Chello! Guess who's back with a brand new chapter! ME!Very proud of myself, with all the stpid assignments and h/w (ughh! homework) I still managed to write another chapter in like 10 or 11 days or something. Okay, not so impressive but still I'm very excited! I like this one, the beginning anyway. So anyway! on with the chapter!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Harry Potter characters and all that jazz, so don't sue me!

now the secret weapon is ...

James Potter strolled into the Three Broomsticks casually. Okay remember what Sirius said, he thought, be ruthless. Sure Lily will hate you for like a week but she'll get over it. Suddenly he spotted Lily and Steve in the corner. Okay, you know what you have to say, you can do it. Just scare him, be scary.

What if she completely hates me forever? A voice in his head said

Ahh, come on. Remember, who can resist the Potter Charm, you said it yourself Another replied.

Yeah, but Lily's different. I can't screw it up with her. The first voice said more confidently

Ahh, shut up you wuse. You haven't got a chance with her if she's got a boyfriend. The second voice replied. James sighed deeply and walked towards where Lily and Steve were. He sat down on the spare chair between Lily and Steve.

"Can I sit down? I hope I'm not interrupting anything" James laughed

"Well actually …" Lily began as her short temper shortened (does that make sense?)

"What? This isn't a date, is it?" James chuckled "Well I hope it's not because … Steve can I ask you something? Are you new?"

"No" Steve replied quietly

"Then, you know who I am?" James asked

"Yes" Steve replied just as quietly

"And who my friends are?" This time Steve just nodded. "The thing is" James started, again "my friends and I, we don't like people dating Lily. Infact, you could say we hate it. Which means, I'm sorry cause you seem like a really nice guy, but it means that we hate you. And do you know what happens to people we hate? I am going to give you a chance to walk away, otherwise believe me when I say you are going to find out" As James finished he stood up and walked out just as casually as he had walked in. Lily sighed, she looked down at her butterbeer.

"I can get these. You can just walk back to school. We can just act like none of this ever happened" Lily mumbled into her butterbeer

"Wait Lily, what?" Steve asked confused

"You heard Potter. He's giving you a chance to walk away" Lily replied slightly depressed

"And why would I want to do that. Another butterbeer?"

Lily looked up and couldn't help but smile.

Lily fumed into the portrait hole. Her temper rose as she looked across the common room for a certain James Potter. Sure, she had a great rest of the afternoon with Steve, drinking butterbeer, talking, drinking some more butterbeer but she had not forgotton what James Potter had tried to do. She marched to the bottom of the staircase that lead to the Sixth Year Boy Dormitory.

"Potter, get your ass down here, NOW!"

"Sorry Lilykins, just missed him" Sirius replied casually walking down the steps followed by a blonde haired big boobed fifth year. "Went down to the Quidditch pitch"

Lily turned and marched out of the common room. "But I'm sure I could fit you in" the soon to be fully body binded Sirius yelled.

James sat in the locker room waiting for the Quidditch practice to end. Jackie walked in from the pitch.

"Oh, Jamsie, you are in trouble, as is Sirius. Hopkins was furious, gave us a 20 minute lecture so your excuse better be good. Where were you anyway?" Jackie asked smiling

"Why don't you ask Lily" Jackie smile faded immediately.

"You didn't" She said shocked shaking her head. James nodded depressingly

"I did"

"Well, you really are the lowest scum on this Earth, aren't you? I mean Sirius, sure, Peter, maybe, but you … you, of all people. You disgust me. I hope you burn in hell. I hate you"

"Kie" James pleaded reaching for her arm. Jackie snapped her arm back

"Don't 'Kie' me" And with that she picked up her stuff and walked out. As soon as she had turned the corner Lily walked in, her face as red as her hair.

"JAMES POTTER! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BARGE IN ON MY PERSONAL LIFE AND TRY TO RUIN EVERYTHING? WHAT?"

"Lily, I .." James mumbled

"SORRY WHAT WAS THAT?" She asked, her temper rising, if it was even possible

"Uh, nothing I just …"

"POTTER, I HATE YOU!" And with that she turned and marched out of the locker room slowly as the team filed in. James sat there. Two girls, soon to be four he presumed, hating him in the one day (even though Lily may have hated him before today), when suddenly a shadow was cast over him. Great! he thought I wonder what it'll be next. So slowly he looked up into the eyes of their furious Quidditch captain, Melony Hopkins.

"Have a fun little day, James?" she asked sweetly

"Swell" he answered sarcastically

"Can you answer me why you think it's above you to come to practice?" she asked just as sweetly "Why you think that blowing off practice is alright?" James sighed very loudly.

"This is the second practice, in a row, you've missed, our last one, before the final, and this one, our first on for the year! Why, James why?"

It was true, James had missed the one last year before the final, he couldn't help it when full moons were and today, well, if he explained it to Hopkins he was sure she'd understand, but then he would have to explain it ALL to her.

"It won't happen again" he mumbled

"Better not!" Melony yelled, she sighed, her temper calming. "Look James, I really like you okay, you're the best seeker the Gryffindor team has seen in a long time, but if you're not willing to practice I'm going to have to find someone else. You can tell that to Sirius as well" she sighed once more and walked into the Girls Change Rooms.

What a great day, I've had … got my sister to hate me, stuffed up any chance I ever had with Lily, made enemy with all the Ravenclaws when it gets out what I did and almost get kicked off the Quidditch team. Life just swell. The hated man thought