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Title: You Wish!

Author: Mstar

Rating: G

Chapter: 3

Summery: To Lily Evans, James Potter was the most arrogant jerk in all of eternity. Just her luck that James had had a crush on her ever since 1st year. Now it was their 7th year at Hogwarts and James' last chance to win Lily's heart.

AN~ If some of the character's seem familiar but aren't in the original 5 Harry Potter books, it's because they're my own creations and I've used them in other fics. Either that or you actually know them, because some of the characters are based on people I know, names and all. '.....' denotes thought.

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Lily Evans turned the corner to go to her Charms class, when she literally bumped into probably the last person she wanted to see. "Oh sorr-," but she stopped herself short when she saw who it was. "Oh it's YOU!" James Potter smiled his most charming smile and replied, "Well fancy meeting you here!" "Potter, much to my displeasure, OF COURSE you'd see me here! YOU'RE IN ALL MY CLASSES!!! Now if you'd bother to check a clock, you'd realize Charms starts in 1 minute!!! So MOVE before we're BOTH late!!!" James stepped aside and Lily stormed into the classroom he'd been blocking the entrance of. Lily took a seat between Jessi and Mary as James followed her into the classroom. James walked past Lily and replied, "Deny it if you must, but you KNOW you like me!" Lily rolled her eyes and shot back, "You wish!" "Yes, I wish! And I'll continue wishing till I get what I want!" he shouted. The whole class had heard the pair's "conversation", and they all burst out laughing. James winked at Lily, and then joined Sirius, Remus, and Peter at the back of the classroom. Professor Flitwick entered the room and called for attention.

"Today we'll be working on the Protean Charm! When applied to at least 2 similar objects, it will make the other object or objects mimic 1 of the others when it's changed," he squeaked. "The incantation is on the board along with instructions. Because this is a rather difficult charm, I will be separating you all into pairs of 2." Professor Flitwick waved his wand, and all the desks separated themselves into pairs.

Professor Flitwick continued speaking, "Here are the pairs. As soon as I call your names, Move your stuff to sit with your partner. We'll be working on this charm for at least a week, until we all have the hang of it. Nease and Black, Baron and Smith, Barr and Lupin, Parks and Pettigrew, Potter and Evans..." As the pairs moved to sit with each other, Lily remained frozen. She raised her hand and Professor Flitwick said, "What is it Miss. Evans?" "May I exchange partners? I don't really get along with Potter." Professor Flitwick smiled and replied, "Yes, you don't get along with Mr. Potter, now do you? I don't know WHAT I was thinking pairing you 2 together. Mr. Black, will you please switch partners with Miss. Evans?" Lily put her hands together, looked up at the ceiling, and mouthed "Thank you", while James pouted.

Before everybody knew it, December was upon them. Gryffindor had won the Quidditch match and everyone was getting hyped up for Christmas. Especially after the announcement that had been put up on the House message board a week into December.

ATTENTION!!!!!

At exactly 7 o'clock on December 25th, there is going to be a Yule Ball. Students only in 4th year up will be allowed to go. The Head Boy, Head Girl, and all Prefects will be expected to have dates, for they have to start the opening dance. They will also HAVE to stay at Hogwarts over Christmas unless under certain circumstances (see Head of House). If you intend to attend the Ball, you'll have to sign up on the list to stay at Hogwarts.

Thank You!

James was now more determined than ever to win Lily's heart. When Lily was leaving the Great Hall, the day after the announcement, James blocked her. "Potter do you mind?!" asked an exasperated Lily. James smiled 1 of his roguish grins and replied, "No, but I WOULD mind if you'd go with me to the Ball!" Lily gave James a "drop dead" look then tried to go around James but he wouldn't let her. "No really!" he said as he stepped in front of her, blocking her path. "Just imagine it! You and me, dancing under the stars..." "Yeah, and now I'm imagining YOU falling into a bottomless pit!" Lily snapped. She then shoved James out of her way, and stormed off. "I'll get you my pretty!" James called after her. "And your little dog too!!!" Sirius looked at James and replied, "Dude, you're supposed to be a wizard, not a witch."

When Lily was leaving dinner, later that day, she was stopped in the Entrance Hall by Harrison Craft, a Ravenclaw 7th Year and the Captain and Seeker on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. He was quite good looking too, with his jet black hair and midnight blue eyes. Infact, he was a bit like James, minus being an arrogant show-off. "Hey Lily, I was wondering," he started. "Do you want to go to the Ball with me?" Lily considered him for a second. 'He IS pretty awesome, and I DO need a date...' "Ok," Lily replied coolly. "Meet me here at 6:45." She smiled at him and headed up to Gryffindor Tower.

When Lily arrived in the common room, once again James attempted to ask her to the Yule Ball. "Hey Evans, you know, you really should go with me to the Ball. We would make a pretty cute couple!" Lily rolled her eyes and replied, "Save it, I'm already going with someone else." Lily sat down at a table and pulled out her homework, followed by a gaping James. "You're what?!" he exclaimed. "I'm going with someone else," she said calmly, as she opened One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi. "WHO!!!" James demanded. Lily rolled her eyes and answered, "As if I'd tell YOU! You'd probably hex him as soon as you got the chance. Now if you don't mind, I need to start on that Exwing plant report for Herbology, as you should be doing too, instead of annoying me."

James managed to find out who Lily was going to the Ball with. He found out from Peter, who had overheard Lily telling it to Mary. And sure enough, everytime James saw Harrison, he'd use some jinx on him. One day, Harrison came up to James and tapped him on the shoulder. James turned around and snapped, "What do YOU want Craft?" Harrison replied, "I'm fed up with you hexing me, and I'm prepared to make a bet." This sparked James curiosity. "What sort of bet?" he said suspiciously. Harrison took a deep breath and answered, "You know the Quidditch match right before Christmas break, Ravenclaw vs. Gryffindor? Well, whoever's house wins gets to take Lily to the Ball." James smiled shrewdly and said, "Does Lily know about this?" Harrison shook his head. "Here's what I figured we'd do: After the match, when we know who the winner is, I'll tell her. If you win, I'll say that I got tired of you hexing me and we made a bet and that the winner got to take her to the Ball. If she's fine with it, I'll tell her the next day that I lost. If I win, I just won't say a thing. I figured the fair thing to do was to wait till we had the results before I tell her, that way it wouldn't affect her playing. Don't worry; I won't back down on the bet if I lose. I promise. If I do you can hex me whenever you want. If I win, you gotta promise you WON'T hex me whenever you want." James considered this for a second. 'Well I've got nothing to lose...' "Deal," he replied. "Deal," Harrison said as he held out his hand. They both shook on it.

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AN~ Good ending to this chapter, don't ya think? I don't really know where I'm going with this story, but I had to think of something to move it along and to keep y'all interested. By the way, I'm a Star Wars fan and that's where I got the name for the "Exwing (X-wing) plant". For those of you that are clueless to the Star Wars universe, an X-wing is a type fighter plane that is often used in Star Wars and yes, I know it's weird for a girl to like Star Wars. KEEP THE REVIEWS COMING!!!