Here is the latest Chapter! It's a bit shorter than most, but bear with me. Remember to read this and then review!! I really could use some criticism or suggestions! I'm stuck at the moment. Enjoy!

Oh yes.

Italics/bold journal entry

Chapter 4

I know that Lily hates me. I can tell that she definitely despises me. Right now she can't even stand to be in the same room as me, let alone say two words to me. I don't even understand why. She exploded on me for no apparent reason. But, I did like how she slapped all of those girls, it was pretty funny. Anyway, I decided to compile a list of reasons why Lily hates me, and then I can see what I need to change in order for her to fall in love with the sexy beast that is I! Hah!

Reason #1: Lily mat think I come on a little too strong, which probably annoys her. I've probably asked her out one too any times, or maybe two; rather, two hundred times. On one occasion…

Lily was walking with her best friend, Kate, when she turned the corner into the charms corridor. James was leaning against the wall, waiting for her to come around the corner. Lily tried to pretend he wasn't there, and she walked right past him. James walked up right beside her. Kate, on the other hand, was staring uncontrollably at James.

"So, Miss gorgeous Lily Evans, would you like to go out with the equally gorgeous, Mr. James Potter?" James asked innocently and sweetly.

"No." Lily responded quickly and sharply.

"Oh I will!" Kate spoke up, eagerly.

"Kate! Shut up why don't ya?" Lily snapped.

"Fine with me," James said, completely disregarding Kate and not looking a bit downcast from Lily's rejection. "Wanna go catch a movie?" he asked her, desperately trying to get a date with her.

"No." She responded once again.

"Okay," James began, not at all fazed by her two, complete and total rejections. "Wanna sit by me at lunch?" he asked, in a one last, go for all or nothing, attempt.

"No!"

James opened his mouth to speak again, but Lily interjected. "And, no I will not sit by you in charms. I would actually like to learn something today, thank you very much!" And with that, she walked very fast, to get away from him.

Kate ran to catch up with her. "Why don't you just say yes to him? He is so, totally hot, and you know it!" She said, quietly conversing with Lily. James smiled as he heard this.

"Um, maybe I won't say yes because he is an annoying, fat pig that annoys the heck out of me. I can't stand him!" Lily responded very defensively. At this point, James frowned slightly, but smiled again as he realized that she was talking about him.

"And I don't know that he is hot!" He is repulsive! I would rather date Michael Jackson than go out with him!" This caused James to frown and then pull a mirror out of his pocket. He looked at himself and smiled, saying, "I look good!"

"Who's Michael Jackson?" Kate asked, bewildered.

"It doesn't matter," Lily said as she ushered Kate into the classroom. Lily turned around, shut the door in James' face, and then locked it. She stuck out her tongue at him and then walked away.

Before James could pull out his wand and unlock the door, the bell rang, signaling the start of class. James quickly pulled out his wand, muttered, "Alohamora," and then walked into the classroom several seconds late.

He saw Lily grinning from ear to ear. Kate was seated beside her, shaking her head in disappointment; because of Lily of course, not her beloved James who never noticed her.

"Ah, Mr. Potter!" How nice of you to join us," a young Professor Flitwick said with a dry lick of sarcasm.

So, I definitely pushed and pestered Lily. Big deal. This next reason is a biggie for the reason why she hates me so much.

Reason #2: I kick that girl's butt at EVERYTHING! Okay, maybe not everything, but I can have wishes, can't I?

James and Lily were holding hands. Well, not in the way that James would have liked, but at least he was touching her, right? Well, James and Lily were in the middle of an arm wrestle to decide who was better than who at everything. Everyone around them was chanting "Go Lily!" or "Go James!" Actually, no one was cheering for James, including Sirius, but that's beside the point.

Their linked arms were battling back and forth, no one side clearly gaining an advantage over the other. Suddenly, wham! James slammed Lily's hand upon the table.

"Gotcha!" he said. He stood up and began to rub it in her face. "Ha ha, I beat you!"

Lily stood up as well. "You're right. You are better than me. You're better at being annoying, getting bad marks, and calling yourself degrading names. Toodles." She waved as she walked away. The crowd oooed as at her burn on James, and James laughed along with them.

Well, that was totally random. I don't know why I just shared that with you, diary, scratch that, journal. I guess it was just nice to recall that splendid memory, right?

Well, her comes a more legitimate reason for her to hate me, I hope. Wait! No I don't mean hope! I don't want her to hate me! What I meant was that I hope this next reason is more legitimate. Whatever! I know what I meant by that, even if… screw it!

Reason #3: Well, everyone knows by now that our date was, let's say, not the best it could be. That's just putting it nicely. The reality was worse than possibly imaginable. Well, I guess it wasn't all that bad, but Lily jus overreacted a teensy weensy little bit. But, I'm sure that she still hates me for my behavior and—

"Whoa! What are you talking about, mister! Why would I have you over that stupid little date? I can't believe that you think that I have you!"

James looked up and behind him to see Lily standing right behind him, reading over his shoulder at his so called 'journal'.

"Umm, you clearly told me yesterday that you hate me. Was I mistaken about what you said?" James responded defensively, yet innocently. "And quit looking at my di—die hard, super cool, potions notes. Cheating is not allowed! James said in an effort to cover up his masculine diary.

"Oh, my bad. Sorry." Lily began sarcastically.

"Good! You should be sorry!" James stated proudly.

"Whatever. Anyway, James, you of all people should understand not to believe everything I say when I'm having my outrageous mood swings. I was very upset right then. Which led me to say many things I didn't mean!" Lily said.

"Oh my! Are you pregnant? Boy, you're having mood swings already? Sheesh!" James eagerly pestered her with questions, although he knew she wasn't pregnant. He got down on his knees and began to rub her stomach region. "It's very round and defined! Wow! Oh, wait! I think I just felt a kick!"

"You're going to feel a kick soon if you don't back away this instant. And that would not be pleasant, would it?" Lily said agitatedly, but finished with an evil smile. James cowered away, and then came back with a playful grin on his face.

"So, James, I didn't know that you kept a diary. Wanna switch? Yours is so much cuter than mine," Lily teased as she tried to change the subject.

"Hah, very funny," James said, embarrassed. Lily stuck her tongue at him and walked away. Suddenly, she turned around. "Hey, James! Wanna arms wrestle?" Lily asked with a spark in her eyes.

"Sure," James answered. They pulled another chair over to James' desk, pushed James' diary out of the way, and locked hands in combat.

"This is to determine who is the better at everything," Lily said enthusiastically. With many grunts and the shaking of arms, Lily came out as the victor.

"Hah!" She chanted as she got up and walked away. "I'm better than you at everything!"

"But…you know…that means…you're…yeah…" James stuttered, trying to recall the comeback Lily had come up with when she had lost before.

"Nice try," Lily sighed as she marched up the steps to the girl's dormitory.

"Darn…" James muttered as he opened his diary, sat down at the desk, and inked his feather quill in preparation to write.

Well, me and Lily are on better ground now, since we're still going out. I guess this was all jus a minor misunderstanding or something. Seems like these come along a lot with Lily. That girl is just one major problem. And yet, she beat me in an arm wrestle, and I didn't let her win. That's just embarrassing. Good thing that nobody was looking. And it's just like her to find out about this hunka junk NOTEBOOK, not diary. (sorry you had to see that) I wonder what Lily is thinking about….

(Lily's diary)

Dear Diary,

Today I found dearie little Jamsie writing in his cute little diary. Aww, how cute. Anyway, I overread, I suppose, that he thinks, or thought, that I hated him. Where in the world would he get that idea? I know that I told him that I hated him, but I later told him that I had one of my mood swings, and that I didn't mean a word that I had said to him, and he believed me. Sucker! Hah, you fell for it! I know you did.

Alright. James humors me so very much. He made a whole ordeal about me being pregnant, which was funny, except I dint want everyone in the common room to think I was pregnant when I wasn't. That would be awful.

Oh, guess what I just remembered? I BEAT JAMES IN AN ARM WRESTLE! Woohoo! I'm better than him at everything! Yeah! And when he loses, his face is just sooooooo cute. He should get pouty more frequently….

And there you have it! One very short chapter… but was it good? Once again thanks to all of my readers. I appreciate it. Now, I need you to help me come up with some more ideas for this story, because I'm stuck! Thanks!