Disclaimer: I am disclaiming this. Well, the STUFF you recognize anyway. HAHA! STUFF! The 'S' word! Take that Mrs. Wallin, you evil biatch!
MARCH 3 FOURTH YEAR
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Why not?"
Lily paused. Why not? She liked him. A lot. He was gorgeous, definitely. And he was a friggin good kisser. So why not? Oh yeah. Because he was a notorious heart breaker, and she couldn't stand it if he broke her heart.
"Goodbye, Potter."
"You don't know why not, do you?"
Lily sneered. "I know exactly why not." With that, she grabbed Dan and linked her arm through his, leaving James to stand alone.
She's scared. She doesn't want to get hurt. She thinks I'll hurt her. And worse, I can't promise that I won't.
So James watched in frustration as Lily became what Sirius charmingly described as a 'kissing slut'. She snogged just about every hottie on the premises her age or older, with the exception of the Marauders. She'd snog someone until she felt herself start to get attached, then she'd find someone new.
James felt helpless, and nearly lost it every time he saw her with someone new on her arm. He didn't realize that he had done the exact same thing before he became obsessed with Lily. So one day he approached her on it.
He waited until she was alone, as he always did. Unfortunately, Lily Evans was rarely alone. Finally, he caught her as she headed back to her common room to get her books.
"Hi Lily," he said quietly.
"Hello Potter. Goodbye Potter."
"Why do you do it."
"No idea what you're talking about."
"You know, you've been labeled as a kissing slut," he blurted in sheer desperation.
Lily just laughed. "What the bloody hell is a kissing slut?"
"You know what I'm talking about."
"You're such a hypocrite."
James paused. Okay, so she had him there.
"But what about that night we kissed?"
"Potter, kisses mean nothing. That's why I can 'kiss around'. They mean nothing to me. Like this."
With that, Lily stood on tiptoe and pushed James against the wall. Their lips met, sending waves of energy through their bodies. James tried to deepen the kiss, but Lily pulled away.
"See," she panted, eyes bright. "Nothing." James was still trying to process the fact that THE Lily Evans had just had him up against a wall.
"Liar."
"Check my initials," she said, turning to leave. James grabbed her elbow and spun her around. She looked… startled to say the least. And he looked… HOTT!
James brought their lips together again, and this time, Lily ran her fingers through his hair. He moaned softly at the sensation. When they separated, James looked straight into her glimmering green orbs.
"Nothing, huh?"
Lily felt like screaming 'No, not nothing, everything! Your lips mean EVERYTHING to me!' instead, she gulped and whispered, "No, nothing."
Instead of the trademark "I've-just-been-pushed-on-my-ass-but-I'm-still-totally-hott" James Potter grin, Lily found herself incapable of deciphering his look.
"I—" but he turned and walked away.
Sirius and the rest of the Marauders tried to question James about what happened, but received only grunts as replies. They watched as James spent all of his time pining for the redheaded Slytherin.
One dinner, everyone was seated when a fifth year Hufflepuff stood and made his way over to the Slytherin table. The boy was known for being rather wacked. They said it had something to do with his wand backfiring in first year, but he was touched in the head.
He got Lily's attention and kneeled on one knee in front of her. Which of course got the attention of everyone in the Great Hall.
"Lily Evans, will you marry me?"
The jaws of everyone in the Hall graced the floor. James looked ready to kill. Sirius was muffling laughter.
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"PLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEE?"
"No."
"Why not?"
Heads were turning back and forth between the two. It was like watching a ping pong match.
"We're too young."
"When we're older?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because we've never dated."
"Will you go out with me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I don't know your name."
"Dean Fry. Now?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because now I'm too old." With that, she stood and left. The Marauders started laughing, which prompted everyone else to laugh. Dean followed Lily and grabbed her arm.
"I SAID please."
Lily punched him in the jaw, one of her rings cutting him. He looked up at her angrily from his position on the ground.
"And I SAID no." With that, she stomped out of the Hall, the Marauders still bellowing with laughter.