Disclaimer: I do not own any of JK Rowlings stuff. Wish I did though.

A/N: Here's the third chappie! Sorry its not much! But it'll get a lot more interesting in my next chapter! Hopefully, when they get back to Hogwarts! )

Summary: My Name is James Potter and I go to a School called Hogwarts. It's not your average school you see. This is a school for witchcraft and wizardry. Wicked huh? Well I'm not your average kind of guy either. If you're ever looking for me you could find me at the Quidditch field, my love my life. You see I'm the Gryffindor captain and best Seeker around. If you can't find me there you will probably find me with Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, either that or you'll find me in detention with McGonagall again. Who's she you ask? I'd have you ask her yourself.

I'm slick and I'm fast and I'm the one that will have you melt at my feet. But don't get your knickers tied up in a bunch, cause I've only got my eyes set on one girl, and one girl only. Her name happens to be Lily Evans and I can tell you, she's not your average walk in the park, not even close. You won't believe what I have to do for this girl; well I can't believe it myself. If it is worth it you'll have to come up with the answer yourself after you find out What I Gave Up for Her!


I wonder what it's like to be like you
To never care how bad it hurts,
So go ahead and lie and, keep moving on and
It's all about yourself
I'll watch you crash and burn.
...Simple plan, Crash and Burn

Prongsie's Problem

The next morning James groaned. There was something or some one beside him on his bed and James had hoped it would be Lily. His dreams so far had never yet failed him with lavishing fantasies of Evans. "Evans?" mumbled a still asleep James.

"Yes honey it's me, now wake up!" A high pitched voice echoed, one that was clearly not Lily's. James highly aware of it jumped up into a sitting position and put his glasses on. He glared at the mug of Sirius as he sat there, fluttering his eyelashes madly.

"Padfoot!" James screamed and fell back down onto his bed.

Sirius smirked, "Well, who else would it be. Who else could it be?" Sirius smirked. "Perhaps you thought it was-"

James glared, "Shut up Padfoot!" James said and turned around and closed his eyes trying to fall back asleep, he had had such a pleasant dream.

Sirius watched James try to fall back to sleep and shrieked, "Neu Prongs!" Sirius yelled in the same high pitched voice and shook James. "Your mum made pancakes! Get up!"

James just shook it off, "Why don't you just go and get them yourself."

Sirius crossed his arms, "your mum wouldn't let me have any until you get your ass out of bed! Now get up! Or I'll have you arrested with starving a poor helpless boy!"

Sirius groaned out of frustration and dragged James out of bed, literally. James screamed and flopped onto the floor with Sirius standing over him. "Get up!" he whined.

James just mumbled and stumbled on his feet. "Alright alright! I'll go!" he hissed and stood up yawning as Sirius skipped about clearly over joyed at his friends decision.

"Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes!"

The two boys made there way down the stairs of James large mansion and crept into the kitchen where they saw James mother at the stove flipping some more pancakes while another boy with sandy brown hair was eating quietly at the table.

James smiled wide eyed, "Moony?"

Remus looked up. He put his fork and knife down and smiled, "Hey Prongs, Padfoot!"

Sirius just looked wide eyed, as if he were just slapped across the face. "Why do you get to eat? And I have to wait for this thing!" he motioned to James. " Torture!" Sirius said sitting himself at the table and hitting his forehead against the table.

At this Mrs. Potter turned around and smiled. "Well someone had to wake James up. All it needed was-"

Sirius growled, "Blackmail!"

James snorted, "Black- mail." He said and clutched his stomach while he laughed.

Remus chuckled and added, "Yah! That's some Serious Black mail"

Sirius howled almost pleadingly to Mrs. Potter in his high pitched voice. "Pancakes!"

Mrs. Potter smiled and nodded sliding Sirius a plate of Pancakes. Sirius's face lit up forgetting about everything that had happened and started wolfing down his breakfast.

Mrs. Potter then told the boys that they could have as many pancakes as they wanted and then walked out of the kitchen.

James nodded to his mother and munched away but stopped and looked up to Remus. "Fine I give up! What is the Moony Way!"

Remus who was not ready for the sudden question just starred blankly at James, "Well…"

James looked pleadingly and Remus sighed. "You figure out what's wrong first!"

James groaned, "You know what's wrong with her! Why don't you just tell me! This could be a lot easier!"

Remus shook his head. "Find out yourself because-"

But James stopped him, "No need to say any more! This is probably going to be some other heart-filled preach and moral thing I need to do!"

Remus shrugged, "You're the one who wants to go out with her!" He stated in a sing song voice.

James sighed and started hitting his head against the table. "Just…Tell...me…Remus" he said between hits.

Remus sighed. He had used his first name. James was going to owe him big time. "Alright what did she say to you on the train? She must have said something!"

James shrugged, "She slapped me."

Sirius laughed with a mouthful of pancakes. He was laughing hysterically, his hand slapping the table. He started choking and jumped up from his seat and ran to get a glass of water.

Remus ignored Sirius's frantic yelps and gestures as he searched for a cup. "Well anything else?"

James shrugged again, "She slapped me…again"

Remus groaned, growing impatient. "Did she say anything?"

James nodded, making Remus ready to punch him. "She told me to grow up. But I don't get it 'cause like I'm already grown up. You see I'm older then her and ever-"

"Shut up" Remus said making James stop. "You see that's your problem!"

James cocked his head, "Because I can't shut up?"

"NO!" Remus waved a fork at him, "Because she thinks you are A: a prick and B: Immature."

Remus sighed at James' skeptical look. He reached into his pocket and threw him the piece of parchment where they had recorded Jame's conversation with Lily at breakfast the other day. "See all those nasty stuff she said about you? Well that's what she thinks about you. Either you change or you're never going to get her to even smile at you"

James' heart fell as he read over their conversation again. "She really expects a lot doesn't she?"

Sirius nodded frantically as he gulped down gallons of water and swallowed, "Well yah think?" he said but jumped. "Ahh excuse me but I must go use the thunder box!" He cried and ran down the hall toward the washroom.

James looked to Remus ignoring Sirius all the same. "So when do we start our lessons?"


So throughout the whole summer Remus had come over every day to tell James how to act around Lily and try to deflate his head. But it proved to be mission impossible.

Remus sat outside on the grass and looked to James. "Alright Lily walks by you. What do you do?" Remus said and motioned to Sirius who was standing furious and arms crossed. "Why do I have to be part of the example?" he asked, his long black hair was no longer its usually ebony. Instead it was turned bright red by Remus.

James starred at Sirius and spluttered with laughter. "If I saw that walk by me I'd run as far as I could!"

"MOONY!" Sirius cried and stomped his feet as if he had his candy stolen away from him.

Remus shrugged, "James needs help with his visualization.

James shook his head, wide eyed. "By the end of summer I might have lost my love for Evans if I have to stare at that every day!"

James said pointing to Sirius who was caught tugging at his behind. "Sorry guys, I had a little wedgie"

Remus rolled his eyes and covered them with his hands. Clearly they were getting no where. This was just Prong's Problem.


In the muggle world a red haired girl lay in her bed. She was far from sleeping for it was already morning. The hoarse cry of Petunia reached her ears. "Hurry up! Or I'll throw your breakfast out!"

"I'm Coming Petty!" Lily screeched and quickly jumped out of bed and ran down her stairs and into the kitchen. She saw Petunia at the table eating as she watched the television.

"Where's mum and dad?" Lily asked grabbing herself a cup of milk.

"They've gone to work already" Petunia said.

Lily nodded and looked around. "Where's my breakfast? You didn't throw it out did you?"

Petunia laughed, "Nah. I didn't make it yet. Go make your own breakfast."

Lily scowled, "Thought so" she mumbled and walked over to the toaster placing two pieces of white bread into the slots and pushed down the button to hear it click.

Lily then turned and sat down at the table, opposite of Petunia.

Petunia looked up and grinned. "Guess who's coming over later!"

Lily looked up as she sorted through the mail. "Umm I don't know, who?"

Petunia sighed, "Guess!"

Lily shook her head, "No clue." She then stopped when she saw an envelope with her name on it. It was from Hogwarts! This must be the school supplies. Lily thought and tore it open.

Petunia did not seem disappointed at Lily's unknown knowledge. In fact she looked more delighted at having to tell her herself. "Well it's Vernon!"

Lily looked up from her letter, "Vernon?"

Petunia groaned, "Don't you remember him?"

Lily thought back and then remembered the plump man from last summer, his face as bright as a plum. Lily held back a snicker, "Oh yah yah, Vernon" she said.

Petunia giggled, "I think our relationship is serious now"

Lily laughed, "Really Petty? Good for you" Lily commented though she loathed Vernon, even more then she loathed James Potter.

Petunia then grinned, "Well at least I have a boyfriend."

Lily looked up but said nothing.

Petunia took it that she had won. "I thought so."

Lily then grew frustrated. "Well maybe I do."

Petunia let out a high pitched laugh, "Someone from that freak school of yours?"

Lily scoffed, "sure Petty, sure" she said and read over the things she needed to buy from Diagon Ally.

Petunia then raised an eyebrow. "Well what's his name then?"

Lily looked up; she didn't want to lose again. But who would she say. "His name is… uhh"

Petunia tapped her fork against her plate, "Well? Say it…" Petunia waited and moments later smirked, "Hah I thought so, you don't have a boyfriend do you?"

"His name is James Potter!" Lily screamed but clasped her mouth in astonishment.

Petunia looked up at her but said nothing. She was reading Lily's facial expression.

Lily looked horrified. Why in bloody hell did she mention him! Lily looked quickly to her letter, trying to ignore Petunia's stare. It was because he was the first one who came into mind! Lily protested. Besides, desperate times call for desperate measures. Lily reassured herself.

Petunia nodded, "Who is this James Potter?"

At the name Lily seethed, finally realizing at what she had just done. What crime she had committed. "Oh FUCK!"

Petunia jumped up at her sister's sudden scream, "Pardon me?"

Lily looked out the window. "Umm I meant Oh DUCK!"

Petunia blinked, "Duck?"

Lily looked around frantically. "Umm no look there is a TRUCK!"

Petty looked out the window, "I don't see a truck. What the hell are you talking about Lily?"

But Lily had jumped up, the smell of burnt toast wafted through the air. "Ahh my toast!" she cried and leapt out of her chair as fast as she could, glad that she had a reason to end the conversation she had with Petunia.

Lily threw out the blackened toast and mumbled. Petunia was still looking out the window. "I don't see no damn truck"

Lily smirked as she put in new bread into the slots, "Well then that's just bad luck"