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A/N: I know I said I'd put it up earlier, but I've been too lazy. I bet you guys have been through that, so you have no reason to be mad at me . . . right? Well, newayz, I'd like to thank everyone that has reviewed this story.

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Chapter 4: He's In Love

"Oh my freakin' god! Bella, Nikki, Christi get up! It's really late!" bellowed Lily, who was in hysterics. They only had half an hour to get ready before class started and the always-responsible Lily was there to wake them up.

"We already missed breakfast and it takes you guys an extra hour to get ready! Hurry up or we'll be late!" Lily scolded while trying to find her missing sock under Nikki's bed.

"I don't want to be tardy on the first day of school!" Lily rambled to herself while her friends we're getting dressed.

"Come on! Do you know how pissed McGonagall is gonna be when we come in late?" Lily inquired, running down the hall to the Transfiguration classroom.

They barely got through the door when the bell rang. The four girls had to sigh in relief; at least they weren't late.

"Young ladies, you're lucky you even made it through that door! Now take a seat. Almost being late on the first day of classes, it's like you couldn't even find your way to this class! I would have expected more from you girls. Oh, is this is a new student? I don't remember any from the feast last night," exclaimed Professor McGonagall eyeing Lily.

'She doesn't recognize me?' thought Lily, 'Damn, do I look that different?'

"Um . . . professor? That's Lily Evans . . . you know, the prefect?" Christi stated a little timidly.

"Oh, is that so? You look different. But, don't try to change the subject! You were almost late. And Miss Evans, I would have expected more from you! Now, please take your seats, if you can find out where it is, or maybe you need a map?" she asked incredulously, while the other students tried to stifle their laughter. Lily shot them a cold glare clearly stating 'shut up or I'll hex you into the next millennium'. Simultaneously they all stopped giggling and looked down.

The four walked quickly to the back of the room.

"Phew! That was close. I thought we'd have gotten detention for sure!" exclaimed Nikki. "Yeah, but did you see everyone laughing at me? I swear if they do it again I'm going to hurt someone!" Lily whispered venomously.

"Lily, calm down. Just don't listen to them," said Nikki trying to calm her down.

"Yeah, Lily, don't forget to be cool, calm, and collected. But, that was kinda funny, though," Bella giggled a bit.

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The next couple of weeks were the same routine.

Lily did the same thing over and over again: wake up early; put on clothes; go to the Great Hall for breakfast; watch Slytherin being pissed off because the Marauders would be doing a really sick, perverted, funny prank (especially Snape) on them; go to boring classes; being ridiculed by other girls by how ugly she looks; go to Gryffindor tower; finish all homework within an hours time; watch James snogging Daphne on the couch; try to burn eyes out when she saw them snogging; and then going to bed for the same routine the next day. But for some reason she didn't notice someone staring at her in classes: James Potter.

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In Potions:

'Jesus, Potter, get your head out of Cloud 9 and keep it together. You almost blew up the dungeon!' James voiced to himself.

'Well, if you weren't staring at Lily, then maybe you wouldn't have put in the wrong ingredients.' James had no idea whey he kept on staring at her. It seems like wherever he looked Lily was always there.

'Come on James you know you like her. Look at the way she walks, look at the way she looks. You think she looks ugly on the outside, but you also know of the good inside of her, admit it Jamesie. You love Lily.' James' conscious said.

'It's just hormones kicking in. This feeling will soon pass after a while.' James denied.

'Oh, come on. Surely, you don't think it's just hormones. I don't think it'll pass for a very, very long time.' James' conscience cackled mercilessly.

James didn't like his conscious right then. He didn't know why it was saying that he liked Lily, because he didn't. 'Or at least I think I don't.' James thought for a second. 'Just follow your heart James and right now your heart says that you're in love with her.' His stupid conscious said again.

'Shut up!!!!' James screamed in his head. 'I'm not listening to my conscious for advice about Lily anymore. I don't like her and she doesn't like me!'

Doesn't seem that way to me Jamesie boy.

James was glad that the bell rang at the end of the day. He didn't know if he can take it anymore.

"Hey Prongs. You okay, man?" Sirius asked, "You zoned out when I was talking to you."

"Yeah, Padfoot. I was just having a conflict with myself, that's all. It's nothing major," whispered James, still thinking of what his conscience told him.

Just then Lily passed by, not even bothering to say 'hi'. When she walked by James, his heart pounded really hard, adrenaline rushed through his veins. He just stared at her, thinking things that he really shouldn't be thinking of, especially things of her. 'Oh Merlin! Why do I feel like this? I never felt like this about any other girl before . . . and I snogged quite a few. Oh, her perfume smells so good. Look at how her hair cascades around her porcelain face; she looks like an angel.' He pondered while he stared at her amber, red hair.

Sirius, who saw that James was staring at Lily, asked in an amused voice, "Why Prongs, are you staring at THE Miss Lily Marie Evens? Miss 'one of the hardest girls to shag in the school' Evans? Ooooohhh . . . so, she's the one you were staring at in Potions while nearly blowing everyone to smithereens."

James was so utterly bewildered at how beautiful Lily looked he didn't even bother to start choking Sirius.

Right then and there, he didn't care about how Lily looked. Even with the stained uniforms, huge glasses, and rumpled hair, she still looked like the Lily Evans he's been messing with for six years . . . the Lily Marie Evans he was in love with.

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A/N: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! This was probably one of my worst chapters. Please, tell me what you think I should change about it. Do you think James fell in love with Lily a little too instantly? Please tell me in a review . . . I luv y'all. Thanx

I want to thank the following (my new beta . . . I feel happy . . . lol . . . must be the sugar): Thanks for reviewing my chappie . . . I also want to thank you for being my beta, my first and only beta, woohoo!!! LOL . . . it definitely is the sugar.

Tanya J Potter: They're in the 6th year. And I know some things in here are different, but I still hope viewers like you still enjoy it.

little-angel123452000: Yeah, I decided to add his name, you know. He is so freakin' hot!!! And I love the movie 'A Walk to Remember'. It was sooooooo sad.