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Sirius

Remus

Peter

James

Chapter Eight: Revelations of a Prat
Just a reminder that each chapter of this story corresponds exactly with each chapter of "In This Journal".
Alright, if that's what Evans goes through each time I put the dream spell on her, I'm never doing it to her again.

That was horrible! I had no control over anything and after I woke up, every time I closed my eyes that's all I could see. I never, ever want to have a dream like that again for as long as I live.

In my dream, I was standing by the History of Magic classroom when a small girl with pigtails came up to me and put the leg locker curse on me.

As I fell flat on my face, she began laughing at me. From the shadows came more people, probably about fifty, give or take a few. One by one they approached me and hexed me, laughing as they did so.

The last person to walk up to me was Lily Evans. She raised her wand high, a look of malice in her eyes. And then...I woke up, drenched in a cold sweat.

Not funny guys.

On the contrary, it was positively hilarious. The best entertainment I've had in ages.

I agree, spiffing show!

As amusing as it was, that dream was meant to teach you something, James. Do try and think about it, hm?

How did they figure out my password? Who in their right mind would think of my password when it was "pink fuzzy bunnies"? Who?

Sirius, I guess.

The things I do to try and win a girl's heart. It probably annoyed her, (what doesn't?) but I was highly amused by the whole thing.

I suppose I'd better explain.

Last week, I spent the majority of my spare time preparing for our annual end of the year pranks. Usually, the pranks are pitted against the Slytherins, but this year, I decided to give my attention to Evans. She should be flattered.

First, I magically recorded her voice with this weird contraption that I borrowed from my father a while back. Second, I enchanted all of the desks in the school to bear the engraving "L.E. J.P.". Third, I fixed it so that when a person touched the engravings, Evans' voice could be heard coming from them.

So, today when she noticed them in Charms, she sent a death glare my way. Oh well, at least she acknowledges me.

I spent much of my day "accidentally" touching the desk engravings. It served two purposes: 1.) I got a rise out of Evans. 2.) I got to hear her voice saying "L.E. J.P. love, then my voice asking her out.

On a less than thrilling note, McGonagall gave me a detention for my prank. Spoil sport.

On an even less thrilling note, the Potions professor gave Evans a detention for accidentally (it was really an accident in her case) touching the letters and setting the voice mechanism off.

And so Evans has me to blame for the second detention of her Hogwarts career.

Oops. Now she has yet another reason to dislike me. Joy.

I figured out the message behind my dream.

All of those people in the dream, all those I people I didn't recognize? I realize now who they were. They were people I've hexed for sport in the past.

I'm a world-class prat and can understand now why Evans doesn't like me. I'm a bully and I'm arrogant and...just a prat not even worthy of speaking to her.

Our O.W.L. for Defense Against the Dark Arts was today. I thought it was extremely easy, but that's not the point.

After out testing, the guys and I went outside to recuperate and prepare for out Transfiguration O.W.L. As we were sitting under a large tree by the lake, being bored, Snape walked by.

Sirius and I then began to taunt and curse him. Hexing Snape has always been a favorite pastime of Sirius and me and since he's not a really well liked character, nobody is sorry to see him belittled.

No one usually comes to Snape's rescue except maybe some other highly questionable Slytherins, but today, who else would come to his aid, but Evans.

That's right, Evans. Now, personally, I was in shock. I mean this is Snape, a Slytherin, someone who despises muggleborns like Evans. And she helps him?

It would appear so, because that's exactly what she did. She repeatedly told Sirius and me to leave him a lone while we did nothing of the sort.

I wasn't really taking any store in what she was saying. I was just letting the words bounce off me until she called me an "arrogant, bullying-toerag". She also said that she'd rather go out with the giant squid than me.

That got my attention. Evans insulted me to my face. I don't think she's ever done that before.

Snape, being the gracious git he is, called her a mudblood as thanks. How dare he?! Evans may be muggleborn, but she's just as worthy to study magic as him or anyone else in this school. She's twice the person that he'll ever be.

What really got me thinking was her rant about my lesser qualities. What she said will forever remain imprinted upon my mind.

"Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just gotten off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can – I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK!"

At first I kind of brushed off her words, but once I had Snape in midair, about to take his pants off, it hit me.

Sick? I make her sick? If that's what Evans truly thinks of me, I need to change.

That must be what she thinks of me. It sounded like she's wanted to say all that for a very long time. Probably since I started trying to get her to go out with me, and it's been almost an entire school year.

I brought Snape back to the ground, (okay, I dropped him) and came back to my dorm to think. And so here I am: The high and mighty James Potter brought down several pegs by a girl who was standing up for her enemy.

I wonder...why did she stand up for Snape? He's never made any secret of the fact that he dislikes her and all that she stands for. Why would she willingly defend him against me?

Maybe...she did it to make me angry, to go against me. She knows that Snape and I don't see eye to eye.

Maybe...maybe I should study.

May I be the first to congratulate you on your revelation, James? Bravo! About time. May I ask how you're going to change?

This doesn't mean that we have to stop hexing Snivellus, does it? Please say no.

No more hexing people for fun, this excludes Snape, because he's a git and he insulted Evans. Well...maybe I won't hex him for fun, but if he tries to mess with me, I'll curse him into the next century.

I plan to change, Remus, with your help. Please and thank you.

Oh gosh. Your welcome...I guess. I suppose I should take this as a complement.

Indeed you should, but you need to stop stealing my notebook.
It's a journal, mate! Admit it! I know it, Peter knows it, Remus knows it, and even you know it, so just say it!

And tell us about those dates with Hestia while you're at it.

Fine! I'll tell you about the time I dated Hestia! But I'm only doing this so you'll finally shut up about it!

I don't know where you got this impression that Hestia and I dated for a long time, because we didn't. It lasted a grand total of about a week.

Here goes...I've never told anyone about this date before. Okay...it was last year, (fourth year) and it was only my second date ever, so I was fairly nervous. In all of my nervousness, I knocked over both our mugs of pumpkin juice and it spilled all over her.

Then, as we were leaving, I accidentally...smacked her in the face with the door and broke her nose. I took her to the hospital wing straight a way, and I waited for her nose to heal. After she was released, Hestia told me that if that date was a sign, we weren't meant to be together and she thought we'd really be happier as just friends.

Are you happy now? You should be.

That is the best thing I've heard since you said we can still hex Snape! I do feel a tad sorry for you, but you know, if you had dated Hestia for longer, you might have been with her into this year, and then your infatuation with Evans would look rather bad.

Bad? Why?

Think about it! You break up with Hestia and then go chase one of her friends? That's pretty unchivalrous.

That's not even a word, but I see your point. Now stop stealing my property!

Your property is my property. There's no selfishness in this dorm Prongs.

Want to bet? Give me my notebook!

Tonight, I tracked Evans down using the map. She was in the library, no surprise there.

I couldn't see her when I walked in so I asked some kid from Hufflepuff if he knew where Lily Evans was. He looked a bit intimidated by me, (small wonder, given my record) but none-the-less, he pointed her out to me. She was partially hidden behind a large textbook as though she were hiding from someone, probably me.

She has been doing an impressive job of avoiding me this week. I think if I were her I'd avoid me too.

I approached her with every intention of apologizing for the events that took place out by the lake last week, but as soon as she glanced up at me, my mind went blank.

Now, my mind does not usually go blank, so I didn't know quite what to do. Unfortunately, Evans' dislike of me combined with her stubbornness and my blank mind did not yield great results.

I asked her what she was working on. It turned out to be an essay on Animagi.

I offered to help her since Transfiguration is my strong suit and I've done quite a bit of reading about them.

Evans asked me to leave and I was going to until I had this sudden urge to do something stupid and annoy her.

In short, what followed was this:

I stole the book she was reading and ran off laughing with it. She tried to follow me, so I doubled back to the library and put the book back on the shelf. I then hid in the empty Charms classroom and waited until she walked by then I jumped out at her. I took her hand and set off at a run, dragging her behind me. At the portrait hole, I dropped her hand and she slapped me. I smiled.

That last fall I took in quidditch must have knocked some screws loose in my head or something. I acted like an idiot, but when do I not?

Why do I want to snog Evans and yet annoy her at the same time?

I think I should consult Remus on the matter. He'll know what to do.

Queen Of Day Dreams: Well, I finally let you know about his date! Hope you weren't disappointed! Yes, I am fully recovered. I just had a cold, and it wasn't too bad, but bad enough that I didn't feel well enough to work on my story, which made me very sad.

LilliannaRose: Yes, math is that bad, but I got a B on my last test, so that's good. I'm going to be a junior! James does sound innocent, doesn't he? Too bad he's not. Well, sometimes he is, but not as often as he should be!

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DOJ: I like how Emmeline and Hestia help him out too, because Lily thought it was all Hestia! James is getting better and he'll continue getting better, although he will have a few slip ups in the next chapter.

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