Disclaimer- I still don't own American idiot or Harry Potter. Green Day and J.K Rowling do.

I waited until everybody was asleep to leave Gryffindor tower. I threw on my invisibility cloak and slipped out of the dorm and out into the corridor to the secret passageway to Hogsmade. To say the year hadn't started as I had planned was an understatement and I planned to drown my sorrows in some of the Hog's Head's best fire whiskey.

The great thing about the Hog's Head is nobody asks too many questions. Just show them your money and they'll give you anything. Even if you don't look anywhere near legal. I've been going there since I was in my third year. Yeah but enough about the history of my drinking habits. The point of the matter is I snuck out, and I decided to get wasted and tell the other patrons about Lily and how she was currently feeding my heart to her pet hippogriff.

Actually I think Lily is allergic to hippogriffs. But that's completely besides the point.

So somehow I ended up talking to this guy at a table in back. He kept buying my drinks and listening as I mumbled into my glass about red headed harpy demons.

"You know what? I, I really think she ya know she really likes me ya know? I mean how could she resist?" I shook my head, throwing myself slightly of balance. The dizzy sensation was overwhelming.

" I'm sure she can't resist Mr. Potter" the man said nodding his head. He had his hood up so I couldn't see his face but his voice seemed oddly familiar.

" Wait, how'd you know my name?" I slurred looking out of the corner of my eye at him. I took a big swing of my whiskey and tried to focus on the man.

" I have my ways James." I couldn't see his face but I knew he was smirking at me. It was so obvious he was smirking at me.

" Hey I'm fucking James Potter you don't smirk at me, I'll... I'll"

" You'll what Mr. Potter? Vomit on me? That's about all your capable of doing right now" he griped me by the arm and pulled me to my feet. " Now be a good boy and follow me." He then proceeded to drag me out of the pub and into the chilly fall night.

I think the cold sobered me up just a little bit. Either that or the fact that I totally didn't bring my wand and now I was at this guys mercy. I racked my brain trying to remember everything I could about wandless spells. Accio wand Accio wand dammit Accio wand! I thought desperately but nothing happened.

He dragged me to the ally between Honeydukes and the wizard clothing shop and threw me up against the wall with a knife at my throat. Needless to say this kind of creeped me out.

" Leave Evens be Potter, your no good for hr and if you hurt her I will kill you" he sneered flicking the knife away nicking my neck. He then swirled away in a blur of black fabric and left me to slide down the wall to the ground.

I'm not really sure how I made it back to the Honeydukes basement passageway, much less into to Gryffindor tower. Sirius, Remus and Peter all were waiting for me in the common room when I clamored thru the portrait hole.

" Go for a night cap prongs?" Remus asked lazily pulling at a hangnail on one of his hands.

" Yeah... I did" I shrugged and flopped down in one of the remaining arm chairs.

" and you didn't invite me because?" Sirius laughed flopping down at me feet like a big dog. Well I guess he is technically a big dog.. but that's besides the point.

" Cuz I felt like wallowing alone" I sighed and leaned my head against the chair and closed my eyes.

" Fine example your setting for the younger students Poter" hissed a voice I knew all too well from one of the chairs that didn't catch the fire light.

" Go back to bed Lily" Remus sighed "we'll take care of James"

" No! I'm sick of him getting away with everything" she got up and stalked over her hands on her hips. I couldn't help but grin at the pig tails her long red hair was pulled into for the night. Honestly Evens in pigtail? You have to laugh at that.

" Evens butt out" Sirius grumbled propping his hand up on his elbow and resting his head there. " James doesn't need you to baby sit him"

" Really? I'm not so sure" she sighed and then shook her head " Potter, why did you feel the need to go get wasted on the first day back? Honestly there's no point in even coming to school if you're just going to waste it" My head was beginning to throb at this point. It was a biter sweet migraine, sweet because it didn't let me focus on the fact that Lily looked so disappointed in me, bitter because it felt like the Hogwarts express was running thorough my forehead.

"Jesus Evens you expect him to be perfect and then when he actually tries you get pissed at him! What do you think is causing him to drink himself stupid?" Sirius stood up and was yelling at Lily who cowered away from him.

" Leave her be Padfoot, your going to wake the whole castle" Remus ran a hand thorough his hair and Sirius sat back down still fuming.

" I… I'm.." Lily started but then bit back a strangled sob. " I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I don't mean to come down so hard on your James, really I don't" She sniffed loudly and my faithful friends decided this would be a good time to leave me.

" You called me James" I said quietly standing up to wrap my arms around her as she bit her lower lip hard.

" I really don't hate you, you know that right?" she whispered leaning her head against my shoulder

" I've known that for ages, you wouldn't have put so much time in to thinking up new insults if you hated me" I grinned down at the top of her had and she chuckled weakly.

" Do you think e can start over James?" she asked quietly and I pretended to think it over for a second or two.

" Yeah I think so." I said letting her go and taking a step back " Hi, I'm James Potter" I stuck out my hand for her to shake " What's your name?"

" Lily Evens" she giggled and shook my hand.

" it's god to meet you Lily" I said cracking a very crooked smile " did you know your eyes are as green as a freshly pickled toad?"

" Shut up James!" she yelled and hit my shoulder playfully.

" Hey I thought we were starting over!" I clutched my shoulder like she had managed to actually hurt me

" We are" Lily said " are you really hurt? Here let me see" she came over and poked me in the shoulder " does it hurt when I do that?" she asked smiling. I grabbed her around the waist

" Yes it hurts when you do that" I faked a grimace

" What can I do to make you feel better?" she teased putting one hand on her hip and the other on mine.

" Give me a kiss good night and everything will be all right"

She stood on tip toe to kiss me and I don't think I've ever been happier.

" James" she said startled

" What?" i whispered.

" Your neck is bleeding"

" I coulda told you that!" Sirius said from the corner of the room

" One second Lily" I sighed and walked over to where he was crouched in the shadows and kicked him in the shin

A/n- yes so I worked in my favorite line from Give Me Novocain so now I'm happy. Hope you liked the chapter. See I have this awesome theory about that song but I decided that it wasn't appropriate for this fic. Anywho. I'll see you guys next week!

OO bonus points for any one who guesses who the mysterious man in the cloak was! The hint is: PURSUES EVENS can be made out of my name.

Love you guys!

meaghan