Chapter 4:
This time Sirius wasn't looking dreamily at the goblet of fire (which would soon spit out the names of the champions, and Sirius still hadn't managed to find a way to put his name in) he was looking at the red haired girl sitting at the Hufflepuff table next to her friend with the raven hair ending just at her shoulders.
"Hey Sirius," said Remus, followed by a very disgruntled looking James.
"Whoa, what happened to you? Cat fight?" said Sirius, amused.
James sighed. "You don't want to know," he said, and started piling food on his plate. Sirius shrugged and started talking to Remus.
"Hey, wait. Is… what's-her-name in Hufflepuff?" Remus asked.
"Emily," Sirius corrected automatically, to which he was given two weird glances from his friends. "What?" He asked defensively, but the two just shrugged and smiled at each other knowingly. Sirius was about to reply with a snide remark, when he glanced at the Hufflepuff table, and saw that Emily and Lily got up and started walking towards the kitchen.
"Why is Lily walking towards the Hufflepuff common room?" Remus asked, speaking out Sirius' thoughts. Hearing the word "Lily", James suddenly looked up from his plate.
"Come on, lets go see," he said, standing up.
Remus groaned. "Fine, but let's not take too long. I need to finish my potions essay."
Sirius and James snorted in sync, and Remus just rolled his eyes. The boys started walking, but stopped abruptly because of Wormtail who appeared right in front of them.
"Hey guys! Let's go eat, I'm starving! Oh, and afterwards, Moony- you can help me with my potions essay, right? Will you help me? Please Moony, You're so smart, just like James and Sirius!"
"Sorry, Wormtail, we just finished. I'll help you with your essay later," said Remus, apologetically.
Peter frowned. "Oh… Ok. I'll see you guys back in the common room, I guess," said Wormtail in a meek voice.
Once the trio found a secluded area, James threw the invisibility cloak over them, and they started following the pair of girls, who luckily didn't get far.
"Ok, but you've got to admit- Sirius is pretty cute," said Emily with a grin on her face, and fondness in her tone, that she only ever revealed to Lily.
Lily laughed. "Sure, but not as cute as James," she said. "But that's the only good thing about him, of course," she added abruptly.
Sirius looked at James sympathetically. "At least she thinks I'm good looking," said James with a bitter smile. All of a sudden, Lily spun on her heel and looked straight through James.
"What happened?" asked Emily, now staring at the vacant spot where Sirius was.
All the boys could do was hold their breaths and wait. Lily had a wicked smile on her face. blood hell, Sirius thought.
"Hey, Emily," she said in a voice that only Emily understood. "You know what? I changed my mind. I actually think James is super cute, and I would totally love to date him." Emily quickly caught on.
"You know, I think you're right. Too bad he isn't here. I mean, if he were- you could've totally asked him out."
James looked at Sirius and Remus with a broad grin on his face, and before Remus could utter a single word, James flew out of the invisibility cloak, his face practically shining.
Oh god, he is such an idiot, thought Remus.
"Why, hello there, la-" but poor James couldn't even finish his sentence, because at that moment Lily and Emily spun around and pinned him to the wall.
"How could you be so arrogant? Why would you think I would actually say those things about you? And why are you even stalking us?" said Lily, enraged. "Did I not make myself clear today? I said it once, and I'll say again. I, want nothing to do with a stuck up person like you, James Potter!" Lily yelled.
"Ok, Lil, I think he got the point. Calm down," Emily said, carefully letting go of James' robes and using her hands to remove Lily's hands from his collar.
James had never felt so hurt and broken hearted in his life. He couldn't hide his disappointment. He didn't even manage to open his mouth. Humiliated, he walked away shamefully, head bowed, followed by his invisible friends.
That night, Lily met Snape in front of the great hall. After she finished telling him the story, Snape looked even angrier than Lily had.
"You know, I always told you that Potter boy meant trouble, he's just so…" Snape made a violent movement with his hands.
Lily laughed softly. "I think today he got the point, he won't be bothering me for anymore."
Snape was absolutely beaming. "Well, with him out of the picture… I was wondering, well… if you were interested in going out with me."