Year 2! Please enjoy, and remember: reviews are greatly appreciated!


And so James's feelings towards Lily bloomed. Though he did not know it at the time, James had just met a very important person in his life. Sure, James wasn't very proud of how he had lost the ability to converse in comprehension able English, but at least he had introduced himself. Over the course of the year, James became more comfortable near Lily Evans and her friends (while pulling a few pranks on them, of course), but was still clueless as of why he felt so strange around her. Their story continues in their second year at Hogwarts.

2nd Year

James yawned. It was the day before Christmas holiday, and he couldn't wait for class to end. He, along with the other 2nd year Gryffindors and Ravenclaws, were in their last class of the day, Potions. Professor Slughorn was going on about the Sleeping Drought they were to concoct in class that day, but James was more interested in the girl who was sitting directly in front of him, along with a familiar blonde that seemed to have fallen asleep.

"And remember, class, this is simply a light sleeping drought. It will conk you out for only a few hours in a deep sleep. Thank you for demonstrating the effects, Ms. Phillipa." Everyone turned to look at the dozing blonde. Lily poked her a few times with her quill, but Leila refused to move. The class watched with amusement as Professor Slughorn strode over to Leila's desk and purposefully knocked over her empty iron cauldron, which fell on the ground with a deafening CRASH! Leila shrieked and fell out of her chair as the class roared with laughter. She regained her posture and grinned cheekily at Professor Slughorn. "Sorry, Professor. Might've inhaled a few fumes from the sample potion." Slughorn rolled his eyes and set the class off to work.

"Falling asleep in class. I mean, really, Leila!" James sat up straight and leaned forward to eavesdrop on the two girls in front of him. Leila rolled her eyes and began to chop some roots. "Oh, please. As if I'll ever use this. I'm a veela, for the love of Merlin! If I want a guy to sleep, I wink, blow a kiss and say "Sleep, damn you!" Sirius cracked up. Leila turned around and feigned offence. "Eavesdropping, boys?" However, James's eyes were only on Lily, who had turned back to her potion. She didn't seem to care about the boys behind her. James felt a sudden urge to get Lily to notice him.

He slipped a Filibuster wet-start, no-heat firecracker out of his pocket and stood up, acting as if he was heading to the store cupboard. On his way there, he dropped the firecracker in Lily's cauldron potion. A few seconds later, a huge explosion of potion and sparkling stars filled the classroom, drenching the two girls and everyone near them. Lily let out a deafening shriek and stood up, glaring at the laughing James Potter. "You!" She shrieked. James pulled a straight face. "What ever do you mean, Evans?" She looked ready to hex him. "You dropped a firecracker in our potion on purpose!" She cried.

"Now, now, children, calm down. Ms. Evans, do you have any proof that Mr. Potter did this?" Lily's face fell, and she sat back down, mumbling under her breath about 'immature', 'boys', 'fat-headed', and 'prats'. Returning to his seat, James began wiping the exploded potion off the table, trying to forget the look of sheer loathing Lily had given him.

On their way out of class about 40 minutes later, Lily hurridly packed up her 'immature', 'boys', 'fat-headed', and 'prats'. Returning to his desk and beginning to wipe the exploded potiothings and stormed out of the classroom, giving James no time to say anything. Leila turned to him and Sirius on her way out the door. "That was uncalled for, James. She didn't do anything to you, and she really needed the grade for that potion to keep her straight O average. Just in case you didn't know, Slughorn gave us a P. I don't really care, but it's the worst grade Lily's ever gotten, and she took it pretty hard." With that, Leila turned on her heel and started off after Lily.

"She'll get over it. Brilliant prank, by the way, mate." Sirius said brightly, grinning. James didn't return the grin, but set off as well, trying to ignore the growing guilt and regret in his stomach.


Aw, poor James. All he wants is Lily to notice him, but he's not helping matters, is he? Year 3 will be up soon, or as soon as I get some reviews! REVIEWS ARE A GOOD THING!