The Pistol
by:MerlinsApprentince
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A/N:Hello everyone this is my first fanfic on Ff.net. Just making a little howdy to people.
Basicly this is a Lily/James Hate/Love story. My fave. Almost as Good as Marshmallow Fluff. ALMOST. It'll have alittle action a little drama, just the basic mix of everything. ^.^ Yay me.
Disclaimer: HP does not belong to me or I would be a millionaire with closets full of delicious marshmallow fluff... but i dont...MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa *cough*
Lily Evans starred out of her parents 1966 T-Bird window the fresh fall air sweeping through her red tendrils. The slightly chilly London air always gave her a spur. It meant 2 of her favorite things were happening. It meant that winter her all time favorite season was coming closer and that it was time for Lily to go back to school .
Lily didn't really go to a regular secondary school like she would at the age of 16.But Lily was a witch with the ability to do magic whether it be with their own wand suited just for you or if it was a concoction of unusual potion ingrediants or even with her own mind. It is thought that there was no place that exists that teaches you such stuff but right under the Muggles (non-wizard folk) noses there was many different magical landmarks all around the world. Hogwarts, one of the many schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located in London was where this young particular witch was going. Lily loved everything about Hogwarts.
It's magical winding staircases and its moving commentating pictures and so on. She loved Qudditch even though she wasn't very good on a broomstick and she adored her house, Galiant Gryffindor. There was 4 houses in all at Hogwarts; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. At your 1st year your escorted to the Grand Room (another thing Lily throughly missed) to the Sorting hat a very kind and intelligant hat who sorts you into you own individual house. Lily was lucky to get into Gryffindor who was brave at heart and loyal to all. Ravenclaw wasnt that bad it was for extremely smart people and Hufflepuff were for the kind. Slytherin was the one that wasn't ok. Everyone who went through Slytherin came out as a dark witch or wizard. And that was bad.
"Lily will you please roll up you window, you'll ruin my hairdo" Lily's obnixouis sister Petunia hissed holding down the complicated beehive hair that used about 10 cans of hairspray. Lily raised a thin eyebrow at her sister who held her head down tightly. "Lily dear please roll up your window" Her parents John and Kelli Evans asked more pioletely then Petunia's hiss. Lily would do anyting for her parents, she loved them more then Hogwarts and magic put together. They allowed her with pride for their youngest daughter, to go to Hogwarts when she first recieved her letter in her 1st year and every other year after allowed her to return. So sadly Lily rolled up the window getting trapped in the car with the heat and artifical air. "Keep that thing down too, its annoying me" Petunia exclaimed to the cage that was meowing loudly.
Lily bent down to put the cage on her lap and starred inside it. Inside was her cat Malley, named after the witch with 5 arms who turned into a best selling authoress. Malley was a fat spoiled cat who always got her way with Lily. She was all black except the tip of her ears, the tip of her four feet and her big round belly which was all pure white fur. "Malley doesn't like to be cooped in a cage, Petunia" Lily insisted in a quiet voice. She and Petunia use to be really close friends before Hogwarts, but now that Petunia has a sister who does magic and all, it seems to be all she says to Lily are some bitter unhappy compliants about her younger sister. Petunia starred blankly out the window with no reply. "Well we're almost to King's Cross, dears" Lily's mom said breaking the ice.Lily sighed openly. "Almost home free" she whispered.
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"Now 2 trunks one for clothing one for books?"
"Check"
"One for supplies?"
"Check"
"Bag of goodies?"
"Check"
"And finally Malley?"
"All set mum" Lily said to her mom's checklist. One minor bad detail about her dear mom was that she was a control and neat freak. Sadly Lily didn't inherit those qualitys. If her mom didn't go through her check list she had, she would have forgotten something and she left her room as a pigsty before she went off to school. "Well dear we'll see you during the summer I suppose?" her father asked scooping her into a big hug. Lily spent the 1st 2 years with her family during Christmas but since her her 3rd year she stayed at Hogwarts due to some assignment she procrastinated or something along those lines ever since. "I'll live" Lily teased hugging her 2 parents close and tight. Lily headed next to Petunia wondering if she would want a hug or even a handshake would do.
But Petunia kept turning around, chewing her gum loudly. Lily got the hint. "Bye Mum. Bye Dad. I'll send a owl as soon as I get there" she promised quickly kissing both on the cheek for the last time. "Cya Lovely have a great time at school. Get good grades!" They called as Lily pulled the trolley away from them. Silently eyeing around she spotted the pillar in between Platform 9 and 10. Rolling the trolley softly she hurried, picking up the pace she needed to get on Platform 9 3/4 where the Hogwarts Express waited.
The Hogwarts Express took them straight to Hogwarts via train. It was an easy way to travel. Running quickly , in a blink of an eye, Lily raced into the pillar and in the mext moment she was on the wooden floor of Platform 9 3/4. Hanging gaily on the hanger was the Hogwarts Crest decorated with the Lion, Eagle, Badger, and Serpent. The Hogwarts Express was just around the corner.
"Lilyyyyyy!!!" a loud voice exclaimed and she felt something slam against her in a fierce hug. "Lily,Lily how long has it been? Why didn't you owl me?" Lily turned around to see her best friend in the whole world, Clementine Sieber. Lily met Clementine on the 1st year and had stuck together like glue. It wasn't hard to miss her ethier because Clementine was loud , outspoken, and dyed her blonde hair a different color every year. "Oh my Clem look at your hair!" Lily exclaimed looking at Clementine's long curly bright pink hair. It was Jazz Pink. "Do you like it? My parents freaked but I love it!!" Lily raised her eyebrows as high as they could possibly go. Her mouth gaped.
"Its uh.... Its uh ......Its uh.... very bright!" she commented, laughing taking her friend's bright curl into her hand.Clementine was tall thin and beautiful and despite the bright hair and different opinions (especially against the Professors) she was one of the most popular girls in the school. Lily was not that tall not, not skinny but yet not fat, with her bright red hair and dark green eyes. Clementine's skin was dark and tan and Lily was white almost ivory skin. But still firends were friends. "Come on Lady and Reilly are waiting for us on the train" she insisted.
Lily knodded. "I'll be there in a minute, Lemme put my stuff on the train" Clementine knodded and with her active self went on to her next friend she spotted. Lily just laughed shaking her red tendrils. As she loaded, she heard alot of the other Hogwarts students saying goodbye to their family.
"G'Bye Mum! Yes I've got Hermy"
"Cya Rents I've got to run Peace out!"
"Listen, Mum, I kinda need some Galleons and Knuts for Hogsmeade..."
"I gotta go Mum! Don't worry no more trouble I promise! Yes literally no more blowing up girls bathrooms. Just some Filbi Fireworks... Awe come on Kate I'll bring you back some good stuff... Bye guys!"
Lily turned around to see the kid. Oh. Of course. James Potter. The kid who never slept. The Prankster. They guy who made the memorable fireshow during Mcgonnagall's class. The thing that drove Lily crazy about it was that people fell for the attention he was attracting. He and his friends were just about as popular as Clementine. Maybe even more so. His friend Siruis was dating her.
He was just... ARGH sometimes. Lily hurried faster hoping to God that she wasn't going to run into any of them, taking chubby Malley into her arms and climbing into the Hogwarts train. She slid into the nearest compartment next to Clementine and Lady, a brunette with big blue eyes. These had been her school friends since the 1st year. "Lily, how have you been?" Lady smilied at her. Lily knew Lady really didn't like her. She was only dealing with her because Clementine did. "Hi Lady" was all Lily stated with a pursed smile heading over to the other side of the compartment.
"So then my mom just stared as if I had grown 2 heads like in 2nd year, it was so funny!!!" Clementine exclaimed as all the girls around her giggled along. Lily silently listened for a few minutues but as the train rattled on Clementine's stories became dull and she pulled out Lousia May Alcott's bestselling book "Little Women". She loved old muggle books and read them more then anyone at school did. Suddenly halfway there Lily thought things were going pretty good when the compartment door opened and a bunch of other people flooded in. It was a pain to be friends with popular people.
Basicly it was all the girls boyfriends though. Lily suddenly felt herself sigh inwardly, when the Mauraders - a clan consisting of 4 mischevoious boys who are obnixouis, arrogant and self concietated, no doubt. There was Sirius Black, Clementine's boyfriend. Dark, tall, and handsome was one way to describe him. Another was to say he was obnixouis, nasty, and regal. Sirius sidled next to Clem kissing her. Lily knew Clem loved the attention. Probably the reason why she was dating him at all.
Then there was Remus Lupin. He wasn't all that bad. He did his schoolwork and he wasn't as flirtatouis as the rest of them. He was very nice and piolete too. But he still went along with all their stupid tricks. He flocked to his own girlfriend, Robin Mckay, a girl just like him. Next to him was short, tiny and pudgy Peter Pettigrew, unsure of what to do with himself. Short and round he may be but his bravery past the test for the Mauraders. He didn't have a girlfriend which really didn't surprise Lily. He wasn't all that cute.
Then James Potter. How could she forget him? James was flirtatouis and self centered and if him straying to Lady's side was a surprise... well it just wasn't. Lily felt a tad bit disgusted at how fast the girls riveted their attention spans toward them in a blink of an eye. Just like that. Shaking her head she closed her book taking Malley into her lap. "What took you so long James? I've been waiting.." Lady cooed passionately kissing James. Please, one girl could suffer enough in one day. Rolling her eyes she got up taking Malley with her and walked out of the compartment. It was going to be a long day.
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James smilied down at Lady. Very pretty girl indeed but as gullible and empty in the head as a quaffle. "Sorry Hon, we had to make sure we got paid back for last years disasters" he teased lightly kissing her lips. He didn't know how long he and Lady would be together this year. He had met an awesome Hufflepuff with brilliant blue eyes and soft blonde hair and the awry of frecklas on her cute cat like face... "Look at this hair!" he heard Sirius's loud amazed laugh break his thoughts. James looked over at Clementine's hair and Sirius was right to be amazed. Clem's hair was bright pink. If Siruis hadn't caught her first James would be flirting with her right now. She was a beauty and wild unlike the girls he had dated once before.
"You like it? So much better then dull red like last year" James rolled his ice blue eyes as she mentioned her carrot head self last year. If he had Clementine he'd perfer that soft red color then this bright pink color."I love it!" Sirius lied as he kissed her on the cheek. He knew Sirius to well. He hated Clementine's new hair color. She wouldn't last a week with her. James sighed. "Hey we should change guys... lets go ok?"
Peter knodded hurriedly. James felt a tiny bit sorry for the guy because of the way he stuttered around girls. "Seeya Baby" Sirius and Remus promised to Robin and Clem picking their way back to their own compartment. "Listen I'll be there in a minute guys" James sighed noticing his untied shoelace. "Hurry I need to go back to ice cream head" Sirius complained groaning at Clementine's hair. James rolled his eyes. In they're 6th year you'd think he could come up with a better insult.
Concentrating on his shoelace he really didn't notice anything else. Suddenly he heard the heavy patter of shoes and then in minutes someone tripped over his arse and in the next minute he and someone else was on the ground in a big heap of cloaks and mixed up body parts."What the hell?" some girl voice exclaimed pulling herself up to see James looking as puzzled and guilty as she felt. The girl was none other then The Terminator. Lily Evans. She detested anything happy and joyful. He never heard of her breaking a rule and she liked sharing her opinion-- in James opinion-- way too much.
In her hands was a fat cat and abandoned next to her was an extrememly large book. "Awe Shit" James muttured pulling himself up. Lily growled, stepping back pulling her cloak against her. She felt a nasty bruise form against her hip. It hurt like hell. But instead of yelping in pain, she radiated her pain and anger toward Innocent James who gathered his glasses from the train floor. "What the hell were you doing?" Lily exclaimed rubbing her hip. Malley hissed roughly at James.
James raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "You think this is my fault?" he exclaimed loudly pulling out his wand and tapped it against the broken bridge of his glasses. They mended in a quarter of a second. "Well yeah!" Lily exclaimed as if it was the most obvouis thing in the world. "What are you talking about? You should have looked where you were going!" he cried out exasperated at this girl. Hello! He had absolutely nothing to do with this tripping incident!!! Its the truth this time!!!
"What are you doing in the middle of the hallway then?" she squealed her red elegant hair awry and her emerald green eyes aflame. "I---I was tying my shoes!" James cried just getting a bit more tongue tied at the brilliant green stare. Lily sighed her anger drowning as fast as it had boiled up. Maybe he did have nothing to do with it. Maybe he did.
"Whatever" she sighed flattening her disturbed head against the train wall trying to knock her senses out to a more calm world. James scooped up the book abadoned on the floor and handed it to her."Little Women..." he said reading the title upside down. "Excuse me" Lily said haughtily taking the book from his grasp. Without another word she took it and then held the book close to her chest. She gave another flamed look and hurried away. James sighed. That girl was a Pistol.
Lily huffed back to her compartment, her anger boiling more as she thought of her embrassment, the way she acted, the way he acted. Totally trying to deny it. "Who does he think he is...? Tripping me like that and completely denying it the little---" she hissed loudly, making Malley jump from her sleeping place. Clementine raised a eye at her hissy complaints and rude languge which she knew Lily tried often to not do. "Whats up, Lil?" she asked concerned sitting up from her seat and headed over to her close friend. Lily fumed slightly her face as red as her hair. "Your friend's boyfriend is such a.... ARGH!" she exclaimed for lack of words, pulling her red tendrils tightly in her grasp. It was his plan to humiliate her. She was only happy no one had seen it. She knew he didn't like her much. She only hoped he wasn't planning to do this all year...
Clementine laughed pleasently confused. It wasnt that often when Lily got pissed, she always kept her anger in check. But when she was pissed it was a pretty funny sight. "Who?" Clem giggled. "That James Potter" she hissed wrinkling her nose at the thought and even at the sound of his name. "James? What he do to make you so hot and bothered?" Clementine asked still giggling off and on. Lily gave her the stink eye ."Tripped me on purpose the little creep. Big Bruise" Clementine gave a false sigh of worry. "Poor thing... you'll live" she said petting the red head. Lily sighed. The closer they got to Hogwarts the better.
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"That was extrememly good..." Clementine whispered satisfied patting her stuff belly full of excellent Hogwarts food. Lily smilied her bad mood long forgotten when she had sight of the leering castle she come to know as home. She took a sip of the scorching onion soup slathered in mozzerella cheese. "Are you going to be able to fit in those new school robes?" she teased the warm liquid cooling down her body. The school candles floated high above the tables lighting up all the school's students.
The Sorting Ceremony was long over and the new Gryffindors sat around chatting happily. The Gryffindor Ghost, Nearly Headless Nick floated around happy to see the castle full of students once again. "Ah..how was your summer Ms.Evans?" Nick asked politeley floating over. Lily never had really gotten use to seeing ghosts skimming around as if it was nothing. "It was good to see my parents so yes! I had a wonderful summer Sir Nicholas. How about you?" she asked taking another sip of the soup. Nearly Headless Nick gave a longing look at the food and remembered he was in a conversation.
"Oh! Yes.. a jolly good one. And you Ms.Sieber?" he acknowledged the full Clementine still trying to stuff a treacle tart in her mouth. It didn't really matter. No matter how much Clem eats she never gained a pound. "Fine" she said with a contented smile. After finishing the soup Lily felt her stomach close down and sleep overtook her systems. "I'm going to the dormitory..." she whispered to Clem. "Okey..."
Lily knodded pulling herself up and grabbed a biscuit for Malley. Hurrying through the corridors, saying hello here and there to students she knew. Softly her old cloak following along with her large strides she hurried and before she knew it she was in front of the Fat Lady. "Oh Hullo Lily how are you dear?" the round lady asked sipping her evening tea. "Hullo Fat Lady, its nice to see you. I've been fine how are you?"
The Lady shurgged hotly. "Oh nothing. It's just Prince Earl the painting 2 corridors down is really getting on my wits end with his tricks even if they aren't for me... thank god!" Lily marveled at how close the story was to her own. "You have no idea" Lily chuckled. "Mircalous" The painting flipped open to reveal the hidden Gryffindor common room where the Gryffindor students boarded for the evenings and sleep. It was a small circular room with a toasty fireplace and red and gold decorations and at the way back a mighty painting of their mascot a gailant lion, painted by a very talented artist.
It was usually filled with students doing homework relaxing or playing around but it was empty since they were all downstairs having their usual feast that happened on the 1st day of the new school year. And thats how Lily truly liked it when people were out of the warm common room. "Hullo Ole Common Room, tis nice to see you" she called out into the empty room. The fire crackled back merrily as if in saying "Welcome back Lily!" (AN: What a nutter. Talking to a room. Its almost as bad as walking into inanimate objects and saying excuse me... which i do not do!!!)
Gladly she took a walk saying hello to everything she walked passed. Finally Lily has finished her greetings to everything and headed up the girls staircase. Silently humming to herself thinking how today had been a great day despite the little James Incident. She was back where she belonged. And its not like she couldn't go around James.. she could avoid him at all costs it was quite simple...Suddenly her thoughts stopped as she heard hushed whispers. "Your beautiful..."
"Ah Sirius stop your making me blush..." said a sly voice. Lily could detect Sirius's seducing voice but the other voice certainly wasn't Clementine's. Lily lowered her footstep sounds and tiptoed to the girls dormatories. Peeking in the halfway through the open door, she saw Cristina, a 5th year Hufflepuff that James was describing earlier leaning against the wall, Sirius before her with a devilish grin. Lily knew from rumours that Cristina could get any guy she wanted and she certainly had her eye on Siruis.
Seeing it was enough, she didn't bother sticking around to hear anymore coo talk or even witness anything that would get her in major trouble. Clementine was going to be very upset. Lily slipped away before the 2 could detect any spying on them. This was going to be a rough week.
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"Transfiguration with Ravenclaw" Lady noted as she stared at the schedule all the students recieved at breakfast on the first day of school. It was Friday the last day of the 1st week of school. Things were going good in all the classes for Lily. She was exceling with Potions and Transfiguration. Defense Against the Dark Arts were going good and Care of Magical Creatures was becoming a favorite class quickly. Charms was getting more challenging and Herbology was just the best. Green House 3 everday now!
"Did you do Professor Mcgonngall's Homework? I thought I was going to burst for the beginning of the year." Clementine laughed as she showed them the 3 struggled rolls of scrolls. Lily shrugged. The homework was actually easy. All we had to do was write 3 pages about the incident of 1886 when Larry Mcflounder had changed the whole Ministry of Magic all into animals they resembled. It was pretty humourous actually. And talking to Clementine was hard these days.
She was still dating Sirius and Sirius was still dating her even after the little 'thing' Lily caught him in on the first day. Lily wasn't sure at all what to do with her little secert. She avoided Clem and Sirius at first but that thought that was to tricky and noticeable. So then Lily went for a change of course and spent most of her time with Clem then thought that was tricky so she just tried to act regular. Whatever that was.
"Did you finish it Lil?" Lady asked raising her eyebrows in question. Lily looked up dragged from her own thoughts. "What?" she asked missing the question. "Homework?"
"Oh yeah... Yeah I finished it" she muttured forcing a relieved smile. "You ok Lil? You look worried..." Clementine asked eyeing her best friend. "Yeah I'm fine Clem. Lets go, we're going to be late..."
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"And then all you need is a tap of your wand and a Allalomo and your teacup will be a rodent of sort... Good luck" Professor Mcgonnagall said to the class. Lily knodded as she took her wand from her robe ready to work. But her mind was somewhere else then on her work and her mouse still had a handle and a gaint hold in its middle.
"Ms.Evans are you ok..? Your works been a little... off lately" Mcgonnagall started as the rat squealed racing across the desk. "I'm just tired" Lily lied to Mcgonnagall giving the rat a tap and turning it back into a teacup. Mcgonnagall knodded taking the excuse without question and walked down the hallway of desks and students. When it was about 10 minutes before the next class the Professor headed up the the front of the Classroom and rapped her wand loudly getting their attention.
Lily looked up from her chat with Lady. "Excuse me, Excuse me, Class, I need your undivided attention..." Mcgonngall exclaimed looking down on them. "You will have a report---" One of the students groaned. It was the first week of school and a report was already issued..."-- It will be due in 5 weeks from now. It is most like a treasure hunt. It will see how much knowledge you have and how much knowledge you have as a team. Gryffindor is all about loyalty and friendship and I'd like to see some of that in this class... You will be getting very detailed questions and you'll have to answer all of them, through prior knowledge or through your knowledge of finding. I will be assigning your partners only 2 for each group"
Lily sighed. She hated when students were assigned by teachers. She always seemed to get the people she absolutely hated. But maybe Mcgonnagall would give her a break. "Clementine Sieber and Remus Lupin.... Bill Weasley and Alison Tangle. ..Lean Ander and Robin Mcdonald...Lily Evans and James Potter..." Lily felt like smashing her head into the desk. She was defaintly wrong. Even though she had tried to retain herself from slamming her skull into the hard wooden desk, James didn't even bother tring to restrain himself. She heard his head fall upon the desk with a bam.
Things were getting worse by the minute.
As the class left Lily and, to her surprise, James hurried up to the Professor's desk. And without even knowing both exclaimed "I can't work with Lily/James!" Lily looked at James as they talked on the spot. Professor Mcgonnagall raised both her eyebrows. "What?" she questioned slowly. "He is completely and utterly irresponsible and obnixious!" Lily complained.
"And she's antisocial and a Pistol!"
"Am I what?"
"A pistol! You are so cold and shot at everyone you see!"
"Shot? I don't shot anything! At least I don't flirt with every girl in this school!"
"I do not!!!"
"Children Children!" Mcgonnagall exclaimed amazed at their childish insults at one another. These 2 were the top students in her class. She was certain they would get along. "I will not change your partners---" at this Lily sighed and James stomped his foot and cursed under his breath. "You'll just have to live with one another"
"Are you sure Professor? I mean..."
"Ms.Evans, you 2 are my highest students in this class, I bet if you 2 work together we will get something amazing" she finished closing her teachers edition of the textbook. "End of Conversation" James sighed running his hands through his thick raven hair and Lily closed her eyes in disappointment. "Did you 2 get me?" she asked as she pulled out monkeys for the 7 year Slytherins in her next class. "Yes Professor" the 2 mumbled in unison not looking at each other in fustration. Lily blew out hot air in her body. This was going to be a supremely long 5 weeks...
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"James Potter....James Potter. It still amazes me how you can date him Lady. He's the opposite of any man a woman would want to date. He's obnixouis and arrogant instead of loyal and romantic. He's self centered. Flirtatouis. Opposite I swear!!!" Lily exclaimed stuffing herself with steak slathered with soy sauce.
Clementine was amazed this was the second time this year Lily was blowing off steam. "Serouisly! What gave Mcgonnagall the idea that we could possible work together?" furouisly she sliced another piece of the steak into tiny bites roughly ripping them apart. Lady watched cautiously. "Lily come on it isn't that bad!" Clementine exhaled. "Oh thats ok with you. You have Remus, a perfect boy. Handsome, piolete, and nice. And he cartainly wouldn't call you a Pistol in yours and your Transfiguration Professor's faces!" Lasy gasped and laughed.
Pistol was a naughty term to the students that wasn't really good. "He didnt'!" Lily sighed knodding. "Oh he did! Yes he did indeed!" she shuddered stuffing the food once more into her mouth.
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"Can you believe Mcgonnagall stuck me with the Pistol?" James exclaimed to his friends starring at the chessboard as if he had laser vision and he would blow it up. Remus winced back. James was usually awfully good at wizard's chess but Remus was creaming the guy. "She's so cold, I mean she has hardly any friends except Clem and that horrid cat. They must be related or something to be close with her" Sirius chuckled heartily at James complaints. "Why are you so bothered about this... she's smart you won't have to do any work and she isn't that ugly ethier..."
"Sirius! Come on Lily Evans were talking about here... The most coldhearted antisocial person we know of. She never laughs at any of our jokes and she just does homework!" Another one of his chess pieces were taken from him. "Why don't you just stop before I really whip you...?" Remus sighed brushing his sandy blonde locks away from his face. "What?" James exclaimed starring at the board.
"Your mind is defaintly somewhere else" Peter teased. James sighed running his hands through his thick hair. He did that often when he was nervous and boiling with anger. "Really James relax. You could have someone real worse. Like Snape" Sirius nose wrinkled hurriedly at the name. It was a curse around the 4 boys. Severus Snape always stuck his bed nose in someone elses business and he loved just sticking that big greasy snout in theirs. He was almost as bad as Lily Evans.
James snorted. No, not even Snape could beat the Pistol. "I'd rather have Snape then her. It's that bad" he muttured surveying the chess set. Quietly he finally figured he was defeated in both ways.
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Professor Mcgonnagall smilied upon the class. "Today class we have a easy day"
Clementine snorted and Lily raised an eyebrow. Since when did Mcgonnagall give easy days? "Today we will pair up with your partners I set you up with last week---" Lily inwardly groaned softly throwing her head in her hands. She should have known better then to think an easy day. "And you better be doing work! You are allowed to use the library and other resources... Off now!"
After the bustle of students getting with their friends or people they never knew Lily reluctantly stood up carrying her bag with her. James didn't even bother looking up twirling the quill in his hands. He finally starred at her almost tiredly breathing out a big bubble of unsureness. "So what are we going to do?' James mumbled his attention more on his quill then her. Lily sighed patting her skirt really wishing she could put her mind to something else but when work was given work was given. "Well why don't we start out in the library?" she asked coldly looking up her usually brilliant green eyes stone cold.
James sighed. It was the last thing he truly wanted to do but it was better then sitting around like angry ducks. "Why not..?" he breathed taking his quill and blowing it in the air like a light feather. Lily rolled her eyes briefly. James was almost as immature as her sisters boyfriend's younger brother Phillip. And he was 2 and a half. Quietly the 2 gathered their stuff, pulling their Transfiguration book into their bags and walked on starring striaght ahead. The librarian knodded curtly as they explained that they had a Mcgonnagall assignment. James just plopped himself into a chair in the corner as Lily started pulling books from the shelf.
She waited a minute book in hand to get his attention to help her out but James still sat in the corner playing with Lily's quill.Lily sighed suddenly deciding she had enough. No way was she doing one huge project of riddles in the 20 page packet she gave them earlier that week all by herself. Lily hurried over and without any warning dropped all the books onto the table with a loud bang waking James from his stare in a matter of seconds. "Whadya do that for?" he complained loudly.
"Listen" Lily said hurriedly before her temper got in the way. "I am not doing this all by myself...I think we should start over. We had a bad beginning. Never being properly introduced. I mean doing that we instantly we went to bad turns. Shall we start over?" Lily ended in a questioning glare. James starred for a moment and after a thought grinned and sighed. "Sure" he mumbled. "So we can just forget about the incident on the train? I feel kinda bad about it" James admitted giving a relieved smile. "Don't worry apology accepted" Lily said with a smirk.
"I wasn't apologizing! I didn't do anything!"
"Yes you did you tripped me!"
James laughed. The woman never stopped. "I did not! You ran over me!"
Lily's face was bright red her anger uncontrollable at this point. "You were deliberately in my way!!!" she sceerched. James stood up ignoring the stares and the librarians harsh face. "I was tying my freakin shoe!" and with that he slammed the book and stomped away.
"Thats... my quill!" Lily growled childishly stamping her feet. It was true. James was playing with Lily's hawk quill. James clomped back and threw it on the table. "Here" he spat and stomped away. "Thank you!" Lily called fiercely wanting to have the last word in this fight. James starred at her. He was planning to make a very witty comeback but to his surprise his mind became blank. He stood a minute gaping like a fish. and then in a flourish left.
AN: Big babies I think. Big Babies who don't see the obvouis is how this story is going to be like. The whole Sirius and Cristina thing will get more obvouis in the plot. And yes I have a plot. Which is actually amazing cuze I usually don't. Reviw Review Review.... pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
by:MerlinsApprentince
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A/N:Hello everyone this is my first fanfic on Ff.net. Just making a little howdy to people.
Basicly this is a Lily/James Hate/Love story. My fave. Almost as Good as Marshmallow Fluff. ALMOST. It'll have alittle action a little drama, just the basic mix of everything. ^.^ Yay me.
Disclaimer: HP does not belong to me or I would be a millionaire with closets full of delicious marshmallow fluff... but i dont...MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa *cough*
Lily Evans starred out of her parents 1966 T-Bird window the fresh fall air sweeping through her red tendrils. The slightly chilly London air always gave her a spur. It meant 2 of her favorite things were happening. It meant that winter her all time favorite season was coming closer and that it was time for Lily to go back to school .
Lily didn't really go to a regular secondary school like she would at the age of 16.But Lily was a witch with the ability to do magic whether it be with their own wand suited just for you or if it was a concoction of unusual potion ingrediants or even with her own mind. It is thought that there was no place that exists that teaches you such stuff but right under the Muggles (non-wizard folk) noses there was many different magical landmarks all around the world. Hogwarts, one of the many schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located in London was where this young particular witch was going. Lily loved everything about Hogwarts.
It's magical winding staircases and its moving commentating pictures and so on. She loved Qudditch even though she wasn't very good on a broomstick and she adored her house, Galiant Gryffindor. There was 4 houses in all at Hogwarts; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. At your 1st year your escorted to the Grand Room (another thing Lily throughly missed) to the Sorting hat a very kind and intelligant hat who sorts you into you own individual house. Lily was lucky to get into Gryffindor who was brave at heart and loyal to all. Ravenclaw wasnt that bad it was for extremely smart people and Hufflepuff were for the kind. Slytherin was the one that wasn't ok. Everyone who went through Slytherin came out as a dark witch or wizard. And that was bad.
"Lily will you please roll up you window, you'll ruin my hairdo" Lily's obnixouis sister Petunia hissed holding down the complicated beehive hair that used about 10 cans of hairspray. Lily raised a thin eyebrow at her sister who held her head down tightly. "Lily dear please roll up your window" Her parents John and Kelli Evans asked more pioletely then Petunia's hiss. Lily would do anyting for her parents, she loved them more then Hogwarts and magic put together. They allowed her with pride for their youngest daughter, to go to Hogwarts when she first recieved her letter in her 1st year and every other year after allowed her to return. So sadly Lily rolled up the window getting trapped in the car with the heat and artifical air. "Keep that thing down too, its annoying me" Petunia exclaimed to the cage that was meowing loudly.
Lily bent down to put the cage on her lap and starred inside it. Inside was her cat Malley, named after the witch with 5 arms who turned into a best selling authoress. Malley was a fat spoiled cat who always got her way with Lily. She was all black except the tip of her ears, the tip of her four feet and her big round belly which was all pure white fur. "Malley doesn't like to be cooped in a cage, Petunia" Lily insisted in a quiet voice. She and Petunia use to be really close friends before Hogwarts, but now that Petunia has a sister who does magic and all, it seems to be all she says to Lily are some bitter unhappy compliants about her younger sister. Petunia starred blankly out the window with no reply. "Well we're almost to King's Cross, dears" Lily's mom said breaking the ice.Lily sighed openly. "Almost home free" she whispered.
***
"Now 2 trunks one for clothing one for books?"
"Check"
"One for supplies?"
"Check"
"Bag of goodies?"
"Check"
"And finally Malley?"
"All set mum" Lily said to her mom's checklist. One minor bad detail about her dear mom was that she was a control and neat freak. Sadly Lily didn't inherit those qualitys. If her mom didn't go through her check list she had, she would have forgotten something and she left her room as a pigsty before she went off to school. "Well dear we'll see you during the summer I suppose?" her father asked scooping her into a big hug. Lily spent the 1st 2 years with her family during Christmas but since her her 3rd year she stayed at Hogwarts due to some assignment she procrastinated or something along those lines ever since. "I'll live" Lily teased hugging her 2 parents close and tight. Lily headed next to Petunia wondering if she would want a hug or even a handshake would do.
But Petunia kept turning around, chewing her gum loudly. Lily got the hint. "Bye Mum. Bye Dad. I'll send a owl as soon as I get there" she promised quickly kissing both on the cheek for the last time. "Cya Lovely have a great time at school. Get good grades!" They called as Lily pulled the trolley away from them. Silently eyeing around she spotted the pillar in between Platform 9 and 10. Rolling the trolley softly she hurried, picking up the pace she needed to get on Platform 9 3/4 where the Hogwarts Express waited.
The Hogwarts Express took them straight to Hogwarts via train. It was an easy way to travel. Running quickly , in a blink of an eye, Lily raced into the pillar and in the mext moment she was on the wooden floor of Platform 9 3/4. Hanging gaily on the hanger was the Hogwarts Crest decorated with the Lion, Eagle, Badger, and Serpent. The Hogwarts Express was just around the corner.
"Lilyyyyyy!!!" a loud voice exclaimed and she felt something slam against her in a fierce hug. "Lily,Lily how long has it been? Why didn't you owl me?" Lily turned around to see her best friend in the whole world, Clementine Sieber. Lily met Clementine on the 1st year and had stuck together like glue. It wasn't hard to miss her ethier because Clementine was loud , outspoken, and dyed her blonde hair a different color every year. "Oh my Clem look at your hair!" Lily exclaimed looking at Clementine's long curly bright pink hair. It was Jazz Pink. "Do you like it? My parents freaked but I love it!!" Lily raised her eyebrows as high as they could possibly go. Her mouth gaped.
"Its uh.... Its uh ......Its uh.... very bright!" she commented, laughing taking her friend's bright curl into her hand.Clementine was tall thin and beautiful and despite the bright hair and different opinions (especially against the Professors) she was one of the most popular girls in the school. Lily was not that tall not, not skinny but yet not fat, with her bright red hair and dark green eyes. Clementine's skin was dark and tan and Lily was white almost ivory skin. But still firends were friends. "Come on Lady and Reilly are waiting for us on the train" she insisted.
Lily knodded. "I'll be there in a minute, Lemme put my stuff on the train" Clementine knodded and with her active self went on to her next friend she spotted. Lily just laughed shaking her red tendrils. As she loaded, she heard alot of the other Hogwarts students saying goodbye to their family.
"G'Bye Mum! Yes I've got Hermy"
"Cya Rents I've got to run Peace out!"
"Listen, Mum, I kinda need some Galleons and Knuts for Hogsmeade..."
"I gotta go Mum! Don't worry no more trouble I promise! Yes literally no more blowing up girls bathrooms. Just some Filbi Fireworks... Awe come on Kate I'll bring you back some good stuff... Bye guys!"
Lily turned around to see the kid. Oh. Of course. James Potter. The kid who never slept. The Prankster. They guy who made the memorable fireshow during Mcgonnagall's class. The thing that drove Lily crazy about it was that people fell for the attention he was attracting. He and his friends were just about as popular as Clementine. Maybe even more so. His friend Siruis was dating her.
He was just... ARGH sometimes. Lily hurried faster hoping to God that she wasn't going to run into any of them, taking chubby Malley into her arms and climbing into the Hogwarts train. She slid into the nearest compartment next to Clementine and Lady, a brunette with big blue eyes. These had been her school friends since the 1st year. "Lily, how have you been?" Lady smilied at her. Lily knew Lady really didn't like her. She was only dealing with her because Clementine did. "Hi Lady" was all Lily stated with a pursed smile heading over to the other side of the compartment.
"So then my mom just stared as if I had grown 2 heads like in 2nd year, it was so funny!!!" Clementine exclaimed as all the girls around her giggled along. Lily silently listened for a few minutues but as the train rattled on Clementine's stories became dull and she pulled out Lousia May Alcott's bestselling book "Little Women". She loved old muggle books and read them more then anyone at school did. Suddenly halfway there Lily thought things were going pretty good when the compartment door opened and a bunch of other people flooded in. It was a pain to be friends with popular people.
Basicly it was all the girls boyfriends though. Lily suddenly felt herself sigh inwardly, when the Mauraders - a clan consisting of 4 mischevoious boys who are obnixouis, arrogant and self concietated, no doubt. There was Sirius Black, Clementine's boyfriend. Dark, tall, and handsome was one way to describe him. Another was to say he was obnixouis, nasty, and regal. Sirius sidled next to Clem kissing her. Lily knew Clem loved the attention. Probably the reason why she was dating him at all.
Then there was Remus Lupin. He wasn't all that bad. He did his schoolwork and he wasn't as flirtatouis as the rest of them. He was very nice and piolete too. But he still went along with all their stupid tricks. He flocked to his own girlfriend, Robin Mckay, a girl just like him. Next to him was short, tiny and pudgy Peter Pettigrew, unsure of what to do with himself. Short and round he may be but his bravery past the test for the Mauraders. He didn't have a girlfriend which really didn't surprise Lily. He wasn't all that cute.
Then James Potter. How could she forget him? James was flirtatouis and self centered and if him straying to Lady's side was a surprise... well it just wasn't. Lily felt a tad bit disgusted at how fast the girls riveted their attention spans toward them in a blink of an eye. Just like that. Shaking her head she closed her book taking Malley into her lap. "What took you so long James? I've been waiting.." Lady cooed passionately kissing James. Please, one girl could suffer enough in one day. Rolling her eyes she got up taking Malley with her and walked out of the compartment. It was going to be a long day.
***
James smilied down at Lady. Very pretty girl indeed but as gullible and empty in the head as a quaffle. "Sorry Hon, we had to make sure we got paid back for last years disasters" he teased lightly kissing her lips. He didn't know how long he and Lady would be together this year. He had met an awesome Hufflepuff with brilliant blue eyes and soft blonde hair and the awry of frecklas on her cute cat like face... "Look at this hair!" he heard Sirius's loud amazed laugh break his thoughts. James looked over at Clementine's hair and Sirius was right to be amazed. Clem's hair was bright pink. If Siruis hadn't caught her first James would be flirting with her right now. She was a beauty and wild unlike the girls he had dated once before.
"You like it? So much better then dull red like last year" James rolled his ice blue eyes as she mentioned her carrot head self last year. If he had Clementine he'd perfer that soft red color then this bright pink color."I love it!" Sirius lied as he kissed her on the cheek. He knew Sirius to well. He hated Clementine's new hair color. She wouldn't last a week with her. James sighed. "Hey we should change guys... lets go ok?"
Peter knodded hurriedly. James felt a tiny bit sorry for the guy because of the way he stuttered around girls. "Seeya Baby" Sirius and Remus promised to Robin and Clem picking their way back to their own compartment. "Listen I'll be there in a minute guys" James sighed noticing his untied shoelace. "Hurry I need to go back to ice cream head" Sirius complained groaning at Clementine's hair. James rolled his eyes. In they're 6th year you'd think he could come up with a better insult.
Concentrating on his shoelace he really didn't notice anything else. Suddenly he heard the heavy patter of shoes and then in minutes someone tripped over his arse and in the next minute he and someone else was on the ground in a big heap of cloaks and mixed up body parts."What the hell?" some girl voice exclaimed pulling herself up to see James looking as puzzled and guilty as she felt. The girl was none other then The Terminator. Lily Evans. She detested anything happy and joyful. He never heard of her breaking a rule and she liked sharing her opinion-- in James opinion-- way too much.
In her hands was a fat cat and abandoned next to her was an extrememly large book. "Awe Shit" James muttured pulling himself up. Lily growled, stepping back pulling her cloak against her. She felt a nasty bruise form against her hip. It hurt like hell. But instead of yelping in pain, she radiated her pain and anger toward Innocent James who gathered his glasses from the train floor. "What the hell were you doing?" Lily exclaimed rubbing her hip. Malley hissed roughly at James.
James raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "You think this is my fault?" he exclaimed loudly pulling out his wand and tapped it against the broken bridge of his glasses. They mended in a quarter of a second. "Well yeah!" Lily exclaimed as if it was the most obvouis thing in the world. "What are you talking about? You should have looked where you were going!" he cried out exasperated at this girl. Hello! He had absolutely nothing to do with this tripping incident!!! Its the truth this time!!!
"What are you doing in the middle of the hallway then?" she squealed her red elegant hair awry and her emerald green eyes aflame. "I---I was tying my shoes!" James cried just getting a bit more tongue tied at the brilliant green stare. Lily sighed her anger drowning as fast as it had boiled up. Maybe he did have nothing to do with it. Maybe he did.
"Whatever" she sighed flattening her disturbed head against the train wall trying to knock her senses out to a more calm world. James scooped up the book abadoned on the floor and handed it to her."Little Women..." he said reading the title upside down. "Excuse me" Lily said haughtily taking the book from his grasp. Without another word she took it and then held the book close to her chest. She gave another flamed look and hurried away. James sighed. That girl was a Pistol.
Lily huffed back to her compartment, her anger boiling more as she thought of her embrassment, the way she acted, the way he acted. Totally trying to deny it. "Who does he think he is...? Tripping me like that and completely denying it the little---" she hissed loudly, making Malley jump from her sleeping place. Clementine raised a eye at her hissy complaints and rude languge which she knew Lily tried often to not do. "Whats up, Lil?" she asked concerned sitting up from her seat and headed over to her close friend. Lily fumed slightly her face as red as her hair. "Your friend's boyfriend is such a.... ARGH!" she exclaimed for lack of words, pulling her red tendrils tightly in her grasp. It was his plan to humiliate her. She was only happy no one had seen it. She knew he didn't like her much. She only hoped he wasn't planning to do this all year...
Clementine laughed pleasently confused. It wasnt that often when Lily got pissed, she always kept her anger in check. But when she was pissed it was a pretty funny sight. "Who?" Clem giggled. "That James Potter" she hissed wrinkling her nose at the thought and even at the sound of his name. "James? What he do to make you so hot and bothered?" Clementine asked still giggling off and on. Lily gave her the stink eye ."Tripped me on purpose the little creep. Big Bruise" Clementine gave a false sigh of worry. "Poor thing... you'll live" she said petting the red head. Lily sighed. The closer they got to Hogwarts the better.
***
"That was extrememly good..." Clementine whispered satisfied patting her stuff belly full of excellent Hogwarts food. Lily smilied her bad mood long forgotten when she had sight of the leering castle she come to know as home. She took a sip of the scorching onion soup slathered in mozzerella cheese. "Are you going to be able to fit in those new school robes?" she teased the warm liquid cooling down her body. The school candles floated high above the tables lighting up all the school's students.
The Sorting Ceremony was long over and the new Gryffindors sat around chatting happily. The Gryffindor Ghost, Nearly Headless Nick floated around happy to see the castle full of students once again. "Ah..how was your summer Ms.Evans?" Nick asked politeley floating over. Lily never had really gotten use to seeing ghosts skimming around as if it was nothing. "It was good to see my parents so yes! I had a wonderful summer Sir Nicholas. How about you?" she asked taking another sip of the soup. Nearly Headless Nick gave a longing look at the food and remembered he was in a conversation.
"Oh! Yes.. a jolly good one. And you Ms.Sieber?" he acknowledged the full Clementine still trying to stuff a treacle tart in her mouth. It didn't really matter. No matter how much Clem eats she never gained a pound. "Fine" she said with a contented smile. After finishing the soup Lily felt her stomach close down and sleep overtook her systems. "I'm going to the dormitory..." she whispered to Clem. "Okey..."
Lily knodded pulling herself up and grabbed a biscuit for Malley. Hurrying through the corridors, saying hello here and there to students she knew. Softly her old cloak following along with her large strides she hurried and before she knew it she was in front of the Fat Lady. "Oh Hullo Lily how are you dear?" the round lady asked sipping her evening tea. "Hullo Fat Lady, its nice to see you. I've been fine how are you?"
The Lady shurgged hotly. "Oh nothing. It's just Prince Earl the painting 2 corridors down is really getting on my wits end with his tricks even if they aren't for me... thank god!" Lily marveled at how close the story was to her own. "You have no idea" Lily chuckled. "Mircalous" The painting flipped open to reveal the hidden Gryffindor common room where the Gryffindor students boarded for the evenings and sleep. It was a small circular room with a toasty fireplace and red and gold decorations and at the way back a mighty painting of their mascot a gailant lion, painted by a very talented artist.
It was usually filled with students doing homework relaxing or playing around but it was empty since they were all downstairs having their usual feast that happened on the 1st day of the new school year. And thats how Lily truly liked it when people were out of the warm common room. "Hullo Ole Common Room, tis nice to see you" she called out into the empty room. The fire crackled back merrily as if in saying "Welcome back Lily!" (AN: What a nutter. Talking to a room. Its almost as bad as walking into inanimate objects and saying excuse me... which i do not do!!!)
Gladly she took a walk saying hello to everything she walked passed. Finally Lily has finished her greetings to everything and headed up the girls staircase. Silently humming to herself thinking how today had been a great day despite the little James Incident. She was back where she belonged. And its not like she couldn't go around James.. she could avoid him at all costs it was quite simple...Suddenly her thoughts stopped as she heard hushed whispers. "Your beautiful..."
"Ah Sirius stop your making me blush..." said a sly voice. Lily could detect Sirius's seducing voice but the other voice certainly wasn't Clementine's. Lily lowered her footstep sounds and tiptoed to the girls dormatories. Peeking in the halfway through the open door, she saw Cristina, a 5th year Hufflepuff that James was describing earlier leaning against the wall, Sirius before her with a devilish grin. Lily knew from rumours that Cristina could get any guy she wanted and she certainly had her eye on Siruis.
Seeing it was enough, she didn't bother sticking around to hear anymore coo talk or even witness anything that would get her in major trouble. Clementine was going to be very upset. Lily slipped away before the 2 could detect any spying on them. This was going to be a rough week.
***
"Transfiguration with Ravenclaw" Lady noted as she stared at the schedule all the students recieved at breakfast on the first day of school. It was Friday the last day of the 1st week of school. Things were going good in all the classes for Lily. She was exceling with Potions and Transfiguration. Defense Against the Dark Arts were going good and Care of Magical Creatures was becoming a favorite class quickly. Charms was getting more challenging and Herbology was just the best. Green House 3 everday now!
"Did you do Professor Mcgonngall's Homework? I thought I was going to burst for the beginning of the year." Clementine laughed as she showed them the 3 struggled rolls of scrolls. Lily shrugged. The homework was actually easy. All we had to do was write 3 pages about the incident of 1886 when Larry Mcflounder had changed the whole Ministry of Magic all into animals they resembled. It was pretty humourous actually. And talking to Clementine was hard these days.
She was still dating Sirius and Sirius was still dating her even after the little 'thing' Lily caught him in on the first day. Lily wasn't sure at all what to do with her little secert. She avoided Clem and Sirius at first but that thought that was to tricky and noticeable. So then Lily went for a change of course and spent most of her time with Clem then thought that was tricky so she just tried to act regular. Whatever that was.
"Did you finish it Lil?" Lady asked raising her eyebrows in question. Lily looked up dragged from her own thoughts. "What?" she asked missing the question. "Homework?"
"Oh yeah... Yeah I finished it" she muttured forcing a relieved smile. "You ok Lil? You look worried..." Clementine asked eyeing her best friend. "Yeah I'm fine Clem. Lets go, we're going to be late..."
***
"And then all you need is a tap of your wand and a Allalomo and your teacup will be a rodent of sort... Good luck" Professor Mcgonnagall said to the class. Lily knodded as she took her wand from her robe ready to work. But her mind was somewhere else then on her work and her mouse still had a handle and a gaint hold in its middle.
"Ms.Evans are you ok..? Your works been a little... off lately" Mcgonnagall started as the rat squealed racing across the desk. "I'm just tired" Lily lied to Mcgonnagall giving the rat a tap and turning it back into a teacup. Mcgonnagall knodded taking the excuse without question and walked down the hallway of desks and students. When it was about 10 minutes before the next class the Professor headed up the the front of the Classroom and rapped her wand loudly getting their attention.
Lily looked up from her chat with Lady. "Excuse me, Excuse me, Class, I need your undivided attention..." Mcgonngall exclaimed looking down on them. "You will have a report---" One of the students groaned. It was the first week of school and a report was already issued..."-- It will be due in 5 weeks from now. It is most like a treasure hunt. It will see how much knowledge you have and how much knowledge you have as a team. Gryffindor is all about loyalty and friendship and I'd like to see some of that in this class... You will be getting very detailed questions and you'll have to answer all of them, through prior knowledge or through your knowledge of finding. I will be assigning your partners only 2 for each group"
Lily sighed. She hated when students were assigned by teachers. She always seemed to get the people she absolutely hated. But maybe Mcgonnagall would give her a break. "Clementine Sieber and Remus Lupin.... Bill Weasley and Alison Tangle. ..Lean Ander and Robin Mcdonald...Lily Evans and James Potter..." Lily felt like smashing her head into the desk. She was defaintly wrong. Even though she had tried to retain herself from slamming her skull into the hard wooden desk, James didn't even bother tring to restrain himself. She heard his head fall upon the desk with a bam.
Things were getting worse by the minute.
As the class left Lily and, to her surprise, James hurried up to the Professor's desk. And without even knowing both exclaimed "I can't work with Lily/James!" Lily looked at James as they talked on the spot. Professor Mcgonnagall raised both her eyebrows. "What?" she questioned slowly. "He is completely and utterly irresponsible and obnixious!" Lily complained.
"And she's antisocial and a Pistol!"
"Am I what?"
"A pistol! You are so cold and shot at everyone you see!"
"Shot? I don't shot anything! At least I don't flirt with every girl in this school!"
"I do not!!!"
"Children Children!" Mcgonnagall exclaimed amazed at their childish insults at one another. These 2 were the top students in her class. She was certain they would get along. "I will not change your partners---" at this Lily sighed and James stomped his foot and cursed under his breath. "You'll just have to live with one another"
"Are you sure Professor? I mean..."
"Ms.Evans, you 2 are my highest students in this class, I bet if you 2 work together we will get something amazing" she finished closing her teachers edition of the textbook. "End of Conversation" James sighed running his hands through his thick raven hair and Lily closed her eyes in disappointment. "Did you 2 get me?" she asked as she pulled out monkeys for the 7 year Slytherins in her next class. "Yes Professor" the 2 mumbled in unison not looking at each other in fustration. Lily blew out hot air in her body. This was going to be a supremely long 5 weeks...
***
"James Potter....James Potter. It still amazes me how you can date him Lady. He's the opposite of any man a woman would want to date. He's obnixouis and arrogant instead of loyal and romantic. He's self centered. Flirtatouis. Opposite I swear!!!" Lily exclaimed stuffing herself with steak slathered with soy sauce.
Clementine was amazed this was the second time this year Lily was blowing off steam. "Serouisly! What gave Mcgonnagall the idea that we could possible work together?" furouisly she sliced another piece of the steak into tiny bites roughly ripping them apart. Lady watched cautiously. "Lily come on it isn't that bad!" Clementine exhaled. "Oh thats ok with you. You have Remus, a perfect boy. Handsome, piolete, and nice. And he cartainly wouldn't call you a Pistol in yours and your Transfiguration Professor's faces!" Lasy gasped and laughed.
Pistol was a naughty term to the students that wasn't really good. "He didnt'!" Lily sighed knodding. "Oh he did! Yes he did indeed!" she shuddered stuffing the food once more into her mouth.
***
"Can you believe Mcgonnagall stuck me with the Pistol?" James exclaimed to his friends starring at the chessboard as if he had laser vision and he would blow it up. Remus winced back. James was usually awfully good at wizard's chess but Remus was creaming the guy. "She's so cold, I mean she has hardly any friends except Clem and that horrid cat. They must be related or something to be close with her" Sirius chuckled heartily at James complaints. "Why are you so bothered about this... she's smart you won't have to do any work and she isn't that ugly ethier..."
"Sirius! Come on Lily Evans were talking about here... The most coldhearted antisocial person we know of. She never laughs at any of our jokes and she just does homework!" Another one of his chess pieces were taken from him. "Why don't you just stop before I really whip you...?" Remus sighed brushing his sandy blonde locks away from his face. "What?" James exclaimed starring at the board.
"Your mind is defaintly somewhere else" Peter teased. James sighed running his hands through his thick hair. He did that often when he was nervous and boiling with anger. "Really James relax. You could have someone real worse. Like Snape" Sirius nose wrinkled hurriedly at the name. It was a curse around the 4 boys. Severus Snape always stuck his bed nose in someone elses business and he loved just sticking that big greasy snout in theirs. He was almost as bad as Lily Evans.
James snorted. No, not even Snape could beat the Pistol. "I'd rather have Snape then her. It's that bad" he muttured surveying the chess set. Quietly he finally figured he was defeated in both ways.
***
Professor Mcgonnagall smilied upon the class. "Today class we have a easy day"
Clementine snorted and Lily raised an eyebrow. Since when did Mcgonnagall give easy days? "Today we will pair up with your partners I set you up with last week---" Lily inwardly groaned softly throwing her head in her hands. She should have known better then to think an easy day. "And you better be doing work! You are allowed to use the library and other resources... Off now!"
After the bustle of students getting with their friends or people they never knew Lily reluctantly stood up carrying her bag with her. James didn't even bother looking up twirling the quill in his hands. He finally starred at her almost tiredly breathing out a big bubble of unsureness. "So what are we going to do?' James mumbled his attention more on his quill then her. Lily sighed patting her skirt really wishing she could put her mind to something else but when work was given work was given. "Well why don't we start out in the library?" she asked coldly looking up her usually brilliant green eyes stone cold.
James sighed. It was the last thing he truly wanted to do but it was better then sitting around like angry ducks. "Why not..?" he breathed taking his quill and blowing it in the air like a light feather. Lily rolled her eyes briefly. James was almost as immature as her sisters boyfriend's younger brother Phillip. And he was 2 and a half. Quietly the 2 gathered their stuff, pulling their Transfiguration book into their bags and walked on starring striaght ahead. The librarian knodded curtly as they explained that they had a Mcgonnagall assignment. James just plopped himself into a chair in the corner as Lily started pulling books from the shelf.
She waited a minute book in hand to get his attention to help her out but James still sat in the corner playing with Lily's quill.Lily sighed suddenly deciding she had enough. No way was she doing one huge project of riddles in the 20 page packet she gave them earlier that week all by herself. Lily hurried over and without any warning dropped all the books onto the table with a loud bang waking James from his stare in a matter of seconds. "Whadya do that for?" he complained loudly.
"Listen" Lily said hurriedly before her temper got in the way. "I am not doing this all by myself...I think we should start over. We had a bad beginning. Never being properly introduced. I mean doing that we instantly we went to bad turns. Shall we start over?" Lily ended in a questioning glare. James starred for a moment and after a thought grinned and sighed. "Sure" he mumbled. "So we can just forget about the incident on the train? I feel kinda bad about it" James admitted giving a relieved smile. "Don't worry apology accepted" Lily said with a smirk.
"I wasn't apologizing! I didn't do anything!"
"Yes you did you tripped me!"
James laughed. The woman never stopped. "I did not! You ran over me!"
Lily's face was bright red her anger uncontrollable at this point. "You were deliberately in my way!!!" she sceerched. James stood up ignoring the stares and the librarians harsh face. "I was tying my freakin shoe!" and with that he slammed the book and stomped away.
"Thats... my quill!" Lily growled childishly stamping her feet. It was true. James was playing with Lily's hawk quill. James clomped back and threw it on the table. "Here" he spat and stomped away. "Thank you!" Lily called fiercely wanting to have the last word in this fight. James starred at her. He was planning to make a very witty comeback but to his surprise his mind became blank. He stood a minute gaping like a fish. and then in a flourish left.
AN: Big babies I think. Big Babies who don't see the obvouis is how this story is going to be like. The whole Sirius and Cristina thing will get more obvouis in the plot. And yes I have a plot. Which is actually amazing cuze I usually don't. Reviw Review Review.... pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?