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Title: You Wish!

Author: Mstar

Rating: G

Chapter: 9

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. '.....' denotes thought blah, blah, blah... ***********************************************************

The next morning, James woke up still angry at Sirius. Instead of waking him up, as he usually did, he got dressed and went down to breakfast without Sirius. When James arrived in the Great Hall he sat down with Lily, who was reading a book. "Good morning," she greeted him. James smiled at her and helped himself to some eggs.

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"Do they even know they aren't sitting together?" Mary whispered to Lily at lunch. James, once again, was sitting with Lily. Remus and Peter were sitting on the other side of James, and Sirius was at the other end of the table. "Why are you and Sirius mad at each other?" Remus asked James. James answered by getting up and leaving the Hall. Remus scooted over and said to Lily, "Sirius wouldn't say either." Lily stared at her baked potato, lost in thought. After a moment or 2, she said, "I'm worried." Her friends looked at her curiously as she continued, "They got in a fight at Hogsmead yesterday. Sirius pulled James aside and James came back fuming." "Did you hear what they said?" Jessi inquired. Lily shook her head then left the table too.

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"James?" Lily said cautiously. James was sulking in a corner of the common room. James looked up as Lily sat down next to him. "Hi Lily," was all he said. "What's up with you and Sirius?" she asked quietly. "Sirius who." With that, James got up and left the common room, heading to the boy's dorm. Lily was getting angry now. Seeing that the room was empty (everyone was still in the Great Hall), Lily marched up the stairs to the boy's dormitory. In Lily's opinion, the boy's dorm looked no different from the girl's, except it was messier and had more Quidditch posters. James' bed wasn't hard to find. His was the 1 with the picture of Lily pinned up beside it. 'Where did he get that?' Lily wondered as she pulled open the hangings around James' bed. James was laying face-down with his pillow on his head. Lily picked up the pillow and hit him upside the head with it, surprising him so much that he rolled off the bed.

"Lily!" he yelped. "What the heck are YOU doing here!" Lily glared at him and demanded, "I won't go out on another date with you till you tell me what is going on with you and Sirius!" James sighed as he pulled himself back onto his bed. "It's a long story," he said weakly. Lily sat herself down beside him on his bed and replied, "I'm fully prepared to hear the whole thing." James sighed once more then proceeded to tell her what had happened.

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"Oh my gosh!" Lily exclaimed when James finished telling her about his argument with Sirius. "Please don't tell anyone," James pleaded. "I don't know..." Lily said vaguely. "You are right though, Snape COULD get killed!" "I'm trying to decide what to do," James replied. "Just PLEASE don't tell!" "James," Lily pleaded. "We can't just sit here! We've GOT to do something!" "I know," James answered. "I just hope I do the right thing." Lily frowned and replied, "I do too. I won't tell, but I'm trusting you to do something though." James nodded as Lily continued, "Now I have 1 more question." "What?" James asked. Lily smiled and said, "WHERE did you get that picture of me?" James smiled weakly (VERY weakly) and only managed to say, "Ummmmmmmmm..."

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AN~ 9 down, 1 to go!!! This story is almost finished! I know this chapter was short, but it seemed where I left off was the best place. I promise the next 1 to be longer. F.Y.I., I'm writing a 1 part fic called 1 Week that corresponds to this fic. Be sure to read it! It takes place in the summer, you know when Lily's miserable because of James. Well guess what? Things for Lily just got worse ^^. *Big evil grin* I'm not really up to sarcastic author's notes today. I'm home sick with bronchitis.