James found his first year of Hogwarts going by very quickly, much quicker then any of his previous years had gone by anyway. This year he was being on his best behaviour so he made no mistakes with Lily, he knew that if he tried hard enough she might actually go out with him this year.
"So Prongs my old mate. Full moon tomorrow, getting ready for the fun?" Sirius asked lounging on the sofa in front of the fire in the common room.
"Alas no my old chum Padfoot, I have a heads meeting with the lovely Evans." James said proudly.
"Your not coming?" Peter asked.
"No Peter of course I am, because I can be in two places at the same time can't I." James said sarcastically.
"Oh good," Peter said he obviously didn't get what James had said.
"Peter, sense the tone!" James said.
"Oh right." Peter said sheepishly and all the other boys rolled their eyes.
"It won't be the same without you." Remus said.
"Oh I know you'll miss me, and I'll miss you too." James paused and pretended to wipe away a tear, "but I'm trying to show Lily that I've grown up."
"OK while your sitting in the library having a boring meeting, we'll be having the time of our lives in Hogsmade. " Sirius said.
"Ah no, I'll be sitting in the library having a boring meeting with Lily. There is a difference!" James said.
"Fine whatever, I get it your ditching us for a girl." Sirius said dramatically.
"Yep." James said and Sirius pretended to cry. "Don't worry your still my number one girl Padfoot."
"Oi! who are you calling a girl?" Sirius asked trying to hit James on the head but he ducked.
James watched his friends disappear under his invisibility cloak, he hated to miss one of Mooney's transformations but he had to prioritise things.
He turned and walked up to the library where the heads meeting was taking place. The corridors were quiet, it was about 8pm.
"What's this, the great Potter alone!" Came a voice from behind James. He looked around and saw Severus Snape behind him.
"What do you want Snivellus?" James asked in a bored tone.
"I don't want anything, I was mearly making a statement. " He sneered. "So where are all your friends, have they ditched you?"
"Ha ha Snape, just because you don't have any friends doesn't mean I don't have any either." James said, he turned and started to walk off.
"I've never know you to walk away from an opportunity to curse me, that Mudblood has really gotten to you."
"The only Mudblood I know is you." James said coolly.
"How am I a Mudblood?" Snape asked angrily.
"Well your blood is as dirty as your hair Snivellus!"
Snape pulled out his wand and made a slashing movement towards James, but James moved away.
"Your not allowed to use magic in the corridors 5 points from Slytherin." James said.
Snape made another movement with his wand but James blocked it.
"10 points from Slytherin and detention." James said and he turned and started off to the library.
Wow, he thought to himself, that's got to be the first time I've seen Snape in a deserted corridor and haven't hexed him! God Lily is really getting to me.
"That's right run off to your Mudblood, but I wouldn't get too close to her if I were you, she won't be around for much longer!" Snape shouted down the hall at James' back.
James spun around and started back towards Snape.
"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked as he drew level with Snape and he moved back a bit.
"The Dark Lord is rising, no Mudbloods are safe not even your precious Lily." Snape said barley over a whisper.
Anger flared up inside of James, he whipped out his wand and before he knew what he was doing he had blasted Snape against the wall.
"JAMES!" Lily shouted poking her head out of the library down the other end of the corridor.
"Lily." James said, he dearly hoped she hadn't seen that.
"What the hell are you doing." She sad running down to him.
Oh crap! James thought, "I was being really good and I didn't touch him, then he started saying stuff about you and I got angry, and I didn't know what I was doing before I did it." He blurted out.
"Whatever James, you know I thought you'd changed but I was wrong, your still the same." Lily said making sure Snape was still breathing.
"I have changed!" James said indignantly.
"No you haven't, if you had you would have know he only says stuff about me to wind you up, because he knows he will get a reaction out of you!" Lily said. "Now take him to the hospital wing quickly, the meeting has already started."
"But he wasn't just saying stuff to get at me, he sounded like he was really telling the truth this time!" James said.
"I don't care James." Lily said annoyed, "now get out of my sight, I don't want to see your face anymore."
James watched her stride down the corridor, he felt like he had been winded. Everything he had worked for with Lily had just gone out the window and it was all his fault.
He kicked Snape in the stomach before levitating him. He was careful to make sure he did as much damage to Snape as possible as he walked to the hospital wing. He dumped him on a bed and quickly left.
He sprinted to the library intent on telling Lily how Snape had provoked him and how it wasn't his fault.
The meeting was a very uncomfortable indeed, Lily didn't even look at him through out the whole thing and referred to him as the Head Boy.
James searched for Lily in the common room that night, but she didn't seem to be there.
Great, James thought. I am such a dope!
The next day James didn't see Lily at all in any of her lessons, so he corned Emma at the end of potions and decided to squeeze information out of her.
"Emma." James called down the corridor, she turned and looked at him and Sirius she seemed torn between running to the common room and talking to Sirius.
"What." She said tiredly.
"Where is Lily? James asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Emma asked.
"Because I want to talk to her." James said.
"About last night?" She asked.
"How do you know about that?" Sirius asked.
"Lily tells me everything." Emma said absentmindedly waving her hand.
"Yes, I want to tell her what happened." James said.
"I don't think she really cares." Emma said.
"Why not" James asked.
"Because she had more important things on her mind right now." Emma said.
"Like what?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because I can't." Emma said.
"Fine I'll go and asked her." James said even though he didn't know where she was.
"No!" Emma shouted.
"And why not?"
"Because……. Because." Emma bit her lip, then she shock her head. "Get lost James, I'm not telling you!"
Emma ran to the common room and straight up to her dormitory where Lily was.
"Lily." She called softly as she opened to door, she saw a lump in Lily's bed move.
She dumped her bad and books and went over to Lily's bed and sat on the end of it.
"How are you doing?" She asked.
Lily looked up at her, her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was a mess.
"Not good." Lily said and Emma pulled her into a hug.
"Don't worry." Emma said stroking her best friends hair, " let it all out, I've heard school robes make good tissues."
Lily made a noise half way between a laugh and a sob and broke out of the hug.
"You didn't tell anyone did you, I don't think I can deal with any more sympathy." Lily said.
"James was asking after you, he said he wanted to talk about last nigh and he guessed something was up, but I didn't say anything." Emma said.
"Thanks." Lily said and she lay back down.
"Why don't you get some rest, Dumbledore has excused you from lessons for a while so you don't have to worry about work." Emma said as she pulled up the covers around Lily, she was acting like a mother.
"Thanks." Lily said sleepily.
Emma closed the door to the dormitory and stood on the other side, a tear rolled down her cheek. She had never seen Lily like this before, she had cried all day and hadn't eaten anything.
Well, I'd be the same if my parents just died. She thought to herself. Emma sighed and she went down into the common room.
She scanned the room and found Jess by the fire talking to the marauders.
"What's going on here?" Emma asked sitting in a chair.
"Why didn't you tell me her parents were dead?" James asked Emma.
"What? who told you that?" Emma asked James shocked.
"She did." James said pointing at Jess.
"Jess!" Emma shouted at her.
"What he said that you had already told him." Jess said.
"And you believed him?" Emma asked, "you are so stupid!"
"I want to talk to her." James said cutting over the girls fight.
"No." Emma said flatly.
"Why not?" James asked.
"Because she hates you." Jess said.
"Oh." James said hurt, "I didn't know she felt like that."
"Well maybe not hates, but she doesn't like you that much." Emma said.
"But I've tried to change for her." James said, "I've tried really hard."
"Well try harder, and don't try and hit on her now, what she needs is good friends at the moment, not annoying boys trying to get her to go out with them." Emma said and she stood up and left the room scowling at Jess.
That night Lily came down from her dormitory and down into the common room. She had had enough for her bed and she decided to sit on the sofa.
She started at the fire as fresh tears rolled down her face.
He parents were dead, they had been attacked in their house by Death Eaters and the house destroyed.
She had had a letter from Petunia during the day basically just blaming the whole thing on her, how it was because she was a witch that they were dead.
Lily buried her head into one of the cushions beside her as more tears escaped her eyes.
"Lily." A soft voice called from the staircase.
Lily looked around and saw James standing there.
"Go away James, I'm not in the mood." Lily said wiping her eyes.
"Don't worry, I know what happened."
"How, who told you?" Lily asked angrily.
"Jess did, but I made her." James said perching himself on the sofa next to her.
"Here." James said conjuring some tissues and handing them to Lily.
"Thanks." She said.
"See I can be nice." James said, and Lily smiled weakly. "I'll go if you want me to."
"No." Lily said, she wanted him here for some reason. "It's OK you can stay."
James looked into Lily's eyes and saw so much sadness, he opened his arms and pulled Lily into a hug.
Lily didn't have the strength to resist, and strangely actually liked James hugging her, he was strong and being in his arm made her feel safe.
James made to brake the hug, "don't." Lily said.
"OK." James said and he held her again.
"I know this probably isn't the right time to be saying this, but I am really trying to change for you." James said softly.
"I know James, I can tell." Lily said.
"I just wanted to say that I would like to be your friend if nothing more." James said sincerely.
"I would like that too." Lily said quietly, and she snuggled into her new friend and fell asleep.
Thats the second chapter done, please review and say what you think of it!
"So Prongs my old mate. Full moon tomorrow, getting ready for the fun?" Sirius asked lounging on the sofa in front of the fire in the common room.
"Alas no my old chum Padfoot, I have a heads meeting with the lovely Evans." James said proudly.
"Your not coming?" Peter asked.
"No Peter of course I am, because I can be in two places at the same time can't I." James said sarcastically.
"Oh good," Peter said he obviously didn't get what James had said.
"Peter, sense the tone!" James said.
"Oh right." Peter said sheepishly and all the other boys rolled their eyes.
"It won't be the same without you." Remus said.
"Oh I know you'll miss me, and I'll miss you too." James paused and pretended to wipe away a tear, "but I'm trying to show Lily that I've grown up."
"OK while your sitting in the library having a boring meeting, we'll be having the time of our lives in Hogsmade. " Sirius said.
"Ah no, I'll be sitting in the library having a boring meeting with Lily. There is a difference!" James said.
"Fine whatever, I get it your ditching us for a girl." Sirius said dramatically.
"Yep." James said and Sirius pretended to cry. "Don't worry your still my number one girl Padfoot."
"Oi! who are you calling a girl?" Sirius asked trying to hit James on the head but he ducked.
James watched his friends disappear under his invisibility cloak, he hated to miss one of Mooney's transformations but he had to prioritise things.
He turned and walked up to the library where the heads meeting was taking place. The corridors were quiet, it was about 8pm.
"What's this, the great Potter alone!" Came a voice from behind James. He looked around and saw Severus Snape behind him.
"What do you want Snivellus?" James asked in a bored tone.
"I don't want anything, I was mearly making a statement. " He sneered. "So where are all your friends, have they ditched you?"
"Ha ha Snape, just because you don't have any friends doesn't mean I don't have any either." James said, he turned and started to walk off.
"I've never know you to walk away from an opportunity to curse me, that Mudblood has really gotten to you."
"The only Mudblood I know is you." James said coolly.
"How am I a Mudblood?" Snape asked angrily.
"Well your blood is as dirty as your hair Snivellus!"
Snape pulled out his wand and made a slashing movement towards James, but James moved away.
"Your not allowed to use magic in the corridors 5 points from Slytherin." James said.
Snape made another movement with his wand but James blocked it.
"10 points from Slytherin and detention." James said and he turned and started off to the library.
Wow, he thought to himself, that's got to be the first time I've seen Snape in a deserted corridor and haven't hexed him! God Lily is really getting to me.
"That's right run off to your Mudblood, but I wouldn't get too close to her if I were you, she won't be around for much longer!" Snape shouted down the hall at James' back.
James spun around and started back towards Snape.
"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked as he drew level with Snape and he moved back a bit.
"The Dark Lord is rising, no Mudbloods are safe not even your precious Lily." Snape said barley over a whisper.
Anger flared up inside of James, he whipped out his wand and before he knew what he was doing he had blasted Snape against the wall.
"JAMES!" Lily shouted poking her head out of the library down the other end of the corridor.
"Lily." James said, he dearly hoped she hadn't seen that.
"What the hell are you doing." She sad running down to him.
Oh crap! James thought, "I was being really good and I didn't touch him, then he started saying stuff about you and I got angry, and I didn't know what I was doing before I did it." He blurted out.
"Whatever James, you know I thought you'd changed but I was wrong, your still the same." Lily said making sure Snape was still breathing.
"I have changed!" James said indignantly.
"No you haven't, if you had you would have know he only says stuff about me to wind you up, because he knows he will get a reaction out of you!" Lily said. "Now take him to the hospital wing quickly, the meeting has already started."
"But he wasn't just saying stuff to get at me, he sounded like he was really telling the truth this time!" James said.
"I don't care James." Lily said annoyed, "now get out of my sight, I don't want to see your face anymore."
James watched her stride down the corridor, he felt like he had been winded. Everything he had worked for with Lily had just gone out the window and it was all his fault.
He kicked Snape in the stomach before levitating him. He was careful to make sure he did as much damage to Snape as possible as he walked to the hospital wing. He dumped him on a bed and quickly left.
He sprinted to the library intent on telling Lily how Snape had provoked him and how it wasn't his fault.
The meeting was a very uncomfortable indeed, Lily didn't even look at him through out the whole thing and referred to him as the Head Boy.
James searched for Lily in the common room that night, but she didn't seem to be there.
Great, James thought. I am such a dope!
The next day James didn't see Lily at all in any of her lessons, so he corned Emma at the end of potions and decided to squeeze information out of her.
"Emma." James called down the corridor, she turned and looked at him and Sirius she seemed torn between running to the common room and talking to Sirius.
"What." She said tiredly.
"Where is Lily? James asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Emma asked.
"Because I want to talk to her." James said.
"About last night?" She asked.
"How do you know about that?" Sirius asked.
"Lily tells me everything." Emma said absentmindedly waving her hand.
"Yes, I want to tell her what happened." James said.
"I don't think she really cares." Emma said.
"Why not" James asked.
"Because she had more important things on her mind right now." Emma said.
"Like what?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because I can't." Emma said.
"Fine I'll go and asked her." James said even though he didn't know where she was.
"No!" Emma shouted.
"And why not?"
"Because……. Because." Emma bit her lip, then she shock her head. "Get lost James, I'm not telling you!"
Emma ran to the common room and straight up to her dormitory where Lily was.
"Lily." She called softly as she opened to door, she saw a lump in Lily's bed move.
She dumped her bad and books and went over to Lily's bed and sat on the end of it.
"How are you doing?" She asked.
Lily looked up at her, her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was a mess.
"Not good." Lily said and Emma pulled her into a hug.
"Don't worry." Emma said stroking her best friends hair, " let it all out, I've heard school robes make good tissues."
Lily made a noise half way between a laugh and a sob and broke out of the hug.
"You didn't tell anyone did you, I don't think I can deal with any more sympathy." Lily said.
"James was asking after you, he said he wanted to talk about last nigh and he guessed something was up, but I didn't say anything." Emma said.
"Thanks." Lily said and she lay back down.
"Why don't you get some rest, Dumbledore has excused you from lessons for a while so you don't have to worry about work." Emma said as she pulled up the covers around Lily, she was acting like a mother.
"Thanks." Lily said sleepily.
Emma closed the door to the dormitory and stood on the other side, a tear rolled down her cheek. She had never seen Lily like this before, she had cried all day and hadn't eaten anything.
Well, I'd be the same if my parents just died. She thought to herself. Emma sighed and she went down into the common room.
She scanned the room and found Jess by the fire talking to the marauders.
"What's going on here?" Emma asked sitting in a chair.
"Why didn't you tell me her parents were dead?" James asked Emma.
"What? who told you that?" Emma asked James shocked.
"She did." James said pointing at Jess.
"Jess!" Emma shouted at her.
"What he said that you had already told him." Jess said.
"And you believed him?" Emma asked, "you are so stupid!"
"I want to talk to her." James said cutting over the girls fight.
"No." Emma said flatly.
"Why not?" James asked.
"Because she hates you." Jess said.
"Oh." James said hurt, "I didn't know she felt like that."
"Well maybe not hates, but she doesn't like you that much." Emma said.
"But I've tried to change for her." James said, "I've tried really hard."
"Well try harder, and don't try and hit on her now, what she needs is good friends at the moment, not annoying boys trying to get her to go out with them." Emma said and she stood up and left the room scowling at Jess.
That night Lily came down from her dormitory and down into the common room. She had had enough for her bed and she decided to sit on the sofa.
She started at the fire as fresh tears rolled down her face.
He parents were dead, they had been attacked in their house by Death Eaters and the house destroyed.
She had had a letter from Petunia during the day basically just blaming the whole thing on her, how it was because she was a witch that they were dead.
Lily buried her head into one of the cushions beside her as more tears escaped her eyes.
"Lily." A soft voice called from the staircase.
Lily looked around and saw James standing there.
"Go away James, I'm not in the mood." Lily said wiping her eyes.
"Don't worry, I know what happened."
"How, who told you?" Lily asked angrily.
"Jess did, but I made her." James said perching himself on the sofa next to her.
"Here." James said conjuring some tissues and handing them to Lily.
"Thanks." She said.
"See I can be nice." James said, and Lily smiled weakly. "I'll go if you want me to."
"No." Lily said, she wanted him here for some reason. "It's OK you can stay."
James looked into Lily's eyes and saw so much sadness, he opened his arms and pulled Lily into a hug.
Lily didn't have the strength to resist, and strangely actually liked James hugging her, he was strong and being in his arm made her feel safe.
James made to brake the hug, "don't." Lily said.
"OK." James said and he held her again.
"I know this probably isn't the right time to be saying this, but I am really trying to change for you." James said softly.
"I know James, I can tell." Lily said.
"I just wanted to say that I would like to be your friend if nothing more." James said sincerely.
"I would like that too." Lily said quietly, and she snuggled into her new friend and fell asleep.
Thats the second chapter done, please review and say what you think of it!