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Title: You Wish!
Author: Mstar
Rating: G
Chapter: 6
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~ This story starts during the summer before their 7th year. 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. I've decided (believe it or not) to be nice to the readers in this chapter. I also know that all of you are wondering "Why in the world did Mstupid, I mean Mstar call this fic You Wish?". I'm going to ignore the "Mstupid" comment and answer the question. You will find out why in this chapter. Now I bet you're wondering "What kind of answer is that?" Well folks, that's MY kind of answer. And guess what '.....' denotes? You're right!!! Thought (as if I don't tell you in every single chapter)!!!!!! ***********************************************************
The rest of the Marauders went up to their dorm and found James gazing dreamily out the window. They approached him calmly and Remus replied uneasily, "Did you just say you were going to the ball with Lily?" James didn't move at all except for a silent nod. The other boys looked at each other as Sirius said, "I hate to point this out buddy, but Lily HATES you." James once more didn't do anything except silently shake his head no. "What do you mean no?" Peter exclaimed. Remus sighed and told the other 2 boys, "Come on, let's go ask Lily. We're not going to get any answers from him while he's like THAT..."
The boys reentered the common room only to find Lily absent. Just as Remus and Peter started to go back up to the boy's dorm to attempt to interrogate James again, Sirius stopped them. "There's Mary and Jessi, maybe they know something." The 3 made their way to the corner where the 2 girls were chatting. "Hey, do you 2 know what's up with Lily and James?" Remus asked them. Mary and Jessi looked at each other and Jessi answered, "All Lily said was that she wasn't going with Harrison anymore and she was going with James instead." "All we got out of James was a couple of nods," Sirius replied. They all shrugged and the boys started talking with the girls.
"Who are you going to the Ball with Peter?" Mary inquired. Peter shrugged and said in response, "No one." "What about you Mary?" Jessi questioned eagerly. "You still haven't told me!" Mary smiled and answered, "It's because I still haven't decided. It'll be either Sirius or that hot Slytherin 7th year, you know, Wayne Edwards. He's actually decent for a Slytherin. Infact, he was cheering for Gryffindor in the match against Ravenclaw. He's the Slytherin Quidditch captain too." Sirius scowled the whole time she was saying this and when she finished he said angrily, "I don't see how there's a choice. I'm in Gryffindor and he's in Slytherin! Gryffindors are supposed to hate Slytherins!!!" Mary rolled her eyes and Jessi shot back, "Honestly, sometimes you're more conceded than James!" "You just say that because you think Lucius Malfoy's cute!" "I said hot not cute! There's a difference!" "Whatever!" While Sirius and Jessi were bickering, Mary, Remus, and Peter continued talking.
"Too bad you guys don't have a 4th friend, because that would mean Peter would have a date!" Remus realized. "I mean, I'm going with Jessi,-"A blonde and a brainiac?" Sirius interrupted. "I don't get it." "Hey!" Mary exclaimed. "I'm 1 of the top students in our year!!! I do NOT like all those 'dumb blonde' comments!" "And neither do I!!!" Jessi agreed.- and Lily's going with James,-"Another thing I don't get," Sirius interrupted once more.- and Sirius is pretty much going with Mary,- "Hey!!!" This time it was Mary who interrupted Remus. "Who said I've decided?!" Sirius rolled his eyes and Remus continued.- so our groups are pretty much together, with the exception of Peter who I guess is a 5th wheel, or 7th wheel in this case." "Who said I've decided?!" Mary shouted at the top of her lungs, causing the whole common room to look at her. Glaring daggers at the Gryffindors, she marched upstairs to the girl's dorm and slammed the door.
James continued staring dazedly out the window when a shooting star flew by. 'Maybe it's worth a try. I'll wish on it...' To his amazement, another 1 streaked past. "I wish Lily loved me..." James got up and went to get some parchment. He had a letter to write. 'I've got to start somewhere...'
Meanwhile, Lily was staring out the window as James had been doing. Suddenly, the sky lit up briefly as a shooting star went by. 'I wonder... I used to be told that magic wasn't real and then I turn 11 and boom, it's real. I wonder if the wish-upon-a-shooting star tale is true too?' Amazingly, another shooting star fell out of the sky. "I wish true love would come to me," Lily whispered. It seemed the trail the star left behind glowed briefly then faded. Lily was about to get up when an owl that she recognized as James', considering how many times she'd seen it that summer, flew into the dorm. She retrieved the scroll of parchment off its leg.
Dear Lily,
Thank you for agreeing to go to the Yule Ball with me. You have no idea how much I care about you. I'd like to apologize for ruining your summer. I truly am. I also want to say I'm sorry for annoying you all these years. Can you ever forgive me?
James
Lily wrote on the back of the letter 1 word: Yes. She sent the letter back to James with his owl and got up and stretched. She went into the common room and was immediately surrounded by Mary, Jessi, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. "Is what James said true?" Sirius demanded. Lily smiled warmly and replied, "Maybe." With that, she walked towards the portrait hole. "Where you going?" Jessi called after her. "The library," they heard as Lily disappeared.
James had managed to slip off to the Owlery unnoticed. Shortly after he had sent his note to Lily, his owl returned and James smiled at his answer. He didn't know what to do now, so he decided to go to the library. When he arrived, he saw to his pleasure, Lily, roaming among the books. "Lily!" he said as loud as he could without getting in trouble with Madam Pince. Lily turned to see who had spoken and smiled when she saw who it was. They walked over to a table to sit and talk. "What are you doing here?" James asked. "I'm doing some... research," Lily answered. James shrugged. "I was bored and decided to get some homework done." "Oh." A rather awkward silence had sprung up between them as a group of Gryffindor 6th years walked past them and looking at them as if they were crazy. "Was that James Potter and Lily Evans, TOGETHER?!" they heard 1 of the 6th years say. "And Evans actually wasn't screaming at Potter!" Lily and James looked blankly at each other for a moment then burst out laughing. The 6th years now looked at the 2 as if they had some contagious disease they might contract, and hurried out of the library, whispering furiously.
"Obviously, people aren't used to us being so, so... friend toward each other," Lily said, still calming down some laughter. James snorted and shot at her, "You mean they're not used to YOU being so friendly towards ME!" Lily rolled her eyes and snapped, "WhatEVER!"
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AN~ I know this chapter's short so DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The next chapter will pretty much be the Yule Ball and for those of you who read Not Sure Anymore... (which should be ALL of you), I'm starting chapter 5 soon.