(A/N: Yes, I know, another James/Lily story. I'm not all that original. I'm sorry!!!!! starts to cry but anyway. I will leave another note when I'm finished this chapter.
"James Potter, you are the most arrogant, small-minded, pigheaded –"
"Gorgeous?" James Potter said cockily to Lily Evans, who, if you'll excuse my frankness, looked pretty pissed.
I suppose I should start at the beginning of this fight. Sigh, all right. Well, Lily was sitting with her friends, Maria and Alex underneath their preferred tree on one side of the lake. Lily soon noticed a disturbance on the other side of the lake, with none other than her arch enemy, James Potter.
((Lily's POV))
This is too much, she thought. I have to do something! God, he's such a jerk!
She strode over to the other side of the lake, ignoring her friends calls to leave it be and forget him.
"Leave him ALONE!"
Potter and Black spun round and Potter's hand flew straight to his hair.
"Alright Evans?" he asked.
"Leave him alone." I repeated. "What's he done to you?"
"Well," Sirius Black said mock-thoughtfully, "it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean..."
A small crowd had gathered. Many of them laughed loudly, including that Peter person.
"You think you're funny," I started, my voice as cold as ice. "But you're just an arrogant, bullying toe rag, Potter. Leave him alone."
"I will if you go out with me Evans," Potter said quickly, "go on... go out with me and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivellus again."
Behind him, Snape, his victim, had got up and began to inch towards his wand.
"I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid." I replied disparagingly.
"Bad luck Prongs." Sirius said briskly, not missing a beat. "OI!"
It was too late. Snape had reached his wand and a long gash appeared on Potter's face, splattering blood on his clothes.
Potter whirled around and a second later, Snape was suspended in mid-air, his robes hanging over his head. His skinny pallid legs and greying underpants were revealed to the crowd.
"Let him down!" I said, my fists clenching at my sides.
"Certainly," Potter replied. He jerked his wand upward, causing Snape to plummet to the ground.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Sirius barked.
Snape's arms snapped to his sides and he keeled over.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I had my own wand out now, pointed at Potter's chest.
"Ahh, don't make me hex you Evans..." Potter began.
"Take it off him then." I replied menacingly.
Potter obeyed and took the spell off Snape. "You should be thanking Evans."
"I don't need help off some filthy Mudblood like her!" He replied scathingly.
I blinked. "Fine, I won't bother next time. Maybe you should wash your pants, Snivellus."
"APOLOGISE TO EVANS!" Potter bellowed.
I swung round. "I don't need you to make him apologize! You're as bad as he is!" I stormed.
((James' POV))
"Oh, come on Evans, you know I would never call you a – a – a you-know-what!" I called after her, but it was no use, she simply held up one hand and flipped me off, joined her friends and stormed up to the castle.
"Has a fiery little temper, doesn't she?" said Sirius, amused at my lame attempts to get her to come back.
I glared at Sirius and said "Shut up, you useless – "
But I was cut off as I whipped around and ducked, pulling Sirius after me, for Snape had fired a hex at our unsuspected backs. "Why, you sonuva – "
"Sirius, shut up. Let's just go." I said quietly and pulled him after me. There was no use fighting without Lily to impress. Not that he was trying to impress anybody...Snape is just annoying, that's all.
Once they reached the Gryffindor common room, James immediately spotted Lily but Sirius was the one who decided to sit by her. They chose armchairs beside Lily and her friend Alex, and both girls gave them distasteful looks. Lily looked back at the piece of parchment she was writing on and said without looking up again, "Can we help you?"
Ouch, thought James. Icy. I suppose we deserved it, though.
"Why yes, Miss Thang, as a matter of fact, you can." Said Sirius, just as sarcastic. "We came over to apologize. And we –" James gave him a look that said, don't-speak-for-me-you-sarcastic-jackass. "That is, I," Sirius said, with an exasperated look at James, "Don't want to be enemies anymore. I won't speak for James, but I hope you and I, Lily, can be friends."
Lily smiled and said, "That's funny, people usually don't leave dungbombs in people's beds that they want to be friends with."
Sirius chuckled and said, "And no more pranks on my part."
Lily laughed as well and said, as if in defeat, "Well, okay, only because it's never really you that does anything to me," she said, with a significant look to James. "Shake on it?" she said, producing a friendly hand.
Sirius took her hand and shook it firmly. "Now, James, is there anything YOU would like to say to Miss Attitude over here?" Sirius said affectionately.
"Not especially," James said, but on the inside he was bursting with replies.
Well, actually, yes, I would. Lily Evans you are a straight-up BIOTCH.
Yes, PLEASE, Lily, Don't be mad at me anymore!!! I'm head-over-heels in love with you but too cocky to every admit it and ruin my reputation, even to myself.
No, actually. I don't want to be friends with her as it will break my already broken heart even further.
((Lily's POV))
As Lily shook Sirius's warm, friendly hand, she suddenly giggled and just gave him a hug. "Thanks," she said. "I'm done being angry, and I'm glad at least SOME people know how to apologize."
She glared at James expectantly, waiting for the expected sharp, indignant answer, followed by some egotistical remark. However, all he saw in his eyes was hurt, deep hurt, as if his very heart was breaking. Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone, and he had the same cocky, blank look on his face as always.
A/N: Well, there's chapter 1! I hope you like it! Please R&R and tell me if you like it or not! Give me pointers! Shoot me down! I don't care! Just review!
Lots of Love,
Gwyn :)
