Summary: James Potter is tired of having girls throw themselves at his feet the second he flashes them one of his famous smiles. So, when he hears of Muggle Born Lily Evans, who is saving herself for marriage, he realizes that this is just the challenge he is looking for. But, what happens when what started out as just another game for James blossoms into something much more? Something like… love?
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Clip From Past Chapter: James - Slowly, James entered the nearly empty classroom… (class wouldn't start for around another 7 minutes) and looked up, to find Lily sitting on a desk, facing the front of the room. "Ahem… Lily?"
Remus - "Actually, it's exactly what I was hoping to happen," Moony replied, giving Padfoot a sideways smile. "Me and McGonagall… in a classroom… alone together… for 3 hours," he said, giving Sirius a wink and sauntering off.
Sirius - Silently, Snape pushed the other boy's shirt into Sirius' hand, avoiding his gaze. As Sirius walked off, he never was able to hear Snape as he whispered, "I wouldn't mind you wandering around without it…"
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Disclaimer: Sadly, I own nothing that is even remotely related to Harry Potter, although strangely enough, my name resembles one of the main characters. (My name is Lily!)
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A/N: Thanks for all of ur guys great reviews! In answer to some of your questions, yes, there is only very MILD slash in this story, but no, Sirius is NOT gay, don't worry! The focus will be mostly on James and Lily, but sometimes you'll get to read about Remus and Sirius as well. Anyways, this chapter will focus mainly on James and Lily and I'll have a small bit of the Maurauders... with that said, here's chapter 4! Enjoy, and remember to review!
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"Ahem… Lily?"
Slowly, Lily turned around, and was surprised to find James Potter standing in the doorway.
"Umm… hello?" She replied tentatively, not sure why he was looking at her so intensely.
"What?" she found herself thinking irratibly. She really wasn't in the mood to be bothered.
"Lily, you may not know me, but I know you… very well, actually…" James said, gazing into her amazing eyes. "And I just wanted to say, that I think that Lee boy is a huge arse. He shouldn't treat you like that, or force you into anything…" James trailed off, waiting to see what Lily's reaction would be to his kind and consoling words…
"Right, kind and consoling," James smirked to himself. " You won't be so kind and consoling once Lily is underneath you in your bed," he thought devishly.
"Ya, like you would really care," Lily sneered, her words coming out more harshly than she intended. "I mean… oh, I'm sorry… I'm just not in the best of moods right now…" she answered, fresh tears forming in her eyes.
James inwardly cringed. He hated seeing girls cry, it ruined his style. He was there to bang the girls, get his pleasure, and then toss 'em. When they turned all mushy on him, he had no idea what to do. But, thinking of what Remus would do, he slowly advanced to Lily.
"We can just sit here and talk, if you want to…" James said inquiringly, as he pushed a stray hair from in front of Lily's face. "I'm here to help Lily, I'll listen to what you have to say… you can talk to me."
"Mhmm… the notorious player Potter actually wants to listen to what I have to say? He doesn't just want me in his bed?" Lily smirked, and looked James straight in the eyes. "I'm sure all you want to do is talk, give me a shoulder to cry on, Potter. I'm just positive your real motive isn't to just manipulate me into your bed during my most vulnerable moments…"
"Damn, she's good," James thought wearily. "This is going to be way harder then I thought it would be…"
"Lily, you've got it all wrong," James said slowly, thinking carefully about his words before speaking them. "I seriously know how it feels to be in your situation."
Lily's eyes widened in disbelief, and than narrowed.
"He can't be telling the truth," she reasoned with himself. But, she saw that James' eyes were shining rather brightly, and decided to give him a chance to explain what he was talking about.
"Ok, Potter… tell me about it," she said.
"James," he whispered. "My name… it's James… use it, please?" He cocked an eyebrow at her, and when she nodded, he continued.
"Damn, I'm a fucking great actor," he thought to himself, as his story concocted in his head.
"I'll admit, Lily, that the past few years, I haven't been a very honest person with all of my girlfriends," he started, looking down at his hands as though he was sorry for his actions. "And I've broken many hearts in my path. I honestly wasn't thinking about my actions." He looked up, and realized that Lily's facial expression had softened. Maybe she was actually buying his story! He continued with more gusto. "So, I guess I should have seen it coming… I deserved it really…" he said, and paused for dramatic effect.
"What happened, James?" Lily whispered, as she shifted her position. Her knee grazed James' knee softly, and he was surprised to feel a surge of electricity charge through him at the slight contact. Caught of guard, he stuttered before he regained his confidence.
"Well, somebody decided to give me a taste of my own, bitter medicine. I fell for the girl… hard, Lily. She teased me, and I couldn't resist her. She kissed me, and after I had had a taste of her, I couldn't let her go. I chased after her recklessly, and she made me work for any affection she gave to me. Finally, after a lot of torture, we had sex… and she dumped me the next day. It taught me Lily, that I couldn't play around with people's feelings the way I had been. I haven't been able to trust anybody else since." James finished, feeling very proud of his utterly false story.
"James… I'm, I'm, I'm SO sorry," Lily exclaimed, and than promptly burst into tears. "I judged you so unfairly, with out even talking to you, and now that I know… I feel terrible for the way I treated you." Lily announced, wiping away her tears. James was stunned to find that Lily still looked incredibly beautiful despite her blotchy cheeks, and everything else from crying.
"James, what are you talking about?" James asked himself, mentally kicking himself in the leg. " She's not beautiful…"
Shaking his head, James slowly inched his arm up until he had Lily in an embrace. She eagerly responded, and they sat in the classroom for another few minutes, just hugging each other.
"Never mind what I thought before… this is going to be much easier than I ever could have imagined," James thought happily. Than, something unexpected, but amazing happened.
"I hope we can be friends, James," Lily whispered, before disentangeling herself from his arms.
"Me too," James replied, and together, the two left the room. "Bye, Lily," James said, with a smile, that Lily returned. The second Lily turned the corner, a very wet Sirius ran into James.
"Whoah there Padfoot, why are you so wet?" James asked, looking at him curiously.
"I've just been hypnotizing Snape, he won't be able to resist my boyish charms no longer… we all knew I'm able to attract girls very easily, but who ever would've known that my SAME SEX is falling for me as well? I love being me…"
"Yes, Sirius, keep on flattering yourself," James replied wickedly. "Too bad you didn't have him crying and hugging onto you, wanting to be your friend… because Lily Evans was most certainly doing that to me just a minute ago." James got a whimsical look in his eye as he remembered what had just occurred. He could see every one of her eyelashes clumped together in a mixture of tears and mascara. He could distinctly remember that she had 5 freckles, two on her right cheek, three on her left. He could even remember…
"Oh, shut up Prongsie Pie," Sirius replied, interrupting his thoughts flipping him the middle finger. "I'll get Snape to love me before you so much as lay a kiss on Lily Evans," he sneered.
James breathed a sigh of relief… if Sirius had caught his facial expression while he was thinking of Lily… James couldn't bare to think what his best mate would have though of that.
"And by the way, James… if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you might actually think Lily was something special." Sirius teased, poking James in the arm.
"Oh, shove it Padfoot. I fed her a bullshit story about how some fantasy woman broke my heart, and that I'm a changed man… I have no interest in Lily Evans what-so-ever." Little did James know that Lily Evans might one day be the one to break his heart.
"Whatever you say, Prongsie Poo," Sirius chuckled.
"Don't call me that!"
While the two boys were busy bickering and making their way into the Great Hall for dinner, they didn't realize that their other best mate, Remus, was on his way to his detention with McGonagall. And little did Remus know that McGonagall was anxiously waiting for Remus' arrival, with a surprise in store for him.
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A/N: Well, what do you think of this chapter? Good, bad, boring, exciting? You can tell me by a nice little review, of course! And by the way, I made a HUGE mistake! This is supposed to be the Maurauder's sixth year at Hogwarts, and they are playing for this years title. Anywho, here is some sneak peaks at what may happen in later chapters!
One of the three best friends has a chance to tutor the person they are supposed to be wooing into their arms. What happens when the two of them get some quality time together?
One of the victims finds out about the bet! What will they do to get back at the boys?
Who will get potentially hurt when the secret is spilled… to the WHOLE SCHOOL?
Yes, this will happen in the next chapters that come after this, so I suggest you review, so I can hurry up and post them! I know you're dying to read it ;). Love from, Lily.
