A/N: the only characters I own are the ones that you don't realize. And I know the lyrics may not go well with each chapter, but they go with the whole Lily and James stuff.

Well something's never get better

Like used cars and bad livers

So you traded her in for a better looking brand.

-Blood Brothers Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck

Chapter 6

"Potter!" Lily had been walking around for 10 minutes calling James's name until she found him outside with Peter, Remus and Sirius under one of the trees. "Potter!" she called once more until he looked over at her.

"What'dya want, Evans?"

"Is it true?" she asked demandingly as she approached him.

"Care to elaborate?"

"You just wanted me for your.. sexual preferences!"

All four of them stared at her until they each began to laugh. "You've got to be kidding! Why would you think that?"

"Because that's all you guys want! And you said that you 'loved' me to get into my pants!" she screamed as he stood up.

"Excuse me?" he asked towering over her. "You think I said all those things to get into bed with you!"

"Well, yes! How dare you, Potter!"

"Hohh do not talk to me this way, Evans."

"What are you gonna do? Give me your famous pranks? I don't really care! You're a horrible, spoiled, big-headed toerag that deserves nothing that you've got!" She stared at him long enough for him to say nothing and stalked off.

"You watch your back, Evans!" he called to her back. "You'll get it!" and he turned back to his friends.

"Prongs. What are you, mad? We can't prank her, she's in our house AND she's a girl!" Sirius explained to him.

"I don't care. How dare she say all that to me. Denying my feelings that I had for her."

"You're really over her?" Remus asked with his head tilted.

"Of course!" James replied in an unsure tone. "I just can't believe that bloody girl would think of me like that!"

"Prongs, you're being a really git about this. Just let it go!" but James didn't hear it and went off to plan his so-called revenge.

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"Are you sure that was a good idea?" Sam asked Lily when she came back in a huff and settled onto the couch in the common room and she explained what had happened. "He probably meant what he said about the pranks."

"Oh please. What's he going to do to me?"

"Eh. I'd be careful if I were you." Jamie cautioned her.

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A month had gone by and it wasn't easy for Lily and her two friends. Since they were always with her, they had been caught in what James was doing to Lily. Every morning she woke up with another thing wrong with her appearance. Lily had attempted to think of her own pranks, but could never match up to James's.

It was amazing that James had such free time to come up with things to do to her. He had convinced Sirius that she had deserved all the pranks and had helped with some.

Nothing drastic had been done, but a month had gone by and James figured Lily had been taught and that they needed to end with something a little better.

"She really cares about her hair." James thought up as they sat down for dinner one night. "We could do something with that."

"You really think that'd piss her off?" Sirius asked with a mouth full of mashed potatoes and meat.

"Well of course! We'll make it last all year!"

"You guys, this doesn't sound too great. You know she hates when people mess with her hair. She'll kill you two." Remus broke in.

"Ahh" James sighed. "Just the expression on her face is all I'm asking. And for her to admit that my actions were not to get her into bed." He laughed at the last part.

"Did you actually like her?" Peter spoke up.

"Well yeah. I can't believe she thought that was my intention."

"It would've been mine." Sirius mumbled as he got a spoon full of pudding flung at him.

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"Look at them over there." Lily sniffed. "They're horrible. All of them!"

Jamie and Sam looked down at the Marauders as Sirius got a spoon of pudding thrown on him.

"Maybe you should go apologize? It might -"

"Are you bloody insane, Jamie!" Lily stopped her. "Can't you see that's what he wants! Bloody hell, I'd never do that!"

"Yeah we know." Sam muttered as Jamie elbowed her. "Lily, you realize his pranks are coming off on US, too?"

"You guys can deal with it if I can!"

"I have an idea!" Sam stood up. "How about I go say you're sorry for you!" and she started to make her way over to James.

"NO!" Lily screamed and jumped over the table to grab the sleeve of her robe. As this happened, Lily had tripped on the food that was on the table and fell face first onto the ground, dragging Sam with her.

Everyone burst out into laughter as the two hit the ground. Jamie had just stared in shock at the whole incident until she couldn't hold herself together. Sam and Lily were now covered in the pudding that had falling down as they did. Once they had managed to get up, after tripping a few times, they stalked away out of the Great Hall with everyone laughing.

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"You just HAD to get up, didn't you!"

"Excuuuusee me! If you just had gone to apologize to him yourself, this wouldn't have happened!"

"I don't need to apologize!"

"I think you do!"

"Well too bad!"

"Don't be such a stubborn bitch!"

Lily and Sam and arguing with each other ever since dinner had been over. Jamie was forced a couple of times to choose sides, but didn't want to get into the middle. She decided to go find Remus, since he was the most sensible one and didn't feel like arguing with anyone.

Even though they were best friends, their fights could take a long time. Jamie had learned not to stay with them too long or say anything that might get the other one mad at her. She had never been one to get into the middle of things that didn't involve her unless it was utterly necessary. Her jumping in only made things worse and made things drag on longer than intended.

"Hey there." She said once she had found him in the library.

"Hello. What's up?"

"Oh nothing. I just don't care to listen to Lily and Sam bicker, that's all."

"I'd feel the same way, too." He said while putting his book down. "And you've come to see me, why?"

Jamie felt her mouth go dry and coughed. "Well I – you're more reasonable to talk to, so I thought I'd you know, talk to you?"

Remus felt himself blush and he looked away. He had never gotten to know a girl so well that'd he had gained feelings for her. He wanted to believe that they weren't real and that there would be nothing further than a friendship.

"Well," he finally managed out. "It's such an honor."

"Oh I bet." She replied with a small laugh. "What are you reading?"

He moved the book so she could see the cover. "Werewolves?" she asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah. I am very interested in them right now."

"Oh really?" and he answered her with a nod. "I've heard a lot of stories about them over in America."

"Like what?" he asked with a little hesitation.

"Oh nothing really. It sounded pretty stupid to be honest."

Remus let out a sigh. "So, are you going to Hogsmeade next weekend?"

"Uhm duh? Why wouldn't I be going?

"Well I mean are you going with someone? Wait, of course you'd go with someone. Why wouldn't you? Okay, what I mean is would you happen to want to, I mean you don't have to, it's just if you'd care to -"

She held her finger up to his lips to quiet him. "Remus, I'd love to go with you."

"Of course." She gave him a small smile as she looked away blushing. "Why wouldn't I?" she asked him once she felt the heat in her cheeks die down.

"I just thought you'd rather not because.."

"'Cause why?"

"Nothing, nothing. I'm glad you -" but he never got to finish because a piercing scream had been let out and they ran out of the library to go see what happened.