Title: The Process of Getting Over Myself (or rather Lily Evans)

Rating: PG

Summary: "You know what she told me??? She told me to get over it! GET OVER IT! As if I could, how stupid can she be? Any other normal person would have given up long ago, but I am not any other normal person. I am James Potter." James tries different approaches to get Lily to like him.

A/N: Hey! I finally decided to update. Unfourtanately for me, school is also starting this Friday and with college applications and everything I don't know how much time I'll have for fanfiction at all. I'll try to update as much as I can but I can't promise anything.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter? Belong to me? What have you been smoking?!?

The Process of Getting Over Myself (or rather Lily Evans)

Chapter 3 – James the Unlucky

At the moment I am very annoyed with Padfoot. After the whole attempted apology fiasco Sirius deemed it necessary to actually list reasons why Lily will never like me. He's been laughing about it like crazy all day. McGonagall asked him what was so funny after he broke into giggles for the 7th time during Transfiguration and when he showed it to her even she cracked a smile. I am doomed to live a lonely and loveless life. Woe is me! I guess I might as well show you the list. This way you can join Sirius and revel in my misery.

Sirius' Top 10 Reasons Why Prongs Will Never Get Lily

1. James is quite the prat. It is proven that prats never get the girl.

2. He's best friends with me. It's possible that Lily dislikes me even more than Prongs, although Peter assures me that that's not true.

3. James has asked Lily out about 35.5 times. She always says no.

4. Lily can be found telling Figg at various times that Prongs is a member of "the dregs of humanity."

5. James does not have the dead sexy/gorgeous sex appeal of the mighty Sirius Black.

6. James is being helped by Remus. No offense, but wolfie-boy hasn't had a date since 6th year. Scratch that, neither has James.

7. One can normally hear me going "God made Coke. God made Pepsi. How did God make me so sexy?" in an obnoxiously loud voice. Lily thinks Prongs is just like me. Prongs should really get better friends.

SB's Note to self: Ask Figg and Alice what's Coke and Pepsi.

8. I take it upon myself to hit on Figg at least once a day, no doubt she reports back to Lily.

9. Symbolically James is a stag and Lily is, uh well, a lily. A lily is vegetation. Stags eat vegetation. Hence, James thinks Lily is food. Will obviously not work out.

10. Did I say 10? I really meant nine.

See! I told you it was horrible.

Note to self: Get new friends.

Did attempt to get new friends. After Herbology I walked with Gideon Prewett back to the castle. He kept on giving me sideways looks as though I was trying to play some prank on him, which until a few months ago would have been highly probable. But now as Head Boy I try to keep the pranks to a minimum and then I make sure my name isn't obviously connected.

Anyways, halfway up to the castle Sirius started heckling at me.

"Oh, Jamie-boy! Yoohoo!! Why don't you walk with your other friends? I understand that you want to hit on Prewett but we miss you too!!!"

At that point I excused myself from Gideon and rushed over to shut Sirius up. Remus apologized saying, "We tried to stop him. Sorry Prongs."

Great, now everyone's going to think I'm queer. Just my luck.

More good news by the way. Sirius being the senseless being that he is "accidentally" left his "Top 10 Reasons" just lying about in the Charms corridor. And guess who found it? Of course Lily Evans found it, I have to be the most unlucky person in the history of Hogwarts. That's what they should call me James the Unlucky.

Well, after dinner in the Great Hall I was in total shock when Lily pulled me aside and asked if she could speak to me. The whole time she was biting her lip in the most adorable way. I was so focused on how cute she looked that I almost completely missed what she was saying.

"Potter I found that list that Black made. I was just wondering why you insist on trying to flirt with me when it's good knowledge that you're actually –well, gay!"

Wait! Hold up one second, Lily thinks I'm gay!

"What are you t-talking about?" I stammered. "I'm not gay! Honestly!"

Lily mered gave me what I suppose is her idea of a knowing look and walked away.

I, James Potter, have the worst luck.

Note to self: KILL Sirius Black.

A/N: I have no idea where I'm going with this story so if any of you guys have ideas feel free to throw them at me. Oh, and stupid me forgot who my beta was. If you're my beta just send me an e-mail so I can apologize for my idiocy.

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