A/N- Ok, nothing much to say here…so yeah the usual…please R&R my chapter!! An of course ENJOY!!!!
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"Oh God I don't think this could get any more boring." Sirius complained running his hands through his dark hair.
"Yeah, and we're even in a small room with four chicks and it is about as unexciting in here as being in McGonagalls class!" James grumbled. Maria snorted on the other side of the room. God was she bored. Remus was paying absolutely no attention to her and it was starting to annoy her immensely.
"Hey, I have a question." Maria said turning towards Remus.
"Hmm?" Remus mumbled, still not taking his eyes off of his book.
"Is that all you do? Read?"
"Uh huh."
"Even in your free time?"
"Mostly, but sometimes I go outside and practice some quidditch with Sirius and James." Remus answered still not removing his eyes from his book.
"Do you how rude it is to not look at people when you are being spoken to?" Maria asked annoyance obvious in her voice.
"Yeah." He answered uninterested. Maria grunted in frustration. Remus finally looked up from his book. "Oh, sorry, are you referring to me?"
"Nah.." Maria responded sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"Sorry, I sometimes get a little caught up in my reading." He told her sheepishly. Maria rolled her eyes at the adorable sandy haired boy sitting next to her.
"So, you like to play quidditch?" Maria asked trying to spark a conversation.
"Uh, yeah, well sort of. I haven't gotten much better at it in the past years. That's why I'm not on the team…I suck. But I usually just assist James and Sirius in practicing."
"Really? You don't look like you would suck. You look like you would do extremely well in that sport. But, even if you do suck, maybe you could give me a few pointers. I can guarantee that you know much more about how to play the sport then I do. Maybe you could give me a hands on training session?" She asked suggestively.
"Oh, well, I'm really not the one to ask. You should go ask James or Sirius they know far more about quidditch then I do…trust me." Maria resisted the urge to roll her eyes again at the naive boy. He just didn't seem to get the hint. She had a feeling that not too many girls had hit on him before. She would have to take a more direct approach.
"So…how many girlfriends have you had exactly?" She asked curiously.
"One or two maybe." Remus replied turning his attention back to his book.
"Really? You've only had two? That's crazy! I would've thought such an appealing guy like you, would have had far more then that."
"Yeah, I guess…" Remus had lost all interest in the subject. She didn't know why in the heck he was ignoring all of her advances…or was he just that stupid? He couldn't be, he read like every second of his life.
James glanced over at Remus and Maria chuckling to himself as he watched Maria's vain efforts to flirt with Remus. Moony may be super intelligent in every other subject in the world but when it came to girls he was utterly clueless. He decided to help Maria out a little. He stood up and walked right over to Moony.
"Hey, Moony can I have a quick word with you?" Remus nodded confused. James smiled knowingly at Maria then walked with his friend over to the other side of the room.
"Moony do you have any idea why Maria is talking to you?" James asked a look of amusement on his face as he watched Remus's features turn even more confused.
"Not really…"
"Oh my…Moony are you really that stupid?!?" James whispered mortified at his friend. Remus shook his head still puzzled. "She's hitting on you mate! She's trying to get you to notice her and maybe get some action going on between you two! But you are making it virtually impossible for her! Open you eyes mate. She likes you!" James finished his little ranting.
"Oh." Remus replied looking a little embarrassed.
"Now get back over there and make something happen!" James said encouragingly pushing Remus back towards Maria.
"Hi." Remus said rather dumbly.
"Hi." Maria answered giggling to herself as she watched the self-conscious boy shift uncomfortably. "You want to sit down…where you were sitting in the first place?" She asked smiling. Remus nodded his head and sat down next to her.
"So…What do you exactly do to keep in such good shape?" She inquired, looking Remus over. He really had a great body for not playing quidditch.
Remus could feel her eyes raking over his body. What was he supposed to say? He couldn't say, "Yeah well I stay in such good shape because I am a werewolf!" He had no idea how to answer that question. He was making a complete fool of himself. Besides the fact that he was already embarrassed enough, because he was far too busy worrying about his book to notice the tell tale signs of flirting.
"Uhh…I play other sports…I run and I lift weights." Good enough, believable.
"Really?" Maria asked her brown eyes lighting up immediately.
"Yeah…so what do you enjoy doing?" Stupid question! Remus mentally slapped himself in the face. But she answered the question enthusiastically, she wasn't bored of him…yet.
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"What do you say we have a little fun with the girls?" Sirius asked a mischievous glint in his piercing blue eyes. James nodded and the two boys left their resting place and walked over to Lynette and Tara. The two girls heard them approaching and glanced up.
"Can we help you?" Tara asked, obviously thoroughly annoyed from being interrupted during some juicy gossip.
"No…We were just bored." Sirius said innocently
"And you came over here to bother us? Go bother Lily." And with that Tara turned back around to face Lynette.
"Yeah, let's go bother Lily!" James said earnestly.
Oh great here they come. Lily thought as she heard James's eager voice. Wait…that means Sirius too.
"Hey Lily…" Came the most annoying voice she had ever heard in her life. She looked up towards the direction of the voice. There was James looking at her with a huge grin on his face. And there was Sirius staring down at her with his icy blue eyes. Lily's stomach did flip-flops as she glanced up at his amused expression. God he is so fine! She thought as she watched his lips slide into a smirk…the one that made the girls faint.
"Hi James." Lily answered sweetly, sarcasm evident, but James chose to ignore it.
"What have you been up to?"
"Well saying as I do have a book in my hands, you might rightly say that I have been reading." She answered her voice coated in sugar. Sirius snickered. James turned around and glared at his best friend.
"What he really wants to know Lily, is if you will join him tonight in a various broom closet for a good snog." Sirius told her laughing.
"You know what? I don't have time to hear this crap." Lily was irritated that the shallowest boy she could ever imagine was bothering her.
"You actually have all the time in the world to listen to us…you have about another three hours and thirty minutes." James told her matter-of-factly. "You should very pleased Evans, three more hours with yours truly, you are quite the lucky lady. Just think of all the other chicks in the school that would be dying to be in your place right now!"
Sirius glanced over at James, there he goes again boasting about himself. No wonder Lily didn't like him. James was so full of himself that it made Sirius sick. He couldn't believe there were so many girls dying to go out with James. Sometimes Sirius couldn't even stand to be around Prongs when he acted this way. He was so self absorbed. Sometimes he felt bad for Lily, being the only girl that James just wouldn't leave alone.
Lily rolled her eyes and said to James, her voice full of malice, "I cannot believe what an arrogant, bigheaded, egotistical git you are! I don't even know how Sirius or for that matter anyone living within 10 miles of you can stand your greater-then-God attitude! You are so self-absorbed I don't even know how your mother could have lived with such an condescending child. Every conversation has to be about you, every comment made has to be about you, every second of everyone's day and every drop of their attention HAS TO BE ABOUT YOU!!!" Lily was shouting everything she had ever thought of James, every single drop of loathing and disgust poured out of her mouth. Every single person in the room turned their heads to watch Lily blow up at James. "I bet you don't even like me for me! I bet you don't even know the first thing about me! I bet you only give a crap about what I look like!" Lily's face was as red as her hair, her emerald eyes flashed dangerously daring James to say something.
"I…" James stuttered completely caught of guard by her little out burst.
"No! You know what? I don't want to even hear you try to apologize. I don't want to hear your explanation, I don't want to hear your voice, as a matter of fact, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SEE YOUR SMIRKING FACE!!" Lily finished. Taking a deep breath she regained her composure and then she said pleasantly, "Now if you don't mind, I would like to get back to reading the most boring book I have ever laid my eyes on. Goodbye." And with that she opened her book and began concentrating on the words.
She could feel James's hazel eyes rest on her for a few moments and then his retreating footsteps pounded in her ears. Was she a little too harsh? Nah. Not after the way he had annoyed and humiliated her for as long as she could remember. He would just have to live with the fact that he had gotten permanently turned down by a girl.
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"Like I said mate, she's a hussy with a mouth. You shouldn't have messed with her. She was a volcano about to explode. You knew that." Sirius told his still dumbfounded friend.
"Yeah…I know, but I can't believe she thinks that I only like her for her looks. Sure she's drop dead gorgeous but I know there is much more to that flower then her looks. She is incredibly smart, has a unusual sense of humor and she is the only person I know that would ever give Snape a complement, because she is that nice and that caring about other people. Heck, if she hadn't stood up for old Snivelly I don't know what we would have done to him. She is just remarkable…and I love her." James said the last part with a look of pure desire in his eyes. He truly meant that he loved her.
Sirius was amazed, he had never heard James talk about a girl so strongly…let alone say that he loved her. "Well," Sirius began uncertain of what to say, "You need to do something to get her to at least not gag when she sees you again."
"God, don't remind me. I really blew it this time didn't I?" James asked chuckling.
This was not good. What could he possibly do to win Lily over. James slumped against the wall running his hands through his untidy black hair, the move that made girls swoon…but not Lily. He had basically killed whatever chance there was left with her. The day started out bad and turned miserable, it couldn't possibly get any worse. It did.
A/N- Yes another chapter complete!! Well, the Truth or Dare game is coming up. Should be good. Believe me though, there is no way in this world James is going to give up, he'll keep trying no matter what. So I just had to put that in cause it is quite vital in upcoming chapters…so yeah! The romance is coming…I swear!! (Hmm…what about Maria and Remus…will they work out?) So please Review me!!! And thanks to all of my reviewers as well. Buh bye!!
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