Hey there. So this is a fast update, no?
I just wanted to let y'know I went back and put spaces in Chapter Two, so it's less confusing. (I would've done it from the beginning put fanfiction wouldn't let me edit, it just said please wait for forever)
And stupid me, I forgot to put in a disclaimer, and since you can't edit the chapter after posting it I have to put it here.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters you recognize. I suppose I own the plot...
Chapter Three
James didn't take the rejection lightly and instead dedicated all his free time to asking her to out. Days passed - though it felt more like months - and Lily was becoming more and more frustrated with him.
"Potter what part of 'no' don't you understand!" Lily shouted, as they walked back to the castle from Care of Magical Creatures one afternoon. He'd just asked her out for the hundredth time.
"I'd have to say the n," grinned James.
A few people snickered.
Lily growled and stomped to the castle doors, throwing them open and slamming them in his face.
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"How about if I ambush her on her way to the loo, catch her of guard," suggested James.
He, Remus, and Sirius where sitting in their dorm. James was working on new tactics to get Lily to agree to go out with him, each becoming wilder by the minute.
Sirius snorted, "She'll probably up end hexing you."
"Right, how about blackmail," said James. "I can nick some Veritaserum-"
"No," said Remus quickly.
"Fine." said James. "You come up with something then."
"Why don't you just lay off asking her for a while," said Remus. "Catch her eye and smile - but not that cocky one you wear" - James threw him a glare -"a friendly one. And don't wink at her. Then maybe you could try and ask her to Hogsmeade for a drink as friends."
"How do I get her to agree though?" asked James.
"Strike a deal," shrugged Sirius. "Tell her you'll stop trying to nick her homework to copy or something."
James nodded slowly in approval, "Brilliant, thanks!"
Remus grunted.
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Lily lay in her bed frowning. It had been a exceptionally weird week. James hadn't asked her out once, enabling her to fell sane for once and the days to zip by, instead of going slug slow. And not only had he stopped asking her out, but whenever he'd catch her eyes he'd give her a friendly smile, not a smirk, and he wouldn't even winked.
One minute, an arrogant, smirking, bullying toerag, the next asking her out constantly, and now, smiling at her friendly.
That boy turned out to be more barmy than she'd thought.
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Unfortunately the peace didn't last for long as days later, when she'd sat in the library, and gotten up to put a book back, she'd return only to find James sitting at her table, smiling.
"Bloody hell, Potter," she groaned. "And here I thought you'd finally given up."
"'S not really one of my talents," said James, shrugging. "Anyways, Evans, I have an idea -"
Lily cut him off saying, "You'd have to have a brain to have an idea, and frankly, everyone knows your ego takes up all the space, there's no room left for one."
She sat down across from him, open her book and began to read. She heard
James mutter something under his breath and then snatched her book from under her nose.
"Oy!" she cried, jumping up and glaring at him.
"Miss Evans," snapped Madam Pince, the librarian, from where she was magicking some books to tuck themselves into their rightful place on their shelves. "This is a library not the Quidditch pitch!"
"Sorry," muttered Lily.
Madam Pince continued to stare at them for a few minutes. When she finally turned away, Lily hissed angrily, "Give me my damn book, Potter!"
She made a grab for it but he quickly raised it over his head.
"Not until you listen," he insisted.
Lily huffed and crossed her arms, "Fine, what is your grand idea?"
"Come to Hogsmeade with me this weekend," said James. "Just for some drinks and a chat. And after if you still don't like me, I promise to leave you alone. And if you decide I'm okay, you agree to be friends."
Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "You promise to leave me alone?"
"If you don't like me, yes," said James. "Marauders honor."
He held up his right hand.
"Fine, I don't like you Potter," said Lily, coolly. "Now leave me alone!"
"Real funny, Evans," said James. "But you know what I meant."
She scowled and muttered, "Fine."
"Sorry? I didn't hear that."
She grit her teeth and snapped, "I'll go with you to Hogsmeade."
His face broke in a grin.
"Excellent!"
"Yeah, yeah, now give me my book and bugger off," said Lily.
He bowed deeply and held out her book, "Madam."
She snatched it back quickly. James straightened and short gave a nod before walking away, a bounce in his step.
Lily threw herself down in her chair, sighing loudly as she rested her head in her hands. What had she gotten herself into?
Also, please bear with me as I try and add the British slang words in, as I'm obliviously not British.
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