Beautiful Disaster

By Strawberry Gashes

"Life begins on the other side of despair. "
Jean-Paul Sartre

Prologue

Her eyes stung from the candle light and the long hours of writing essays in the badly lit library. She rubbed them and sighed, looking up for the first time in hours. The clock above the librarian's desk showed that it was well past curfew and she should get to bed or else she wouldn't be able to concentrate on classes the next day. Gathering her books and essays she noticed that the librarian had fallen asleep on her desk. Deciding not to wake her she slowly made her way towards Gryffindor Tower.

Seventh year was always a difficult year for students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, even more so than the fifth. It was only September, their N.E.W.T.s were months away, but nobody was doing as much work as Lily Evans, the Head Girl. She could always be seen working in the common rooms, or, if circumstances [a.k.a the Marauders] wouldn't allow it, in the library. The Marauders were also 7th years but Lily suspected that apart from Remus Lupin, they were still unaware of the approaching exams.

A sound distracted her from her thoughts and through the shadows she saw a boy with glasses and messy jet black hair appearing out of nowhere. Jumping slightly she gave him a death glare.

"Potter! What are you doing here past curfew?"

"I could ask you the same thing Lily dear!"

"I was working in the library. Which I know you haven't! Honestly Potter, when will you start to take some responsibility? You're Head Boy after all!"

She scowled; the memory of his appointing as Head Boy obviously still bothered her. She didn't wait for the boy's reply, but stormed off. After a few corridors she spoke again.

"Why are you following me?"

"Last I checked Evans, there was only one way to the common room."

She rolled her eyes but said nothing. They reached the portrait of a very fat lady wearing a pink silk dress and gave her the password ["Tailfeather"]; ignoring the suspicious looks she was giving them. Once inside Lily headed towards the girl's dormitories without another glance at James.

Lily Evans and James Potter had despised each other ever since the first day of their first year at Hogwarts. Though at first the feeling was mutual, somewhere during the 7 years that had passed, James decided that Lily was perfect for him. That left him with only the little problem of convincing her of that fact. And seeing as Severus Snape and Lily Evans agreed on only one thing, that James Potter was an insufferable big-headed prat, the couple's chances were slim to nothing.

It would be one Hell of a year, Lily mussed as she got into bed, her friends already asleep. Besides the task of seeing to her studies, she was also Head Girl, which meant planning the Prefect duties and meetings, which added to the stress of the growing threat of Lord Voldemort. Indeed, more and more attacks had been reported and Lily was shocked to find how many familiar faces had not come back at the start of term.

These thoughts in her head, Lily drifted off into an uneasy sleep, filled with dreams of exams and James Potter. When she woke up she remembered nothing.

Author Note:

I'm baaaaack! waits for cheers to stop Yes indeed. This is my Lily and James 'howtheygottogetherandhadHarry' story. What can I say? It gets to you after PoA. [That movie rules!]

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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or places mentioned. They belong to JK Rowling. All I own is the bag of cookies.