A/N: Well, here I am, it's three o'clock in the morning, and I am going to attempt to write chapter 3 of "Reasons Why I Dated James Potter" but don't worry, I'm not tired, so hopefully, it'll be as good as the rest of the story. Well here it is.
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Chapter Three- Friends…Maybe?
"Thanks a lot, Pam, you made me humiliate myself in front of the whole class!" Lily said, only half meaning what she was saying.
"Any time, Lily, any time," was Pamela's reply, and all three girls started giggling. Some people wondered how these three could possibly get along, seeing as each girl was completely different. But that's why they got along so well. They each had different personalities, but when combined, the three seamed like one person.
"God, we haven't had a real 'Girls Night' sense last year!" said Brooke.
"Yea," replied Lily, "we really need one."
"Okay than," said Pamela, "how about this Friday? No one's doing anything important on Friday, right?" Her friends shook their heads. "Okay, we'll do it this Friday." The three girls were happy that they had something they could look forward to.
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"Finally!" exclaimed Pamela as class finished at the end of the day on Friday. "Is everyone ready for our PARTY!!" she yelled in excitement.
"Hell yes!" said Lily, "There's not a care in the world tonight, we just get to have some fun!"
The three girls had a little party amongst themselves about once a month. They weren't that much, just the normal drinking Butterbeer, playing 'Truth or Dare' and talking about every girls favorite subject, boys. It wasn't much, but in their minds, they wouldn't rather be anywhere else in the world on these nights.
"Oh, wait! Sirius said he could get us Butterbeer, let me see if he has it." Pam said, as the three girls headed towards the Marauders.
"Hey!" said Pam to Sirius. He kissed her she said, "Did you get the Butterbeer?" Brooke was now with Remus, talking about god knows what, and Sirius and Pam were making arrangements for getting the drinks, leaving Lily and James left out.
"So, are you three having a 'Girls Night' tonight, Lily?" James asked.
Lily was surprised that he wasn't asking her out, or annoying her. Instead, he seemed to be acting genuinely nice.
"Um…yea," she replied, shyly. It was weird, having a normal conversation with James. 'Wait, James? Sense when do I call him James?' she asked herself. "What are you guys going to do?" she asked, trying to keep the conversation going. She found that she liked talking to him, without any yelling, slapping, him asking her out, or threats.
"Nothing special," he said, running a hand through his messy black hair, "Remus and I might nock that Transfiguration essay out tonight, god know what Sirius and Peter are doing…come to think of it, Peter's been disappearing a lot, lately."
Lily smiled at him, really smiled at him. This made James' stomach do a little back flip. He smiled back at her. The two stood there, talking to each other, until they heard, "Hello? Earth to James and Lily, this is Sirius speaking. Can you hear me?"
The instantly stopped talking to each other, turning their attention to their friends, who all had smirks on their faces. "What, Sirius?" James asked.
"We have contact," Pamela said, and all but Lily and James laughed.
"Well, what's going on?" Lily asked. She could feel her face burning. She had just had a normal conversation with James, which was weird for them.
"We got the drinks," said Pam, holding up a huge crate felled with bottle of Butterbeer.
"So," Brooke said, a smile creeping onto her face. "Are we ready to party?"
The three girls looked at one another, before screaming, "YES!!" and running down the hall, away from the Marauders.
"Girls," said Sirius, "I'll never understand them," shaking his head, he started walking away, leaving Remus and James, silently laughing.
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"So," Brooke asked when they got up to their room, "What was going on between you and James before?" Pam was smirking and staring at Lily.
"What do you mean, Brooke?" said Lily, hoping her face wasn't too red.
"When I was talking to Sirius," Pamela replied. "What were you and Potter up to?"
"James and-" Lily started, but got cut off.
"James?" Brook asked, "Sense when are you two on first name bases?"
"Yea," Pam said, "I thought he was 'Potter' to you."
"Whatever," Lily said, "Well, we were just talking. Okay? It wasn't anything. We were only talking cause you two were with your boyfriends." She answered, trying to keep from turning too red.
"Fine," said Brooke, "It's okay if you don't want to tell us, we understand," said Brooke, grabbing three bottles of Butterbeer. "Here, take one," she said, giving one each to Lily and Pam.
"What do you mean, 'we understand?'" Lily asked, suspiciously.
Pam and Brooke looked at each other and smiled before saying, "That you love him!"
Lily, who had just taken a sip of Butterbeer, spat it out and screamed, "WHAT!!" she couldn't believe her ears, "I do NOT love James Potter!"
"I think she's in denial," Brooke said, still smiling.
"Why does it bother you so much?" Pam asked.
"Because!" Lily said, "You're accusing me of loving James, and I don't even like him! Where the hell did you get that idea form?"
"Come on, Lills," said Brooke, "Not even a little?" Lily looked like she could burst at any moment. "Not in the, 'I like him, I'll go out with him,' way, just the, 'we're good friends,' way."
"He did seem nicer today," said Lily, not quite sure what she considered him any more, "and…" she was trying to think of something else.
"You said it yourself the other day," Pam interjected, "He's sexy!"
"Yes, he is," said Lily, nodding in agreement, "but that would just be a plus."
"True," her friends replied.
"It matters more on how he is as a person," Lily said. "I would probably, at least, be friends with him if he wouldn't randomly curse people, even if it is Snape…or pulling pranks all the time. I don't think I'd mind if he did a good prank every now and then, but it can't be targeting one specific person, and it can't hurt anyone, just be funny…and if he wouldn't talk about Quidditch all the time… and he wouldn't let his ego get to his head." She went on, saying things that would make James a good friend, I her opinion. "…and if he would stop asking me out every five minutes."
"You done now?" said Pam, laughing a little.
"Yes, I am." Lily replied.
"So… that's all he has to do, and you would be his friend?" Brooke asked, laughing a little. "Well at least you're not demanding too much from the poor guy." She added, sarcastically.
"Shut up," Lily said, "I don't think he'd be able to do all those things, and just to be my friend? I mean, he doesn't even really like me."
"Oh, you'd be surprised, Lily." Pam said, smiling knowingly.
"About which part?" Lily asked.
"All of it."
"Oh, and of course you two know everything there is to know about what goes on in his head, right?" she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Well we don't know everything," Brooke answered, "But when you boyfriend is one of his best friends, you hang around with him a lot, and you learn this kind of stuff.
"Whatever." Lily's friends sighed, she just wouldn't believe them. "Why don't we play Truth or Dare, or something?" Lily suggested. They agreed, and form a little circle on Pam's bed.
While they were playing, both Pam and Brooke had the same memory playing over and over again in their heads.
-----FLASH BACK-----
"Hey, um, could I talk to you guys for a second?" James asked Brooke and Pamela. They were in the library, doing homework together, and luckily, for James, Lily wasn't with them.
"Yes?" Brooke asked, looking up from her textbook, "What do you need, James?"
James sat down across from the girls, looking nervous. "Well, um, you guys are friends with Lily, um, and-"
"Potter," Pam interrupted him, "if you're going to ask us to convince Lily to go out with you, sorry, but the answers no." she said, "Believe me, we tried."
"No, it's not that," he replied nervously. By the looks of it, the girls didn't believe him, "I swear."
Brooke sighed, "What do you need."
"Well," he said, "I just wanted to know if there was any thing I could do to, maybe, get Lily want to become friends with me?"
"That close enough to asking us how to get her to say 'yes,' James." Pam said annoyed by his persistence.
"Not," Brooke started, "necessarily." James sighed in relief, at least one of them understood. "You just want to become friends with her?"
He nodded. "I've finally accepted the fact that she will never go out with me," he said. As he said this, the girls could tell it hurt that she didn't like him like he liked her. "And I figured that even just becoming friends if will be best, seeing as she doesn't fell the same way as I do, and at least it's better than where we're at now."
The girls couldn't believe what he was saying. He was giving up on her, but it didn't look like he was completely over her.
"So," James said, bringing the girls out of their thoughts, "will you help me?" he asked, looking desperate.
"Sure," said Pam, looking over at Brooke, who nodded. "We don't really know exactly what you want us to do, but we'll help in any way we can."
He smiled at them. "Thank you so much. All I really want is any ideas on how to get her to not hate me," he said, "any advice you could give me is great."
"Well," said Brooke, "we don't know exactly what will work, but we could try to weasel something out of her on Friday, where having a little 'Girls Night.'"
"For now, though, just try to be more yourself around her, and try not to show off as much," Pam suggested.
Brooke nodded in agreement, "and just don't do any of the things that she would yell at you for doing."
"Okay, thanks," James said with a huge smile on his face.
"If she says anything on Friday, we'll tell you, Okay?" Pam said.
"Thanks so much you guys," James got up. Right before he left, he said, "I owe you, big time."
Brooke and Pam turned to look at each other, and smiled. They both secretly wanted Lily and James to get together. That was the only secret that they kept from Lily. And they were happy for any excuse to try and get the two of them together.
-----END FLASH BACK-----
Lily was always first to fall asleep. She got tired very easily. This usually annoyed her friends, but today they were glad they had the time to talk to each other.
"Well, when should we tell James?" Brooke asked.
"Tomorrow, if we can get Lily busy, and James by himself," replied Pamela
"I can't believe our advice worked, even if just a little," Brooke said, smiling. "I can't wait until she finally realizes that James is perfect for her."
"Hopefully it will be soon." Pamela smiled as well. "Well we should go to sleep, I guess."
"Yea," said Brooke, suddenly realizing how tired she was. "Good night, Pam."
"Night Brooke."
A/N: well there's chapter three, I hope you like it!! I think this is the longest chapter I've written so far. I'll try to post the next chapter by tomorrow, with all this free time on my hands. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
