End of 6th year
"POTTER!" Lily screamed from her dormitory. All of her stuff was gone from her drawers. The only things she had were the pajamas on her back and a hair brush. All of her robes, undergarments, and makeup, was gone and she knew that James Potter had something to do with it.
James sat on the plush couches trying to hold back laughter. Sirius did give him the idea though. Remus sat on the couch opposite from them, studying for Charms class. Peter was asleep next to him. He heard footsteps stomping down from the girls dormitory and he straightened up, trying to look normal.
She approached him, stomping her feet, "Potter! Give me my things now." Lily said.
"What things?" he asked, innocently.
"You know very well what I mean, Potter! Now give me my things or I'll hex you into next week!" she shouted.
"Only if you date me, Evans."
"That will happen when Sirius stops being a blithering idiot. Now give. Me. My. Things," she said, eyes nearly turning red.
"Alright! Alright." he said, standing up. "Geez you can be scary."
James summoned her things and put them back in her dormitory. She gave him one last look of pure hatred before stomping all the way back up to get ready, nearly late for her classes.
James plopped back down on the couch. Sirius was laughing at how early he gave in.
"You're such a coward," he said between laughs. James chucked a pillow at his head. Remus looked up lazily, "You know, maybe if you weren't such a jerk to her then she might like you." he said before turning the page of his Charms textbook.
"It just happens you know? I don't mean to be so mean but I don't know how else to be." he sighed.
Lily stood at the mirror in her dormitory, trying to make herself presentable for classes. They still had their Potions exam then classes would be over until next year. Her friend Marlene entered and noticed the mess from the lazy way James had put her things back.
"Woah. Are you moving out Lily?" she laughed.
"Oh, Marlene would you mind putting my things back?"
"Sure," she said as she pulled her wand out and muttered a spell under her breath. The entire room zoomed back into place where it should be, "So why was everything in disarray?" she asked, sitting on Lily's four-poster bed.
"It was that Potter boy! Who else? Sometimes I just want to-"
"Date him? Come on Lily, we all know you like each other!" Lily turned around, her face growing red fast. "I do not like James Potter! Is he attractive? A little. But I don't think I could listen to him talk about himself for hours on end. Plus he's entirely too mean to me."
Marlene laid back on her bed and mumbled, "Whatever, Mrs. Potter"
After Lily was ready, her and Marlene headed down for breakfast in the Great Hall. Their friends were already down there. The Hall was full of students talking, laughing and eating. They took their usual seat towards the end of Gryffindor table. Alice was talking excitedly to a short Gryffindor by the name of Josie.
"-and Frank asked me on a date! I'm so excited!" Alice went on.
"It's about time!" Lily said, sitting down opposite them.
"It's about time you and Potter got together too! It's obvious you guys are in love!" Josie teased.
Lily shot her daggers before putting her books down on the table, "Why does everyone keep saying that?" she said angrily.
The Marauders entered the hall and all settled down in their usual spot. James sat next to Sirius and Remus next to Peter. Sirius was always searching around for pretty girls and kept nudging James in the side.
"Hey, what about that Ravenclaw? Look at her," he whispered. James pretended to listen and nodded his head at the appropriate time. But in reality, he just watched Lily. The way she tucked the hair behind her ear, and the hand gestures she used when she talked. Sirius snapped in his face, bringing him out of his haze.
"Prongs! Prongs! Are you listening?" he followed his gaze to Lily, "Come on Prongs. You've got to let her go. She'll never go for you."
But James didn't listen. He knew Lily was the only one for him and he wouldn't rest until she was his.