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Chapter Six: Letters and Notes

I can't figure out how to make the dream spell work over long distances, so it looks as though Evans will get a dream free Easter.

Oh well, I'll just send her letters instead.

Easter Holidays started today and I decided to come home since Evans didn't stay at Hogwarts. Being at home will give me time to think.

Here's my letter to Evans:

Dearest Evans, (I know it sounds mushy, but girls like that fluffy stuff)

I hope you're having a good holiday. Since you decided to go home for Easter Break, so did I.

Life here is rather boring without you. I miss being able to glance across the classroom and see your pretty face. I would feel much less lonely if I knew that I could call you my girlfriend.

Yours always,

James Potter

Okay, that was a tad cliché, but I meant every word. I do miss being able to see her everyday even if all she does is yell at me.

Arrow, my owl, just came back without a reply. While it means that Evans received my letter, it also means that she obviously didn't bother to take the time to respond to it. She might not have even read it.

Well, like the old saying goes, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

The only problem is that I have tried again. And again, and again, and again, but I'm not any closer to winning the heart of one, Lily Evans.

Dearest Lily-Flower,

I'm saddened that you didn't reply to my last letter. Arrow likes carrying mail. He actually gets quite upset if you don't have anything for him to carry.

I miss you, Flower. Please, please, please, please, please go out with me? It would make me really, really, really happy.

Yours always,

James Potter

I do realize that Lily-Flower is highly over-used, but I like it. She is named after a flower after all, and no, I did not just realize that fact. She has a very pretty name. Lily Evans…. Her name would sound nice as Lily Potter too.

I also realize that this letter sounds highly desperate. It's supposed to, because I am desperate.

Arrow just returned with a "letter" from Evans.

Potter: The answer is still "no".

That's it! That's the whole letter. What a waste of parchment.

If that's the way she wants to be, fine. Two can play this game.

Contrary to what many people believe, owls are highly intelligent creatures. I would know, since I just spent the better part of my day teaching Arrow to ring the doorbell with his beak.

When I pat him once on the head and make a clicking sound with my tongue, he knows to press the bell with his beak and fly in the door when it's opened.

The whole point of teaching Arrow to ring the doorbell is so that when I send him off with another letter to Evans, he'll ring the bell, and then fly into the house with the letter.

I'm planning to send Evans a letter shortly before suppertime so that the letter will arrive while she and her family ate eating. (If all goes according to plan that is)

With good luck, someone else will get to the letter first and hopefully make Evans respond or at least feel guilty about not writing back.

Here's a copy of the letter that I'll be sending to the Evans' household tonight.

Dear Lily,

I'm doing fine, thanks. I hope you're having a good holiday. Personally, I can't wait to get back to Hogwarts and see you again. I can only hope that you miss me the way I miss you.

To answer your question, I named my owl Arrow for the Silver Arrow broomstick. It was the first broomstick that I ever rode and since Arrow is a pretty fast flyer, I thought it was fitting.

Well, I'm sorry this letter is so short, but I have to go, my mum is calling.

Yours always,

James Potter

So it was a little sneaky, making it sound like we're on good terms with each other, but with a little luck, her parents will read it and think I'm a nice guy. Which I am.

I like holidays. They help me figure out ways to ask Evans out. I just center my asking around a holiday and the ideas come easily. For example: For Easter, I'm sending her Easter eggs.

Yes, Easter eggs. But not just any old eggs, mind you: Magical Easter eggs. They bounce when dropped, but open in a hinge and contain magical candies such as Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans and Honeydukes chocolate.

I wonder how she'll react to the booger flavored jelly beans?

Sirius arrived at my house today and is planning to spend the rest of the holiday here.

This afternoon he helped me get the Easter eggs all ready to send to Evans. I decided to include notes as well as candy in the eggs, so he helped me a bit with that. I didn't see what he wrote on one of the notes, but I'm sure it wasn't anything too bad.

This morning, an owl showed up at the breakfast table and dropped a letter on my father's plate. My father read the letter and then passed it to my mother without saying anything.

For a moment, I thought that it was a letter from school, or from the Ministry, telling my parents that they've found out about….certain secrets in my life, but my mother's voice in a low tone told me otherwise.

"James Harold Potter. What are you doing to that poor girl?"

Oops. My parents weren't supposed to find out about my pursuit of Lily Evans.

Mr. Evans wrote my parents a letter complaining about one of the notes in the Easter eggs.

Dear Mr. And Mrs. Potter,

In light of the letter and notes that have recently arrived at this household, I think it is safe to assume that your son has feelings for my daughter.

I am sure that your son, James, is a very nice young man. However, as her father, I feel that these notes must cease.

My wife and I found his initial letter to Lily to be innocent and appropriate, but one of the notes from inside the Easter eggs was not. Even the thought of marriage is too much to be contemplating at their young age.

Enclosed in this envelope is the note in question. I trust that you will speak to your son about this matter in a just and according manner. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mark Evans

Merlin's beard! Lily's father thinks I'm contemplating marriage!

That note that Sirius wrote is the one that her father was complaining about. It was a piece of parchment with the names "Lily and James Potter" and "James and Lily Potter" scribbled all over it.

Thanks to Sirius, I'm confined to my room for the rest of the night, and I can't ride my broom until I get back to school.

Life is so unfair.

Life isn't fair, James. That's just the way it is.

I wish that life were fair.

No, you don't.

Oh, so now you can read minds as well as decipher passwords?

Figuring out your "passwords" is fun. But no, I don't read minds.

Then how can you tell me what I want and what I don't want?

Because if life were fair, life would be boring.

If you have a point, please make it; we're being called for lunch.

My point is, James, that if you don't have to work for the things you get, they wouldn't mean a thing.

This is about Evans, isn't it?

Yes, it's about Lily.

So…you're saying that if she just fell into my arms then it wouldn't mean anything?

Basically.

I'm beginning to regret inviting you over.

I miss her. I'd even welcome her yelling at me if she could just be here.

Review Responses

EyesofEmerald: James does need to make harder passwords, doesn't he:-) Of course I like your input! I value every reviewer's input!

LilliannaRose: I hope this update was faster! I go back to school in two days (how unfair) so I wanted to get a chapter updated before the homework began.

cilverblood: Oh, I don't know, I kind of like the Marauder's being just guys. They're so clueless, well, except Remus. James does need a girls help, but don't forget he has Lily's friends to help him out!

The Great Charlotte: I'm glad to hear that I didn't disappoint you!

JKRobsessed: Good to hear that you liked the last chapter!

Chaosmage28: Who likes Peter? Really, I'd like to find someone who actually likes his character…Anyway, thanks for the review!

Sarah Warder: Thanks. I'm glad you like the format and the story-standing-alone thing. I always hate it when people have sister stories that don't match, so I decided that mine would.

MWPP Fanatic: I know. I really didn't like last chapter too much. But, as you said, authors have good and bad chapters. Guess that was a bad one. I'm glad to hear that you still enjoyed it though!

child-of-scorpio: Thank you! You're saying I was a good author made my day! I promise that I will do my best to update regularly once school starts.

J.E.A.R.K.Potter: I know it was short and I'm sorry. Chapters won't be that short again. They won't be really, really long, but they won't be really, really short either.

Some12: I wanted to stay in fifth grade too! Well, I wanted to stay in every grade except kindgarten, 7th and 8th. :-) Yes, James does need to get better at making up passwords. I'll work on that.

EW4eva: Yeah, James did kind of take the dreaming scheme to the extreme. He'll figure out that being forced to dream about something is nearly as fun as he thought it was.

dragonzflame: Yes, I am making the chapters for each journal story match. Some things may be different, but only because a.) James has a different view on it the subject or b.) Lily or James didn't know of a certain event and therefore didn't write about it. I apologize for the ridiculously short chapter last time. I really don't have an excuse except to say that the adjacent chapter was only three and I did extend the last one to five pages. I'm sure why I only wrote a three-page chapter in the first place though…

Queen Of Day Dreams: I'm glad you like my portrayal of Sirius. I can't tell you about the date yet, but I will! Sirius just has to pester James about it some more!

DeoxyriboNucleic Acid: Thanks! Please keep reading!

aquariusbaby205: Maybe I'll take your foreign language password idea and use it. Would you mind?

browneyedgirl2004: Thanks! I know it was short, I'm sorry! This chapter is two whole pages longer! My early chapters of "In This Journal" weren't overly long, so it's hard to make them much longer for this story. I don't want to add too much stuff, you know? It would kind of take away from the main focus I think.

Cherry: I assume what Lily did after James kissed her is go to class since that's were they were heading in the first place. It's highly probable that she seethed about it all class and went back to her dorm and went on a really long rant about how much she disliked James. I assume and probably because I never planned it out, but I think that's what she would have done. They hold conversations in James's "notebook" and to annoy him even though yes, it would be much simpler to talk to each other in real life. You didn't miss anything about what happened on the date. Sorry, I can't tell you what happened! It's a secret for now. You'll find out in a couple of chapters!

the-insufferable-know-it-all: I'm glad you like the way I portray Sirius! I didn't like the last chapter much either, but I hope that you liked this one more.

MPPSexxySiriusJamesRemus: As always, thank you for your constant support of my fic!

tinkerbelldetention101: Bribery cookies are tasty! I hope that I didn't take too long to update! Thanks!

Loves to Read: Sirius is great, isn't he:-) Thanks for the review!

little-angel123452000: Wow! Thanks for the really nice compliment! I always liked Fred and George, so…thanks:-)

Laughing Dragoness: I love how if you read this story, you feel sorry for Lily, but if you read the counterpart, you feel sorry for James. I think earns most of the pity though. :-)

anonymous: Thanks! Please keep reading!