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A/N: whoa! That was a lot for reviews, and only a day after I put it up! Thank you all so much, I almost had tears in my eyes! I luv getting reviews, and u guys made my day (which was fairly crap) into a good one! Just some personal messages to a few people:
Dracofan99: sorry if you thought it was a little pointless, but what I was trying to do was establish that they don't actually hate each other, coz it's a little unbelievable if they just suddenly start liking each other! Thanx for the review!
Ariel: actually, as of yet, James doesn't know that he likes her, you'll see that in this chapter. Thanx for the crit though, and for the lovely long review. Sorry if James seemed a little harsh in the beginning, in needed to enhance that he wasn't all that nice most of the time!
Miss Evans: thank you so much! That meant a lot to me, and thanx for being so nice! I'm glad you like it!
GrifindorGoddess28: that was a great idea! Pity I didn't think of it! Thanx anyway for a good, long review!
Raine an Frodo: I just wanted to thank you for really good reviews! They were lovely and long, and you said everything you liked and didn't like. I'm glad u like the fic, and thanx again. I promise I'll read your stuff!
Thanx again, everyone, and one thing I've noticed: everyone really likes what the Marauders did to the dorm- well, actually, so did I! But I figured Lily wouldn't so that's why I used that style! Also, this is set pre OoTP, so I have deliberately ignored everything we found out in that book. Well! I just wrote this chapter, and then decided it was crap......so, I hope you like it, because it's been a double effort! Please read and review, enjoy!
Chapter Seven
A New Perception
James found himself staring at Lily a lot more than usual on Monday. He stared at her the whole way through Charms, and he frowned at the back of her head for the duration of Transfiguration. In fact, he even found himself following her all the way to her Ancient Runes class only to remember that he had Divination instead. He just couldn't understand why he had cared when she had ignored him over the weekend. It was weird. He had always disliked her.....well, ok, so maybe that wasn't quite true. He had always felt.....irritated around her for no apparent reason. Now he felt that more than ever.
During lunch, he studied her face intently. As his eyes drifted over her vivacious green eyes, down to her slightly upturned nose to come to a rest on her lips, he realized that this was nothing different from what he always saw. Lily was pretty- he knew that. He had never denied that.....well, maybe he had to her face, but he knew that she was beautiful, he'd have to be blind not to know. He scowled. So what was it about Lily that made him feel like this? Why wasn't he ever comfortable in her presence? And what was it that made him act like such an ass when she was talking to another guy? He shook his head and scanned the rest of the hall instead.
"Why don't you just admit that you like her? If not to me, than to yourself at least?" a voice said from beside him. He spun around to see Grace sitting there, looking at him with a bored expression.
"Admit that I like who?" James said irritably. "What are you talking about?"
"Lily. It's fairly obvious." She said.
He narrowed his eyes. "It is not obvious. Because it's a complete lie. As if I'd like Lily Evans," he scoffed.
She rolled her eyes.
"Whatever," she muttered under her breath.
James scowled at her. He was about to retort angrily when the bell rang. He threw her another glare and then grabbed his bag and stormed away.
*** Like Lily Evans, he thought that evening as he lay on his bed. Who the hell would like Lily Evans? Why would I like Lily Evans? There is absolutely nothing about her that's desirable.
However, as he thought that last sentence, he immediately realized that it was a lie. There were heaps of things about Lily that were desirable. She was smart, pretty, nice, kind, interesting, easily angered, and also forgiving. He knew first hand about the last two. His point simply was that he would never like her. She wasn't his type. Why would he-
Just then, the door opened and Lily strode in. Her hair was just beginning to pull free of its ponytail, and her robes were draped over her arm. She threw him a quick smile as she walked past him.
"Hey," she said. "Aren't you coming down the common room? Sirius looks a little bored with out you."
He smiled back weakly, somehow incapable of speaking. She looked a little confused, but continued to her side of the room. He could here her moving things around and pulling on clothes.
She smiled again when she walked out, dressing in more comfortable garments for the evening.
He felt a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach.
What exactly was going on here?
"On no," James groaned, dropping his head onto his hand. "I'm falling for Lily Evans."
*** It was strange, Lily though, how nice James Potter could be when he wasn't being his usual arrogant self. It was almost as if he was.....friendly or something. But she knew that was impossible. James had always professed how annoying he found her to the whole bloody school.
She sighed, despondently. For some reason, being 'friends' with James was almost worse than being his enemy. How was she supposed to act? Did she smile at him in the corridor? Did he expect her to make conversation when they were both in the dorm now? Like just then, when she had gone to change. She had made some small remarks and he hadn't replied at all. He had been so...disgusted. As if she was below him, and she shouldn't have spoken. Yet he had smiled at her. And she, stupidly, had smiled back.
She dropped her head onto her hand and slapped herself mentally. You're and idiot, she told herself silently. A complete idiot.
"Uh, Lily?" came a voice. She glanced up to see James looking at her uncertainly.
"James?" she said. They stood staring at each other for about 30 seconds. He looked slightly panicked, and she was searching her mind for a way to break the silence when Sirius stepped in.
"Hello, you two," he said, grinning. "What's happening here? Lost in each others eyes?"
"No doubt," Sarah snickered as she walked past. Lily made a mental note to get her back.
"Uh, we were just, uh," James stammered. Sirius raised his eyebrows in alarm. James never stammered.
"Talking," Lily supplied.
Sirius snorted.
"Neither of you were making a noise," he pointed out.
Lily opened her mouth, but found she had no reply.
"Well......he started it," she said, turning to James accusingly.
"Hey," he said, holding up his hands. "I was just coming to...to-"
"To what?" Lily asked. She looked at him expectantly.
"To......" James searched desperately for an answer. He had actually been coming to ask her out, but now the attention of most of the common room was on them, and there was no way he was going to ask her out in front of everyone.
"Discuss Head student stuff," he said suddenly, in a flash of inspiration.
"Well then, you should have left me a note telling me to go to the Head common rooms," she said, rolling her eyes. "We have to write our monthly report anyway."
"Uh, yeah," James said, nodding dumbly. "That's.... just what I wanted to talk about....... I think....."
"Then lets go," she said impatiently, and she started towards the portrait hole, James following.
"Honestly," Sirius said, as the portrait swung close after them. "Those two are hopeless. They could just admit that they like each other already."
"Ah," Lisa said, as she walked by. "But where would be the fun in that?"
***
"Hey, wait," James said, jogging to catch up the extremely fast walking Lily.
"You just completely humiliated me," Lily seethed. "If you wanted to do Head work, why didn't you say that instead of just staring at me?"
"Well......you could have said something, too!" James said, avoiding the question. How could he tell her that he was actually lost in her eyes?
"Yeah well, I.......was waiting for you to say something," Lily lied, not looking at him. How could she tell him that she was actually lost in his eyes?
"Yeah well," he said. "I did, didn't I?"
"Only after we were publicly interrogated by your so-called best friend," Lily said.
"Look," James said suddenly. It was time he became a man. He had something to say to Lily, and he was going to say it, goddamn it! "I.....I...uh," he looked around desperately for some courage. "I actually wanted to....to ask you if you would, uh, you know,"
"No, I don't know," Lily said, half smiling.
"I wanted to-to ask you if you'd like to gooutwithmethisHogsmeadeweekend?" he said, eyes bright with what looked strangely similar to terror.
Weirdly enough, Lily managed to decipher what he had just said. She frowned, weighing his words.
"Yeah," she said, shocking herself with her answer. "Yeah, I would."
James stared at her in shock. She bit her lip and looked away. For some reason they both seemed to have lost control of their bodies. He had just asked her out and she had just said yes. It was too strange to be true.
"So, Saturday?" James managed to say. "In the common room?"
"Yeah," Lily said faintly. "I'll be there."
"Good," James said just as distantly. "By the way, there was no Head work I wanted to discuss."
"Oh," Lily said, nodding. She turned slowly and started walking away. "I'll see you later she muttered as she walked away.
"Yeah," James said. He waited until he was out of sight before jumping up and down and thanking god fervently. She had said yes! Lily Evans said Yes!
It was making to be the weirdest week he had ever had.
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Yes. She had just said yes to James Potter. What the hell was going on? In her mind, she had been about to say 'no' as usual, but he had looked at her in a strange way and said it so.... humanly, not his usual, arrogant way. Normally, he made it sound as if he was doing her a favour by asking her out. But this time was.....different. And this time, she said yes. And this time they were going out. They were going out! "Oh my god," lily said, leaning against the wall suddenly. "What am I going to wear?"
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A/N: like? No like? What did you think? As with the other chapter, if people don't like this, I might consider re writing it. Just let me know. And could I have another ten or so reviews? Please?
Thankyou all for reading this far! Lots of Luv, ~Jaizar.
A/N: whoa! That was a lot for reviews, and only a day after I put it up! Thank you all so much, I almost had tears in my eyes! I luv getting reviews, and u guys made my day (which was fairly crap) into a good one! Just some personal messages to a few people:
Dracofan99: sorry if you thought it was a little pointless, but what I was trying to do was establish that they don't actually hate each other, coz it's a little unbelievable if they just suddenly start liking each other! Thanx for the review!
Ariel: actually, as of yet, James doesn't know that he likes her, you'll see that in this chapter. Thanx for the crit though, and for the lovely long review. Sorry if James seemed a little harsh in the beginning, in needed to enhance that he wasn't all that nice most of the time!
Miss Evans: thank you so much! That meant a lot to me, and thanx for being so nice! I'm glad you like it!
GrifindorGoddess28: that was a great idea! Pity I didn't think of it! Thanx anyway for a good, long review!
Raine an Frodo: I just wanted to thank you for really good reviews! They were lovely and long, and you said everything you liked and didn't like. I'm glad u like the fic, and thanx again. I promise I'll read your stuff!
Thanx again, everyone, and one thing I've noticed: everyone really likes what the Marauders did to the dorm- well, actually, so did I! But I figured Lily wouldn't so that's why I used that style! Also, this is set pre OoTP, so I have deliberately ignored everything we found out in that book. Well! I just wrote this chapter, and then decided it was crap......so, I hope you like it, because it's been a double effort! Please read and review, enjoy!
Chapter Seven
A New Perception
James found himself staring at Lily a lot more than usual on Monday. He stared at her the whole way through Charms, and he frowned at the back of her head for the duration of Transfiguration. In fact, he even found himself following her all the way to her Ancient Runes class only to remember that he had Divination instead. He just couldn't understand why he had cared when she had ignored him over the weekend. It was weird. He had always disliked her.....well, ok, so maybe that wasn't quite true. He had always felt.....irritated around her for no apparent reason. Now he felt that more than ever.
During lunch, he studied her face intently. As his eyes drifted over her vivacious green eyes, down to her slightly upturned nose to come to a rest on her lips, he realized that this was nothing different from what he always saw. Lily was pretty- he knew that. He had never denied that.....well, maybe he had to her face, but he knew that she was beautiful, he'd have to be blind not to know. He scowled. So what was it about Lily that made him feel like this? Why wasn't he ever comfortable in her presence? And what was it that made him act like such an ass when she was talking to another guy? He shook his head and scanned the rest of the hall instead.
"Why don't you just admit that you like her? If not to me, than to yourself at least?" a voice said from beside him. He spun around to see Grace sitting there, looking at him with a bored expression.
"Admit that I like who?" James said irritably. "What are you talking about?"
"Lily. It's fairly obvious." She said.
He narrowed his eyes. "It is not obvious. Because it's a complete lie. As if I'd like Lily Evans," he scoffed.
She rolled her eyes.
"Whatever," she muttered under her breath.
James scowled at her. He was about to retort angrily when the bell rang. He threw her another glare and then grabbed his bag and stormed away.
*** Like Lily Evans, he thought that evening as he lay on his bed. Who the hell would like Lily Evans? Why would I like Lily Evans? There is absolutely nothing about her that's desirable.
However, as he thought that last sentence, he immediately realized that it was a lie. There were heaps of things about Lily that were desirable. She was smart, pretty, nice, kind, interesting, easily angered, and also forgiving. He knew first hand about the last two. His point simply was that he would never like her. She wasn't his type. Why would he-
Just then, the door opened and Lily strode in. Her hair was just beginning to pull free of its ponytail, and her robes were draped over her arm. She threw him a quick smile as she walked past him.
"Hey," she said. "Aren't you coming down the common room? Sirius looks a little bored with out you."
He smiled back weakly, somehow incapable of speaking. She looked a little confused, but continued to her side of the room. He could here her moving things around and pulling on clothes.
She smiled again when she walked out, dressing in more comfortable garments for the evening.
He felt a strange sensation in the pit of his stomach.
What exactly was going on here?
"On no," James groaned, dropping his head onto his hand. "I'm falling for Lily Evans."
*** It was strange, Lily though, how nice James Potter could be when he wasn't being his usual arrogant self. It was almost as if he was.....friendly or something. But she knew that was impossible. James had always professed how annoying he found her to the whole bloody school.
She sighed, despondently. For some reason, being 'friends' with James was almost worse than being his enemy. How was she supposed to act? Did she smile at him in the corridor? Did he expect her to make conversation when they were both in the dorm now? Like just then, when she had gone to change. She had made some small remarks and he hadn't replied at all. He had been so...disgusted. As if she was below him, and she shouldn't have spoken. Yet he had smiled at her. And she, stupidly, had smiled back.
She dropped her head onto her hand and slapped herself mentally. You're and idiot, she told herself silently. A complete idiot.
"Uh, Lily?" came a voice. She glanced up to see James looking at her uncertainly.
"James?" she said. They stood staring at each other for about 30 seconds. He looked slightly panicked, and she was searching her mind for a way to break the silence when Sirius stepped in.
"Hello, you two," he said, grinning. "What's happening here? Lost in each others eyes?"
"No doubt," Sarah snickered as she walked past. Lily made a mental note to get her back.
"Uh, we were just, uh," James stammered. Sirius raised his eyebrows in alarm. James never stammered.
"Talking," Lily supplied.
Sirius snorted.
"Neither of you were making a noise," he pointed out.
Lily opened her mouth, but found she had no reply.
"Well......he started it," she said, turning to James accusingly.
"Hey," he said, holding up his hands. "I was just coming to...to-"
"To what?" Lily asked. She looked at him expectantly.
"To......" James searched desperately for an answer. He had actually been coming to ask her out, but now the attention of most of the common room was on them, and there was no way he was going to ask her out in front of everyone.
"Discuss Head student stuff," he said suddenly, in a flash of inspiration.
"Well then, you should have left me a note telling me to go to the Head common rooms," she said, rolling her eyes. "We have to write our monthly report anyway."
"Uh, yeah," James said, nodding dumbly. "That's.... just what I wanted to talk about....... I think....."
"Then lets go," she said impatiently, and she started towards the portrait hole, James following.
"Honestly," Sirius said, as the portrait swung close after them. "Those two are hopeless. They could just admit that they like each other already."
"Ah," Lisa said, as she walked by. "But where would be the fun in that?"
***
"Hey, wait," James said, jogging to catch up the extremely fast walking Lily.
"You just completely humiliated me," Lily seethed. "If you wanted to do Head work, why didn't you say that instead of just staring at me?"
"Well......you could have said something, too!" James said, avoiding the question. How could he tell her that he was actually lost in her eyes?
"Yeah well, I.......was waiting for you to say something," Lily lied, not looking at him. How could she tell him that she was actually lost in his eyes?
"Yeah well," he said. "I did, didn't I?"
"Only after we were publicly interrogated by your so-called best friend," Lily said.
"Look," James said suddenly. It was time he became a man. He had something to say to Lily, and he was going to say it, goddamn it! "I.....I...uh," he looked around desperately for some courage. "I actually wanted to....to ask you if you would, uh, you know,"
"No, I don't know," Lily said, half smiling.
"I wanted to-to ask you if you'd like to gooutwithmethisHogsmeadeweekend?" he said, eyes bright with what looked strangely similar to terror.
Weirdly enough, Lily managed to decipher what he had just said. She frowned, weighing his words.
"Yeah," she said, shocking herself with her answer. "Yeah, I would."
James stared at her in shock. She bit her lip and looked away. For some reason they both seemed to have lost control of their bodies. He had just asked her out and she had just said yes. It was too strange to be true.
"So, Saturday?" James managed to say. "In the common room?"
"Yeah," Lily said faintly. "I'll be there."
"Good," James said just as distantly. "By the way, there was no Head work I wanted to discuss."
"Oh," Lily said, nodding. She turned slowly and started walking away. "I'll see you later she muttered as she walked away.
"Yeah," James said. He waited until he was out of sight before jumping up and down and thanking god fervently. She had said yes! Lily Evans said Yes!
It was making to be the weirdest week he had ever had.
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Yes. She had just said yes to James Potter. What the hell was going on? In her mind, she had been about to say 'no' as usual, but he had looked at her in a strange way and said it so.... humanly, not his usual, arrogant way. Normally, he made it sound as if he was doing her a favour by asking her out. But this time was.....different. And this time, she said yes. And this time they were going out. They were going out! "Oh my god," lily said, leaning against the wall suddenly. "What am I going to wear?"
****
A/N: like? No like? What did you think? As with the other chapter, if people don't like this, I might consider re writing it. Just let me know. And could I have another ten or so reviews? Please?
Thankyou all for reading this far! Lots of Luv, ~Jaizar.