And he falls for someone else

I guess his hormones only kicked in about a year later.

"Hey Kerry!" called out James.

I turned to him grinning happily. "Why does Lily Evans always hang out with Snivellus?"

I was slightly put off. "Huh?"

"Why is Lily always with Snivellus?" he repeated

I shrugged. "Because they're friends? It's always been like that James. Why the sudden interest?"

His face began to redden. "You like her?!" I asked incredulously.

He clamped a hand over my mouth and looked around suspiciously. "No one heard," I told him with an annoyed puff.

He drew out a sigh of relief. "So what do you think of her?" he asked.

I really did not like that conversation! However, you could say that, that was how my friendship with Lily Evans began. I decided to go and scope out my "rival".

I approached her for a brief moment while she wasn't with Severus Snape. "Hey Lily Evans!"

She looked around surprised. "How are ya?" I asked

"Good," she replied, "Fine."

"I'm just taking an opinion poll," I told her, "What do you think of the infamous James Potter?"

She stared at me blankly for a while. "Uh, he's fine I guess."

"Is that all?"

I paused then gave her a quirky grin. "Well thanks!"

"False alarm," I told myself, "Won't have to worry about her."

"I've heard that he's a mischievous prankster and he has bothered Sev a few times, but I don't think he's too bad. He seems pretty nice actually."

"Oh no, you don't!"

"You're Kerry Young right?"

"She knows my name? No wait! Of course she does!"

"Uh yeah," I replied.

"Nice to meet you," she told me holding out a hand.

I laughed nervously and took it. "Nice to meet you too."

"Grrr, goody-two-shoes!"

James came running up to me once I was around the corner. "So?" he asked expectantly.

"So what?" I asked back nonchalant.

"So what did you talk about with her?"

"With who?"

"Lily Evans!"

His obvious excitement was starting to really annoy me. "You actually," I replied, "And she thinks that you're a no-good jerk!"

He was taken aback. "Re-really?"

I let out a sigh of frustration, "No! She's heard of your rep but, she says that you seem pretty nice."

His overflowing joy afterwards was almost too much. I scowled off into the distance. "Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean that you come to me with these things! I don't wanna know!"

I had a thought. "Sooo," I asked with a playful smirk, "Do your fellow Marauders know about little Miss Evans or should I say the future Mrs. Potter?"

"You wouldn't!"