DISCLAIMER: Anything you recognise (id est: characters, settings, 'phrases'
etc.) are not my own creation. This said, some characters, settings and
'phrases' do belong to me, just so you know.
I'm sick of writing that.
And just as before, anyhing that's supposed to be written in italics is written like ^this^.
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Chapter Three
In the seventh year Gryffindor girl's dorm, Alicia had her Transfiguration book propped up against her pillow and Kate and Lily were deep in conversation.
'^Again?^' Kate asked.
'You'd think after all these years he'd give up, wouldn't you? I mean - it's not like I haven't made my point clear, is it?' Said Lily.
The topic of discussion was one James Potter.
'Would your point be that you're not interested?' Kate asked.
Lily nodded.
'It seems he's over-persistent, if you ask me.' Alicia chimed in.
'More like pigheaded.' Lily stated.
' I wonder if he realises that he's going about it in the wrong way.' Alicia said in curiosity.
'He's too arrogant to thing differently - if it's not onehundred percent right, then it's got nothing to do with James Potter.' Said Lily.
Alicia and Kate knew Lily well enough to know that, despite her extreme kindness, these James Potter rants were quite normal.
'I thought he might've grown up over the summer, I thought he might've changed for the better.' Lily trailed off.
'But you don't care, right?' Alicia asked.
'Lily cares about everyone! Don't you Lils?' asked Kate.
Lily gave a halfhearted laugh.
'Why doesn't he give up?' asked Alicia. 'Because,' said Kate, 'James Potter ^never^ gives up until he gets what he wants - and what he wants is Lily.'
'He won't give up until he gets what he wants.' Remus told Sirius and Peter.
They watched James as he sat bolt upright in one of the squashy common room chairs, his fingers digging into the armrests and his brow furrowed in thought.
'I didn't realise he was still interested in Lily.' Said Peter.
'You're so naïve.' Remus shot at him.
In truth, James had more than Lily on his mind - he was going to get a Ballox into the Slytherin common room, he just had to be careful...
The three moved closer to him. Thinking he needed to keep the Ballox plans to himself for the time being, he acted as though Lily was the ^only^ thing on his mind.
'One day she'll say yes.' Said James.
'Lily?' Sirius asked.
James nodded.
'Prongs, mate, I think that, for the first time in your life, you may be going about this the wrong way.' Said Sirius.
'You're one to talk.' James retorted.
Remus buried himself in a book while Peter listened carefully to James and Sirius's discussion.
'I'm not the one that's too stupid to realise she's not interested!' said Sirius.
'What do you mean? Of course she's interested -she's just too stubborn to admit it!'
'Why are you so interested in Lily though? There's a heap of other girls out there!' Sirius stated.
'Is it because,' came a voice that was protruding from the staircase, 'it's so obvious that Lily is in absolutely no way interested in you that you've been provoked to "get" her?'
James and Sirius had both turned their heads to face the girl's staircase and discover whom the voice belonged to. It was Alicia.
'I thought that James Potter, being as clever as he is, could tell that Lily feels nothing for him.' She continued as she made her way to one of the armchairs opposite them.
James looked at her in thought, as though he was trying to come up with a plan but there was too much on his mind.
'I'll give you a tip: give up.' She said.
James lay on his bed, trying to push Lily out of his mind so that he could continue the Ballox plot, but when every attempt failed, he allowed thoughts of her to penetrate his mind.
He could not help but be entertained by Lily when he made an attempt at blackmailing her into going out with him. He knew that everytime he asked her in this way that she would give him a reply that somewhere along the lines meant "no". But he found himself longing for her to say "yes". Could she turn him down forever?
'I need a plan.' He said aloud to himself.
Lily seemed to think that he, James, was. immature? Or was she just not interested because. he was not her type? She thought he was too good for her? No -that was just James being cocky. Besides, thought James, no one is too good for Lily.
So, what did that leave him with? What was his plan? Lily does not like. Lily does not like it when James asks her out as though he is giving her a treat so. he would just have to ask her out in a way that made it sound sincere!
'Hogsmeade weekend!' He yelled as he sat bolt upright.
He scrambled down the stairs from the boy's dorm and ran through the common room towards the girl's dorms. For some reason, he had to ask Lily out and he had to do it ^now^.
'Where are you going?' Asked Sirius.
'To ask Lily out.' James answered.
'Didn't you hear anything we told you? Don't you listen?' Sirius asked, not expecting an answer. Then he turned to Alicia, 'gone off his rocker.'
James climbed a few steps to the girl's dorm before sliding down again. He stood up and brushed himself off while muttering, 'I forgot about that.'
'What do you mean you "forgot about that"? Has it been ^that^ long since you were with a girl?' Sirius snickered.
'Some of us aren't as sleazy as you, Padfoot.' James smirked.
'Ah -and you only have eyes for Lily.' Sirius said maliciously.
'Alicia, is she up there?' James asked.
Alicia merely shrugged with a knowing smile. This agitated James beyond his tolerance so he stormed back up to his dorm.
He had the urge to ask Lily out as he never had done before -he had the sensational feeling that, this time, for the first time, she would say yes. He just knew it -after all, why would she reject him this time?
He grabbed his invisibility cloak and prepared himself to wait in the common room all night for her, unable to be seen.
He waited, and waited.
She never came.
Lily sat beside Kate and Alicia in Transfiguration, unaware of James penetrating her with his eyes. She was too busy writing down every minor detail that Professor McGonagall brought up in case it came up in their NEWT's to notice.
James, on the other hand, was not listening to a word Professor McGonagall said, believing he knew everything there was to Transfiguration.
He had been disappointed that Lily had not gone to the common room at all on Tuesday night, but two days later he was still keen on asking her out. He was just having a hard time getting near enough to even make a general greeting, that's all.
In the spare minutes they had between Transfiguration and Herbology, James found a way to suppress his bad mood when he and Sirius found Severus Snape.
Minutes later, James and Sirius had Severus trapped behind a door. They were barking with laughter from his unsuccessful attempts at throwing himself at the door in hope that it may burst open, cursing them all the same for stealing his wand.
Just as Severus gave another heave, James and Sirius stepped back from the door, allowing Severus to tumble through the door and fall in a heap on the floor.
'Looking for this, Snivellus?' Sirius said coolly, holding up the stolen wand.
'Give that back to him ^at once^ Black!'
McGonagall had just made her way around the corner and had evidently, caught them in the act.
Sirius looked at James with a wry smile. James shrugged and, in turn, Sirius tossed the wand to Severus where it hit him on the nose.
'Detention for the two of you -now get to class!' She bellowed.
James and Sirius shrugged before bolting around the corner. As McGonagall left in the opposite direction she could be heard muttering, 'we'll never get through to them, never,' beneath her breath.
In Herbology, James did just as he had done in Transfiguration -his eyes were boring into the back of Lily's head, unable to keep his eyes away from those red tresses.
He would ask her right after class, he decided, but class seemed to have no end. He had an extreme desire to be the first one out.
When they were dismissed James bolted outside where he waited for Lily. When he saw her, he pulled her aside and then realised he had not thought about what to say.
'Yes? Did you -want something?' She asked in her polite tone.
'Uh -it was -yeah, as a matter of fact, I do want something.' His face clouded over.
'Well?' Lily brought him back to earth.
'Uh.' he suddenly regained his confidence, 'I was thinking that we should go to Hogsmeade together -'
'Are you asking me out, Potter?' She asked, as she had never heard him ask her in like that before.
'Yep.' He replied.
He watched Lily's mouth intently -he could see by the shape it had assumed that she was about to say what he hoped she would.
'Yeah, I'll go out with you, Potter,' his heart leapt, 'right after I dig my grave.'
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A/N: How come I'm not really getting any reviews? Don't I have any loyal fans? Or any fans at all? Apparently not -if I don't get more reviews before the next chapter goes up, I think I'll scrap this story.
Unless Sploogal kills me before I get the chance. ={
But thanks to the people who did review!
I'm sick of writing that.
And just as before, anyhing that's supposed to be written in italics is written like ^this^.
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Chapter Three
In the seventh year Gryffindor girl's dorm, Alicia had her Transfiguration book propped up against her pillow and Kate and Lily were deep in conversation.
'^Again?^' Kate asked.
'You'd think after all these years he'd give up, wouldn't you? I mean - it's not like I haven't made my point clear, is it?' Said Lily.
The topic of discussion was one James Potter.
'Would your point be that you're not interested?' Kate asked.
Lily nodded.
'It seems he's over-persistent, if you ask me.' Alicia chimed in.
'More like pigheaded.' Lily stated.
' I wonder if he realises that he's going about it in the wrong way.' Alicia said in curiosity.
'He's too arrogant to thing differently - if it's not onehundred percent right, then it's got nothing to do with James Potter.' Said Lily.
Alicia and Kate knew Lily well enough to know that, despite her extreme kindness, these James Potter rants were quite normal.
'I thought he might've grown up over the summer, I thought he might've changed for the better.' Lily trailed off.
'But you don't care, right?' Alicia asked.
'Lily cares about everyone! Don't you Lils?' asked Kate.
Lily gave a halfhearted laugh.
'Why doesn't he give up?' asked Alicia. 'Because,' said Kate, 'James Potter ^never^ gives up until he gets what he wants - and what he wants is Lily.'
'He won't give up until he gets what he wants.' Remus told Sirius and Peter.
They watched James as he sat bolt upright in one of the squashy common room chairs, his fingers digging into the armrests and his brow furrowed in thought.
'I didn't realise he was still interested in Lily.' Said Peter.
'You're so naïve.' Remus shot at him.
In truth, James had more than Lily on his mind - he was going to get a Ballox into the Slytherin common room, he just had to be careful...
The three moved closer to him. Thinking he needed to keep the Ballox plans to himself for the time being, he acted as though Lily was the ^only^ thing on his mind.
'One day she'll say yes.' Said James.
'Lily?' Sirius asked.
James nodded.
'Prongs, mate, I think that, for the first time in your life, you may be going about this the wrong way.' Said Sirius.
'You're one to talk.' James retorted.
Remus buried himself in a book while Peter listened carefully to James and Sirius's discussion.
'I'm not the one that's too stupid to realise she's not interested!' said Sirius.
'What do you mean? Of course she's interested -she's just too stubborn to admit it!'
'Why are you so interested in Lily though? There's a heap of other girls out there!' Sirius stated.
'Is it because,' came a voice that was protruding from the staircase, 'it's so obvious that Lily is in absolutely no way interested in you that you've been provoked to "get" her?'
James and Sirius had both turned their heads to face the girl's staircase and discover whom the voice belonged to. It was Alicia.
'I thought that James Potter, being as clever as he is, could tell that Lily feels nothing for him.' She continued as she made her way to one of the armchairs opposite them.
James looked at her in thought, as though he was trying to come up with a plan but there was too much on his mind.
'I'll give you a tip: give up.' She said.
James lay on his bed, trying to push Lily out of his mind so that he could continue the Ballox plot, but when every attempt failed, he allowed thoughts of her to penetrate his mind.
He could not help but be entertained by Lily when he made an attempt at blackmailing her into going out with him. He knew that everytime he asked her in this way that she would give him a reply that somewhere along the lines meant "no". But he found himself longing for her to say "yes". Could she turn him down forever?
'I need a plan.' He said aloud to himself.
Lily seemed to think that he, James, was. immature? Or was she just not interested because. he was not her type? She thought he was too good for her? No -that was just James being cocky. Besides, thought James, no one is too good for Lily.
So, what did that leave him with? What was his plan? Lily does not like. Lily does not like it when James asks her out as though he is giving her a treat so. he would just have to ask her out in a way that made it sound sincere!
'Hogsmeade weekend!' He yelled as he sat bolt upright.
He scrambled down the stairs from the boy's dorm and ran through the common room towards the girl's dorms. For some reason, he had to ask Lily out and he had to do it ^now^.
'Where are you going?' Asked Sirius.
'To ask Lily out.' James answered.
'Didn't you hear anything we told you? Don't you listen?' Sirius asked, not expecting an answer. Then he turned to Alicia, 'gone off his rocker.'
James climbed a few steps to the girl's dorm before sliding down again. He stood up and brushed himself off while muttering, 'I forgot about that.'
'What do you mean you "forgot about that"? Has it been ^that^ long since you were with a girl?' Sirius snickered.
'Some of us aren't as sleazy as you, Padfoot.' James smirked.
'Ah -and you only have eyes for Lily.' Sirius said maliciously.
'Alicia, is she up there?' James asked.
Alicia merely shrugged with a knowing smile. This agitated James beyond his tolerance so he stormed back up to his dorm.
He had the urge to ask Lily out as he never had done before -he had the sensational feeling that, this time, for the first time, she would say yes. He just knew it -after all, why would she reject him this time?
He grabbed his invisibility cloak and prepared himself to wait in the common room all night for her, unable to be seen.
He waited, and waited.
She never came.
Lily sat beside Kate and Alicia in Transfiguration, unaware of James penetrating her with his eyes. She was too busy writing down every minor detail that Professor McGonagall brought up in case it came up in their NEWT's to notice.
James, on the other hand, was not listening to a word Professor McGonagall said, believing he knew everything there was to Transfiguration.
He had been disappointed that Lily had not gone to the common room at all on Tuesday night, but two days later he was still keen on asking her out. He was just having a hard time getting near enough to even make a general greeting, that's all.
In the spare minutes they had between Transfiguration and Herbology, James found a way to suppress his bad mood when he and Sirius found Severus Snape.
Minutes later, James and Sirius had Severus trapped behind a door. They were barking with laughter from his unsuccessful attempts at throwing himself at the door in hope that it may burst open, cursing them all the same for stealing his wand.
Just as Severus gave another heave, James and Sirius stepped back from the door, allowing Severus to tumble through the door and fall in a heap on the floor.
'Looking for this, Snivellus?' Sirius said coolly, holding up the stolen wand.
'Give that back to him ^at once^ Black!'
McGonagall had just made her way around the corner and had evidently, caught them in the act.
Sirius looked at James with a wry smile. James shrugged and, in turn, Sirius tossed the wand to Severus where it hit him on the nose.
'Detention for the two of you -now get to class!' She bellowed.
James and Sirius shrugged before bolting around the corner. As McGonagall left in the opposite direction she could be heard muttering, 'we'll never get through to them, never,' beneath her breath.
In Herbology, James did just as he had done in Transfiguration -his eyes were boring into the back of Lily's head, unable to keep his eyes away from those red tresses.
He would ask her right after class, he decided, but class seemed to have no end. He had an extreme desire to be the first one out.
When they were dismissed James bolted outside where he waited for Lily. When he saw her, he pulled her aside and then realised he had not thought about what to say.
'Yes? Did you -want something?' She asked in her polite tone.
'Uh -it was -yeah, as a matter of fact, I do want something.' His face clouded over.
'Well?' Lily brought him back to earth.
'Uh.' he suddenly regained his confidence, 'I was thinking that we should go to Hogsmeade together -'
'Are you asking me out, Potter?' She asked, as she had never heard him ask her in like that before.
'Yep.' He replied.
He watched Lily's mouth intently -he could see by the shape it had assumed that she was about to say what he hoped she would.
'Yeah, I'll go out with you, Potter,' his heart leapt, 'right after I dig my grave.'
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A/N: How come I'm not really getting any reviews? Don't I have any loyal fans? Or any fans at all? Apparently not -if I don't get more reviews before the next chapter goes up, I think I'll scrap this story.
Unless Sploogal kills me before I get the chance. ={
But thanks to the people who did review!