A/N- I've finally brought this out from the dark and have done some needed editing… This is a pre-OotP, so please don't review telling me that it's all wrong. Read, hope you enjoy, and if you do (or maybe if you don't- flames though not welcome can't exactly be stopped) please review!
Lily sat scribbling on a piece of parchment in record speed. Even in a moment of desperate homework-finishing, her posture was ramrod-straight and at first glance looked as if she belonged in a tea party setting despite what she was wearing. She wore a pink tank-top and lily-patterned, loose pajama bottoms (despite her fashion-conscious friends who told her that pink did not go well with her hair). She had flaming red (or 'auburn' as she preferred to call it) hair and green eyes that reflected her feelings. At the moment, they radiated determination. Her red hair cascaded down to her waist in waves, and she had a creamy, flawless complexion. In short, she was beautiful, and that did not escape the notice of the boys in Hogwarts. It did escape the notice of Lily though. She was always rather confused when a boy stopped her in the hall to ask her to go to Hogsmeade. Not that she ever accepted - she had duties to fulfill as Head Girl. Especially since the Head Boy didn't help.
When Lily was on the last stretch, her hand flying (her handwriting still impossibly neat) when she was interrupted.
Four boys climbed out of the Portrait Hole. Or rather, three boys climbed into the portrait hole and one stumbled out of the Portrait Hole and fell flat on his face. These were the Marauders. The biggest pranksters and the most popular boys in school.
There was Peter Pettigrew. He was a small clumsy boy who never remembered anything and reminded one of a rat. Lily always wondered why the Marauders even let him hang around them. He seemed to hang on to every word they said and worshipped them. Lily thought it was rather pathetic. But Lily was wont to look down on a Marauder any day. Well, with the exception of Remus.
Remus Lupin. Out of the Marauders he was the most studious and rational. He actually got along with Lily and actually formed a study group with her and Ayrah, one of Lily's friends. He was the mind behind the Marauder's pranks and was more serious than either James or Sirius. Girls found him mysteriously attractive and endearing and deemed him as 'perfect boyfriend material.' However, Remus already had his eye on someone and did his best to ignore the girls desperately flirting with him. He wasn't anything like Sirius, who loved attention.
Sirius. The pun 'serious Sirius' never failed to amuse him since he was the least serious of all the Marauders. Lily described him as 'too relaxed for his own good' and indeed that was true. He bordered on insanity sometimes. Most of the time. Sirius and James were the biggest players in the entire school. With dark hair and ('irresistible' as other girls would sigh dreamily) blue eyes, most girls would just die to be noticed by him. He had a vibrant dynamic around him that drew people in, and his love of mischief could only compete with James's.
James Potter. Head Boy (to the discomfort of Lily). Leader of the Marauders. Egotistical prat (Lily's name for him). Captain of the Quidditch Team (a chaser). Girls fawned over him, and as a result that gave him quite a big head. He had dark hair that could not be tamed and was always messy. Though this annoyed Lily, other girls loved the windblown look. He wore wire-rimmed glasses and had chocolate brown eyes that seemed to have indefinite depths.
The four Marauders walked into the Common Room laughing over some prank that they had just set up. Lily rolled her eyes and continued working on her Arithmancy homework. Sirius spotted her.
"Lily Willy!" He exclaimed hugging her around her neck. "Why are you up so late?" he asked her.
Lily was unfazed by his little display. She pushed him back so he was an arms-length away and continued writing with her free hand, not looking up from her work. "First of all, Black, do not call me 'Lily Willy.' Second of all, do not touch me. And third of all, I am doing my Arithmancy homework which you will no doubt be copying minutes before class from a classmate," Lily replied, her voice dripping with disdain and disapproval.
"Yep, that's right!" Sirius said happily, obviously not noticing the disapproving tone she used. While most girls melted around this point at his childlike behavior, Lily just ignored him and finished her homework with a triumphant smile and a flourish.
"Yes, and now I will be going," Lily said, gracefully getting up and closing her books. She whisked away her homework and started up the steps to the girl dormitories.
"Awww… come on Lily," Sirius pouted.
"Yes, does our presence offend Princess Lily so much?" James asked sarcastically, speaking for the first time.
Lily turned around, fixing James with a cold stare. "No, Potter, your presence is not fit even to offend anyone," she said and with that, she turned around, leaving James open-mouthed in disbelief.
"She just… she just…" he said to Remus who was looking very bored with the whole thing.
"Yes, James, she just called your presence unfit for anything. We all know she hates you, let's go up," Remus said sighing.
"Oh come on James. Deep inside, you like her. You two are just DYING to show each other your true emotions," Sirius said melodramatically, earning himself a punch from James.
"Hey!" Sirius protested. "Well, you have to admit that she is pretty," he said.
"Pretty? Evans? Sorry Sirius, that's not exactly the word I'd use to describe Evans," James said.
"Ah, well, that's what you say. But is that what you mean?" Sirius asked, earning himself another punch from James.
Remus dragged the two behind him up to their room. "Come on, Peter's already waiting for us to discuss the pranks!"
"JAMES POTTER LIKES LILY EVANS!" Sirius shouted before Remus succeeded in dragging them all the way up the staircase to their room. James clapped a hand over Sirius's mouth.
"Quiet, Sirius! People might hear!" He hissed into Sirius's ear. Sirius had already begun to giggle insanely.
"But that's what you really want, right?" he asked James, who sighed in irritation.
That's funny, Lily thought in her room. I could have sworn that I heard a shout. Ah well, probably just my imagination. I really shouldn't stay up this late, she thought as she turned off the light and drifted into sleep.
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