Lily…

"He blanked me again…" I sighed, stepping into the carriage where my two friends were sitting. Jess, the obvious nerd who knew everything and seemed to be Remus' soul mate, continued to read her book. Apparently my complicated life wasn't interesting enough to solve. I decided I would sit down and sigh loudly until it annoyed her enough to start speaking like the friend she was supposed to be.

"I told you what you have to do, but have you listened? No, of course you haven't." My other friend Celine commented, looking up from her essay. I ignored her comment and began to daydream, making sure I sighed loudly enough. But as I began to think of James, I slowly forgot about the plan to irritate Jess.

"You know, I really thought we had something when he leaned across to borrow a pen in Potions…He almost got my name right…" I announced after a moment's silence.

"Lily, he called you Amanda!" Celine laughed, making me snap out of my riveting dream and give her an angry glance.

"Amanda…Lily…Same thing." I told her, thinking of how James had looked at me that day. As if I was alive…sigh Those were the days…They usually happened once a year actually...I sound so incredibly pathetic!

"What did you mean earlier Celine?" Jess asked, glancing up at Celine with a curious expression. Oh SURE! Be interested in what she says! But when I have a problem it's like 'I'm sorry…who are you?'! I folded my arms and gritted my teeth slightly.

"Oh, I told Lily that she should go out with someone to make James jealous-" She began, before I interrupted.

"Which would never work, since he doesn't even know that I'm alive." I cut in with a sigh. The one insignificant detail which had just made five years of Hogwarts unbearable. Here I am, a girl in love, and what do I get? Ignored, that's what.

"Unless…" Jess murmured to herself, putting her book down and looking at me with a puzzled expression, as if I was some sort of complex book. Isn't it great knowing that your friend can read you like a book?

"Unless what?" I scoffed; she seriously thought this could work? I mean, is it just me, or did she suddenly lose fourteen IQ points?

"Unless you went out with James' enemy…" She grinned mischievously, raising an eyebrow as if to say she was a genius. I laughed hard at this, my face was probably red by the time I stopped and slowly realized that it hadn't been that funny.

"Me? Go out with Malfoy? Are you joking me? It will never happen." I smiled in amusement, the day I went out with Malfoy would be the day I told Professor McGonagall where she could shove her stupid lectures. As I said, it would never happen.

"It doesn't have to be Malfoy…Could be Snape?" The three of us burst out laughing and I shook my head.

"Even better! It could be someone James likes!" Celine chimed in with her own slightly menacing grin.

"Like Peter!" We stopped smiling and looked at each other before howling with laughter.

"Or Sirius!" I joked, shaking my head as my shoulders shook. I glanced up to see two very wide-eyed girls looking at me with wide grins. I stopped dead.

"No! I was joking! Hear the joke? See me laugh? It was a joke! A joke!" I exclaimed, making sure I got my point through to them, but I could tell what they were thinking. I wasn't bad at reading people either.

"Do you want to go out with James or not?" They asked me in unison, their eyes glinting from the sun which shined through the window.

"Yes?" I hesitated, knowing this was the right answer.

"Then just do this one tiny little thing and you'll be going out with him in no time!" Celine grinned. I looked at her, not knowing what to say.

"Oh alright…"

James

"When's that Potions essay in for?" Sirius asked me, I shrugged, not knowing the answer.

"Tomorrow morning." Remus answered with a sigh, knowing what we were about to ask him.

"Remus?" Sirius and I chorused.

"No, no, no, no!" He said before we got the question out.

"Jesus Remus, all we want is a bit of help!" I huffed, folding my arms and looking at him angrily.

"Hey! Jesus and Remus end in us!" Sirius commented out of the blue. I laughed and patted him on the back.

"Whehey! You genius prat." I grinned, before turning back to Remus with a pleading look.

"No." He groaned in a whining tone.

"I'll give you something…My week for using the Marauders map! I'll skip it if you do my potions essay for me!" I cried, finally thinking of something which might interest him.

"Well…I have wanted to get detention for the past few minutes, so sure!" He replied sarcastically. Peter let out a snort before looking back down at his hands.

I was so busy fighting for the right of cheating that I hadn't notice anyone open the doors to our carriage.

"Have you seen Lockhart's prefect badge? He's missing it and has sent everyone looking for it." I heard someone ask. I took no notice and kept speaking to Remus.

"Oh come on Remus, just do the essay for me and I'll be your slave for a week! Slughorn will kill me if I don't get it done!"

"If he doesn't get pissed and forget about the essay first." I heard Sirius laugh in my ear, before turning back to whoever it was at the door. I grinned before turning back to Remus.

"Remus. Please. I will literally go down on my hands and knees and beg if you want me to." I told him, beginning to get down on the floor.

"Hey Remus," I heard the voice at the door say behind me.

"Hey Lily, and no James, I don't think you need to get onto the floor, cause it won't work. I'm not doing every single essay that you forget to do." Remus smiled to the person now talking to Sirius.

"Am I still your potions partner this year?" the same voice asked as I got on my knees and clasped my hands together.

"I don't think so; Slughorn is mixing us up this year. Yet again… And James, get up you prat." Remus added to me. I stood up and sat back down in my seat, completely out of ideas.

"I'll see you later Sirius…" The voice said, just as I looked up to see whoever it was leaving our carriage. I caught a glimpse of long dark red hair and long slender legs turning the corner and slip out of view.

"Sirius! Help me out here!" I told him angrily, hitting his arm and pointing at Remus.

"This thing which calls itself our friend is refusing to do our essays!" I cried, still pointing at the traitor.

"You mean your essay. Mine is all sorted." Sirius grinned, a misty look in his eyes.

"What?!" I shouted at him with my jaw dropping open.

"Lily, the smartest girl in our potions class, is gonna help me write it when I meet her in the library tonight!" He grinned, looking up at the ceiling before letting out a sigh.

"Who?" I asked, not recognizing the name. Lily? Did I know a Lily? Since when was there a Lily in our potions class?

"Lily? The girl who was in here five seconds ago? Been in our DADA and Potions class for the past five years?" Remus questioned me, raising an eyebrow. I shrugged, not really caring.

"Why would she want to meet you in the library? Why would she want to meet up with you at all?" I grinned, causing him to hit me in the arm.

"She likes me James. For once a girl has looked at me before staring at you." Sirius commented, as if this was some sort of achievement.

"I have a date with Remus anyway. He says he wants to help me with my potions essay, but really he wants a shag." I patted Remus' shoulder quickly before he swiped for my head, causing me to duck and start laughing.

"I'm not doing your potions essay." Remus said after I had calmed down.

"You say that now darling…But just you wait until tonight…"

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