What happened next…
Disclaimer: J.K Rowling wrote the books not me. I don't own anything. Except the characters I made up.
Summary: James likes Lily but are his feelings returned? Will Lily ever give in and go out with the marauder or is them even being friends asking too much? These two questions can only lead to confusion, fun, and much more. Rated m for later chapters. R and R.
Author's Notes: Hiya this is my new story. It's a Lily and James story again as they are my favourite. Its rated M just in case I add things in later on. The chapters are quite long for me so I will post about once a week probably, maybe more maybe less. I hope you like it.
It begins straight after what happened in the fifth book when Lily and James have an argument over James levitating Snape upside down. I haven't written that scene out though as its not mine its J.K Rowling's. Enjoy.
Chapter 1Lily looked over the far-reaching lake from the grassy area of the Hogwarts ground where she sat and stared with intent at one person and only one person. She stared with her eyes glaring and her mouth ready to open and unleash her anger. But all she had to tell her angers to was her friends Amaryllis and Cressida. They looked at her and smiled wheh they saw who she was looking, or glaring, at.
"Leave it Lily, you know nothing ever changes with him and you can't really say that you like Snape, he just called you a mudblood. Not exactly a term or endearment." Cressida said pulling her waste length blonde hair away from her face as she lay on the grass to soak up the sun. She undid her top two shirt buttons and slid her skirt up a bit so she could work on a tan and in doing this got all the boys in seeing distance start to drool. She was beautiful. But the think was she didn't even try to be sexy she just was naturally. She squinted her eyes and looked at Lily. Lily turned her face away from looking at James Potter and looked at her friend.
"You know I'm not bothered about being called a mudblood, I hate Snape probably as just as James does but I just hate it when James acts all macho and has to show everyone what a big macho man he is by flashing Snape's underwear to everyone. No one wanted to see it but they all still laugh and cheer him on. I think it's so stupid." She looks back over to where James was sitting with the other three marauders; he was letting a snitch go and catching it again when it got too far away. He caught the snitch one more time with his amazingly fast reflexes then her reached his hand up to his hair and purposely messed it up.
"God! Does he have to do that!" Lily yelled out.
"Did he mess his hair up again?" Amaryllis asked not even really showing Lily much attention, used to her blowing up over James Potter's little mannerisms, she instead inspected her nails and lay down by Cressida to enjoy the sun with her. Amaryllis was much like Cressida, sought after by many boys, but then again so was Lily; it was what their group of friends was known for. She had long brown hair and was very tanned due to her Italian background. She had stunning features and she knew it but tried not to flaunt it so much.
"Yes he did it again!" She said annoyed. "He's such a poser."
"Don't act like you don't love it Lily. You like him really." Cressida said smirking waiting for the reaction she knew she was going to get.
"I DO NOT LIKE JAMES POTTER!" Lily yelled, and then when she realised all the attention her friends were getting was now on her and not in a good way she calmed down and lowered her voice. "For the fifty millionth time I do no and will not ever like him. No matter how much you want it. I don't want it to be like a cheesy American movie when the three best friends are going out with three best guy friends. Life doesn't work like that. You go for it with Black and Lupin and leave me out of it."
"So you admit if we didn't like Remus and Sirius you would consider it. Then it wouldn't be like a movie." Amaryllis said sneakily.
"No, the cheesy thing is just another factor in a long list of things why I don't like James Potter." Lily said trying not to let her smirking friends get to her.
Lily let her hair free from its plait and let her perfectly straight hair flow down her back. She lay down next to her friends and they all stared up at the sky. They started to point out clouds that looked like other things.
"That cloud looks like a bird," Amaryllis said.
"No it doesn't 'illis, that is a bird." Lily said giggling and using their shortened name for Amaryllis.
"Whatever I was just testing you." She replied.
"That cloud looks like Sirius Blacks bum," Cressida said cheekily.
"Firstly you wish, secondly which cloud and thirdly how would you know that Cressida Hunt as you, as far I know, have seen that particular bottom?" 'illis asked.
"Yes Hunt I would love to know how you know that cloud looks like my bum." A deeper voice asked with an amused tone.
"Well you see Black I spend hours imagining it and assume that's what it would look like." Cressida said not even looking at Sirius or showing any kind of embarrassment.
"Well if you want Hunt I could give you a private showing some time." Sirius replied not shocked by the quick reply that Cressida had delivered to him. Lily looked at him with an eyebrow raised. He was leaning against a tree with his overgrown hair over his eyes.
"Well Black that sounds lovely, you know how much I love a private show, and if it was you that would be extra great but I don't know I think I will just let my imagination do the work." Cressida said cuttingly not letting an ounce of embarrassment leave her. Watching Sirius and Cressida go was like watching a tennis match you are watching back and forth to see who wins.
"Well that's a shame Hunt, cause I think I could show you a thing or two." Sirius said smirking from under his raven hair.
"Do you now Black? I bet you could too. Is there any other reason you cam over here or am I honoured by your presence?" Cressida asked finally getting tired of these games and turning her attention to why he had come over.
"Well its always a pleasure being near you Hunt but I am afraid to say I came over for a different reason. I came over for your dear friends Lily's attention." Sirius said looking in Lily's direction.
"Me?" lily asked not opening her eyes from her sun rested state.
"Yes you my dear, you were not unnoticed during that little show that went on back there by my dear friend Prongs. He wants me to give you a message."
"A message? Well go on then, I'm just dying to hear it if it's from that idiot." Lily said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Well that's good cause I have one here." Sirius said.
"Well what is this message then?" She asked.
"I don't know it's of the written variety. Here you are here said floating a paper aeroplane over to her using his wand. It landed next to her and she sat up to reach it. She unfolded the plane and looked at what was written.
My Lily,
Sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to upset you and I am especially sorry for what Snivellus called you. He won't be getting away with it. I hope you don't think all pure bloods are as evil as him cause we're not.
I only wrote this note to tell you one thing. I asked you out earlier and you turned me down. I will never force you to do anything you don't want to but I just want you to know that I will never give up on you Lily.
You're special
James
Lily looked at the note at smiled at James' persistence. He always found a way to let Lily know he wasn't giving up whether or not it was asking her out everyday or sending her presents or just making sure every guy that came near her couldn't sit down for a month.
"What does it say?" Sid, that was a pet name from Cressida, asked.
"Oh the usual, blah, blah, blah." Lily said not sharing the content with her friends. She looked up, "Sirius…" But he wasn't there anymore and was back sitting over with the other marauders.
"Come on, lets get back to lying doing nothing," Amaryllis said.
"You don't need to ask me twice." Lily said lying down and stretching out. She had a pair of eyes watching her though that she didn't realise.
James Potter stared intently at her thinking of nothing but her. He had never had this intense feeling before. Like he just wanted to sit there and do nothing else for the rest of his life and he wouldn't regret a thing.
"Hey Potter, back to this planet before Lily sees you staring and realises you are completely obsessed with her. Oh wait she already knows." Sirius said shaking his head.
"Whatever Padfoot, its not like you aren't obvious with Hunt, you were all but snogging her the other day in potions." James replied taking his eyes away from Lily.
"Ah yes, but that just fun. And I wasn't almost snogging her, I was simply groping her ass that's totally different." Sirius said grinning.
"Yeah whatever, you like her more than just a grope and don't think I haven't noticed you doing a fair bit of staring going from you to her and I'm talking not just lustful leers. I'm talking full on loving looks Padfoot. Never thought you had it in you." James said looking at his friends reaction.
"You are so way off man, its just a bit of fun,
we've never dated and never will. All we have is a bit of harmless
flirting." Sirius said not looking bothered but James could tell
her was.
"I'm surprised Sirius, I would have thought you
would want to date her. She's your ultimate challenge, she's a
girl version of you. But I suppose you can't get her I mean she's
got seventh year men trying to go after her while you are just a
measly little sixth year boy." James said smirking at his obvious
reverse psychology.
"Okay James, I bite I feel a bet coming on between me and you." Sirius said.
"Oh no I would never make a bet about Cressida Hunt. Wouldn't want it to end badly and ruin what me and Lily have." James said smiling.
"Fine whatever, but if you really think Lily Evans is ever going to go out with you then you are more delusional than I thought." Sirius said grinning. Any words shared between those two were never harsh everything was a joke.
"Okay I have had enough talk about girls now, I have a plan of what we are doing next prank," Remus said. He pulled a piece of paper out from his transfiguration book with a prank plan on it.
"And there was me thinking you were reading that book Remus, people think you are so good and well behaved what with the prefect thing and you studying, what would they think if they found out that you were the mastermind behind every one of our pranks."
"Yes well, I like my good boy persona, lets leave it at that. It comes in use." Remus said grinning.
"Yes it does indeed." James said, "Okay lets see this prank." James said and they all gathered round Remus' plan.
