Chapter 5; Unsolved mysteries

'Hey Lily, you alright?'

Lily looked up from her book to see Remus standing next to her. She smiled at him. 'Yes thanks'

'Lily there's something I need to ask you, why do you hate James?'

'because he's always praying pranks on people-'

'He also helps people who have hurt themselves and makes sure their alright'

'He never hands in his homework'

'He helps younger students with theirs'

'He hexes students in the corridors'

'He stands up for himself and other students'

'He cares more about Quidditch and mucking around than school work'

'He's the team's captain, and he has a loyalty for his friends'

'He goes out with loads of girls and uses them'

'He's a teenage boy looking for the right girl'

'He's also arrogant, stubborn, big-headed-'

'Caring, intelligent, kind and humorous'

'I know' she whispered. She looked at Remus sheepishly as she said it.

'Then why do you hate him so much'

'I don't hate James, he just annoys the hell out of me'

'You always act like you hate him'

'There are some things I dislike about him, God knows the list is endless, but I started to sort-of hate him its hard to stop'

'So you don't hate him'

'No, but don't tell him I said that' she smiled.

'Then why don't you give him a chance?'

'Remus, just because I don't hate him doesn't mean I want to go out with him'

'I understand, I'll leave to your reading, see you later Lily'

'Aright Remus'

Later that night Lily thought about what she had said to Remus, and he was right. James was an insufferable git sometimes, but he wasn't a bad person. He wasn't like the Slytherins and he could be caring if someone needed him. But somehow if didn't change the fact that he was still annoying and that he still played pranks on other people.

But he was kind and helpful, he always looking out for younger students, he always gave everything his all and he always stood up for those close to him. But what really annoyed Lily the most about him was that he always remained a mystery. Lily always liked to have every thing worked out in her head, she liked to know how everything worked and if there was a puzzle she always liked to solve it. But James was a mystery. How could plays all those pranks on people without getting caught? How did sneak about the castle without being seen? How was he so intelligent without having to ever study? Why did keep asking her out after years of her rejecting him?

Yes, James Potter was definitely a mystery. And Lily hated it that James Potter was a mystery that she could not solve. He was an unsolved mystery.

James lay awake in his four poster that night, thinking. Why did Lily hate him? Everything he did to try and make her like him always backfired and blew up in his face. He didn't want to annoy her. He just wanted to be with her. He had never felt this about anyone before and hated the fact that he made we hate him.

Lily Evans fascinated him. She was an unsolved mystery. He had so many questions about her. Why did she hate him so? Why couldn't he ever get her out of his mind? How was someone as delicate and beautiful be so feisty and tight? Why was the only girl in the school gorgeous enough to grab his attention the only girl who didn't fall head over heels for him? How had she managed to resist him all these years? Why did he only feel more strongly about her, every time she rejected him instead of just letting just pass over his head? Why did he want the only girl he could never have so badly? Lily Evans was an unsolved mystery. A mystery that James wanted to solve.

The next morning James woke up earlier that all of his other dorm mates. Normally he would wake them up by yelling or pushing them out of bed or tipping cold water over their heads. But today James wanted to be along to think. He dressed silently and left the dorm room, taking his invisibility cloak with him.

After he had sneaked out the common room under the cloak, James walked down the stair cases, along the corridors until he came to the main entrance. Then he slipped outside onto the grounds. James stopped by the lake and pulled of the cloak. He sat down under the willow tree that hanged over the lake.

Suddenly he heard footsteps. He turned around to see Lily Evans sit down under a tree not far from the one he was under, with a book in her hand. She hadn't seen him.

He watched her, being careful not to be seen. James wondered what Lily was doing up this early on the grounds- and on a Saturday. Maybe she had just woken up early and wasn't able to get back to sleep like he had. Maybe she just liked to be up early in the mornings and go out onto the grounds while everyone else was still sleeping.

He continued to gaze at her, unable to take his eyes of her. Just then one of the wisps of the willow tree floated down and landed right on James's nose. He couldn't hold in and sneezed loudly. Damn. Lily's head jurked away from her book and she looked straight at him. Oops.

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