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Chapter Four: A New Plan
James couldn't sleep that night. He had too much on his mind. He had no idea what Lily would say once she knew the truth. He prayed that she wouldn't hate him, but he knew that outcome was unlikely. She already hated him enough. It'd be twice as bad once she found out that he had changed his appearance to make her fall in love with him. In other words, he had pulled the ultimate prank on her. The only glitch in his plan was the fact that he too, fell in love. That was most unexpected.
It was 2 a.m., James was wide awake. So many things going through his head at the same time. Fear, love, anxiety, hope. Too many emotions. James never knew it was possible to feel so many things at once. This whole experience of falling in love was new to James. It was a good change for him, hopefully. It'd be good if Lily didn't reject him. That would truly be good.
There was one thing that James hadn't thought of. Would Lily really believe it was James despite his outward appearance. He looked nothing like his usual self. Should he change the way he looked to reveal the unhappy truth? Or should he stay the same blonde hair, brown-eyed Jason? He finally decided that he would change his appearance, but his first goal was to try to get some sleep for the day ahead of him.
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Morning couldn't have come any sooner. James thought he was going to explode from nervousness. He quickly ran to wake Sirius up. He needed Sirius's help on changing back to his normal appearance. He knew that it was the right thing to do.
"Padfoot, I've decided to change back to the normal me when I tell Lily. You've got to help me change it back. I'm sick of being this blonde-headed idiot Jason." James said.
"It's kinda weird, James. You sound like you're jealous of Jason, when in all reality it's yourself." Sirius remarked.
"I am jealous of him, Padfoot. Despite it being myself, Jason is the guy she loves, not me." James answered back.
"Whatever you say, Prongs. Now let's see how to fix your hair back." Sirius said as he began to search the book they had used. "Hmmm, this doesn't look good."
"What?? What doesn't look good? Sirius, don't tell me we screwed something up!" James yelled.
"Prongsie…the spell we used on your hair is supposed to last at least 3-5 months. There's no counter spell to it!" Sirius said.
"Shit! Sirius, I'm screwed! There's got to be some way to fix this! I just want to be me again!" James whined.
"Ok, ok. I'll keep looking, but I'm telling ya, Prongs, this isn't looking too good." Sirius snapped back.
The two boys began their search, but during their search they lost track of time. The meeting with Lily looked like it wasn't going to happen.
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Lily and Lynn and Lily's family all woke up early that morning. They had a lot of packing to do. Not only did Lily have packing, but she also had a meeting with Jason. She was going to make sure they stayed in contact. It would be easy to because they were both magical; so Jason obviously wasn't afraid of owls. Nothing was getting Lily down. She wasn't even sad to be leaving Hawaii. She was obviously in a love cloud of her own. Nothing was going to make that cloud disappear…or so she thought.
Lily and Lynn had almost completed their packing. All they had left to do now was wait for Jason to come. Their flight was to leave around 11. So they had to leave no later than 10. It was around 9 and they began to wonder where Jason was. He couldn't have forgotten about them. He was a better guy than that; he didn't just forget things.
"Lynn, you don't think something happened to him, do you? Or if he was going to be late he'd call, right? Right. Jason wouldn't just forget about me. He loves me and I love him!" Lily said.
Lynn had heard this the entire morning. Lily was just in her own little world. Lynn was truly happy for her. She just wish that Lily didn't have to have a long distance relationship with Jason. They were such a perfect couple.
The time for them to leave came. Lily couldn't believe Jason hadn't showed up. She was a bit disappointed, but not too much. She figured that he just had something pop up this morning. He would owl her once he was back home. Yeah, that's what he would do. Lily had the utmost faith in him; she knew he wouldn't stand her up. He wasn't like other guys that would normally do that. He was Jason Peterson; HER Jason Peterson.
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James and Sirius continued to search for the counter spell. Their searching was useless. It seemed that James would be stuck looking like Jason for some time.
James sighed and then looked at the clock. "Oh shit, Sirius, it's 10:30! What am I am going to do? Lily is long gone now!"
"Well, James, I've got an idea. How about you just got to Hogwarts as Jason for a while until your appearance changes back? Unless you really want to tell Lily who you really are while you still look like Jason." Sirius said.
"I really don't want to tell her I love her while being Jason. I want her to know it's me and that I truly mean what I say." James said. "So I think I'll take your idea and go to Hogwarts as Jason. All we have to do is get a hold of Dumbledore. Hopefully he'll be ok with this whole thing."
It was decided. Now the boys had to pack and get ready to leave for their plane. They had a lot of work ahead of them.
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A few weeks had passed and the Hogwarts school year was about to begin. "Jason" had owled Lily and told her that he had an emergency the morning he was supposed to meet her. She quickly forgave him and asked him what school he went to. She had never asked him before. He told her that it was going to be a surprise. Oh how Lily loved surprises. She could barely contain herself. She hoped he had a good surprise in store for her. And James truly did have a great surprise in store for her.
James and Sirius had also talked to Dumbledore. James would become a new student from an exchange program. They would just tell the school that James Potter was the student who had switched places with Jason. "Jason" was to be a 7th Year Gryffindor. And would also be Head Boy, despite the fact that he had transferred. James was going to be Head Boy, so Dumbledore thought it fair to give it to him. Although, he was Jason. Lily was Head Girl. She'd have the biggest shock of her life when she found Jason to be Head Boy at Hogwarts.
James had no idea how long the spell would last on him. He hoped not much longer. He hated leading Lily on like this. Except he wasn't truly leading her on. He did love her, but he loved her as James, not as Jason. The few weeks before school started had been like living in hell for James. He didn't know what to do. He'd never been this screwed up before. Bad things never happened to James Harold Potter.
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The night before the Hogwarts Express was to leave for school came. Lily was staying the night at Lynn's house and they would both leave tomorrow for school.
"Oh, Lynn, I can't wait to hear from Jason again! I'm dying to know what his surprise is! I never knew I could miss someone so much…" Lily continued to babble on.
Lynn was used to this by now. She remembered what it was like to be in Lily's position. She had felt that way when she and Sirius had first gotten together. She actually couldn't remember why she had decided to go out with Sirius. I mean, Sirius was sexy, funny, nice, and an all around charming guy. But he was the biggest player at Hogwarts. Every girl loved him and wanted to be with him. So Lynn had agreed to go out with him the night that he had marked her as the new flavor of the week. Something happened with Sirius that was most unexpected; he had fallen in love with Lynn. They had been dating a few months and were both truly in love. She couldn't blame Lily for babbling on and on, love did crazy things to your mind.
"…I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow at school. Oh no, I'll have to see Potter again. Well, at least I can shove it in his face that I'm too mature to pull pranks anymore and the only reason he ever began to pull pranks was because no girl would ever want to be with him-Oh, I'm becoming bitter again…I've got to stop doing that even if it is Potter…Lynn, are you even listening to me?" Lily asked, sufficiently ending her babbling.
"Hmmm, what? Oh yeah, of course, Lils." Lynn said, still thinking of Sirius.
"Oh, I know you weren't, but it's ok. We really ought to go to sleep now. After all, school does start tomorrow. Good night, Lynn." Lily said.
"Yeah, good night, Lils." Lynn said as she was swept off into the dream world, still thinking of Sirius.
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Lily and Lynn had just ran through the barrier of Platform 9 ¾ . They quickly grabbed their trunks and went to go find a compartment on the train. Lily didn't want to stay in the Head compartment. She wanted to stay and talk to Lynn. Little did Lily know that she would be in for a big surprise.
Lily and Lynn entered a compartment that was occupied by none other than Lynn's boyfriend, Sirius Black!
"Sirius!" Lynn squealed, "oh, I've missed you so much!"
Sirius swept her up into the biggest bear hug and began to shower her with kisses.
"Lynn, you look as gorgeous as ever." Sirius said in between kisses.
They then sat down and began to catch up on their lives. Lily couldn't help but feel jealous. Just seeing Lynn and Sirius so happy together made her miss Jason. She sighed and tried not to think about Jason. She was interrupted by the compartment door sliding open to reveal a familiar face.
It was Lily's one and only Jason Peterson.
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Author's Note: Agh! This chapter is horrible. I don't like it much, but I promise the next one will be better. I just really wanted to update because I've gotten so many reviews! You see they really do motivate me! I was out late last night for my birthday dinner. That was awesome! Plus this one is kinda short and bad because I'll still be busy this weekend. I hope you still like it. Not any James and Lily action, but there will be more soon. Or should I say Jason and Lily action. Trust me tho, the best parts are yet to come! And as always Review!! Thank you!
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