Chapter 1: Playing games and trying to find the truth
Lily Evans, had hated James since the very first time she saw him, but still he picked on her and others like Snape. James Potter was exactly the kind of guy Lily hated, he was a big headed,a joker and prat to say the least. Lily couldn't understand how all the girls in the school fawned over James and the other Maunders. She hated them all - with the acception of Remus Lupin, she felt he understood her and that he was a kind and generous man. If she was going to fall for anyone it would be Remus, right?
James, however noticed that Remus was friendly with Lily, and was no matter how hard he tried, jealous of Remus.
Everyone was in bed asleep, until the screaming sound of' WAKE UP, YOU LAZY BOYS, IT'S A NEW DAY AND TIME FOR BREAKFAST!' The boys crawled out of bed, showered and walked down to the great hall for breakfast. As they were making their way to their seats, James spotted Lily and couldn't resist walking up to the bench;stradling it and asking her "Hey Lils, wanna go to Hogsmede with me tommorrow? You know you want to! I'll even treat you to a butterbeer!"
"Get lost Potter, i wouldn't go with you if you were the last man on earth! Now if you will excuse me i have transfiguration to study for!" Lily said getting up and walking away.
"I love you too Lils!" exclaimed James.
"Why do you keep tormenting her Prongs?" asked Moony.
"Me? Torment her! You've got your wires crossed Moony my friend! She is the one tormenting me! Everytime i speak to her she tells me to get lost!"
"Have you even wondered why she tells you to leave her alone? She thinks your anoying,you think you can get her attention by being a prat Prongs when she wants someone who just acts like themselves!"
"Where do you get this stuff Moony? I swear your a walking, talking text book!"laughed Sirius.
But james was contemplating what Remus had just said (I'm sure she wants someone who's not a prat, i bet that someone is you isn't it Moony!......Oh stop Prongs, this is your best friend he wouldn't do that to you!)"Hey Prongs you okay? You just started stairing into space!"asked Peter.
"Huh? Oh i'm fine, just thinking is all!"
"I bet you are mate! It wouldn't be about Lily would it now?" Sirius teased James continuously all the way into lunch. the matters only got worse, when Lily sat next to Remus and James. "Hey Evans! Can't keep away can you!"
"Bite me Potter!"
"With pleasure Evans, with pleasure!"
"Well if you don't want James to have a bite, maybe your let Remus!" the four mauranders laughed at this inside joke, but Lily just glared at Sirius for even implying this.
"Well at least Remus isn't a complete arse compaired to Potter!" replied Lily getting up from her seat and walking out of the great hall.
"Looks like you have competition Prongs old friend, looks like Lily likes Moony here!" teased Sirius.
Both James and Remus answered him with "Shut up Sirius!" ( Oh God, i hope she doesn't like Remus my heart would break if she did!) James got up and decided to go look for Lily." Hey where you going?" asked Peter in a small squeeky voice.
"I need to go and finish Flatwichs parchment! i don't think i did three sides, i'll see you in his lesson ok!" (So i lied but i can't have them tease me on this one!)
James entered Gryfindore common room, to find Lily sitting by the fireplace reading a book. "Hey Lily, what you reading?"
"Hogwarts-A history, maybe you should read it sometime you never know you might actually learn something!"
"Okay so i deserved that, but i just don't get why you hate me so much! I also came to tell you i'm sorry for how i acted in the great hall!"
"Your forgiven!"
James turned to leave, but stopped when Lily said in a quiet voice "And i don't hate you James!" Hoping he didn't hear this she carried on reading, but he did hear and had to say something. "Then why, if you don't hate me are we always at each others throats?" Lily looked up from her book and was about to say the answer when Sirius, Remus and Peter walked in.
"You finished up here mate? We thought we'd come and walk you to class!" Sirius exclaimed trying to stifle the laughs he was holding back!
James got up and asked "Do you want to walk to class with us Lily?"
For the first time that anyone could remember, Lily didn't bother to argue with James and replied "Sure, just let me get my bookbag and i'll walk with you!"
As Lily went to get her bag, the four boys stood gobsmacked that Lily had agreed to walk with James. Lily came back and they began to walk to class. Remus, Sirius and Peter being in front whilst Lily and James tagged along behind. James decided he wanted to know what Lily would have said if they hadn't been interupted earlier, so he decided to push his luck and ask. "Lils, what were you going to say before the mob came in and abducted us?"
"I .........um..., well i....cam i tell you later? It's just i want to tell you whilst your friends aren't stareing at me for an answer!"
James looked round to find his three friends stareing eagerly at the pair. All James could do was nod a yes to Lily, because he was so embarrassed. They walked into Professor Flatwicks classroom, and Lily sat infront of James. Sirius had to keep nudging James because he was stairing at Lily. He then whispered "You know i could have sworn you finished Flatwicks homework last night, and i know that Lily happened to be in the common room like you knew she would be! Is there something you want to tell me, well anything i haven't figured out for myself?"
"Well what exactly has your two brain cells figured out?"
"Well my two brain cells as you so kindly put it, have figured out that your head over heels with our Evans there, and from the change of her attitude i'd say she feels the same!" (Maybe i underestimated you Padfoot!)
"Also that you've been visually undressing her a good part of this lesson!" (Then again maybe not!)
"You prat i have not been visually undressing Lily the whole lesson!"
"I should hope not Mister Potter! 10 Points from Gryfindore for disrupting my class!" said Professor Flatwick, who was listening to James and Sirius' conversation with some intrigue! By the end of the lesson James was still blushing crimson but he had to talk to Lily! He caught up with her after they're last lesson of the day. She was walking up to the common room when he grabbed her hand and pulled her into an empty classroom.
Lily Evans, had hated James since the very first time she saw him, but still he picked on her and others like Snape. James Potter was exactly the kind of guy Lily hated, he was a big headed,a joker and prat to say the least. Lily couldn't understand how all the girls in the school fawned over James and the other Maunders. She hated them all - with the acception of Remus Lupin, she felt he understood her and that he was a kind and generous man. If she was going to fall for anyone it would be Remus, right?
James, however noticed that Remus was friendly with Lily, and was no matter how hard he tried, jealous of Remus.
Everyone was in bed asleep, until the screaming sound of' WAKE UP, YOU LAZY BOYS, IT'S A NEW DAY AND TIME FOR BREAKFAST!' The boys crawled out of bed, showered and walked down to the great hall for breakfast. As they were making their way to their seats, James spotted Lily and couldn't resist walking up to the bench;stradling it and asking her "Hey Lils, wanna go to Hogsmede with me tommorrow? You know you want to! I'll even treat you to a butterbeer!"
"Get lost Potter, i wouldn't go with you if you were the last man on earth! Now if you will excuse me i have transfiguration to study for!" Lily said getting up and walking away.
"I love you too Lils!" exclaimed James.
"Why do you keep tormenting her Prongs?" asked Moony.
"Me? Torment her! You've got your wires crossed Moony my friend! She is the one tormenting me! Everytime i speak to her she tells me to get lost!"
"Have you even wondered why she tells you to leave her alone? She thinks your anoying,you think you can get her attention by being a prat Prongs when she wants someone who just acts like themselves!"
"Where do you get this stuff Moony? I swear your a walking, talking text book!"laughed Sirius.
But james was contemplating what Remus had just said (I'm sure she wants someone who's not a prat, i bet that someone is you isn't it Moony!......Oh stop Prongs, this is your best friend he wouldn't do that to you!)"Hey Prongs you okay? You just started stairing into space!"asked Peter.
"Huh? Oh i'm fine, just thinking is all!"
"I bet you are mate! It wouldn't be about Lily would it now?" Sirius teased James continuously all the way into lunch. the matters only got worse, when Lily sat next to Remus and James. "Hey Evans! Can't keep away can you!"
"Bite me Potter!"
"With pleasure Evans, with pleasure!"
"Well if you don't want James to have a bite, maybe your let Remus!" the four mauranders laughed at this inside joke, but Lily just glared at Sirius for even implying this.
"Well at least Remus isn't a complete arse compaired to Potter!" replied Lily getting up from her seat and walking out of the great hall.
"Looks like you have competition Prongs old friend, looks like Lily likes Moony here!" teased Sirius.
Both James and Remus answered him with "Shut up Sirius!" ( Oh God, i hope she doesn't like Remus my heart would break if she did!) James got up and decided to go look for Lily." Hey where you going?" asked Peter in a small squeeky voice.
"I need to go and finish Flatwichs parchment! i don't think i did three sides, i'll see you in his lesson ok!" (So i lied but i can't have them tease me on this one!)
James entered Gryfindore common room, to find Lily sitting by the fireplace reading a book. "Hey Lily, what you reading?"
"Hogwarts-A history, maybe you should read it sometime you never know you might actually learn something!"
"Okay so i deserved that, but i just don't get why you hate me so much! I also came to tell you i'm sorry for how i acted in the great hall!"
"Your forgiven!"
James turned to leave, but stopped when Lily said in a quiet voice "And i don't hate you James!" Hoping he didn't hear this she carried on reading, but he did hear and had to say something. "Then why, if you don't hate me are we always at each others throats?" Lily looked up from her book and was about to say the answer when Sirius, Remus and Peter walked in.
"You finished up here mate? We thought we'd come and walk you to class!" Sirius exclaimed trying to stifle the laughs he was holding back!
James got up and asked "Do you want to walk to class with us Lily?"
For the first time that anyone could remember, Lily didn't bother to argue with James and replied "Sure, just let me get my bookbag and i'll walk with you!"
As Lily went to get her bag, the four boys stood gobsmacked that Lily had agreed to walk with James. Lily came back and they began to walk to class. Remus, Sirius and Peter being in front whilst Lily and James tagged along behind. James decided he wanted to know what Lily would have said if they hadn't been interupted earlier, so he decided to push his luck and ask. "Lils, what were you going to say before the mob came in and abducted us?"
"I .........um..., well i....cam i tell you later? It's just i want to tell you whilst your friends aren't stareing at me for an answer!"
James looked round to find his three friends stareing eagerly at the pair. All James could do was nod a yes to Lily, because he was so embarrassed. They walked into Professor Flatwicks classroom, and Lily sat infront of James. Sirius had to keep nudging James because he was stairing at Lily. He then whispered "You know i could have sworn you finished Flatwicks homework last night, and i know that Lily happened to be in the common room like you knew she would be! Is there something you want to tell me, well anything i haven't figured out for myself?"
"Well what exactly has your two brain cells figured out?"
"Well my two brain cells as you so kindly put it, have figured out that your head over heels with our Evans there, and from the change of her attitude i'd say she feels the same!" (Maybe i underestimated you Padfoot!)
"Also that you've been visually undressing her a good part of this lesson!" (Then again maybe not!)
"You prat i have not been visually undressing Lily the whole lesson!"
"I should hope not Mister Potter! 10 Points from Gryfindore for disrupting my class!" said Professor Flatwick, who was listening to James and Sirius' conversation with some intrigue! By the end of the lesson James was still blushing crimson but he had to talk to Lily! He caught up with her after they're last lesson of the day. She was walking up to the common room when he grabbed her hand and pulled her into an empty classroom.