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NOTE: I HAVE SKIPPED TO FIFTH YEAR SO I COULD ADD MORE ROMANCE AND MISCHEIVIOUSNESS!
"James Potter!" Lily's voice screeched through James's dining room. "Keep your bloody undergarments at your own house over the summer as I do not need them owled to me. In fact I don't even need to seem them. Take a hint a leave me alone!"
The echoing voice ended and James turned and looked over to Sirius who was sitting on the couch with a huge grin on his face.
"Sirius…you didn't…did you?" James asked with his mouth hanging open slightly, looking at his best friend in disbelief.
"James, when are you going to learn that she doesn't like you and never will? This was just an example of what Sirius Black can do to reveal the truth. So I suggest you listen to the woman and keep you and your urges away from her" Sirius said with a satisfactory smile, hoping that he had finally made it through to James's dim-witted brain.
But unfortunately for Sirius, the message hadn't gotten through to James and he was at it again, rambling about how Lily would realize her true love for him soon. Maybe if he showed her what he was capable of with his magic skills, then she would possibly change her mind about him.
"Sirius, if I just show her what I can do, then I know she will come running to my arms and smother me with kisses." James sighed. "It will be the best day of my life!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. His friend was impossible. He was hopeless. He never learned.
"James, you've been after her since the first day of the first year, and she's rejected you every time. And here we are, about to start our fifth year of Hogwarts, and oh look, she still doesn't want you!" Sirius exclaimed.
An owl flew in through the window bearing two letters. Sirius stood up and collected them. James looked at him curiously.
"Hogwarts letters" Sirius grunted and handed one to James who tore it open.
"Looks like we need to go to Diagon Alley sometime soon, considering school starts in a week. Maybe we'll see Lily there" James said hopefully.
"James! Open your eyes. She doesn't want you! Every other girl in the school does, so give it a rest with Lily and go for someone else. Go for Belle or Emma or Alexis or someone, anyone! But leave Lily out of it!" Sirius yelled.
"No other girls like me" James declared.
Sirius sighed. "James, when we go back to Hogwarts, actually open your eyes. They're all swooning over you. And me too. Well mainly me, but you have a lot of them after you too!"
James shook his head. "Sirius, I think you're wrong mate. Personally I think I'm going to be alone forever."
"That's it" Black snapped. "We're going to Diagon Alley now and you are going to actually open your eyes to the females all around you and see that they want you. Because many of them do, but none of you have confronted you about it because of your Lily obsession."
"That's ridiculous, Sirius" James said.
"Mrs. Potter, we're going to Diagon Alley" Sirius yelled into the Den where she sat quietly reading a novel.
"Ok dear" she said turning a page of her book.
Sirius grabbed the jar off of the mantel and took a bit of floo powder out and handed it to James. "You first Jamsie-poo" he said with a smirk on his face.
James took a handful of floo powder and stepped into the fireplace, threw the powder down and said "Diagon Alley." Sirius followed him shortly and they ended up in Flourish & Blotts.
The two boys walked towards Gringotts, Sirius giving each girl he saw a cheesy grin or a flirtatious smile, and sometimes even a wink.
"What are you doing?" James chuckled watching his friend make a fool of himself.
"It's called flirting, you do that to girls who like you and sometimes, by the end of the day, you get yourself a brand new snogging partner" Sirius said proudly.
After the long ride through the passages of Gringotts, and feeling a bit on the sick side, they decided to sit down on a picnic table outside of an ice-cream shop.
Sirius continued flirting with any girl that passed by, but James still had Lily stuck in his head. Sirius looked over, only to find James staring off into space.
He sighed and snapped a finger in front of James. "Snap out of the Lily trance and focus on the girls around you. They're just as good, if not, better!" Sirius exclaimed.
James turned to see a group of six girls looking at both boys expectantly. James couldn't believe his eyes at how so many of them were paying attention to both of them.
"Maybe you're right Sirius" James said, reaching up to ruffle his hair. "It might be possible that you are right."
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After a long and sickening ride in one of those muggle contraptions that Mr. Potter had said was a car, they had finally made it to Kings Cross, slightly green though. They made their way through the barrier and crossed over to Platform 9 3/4. James and Sirius both smiled cheekily to any girl who passed, making them blush easily.
"I see you've finally got your mind off of…oh what was her name? Libby?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Lily, Mrs. Potter. And we must be careful not to say the "L" word in front of him or he might return to the dark side of obsession" Sirius commented, making both Mr. and Mrs. Potter chuckle.
Mrs. Potter turned to look at the clock to reveal that they only had five minutes until the train was supposed to leave. She pulled them both into a tight embrace.
"Please try to stay out of trouble this year James. And you to Sirius" She said.
"We'll try our best, but we make no guarantees" Sirius said grinning.
Mr. Potter stuck out his hand and both boys shook it before taking off for the train.
They found themselves an empty compartment, waiting for Remus and Peter to come and find them. As they predicted, not much longer, the familiar mousy haired boy, only all grown up, walked in.
"Where's Remus?" James asked Peter who sat down across from the other two.
"Haven't you heard?" he asked excitedly.
"Heard what?" Both James and Sirius asked at the same time.
"Remus has been made prefect" Peter said clasping his hands together as if attempting to contain his excitement for his friend.
Sirius shrugged and looked over to James. "Suits him, doesn't it? He and Peter were always the ones that weren't up for trouble making if they could help it."
Peter cleared his throat. "I am sitting right here you know. I can hear everything you're saying."
Sirius ignored his comments. "You still haven't told us where he is, Peter."
"Well he's in the Prefect cart of course. Where else would he be? He and Lily are both there. They are both Gryffindor prefects this year, which means all of your fun is going down the drain with Lily on patrol."
"Go easy on the "L" word, Peter my friend" Sirius said. "Our dear Jamsie has forgotten about her and moved on."
Peter stared at James wide-eyed. "Really? Wow, it took you five years of thinking that she actually loved you when everyone knew it was a hopeless case…"
"Off of the topic about my love life. Now, Mr. Pettigrew, did you get the courage to ask Emma out yet?" James asked Peter who turned bright red.
"Not yet…" Peter began.
"What do you mean 'not yet'?" Sirius asked. "You spent the whole bloody summer at the same camp ground, and you didn't ask her out yet?"
Peter shook his head no when the door opened and Emma, along with Belle and Alexis, walked in and sat down.
"Do you mind if we sit here?" Belle asked. "I can't seem to find Ben anywhere, and these two are waiting for Lily to get out of the prefects meeting" she said, indicating to the other two.
"Ben who?" Sirius asked in interest.
"Ben Campbell, he's a Ravenclaw and my boyfriend" she said proudly.
Sirius frowned slightly but perked up when Alexis sat beside him. "What about you?" he asked her. "Are you still single?" he crossed his fingers behind his back.
"You betcha" she said, pulling her hair back.
SCORE! His mind silently pumped a fist in the air.
Emma sat down next to Remus who turned a deep shade of red.
"Long time no see, right Peter?" she chuckled to herself, making him laugh nervously, turn even more red, then turn to the window, staring at the scenery that they passed.
They talked for a good portion of the afternoon and neither Lily or Remus showed up. They figured that they decided to stay by themselves or maybe the meeting was running long.
Ben had finally decided to go looking for Belle and found her in the compartment with Sirius Black and James Potter, Hogwarts most wanted bachelors. He scowled at the two boys and led her out.
Alexis stood up to leave but Sirius grabbed her waist. "Where do you think you're going?" he asked in his flirty voice.
"Well I didn't think you'd want Emma and I around after Belle left, but if you insist" she said sitting down next to him, his arms still around her.
She giggled and blushed and leaned in closer to Sirius.
"I really did miss you in that last week that we had left the camp, Peter. It wasn't the same without you there" Emma said and batted her eyelashes at him.
His heart quickened at the sound of her voice. "I missed you too" he said to her.
She took hold of her hand and he blushed and ran his thumb along her fingers. James and Sirius grinned at each other which Alexis saw. She laughed.
"Am I missing something here?" she asked.
"Just my lips against yours" Sirius said with an evil glint in his eyes.
Alexis blushed as he leaned in closer and kissed her softly on the lips. She leaned back into him after they were finished and he held her tightly.
"So! Alexis! Are you and Belle still planning on staying on the quidditch team with me and Sirius?" James asked.
She nodded. "Why would we give it up?" she asked him, slightly confused.
"Well I didn't think you would quit, but since Belle has a boyfriend now on an opposing quidditch team, I didn't know if she would stay and play against him or not. If you would've said you were going to quit I don't know what would have happened. It's impossible to replace you. You're a wicked beater."
Sirius cleared his throat and looked at James.
"And so are you of course Sirius" he laughed.
Peter looked at his watch. "We're going to be there soon. Should we go get changed?" he asked.
"Not all at once. Don't wanna lose our spot. You three go first, Alexis and I will stay here" he said with a sly smile.
The three left to get changed, leaving Alexis and Sirius all alone.
"Now, where were we?" Sirius asked with his sly smile, leaning in closer. A great start, to a great year, Sirius thought to himself.
When the Peter, Emma and James came back, they walked in to find Alexis and Sirius snogging.
"Our turn already?" Sirius said, his hair more messy than usual.
James nodded as Sirius grabbed Alexis by the hand and led her out of the compartment at a pretty quick pace.
Sirius and Alexis didn't come back for the remaining half hour. James figured they were going at it in the dressing rooms and didn't bother to go look for them. He was stuck with Peter and Emma who were giving each other lovey dovey eyes.
The train finally stopped and James rushed to get off of the train. When he reached the fresh air outside, he saw her.
Flowing red hair and the perfect body. Lily Evans stood 15 feet away from him, and he did nothing but stare.