Chapter 2 ~Reeling in the Fish
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
~ Aldous Huxley
Lily was writing in her notebook when she felt someone over her shoulder. She looked up and was sickened, James Potter! She thought.
"What do you want Potter!?" she spat at him, closing her notebook so he couldn't look anymore.
"Well, I overheard you talking in the hall," James said slowly, so as to lead her on.
"Yea, and what do you want?" Lily asked nervously.
"Well, we both have the same problem; you like Diggory and I like Arabella," James stated cautiously.
Oh Great, Lily thought, Just what I need, Potter knowing who I like. "And…." Lily was quite confused on why he wanted to talk to her about this.
"Neither of them have noticed us and we're both desperate," James said.
"Ok, you have no clue! He has too noticed me! That slut may not have noticed you, but Amos sure as hell has me!" Lily lied, loosing her temper.
"Don't lie to me Evans. We both know that he hasn't noticed you one iota. Now on to more important business, I wouldn't talk to you for no reason, now would I?" James started. "You and I would do anything to get what we want, am I correct Miss Evans?" James asked with a certain formality.
"Why do you care? We've been enemies for ages," Lily stated.
"I care, because I have a way to get what we want," James replied slyly, trying to reel in the fish.
"And what would that be, 'Mr. High and Almighty'?" she asked cockily.
"Well, 'Miss Lower than Me', people notice other people because of jealously. Well if we make Diggory and Arabella jealous, they'll come to us on bended knee!" James exclaimed, avoiding the point purposely.
"Get to the point Potter; I don't have all day ya know!" Lily said getting irritated.
"Well, to make them jealous, we could pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend and get them to co-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up, I would never do that no matter how desperate I am!" Lily said, horror-struck at the thought of being James' little toy.
"Your loss, but I guess if you don't want Diggory to notice you… I mean if you used anyone else, they'd think you actually liked them, and then when you break up with them they'd be broken-hearted. Leaving you feeling guilty. But… if you did it with me, you wouldn't have to feel guilty because I have the same motive," James said cunningly, the fish a little bit closer than before.
"I like your logic, Potter. But… there are other ways that I can get what I want. I'll keep your offer in mind, only as a last resort," Lily said and James felt the fishing line snap.
"Once again Evans, your loss. I have a feeling we'll meet again to discuss this topic. Because I know that you'll fail in your other attempts," James said in a sage, cocky way.
"We'll see Potter, we'll see," and with that, both of the students turned their attention to the teachers lecture, not speaking to each other once again.
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During the next few weeks, James waited for Lily to come back to him, accepting his offer. Lily, on the other hand, was trying to forget his offer completely. She was trying to find out other ways to get Amos to notice her. First she got a makeover at the next Hogsmead trip. That didn't really work. She had black mascara on very thickly, bright red lipstick, curled hair with strawberry blonde highlights, and dark, dark blue eye shadow. She got her eyebrows plucked and got a tan. She'd gotten her nails a French manicure. Amos still failed to spare her a passing glance.
She then tried the sluttish approach. She buttoned her shirt, which was two sizes too small, down until her bra almost showed, with about two inches of cleavage. She then hiked her skirt, which was also too small, up until it was about halfway up her slender thigh. Her shirt clung to her breasts rightly. Her skirt clung to her thin ass ever so slightly. Even that didn't work. Amos completely ignored her, although many other men did, including James.
Damn she's hot…………WHAT!? Wait a minute; did I think that about Evans? James asked himself.
Yes you did! How could you go against your inner feelings of hatred and say that about HER! Said an evil little voice inside his head. If you haven't noticed, Diggory hasn't noticed her at all, meaning that you will get your plan under way.
Yeah, and I can't wait to make all jealous! With that ass and those juggers, damn! James thought again about her looks.
You're to be using her to get to Arabella you dimwit! Isn't Arabella MUCH better than EVANS?!
Yeah, I guess, James gave in.
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Finally Lily realized that maybe she was wrong and James' idea was the only way to get his attention. She hated to admit it, but he may have been right. God damn it! Why the hell does he always have to be correct! I hate it, but I may just have to accept his offer! Lily thought glumly. Well let go find heavenly god damned Potter and tell him we better get to work! Then Lily thought, how do I know that he won't let me have my own way? Maybe I should bring someone along. I've got it! With that, Lily reluctantly headed to tell Potter that he ain't gonna be single soon.
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"So, let me get this strait, even though he has noticed you," James began, rubbing it in Lily's pretty little face that she was wrong. "You're gonna go along with the plan?"
"You can never be too sure Potter!" Lily stated. "But, we can't do this by ourselves. I don't trust you enough to not have help."
"And who do you have in mind? If it's one of your little friends than I might as well walk to hell right now!" James said sarcastically.
"Well, I knew that you'd say something like that, so I thought we could both have one friend to help us. That way we have someone to take our side and make sure that we don't get into a brawl. I, of corse, pick Mollie. Who do you pick?"
"Well, if I tell Sirius the whole school will know by tomorrow, so it would have to be Remus," James said, still happy with the fact that he had lured the fish on the line and reeled it in completely.
"Then we should start tomorrow. We meet in the library, all four of us," Lily said in an ordering tone. "You tell Remus of our plan and I'll tell Mollie. Hopefully with their input we can do this without being offended. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bed." And with that Lily left, swaying her hips, making James stare for a while, until he noticed what he was doing. After she had gone, James got a smug smile across his face. Soon Ara, sweetheart, soon you'll be mine, James thought with satisfaction shown on his face. He had cast the line, felt the pull, lost it, and gotten it again, totally and completely gotten the little fish he needed to get the big fish.
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