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Yes I do know that this chapter is considerably shorter, but I missed updating yesterday because I couldn't think of anything to write. I'll try and get a chapter up in my other story, "Misspelled Love" today too, then I'll be caught up. ~May

Chapter 2

Lily

We arrived at Hogwarts in what seemed like no time at all. We were riding up through Hogsmeade in the carriages; I had been stuffed into a rather small one with Halden, James, Sirius and Remus. Peter had been stuck with my girlfriends, I really felt sorry for him.

"What exactly transpired over the summer between you two?" Sirius asked wiggling his eyebrows at Halden and me, to the bemusement of Remus and the ferocious glares of James.

"Well after I asked Lily out we went to Fortescue's and from there we ended up going on several more dates over the course of the summer." Halden smiled at the three boys.

"My parents are extremely fond of Halden." I snuggled into his chest and he placed a kiss on the top of my head.

James expressions at Halden and my relationship were funny enough, but I felt awkward being all lovey dovey in front of him. Yeah, he had tortured Sev and I for several years, asking me out on every corner, but it almost felt wrong to be dating someone other than James. Though I had never actually dated James, but it wouldn't have been so bad would it? I shoved these unbidden thoughts from my head trying to concentrate on more important things.

Halden and I were dating and that was the end of the story. Halden's a sweet guy and we have similar interests, which is all good but his cons is that he's not James. Where did that come from? Of course he's not James, he's Halden and Halden is much better. I'm losing my mind. I blinked up at Halden giving him a genuine smile and he played with my fingers. I was glad to be making James jealous. Wait, why would I want James to be jealous? I don't even care about his feelings. That it I have officially lost it.

"Lils, are you okay?" Halden asked looking at me weird, I realized I had a funny expression on my face and I quickly corrected it as the carriage pulled to a stop.

"Yeah I'm fine. I just think I've lost it." I told him grinning and he smile back.

The three Marauders scrambled out of the coach and Halden went before me. He helped me down holding me in the air.

"Halden!" I giggled as he swung me to the ground. James was glaring at Halden as his friends waited for Peter to come out of the next carriage.

When Peter stumbled out of the coach he looked like a changed man, and it wasn't because of the lipstick and bows the girls had adorned on him. Alice and Marlene were giggling as they excited in front of Frank who came out looking like a rainbow had thrown up on him. He looked worse than Peter and I couldn't help but laugh at the poor boys. Sirius was already on the ground laughing, Remus was grinning from ear to ear and James had paused his glaring for a moment to laugh at his friend.

"I can't believe you did that to them!" I giggled to my friends as they walked into the Great Hall my hand slipping from Halden's as he went to the Ravenclaw table.

James

One thing I did notice was that Lily wasn't having Halden withdrawals. Her hand had just slipped from his without her seeming to recognize it. I grinned inward to myself, I had seen Severus watching her from the Grand Oak doors when we had first arrived in the coach. His expression had been a curious one, but as he had seen them at closer inspection he had seen what was going on.

I had never thought that I'd have something in common with Severus, but I did. We both hate that Halden guy and we want Lily for our own. I couldn't imagine Lily ever being with Severus, but I guess it was a small price to pay to get Lily away from Halden. I slid into the bench with my friends, when I looked up I saw Dumbledore perusing the situation cautiously. Maybe the old man had something going for him if he disapproved of Lily's relationship with Halden. Only time would tell.

I began to look over the galleries of women to see if I could find someone, in the slimmest chance that might make Lily jealous. Not one woman I saw could every compare to Lily enough to make that chance become reality. Only an exact copy of Lily could ever manage to make Lily jealous and that was the moment when I saw her. Seventh year Slytherin girl, Lilac Smith, the Slytherin beauty; every guy lusted after her, but so far none had been able to catch her attention. Though they hadn't been me, James Potter.

"Who are you staring at?" Sirius asked, a piece of roast lamb hanging from his mouth. I had been so concentrated on the fact of finding a girl that I had missed the moment when the food appeared on the table.

"Lilac Smith isn't she gorgeous in the candlelight." James said quite loud trying to get Lily's attention. His friends stared at him.

"Are you feeling alright?" Remus asked James as Lily looked at Lilac then at James, shaking her head.

"No I'm completely bonkers." I told my friend reaching out to take some of the lamb.

"If you want to get Lily's attention you're going to have to try harder than that."Sirius told me and a plan suddenly popped into my head. It was dangerously, so wickedly dangerous that I just had to do it. I stood up at the table and my friends looked at me shocked.

"What are you doing? Sit Down!" Remus hissed at me, but I ignored him and took a deep breath. Most of the hall was staring at me.

"Oi Lilac!" I called to other side of the Great Hall, silence fell and she looked up at me shocked. Dumbledore looked like he was laughing and the whole hall was staring at me waiting to see how this would turn out. "Date with me? Friday night?"

"Sure." She responded and I sat back down smirking.

"I hope you know what you're doing." Remus told me and I wondered if I did or not.

A gang of girls suddenly attacked Lilac and Lily had a shocked expression on her face as she stared at me. At least I had gotten her attention.

"Hey James?" Lily suddenly called down the table at me; she was bent over her a plate, a few Gryffindors watched curiously.

"What?" I asked her leaning over my plate as well to see her.

"We should go on a double date this weekend." Was all Lily said before turning back to her friends.

"Well at least you sort of got a date with Lily." Sirius shrugged patting me on the back. If you could call it that, I thought.

Hope you enjoyed it, I feel really bad for James you know, but it goes with the story so *shrugs*. Review Reply time:

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