Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, only Jane, Adea, and anyone not in the books belong to me

(a/n): Don't have much to say except please review after you've read this, Thanks

The girl at dinner

The first week of term went by fast without James and Lily having to do very much. It was Saturday and James had no one to sit with at dinner. The full moon was drawing near and so Remus was sleeping, Peter had his own little feast upstairs and Sirius had an 'appointment' with some girl in a broom closet. James had not wanted to spend dinner watching Peter pig out so he decided to down to the great Hall. Surely someone would sit with him, he was a marauder.

As he walked in, many girls tried to catch his eye but he wasn't going to sit with a bunch of mindless females. He was just walking down one side of the table when he spotted a girl he'd never seen before sitting all one. She looked to be in sixth or seventh year, and was probably new. Him, being head boy, it was his duty to make new or neglected kids feel more at home. He took a seat across the girl.

'Hey you new?' James asked

'No, I've been here as long as you have' the girl replied softly.

'How come I've never seen you around before?'

'Dunno guess you missed me'

'Oh, what's your name?'

' Adea Qureshi' the girl had carried the conversation without looking up once but now decided that it was only fair. She knew what it was like trying to speak to a person who didn't seem to be paying attention. James looked taken aback.

'Your Adea Qureshi?' he asked in a tone of incredulity.

'That's my name'

'The Adea Qureshi, the fifth contender beside me, Evans, Sirius and Remus'

' I guess I could be referred to as that'

' You're in Gryffindor? When no one knew who you were I just thought you were in Ravenclaw or something'

'I'm just as much in Gryffindor as you are'

'Don't you have friends?' she chuckled 'you're tactful, yes I have friends Potter but they're preoccupied'

'With what?' she looked up and sighed in exasperation

'Lets see, well Lily's catching up on her Potions, Kayla out somewhere with her sister and Jane is wandering around the corridors, said she needed to be alone'

'Wait, wait, wait, so you're friends with Evans?'

'Lily's my best friend, yes'

'How come I didn't see you in her compartment on the train'

'Well I was there maybe you didn't look around' she emphasized the last word. 'wait something's coming to me… no, damn I was sure I'd remembered you for a second there'

'God Potter, I know I'm invisible, but am I really that invisible, I was sitting in the
corner with a book covering my face and I was also the one who one that bet against Kayla'

Flashback

'No, it's mine' James muttered resentfully.

Simmons turned around. 'Before you rub it in, here's your money. All hail you, you were right Dee again, just like you said' and she pulled a galleon out of her pocket grudgingly. 'When are you going to learn. I'm always right sweetheart' the other girl broke off there as she suddenly realised she had brought light upon herself. She reddened slightly as she inaudibly whispered 'sorry, I'll just take this, continue' and she pocketed the galleon and disappeared behind her book. (a/n: this is done from how James would have seen it not how I've written it)

End flashback

'I remember now'

'Uh huh' and they fell into a comfortable silence.

James watched the mysterious girl across from him eat. 'Hey you know we're fri… are we friends, well anyway, my heart belongs to Evans but you really are stunning you know'

'Yes I suppose we are friends, I know your heart belongs to Lily and thank you'

'I hope you don't think I'm talking to you just for this …' but Adea cut him off

'But why doesn't Lily like you. I was wondering when this was coming' she smiled, James looked at her guiltily. She reassured 'No, don't worry I don't mind, remember you didn't know who I was when you talked to me so you didn't know' at this James relaxed. 'First of all what do you know about Lily?'

'Well I know she has a sixth sense and that her favourite class is Charms' he announced proudly

'She told you about that huh? Well what else do you know?'

'I uh…and uh… She uh… well uh….' He finished looking crestfallen

'Exactly, I'm sorry James, Lily is my best friend and I don't want her hurt, unless you're willing to get to know her, I can't help you' Adea said sympathetically.

'But I love her' his voice rising

'You don't even know her' she whispered angrily, James opened and closed his mouth but nothing came out, Adea calmed down 'you're infatuated, not in love'.

'Fine, I'll get to know her, what do I have to do'

'First tell me what Lily thinks of you'

'That's easy: she thinks I'm snobby, cocky, arrogant and big headed' he listed

'So what we have to do is reverse all of those'

'Hey I've tried having mature conversations, but she is one stubborn bitch'

'Do you mind, that's my best friend, and she told me about those conversations, from what I heard they weren't completely mature'

'How do you mean?'

'Well the first time didn't you say something like 'oh I'm the great James Potter, I never need to revise for a test'

'May have said something along those lines' he mumbled feebly

'And the second time you mocked her sixth sense, something she's very proud about mind, by saying something about her belonging in your arms, do you see the problem' he winced and suddenly remembered something Lily had said: You're right you know, I forgot, you are James Potter. This one line echoed through his head.

He looked at Adea determined, 'tell me what I have to do, I'll do it'

'Strike up another conversation, be her friend, DON'T mess up'

'Should I go now?'

'No, she's still stressed about Potions, give her 5 minutes and she'll start stressing about

Transfiguration and that's your cue'

'Wow'

'What?'

'How did you know what she's going to be stressing about when' he questioned, awe invading his eyes

'Everyone has a sixth sense, Potter'. James had déjà vu.

'You're too weird, that's exactly what Evans said last week, so what's yours'

'I can pick up negative feeling and its like I know when its going to happen, by the way you might want to leave now the Transfiguration stress is going to start any time now'. He nodded and was about to get up when she solemnly added 'Could you do me a favour?'

'Sure, anything'

'This conversation never happened; in fact Inever happened, ok?'

'What? Why?'

'Please just do it, tell no one about me' he nodded confusedly, got up and left.

(A/n): short chapter, yes I know but basically this was just to get James and Adea's friendship going. Please review