DISCLAIMER/EXPLANATION: I don't claim to own anything! It's all JK Rowling's... especially in this chapter where I am actually using some of her word for word writing... Actually, all the dialogue that happens until further notice is hers...
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All the fifth year Gryffindors had so busy studying for O.W.L.s that they hardly had time to think, much less talk to each other. Whenever James encountered Lily she treated him with a cold indifference that stung more than anger or ignoring him would. The first few days of O.W.L.s were pressured, intense, and both easier and more difficult than anyone expected.
In Defense Against the Dark Arts theory James spent the last few minutes doodling a Snitch like the one he had in his pocket, and Lily's initials.
After the exams James, Sirius, Remus and Peter walked down to the lake. Sirius and James exchanged confidences that they would get outstanding in the paper. James pulled out the Snitch he had stolen and began letting it fly just to the edge of his reach before catching it; Peter watched him in awe. Remus ignored them and started studying for Transfiguration. Sirius looked bored and uninterested, but James knew that he really was trying to look good for the girls by the lakeside.
Sirius finally, tired of Peter's cheering for James, told him to stop playing with the Snitch.
Sirius: "I'm bored. Wish it was full moon"
Remus: "You might. We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me... Here"
Sirius: "I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all"
James: "This'll liven you up, Padfoot. Look who is it..." Sirius turned to look at who James had seen.
Sirius: "Excellent. Snivellus."
Snape, immediately tried to go hide from them when James and Sirius stood up. Lupin tried to ignore them, looking rather disapproving, while Peter looked rather excited. James smirked at Sirius before speaking.
James: "All right, Snivellus?"
Snape tried pull out his wand, but James was too fast for him.
James: "Expelliarmus!"
Snape's wand flew from its owner, landing behind him, quickly followed by Snape, but he was caught about halfway to it by a shout of "Impedimenta!" from Sirius.
James: "How'd the exam go, Snivelly?"
Sirius: "I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment. There'll be great grease marks all over it, they won't be able to read a word."
Snape: "You – wait. You – wait..."
Sirius: "Wait for what? What're you going to do, Snivelly, wipe your nose on us?"
Snape, who was now livid, let his mouth say whatever it wanted to, which turned out to be a combination of hexes and swearwords, neither of which did any harm to anyone because his wand was currently ten feet away.
James: "Wash out your mouth. Scourgify!"
Snape's mouth started frothing pink soap...
Lily, meanwhile, had been watching, but with the last curse her cold indifferent rage she had felt towards James turned into white hot anger.
Lily: "Leave him ALONE!"
James's heart sank as he saw Lily looking at him with obvious rage, knowing that calling her Lily would make her more angry he tried to avoid saying anything about Snape.
James: "All right, Evans?"
Lily looked at James like he was some sort of disgusting creature.
Lily: "Leave him alone. What's he done to you?"
James already had answered this for her once, he remember that occasion very well. He decided to tell her the conclusion that they had come to last time...
James: "Well, it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean..."
Lily: "You think you're funny, but you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone."
James couldn't believe her, he had been reminding her that he hated the fact that someone who was so involved in the Dark Arts would exist near him. He decided to take a different way of talking to her.
James: "I will if you go out with me, Evans. Go on... Go out with me, and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again."
Lily looked at him, not believing her ears. There was no way she would ever go out with someone for a reason like that!
Lily: "I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid."
Sirius caught James's eye, looking sympathetic.
Sirius: "Bad luck, Prongs. OY!" he had caught sight, a moment too late, of Snape, having managed to reach him wand, aiming it straight at James. A flash of light later James's face was splattering his robes in blood. James, with as much dignity as he could muster, waved his wand, and with a flash of light Snape was hanging upside down in the air. Lily couldn't help it, she almost smiled at James's quick thinking, but she quickly tried to appear angry again.
Lily: "Let him down!"
James: "Certainly." Snape fell in a heap on the ground, as he raised his wand he was stopped by Sirius yelled "Locomotor mortis!"
Lily: "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" She pulled out her wand, almost enjoying having power of James Potter...
James: "Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you."
Lily: "Take the curse off him, then!"
James quickly muttered the countercurse, allowing Snape to get up again.
James: "There you go, you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus –"
Snape: "I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"
Lily suddenly was upset with Snape more than James.
Lily: "Fine. I won't bother in the future. And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus."
James: "Apologize to Evans!" he pointed his wand at him. Lily, now angry at the pair of them, shouted at him.
Lily: "I don't want you to make him apologize. You're as bad as he is..."
James: "What? I'd NEVER call you a — you-know-what!"
Lily: "Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can — I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK." Turning, she left.
James: "Evans! Hey, EVANS!" She ignored him. James, now feeling very hurt, tried to look like it wasn't important that she had just brutally rejected him.
James: "What is it with her?"
Sirius: "Reading between the lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate." James turned all of his anger at himself at Snape.
James: "Right, right —" With another flash of light Snape was once again hanging upside down in the air.
James: "Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?"
(a/n: Dialogue from book is now OVER. Hooray! That part is now finished... I hope that they weren't/are OOC...)
He flicked his wand, smirking as Snape's underpants slipped to a few inches from revealing him. James turned to Sirius.
James: "To remove or not to remove... that is the question..."
Remus: "Prongs, no."
James: "Why not?"
Remus: "Think what Lily Evans will think..."
Sirius: "Moony's right, if you ever want her to go out with you, you will have to start acting more like her ideal, non-conceited version of you..."
James: "Fine..." But before he let Snape out of the air he charmed his wand to fly into a nearby tree and lodge itself near the top. Casually he removed the spell on Snape and left, heading for the Gryffindor tower.
They went through the practical examinations with very little problem. James, Sirius and Remus were pretty certain that they would get Outstanding, but Peter had messed up on several spells. James, after his exam, decided to go outside because most people were avoiding the strong winds. James had definitely had more than enough showing off for that day, and he thought, for his life.
He walked to just far enough from the Hogwarts Castle that the full brunt of the wind hit him. Shaking his head slightly to remove a few strands of hair from his face he closed his eyes. James relished the feeling of the wind caressing his face and neck; running its fingers through his hair. He let a small, content smile spread over his face. James leaned forward into the wind slightly as he spread his arms, laughing quietly to himself. Then he started spinning around in circles, occasionally jumping up and letting the wind swoop around him.
James: "I LOVE THIS!"
He didn't care that he was acting like a fool, the wind was one of the only things that made him feel free. He finally fell onto the lawn, talking softly to himself.
James: "Why don't other people embrace the wind? Do they just see it as an element to be avoided, like the rain? The wind..." He stood up, ran a hand through his already messy hair, and went back up to the Gryffindor tower, feeling content with himself.
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All the fifth year Gryffindors had so busy studying for O.W.L.s that they hardly had time to think, much less talk to each other. Whenever James encountered Lily she treated him with a cold indifference that stung more than anger or ignoring him would. The first few days of O.W.L.s were pressured, intense, and both easier and more difficult than anyone expected.
In Defense Against the Dark Arts theory James spent the last few minutes doodling a Snitch like the one he had in his pocket, and Lily's initials.
After the exams James, Sirius, Remus and Peter walked down to the lake. Sirius and James exchanged confidences that they would get outstanding in the paper. James pulled out the Snitch he had stolen and began letting it fly just to the edge of his reach before catching it; Peter watched him in awe. Remus ignored them and started studying for Transfiguration. Sirius looked bored and uninterested, but James knew that he really was trying to look good for the girls by the lakeside.
Sirius finally, tired of Peter's cheering for James, told him to stop playing with the Snitch.
Sirius: "I'm bored. Wish it was full moon"
Remus: "You might. We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me... Here"
Sirius: "I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all"
James: "This'll liven you up, Padfoot. Look who is it..." Sirius turned to look at who James had seen.
Sirius: "Excellent. Snivellus."
Snape, immediately tried to go hide from them when James and Sirius stood up. Lupin tried to ignore them, looking rather disapproving, while Peter looked rather excited. James smirked at Sirius before speaking.
James: "All right, Snivellus?"
Snape tried pull out his wand, but James was too fast for him.
James: "Expelliarmus!"
Snape's wand flew from its owner, landing behind him, quickly followed by Snape, but he was caught about halfway to it by a shout of "Impedimenta!" from Sirius.
James: "How'd the exam go, Snivelly?"
Sirius: "I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment. There'll be great grease marks all over it, they won't be able to read a word."
Snape: "You – wait. You – wait..."
Sirius: "Wait for what? What're you going to do, Snivelly, wipe your nose on us?"
Snape, who was now livid, let his mouth say whatever it wanted to, which turned out to be a combination of hexes and swearwords, neither of which did any harm to anyone because his wand was currently ten feet away.
James: "Wash out your mouth. Scourgify!"
Snape's mouth started frothing pink soap...
Lily, meanwhile, had been watching, but with the last curse her cold indifferent rage she had felt towards James turned into white hot anger.
Lily: "Leave him ALONE!"
James's heart sank as he saw Lily looking at him with obvious rage, knowing that calling her Lily would make her more angry he tried to avoid saying anything about Snape.
James: "All right, Evans?"
Lily looked at James like he was some sort of disgusting creature.
Lily: "Leave him alone. What's he done to you?"
James already had answered this for her once, he remember that occasion very well. He decided to tell her the conclusion that they had come to last time...
James: "Well, it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean..."
Lily: "You think you're funny, but you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone."
James couldn't believe her, he had been reminding her that he hated the fact that someone who was so involved in the Dark Arts would exist near him. He decided to take a different way of talking to her.
James: "I will if you go out with me, Evans. Go on... Go out with me, and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again."
Lily looked at him, not believing her ears. There was no way she would ever go out with someone for a reason like that!
Lily: "I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid."
Sirius caught James's eye, looking sympathetic.
Sirius: "Bad luck, Prongs. OY!" he had caught sight, a moment too late, of Snape, having managed to reach him wand, aiming it straight at James. A flash of light later James's face was splattering his robes in blood. James, with as much dignity as he could muster, waved his wand, and with a flash of light Snape was hanging upside down in the air. Lily couldn't help it, she almost smiled at James's quick thinking, but she quickly tried to appear angry again.
Lily: "Let him down!"
James: "Certainly." Snape fell in a heap on the ground, as he raised his wand he was stopped by Sirius yelled "Locomotor mortis!"
Lily: "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" She pulled out her wand, almost enjoying having power of James Potter...
James: "Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you."
Lily: "Take the curse off him, then!"
James quickly muttered the countercurse, allowing Snape to get up again.
James: "There you go, you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus –"
Snape: "I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"
Lily suddenly was upset with Snape more than James.
Lily: "Fine. I won't bother in the future. And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus."
James: "Apologize to Evans!" he pointed his wand at him. Lily, now angry at the pair of them, shouted at him.
Lily: "I don't want you to make him apologize. You're as bad as he is..."
James: "What? I'd NEVER call you a — you-know-what!"
Lily: "Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can — I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK." Turning, she left.
James: "Evans! Hey, EVANS!" She ignored him. James, now feeling very hurt, tried to look like it wasn't important that she had just brutally rejected him.
James: "What is it with her?"
Sirius: "Reading between the lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate." James turned all of his anger at himself at Snape.
James: "Right, right —" With another flash of light Snape was once again hanging upside down in the air.
James: "Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?"
(a/n: Dialogue from book is now OVER. Hooray! That part is now finished... I hope that they weren't/are OOC...)
He flicked his wand, smirking as Snape's underpants slipped to a few inches from revealing him. James turned to Sirius.
James: "To remove or not to remove... that is the question..."
Remus: "Prongs, no."
James: "Why not?"
Remus: "Think what Lily Evans will think..."
Sirius: "Moony's right, if you ever want her to go out with you, you will have to start acting more like her ideal, non-conceited version of you..."
James: "Fine..." But before he let Snape out of the air he charmed his wand to fly into a nearby tree and lodge itself near the top. Casually he removed the spell on Snape and left, heading for the Gryffindor tower.
They went through the practical examinations with very little problem. James, Sirius and Remus were pretty certain that they would get Outstanding, but Peter had messed up on several spells. James, after his exam, decided to go outside because most people were avoiding the strong winds. James had definitely had more than enough showing off for that day, and he thought, for his life.
He walked to just far enough from the Hogwarts Castle that the full brunt of the wind hit him. Shaking his head slightly to remove a few strands of hair from his face he closed his eyes. James relished the feeling of the wind caressing his face and neck; running its fingers through his hair. He let a small, content smile spread over his face. James leaned forward into the wind slightly as he spread his arms, laughing quietly to himself. Then he started spinning around in circles, occasionally jumping up and letting the wind swoop around him.
James: "I LOVE THIS!"
He didn't care that he was acting like a fool, the wind was one of the only things that made him feel free. He finally fell onto the lawn, talking softly to himself.
James: "Why don't other people embrace the wind? Do they just see it as an element to be avoided, like the rain? The wind..." He stood up, ran a hand through his already messy hair, and went back up to the Gryffindor tower, feeling content with himself.