Ch.2 Falling in Love
When they arrived at Hogwarts, Lily and Alice decided to skip the welcome feast and head strait to their dormatory for some girl-chat.
" I've just realized," said Lily, suddenly,"we never did find out who the new Head Boy is."
" Oh, you didn't hear?" Alice said, worriedly." I wondered why you seemed to be taking it so well."
" What? You mean it isn't Remus?"
"Well...not exactly...it's...uh...well...you see..." she trailed off, unhelpfully.
" What are you on about Alice?!" Lily exclaimed.
"It's Potter. James Potter is Head Boy."
" That's not funny! Now, tell me-"
Alice cut her off, " I just have. It's Potter!"
"BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!!!!"
The first two months of term passed quickly, and to Lily and James' dismay ( and to Lily's horror, I might add ) they became friends. Lily was constantly catching herself doing things she knew she ought'nt do. Once or twice, she even caught herself looking at Jamesand thinking him rather handsome. " Stop this right now!" she would mentally scold herself. " This is Potter. The twerp.The prick. The constant pain in your side. Those handsome hazel eyes. That gorgeous black hair. And that adorable grin of his. What the bloody hell is wrong with me?!?!"
Slowly, and I mean, very slowly, Lily began to fall in love with James. James, on the other hand, was trying desperately to change himself for Lily. He loved her so much, but he knew that she wouldn't accept him the way he was. He had managed to become Head Boy, and he hoped that that might be enough to convince Lily that he really was trying to change. Yes, he still went on with his monthly adventures with the other Maurauders, but he really was trying.
He was trying to be less arrogant and more down-to-Earth, especially when Lily was around. He knew his friends thought him stupid.
" Why would you want to change yourself for a girl?" Sirius had asked him one day.
" You could have anyone in this whole place in a second." James knew this was true. However, to him, Lily wasn't just some girl. She was the love of his life.
