Summary: Lily hates James. James loves Lily. What will happen to make her change her feelings toward him?

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nada. Rien. Niente. Well, except for Samantha, Alex, Julia, and Helen. Heehee.

Chapter 17: The Brilliant Idea

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Lily ran into her dormitory and slammed the door. "What the hell is wrong with that boy?!" she asked herself.

"Lils, what's up?" Alex asked with a concerned look on her face.

"JAMES POTTER!" she screamed. "I was on my way to the library to make up that homework assignment I missed. I saw him on the way down. He stopped me in the hall to ask me out. I thought it was great, but then he started messing up his stupid hair. I mean, I though he had changed!" she explained. She was crying now. Before Alex could say anything, Lily started yelling again.

"Then he started telling me that every bloody girl in the school would just LOVE to go out with him, and that I was lucky and I should just say yes!" Lily screamed between her sobs. "I HATE HIM! HE THINKS HE'S SO GREAT! I HATE HIM!"

"Aw, Lily," Alex said patting Lily on the back. "He's just a dumb, cocky guy... just ignore him!" She let Lily cry a little bit more.

"Now I'm gonna miss Professor McGonagall! I was supposed to meet her at the library! And I'm gonna fail the assignment, all because of that prat!" Lily explained.

So Alex helped Lily with the Muggle Studies assignment and went down to Professor McGonagall's office to hand it in with Lily.

"Sorry, professor," Lily said as she handed the assignment to McGonagall.

"And why, may I ask, were you not in the library?" McGonagall asked.

"Err, something came up," Lily explained. Professor McGonagall nodded and the two girls left the room.

"Thanks Alex," Lily said hugging her friend.

"Anytime," Alex said as they broke apart.

-----AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER! -----

-----JUST KIDDING! -----

-----WOW, THAT WAS RANDOM... BACK TO THE STORY! -----

The next day was hell for James. Julia had heard what happened, and now all three girls were ignoring him. They were also ignoring Sirius and Remus, figuring since they heard that Lily liked James, they were the ones who told him.

"Alex! I didn't tell him!" Remus whined. Alex glared at him and walked away.

"YOU STILL HAVE ME, SUGAR!" Helen called to him.

"Helen! You don't seem to understand! I'm DATING Alex!"

"YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME!" Helen yelled. Before she could hug him, he ran away. Helen frowned at this, and walked to the library. She sat down at a random table.

"Hello!" a girl said. Helen looked around wildly, not seeing anyone.

"Over here," the girl sighed and Helen turned to her left, seeing a girl sitting next to her. (A/N: haha I'm sure I've done that before lol)

"HI!" Helen said to her. The girl didn't seem to mind her voice.

"What's wrong?" the girl asked. She had wavy black hair and dull, boring green eyes.

"MY SUGAR DOESN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE! BOTH OF THEM DON'T!" Helen sighed heavily.

"Who are they?" the girl asked Helen.

"SIRIUS BLACK AND REMUS LUPIN," Helen said dully. "WE WENT OUT IN THE 3rd YEAR. THEIR GIRLFRIENDS BROKE UP WITH THEM AND THEY CAME RUNNING TO ME."

The girl turned back to her book. "Just give them a love potion," she suggested. Helen's face lit up.

"YEAH... YEAH, THAT COULD WORK! THANKS WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS!" she yelled.

"Jillian Kramer. And you are..."

"HELEN DOUGLASS!" Helen yelled and she rushed to her dormitory. She didn't need a book on the potion... she knew how to make it by heart. She had used it so much in California, she was practically a pro.

"NOW... THEY'RE IN HERE SOMEWHERE..." Helen said as she dug through her bag. "AH HA!" she yelled. She pulled out a white plastic bag. She dumped the contents on the bed and sighed. "THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!"

----- Okie dokie! I hope you liked this! It was short, sorry, I have to think about what I'm gonna write for the next chapter which will be longer. Well, at least I hope it will be. I also hope there weren't many grammatical mistakes. I have a habit of making them. Ok so REVIEW please! =] Thank you!