The Untouchable
Chapter Two: The Proposal
By: Ruth3
Disclaimer: Sometimes when you dream, it eventually comes true…other times it will always remain a dream – in this case, it is a dream, for I am not J.K. Rowling or will, in that case, ever be!
Summary: Lily Evans, now Fifth Year at Hogwarts, was made an Untouchable – someone who CANNOT date within their own house. What happens when James Potter (the Ladies' Man) wants her? *R&R* to find out!
Author's Note: Since this was so popular I just had to update as soon as possible! I am so thrilled that I got 11 reviews on the First Chapter, and a various amount of people said that this was a very original idea! So yay! Hehe! This is my second attempt to a Lily Evans – James Potter romance. This one will hopefully be really good, because I know it would be something that I would really want to read. Please enjoy it and any feed back – good or bad – is welcomed! Enjoy!
To My EXTROIDENARY Reviewers:
bombshell~My first reviewer! Thank you for saying it's brilliant, I'm glad you like it so far!
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Amy~Lily is the Untouchable, and James doesn't, yet, love her
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Thank You's: Thank you for everyone who read and reviewed! I really hope you enjoy the next chapter to this fic. As I have said before, this should be fairly original and I'd like to give some background knowledge about it. I came up with it one night while I was in New York during August, so I took out my journal that I was suppose to use for the trip, and wrote the introduction to it. So far, I have way more drama and such to take place, so please stay tuned, and enjoy reading!
On With the Story…
"Lily wake up!" Nagged a rushed Arabella Figg.
Lily grunted and rolled over in her sleep.
"Lily Evans you are going to be tardy to your classes if you don't get up now!" Snapped an impatient Paris Patil.
With the words of 'tardy to your classes' Lily shot up and stared around the dormitory wide-eyed. She jumped out of bed and put on her uniform and grabbed her bag filled with all of her supplies necessary for school.
"Well what are you two waiting for!" Lily snapped at both of her best friends that were snickering under their breath.
"Honestly!" With that, Lily walked out slamming the door down to the Common Room.
"Maybe we should of left her sleeping," teased Arabella. They both laughed and followed Lily out of the dormitory down to the Common Room where they found Lily with her wand raised.
"Next time – if there is a next time – watch what you say, Potter!" Lily spat at James Potter.
"Evans, Evans, Evans, no need to be hasty," James said calmly, flashing a flirtatious smile.
"I'm warning you Potter," Lily threatened.
"Lily what's going on?" Paris asked nervously.
"Potter, here, was kind enough to inform me how beautiful I look this morning," Lily said sarcastically.
"Oh honestly!" Arabella said throwing her arms up in the air. "Come on Lily, lets just go eat some breakfast."
Paris walked up to Lily and started to tug her towards the doors to leave the Common Room. Lily followed, stubbornly, but started to calm down as they entered the Great Hall and almost everyone glanced at Lily with a smile of appreciation. Lily smiled, and nodded back to some, as she joined Paris and Arabella at the Gryffindor table. All three girls piled their plates with food in silence.
"Why does James Potter always make an effort to bother you Lily?" Paris asked interestedly.
Lily scowled at his name, but answered nonetheless, "He got mad because for the umpteenth time I said "No" when he asked me to be his girlfriend!"
When Lily said this both Arabella and Paris looked the other way, remembering what they did to Lily Evans when they didn't know what a wonderful person she really is.
"I'm so sorry about that Lils!" Paris sincerely said.
"Yeah, Lily, if we could – we'd take it all back, it's just that – " Arabella tried.
"'It's a magical contract that you can't break,' Lily finished for her. "Yes, I know you would take it back, but it's over and done with.
"Besides, it's not like I'd want to date anyone from Gryffindor anyways," Lily said in a voice she hoped was very convincing.
"Oh Lils!" Arabella cried knowing that her best friend wouldn't mind dating someone from Gryffindor, "They're plenty of wonderful guys in the other Houses."
"I know," Lily grinned mischeviously.
"So anyways," Paris interrupted, "You'd think the Marauders would figure out why you won't date any of them!"
"They're too much of airheads," Lily said dryly, "And besides, they don't want a girlfriend, then want a girl that will be their friend with privileges."
All three girls laughed uncontrollably at this. They continued to chat, ignoring the envious glances from the Marauders. For some reason, since Lily couldn't date any boys from Gryffindor neither would Arabella and Paris. Maybe they thought it would make up for what they did to her on her first day at Hogwarts, either way the three of them were evidentially the hard-to-get girls, and every guy at Hogwarts at one point of time, wanted them – whether as a girlfriend or just for a snog. Since the Marauders, especially James and Sirius, have to date every girl at Hogwarts they were very affected by the fact that none of the trio would date them.
"Why won't she just go out with me?" James groaned, "She hasn't even given me a reason why she won't!"
"Then ask her," Remus Lupin simply suggested.
"Yes," James pondered, "But how? She won't even spend one minute to even talk to me!"
"I'm sure you'll come up with something, Prongs," Sirius said encouragingly.
"Yeah…" James trailed off. He kept on watching Lily, trying to think of the perfect way to get her to talk to him – alone. He then saw Arabella, Lily, and Paris stand up and start walking out of the Great Hall.
'Might as well follow," James thought to himself. So he, as well, got up and told the rest of the Marauders he would meet them down at the dungeons for Potions, and followed the trio out of the Great Hall. Luckily, they were heading for Potions which was down in the dungeons, and to get there you had to walk a fair amount and turn quite a bit.
So right when the trio turned the corner, James pulled out his wand and whispered, "Diffindo!" and Lily's bag split and her ink and parchment splattered everywhere. James heard her mutter to Arabella and Paris that she would just meet them there, the perfect chance for James to talk to her one-on-one. So he briskly walked up behind her.
"Fancy any help there, Evans?"
"No, I do not need your assistance, Potter," Lily replied acidly.
"Here let me help – " James reached down to pick up one of the quills that tumbled out of her bag, but Lily slapped his hand.
"I said I don't need any help, Potter, especially from you!" She spat at him.
"Evans?"
"What?" Lily snapped.
"Why are you so cold towards me?"
"Because – "
"I mean, I've asked you out about a dozen times and you always turn me down – without even giving me a reason!" James said his anger rising.
"You wouldn't understand," Lily muttered more to herself than to him.
"Oh really?"
"Yes, really," Lily said, now growing impatient.
"Try me," James tested.
Lily stopped to think for a moment. Could she tell him why? It never said anywhere in the contract that she couldn't tell anyone. But if she were to tell him, then he was sure to tell everyone else – and then the whole school would know. Lily trying to think fast said,
"Because I can't."
James snorted, "And why not? I've seen you date tons of guys!"
Lily bit her lip, she didn't know how to get out of this one, "B-because I don't fancy you!"
"Please!" James cried impatiently, "I'm one of the most popular guys at school, a Marauder, one of the top students in our year, and girls drool over me!"
"…And you are also an ego-loving jerk!" Lily yelled at him. Lily saw that hurt and anger that flashed in James' hazel eyes. Then all of sudden something seemed to dawn on him.
"Impossible!" He muttered, his eyes widening.
"Er – what's impossible?" Lily said worriedly.
"Hasn't been one in ages!" James said with full comprehension lighting his face.
"Hasn't what been one in decades?" Lily slapping her hand over her mouth once she let these words spill out.
James' jaw nearly touched the ground, "You're an Untouchable!" Lily gave him a half (or at least she hoped) confusing look, half impressed, but James continued, now pacing the corridor.
"Mum told me all about what an Untouchable is! Everyone envied her, she was two years younger than my mum, and she said that that girl would probably be the last in Gryffindor for a long time!" James smirked, "Obviously she was wrong."
Lily turned on her heel and started to walk down the dungeons. She couldn't handle it, He's figured it out – he's bound to tell everyone! Where's Bella and Paris?! Lily quickened her pace, ignoring James' yells that followed her.
"Evans! Wait!"
"You can't possibly be an Untouchable?!" James yelled after her. Lily almost now broke into a run, she had to find Arabella and Paris – tell them that James found out all by himself before they heard it from someone else and figured she told him. Lily briskly walked into the class and ignored the, "Ten points from Gryffindor for your tardiness, Miss Evans!" that Professor Tate shrieked. Lily slammed herself into the closest seat she could find that was by Arabella and Paris. They both turned to Lily and gave her a what-in-Merlin's-name-happened look, and Lily just replied by mouthing "Later."
Unfortunately for her, James Potter was heading towards the empty seat that was behind Lily, and all the way to the seat he was trying to get her attention. It didn't work though, because Lily was determinedly staring at the blackboard as if her life depended on it.
Professor Tate started the class, and they did their usual note-taking, because he preferred to lecture and have them write down what he says then to mix the potions and cause an explosion. When they're was five minutes to class left, Lily saw a piece of crumpled parchment slide to the other end of her desk. She took a glance towards Paris and Arabella out of the corner of her eyes to see if either of them were the ones who had passed it towards her. They both, however, were both staring at Professor Tate fixedly, Lily figured that they didn't want to make it obvious that they had passed a note during his lecture.
So Lily unfolded it and read –
Lily –
Since it is evident that you are an Untouchable and can not date anyone from Gryffindor house, which would include me, why don't we go out in secret?
No one would ever find out, I won't tell a soul, and I'm sure you won't either.
I'm sure you are probably wondering why you'd want to go out with me, well I know that you never like turning down a challenge and something that is practically and impossible – yet exhilarating at the same time.
So what do you say? Will you, Lily Evans, be my girlfriend?
Sincerely,
James Potter
Author's Note: ** ducks rotten fruit **I know, I know, you're throwing all the rotten fruit at me that you can find from your bare kitchens, because I left you with a tiny cliffy! Hehe.
Well, at least I got another chapter up and done! I will probably update this fic by Friday at the latest, because as some of you know, I have two other fics going. Please, read them if you haven't already. One is also a Lily/James romance-hate fic, the other is a Hermione/Harry love shipper. Both are quite enjoyable, though this is probably my favorite at the moment.
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Ruth