Disclaimer: All the characters that you recognize belong to J. K. Rowling. The plot of this story was greatly inspired by the movie, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Author's Note: Thanks to Ally French, Slytherin's Cliffy Queen, julies07, x0x-Mystique-x0x, Chalza, Miss Myrtle360, miss-mags-ak, lizziee, and youkaigirl64 for reviewing! You guys are awesome!
lizziee: I know it is very clichéd, but there's nothing I can do about that. It's very necessary for the plot, as it follows the movie, and in the movie, Ben makes a bet with the girls, that way he won't dump Andy when she's all crazy! Also, thanks for reviewing!
Lily Evans took a deep breath in as she boarded the train to Hogwarts. She was going back, she was finally going back to the school she knew and loved. And this year, she knew was going to be the very best. Not only was it her final year at the school, but she had also been made Head Girl.
"Lily!" shrieked the familiar voice of one of her very best friends, Kelsey Newman.
"Kelsey!" Lily screamed back. The two girls embraced right there on the train, blocking everyone's way to the compartments.
As they broke apart, Lily surveyed her friend. She looked gorgeous; two months in the States had definitely done her good. She cut her formally long, dark brown hair so that it now reached her shoulders. She had streaks of blonde and light brown put in as well, making her look not only beautiful, but much more grown up. Her hazel eyes were shining with joy at the thought of seeing all her friends again, matching the expression in Lily's.
"Oh wow, how've you been?" Lily asked.
"Great, America was so much fun, I can't wait to tell you all about it!" Kelsey answered.
"Hey, you two going to come in the compartment or what?"
Lily and Kelsey both whipped their heads around to see Samantha Henderson standing at the doorway to one of the compartments. She was leaning her fairly tall figure against the doorframe, and a huge smile was on her face. She too, had a hair change. Instead of her shoulder length, curly blonde hair that was always worn up in a bun or ponytail, she had it down. Not only was it down, but also long, reaching a little more than halfway down her back. Her blue eyes were sparkling, as usual, as she saw her friends.
"Sam!" both Lily and Kelsey yelled as they dropped their luggage in the middle of the aisle and ran over to give their friend a hug.
It was hard to believe that the three girls hadn't seen each other for the past three months, but it was true. Kelsey went to America to visit her father, her parents got divorced last school year and her dad up and left to America, saying he never wanted to see Kelsey's mum again. Kelsey was pretty devastated at first, but she was better now. She spent all holidays with her mum in England, as well as the month of June. Then she went to America for the last two months of their summer vacation to be with her dad.
As for Sam, well, her father traveled more than anyone Lily had ever met before. He was a photographer, and Sam's mother was a stay at home mom. So Sam and her brother and sister were taken from their home every summer to all sorts of exotic places. This year she wrote to Lily from places such as, Egypt, Hong Kong, New York City, Brazil, and New Zealand.
As for Lily, she spent the summer at home. She interned at her father's office for a while, just doing basic things such as organizing files. It was rather boring work, especially since magic wasn't allowed.
Needless to say, all three girls were glad to be at their second homes and with each other again.
Once the girls were settled in the compartment, the gossip began.
"I met the cutest guy while I was in America," Kelsey said. "He was tall, and blonde, and had eyes to die for, and that cute little accent that people in Wisconsin have!"
"Did you guys, you know, do anything?" Lily asked.
"No," Kelsey miserably said. "He had a girlfriend, but I swear, if he didn't, oh wow."
"Sure," Sam said.
"Hey, well did you get any over break?" Kelsey asked.
"Actually, when I was in New Zealand I met this really great guy, and he was single, or at least until he met me" Sam replied with a wink of the eye.
"Oh, shut up," Kelsey sarcastically said.
"Okay, I've actually got to go to the Head's compartment now. Meet the Head Boy and tell all the prefects the rules," Lily told the group.
"Oh yeah, who do you think the Head Boy is?" Kelsey asked.
"No clue, but I'll tell you when I come back," Lily answered.
She then headed out of the room and down the aisle of the train. Once she reached the last door on her right, she stopped, opened it up and stepped inside. It was exactly as she remembered it. She had been in here twice before, for her fifth and sixth year prefect meetings. The seats were all made out of real leather, none of the fake material they got in the rest of the train. It was larger too, it could fit up to twenty people if needed, unlike the rest of the train's rooms which could fit eight kids maximum.
She took a seat and waited there. As usual, she was prompt to getting to her destination. And as a result of that, she was the first to arrive. She waited eagerly to see who the Head Boy was, thinking of all the possibilities.
Maybe it would be Darren Jones from Ravenclaw. He was adorable. He had curly brown hair and the cutest blue eyes. In fact, he looked more like fifteen than seventeen, but still, he was an adorable kid. He was nice too, and very polite. He always referred to adults as "sir" or "miss."
But then again, his childish appearance often didn't hold authority over any of the students at Hogwarts. Lily remembered last year when he tried to tell a fourth year that he was breaking the rules, the kid nearly hexed him so bad he needed to go to the infirmary. No, Dumbledore wouldn't pick him for Head Boy.
As Lily thought about it more and more she knew who the obvious choice was, William Ruggles, from Hufflepuff House. He was strong, dependent, and got fairly decent grades. Not to mention he was quite attractive as well. He had gorgeous blue eyes and short blonde hair. Of course, lily would never date him though, he was off limits to her group of friends. Sam dated him for nearly two months back in their fifth year, and no one dated someone's ex-boyfriend, it was just wrong.
Lily looked up as she heard the door open. She frowned when she saw the too familiar messy black hair of James Potter entered the compartment.
"Potter, this is the Head's Compartment," Lily told him.
"I know," he answered, looking her up and down as he spoke. He couldn't help but think she looked amazing, even more gorgeous than ever before. She had a slight tan from the summer's sun, which she failed to hide up with her short skirt and t-shirt.
"You need to leave," she stated.
"No I don't," he informed her. His hand immediately went to his hair as he spoke, messing it up even more than it already was.
"Potter, only the Head Boy and Girl are allowed in here, and the prefects," Lily informed him.
"I'm well aware of the rules," he told her, trying his hardest to sound mature and cool.
"Then get the bloody hell out of here," she said, practically screaming at him.
"Chill out," he said, once again his hand went to his hair.
"Get out."
"I'm Head Boy," he told her, a cocky grin appearing on his face.
She stopped dead in her tracks. Of all the things she expected to hear, that was far from her list. James Potter was Head Boy, impossible. Dumbledore would never make someone as troublesome as James Potter Head Boy.
"You're shitting me," she said.
"Nope," he replied, smiling sweetly at her.
Just then the rest of the prefects filed into the compartment and Lily and James had to postpone their conversation. Lily acted as though nothing was bothering her, although she still couldn't believe that James Potter of all people was Head Boy.
She hated the fact that she would have to spend time with him, just being in the same school as him was hard enough. But now she would have to deal with his stupid jokes all the time. Her final year at Hogwarts was going to be ruined, all thanks to him.
"Okay, you can all go now," James said to the prefects.
"Okay listen, Potter," Lily said, turning on him once everyone else was gone. "I've worked my ass of to be Head Girl, and you're not going to ruin it for me, do you hear me?"
"What makes you think I'd ruin it?"
"Did you seriously just ask that?"
"Evans, just try to be nice," he said.
"Potter, don't push it," she replied. "The less time we have to spend together, the better."
"Awe, Evans, I'm hurt. I thought you'd want to be best buddies," he jokingly said.
"Shut it, Potter," she snapped. She then got up form her seat and walked over to the door, wanting nothing more than to rid herself of James Potter, at least for a little while.
"Oh, Evans," he said.
"What?" she asked, turning around in the doorway to face him.
"Do you want to go out with me?" he asked, a cocky grin appearing on his face once more.
"I'd rather kiss a hairy man's ass," she answered without even giving any thought to it.
"Right, see you around then," he called after her, thinking that maybe it wouldn't be so easy to win this bet after all.
Lily didn't bother to listen to his last comment though, and just stormed off to the compartment she shared with Kelsey and Sam, wanting nothing more than to vent about her current situation.
Once she got to the room she crashed open the door and then slammed it tightly shut behind her. Both Kelsey and Sam jumped a bit from the loud noise and just stared at Lily as she sat down, crossed her legs, and stared out the window.
"So, um, who's Head Boy?" Sam carefully asked.
"Potter," Lily snarled.
"Potter?" Sam and Kelsey said at once.
"Yes, Potter," Lily clarified.
"How?" Sam asked.
"That's what I'd like to know," Lily shouted. "I mean, was Dumbledore on crack when he was assigning the positions?"
"It sounds like it to me," Kelsey said, still in shock that a Marauder would become Head Boy. She expected that was some sort of violation of their group, having a position that needed some responsibility.
"Well, maybe he's changed," Sam offered.
"Potter, change? Yeah right. He's still that arrogant, big-headed prat that he's always been," Lily said.
"Sorry, Lils," Kelsey said.
"He's not changed at all," Lily ranted on, ignoring Kelsey's comment. "We haven't even reached the castle grounds and he's already asked me out!"
"Already? That's got to be some sort of record," Sam stated. Last year James asked Lily out as the new students were being sorted into their houses, and the girls all thought that bad. But now, he'd out shined himself.
"I mean, I really don't know what I'm going to do. I'm going to have to see him outside of classes, and seeing him in class is really more than I care for," Lily vented.
"I know, Lils," Sam told her, giving her a sympathetic look.
"But now, well now I'll have to plan things with him! I'm going to have to sort out things, hold prefect meetings, everything. And I must say, it sucks, it royally sucks."
"Sorry," Kelsey said once more.
"Oh my God, that boy, I swear, he's going to drive to drink or something," Lily said, letting out a long sigh afterward.
"Maybe it won't be that bad," Sam offered.
"That bad? That bad? Are you bloody kidding me? It's going to be a nightmare! This is James Potter we're talking about, the guy that if I could, I would get some sort of restraint against," Lily ranted.
"Yeah, she does have a point," Kelsey pointed out.
"I mean, he's the guy that has probably asked me out three hundred times in the past two years! He's the bloody bastard that thinks he's so cool, when in reality, he's just a heartless jerk. He's the guy that hexes everyone that gets within ten feet of him! He's the guy that hexed Andrew Johnson last year just because he asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him!" Lily said, throwing up her hands once she was finished talking.
"Yeah, and don't forget how he hexed Warner Perkins when he asked you out that one time last year," Kelsey added.
"Thanks, Kelsey, thanks," Lily said.
"Just doing my job," she responded sweetly.
"Oh, guy, what am I going to do?" Lily asked, falling down onto the seat as she said that.
"Date him," Sam simply replied.
Lily bolted upright, and Kelsey whipped her head around to stare at her friend. Then both girls asked, "What?"
"Date him," Sam replied again, a smile appearing on her face.
"Sam, are you mad? I've just told you that he's impossible, annoying, a jerk, and that I can't stand him," Lily reminded her.
"Exactly! So you date him, and then he'll realize just how wrong you guys are for each other," Sam answered.
"You're forgetting one very important thing," Kelsey stated, "He knows Lily, he has for the past six years. I don't think that by dating her, it'll change his mind."
"Yeah," Lily agreed.
"I know that," Sam answered, and then added, "That's why you're not going to be yourself."
"Sam, I don't understand what you're getting at here," Lily told her.
"Okay, listen, Potter likes you Lily, he likes every aspect about you. But what he doesn't like, is well, not you," Sam replied.
"I'm still not getting it," Lily said.
Kelsey lit up at once though, catching on to Sam's plan. "Lily, just do everything that girls know guys hate."
"That'll make him come running from you, not for you," Sam added.
"Be clingy, use baby talk, do everything that guys hate," Kelsey informed.
"But, but that's not me at all."
"But he doesn't know that. He doesn't know how you act with the guys you date," Sam said.
"Yeah, you'll make him realize how wrong he is for you," Kelsey said, "He'll be off your back for the rest of the year."
"Just give it ten days, and he'll wish he was never born," Sam added.
"Ten days, why?" Lily asked.
"A week is too short, two weeks is too long, but ten days, ten days will be just long enough to drive him crazy," Sam replied.
Lily smiled at this plan. She was finally going to be rid of James Potter. He was finally going to be off her shoulders and she would never have to deal with him again. In ten days tops, she would lose James Potter.
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