Underneath It All
Summery
James Potter is the most popular guy in school, but only because of his wealth and looks. He never talks to anyone besides his 3 best friends if he can help it. And James has one rule: never fall in love, but what happens when he meets Lily Evans? Because buried under all the money, good looks and Quidditch is a heart of gold.
Disclaimer
Hogwarts, most of the teachers, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Hogsmead and anything else you recognize belongs to J.K Rowling. Lily's friends and anyone or anything you don't recognize belongs to me, including the plot.
A/N- Okay, first of all I wanna say I am sooo sorry. I was gonna write heaps in the holidays but then I got busy with stuff and in my spare time I just slept coz I've been really tired. Now there's only 1 day left til school starts again but I'll try to write lots during the school term. Anyway if your still reading this thanks for being so patient. I can't be bothered personally thanking reviewer's coz I just wanna get this out but thankyou so much for all the reviews. I really, really appreciate them, your reviews are what keep me writing.
Another thing, I know most people hate OC's but I had to give Lily friends. I'm trying to make them as non-cliché as possible but if you have any advice or tips on how to make them better characters you can tell me in reviews and it would help heaps.
All about James
'Okay, let me get this straight' said Lily Evans' best friend Natasha Gilmore as she paced up and down the dormitory, waving her hands everywhere as she talked.
'You, Lily Evans talked to James Potter this morning?'
'Yup, but Tash, I dunno why you're making such a big deal out of it' said Lily as she finished of her Charms homework. 'I mean he's just a guy'
'Just a guy, she thinks he's just a guy. What sort of rock has she been living under for five years' muttered Natasha, falling melodramatically onto her bed.
After a few minutes of silence Natasha sat up
'Lils, do you know who James Potter is'
'Yeah, course. He's a guy in seventh year who just happens to be very good looking' Lily said in a absent minded voice as she corrected her homework
'Lily, hun' Tasha started in a voice that sounded like she was a second away from jumping up and down, screaming and pulling her mid-length dark brown hair out.
'James Potter is well and truly the most popular guy at Hogwarts. His family is practically like royalty in the wizard world, there filthy rich and nearly all of the men in their family has been or will be a top Auror or Minister for Magic '
Tasha stopped talking, took a deep breath and just when Lily had opened her mouth to say something, she started talking again.
'James hardly ever talks to anyone, except his three best friends. People say that he put a third year in the hospital wing for disturbing his studies. He's head boy and supposed to really smart' Tasha rambled on her dark eyes wide and eager.
'Besides, he's a seventh year and were sixth years' said Tasha matter of factually 'Everyone knows seventh years don't bother with sixth years'
'For a oh so non-important sixth year, you sure know a lot about James Potter' Lily said smirking
'Well, I've done my research' Tasha said as the door opened.
April Foster crossed the room in a few quick strides and sank onto her four- poster bed.
'Hey April, how was your detention?' asked Lily
April groaned before she looked up to speak
'Can you believe that git, Capeseo (the potions master) made me scrub every last inch of his stupid dungeon' April sighed ' I didn't even do anything, that prick Malfoy had it coming, I swear'
April swept her long black hair into a ponytail and quickly changed into her pajamas.
'I'm going to hit the sack now, been a long day' April said 'Night Lils, night Tash'
'Yeah, good idea, night everyone' said Tasha yawning
'K, well I'm not tired yet so I'm gonna go down to the common room and I'll be up later' said Lily walking to the door 'night guys'
A few moments later Lily was sitting in her favorite comfy armchair by one of the windows. She looked around, taking notice of the people around her.
There was a group of rather loud fourth years sitting over by one of the other windows and a few second years sitting around a table doing homework. There was also a group of four boys sitting by the fire talking in hushed voices. On closer inspection Lily realized it was James Potter and his friends.
Lily shook her head as she leaned back in her armchair. Really, she thought, Tash was just being her usual gossipy self when she was telling Lily about James. He didn't look intimidating at all. In fact he looked kind of unhappy.
As Lily watched James and his friends talk, she began to feel sorry for him. She could relate to him in a way. At her muggle primary school she attended before Hogwarts she was considered popular, but she couldn't see why she was. It made her primary school days unhappy as there where always rumors being made up about her and people getting the wrong impression about her. That was why she decided to keep a low profile at Hogwarts.
Lily came to the conclusion that this was why James seemed unhappy. By the sounds of it half the wizard world knew who he, or at least his family was. He probably got sick of his every move being scrutinized and false personas being made for him by his peers.
It made Lily realise how lucky she was that, even though her family wasn't the richest or the most well known, they loved her and she was able to live a normal life.
Lily decided that the next time she talked to James she would make an effort to be extra nice.
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K, well I hope you liked that chapter. Remember to tell me if you liked Lily's friends or how I can improve them. Review and I'll write more, savvy?
Peace
Summery
James Potter is the most popular guy in school, but only because of his wealth and looks. He never talks to anyone besides his 3 best friends if he can help it. And James has one rule: never fall in love, but what happens when he meets Lily Evans? Because buried under all the money, good looks and Quidditch is a heart of gold.
Disclaimer
Hogwarts, most of the teachers, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Hogsmead and anything else you recognize belongs to J.K Rowling. Lily's friends and anyone or anything you don't recognize belongs to me, including the plot.
A/N- Okay, first of all I wanna say I am sooo sorry. I was gonna write heaps in the holidays but then I got busy with stuff and in my spare time I just slept coz I've been really tired. Now there's only 1 day left til school starts again but I'll try to write lots during the school term. Anyway if your still reading this thanks for being so patient. I can't be bothered personally thanking reviewer's coz I just wanna get this out but thankyou so much for all the reviews. I really, really appreciate them, your reviews are what keep me writing.
Another thing, I know most people hate OC's but I had to give Lily friends. I'm trying to make them as non-cliché as possible but if you have any advice or tips on how to make them better characters you can tell me in reviews and it would help heaps.
All about James
'Okay, let me get this straight' said Lily Evans' best friend Natasha Gilmore as she paced up and down the dormitory, waving her hands everywhere as she talked.
'You, Lily Evans talked to James Potter this morning?'
'Yup, but Tash, I dunno why you're making such a big deal out of it' said Lily as she finished of her Charms homework. 'I mean he's just a guy'
'Just a guy, she thinks he's just a guy. What sort of rock has she been living under for five years' muttered Natasha, falling melodramatically onto her bed.
After a few minutes of silence Natasha sat up
'Lils, do you know who James Potter is'
'Yeah, course. He's a guy in seventh year who just happens to be very good looking' Lily said in a absent minded voice as she corrected her homework
'Lily, hun' Tasha started in a voice that sounded like she was a second away from jumping up and down, screaming and pulling her mid-length dark brown hair out.
'James Potter is well and truly the most popular guy at Hogwarts. His family is practically like royalty in the wizard world, there filthy rich and nearly all of the men in their family has been or will be a top Auror or Minister for Magic '
Tasha stopped talking, took a deep breath and just when Lily had opened her mouth to say something, she started talking again.
'James hardly ever talks to anyone, except his three best friends. People say that he put a third year in the hospital wing for disturbing his studies. He's head boy and supposed to really smart' Tasha rambled on her dark eyes wide and eager.
'Besides, he's a seventh year and were sixth years' said Tasha matter of factually 'Everyone knows seventh years don't bother with sixth years'
'For a oh so non-important sixth year, you sure know a lot about James Potter' Lily said smirking
'Well, I've done my research' Tasha said as the door opened.
April Foster crossed the room in a few quick strides and sank onto her four- poster bed.
'Hey April, how was your detention?' asked Lily
April groaned before she looked up to speak
'Can you believe that git, Capeseo (the potions master) made me scrub every last inch of his stupid dungeon' April sighed ' I didn't even do anything, that prick Malfoy had it coming, I swear'
April swept her long black hair into a ponytail and quickly changed into her pajamas.
'I'm going to hit the sack now, been a long day' April said 'Night Lils, night Tash'
'Yeah, good idea, night everyone' said Tasha yawning
'K, well I'm not tired yet so I'm gonna go down to the common room and I'll be up later' said Lily walking to the door 'night guys'
A few moments later Lily was sitting in her favorite comfy armchair by one of the windows. She looked around, taking notice of the people around her.
There was a group of rather loud fourth years sitting over by one of the other windows and a few second years sitting around a table doing homework. There was also a group of four boys sitting by the fire talking in hushed voices. On closer inspection Lily realized it was James Potter and his friends.
Lily shook her head as she leaned back in her armchair. Really, she thought, Tash was just being her usual gossipy self when she was telling Lily about James. He didn't look intimidating at all. In fact he looked kind of unhappy.
As Lily watched James and his friends talk, she began to feel sorry for him. She could relate to him in a way. At her muggle primary school she attended before Hogwarts she was considered popular, but she couldn't see why she was. It made her primary school days unhappy as there where always rumors being made up about her and people getting the wrong impression about her. That was why she decided to keep a low profile at Hogwarts.
Lily came to the conclusion that this was why James seemed unhappy. By the sounds of it half the wizard world knew who he, or at least his family was. He probably got sick of his every move being scrutinized and false personas being made for him by his peers.
It made Lily realise how lucky she was that, even though her family wasn't the richest or the most well known, they loved her and she was able to live a normal life.
Lily decided that the next time she talked to James she would make an effort to be extra nice.
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K, well I hope you liked that chapter. Remember to tell me if you liked Lily's friends or how I can improve them. Review and I'll write more, savvy?
Peace