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Over Inflated Jerk
Chapter 2
And so it was that for the next week or two, Lily saw neither hide nor tail of James Potter, something that even she was finding unusual. Normally by this time, Potter would have asked her out at least 20 times, and with this absence Lily was feeling almost incomplete. She sighed and turned to her clock next to her bed. It read 5 o clock. Lily groaned. She couldn't seem to stop waking up early these days. However she knew there was no chance that she would be able to get back to sleep now so she figured she may aswell get up. She got dressed then picked up her book thinking she would be able to get a good couple of hours reading.
She made her way down to the common room and plonked herself down on her favourite sofa ready to read when suddenly she heard an agonised yell. She jumped up , brandishing her wand and looking around. There was neither sight nor sound of anything so she sat back down but on something, she now realised, confusingly squishy. She got up again and drew her wand. She poked the place where the squishy thing had been suspiciously. "OWW" Lily gazed at the sofa in confusion. Suddenly James Potter's head emerged out of nowhere. She screamed. "You!" James grinned up at her as he reappeared. Lily glared at him. "What's that you're holding?" she asked with suspicion.
"Invisibility cloak." James said grinning lop-sidedly.
"Are they illegal?"
James snorted. "Don't be ridiculous." He paused. "What are you doing down here so early anyway?"
"I could ask you the same thing," Lily replied cooly. "Planning more pranks?"
James smiled and tapped his nose. Lily rolled her eyes and sat down next to him opening her book.
"What's that?"
"A book Potter. They're for reading." she said as if addressing a two year old.
"I know that." he said stubbornly. "I was just wondering which one." Lily dutifully ignored him. "It's so long." he shuddered. "How many pages has it got?"
"About a thousand." Lily replied vaguely.
"And you're reading it?" Had Lily looked at him, she'd have seen his mortified expression.
"Umm." was her reply.
James caught a glimpse of the front cover. "Gone With the Wind?" he asked incredulously. "It sounds like some cheesy soap opera."
"Oh no." said Lily, as if waking up at last. "it's brilliant."
"What's it about?" James asked.
"This girl called Scarlett O'Hara who-"
"Is she hot?" oops. He thought, that was definitly a prickish comment.
Lily glared at him. "Well, it says she's very beautiful, but whether she'd strut around in mini skirt and boob tube like all your slut followers is another matter altogether. It was set in the 19th century."
"I don't have slut followers." said James in an injured voice.
Lily snorted but didn't say anything. Lily was very beautiful, James decided. Her hair fell just past her shoulders in auburn waves and her long curly eyelashes made dark crescents in her porcelain skin whenever she lowered her eyes to the book.
He wished he could kiss her but he knew, judging by previous experiences this would be a very bad move and besides, he wanted to savour the moment when they weren't technically arguing. He watched her a while longer hoping she'd feel his gaze and look at him, however she seemed immune to his stare, still thoroughly absorbed in her book. James sighed and got up. "Bye Lily." he said. It was only much later that Lily realised he'd called her by her first name.
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Unrequited love, James thought was the pits. He'd loved Lily since 4th year but she'd always completely ignored him. He now realised that had he perhaps handled things differently, the situation would be alot more satisfactory. If he hadn't been such a prick then the chances were she would be a lot more friendly towards him now. A small nagging voice in the back of his mind said that it was too late now, and he'd lost all chances of winning her over. However the majority of him said that he wouldn't give up on her until he died and she would have to give in eventually even if it was because she was simply so tired of his nagging. James smiled at the thought of him and Lily being a couple. He knew it would happen one day. He and Lily were meant to be together and he was going to see to it that it happened.
It was just so unfortunate that Lily saw things from the other extreme.
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Lily skipped into her dorm later that day feeling happier than she had in ages. Emily and Claire eyed her suspiciously. "What's happened that's so great?" they asked curiously. Lily smiled and ran over to hug them. "You'll never guess what!" she said after calming down abit.
"Probably not" agreed Claire.
Lily beamed at her. "Amos Diggory just asked me out."
"Wow Lils, that's great!" Exclaimed Emily running up to hug her friend.
"What did you say?" Claire asked, her eyes lighting up.
Lily rolled her eyes. "What do you think? I just hope he doesn't turn out to be such a huge prick like all my other boyfriends." Lily hadn't had the best of luck with the boys she had dated. Most of them had ditched her a day or two later, cheated on her or tried to make her go further than she'd have wanted. In short they had all been barstards. This was probably one of the many reasons as to why Lily was so mistrustful towards James Potter. He happened to display all these disabilities.
"Amos isn't like all those slease-bags Lily, I don't think. He seems like the perfect Gentleman."
Lily grinned. "I know! Anyway I'm supposed to be meeting him at seven. Do you think I ought to get a bit more dressed up?"
"If you want to, I suppose." said Claire. "Not that you need to, you're stunning as it is."
Lily rolled her eyes. "I hate it when you say that. It's so not true."
"Yeah, how could it possibly be true, Claire." added Emily sarcasticly. "I mean how could Lily ever be pretty, just look at her. Ughh" Lily knew she was only joking but that didn't stop her throwing her pillow at Emily with all the force she could muster.
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At seven, Lily was looking very pretty in a white strappy top and denim skirt falling to her knee. Emily and Claire had insisted on putting 'just the tiniest bit of makeup' on her so now the mascara and faint stroke of eyeliner made her green eyes stand out even more, looking more magical than ever.
As she made her way through the common room amid various wolf whistles, she couldn't help but notice James staring at her appreciatively.
"Going somewhere Lils?" called Sirius, grinning boyishly.
"Yes," she said, "not that it's any of your buisiness."
"Well can I just say," Sirius continued, "You look absoloutly beautiful."
"Er..thanks." Lily said. she looked at James, waiting for him to make some pervy comment,
"Who are you meeting then?" he asked her.
"What's it to you?" she asked rudely.
James rolled his eyes, "just making polite conversation, obviously too much for you to handle."
"Well, if you really want to know," she said fleetingly, "I'm meeting Amos." She looked at him, as if daring him to say something. However, he nodded. "You look nice." he said.
Lily raised her eyebrows at him, turned and exited the room.
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Disclaimer: Not mine.
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Over Inflated Jerk
Chapter 2
And so it was that for the next week or two, Lily saw neither hide nor tail of James Potter, something that even she was finding unusual. Normally by this time, Potter would have asked her out at least 20 times, and with this absence Lily was feeling almost incomplete. She sighed and turned to her clock next to her bed. It read 5 o clock. Lily groaned. She couldn't seem to stop waking up early these days. However she knew there was no chance that she would be able to get back to sleep now so she figured she may aswell get up. She got dressed then picked up her book thinking she would be able to get a good couple of hours reading.
She made her way down to the common room and plonked herself down on her favourite sofa ready to read when suddenly she heard an agonised yell. She jumped up , brandishing her wand and looking around. There was neither sight nor sound of anything so she sat back down but on something, she now realised, confusingly squishy. She got up again and drew her wand. She poked the place where the squishy thing had been suspiciously. "OWW" Lily gazed at the sofa in confusion. Suddenly James Potter's head emerged out of nowhere. She screamed. "You!" James grinned up at her as he reappeared. Lily glared at him. "What's that you're holding?" she asked with suspicion.
"Invisibility cloak." James said grinning lop-sidedly.
"Are they illegal?"
James snorted. "Don't be ridiculous." He paused. "What are you doing down here so early anyway?"
"I could ask you the same thing," Lily replied cooly. "Planning more pranks?"
James smiled and tapped his nose. Lily rolled her eyes and sat down next to him opening her book.
"What's that?"
"A book Potter. They're for reading." she said as if addressing a two year old.
"I know that." he said stubbornly. "I was just wondering which one." Lily dutifully ignored him. "It's so long." he shuddered. "How many pages has it got?"
"About a thousand." Lily replied vaguely.
"And you're reading it?" Had Lily looked at him, she'd have seen his mortified expression.
"Umm." was her reply.
James caught a glimpse of the front cover. "Gone With the Wind?" he asked incredulously. "It sounds like some cheesy soap opera."
"Oh no." said Lily, as if waking up at last. "it's brilliant."
"What's it about?" James asked.
"This girl called Scarlett O'Hara who-"
"Is she hot?" oops. He thought, that was definitly a prickish comment.
Lily glared at him. "Well, it says she's very beautiful, but whether she'd strut around in mini skirt and boob tube like all your slut followers is another matter altogether. It was set in the 19th century."
"I don't have slut followers." said James in an injured voice.
Lily snorted but didn't say anything. Lily was very beautiful, James decided. Her hair fell just past her shoulders in auburn waves and her long curly eyelashes made dark crescents in her porcelain skin whenever she lowered her eyes to the book.
He wished he could kiss her but he knew, judging by previous experiences this would be a very bad move and besides, he wanted to savour the moment when they weren't technically arguing. He watched her a while longer hoping she'd feel his gaze and look at him, however she seemed immune to his stare, still thoroughly absorbed in her book. James sighed and got up. "Bye Lily." he said. It was only much later that Lily realised he'd called her by her first name.
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Unrequited love, James thought was the pits. He'd loved Lily since 4th year but she'd always completely ignored him. He now realised that had he perhaps handled things differently, the situation would be alot more satisfactory. If he hadn't been such a prick then the chances were she would be a lot more friendly towards him now. A small nagging voice in the back of his mind said that it was too late now, and he'd lost all chances of winning her over. However the majority of him said that he wouldn't give up on her until he died and she would have to give in eventually even if it was because she was simply so tired of his nagging. James smiled at the thought of him and Lily being a couple. He knew it would happen one day. He and Lily were meant to be together and he was going to see to it that it happened.
It was just so unfortunate that Lily saw things from the other extreme.
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Lily skipped into her dorm later that day feeling happier than she had in ages. Emily and Claire eyed her suspiciously. "What's happened that's so great?" they asked curiously. Lily smiled and ran over to hug them. "You'll never guess what!" she said after calming down abit.
"Probably not" agreed Claire.
Lily beamed at her. "Amos Diggory just asked me out."
"Wow Lils, that's great!" Exclaimed Emily running up to hug her friend.
"What did you say?" Claire asked, her eyes lighting up.
Lily rolled her eyes. "What do you think? I just hope he doesn't turn out to be such a huge prick like all my other boyfriends." Lily hadn't had the best of luck with the boys she had dated. Most of them had ditched her a day or two later, cheated on her or tried to make her go further than she'd have wanted. In short they had all been barstards. This was probably one of the many reasons as to why Lily was so mistrustful towards James Potter. He happened to display all these disabilities.
"Amos isn't like all those slease-bags Lily, I don't think. He seems like the perfect Gentleman."
Lily grinned. "I know! Anyway I'm supposed to be meeting him at seven. Do you think I ought to get a bit more dressed up?"
"If you want to, I suppose." said Claire. "Not that you need to, you're stunning as it is."
Lily rolled her eyes. "I hate it when you say that. It's so not true."
"Yeah, how could it possibly be true, Claire." added Emily sarcasticly. "I mean how could Lily ever be pretty, just look at her. Ughh" Lily knew she was only joking but that didn't stop her throwing her pillow at Emily with all the force she could muster.
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At seven, Lily was looking very pretty in a white strappy top and denim skirt falling to her knee. Emily and Claire had insisted on putting 'just the tiniest bit of makeup' on her so now the mascara and faint stroke of eyeliner made her green eyes stand out even more, looking more magical than ever.
As she made her way through the common room amid various wolf whistles, she couldn't help but notice James staring at her appreciatively.
"Going somewhere Lils?" called Sirius, grinning boyishly.
"Yes," she said, "not that it's any of your buisiness."
"Well can I just say," Sirius continued, "You look absoloutly beautiful."
"Er..thanks." Lily said. she looked at James, waiting for him to make some pervy comment,
"Who are you meeting then?" he asked her.
"What's it to you?" she asked rudely.
James rolled his eyes, "just making polite conversation, obviously too much for you to handle."
"Well, if you really want to know," she said fleetingly, "I'm meeting Amos." She looked at him, as if daring him to say something. However, he nodded. "You look nice." he said.
Lily raised her eyebrows at him, turned and exited the room.
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