Lily trudged down the corridor lugging her book bag. She was so absorbed
remembering her last Charms lesson that she didn't notice the tall black-
haired boy sneak up behind her. That is, until he chose to make his
presence known.
"Surprise!" James Potter shouted, and smiled when the petite redhead in front of him started. "Jumpy little thing aren't you?" He asked mildly, his eyes laughing.
Lily Evans clenched her jaw, her emerald eyes flashing. "For somebody who prides himself on being the top prankster of the school I would think you could come up with something more clever than surprise," she said tightly.
"You just don't understand the beauty of a simple prank." James said loftily.
Lily sighed and looked upwards to the heavens, perhaps asking why she must put up this boy day in and day out. She reached down to pick up her bag so she could leave.
James saw her intent and moved to stop her. He had watched Lily for nearly a month trying to get her alone in the corridor and wasn't about to let her get away just yet. He darted down and grabbed her bag.
"Potter! Give it back!" she said exasperated. She tried taking it from him, but as she was 5'3 to his 6 feet, it was rather useless. Especially when he was holding it over his head.
"Not quite yet Evans," James said grinning.
Lily whipped out her wand and pointed it at him. "Now will you give it back" She asked, her voice soft and dangerous.
James looked at her with scornfully. "You wouldn't hex me." He said, smirking.
"Wanna bet? Frictonius elimatus!" Lily shouted
Suddenly James' feet slid out from under him and he fell to the floor, dropping Lily's bag. No matter what he did, he couldn't stop slipping on the floor, his feet and hands unable to conduct friction with the floor. Lily grabbed her back and continued walking down the hall. As she reached a corner, she looked back and saw the tall boy still futilely trying to get up. She sighed, took out her wand for the second time and muttered the counter curse. Then she continued walking.
James stood up suddenly, the hex gone. He narrowed his eyes at the course Lily had taken down the hall. 'I should've known she'd hex me.' He thought.
"You should've known she'd hex you," said a voice behind him.
James jumped and turned around. Standing there was Sirius Black, laughing silently. "You saw the whole thing?" James asked.
"Every minute of it, mate." Sirius replied. "It was better entertainment than the Quidditch World Cup."
"You could've given me the counter curse," James grumbled.
"And miss finding out it Lily would?" Sirius said, eyes wide. "I couldn't do that to you old friend."
James ran his hand through his hair, rumpling it even more. He sighed. "She really hates me doesn't she?"
"Just because the head girl hexes the head boy doesn't mean she hates him." Sirius said thoughtfully. "It's just a pretty good indicator."
James shoved Sirius. "Seriously, Sirius, what am I going to do?"
"I would say you are going to pull yourself together, go get your invisibility cloak and we are going to pay Miss Evans a nighttime visit."
James laughed rather malevolently. "What exactly did you have in mind?"
"Surprise!" James Potter shouted, and smiled when the petite redhead in front of him started. "Jumpy little thing aren't you?" He asked mildly, his eyes laughing.
Lily Evans clenched her jaw, her emerald eyes flashing. "For somebody who prides himself on being the top prankster of the school I would think you could come up with something more clever than surprise," she said tightly.
"You just don't understand the beauty of a simple prank." James said loftily.
Lily sighed and looked upwards to the heavens, perhaps asking why she must put up this boy day in and day out. She reached down to pick up her bag so she could leave.
James saw her intent and moved to stop her. He had watched Lily for nearly a month trying to get her alone in the corridor and wasn't about to let her get away just yet. He darted down and grabbed her bag.
"Potter! Give it back!" she said exasperated. She tried taking it from him, but as she was 5'3 to his 6 feet, it was rather useless. Especially when he was holding it over his head.
"Not quite yet Evans," James said grinning.
Lily whipped out her wand and pointed it at him. "Now will you give it back" She asked, her voice soft and dangerous.
James looked at her with scornfully. "You wouldn't hex me." He said, smirking.
"Wanna bet? Frictonius elimatus!" Lily shouted
Suddenly James' feet slid out from under him and he fell to the floor, dropping Lily's bag. No matter what he did, he couldn't stop slipping on the floor, his feet and hands unable to conduct friction with the floor. Lily grabbed her back and continued walking down the hall. As she reached a corner, she looked back and saw the tall boy still futilely trying to get up. She sighed, took out her wand for the second time and muttered the counter curse. Then she continued walking.
James stood up suddenly, the hex gone. He narrowed his eyes at the course Lily had taken down the hall. 'I should've known she'd hex me.' He thought.
"You should've known she'd hex you," said a voice behind him.
James jumped and turned around. Standing there was Sirius Black, laughing silently. "You saw the whole thing?" James asked.
"Every minute of it, mate." Sirius replied. "It was better entertainment than the Quidditch World Cup."
"You could've given me the counter curse," James grumbled.
"And miss finding out it Lily would?" Sirius said, eyes wide. "I couldn't do that to you old friend."
James ran his hand through his hair, rumpling it even more. He sighed. "She really hates me doesn't she?"
"Just because the head girl hexes the head boy doesn't mean she hates him." Sirius said thoughtfully. "It's just a pretty good indicator."
James shoved Sirius. "Seriously, Sirius, what am I going to do?"
"I would say you are going to pull yourself together, go get your invisibility cloak and we are going to pay Miss Evans a nighttime visit."
James laughed rather malevolently. "What exactly did you have in mind?"