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A/N: Ah! I haven't updated forever! So sorry! I just finished writing this…and it's sorta short…and it's sorta practical…I'm sorry if you don't find it interesting…but I need it to build on. Okay so cut the crap…and now on with the story!!!

Chapter Eight: Pursuing Lily

                        The gang was safely back at Hogwarts. The Muggle Studies project was over, and today the class was to give an oral report of what they had learned. The last people to go were Lily and James. They had successfully arranged a wedding, honeymoon, apartment, and everything that was to be in the apartment in $500. They were given an A.

                        It was true. Lily now had a crush on James. A little schoolgirl crush, but it was a crush all the same. She told no one. Not Bella, not Mia, not Molly. No one, except her diary. It was a magical diary…that was all Lily knew. She had no clue how to operate it's magical powers. But she wrote in it, and wrote, and wrote. Writing made Lily feel better. But nothing could ease her pain.

                        Although Lily told no one about her crush, people knew. Sirius knew. Remus knew. Peter knew. Lily knew that they knew. She didn't know how come they knew, but they knew. And if they knew, then James knew too. And it was embarrassing. It was very embarrassing. To see the boy you were crushed on purposely dating another girl, just to get you mad. James was dating Katie.

                         Look at her. She looks so sad. Yet so beautiful.

                        James was thinking about Lily.

**Flashback**

                        I was ten when I made a promise to myself never to really fall I love. I was ten when I stopped wishing for my dream princess to come. But I was eleven when she came. And I was eleven when I let love back into my heart.

**end of flashback**

                        James recovered from the flashback, and saw Lily was in the room, looking slightly abashed. And with her was Peter. They were laughing together. And holding hands. James' mouth dropped open, and Sirius was at his side in a flash.

                        "Hey Jamesie. I told Lily something." Sirius was giggling. (a/n: I love it when boys giggle!) "I told her that if she goes out with Peter, you'll be jealous, and you'll go crawling back to her."

                        "WHAT?"

                        Sirius giggled. "She's stupid! She fell for it! What a nut case!"

                        "Shut the bloody hell up."

                        "Oooh, someone's getting defensive of Lilykins in a hurry!"

                        James gave Sirius a look that could freeze hell over. "I said shut it."

                        "Sheezes! Okay!" And Sirius left, dragging a cursing Peter along with him. Lily soon left for the Great Hall. It was lunchtime. And little did they know it, but this lunchtime would change two peoples lives. (a/n: LOL how CORNY!)

                        Amos Diggory, a nerdy Hufflepuff, came over to the Gryffindor table, looking tense. He walked over to Lily.

                        "Lily."

                        "Err…yes, Amos?"

                        "Are you busy this Saturday?"      

                        Is he asking me out? "No…" Lily looked anxiously at Amos. What was he implying?

                        "WillyougotoTheThreeBroomstickswithme…likeonadate?"

                        "Err…sorry?"

                        "Will you go with me to The Three Broomsticks?" Amos held his breath.

                        "You mean on a date?"

                        "Yes…"

                        Lily chanced a glance at Molly, who gave her a reassuring nod. Then she made the mistake of glimpsing at James. He was scowling, and made a rude face at her.

                        "Yes, Amos. I would love to go with you." Lily gave him a wobbly smile, but that was good enough for Amos, who started blubbering.

                        "Oh! Well…I shall await by the Gryffindor Portrait at 11…alright? Oh, I'm so glad, and im sure you will have lots of fun, but of course in the case you do get bored, I'm sure you're friends can join us…it can be a double date, or—"

                        "Can it, Diggory. Some of us have a life." James scowled again. His hand rumpled his hair. Mistake. Lily shot daggers at him, and left the table with Amos, who looked like he was a cat who just had a gallon of cream. (a/n: did u know that cream actually gives cats constipation?)  

                        James banged his head on the table. Repeatedly. Only to stop when Katie came over, sat on his lap, and demanded kisses. James had had enough.

                        "Get lost, Katie. No one likes you, least of all me. I am currently being deprived of the one I love, Lily Evans. Alright? Go shove something up that fat ass of yours. I'm outta here."

                        Katie gave James defiant stare, slapped him, kicked his crotch, and used her wand to make James bald. And she walked away. James, frantic, ran out of the Hall, and saw Lily lying on the floor, blood all over her robes, with Amos by her side.

                        "LILY! Diggory, what did you do to her?"

                        "I did nothing of the sort! It was that Snape creature that prowls around! He put a hex on her! I am reviving her, and am having no luck! Oh, woe me! Dear woe me!"          

                        "Cut the crap, Diggory. Let's get her to Madam Pomfrey (sp?)."

                        So James stayed there all day, and all night, waiting for Lily to awake. When it was midnight, and he was getting sleepy, he walked over to Lily.

                        "Lily…I love you…why did Amos get you first?"

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