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Chapter 4-Jeremy or maybe Jarod
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"Hi."
Lily ignored the voice and continued helping a 4th year with the petrificus totalus spell.
"Now you give your wand a small swish. No,a small swish. Not one that can poke someones eye out." Lily said to the bored 4th year.
"Can I sit here?" The voice asked.
"Alright,now you have to say petrificus totalus. Say it clear though. Wouldn't want any Peter Pettigrew incidents,would we?" Lily asked in humor,still ignoring the person.
A chair was pull out and James Potter sat down next to Lily,"I need to talk to you."
Lily finally gave in and turned to James with a glare,"Well,if you couldn't see I'm kind of busy here. So maybe you could leave."
"You've been busy everytime I've tried to talk to you." James pointed out,pulling out a quidditch magizine.
"Maybe because I am busy! Now if you don't mind Jeffrey-"
"Jeremy." The 4th year cut in.
"-Jeremy,sorry. Jeremy has to have this spell down before Monday." Lily said cooly turning away from James.
James growled in frustation. Honestly.
It was now Saturday afternoon and 3 days after their arguement. James,at first,thought what he said was right and that she really was a know-it-all,stuck-up,teacher's pet or whatever he called her. But slowly after many,many conversations with Remus-AKA:Makes-You-Feel-Guilty-Talks-James began to feel guilty for what he'd said. He still was a bit annoyed by her though.
He had tried to apologize to her,but for some strange reason Lily always found a way out of talking to him. Even at patrols,Lily would leave earlier than patrol time to avoid him,then head back to the common room early.
James was frustrated now,though. He would get her to talk to him.
"Evans,Dumbledore needs to talk to us now." James emphasized 'Evans' and 'now'. He inwardly smirked.
Even if he had lost his memory he had learned what kind of person Lily Evans was. Lily would never even think about skipping a meeting with a professor or in this case,a headmaster.
Sure enough Lily's head snapped into James' direction instantly,"What?"
"I said Dumbledore needs to see us now. As in right now." James again emphasized 'now'.
Lily eyes narrowed as she watched James closely,trying to sum up the situation.
"Well,he does!" James persisted.
Lily rolled her eyes and sighed,"Fine." Then turned to Jeff-Jeremy,"I guess we'll have to work on this later,Georgie."
"It's Jeremy." Jeremy replied.
"Right,sorry. Well,bye. . ." Lily trailed off,grabbing up her book,shoving them in her book bag and looking expectantly at James,who still sat holding his quidditch magizine,just staring at her.
"Well? I thought Professor Dumbledore needed to see us now." She said,slinging her backpack over her shoulder.
James got up,grabbing up his backpack and began to walk.
Lily rolled her eyes(She does that(and sighes)alot if you haven't notice.)and began to follow James.
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"So. . .what does Professor Dumbledore need to see us about?" Lily asked.
James shrugged.
"You don't know?" Lily questioned.
"Nope." James replied looking out a window.
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They had were just about to walk past Mcgongall's classroom when Lily spoke up,"Wait. . .you don't even know where Professor Dumbledore's office is! You-You trick me!" She exclaimed."And to think Jarod could have master that spell if you hadn-"
James grabbed Lily's wrist and pulled her into Mcgongall's classroom. James hurridly closed the door,looking around to see if anyone else was in the room.
Lily stood glaring at James with her arms crossed,"You kidnapped me!"
James looked at Lily like she was crazy,"What in-I didn't kidnap you! You just wouldn't talk to me so I had to lie a little bit,that's all." James explained.
Lily didn't say anything.
James sighed,"Ok,listen. I'msorryforwhatIsaid."
"What?" Lily asked.
"I said I'm sorry for what I said." James mumbled.
Lily tilted her head looking at James in a disbelieving way,"I don't believe you. What do you want? Help with homework? Help with a spell? Help getting one of your mates out of trouble? You know your personality hasn't changed a bit since the accident. Whenever you got into trouble you'd try to charm your way out of everything. You'd be all nice to me even. Of course I'd never believe you. So tell me what you want?"
James furrowed his brow,"I don't want anything. Just for you to-to forgive me. . .I guess." He said awkwardly.
Lily shifted a bit,"Why?"
"What?"
"Why do you want my forgiveness? Never in the 6 1/2 years of knowing you have you ever asked for forgiveness or apologized." Lily stated.
"I didn't know that,did I?" James asked irritated,"Listen will you forgive me or not? I was wrong ok? If that's what you wanted to hear then there you go. I was wrong. . .all though you do need to loosen up. . .er,forget I said that." James added quickly. He smiled a charming smile at her.
Lily looked away for a moment then looked James in the eye,"Alright,I guess. . .I'm sorry too. You know for calling you a pompous git and all that stuff." Lily added slowly and reluctantly.
This was just as hard for Lily as it was for James.
James grinned,"Great."
"Yeah. . ."
"Just terrific." James put in.
"Spiffy." Lily replied.
"Ok,well. . .I'm glad that's over and done with,aren't you?" James asked,trying to make conversation.
"Oh yes. Spiffy." Lily repeated.
Silence.
"Well,you know,I think Jordan could still use some help with his spell." Lily stated beginning to walk to the door.
"Sirius and Vance said something about going down to the quidditch pitch for a while to train me. I guess I should be heading down there." James also said,following Lily actions and walking to the door.
"Ok,well,bye." Lily called shortly as she walked away.
James sighed and watched her walk off,"Bye."
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"Hey,Remus?" James asked as he praticed levitating later that night in the boys dormitory.
"Yeah?" Remus asked,looking up from his charms essay.
"What do you think about Lily?" James asked.
Sirius and Peter were hungry(They had only eatten an hour ago,oh the horror)so they decided to go on rampage down at the kitchens.
Remus put down his quill and studied James for moment before replying slowly,"She's a nice person. Always trying to do the right thing. Trying to find the best in people. . .well. . .not you really. . .but most people other than you. Lily's loyal and brave. Why do you ask?"
"Oh no reason. Just wondering. I don't really know about anyone since,you know,my memory's gone and all." James replied uncertainly.
"What do you think of her?" Remus asked amused.
"What did I think of her before?" James answered Remus' question with a question.
Remus chuckled,"Well,let's just say she wasn't on your favorite list of people."
James began twirling a sock(maybe,James wasn't sure)that he'd found on the floor earlier,"Oh,so we loathed each other then."
"Yeah. . .you never answered my question though." Remus asked again.
"I dunno. She's. . .She's strange. Different. You know?" James asked,"Lily's just Lily. We're kind of friends now,you know?" James informed Remus.
"So you took my advise finally and apologized,did you? I'm glad you didn't take Sirius or Peter's advise. Merlin know what would have happen." Remus finished rolling his eyes.
"Yeah. . .she apologized too."
"Really? I don't think Lily's ever apologized to you before." Remus mused.
"She's smart. . .she's also very uptight." James added.
"Well,I wouldn't really say uptight. Especially in front of her. Lily just likes to do well,I guess you could say." Remus pointed his wand at a rotten banana peel and banished it,"I swear there's a garbage monster somewhere in this room." He muttered to himself.
"She's pretty,too." James said quickly.
Remus,shocked from James' statement,dropped his wand,"What?"
"Nothing." James replied just as quick.
"Did you just say what I think you said?"
"I don't know what you thought I said so I can't know you thought what I just said." James replied.
"You did! You said she was pretty!" Remus exclaimed,staring at James.
"Well,she is!" James protested embarressed.
"Yeah she is,I'm not denying that. It's just that before you wouldn't have been caught dead saying something like that." Remus answered in amusement.
"I don't remember that. I don't remember anything. So how was I suppose to know?" James asked curtly.
"Hey,no reason to get mad." Remus said. ". . .Things change I guess."
James wasn't paying attention to the 'socks' so he didn't notice them swirling out of control.
Remus looked over at them just in time to see them fly straight at him,"AAAHHHHHH!"
James was brought back to reality as Remus yelled."Uh oh."
The 'socks' flew straight at Remus' face,"Ugh,get them off me!"
"Whoa,what's going on?" Sirius and Peter had just entered the room to Remus fighting off a sock.
"See I told you the sock monster exists! You didn't believe me though." Peter said smugly to Sirius.
Remus finally grabbed hold of it and held it arms length away. He sniff at the air,"Urgh,this stinks!" He threw it to a clothes pile nearby and brushed himself off.
"Sorry,Remus. I must of,er,lost control." James apologized sheepishly.
Remus chuckled some,"It's alright James."
"So what were you two doing?" Sirius asked jumping up and down on bed.
Remus looked cautionly at Sirius bed,"Uh,Sirius,don't tell me you've forgotten what happen the last time you did that. You know when-"
Crash!
"-When that happened." Remus sighed as Sirius' bed broke and fell over,bring Sirius with it.
Sirius moaned and rubbed his back,"Ouch. That. . .hurt. Anyways what did you two do while we were gone? I bet you didn't have much fun without us." He added,acting as though his bed didn't just break in two and that he didn't just about break his back.
"Oh,we were just talk about Lily Evans." Remus replied.
James immediately begin to desperately mime 'No!' to Remus.
"Evans?" Sirius asked.
"Oh,yeah. James was just saying that Lily Evans was just so darn. . .annoying. Weren't you James?" Remus asked.
James laughed nervously,"Oh yeah. That Lily Evans is one annoying person. Yeah. . ."
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Knock,knock,knock!
Knock,knock,knock!
"Alright,we're opening the door-Evans! What a suprise! What are you doing here?" Black asked as he opened the boys dorm door at 10:00pm.
An irritated Lily stood in the door way,tapping her foot,"Where's Potter? I need Potter."
"I didn't know you felt that way Evans! Here let me get your darling lover-oof,James!" Sirius groaned as James elbowed him out of the way and stood in front of Lily.
"Hey,Lily." He greeted awkwardly.
"Potter. . .James. Do you realize that patrol has started?" Lily asked. She sounded as though she was trying to be a bit nicer but was having a hard time.
James looked at the nearest clock,"Oh,er,no. Time just slips by so fast,doesn't it? Hee hee. . ."
No one laughed with him.
"Well,have fun,James." Sirius said slyly pushing his friend out the door and closing it in Lily and James' faces.
James stared at the door,"Well,he's such a pal." He said sarcastically.
Lily rolled her eyes and began to make her way out of the common room.
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"Hey,Lily?" James asked.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have any siblings?" He asked.
Lily looked at James curiously,"Yes,a sister. Actually,you mailed a howler to her once in 5th year,and made it as though it was from me. I had a hard time explaining that to my parents and an even harder time to my sister." Lily finished somewhat bitterly.
"Oh. Why'd I do that?" James asked.
"For revenge. A week earlier I hexed your hair green."
"Why'd you do that?" James asked.
"Because you hexed all the portraits in the castle to yell insults at me the day before." Lily explained.
"We didn't get along,did we?" James asked.
"Nope." Lily answered looking out the window. She smiled,"It's starting to snow."
James looked out the window too,"Yeah it is. You wanna go outside?"
Lily looked at James strangely,"We'll get in trouble." She said slowly.
"Forget about the rules and getting into trouble for once,Lily." James said.
"I don't know. . ." Lily said uncertainly.
"Come on." James made to grab Lily's hand,but she pulls away and stopped. He ignored this and instead smirked at her,"What? Are you afraid of going outside?"
Lily huffed,"Of course not!"
"Then come outside with me." James persisted.
Lily stood for a moment thinking about the consequences if she was caught. Detention. House points deducted. Badges taken away-
"Well?" James asked.
Lily's eyes met James' eyes. She looked away,". . .No. . ."
James sighed and rolled his eyes,"Fine. . . "
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