Thanx to all my reviewers (old and new) and I'm really really sorry that I haven't updated in a while—with finals, tours, assemblies, and crap orchestra has to play in. But hey! Christmas is finally here! Or over, but New Years is here. I went to Houston, and San Antonio and I loved it! It was awesome! I used to live in San Antonio, and I missed it a lot.

Replies:

SilverRaiine:

Yeah, sorry about that. I can't seem to fit James more into Lily's life smoothly. It's just so hard!! I am focusing mainly on Lily, cuz' it's easier like that. But James will come in a lot more in the next few chapters.

Man eating plant:

Oh! Lucky! I have tons of HW and my teachers aren't considerate at all. With this essay, this project, this report—gosh! They're driving me nuts! )

IcyCrystal:

Yeah! I know, not all blondes are bitches. A lot of my friends are blonde and they're really nice. They would never be like the bit that is Ms. Paris! (Carly is a blonde, but—aww…I can't tell and ruin the surprise!)

Water-sprite87:

Awww….you flatter meD Your reviews are usually the longest I get, but they are sooo funny and I enjoy reading them. And yes, the villain has finally emerged from their little shell. Lol. I'm swamped with homework too but nowhere near to your level. Trigonometry? Dude, that's like…advanced math. I can hardly understand the simple stuff!

Kluvph:

Yeah, you will find out later. But in this fic, Lily and James aren't the same age. James is going to be one or two years older, so they were in Hogwarts together, but they didn't really meet each other and didn't interact much. That's a great question—I almost forgot about it. Oh and orchestra tests? The absolute worst! I totally feel for you there!

White-angel-snowflake:

Yes yes, I'm sorry! I'm just getting lazier and lazier but that's ok. I have no clue whatsoever how many chapters I'm gonna write. I'll just go along with my plot and when it's about right to end it, then I'll end the story. (Estimating around 30 chapters or so—give or take a few)

Flame of Desire:

I took finals just last week, and they weren't that bad. But then again, I'm not taking another language right now so…lucky me sucky you (JK) You're half French? That's soooo cool! Is it your mom or your dad?

KrAzYkEwLgUrL:

Thanx. I know Miss Paris is evil but Lily sure got her good )

WoW-Girl:

Awww…that's so nice! But compared to other people's fanfics, omgosh! Mine really sucks, (but that's okay!)

GrYfFiNdOr4eVeR98:

Um….ten word essay? Did you mean a hundred word essay? It would be really hard to fit the life of a famous Greek in ten words. So who're you doing it on? I think it'd be really hard to do it on Greek people (at least for me) cuz' the only ones I've heard of are either

A. Gods

B. Sons/Daughters of Gods

C. Empowered by Gods

D. Legendary Myths

Persona:

Yeah, Reese Witherspoon acted in Legally Blonde! I think she's really cool.

StephMarie:

Oh don't worry, I will continue, but it might take a while (grins guiltily)

Justdreem:

Yay! I'm glad you 'persevered' more too! Such big vocabulary to fit my small brain! And yes, James and Lily are going to get together in this fic.

Eclipse:

Um…Lily's going to be…22 and James 24. I hope that's alright with everyone because I know it's kind of late for them to meet but, hey, there's a whole life ahead of them. P.S. I know, my science teacher assigned homework during the break; she's robbing me of my pleasure.(

Summary: Lily was chosen to compete for a Miss UK pageant against ninety-nine other women and all's going well…at least until she involuntarily decides to fall for the gorgeous host of the Miss UK pageant…James Potter.

Disclaimer: You know what I know, let's get on with the story.

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Chapter 6-

"Hey Lily. Are you sure you're okay?" Carly looked concernedly at Lily, who was leaning against the window of the car they were in. Actually, it was more like a limo, since it was so stretched out, but definitely not as fancy.

Lily put a hand to her throbbing head. "Merlin! Oh don't worry Carly. It's just a headache that won't freakin go away." She switched hands.

"Ya know Lily, you shouldn't get so worked up over nothing," Carly said. Lily just shrugged and continued looking at the passing scenery. Oh look...there goes a cow.

"Oi, this is making me dizzy...I think I'm carsick..." Lily groaned. "I could have been in a bathtub taking a nice, long, hot bath, but nooo—I had to be dragged to this stupid picnic because I want the stupid scholarship. Ya know what I'm thinking? That maybe this scholarship isn't worth it!"

Carly put an arm around Lily's shoulders. "Awww...poor Lily-flower. I know that this is really stupid, and that both of us would rather be doing something else, but come on. This scholarship is the reason you came. Right?"

Lily sighed. "You know me too well." Carly grinned. "Hey! Are we there yet?!" Lily yelled at the driver. Whoa! Just a question, Lily thought as everyone turned to glare at her. "Geez, what crawled up their butts and died?"

"Probably you," Carly scoffed jokingly.

Lily grinned. "Yeah, and their butts are so smelly that I crawled right back out." They laughed a bit at that. "Damn! It's been like forty minutes all ready! It's just a stupid picnic! Why do we have to go this far?" Lily whined after another few minutes.

"Don't talk to me," Carly said.

Lily raised a brow. "And why not?"

"I'm having a good dream," Carly replied shortly.

"And that's why your talking?" Lily pointed out.

"Damn girl! Don't you ever shut up? Look at that! You made me lose my images!" Carly complained. Lily snickered. "What?"

"So what was your wonderful dream about? Were you shagging someone...?" Lily grinned slyly as Carly blushed. "You were--?"

"Lily you're so sick! Get your mind out of the gutter!" Carly shrieked. Laughing, Lily dodged her attacks.

"Hey hey hey. None of that now ladies."

Lily and Carly turned around slowly. A cute dark haired guy was watching them, grinning a dog like smile.

"Oh?" Carly questioned. "And why not?"

He slid on a sexy grin. "Cuz you might ruin those lovely faces of yours."

"Hey Sirius! What are you doing?" James made his way over to his friend.

"Oh great, look. The bachelor party," Lily said sarcastically. James stiffened.

"Nice to see you too London," James replied. His voice was colder than usual, indicating that he clearly had not forgotten the argument they had just a few hours ago. Good...

Carly and Sirius looked from Lily to James and back again. "Hello? Jamsie? Wanna introduce me to these two gorgeous women?" Sirius asked.

James turned the color of magenta and smacked Sirius upside the head as Lily and Carly snorted back laughter. "Don't call me Jamsie."

"Well fine! Don't introduce me. I'll introduce myself. The sexy, ever adorable, handsome person you girls are now looking at is me, Sirius Black. And you two are—?" He held out a hand.

Lily took it first. "Black, turn off your charms cuz they aren't gonna work on me or her. And to you, I'm Miss London."

Carly nodded in agreement. "And I'm Miss Italy."

Sirius made a puppy face. Lily and Carly's faces remained stony. He poked James in the ribcage. "Dude, are they always this uptight?"

"Just them," James replied evenly. "You can always go check out the other competitors."

"Nah...they interest me," Sirius said. "Besides, they're so hot!"He winked at both of the girls.

"Hello?! Would you please at least wait until we're out of hearing range to talk about us?" Lily demanded.

"You're treating us as if we're things!" Carly said angrily. Her cheeks flushed red.

Sirius just grinned cheekily. "They do have soooooooome tempers, don't they Prongsie?"

James looked at Carly, and then landed his eyes on Lily. "Right you are Paddy."

Sirius frowned. "It's Padfoot. Padfoot."

James only grinned. "And it's Prongs." He turned to the two girls that were watching them with outrage printed on their faces. "Yes?"

Lily was so furious that she could barely speak. "You—you assholes! Didn't you hear a thing we said?"

"Oh yeah, but it was a load a shite," Sirius leaned back on the seat. Carly pushed him off.

"Go away," she said pointedly. "You are annoying us."

"Ah!" Sirius gasped dramatically. "That hurt so much!" He leaned closer to Carly. "But I'll live."

"Exactly," she replied testily, tucking her hair behind her ears. She turned back to Lily and continued talking.

"Hey!" Sirius wasn't used to being ignored. "Marauders don't get ignored! Hello?"

Lily turned her head sharply. "The Marauders? The ones that went around the halls bullying people? The Marauders that made my friend's lives living hell? The same Marauders that I would love to curse into oblivion?"

"Oi...maybe we just ought to be ignored Sirius. For the best," James winced at Lily's words, but Sirius' interest was aroused.

"I don't remember seeing you at Hogwarts Miss London. What house were you in?"

Lily glared at him. "I was in the same house as you Black, just two years younger. Do you remember anyone by the name of Colleen McKenzie?"

Sirius thought for a minute and then shook his head. "Nope! Should I?"

"She was a girlfriend of yours when you were in sixth year. You dumped her for some bimbo? Remember?" Lily's eyes glinted dangerously.

"Nooo..." he said slowly, racking his brains.

Lily smiled sweetly. "Well you did. And guess what? She was one of my best friends...so if I were you, I wouldn't be bothering me." She pulled out her wand.

"Okay there London. Ya know what Sirius? We shouldn't stay here the whole time. I still need to introduce you to Miss Paris and Miss Sein," James said, grabbing the arm of his fellow ex-Marauder.

Sirius nodded nervously. "Okay, let's go."And they left without a backwards glance.

Lily sat back down on the leather seat and faced Carly. "You were saying?"

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The park was gorgeous. There was no other word to describe it. Except for the fact that it wasn't really a park. It was like a forest almost, without so many trees, and with a huge lake right splat in the middle of it.

The picnic itself, however, was awful. It totally ruined it's scenery. Since the producers of the show didn't want the competitors growing fat, they packed all these low fat and no fat foods, which are really tasteless, if you didn't know.

"Aww man! What is this?" Lily picked at her portion of food. She held up a purple slimy thing.

Carly squinted at it. "I think it's what French people eat. Slugs maybe?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!" Lily shrieked and dropped it instantly. "I'm not touching any of this crap! So what if we wanna grow fat?! That's up to us!"

"True true, but ya know how controlling these people are. We can't eat any fattening foods until the competition is over. Healthy foods all the way," Carly said without enthusiasm. "Yayyy..." Her fake cheer faded into nothingness.

"Hey look at that!" Lily said suddenly. Carly looked in the direction Lily was pointing.

"What??!" Carly fumed. "How come they get normal food while we get these nasty little boogers?"

"Oh my gosh, look Carly. They're having pizza," Lily's mouth started watering as she saw James and Sirius eating the pizza. "MAN!!"

"Come on Lily! Let's go get some!" Without waiting for a response, she pulled Lily off the ground and marched toward Sirius and James.

They plopped down on the ground next to the guys and, ignoring the stares they were getting, each picked up a piece of pizza.

"Ohhhh...it tastes so good!" Carly moaned through mouthfuls.

Lily nodded. "Like heaven."

"Hey! You—what the—" James yelled. The girls stopped eating.

"What?" They asked innocently.

"What are you doing? You have your own food. Your own fat free food!" James sputtered.

"So?" Lily said. "You wanna try living off of that, you can, but I'm going for some real food."

"Same here!" Carly cheered. She and Lily clanked soda bottles. Lily looked at the outraged look on James' face.

"Lighten up Potter. There's plenty for all," she said, gesturing to the stacks of pizzas.

James sighed defeatedly.

"Fine, but don't blame me if you gain ten pounds by tomorrow, right Sirius?" James asked the person next to him.

"Mffffpppnhhh..." was the answer he got, as Sirius' mouth was full of pizza.

"Gee, thanks," James muttered as he wiped some flecks of pizza off his face.

"Delightful," chorused the girls. And they got busy eating.

"So, what do you do after the competitions over Potter?" Lily asked after several minutes of eating. James grinned.

"What's this? Do I hear dear Miss London actually asking me a question?"

"Shut up..." Lily said, taking a swig of Sprite. "So really, what do you do?"

"Well, nothing much. Interviews, invitations, meetings, hosting Red Carpet stuff and whatnot," he said nonchalantly. (A/N: I know Red Carpet is a Muggle thing, but what other award ceremonies are really that famous? Oscar nominees?)

"Really?" Carly squealed. "So you must know like...all the famous people! What are they like?"

"Regular people with a lot of money," he answered. "Some of them are really nice, but most of them are...I dunno. They're not as smiley as when they're on TV, that's for sure."

"Hey Black, what are you?" Carly asked, turning to Sirius.

"I'm a...wizard?" Sirius said, as if it were the most obvious thing on Earth. Carly rolled her eyes.

"No stupid! What do you do?"

"I'm a Quidditch player, and Prongs here could have been one too if he hadn't gone on hosting all this whatnot. We're both aurors on the side too. And damn good ones if you don't mind me saying," Sirius bragged.

"Aurors?" Lily asked.

James shrugged. "Yeah, but we only go on the super dangerous missions and stuff. The normal ones can usually be handled by regular aurors."

"Really? I wanted to be an auror, but I decided to continue with school first and then go into the ministry," Lily leaned back against a tree. "It's only fair. That's why I'm here."

"Well, I do suppose you have to go to training school, but that's no sweat. The rest is really easy...when you're not risking your life fighting Voldemort that is," Sirius commented. "But that is what aurors do."

"I know," Lily said. "That's what I wanna do. I wanna fight."

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I know, there was really no point in this chapter but for Lily and James to get to know each other better.

So, now that that's said,

Question time!

If you could have any name in the world, what would it be?

Mine would be Sage (which means wise old man! But at least it sounds cool…)

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