21 Here's what I meant. Mum and Dad are really worried. They aren't talking about it around me, but I hear. Write us soon, or Mum and Dad will get really worried. Mum's already threatening to be a nervous wreck.

22 Kel

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And, let's just say, the article wasn't very good news. A whole wizarding family is dead, murdered, and their house burnt. Nothing like this has happened since…since… well, I don't remember when. But I know why Mum and Dad are worried.

James



January 14th

Something's bugging Potter, I can tell. He got a letter from his sister yesterday, and he's been acting strange all day today. He only called me Turnip TWICE! Ok, sure, he didn't call me Lily at all, and Evans only once. And he didn't turn my hair any weird color today, which is strange.

Jen, Meg, Maddy, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all seem to know what's going on, but I don't, and I WANT TO KNOW! Here's Jen, I'll ask her.

Lily



Later

Well, now I know why, and I see why Potter's worried. A wizard family was murdered a few days back, and obviously this isn't a usual accurance. And, the wizard family wasn't murdered by any normal ways, like Muggles do, oh no, they were murdered by a dark curse or something like that. So, now the whole school (or everyone who knows) is either worried or confused.

Lily



January 17th

Potter's back to his normal self. He called me Turnip at least 600 times today (by my count, of course). And I had two hair colors, blue and pink. Yep, Potter's back to his normal, ANNOYING, STUPID, self.

Lily



24 January 20th

Hate-Potter. Hate-Potter. Hate-Potter.

See the connection? I do. I HATE POTTER!

He got me detention! DETENTION!!! I could kill him right now. No, I think I will kill him. I get to spend tomorrow night cleaning the bedpans in the Hospital Wing.

Yeah, he set off dungbombs over all my robes, so I had to around wearing yesterday's robes. But the reason I got my detention is because I set fire to his Transfiguration essay, and McGonagall got all bent out of shape.

So, tomorrow I get to clean bedpans. Oh, joy.

Yours Hating James Potter,

Lily



25 January 21st

After cleaning vomit out of bedpans all evening, I think I could vomit. Gosh, how much vomit can one throw up anyway?

Lily



26 January 24th

Got to write quickly. Sirius found out what the password to the Slytherin Common Room is, and we're all going down to set up some dungbombs. If course, Potter is going. Maria isn't though. She refuses to participate in such "silly antics, much like child games." Ok, I'm sorry, but Maria, you want to go out with Potter (somebody help her, please, who would want to go out with HIM???) and yet she refuses to participate in the things he likes the most. How does that work???

Well, I have to admit, pranks are a bit childish, but they are still funny.

That's Jen. Time to go.

Lily



27 January 30th

Got caught, go figure. The Slytherins were rather mad, telling by how they had to walk down to the Great Hall in either dungbomb covered clothing or pajamas.

Sirius took all the blame, so we didn't get any detentions or anything. He said something about wanting to break a record.

Strange.

Lily



February 3rd

It's strange, I've been here five months already, and I feel like I've been here a lifetime.

I'm not feeling to well, the flu's been going around… then again, maybe it's the stink bomb Potter just left off in the Common Room…

Lily



February 7th

Yep, it was the flu. I've just now started feeling better. My friends, however, are a different story.

Even Potter's sick (hah, he is human!). Jen's constantly sneezing. Maria's trying to convince us she's not feeling all that bad (she's just trying to get out of drinking that evil tasting potion Madame Pomfrey's giving us all).

Ew! She just threw up, all over the floor…

Lily

28 February 10th

Potter's better, unfortunately. Why couldn't he have gotten sick and like, never gotten better? My life would have been so much better.

Maria's in the hospital wing. We forced her to go down there after she threw up. She got a talking to from Madame Pomfrey for not going down their sooner. Our room still stinks though, from Maria's *ahem* spew.

Well, I gotta go do my Transfiguration homework.

Lily



February 14th- aka St. Valentines Day

How invented this stupid holiday? Can I, like, maybe go back in time and, oh, say, KILL THE GUY!

Ok, maybe it's not that bad. It actually gave us some stuff to laugh at, but still! It's ok for those people with boyfriends and stuff, but for those of us who's only boy problems are how to get Potter back for dieing my owl PINK (HE ACTUALLY DID THAT! CAN YOU BELIEVE?!?!?!?!?!?) it's a bugger.

Ok, so maybe we did get a good laugh at Maria's numerous valentines to Potter…

Yeah, she did send him about fifty. She gave one to her owl (which she herself dyed pink and red, by CHOICE), who brought it in at breakfast, reading in big flashing letters (so the whole school could see, naturally), "Be Mine". Then she left one at his seat with little candies in every class, reading "call me" or something along those lines.

WHAT, DID SHE RAID ONE OF THOSE MUGGLE CANDY STORES AND STEAL ALL THE LITTLE HEART SHAPED CANDY THINGS (ok, maybe those candies aren't all that bad…) AND COPY THEIR LITTLE SAYINGS???

Well, anyways, gotta go. Maria's sending off one last valentine and we, of course, gotta spy.

I know, I'm evil. But hey, living around Maria and Potter, it's kinda hard not to be.

Lily



February 17th

Ah, the joys of snow! It snowed last night! We got quite a bit too, at least up to my knees.

This afternoon there were tons of people outside, including my friends, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Potty-head, and Maria. Sirius came up with the wise idea to throw a snowball at us (ok, maybe he threw it at Jen), and naturally, we (as in Jen, Meg, Mad, and I) had to get back at him. So started the crazy snowball fight. For once, I got to hit Potty-head with snowballs and not get a detention!

Well, the snowball fight between the few of us turned into this big thing between basically everyone outside (we even had two prefects hitting each other with snowballs, even if one was a Gryffindor and the other a Slytherin).

After a while McGonagall came out and told us all to go back inside. So, my clothes are soaking wet, my hair is even worse, and I am COLD! Potty- head just HAD to dump a handful of snow down my back! He just HAD to!

Well, I can't say I didn't get him back with the whole snow down his back…

Lily



29 February 20th

30 It would be so much easier to do better in Transfiguration if Potter didn't exist. May I point out the reasons? 1. He's the best student and McGonagall is always "everyone look at Mr. Potter do this" or "did you see Mr. Potter do that?" Urgh! It's annoying. 2. If he didn't try to RUIN my homework and actaully do it!

31 Can you believe it? He took my homework paper and dumped it in my pumpkin juice this morning. The ink went everywhere (and I could drink my juice anymore), and I didn't have enough time to write it.

32 "Miss Evans, you have to apply yourself more to the task," McGonagall said when she found out I didn't have my paper.

33 "It's Potter's fault!" I cried.

34 Potter was cracking up in the back of the room. I'd like to crack something too! His skull!

35 Worst of all, McGonagall didn't believe me.

36 URGH! Life is SO unfair!

37 Lily

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39 Febuary 24th

40 I got back at Potter. Let's just say his Charms homework was flushed down the toliet, literally…

41 Hehe…

42 Lily

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Author's Notes- Ooo… it's been a while since I've updated this! Oh, well. Ok, I've got a homepage now! Yea! It doesn't got a lot of stuff on it, but if you want you guys can get links to your fanfiction from there too. Well, I hope you liked this. By the way, I don't hate Valentines day, I'm just thinking Lily might, so, just, don't take offense or anything like that. 'Kay? Hey, everybody, give a big cheer for my beta-reader, Dragon Enchantress (Dragoness Enchantress), and make sure you check out her stuff! Now that you've read, review!

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