Hello to you all in fan fiction land. It's great to see you all so soon. As promised the next part of my story.

In response to x-woman I really don't know if Lily is in Gryffindor or not.

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Anything But Ordinary

Part Three

As James entered the Ravenclaw Common Room he couldn't help but think it might give Gryffindor Common Room a run for its money. The Ravenclaw common Room was wide and spacious. The left wall was lined with bookcases filled with books.

No wonder Lily is hardly in the library. James though. He had sometimes gone in there to look for her but he rarely spotted her in there.

James hoped the girls weren't headed for any dorm room for even he hadn't found a way to get up there yet. He seemed to be in luck though for the two friends chose a secluded corner or the room to talk in.

James didn't see why they needed privacy, the room was empty as most people were outside enjoying the warmth the day offered them.

He quietly followed then and seated himself on a nearby pouf so as to be close enough to clearly hear them but far enough so they wouldn't detect him. Not that it mattered though since he was invisible but James wasn't taking any chances.

The last thing he needed was to be given detention for it was the end of the year and the O.W.L.S were just around the corner. He needed some time to study. He didn't find studying the least bit interesting but he also couldn't have his parents on his case when he received his marks.

His line of thought was broken however as the two friends picked up their conversation from where they had left and began to talk.

"You still haven't given my five reasons for why you won't give Potter a chance."

"I don't see why you're making a big deal out of this it's not like I even like Potter."

"Fine then you don't have to date Potter but then why not date someone else?"

"Haven't we gone over this before I don't date and you know why."

"Oh come on Lily you'll have to date eventually. Just because you've had some bad experiences doesn't mean you can just cut yourself off from people."

"I don't 'cut myself off from people' like you say I just don't date."

"Honestly Lils you're impossible to argue with."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"I don't see why but have it your way."

"Now back to Potter."

Lily sighed with a frustrated look on her face. "All right we'll talk about Potter. I don't see why but we'll talk about him."

Corey Mullen simply rolled her eyes and began. "I don't see why you won't give him a chance. I mean he obviously likes you."

"He doesn't like me he just can't stand the thought of being rejected" she started in a clearly satisfied tone. "As if I would fall for his so called charm."

"You still haven't given me five reasons on why you don't like him- ok on why you can't stand him" Corey shot back.

Lily shot her a glare before beginning to tick off reasons on her fingers. "Well for one he's arrogant and ever so pompous."

"So are you."

"Two," Lily continued ignoring her friend "he's annoying. Do you know he's constantly following me around. I don't appreciate having a stalker to deal with."

"Well that's a valid point but he's not that bad. He's funny for one thing. I know for a fact funny gets to you."

"That's not the point. Three he's always messing up his hair. He could try fixing it. And worst of all he seems to think it makes him look good when he does that."

"Why do you even pay attention to that? Only someone who's looking for a reason to dislike a person would even mention that."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Lily sniffled. "Fourth he's always pulling some lame prank on people. They're not even funny and yet half the population drops at his feet. "Oh Jamie that was soooooo funny." Ugh."

"They're not that bad Lils. The one he pulled on Snape last week was funny. I've never seen him angrier. His ears were smoking all day long."

"Why don't you go out with him then? I'm sure he'd love to go out with a seventh year. It would make his stupid ego even bigger. It's a wonder he can support the weight of his head during all that strutting he does."

~*~

All the while James was trying to keep his anger from going to his head but she had said the one thing that he couldn't stand to hear. He, James Potter, did not strut.

Maybe he should just move on, since from what he gathered Lily Evans was impossible.

It would be so simple to just ignore her for the rest of the year. Sure he still might be plagued with thoughts of her but his pride would remain intact.

That's what mattered right? His pride. The only reason he was after Evans was so he could prove he could have anyone he wanted to right? So then why did it matter to him to have her approval?

Why did it matter to him if she liked him or not? Why....

~*~

"You still haven't given me a fifth reason Lils."

"Huh what? I gave you five didn't I?"

"No you gave me four and then you started ranting about how impossible he is."

"I could swear I gave you five. Okay then he's...James Potter is.....The fifth reason I won't go out with him is..........He's..."

"Ha! You see you can't come up with five reasons! You can't dislike him that much if you can't come up with five reasons."

"I can too dislike him. Who says I need five reasons to explain myself?"

"Well until you deliver me a fifth reason I won't stop bothering you."

"Is there some Annoy Lily Evans club that I don't know about because if there is I'm sure you and Potter would make excellent leaders for it." Although James could tell Lily was a bit annoyed a small smile covered her face as she threw a pillow at Corey.

"Well it's not an Annoy Lily Evans club its more like an Irritate Lily Evans club" she started as she ducked the pillow Lily had sent her way.

"You know for someone who's on the Quidditch team you have an awful aim."

"I'm only on reserve. Besides, whoever said I was any good." Lily countered with a small smile.

"You know what it's stuffy in here. Why don't we go outside and push someone into the lake? We might as well enjoy the last twenty minutes of our break before we have to go back to those dreaded classes of ours. Do you know McGonagall assigned us a five-foot essay? Five feet! She must be crazy. I have enough work as it is...."

"You're hopeless you know." With that the two girls crossed the Common Room and exited leaving behind one pensive James Potter under an Invisibility Cloak.

~*~

Later that day James sat in Charms thinking about the conversation he had overheard. The good thing about this class was that it was no one paid any attention to others. Most people were having too much fun to bother others.

James had no idea as to why Lily Evans didn't date and what these experiences of hers were but he couldn't stop thinking about her. From what James had gathered she rejected him because she could.

So maybe what he had to do was make her an offer she couldn't refuse. Now what could she simply not refuse? Seeing as he was not a female he had no idea what he could offer her. The female mind worked in ways even he James Potter could not fathom. Someone needed to write a book to explain this all to him.

James' eyes flew open at the thought! A book! Why didn't he think of it sooner? There must have been others in the past that had been in similar problems. There must have been someone who bothered to write about how the female mind worked.

Moony always consulted books when he was in doubt so why shouldn't it help him?

~*~

As soon as the bell rang signaling the end of Charms James gathered his belongings and rushed off leaving his friends behind in bewilderment.

All he needed to do was find a book that explained to him how in the world the mind of a female worked.

~*~

As soon as he set foot inside the library it was clear to him however that finding that magical book might be harder than expected.

First of all he didn't know where to start so he headed for the magazine section from which he found hundreds of issues of magazines. He picked up the first issue of he saw and glanced down at it.

A smiling witch waved at him while the cover read "Finding the Right One: How to know if he's the right one."

James flung the magazine back onto the shelf and decided to take a look somewhere else. Magazines weren't reliable sources anyway.

A while later James Potter emerged covered in dust from the Muggle section of the library. It seemed like Muggle writers had been trying to decipher the female mind for ages. Good thing too because he was beginning to lose patience.

Soon enough he would be able to figure out Lily Evans. This though made James so happy that he didn't even mind when the librarian Madame Pince looked at him strangely for his choice of books.

When James returned to the Gryffindor Common Room he immediately made a beeline for his dorm room. He needed peace to tackle the heavy books he had checked out.

He opened the smallest volume and after coughing several times he started reading.

Five minutes later James impatiently shut the book causing up a cloud of dust to rise. He glared at the book. The introduction had been boring at the most. It described his problem but didn't say how to solve it. Even worse the language simply drove his mind in circles.

There has got to be an easier way he though. Hurry think what would Moony say?

Bingo!!!

That's it Moony I'll ask him. Who needs books? The crazy Muggles who wrote these books don't know what they're saying. Of course the female mind is hard to understand otherwise why would I be reading those dusty old books in the first place?

With that James carelessly shoved the books under his bed and left to find his good friend Remus Lupin.

End Part Three

Whew that's done. My longest chapter yet. Of course this is only the third chapter so there might [and hopefully] will be longer chapters to come.

Hehe. That was one long conversation Lily and Corey had. Took up half the chapter.

Again thanks to everyone that reviewed before.

I wrote this all in one sitting. That's a record usually I write a bit at a time. I have some great ideas for new stories but I don't work well at writing multiple stories at the same time.

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