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Summary: Lily is in love with James, but James isn't too fond of her. He finds her annoying and obsessed. If he still thinks that way then why is he just noticing Lily has grown up since their first year, now, in their seventh. The question is, does she still feel the same way about him?

NOTE: I got really sick of a lovesick James and a hard Lily, melting with the site of James' brown eyes, so I decided to make a lovesick Lily and a hard James, who melts at the site of Lily's green eyes! Go me! R/R! PRE-BOOK 5!!!!

"May I?" asked a voice from behind Lily. It was later that week, and Lily was doing homework in the Head Boy and Head Girl common room.

Lily sighed and looked up into James' hazel eyes. "If you must."

James pulled out the chair across from her and sat down. "Look, Lily, I—"

Lily held up her hand, cutting him off. "I don't want to hear it, James. Let's cut to the chase, shall we? I'm dating Amos Diggory; I have been since last May. There. You got the information you wanted. Now, leave me alone."

James was shocked. "Wait, a minute. What makes you think I just came here to pry information out of you? I wanted to apologize! More so, Amos Diggory? Lily, you could do so much better!"

"Like you, James?"

The question was so innocent, so why did it affect James so much? Maybe he did want to be with her, but so what? His feelings were based upon solely looks alone, and James didn't want her if she was obsessed with him. As opposed to the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs (and the very rare Slytherin or two), James would never date an obsessive girl in Gryffindor. Too close of a proximity, or something. Remus explained it in an intelligent way.

James seemed to have gotten his sense back. "No, not like me, Lily. Just, what changed in you?"

She glanced up at him. "What do you mean?"

"Why are you instantly so confident, and not obsessed with me. Not that I care, but how did you manage to change so quickly?"

Lily put her quill down and looked up at him with her shining, green eyes. "I dunno," she said, quietly. "I just got sick of being the stereotypical, nerdy girl, who always had her nose in a book, but was desperately in love with the most popular boy in school. Amos had always been really sweet to me, and then the summer happened, and Arbella took advantage, taking me shopping, having a good old time. The biggest thing, was getting over you, James. You're still a big piece of me, don't get me wrong. I still want you in my life, but I don't want to be with you any more, Jamsie."

James smiled, fondly, as she used the endearment that she created when they were twelve. That name, coming from her mouth, while making him cringe, made him feel good. Hearing it now, though, almost broke his heart in two.

He really liked this new Lily, he wanted her all to himself once again, but Amos made the move and got her first, fair and square.

"James? Are you okay?" Lily was chewing on her quill, again.

He nodded. "Yeah. Hey, do you need help with that Transfiguration?"

She smiled. "Yeah, that would be great."

He slid the chair next to her and began to help her through the essay that they had due Monday morning.

Every now and then, while she was writing, James would just sit there and study her. She was absolutely beautiful, and had the purest soul in the world. What possessed him to look past it?

I won't make the same mistake twice, James thought to himself. He didn't like Lily, not anymore than she currently liked him, but he felt himself starting to care about her.

Things would be changing. James just wish he knew how much in advance.

A/N: Wow, more than a year later. I got out 6/4/04 and I'm not a sophmore in high school. Just a comment: FRESHMAN YEAR BLEW! LoL! Rookie camp on monday YAY! Ickle freshies to screw with LoL! Anyhoo, I hope you liked this, I know where I'm going I swear. It may not be good right now, but it'll get there, give it a chance. Thanks! Also, Check out rinoaj and her story The Boy Who Loved Lily among the others she's written. FANTASTIC. R/R!