Another Lily James Fic!

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(A/N: my beta wrote that)

Your Royal Highness

James readjusted his glasses and sighed. 'Lily, thought the raven haired chaser, 'why don't you just fall for me and be done with it?' He slammed his book shut. "DAMMIT! Why not?" James shouted.
"Dammit, shut up!" Sirius shouted back from his perch on the couch arm in the common room.
"Siriusly! Well OK so I'm not trying to read but certain others might!" James eyed Sirius with scepticism. Sirius shrugged. "Fine! So its right before the holidays and no one is reading or even making an attempt… but it was worth a shot!"

James raised an eyebrow. "Fine, so maybe I just like shouting at you!"
"That's better."
"Yes your royal highness! Of course your royal highness! Whatever your royal highness!"
"Not to interrupt Sirius being sarcastic- I mean breathing- but… that Sirius joke is dead, rotting, and living in Peter's shoe.", Remus interjected.
"Oh that's what that is!" There was a moment's pause as everyone stared at Peter in utter disbelief and marvelled at his stupidity.
"joke... that was a joke..." Peter said after a pause.
James took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.
"Peter: he was kidding. Sirius: shut up before I box your ears. Remus… do… whatever you were doing before Peter made that ridiculous comment. I plan on going back to staring off in to space with a book in front of me pretending that I'm doing something useful..."he trailed off.
Lily walked by the Marauders, talking animatedly to Pearl, her best friend. James sighed wistfully. He gazed at her, his eyes slightly out of focus. Lily glanced over. "Bug off creep!" She sang. Pearl glanced over to see who she was talking to. She pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows.
"James, do us all a favour, hmm? Maybe, oh, I don't know… get a life! It's dead annoying that you just think that single bloody every girl is just, there for your convenience! Oh! And Sirius? Stop looking at girls like their a effing piece of meat!", the hot-tempered brunette said.
"But it's such beautiful meat!" , protested Sirius while brushing his suave black hair out of his eyes.
"Ugh!", Lily and Pearl groaned in unison.
"Sirius! You too! Get a life!"
"Who me?", he replied innocently. He put his hands over his heart and looked mortally offended. Pearl took this opportunity to push him off the arm of the couch he was sitting on. "Hey!" came as a muffled reply from somewhere under a mass quantities of pillows. Apparently, Remus had been practising conjuring. Remus' face was under a lot of strain, as he tried not to laugh, whilst digging through the pillows, trying to find Sirius. Peter looked confused.
Lily and Pearl chuckled and continued their talk as they strode away from the Marauders. James frowned in Sirius general direction
"You deserved it."
"I know but that girl is HOT!" James glared suspiciously at Sirius.
"Pearl, not Lily! I'd never take uh… I suppose you could call her your girl…"
"Good! If you did, we can expect for you to wake up in the Hospital Wing!"
"Ooh! Protective are we?" Sirius tutted.
"Shut up Sirius." That was Remus. "Believe it or not, girls are actually intelligent and I actually agree with them. You can really act like a git sometimes you know!"
Now Sirius just looked confused. "What's with you, mate? You sound like one of those women's right activists! Why are you suddenly acting like this?"
"Because in dealing with Lily during prefect meetings I realised that she had a point."
"Oh."
"And James? You'd pick up Lily a lot faster if you would just treat her like a human being. I'm out of here!" Remus then retreated to he Boys' Dormitories.
"What a load of CRAP!"
"No, I wouldn't count on it, "James looked thoughtful, "Remus might have a point there. I keep on treating her like she some sort of alien."
"Girls are HUMAN!"
"Padfoot?"
"Yes?"
"Get a life."
"Where?"

(the next morning)

An owl tapped in the distance. A window creaked open, Lily shivered. "Hello?" she shouted. "Is anyone ho-"
"Not in your head. It's all empty space."
"WHAT? WHO? WHAT? WHAT? WHO WHO? WHOSE THERE?"
"Get UP! Lily? I'm warning you!"
Lily, over her scare, snuggled deeper under the covers. Pearl thought for a moment.
"I'll tell James Potter that you said that you'd go out with him!"
Lily rolled out of bed and jumped into fighters' stance (With her eyes still closed).
"I'M UP! YOU EVEN SPEAK TO JAMES POTTER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND I SWEAR THAT I SHALL SET UP A BLIND DATE WITH YOU AND SIRIUS!"
Pearl's face contorted into one of utter disgust.
"Ew. Ew, and EW! Lily, that's just, just… disgusting! Ew!" Pearl pretended to wail for a minute or so.
"What's on our schedules today?" Lily said after the fake sobbing ceased.
"Well, If we can get down to breakfast," Pearl then obviously coughed, "I might find out. Oh, and by the way, you got some post."
"Really? who's it from?"
"You want the truth or the comforting lie?" Lily sighed and looked impatient.
"Fine then, ready for it?" Lily glared.
"No bloody idea!" Lily shook her head and rolled her eyes.
Pearl whipped a letter out in front of Lily, missing the end of her nose by millimetres. "Here."
"Err… thanks. I think…" Lily grabbed her wand, waved it, and said some inaudible phrase. It opened.
"Read it aloud!"
"Fine. Whatever." she cleared her throat
"Dearest Lily,

I do believe that I owe you an apology. You have no idea how it feels for me to be apologising. It is very hard. I do not have very much practice. You may have noticed by now that there us no signature at the bottom. There won't be until you read the entire letter. I'm sorry. It was for necessary reasons. I have not treated you very fairly and I did not realise it. I did not realise it until a friend pointed out to
me that I have not been very fair to you or the rest of your gender. I already know that you are a feminist and are for equal rights. I am now willing to accept that. I am sorry if you don't accept my apology but it is easy to understand why considering the circumstances. My friends and I will take full responsibility for what we have done in the past and now will try to change our ways. If you still don't love me, at least don't consider me as an enemy anymore. With just as much love as before,

James Potter?""What?"
Lily blinked.
Pearl blinked.
"I could get so much money for this, it could make headlines, 'James Potter Apologises! Thousands awed!"

"Lot's of money."

(minutes later in boys' dorm)"YOU DID WHAT?""Padfoot get a grip! I apologised! It was long due! "
"Damn straight!" Remus interjected from under his cocoon of blankets.
"Lupins awake!"
"But a Potter NEVER regrets!"
"That's wrong it's that an elephant never forgets"
"Moony, shut up! I'm adapting it to the situation."
"No! You don't tell Moony to shut up! Sirius, you shut up!"
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Don't be such a baby!""I'll be a baby if I want to!"
"SIRIUS ORION BLACK! STOP SHOUTING AT PRONGS FOR SOMETHING HE SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO! I THINK THAT IF YOU HAD ANY KIND OF DECENCY, YOU'D DO THE SAME FOR PEARL CHANG! THAT WAY THEY BOTH MIGHT ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU EXIST WHEN YOU ARE BEING SOMETHING OTHER THAT A STUPID GIT TO LAUGH AT! IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A MATE OF MINE, I WOULD PROBABLY IGNORE YOU EXCEPT WHEN I WOULD TAKE A BREAK FROM THAT TO POINT AND LAUGH AT YOU! YOU ARE A ROYAL PAIN SOMETIMES AND DO NOT REALISE, I HOPE, THAT YOU ARE BEING ONE OF THE MOST CRUDE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN VAST GALAXY! SOME DAYS I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WERE JUST A SPINELESS WIMP! WISH THAT YOU'D BE A MERE SHADOW OF YOUR EXISTING SELF!"
"One breath. Impressive..."
"Did you hear one thing that I just said?"
"Quite possibly..."
"Sirius…"
"I love you too Jamsie."

a/n: first fic so play nice! please review! i don't care whether its flames or what just review.