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Over Inflated Jerk
Chapter 4
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James bounced into the common room, looking round expectantly for Lily. It was 9:00. At this time Lily was normally either reading or doing her home work.
James spotted her immediately seated in a comfy arm chair next to the fire. luckily for him there was a free chair opposite her. James sat down easily in the chair spreading out his long legs casually. If Lily had noticed him sitting down, she didn't acknowledge his presence but continued to read her book.
James coughed. Still, she didn't look up.
"Hello, Lily." James said.
"James," she responded cordially, still not looking up. If James had not been with Lily, he knew he would be doing an irish jig of some sort, being so happy. She had actually called him by his first name. Maybe it was a mistake, she probably hadn't mean to.
"You just called me James," he said softly.
Lily looked at him abruptly, "Don't be ridiculous, I called you Potter."
"Did not."
"Damn." If anything, Lily looked annoyed with herself, "Well I didn't mean to." She said stubbornly.
James rolled his eyes, "For Gods sake, Lily, it's not a crime to call me by my first name, it's not as if you're declaring you're undying love for me."
"Which I will certainly never do." she added icily.
"I know." said James, the jovial tone in his voice had gone though. This conversation wasn't going as planned. "Lily, look at me." She didn't look up. "Look at me," James persisted, still she didn't look up. James sighed, "I just want to ask you a question." he said slowly. Lily looked at him at last, "well hurry up, I want to read my book." She looked totally hacked off. James's mouth hung open, "I - I - I just-" Lily was looking at him strangely.
"Are you alright?"
"Well, it's just, it's just - Oh it doesn't matter, forget it." He placed his head in his hands, sighing deeply.
Lily, was now despite herself very curious, "No, go on," She encouraged, "what were you going to say?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Oh, you were going to ask me out weren't you." She bit her lip as James looked at her, one eyebrow raised. She blushed. Why on earth had she said that? Now he'd think her conceited.
"Don't flatter yourself." James said grimly, "No, I wasn't going to ask you out. It hasn't escaped my notice that you're going out with Diggory."
Lily turned redder, if possible. "Well, it's not my fault that's what I thought is it? Normally every question you ask me is whether I'll go out with you."
James looked at her, "Lily, despite how prickish you may think I am, even I wouldn't stoop so low as to ask a girl out when she's already got a boyfriend." Lily blushed again. "I'm actually slightly disappointed in you."
"You're disappointed in me?" Lily said, her voice raised dangerously.
"Yes. I thought you were actually starting to appreciate the effort I'm making, trying to be nice to you." Lily looked at him speechless, then said, "Yeah? Well I'm disappointed in you too. I thought you were actually beginning to change. Obviously that's too much to hope for." With that Lily stormed from the room, her nose in the air.
"I'm trying to make an effort here, Lily, can't you at least try?" he called to her retreating back. Lily slammed the door behind her, completely ignoring him.
"Shit." James swore kicking Lily's chair. He groaned. That had completely messed things up, now she was just going to hate him more than ever. Why had he lost his temper with her? Why had he even tried talking to her? He should have known she would be pissed off with him if he disturbed her from her beloved 'gone with the wind'. "Bloody women." he said to himself, he knew most of them meant trouble but this one...
"That went well then Prongsie." Sirius popped up behind him. "I've never witnessed such a disaster."
"Doesn't surprise me." James muttered darkly. "What am I going to do?"
Sirius looked thoughtful. "Well I know, I'm no bigshot with feelings and all that, but I know you're serious about Lily. If I were you, I'd let her cool down, let her have a rant to those two friends of hers, then apologise."
James looked at Sirius disbelievingly. "What? apologise to her? You've got to be joking. She ought to be apologising to me. She's just undone all my careful work so that we're right back at square one."
Sirius looked at his friend sympathetically. "I know it sucks but you know she'll never apologise to you. Let's ask Moony. He's the one who knows about all this psychological crap."
James nodded wearily, "come on then." he said.
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"Oh James, I can't believe you said that to her." Remus said after they had retold the story.
James glared at him. "Who's side are you on here?"
"Yours, but why on earth did you have to go and lose your temper like that with her?"
"She's just ignoring all my attempts of being nice, it's like she doesn't even care, she's just throwing everything back in my face. I don't know why I'm even bothering. There's clearly no point - she's just too stuborn to appreciate anything-"
Remus could see James was going into rant mode so he quickly intervened, "Well, you know what you've got to do don't you?"
"No." said James obstinately.
"Sirius is right, you've got to apologise." James gaped at him. "Lily would never apologise to you even if she wanted to, she's got too much pride."
"Yeah," said James, "that's the problem with her, she's far too proud."
"I know but think about it Prongs. If you took the first step, it would show her you'd changed, that you're willing to actually go that extra mile. She knows you'd never normally apologise, it would completely surprise her. It might even show her you're serious about her, doing something so out of the ordinary." He looked at James expectantly.
James nodded. "I suppose it might," he said grudgingly, "But she wouldn't listen to me she'd just shout at me more."
"Yeah, so just leave her alone for a while, ok? Let the effect wear off first."
James groaned. "Why is she so difficult?"
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Mean while Lily was as Sirius predicted ranting to Claire and Emily.
"I can't believe I actually thought he'd changed. I must be so stupid, he's as much of a prick as he ever was. He's disappointed in me? HA. How dare he, he actually interrupts me for no apparent reason, insults me and then dares to say that-" she calmed down enough to sit down on her bed. "The weird thing is," she said a bit more softly, "I actually thought he was getting better." She shook her head slightly, "I never thought I'd say this but in a funny way I was becoming quite proud of him. Obviously it is impossible for him to actually be nice-" she broke off, looking for confirmation from Claire and Emily who to her frustration, were sharing a secret sort of glance.
"What?" she asked irritated.
"Nothing," said Emily quickly. Lily eyed them suspiciously.
"I wonder what question he was going to ask you." said Claire thoughtfully.
"Probably something arrogant and obnoxious," said Lily, still scowling.
"You don't know that," Claire said, "You know Lily, if you didn't always think the worst of James, you could get on really well, but you're so contemptful towards him-"
"Well can you blame me?"
Claire ignored this interuption, "Just give him a chance, Lily, please. You know how much he likes you, he must be feeling 100 times worse than you now-"
"Well that's his fault, isn't it" Lily rudely interupted. Emily gave Claire a sympathetic look. Lily was so stuborn. Even if she did ever like James she would never admit it, it was going against all her morals.
"I'm going to find Amos." Lily said a few minutes later, hoping he hadn't gone to bed yet. She found him in the library doing some essay.
"Hey babe," he said putting down his quill. "How are you."
"I've just had a really bad day." she said sitting down beside him grumpily.
"Why, what happened?" he asked sympathetically.
"One word just about sums it up. Potter."
He nodded understandingly, "Well you can just forget about him now, can't you. You're with me."
She grinned at him, he was so close, he reached out and stroked her skin. "You're so beautiful Lily." She smiled nervously, he was coming closer...
They broke apart after what seemed like a few seconds later, in reality it had been a lot longer. Lily stared at him breathless, "Well, I- I'd better be going now." she said softly, "it's probably quite late."
"Ok then," Amos said untangling himself from her. "Good night."
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Ugh I hate amos. Well thats the 4th chapter. thankyou everyone whos reviewed so far, maybe u could give up just a minute more of ur time to review again? maybe?
I love suggestions and constructive criticism, not keen on flames bt if u really feel like ranting about how terrible this fic is go ahead.
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Disclaimer:not mine
Over Inflated Jerk
Chapter 4
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James bounced into the common room, looking round expectantly for Lily. It was 9:00. At this time Lily was normally either reading or doing her home work.
James spotted her immediately seated in a comfy arm chair next to the fire. luckily for him there was a free chair opposite her. James sat down easily in the chair spreading out his long legs casually. If Lily had noticed him sitting down, she didn't acknowledge his presence but continued to read her book.
James coughed. Still, she didn't look up.
"Hello, Lily." James said.
"James," she responded cordially, still not looking up. If James had not been with Lily, he knew he would be doing an irish jig of some sort, being so happy. She had actually called him by his first name. Maybe it was a mistake, she probably hadn't mean to.
"You just called me James," he said softly.
Lily looked at him abruptly, "Don't be ridiculous, I called you Potter."
"Did not."
"Damn." If anything, Lily looked annoyed with herself, "Well I didn't mean to." She said stubbornly.
James rolled his eyes, "For Gods sake, Lily, it's not a crime to call me by my first name, it's not as if you're declaring you're undying love for me."
"Which I will certainly never do." she added icily.
"I know." said James, the jovial tone in his voice had gone though. This conversation wasn't going as planned. "Lily, look at me." She didn't look up. "Look at me," James persisted, still she didn't look up. James sighed, "I just want to ask you a question." he said slowly. Lily looked at him at last, "well hurry up, I want to read my book." She looked totally hacked off. James's mouth hung open, "I - I - I just-" Lily was looking at him strangely.
"Are you alright?"
"Well, it's just, it's just - Oh it doesn't matter, forget it." He placed his head in his hands, sighing deeply.
Lily, was now despite herself very curious, "No, go on," She encouraged, "what were you going to say?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Oh, you were going to ask me out weren't you." She bit her lip as James looked at her, one eyebrow raised. She blushed. Why on earth had she said that? Now he'd think her conceited.
"Don't flatter yourself." James said grimly, "No, I wasn't going to ask you out. It hasn't escaped my notice that you're going out with Diggory."
Lily turned redder, if possible. "Well, it's not my fault that's what I thought is it? Normally every question you ask me is whether I'll go out with you."
James looked at her, "Lily, despite how prickish you may think I am, even I wouldn't stoop so low as to ask a girl out when she's already got a boyfriend." Lily blushed again. "I'm actually slightly disappointed in you."
"You're disappointed in me?" Lily said, her voice raised dangerously.
"Yes. I thought you were actually starting to appreciate the effort I'm making, trying to be nice to you." Lily looked at him speechless, then said, "Yeah? Well I'm disappointed in you too. I thought you were actually beginning to change. Obviously that's too much to hope for." With that Lily stormed from the room, her nose in the air.
"I'm trying to make an effort here, Lily, can't you at least try?" he called to her retreating back. Lily slammed the door behind her, completely ignoring him.
"Shit." James swore kicking Lily's chair. He groaned. That had completely messed things up, now she was just going to hate him more than ever. Why had he lost his temper with her? Why had he even tried talking to her? He should have known she would be pissed off with him if he disturbed her from her beloved 'gone with the wind'. "Bloody women." he said to himself, he knew most of them meant trouble but this one...
"That went well then Prongsie." Sirius popped up behind him. "I've never witnessed such a disaster."
"Doesn't surprise me." James muttered darkly. "What am I going to do?"
Sirius looked thoughtful. "Well I know, I'm no bigshot with feelings and all that, but I know you're serious about Lily. If I were you, I'd let her cool down, let her have a rant to those two friends of hers, then apologise."
James looked at Sirius disbelievingly. "What? apologise to her? You've got to be joking. She ought to be apologising to me. She's just undone all my careful work so that we're right back at square one."
Sirius looked at his friend sympathetically. "I know it sucks but you know she'll never apologise to you. Let's ask Moony. He's the one who knows about all this psychological crap."
James nodded wearily, "come on then." he said.
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"Oh James, I can't believe you said that to her." Remus said after they had retold the story.
James glared at him. "Who's side are you on here?"
"Yours, but why on earth did you have to go and lose your temper like that with her?"
"She's just ignoring all my attempts of being nice, it's like she doesn't even care, she's just throwing everything back in my face. I don't know why I'm even bothering. There's clearly no point - she's just too stuborn to appreciate anything-"
Remus could see James was going into rant mode so he quickly intervened, "Well, you know what you've got to do don't you?"
"No." said James obstinately.
"Sirius is right, you've got to apologise." James gaped at him. "Lily would never apologise to you even if she wanted to, she's got too much pride."
"Yeah," said James, "that's the problem with her, she's far too proud."
"I know but think about it Prongs. If you took the first step, it would show her you'd changed, that you're willing to actually go that extra mile. She knows you'd never normally apologise, it would completely surprise her. It might even show her you're serious about her, doing something so out of the ordinary." He looked at James expectantly.
James nodded. "I suppose it might," he said grudgingly, "But she wouldn't listen to me she'd just shout at me more."
"Yeah, so just leave her alone for a while, ok? Let the effect wear off first."
James groaned. "Why is she so difficult?"
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Mean while Lily was as Sirius predicted ranting to Claire and Emily.
"I can't believe I actually thought he'd changed. I must be so stupid, he's as much of a prick as he ever was. He's disappointed in me? HA. How dare he, he actually interrupts me for no apparent reason, insults me and then dares to say that-" she calmed down enough to sit down on her bed. "The weird thing is," she said a bit more softly, "I actually thought he was getting better." She shook her head slightly, "I never thought I'd say this but in a funny way I was becoming quite proud of him. Obviously it is impossible for him to actually be nice-" she broke off, looking for confirmation from Claire and Emily who to her frustration, were sharing a secret sort of glance.
"What?" she asked irritated.
"Nothing," said Emily quickly. Lily eyed them suspiciously.
"I wonder what question he was going to ask you." said Claire thoughtfully.
"Probably something arrogant and obnoxious," said Lily, still scowling.
"You don't know that," Claire said, "You know Lily, if you didn't always think the worst of James, you could get on really well, but you're so contemptful towards him-"
"Well can you blame me?"
Claire ignored this interuption, "Just give him a chance, Lily, please. You know how much he likes you, he must be feeling 100 times worse than you now-"
"Well that's his fault, isn't it" Lily rudely interupted. Emily gave Claire a sympathetic look. Lily was so stuborn. Even if she did ever like James she would never admit it, it was going against all her morals.
"I'm going to find Amos." Lily said a few minutes later, hoping he hadn't gone to bed yet. She found him in the library doing some essay.
"Hey babe," he said putting down his quill. "How are you."
"I've just had a really bad day." she said sitting down beside him grumpily.
"Why, what happened?" he asked sympathetically.
"One word just about sums it up. Potter."
He nodded understandingly, "Well you can just forget about him now, can't you. You're with me."
She grinned at him, he was so close, he reached out and stroked her skin. "You're so beautiful Lily." She smiled nervously, he was coming closer...
They broke apart after what seemed like a few seconds later, in reality it had been a lot longer. Lily stared at him breathless, "Well, I- I'd better be going now." she said softly, "it's probably quite late."
"Ok then," Amos said untangling himself from her. "Good night."
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Ugh I hate amos. Well thats the 4th chapter. thankyou everyone whos reviewed so far, maybe u could give up just a minute more of ur time to review again? maybe?
I love suggestions and constructive criticism, not keen on flames bt if u really feel like ranting about how terrible this fic is go ahead.
thanku also those of u who have put me on their favourites list. i wasnt expecting that.
I'll update when i get at least 10 reviews so if we can take it up to around 60 that would be cool.
see you all next chapter