A/N1: Changed quite a bit in this chapter. Mostly format and dialogue.
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Chapter 7
James's Realization
"Why don't you just talk to her, James?" Remus asked the next morning at breakfast.
"Who?" answered James
"Lily."
"Lily?, Lily Who?"
"Oh c'mon James! Why are you mad at her?"
"Because she didn't tell me about Frank! Besides, she's too good for him."
"Great reason for not talking to your best fried, Prongs" Sirius put in.
"It is" said James
"Sure" said Sirius and went back to stuffing his face.
"Maybe you should talk her out of dating Frank..." said Remus, trying to look innocent
'Maybe I will...' said James thoughtfully. He was quiet for a moment before saying that he had to go for Quidditch practice
"Bye" said Remus to James retreating back. He smiled a victorious smile to himself and proceeded to finish breakfast.
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"Wow! I've never seen James play so well." said Logan Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.
"Yeah, I know! Hufflepuff is gonna get beaten really badly!" said Chaser Violet Brown
"Wait till Bagman sees James' form!" said Sirius, referring to the Hufflepuff captain.
Up on the broomstick, James was feeling a surge of sheer excitement. He could sense that he had never before played so well. Logan had let the snitch out 8 times now and James had caught it all 8 times in less than 5 minutes!
"Great, James! We'll have a team practice now" said Wood.
Very soon, all the brooms were up in the air and the Gryffindor team began to work on their Quidditch form. No body was taking it too seriously though. Hufflepuff wasn't hard to beat.
James didn't have very much to do because Wood had given him instructions to catch the snitch after at least 10 minutes had past so that the other players would get some practice. So James let his mind wander, picking his favorite subject (besides Quidditch) to think about – Lily.
'How could she not tell me?' he thought
'Why do you care so much James?' asked a second voice in his brain.
' I don't know'
'You like her!'
'No I don't!'
'Yes you do. Admit it!'
'No I don't'
'Yes you do.'
'No I.....'
"James! you can look for the snitch now!" Wood's voice had broken into James's thoughts.
James turned his concentration back to the game.
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By the time the game was over. James's conflicting mind had come to a conclusion. The second voice had won. He liked Lily.
'But how can I?' He thought 'Not only is she my best friend, she doesnt think of me in a romantic way.'
"How can be so sure?"
"I wish you'd just shut up sometimes"
"Why? I'm right arent I?"
"No"
"Yep"
"No"
"Ok...lets not start this again. I already won this war last time."
"Oh alright. Youre infuriating, you know that?"
"It's a speciality. Now. I think you should talk to Lily."
'You're right.....as usual.' Thought James
"Aha!"
"Yeah yeah, no need to gloat"
"So you're gonna talk to her?"
"I guess so" thought James as headed towards the common room to find Lily.
A/N: Next chapter: Lily and James have an argument.
