"Hey, Lily, yet again, a prefect?" Skye questioned her best friend on their way back to school for their sixth year – OWL year.
"Yes. This year is going to be so hectic – what with prefect duties, school, OWLs, family, you guys, and dealing with annoying Potter over there."
"You know he likes you-"Emily started. "NO HE DOESN'T!" Lily bellowed. Everyone in the compartment jumped. "He's just trying to land me in bed – he's disgusting."
"We are not arguing over this again, are we? Girls please, I'm sick of hearing how Potter likes our Lily here. We know he does, but let's not tell Lily, okay?"
The girls winked at each other while Lily rolled her eyes. The fact was, Potter had asked Lily out 67 times. He never gave up. She just decided to ignore him. He would never grow up, never change, she would think often. Just then, who would you guess but –
"POTTER! GET OFF OF ME! What do you want anyway?" Lilly shouted angrily as James jumped onto her lap and looked up from laying on her.
He had a devilish grin on his face as he replied, "Kiss me my love, that's all I ask. You know you love me-" Lily's face looked like she was going to explode. Ariel quickly called Sirius, Remus, and Peter who grabbed James so that Skye and the Divines could hold Lily back.
"LOVE?" she bellowed, "LOVE? HOW CAN I LOVE YOU WHEN I DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU, POTTER? YOU MAKE ME SICK!"
She sat back down and stared out the window, cursing under her breath, for the rest of the way back to school.
Virgin Marys, I always say," Sirius said with a tint of a perverted attitude as they sat down in their own compartment on the train. "Those are the ones you got to look out for. They have the highest tempers," he started as he stuffed a pumpkin pasty in his mouth.
James cut in with, "What did I ever do to make her hate me so much? I know I joke around sometimes, but it's just for a good laugh-"
Remus then sighed. They all looked to him and he looked at them back, confused, "Well why're you all looking at me? I didn't do anything-"
"You know, Moony. What is it? What's wrong with me?" James pleaded.
"Well-" started Sirius, but James cut him off with a glare and a very rude hand gesture.
"Shut it, Padfoot!" James looked back to Remus with begging eyes.
"Well, I think she thinks you're a bit over the top, mate. Try working on that this year." He tried. He knew it wouldn't work, though. Lily always told him that she would never go out with James Potter. She hated him with a passion too great.
"Lily Evans…" James whispered as he looked out the window. He watched as the trees passed by, reminding him of the beautiful color of her eyes. He let out a long sigh as he waited for the train to reach the school.