Chapter 7

The First Rejection

A/N: I'm guessing that you guys know what's going to happen in the chapter by the title ;)

They are talking about your mischievous ways

And it's written all over your face

It's driving me crazy

So make up your mind

You're running out of time

Cuz one day I'm walking away

The tide is gonna turn, I'm gonna find my place

Give me a reason to stay

I wanna be your lover

Baby but you can't behave

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"I still can't believe how different you look!" Kaleen said to Lily at breakfast the next day. "Madeline is an amazing stylist."

"Thanks," Madeline joined them. "I still can't believe that Lily actually allowed me to do that!"

Marcie sat down next to Madeline. "She was depressed. It makes sense to me that she wanted a change."

"Okay, I was not depressed," Lily protested as she turned another page in the Charms textbook that she had been vigorously reading since she sat down. "and I am so over it by now."

"Merlin, and I wonder why," Kaleen looked around. "I swear, every guy at Hogwarts is checking you out today."

Marcie giggled. "It's such a shame that she's not interested in any of them."

"What? Why?" Madeline looked shocked. "There are a lot of hot guys out there! Seriously, I would like do all of them."

"Madeline please," Alice dropped her books on the table and sat down. "Don't be such a, um-"

"Slut," Marcie finished the sentence, while everyone cracked up.

"You know I love you guys and all," Lily finally looked up form her textbook. "But Flitwick hinted that there might be a quiz today! And you know how important my grades are to me!"

"And what do you have in Charms, Lily?" Kaleen asked. " Like a hundred and twenty?"

"Actually, it's a hundred and sixteen point eight six," Lily pointed out. "Although I could have had a hundred and twenty if I had studied last week instead of going to that Hogsmeade party with you guys."

"Oh, I remember that party! Frank asked me to dance," Alice said with a dreamy look on her face.

"You need to ask him out like today," Madeline lectured her. "You guys have been in love so long that everyone knows but I can't believe that you guys are still in denial!"

"How do you know that he loves me, or even likes me?" Alice questioned indignantly, a blush spreading across her face.

"It is so obvious. If you just-" Madeline and Alice started getting into the argument that they had every morning as everyone else began leaving.

Lily regretfully pushed the Charms book back into her bag and then looked up at Madeline and Alice arguing.

"Hey Alice," Lily said. "We should probably get going if we don't want to be late for Professor Vicky."

"Okay, hang on one sec," Alice said to Lily before turning back to Madeline. "If Frank likes me then why doesn't he just ask me out myself? I'll tell you what, if her asks me out then I will definitely go out with him!" With that said, she turned back to Lily and grabbed her book bag. " Let's go."

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"Can you believer her?" Alice was still fuming form her argument with Madeline. "Why does she think that he likes me? We've known each other for five years but has he ever asked me out? No!"

"mm-hmm," Lily said without looking up from her Charms notes. She kept walking, unaware that she was about to crash into a wall. Alice turned the corner, still ranting, not noticing that Lily didn't follow her. Suddenly someone rushed past and Lily crashed into him, scattering her ten pages of notes.

"Oh Merlin, I am so sor-" Lily started to apologize before she realized who she just crashed into. "Oh, it's you."

"Nice to meet you too, Ms. Evans," James bent down and swept the scattered paper into one pile and handed it to her. "I believe these are your notes."

"Thanks," Lily mumbled, without meeting his eyes and began walking away.

"Wait!" James called out after her. "Do you-

"Yes?" She asked expectantly, glancing at her watch.

"Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" He asked Lily with a smile. Part of him was confident that she would say yes and then he would win the bet, but the insecure part of him was nervous.

Lily stared at him for a few seconds, thinking, before she smiled too.

James let out a sigh of relief. Of course she was going to say yes. What were you thinking, making me nervous like that? He chided his insecure self.

"No," Lily replied with a smile and walked away.

"Great! So I'll-", James began to say before it registered in his slow brain what she had just said. "Did she just…reject me?"

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A/N: well I hope you guys liked that chapter. It was just a little bit of L/J actions and of course the first rejection! If you liked it, don't worry, there will be a lot of rejections coming up so REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!

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