There was turtle sitting on a rock next to the lake, it looked so peaceful, sunbathing in the warm sunshine that was cast at noon. That was the first thing Lily noticed as she took a seat at the beach. How can a turtle live such a carefree life? The only thing he has to worry about is getting eaten or squashed. I wish life was that easy. She continued to sit there, occasionally throwing a pebble into the lake, watching the ripples move in the water. It was a Saturday, so Lily had the rest of the day to sit there and stare at the turtle, but sitting in the warm afternoon sun was making her sleepy, so she regretfully got up and walked back up to the castle to find her best friend and get some of that homework done.
James Potter was an obnoxious fellow, but wouldn't you be if you were in your teen's years? Not only is he a teenager but he is going to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that means more fun picking on people, preferably a certain fellow by the name of Severus Snape, because spells can be a very funny thing. James was sitting underneath a tree watching the fun people were having, he enjoyed the sunshine, and he loved how calm everything went when the sun beat its warm rays over his body and made him all sleepy and peaceful. One thing he loved even more then that though was Lily Evans, who was walking past a little further ahead of his tree spot. He loved watching her walk, the way her hair bounced, the way her body moved, its was like watching an angel to him, and since this is their 6th year at Hogwarts, he had to get her to go out with him and soon before it was too late. They only had a little less then two years left before they all took different paths and James did not want to loose Lily. He got up, wiped off his pants from the dirt, and ran after her.
As he ran up next to her, Lily asked, "What do you want James?"
"For you to go out with me"
"That will be a no."
"Awe come on Lily, I've changed, I grew up."
"Oh yea, that prank you pulled in herbology was really grown up wasn't it? You almost killed all of those plants in there."
"Okay... But that was one time Lily. Just… please go out with me? I promise I will be the best date ever, give me a chance will ya?"
"No." Lily entered the doors and headed into the great hall before James could as another thing. She looked around and found her friend sitting next to Michael Corney, the boy Sarah was crushing on this year. Sarah is Lily's best friend in the world, she has curly blond hair, with hazel colored eyes, she was slim figured, like Lily was, and she loved flirting. Sarah crushed on a different guy every other week, but this time, she assured Lily that Michael was the one. Lily walked in and sat down next to Sarah. "And to think that I was guna get away from James Potter for the day. Humph."
"Oh quit complaining. I would love it if a guy went after me for all of those years and is still doing it. Face it Lily he loves you, and he wont stop bugging you until you go out with him. Just do it and see if you have fun. If you don't then dump him and move on. At least that way, He'll stop going after you."
"I don't want to."
Michael had mumbled something into Sarah ear while she was talking but she didn't catch what he said "Stop acting like such a little girl Lily. Michael I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"Oh um… I'm guna talk to you later, I have to uh... go finish my history homework."
"Okay, I'll see you at dinner then?"
"Yea defiantly. By Sarah, by Lily," and Michael left them alone.
"Now see what you did? You drove Michael off with your craziness." Sarah moped. Just then James and his group of friends, which included Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, walked in talking loudly and laughing about something. Lily eyed them suspiciously then grabbed Sarah's arm, "Come on lets go." She headed to the door but was stopped by Sirius Black, "Where you off to love?"
"Heading as far away from you as possible Black" Lily spat.
"Aw Lily, why do you gotta be such snob?"
"That depends, why do you got to be such a jerk?"
"Now that hurts Lily it really does. Right down to my heart."
"Oh? You have a heart? I guess it's true, you really do learn something new everyday."
"Come on Lily, Black, stop it now, we have to go do homework don't we Lily?" Sarah interrupted.
"Yea, we do." And they left the boys behind them. Lily had noticed how James had just watched her, his eyes never left hers for a second. He seemed somewhat down about something. She wanted to know what it was now. No… She needed to know what it was. As much as she would never ever and would absolutely die if she admitted it or if anyone found out, deep down, she had feelings for James. I wonder if he is down about me saying no to him again. Maybe Sarah is right… Maybe I should go out with him and see if I like him or not. What am I talking about? I can't go out with Potter. She waved the thought from her head. "James really likes you, you know. He never once looked away from you." Sarah said.
"Yea… I know." And they headed off to the Gryffindor common room to do homework.
"Hey mate, you okay?" Sirius asked James as they sat down at a table to eat some lunch.
"Yea I'm good. I'm just… thinking is all. Hey pass the potatoes?"
"Sure" Remus said.
"I think… That if you ask her again… she'll say yes." Sirius said.
"Nah no way, I've already asked her too many times I forgot what number I was on. I think it was 1,277. But I could be wrong."
"No, I think Sirius is on to something. Maybe we can make a plan… You know… Hogsmede is coming up soon…" Remus said.
"Yea! You should ask her to hogsmede mate!" Sirius cheered.
"Yea right. Like she'd go with me. I'm the last guy she wants to go with. Trust me, I know. I'm uh… going to the library, see you later." Then he got up and left the table, and walked out the doors.
"I think that we should have a little chat with Lily, Sirius suggested.
"Yea I think your right." Remus agreed. "Hey Peter, quit stuffing your face like that and chew, you're going to choke."
James was walking down a hallway towards the library, but he changed his mind and headed towards the common room. I don't understand where I went wrong. What did I do? Why won't she go out with me? I don't get it. Maybe I never will. It's just a stupid girl thing. But it sucks because I can't stop thinking about her. She's so beautiful, everything about her is beauty. Maybe I should try once more. His thoughts continued as he walked into the common room and he sat down in his favorite chair by the fire. He didn't notice the two girls sitting at the table by the window. Until he heard their voices.
"Seriously Lily, what's so bad with James? Nothing right? I bet you're just scared." Sarah probed Lily.
"I'm not scared."
"Then what is it?" By this time, James had taken out his invisibility cloak so they wouldn't see him. The right thing to do would be to walk away but he couldn't resist.
"I…I don't know. I'm confused okay? I know he likes me but… he goes out with so many girls. I don't want to get hurt."
"He only goes out with girls because he can't have you. I bet if you went out with him he wouldn't do anything to mess it up and you'd get married and have many ki-"
"Okay! That's enough now." Lily interrupted.
"I'm just saying, that I doubt he would hurt you." At that statement, Sirius and Remus walked in the room.
"Hey have you lovely ladies seen our James around?" Sirius asked.
"No. We haven't." Lily said coldly "Sarah lets continue this upstairs."
"Continue what? I wana come! We can have a threesome!" Sirius said excitedly.
Just then, Lily had an idea, "You want to join us Sirius?" she said very seductively as she walked closer to him. So close that she was right in his face. "You know, there has always been something I've wanted to do to you." She hinted.
"Oh me to baby" Sirius whispered "why don't we take this to my bed right now?"
"That's not what I had in mind" Lily said and slapped him real hard on the cheek then grabbed Sarah's arm and walked into the girl dormitories.
By then, James was laughing in hysterics and the cloak fell off him.
"It's not funny. That really hurt." Sirius complained and rubbed his cheek.