Seven Deadly Sins of the Deadly James Potter

Written by Lily and Alice

Foreword(s):

I, Lily, would personally like to wring James' neck. He is driving me mental – and not just the normal mental he drives me on a weekly basis, but this has turned into a daily basis and now I am noticing the most annoying things about him that I wish I didn't know.

James would probably say 'You're over analysing' like he says to me each Head's meeting, and while maybe I am, it doesn't matter cause it'll bug me even more if I don't write this down.

I, Alice, would like to congratulate you on not murdering him in your first few months of Headship together, and while I must say James' has been most cooperative with you, I would agree with you on some of these finer points.

Sin #1: Pride

Alright, so this one isn't actually that bad (surprisingly) James has listened to me and has brought his attitude from 'unbearable' to 'just-bearable'. That being said, he still is a stubborn ass. Used to having his own way, used to being in charge, used to everyone doing as he says at Quidditch training, used to being a bossy boots and being right, he doesn't like to be told off and told 'no'.

In the past he would challenge it, do it anyway because he could or just purely to spite me. Now he would argue it – argue it until he turns blue, he prefers his way to mine and will get highly offended if we don't do things his way. Is it so hard to try my ideas?

Sin #2: Envy

This part worries me, because everywhere James goes he brings envy. Guys envy him, girls envy me (because James likes me-bah!), I envy his energy (seriously, he's like on self-rechargeable batteries or something), there's envy about Quidditch, about the Head boy position, about anything!

The worst is James' own envy. Seriously you don't want him to envy you – it hurts his Pride, and when you hurt his pride you're going to be on the end of something nasty. Snape got the worst of it when we were friends, and I thought James was being mean, but no, he was envious. Jealous if you will, of Snape's friendship with me. I realise now why I don't have many boys as friends, James has deterred them, he cannot bear another bloke liking me, and that is simply not on.

James can be scary – dangerous even, when you work him up into anger. I've been afraid a few times, he's a powerful wizard. I'm very glad James is on the good side, but he needs to work on those jealous issues, it's not fair on the other guys, it's not fair on me.

Sin #3: Gluttony

Take this into account; Stress, late nights, patrols, homework, school. That's me. Add Quidditch, that's James.

Breakfast

I (Lily) eat two pieces of toast with jam or 2 eggs, maybe a blueberry muffin, and pumpkin juice.
James eats a full bowl of cereal topped with fruit, four pieces of toast with eggs, bacon and sausages, an apple and a cup of tea.

Morning Tea

I (Lily) will have an apple or another piece of fruit.
James eats two pieces of fruit and a blueberry muffin and some of the cake his mother would have sent him in the post in the morning.

Lunch

I (Lily) will eat in consideration of my waistline. That normally means a salad and maybe whatever meat is on offer. Will maybe have a small bowl of something sweet afterwards.
James will line his plate with bread or potatoes, layer on salad, dressings, about three different kinds of meat and after that would have two full plates of desert (however, he does always have fruit, pat on the back for that)

Afternoon Tea

I (Lily) drink tea. Maybe a biscuit or crumpet.
James will eat chocolate, biscuits, cake, butterbeer and whatever else they have stashed in their room.

Dinner

I (Lily) will eat meat, veg and potatoes and then spoil myself with pudding and ice cream.
James will eat… or rather consume, enough to feed the English Army. Three helpings of mains, two helpings of dessert and about a pitcher of pumpkin juice.

While it is evident that James has a higher metabolism than I do, and perhaps still growing, it should be a crime to consume so much. Particularly when he does his midnight snack heists, next time I catch him, I'm not going to be so merciful.

Sin #4: Lust

This is by far the worst. Because it involves me.

I feel utterly scared, utterly hopeless, utterly ashamed and utterly guilty.

James, although he does not pester me with words anymore, I can read it in his eyes. Will you go out with me? Do you like me? I like you. Maybe love you. And this is totally freaking me out! I can't look him in the eye, because they go so deep, he is giving me all of him and I feel like I'm… I'm… urgh.

I can't deter him. Merlin knows I've tried, but I can't anymore. Cause he's somehow made me feel guilty. Made me feel guilty that I can't return his… love? He wants me, but I'm not so sure it's lust on his part.

But it has become so on mine. And that what makes me scared. I hate him. But I think he's damn hot, and I just want. I don't know where this has come from, but since this Headship has pulled us closer together it's tapped into something that's terrifying. I'm ashamed of myself, it's not James' fault, and I don't want to hurt him. Cause something like that would hurt him, cause he's become all serious about love and honesty. I'm petrified that he's going to find out.

Alice, as a witness you must swear that you will never tell anyone what I've said or written as testament.

I, Alice, swear on my mother's grave that I will not tell anyone that you fancy James.

I don't fancy James! I… your mother's grave? I think we need to move on, I'm getting paranoid.

Sin #5: Anger

I think I've mentioned this earlier, but I'm going to mention it as a focus. James is damn scary when he's angry. He doesn't anger easily, I must admit, he's quite patient when dealing with stupid people, he's quite patient when dealing with me. However, when you piss off James Potter, be afraid. Be very afraid. For he is going to hunt you down and kill… not you personally, but you're going to regret the day you said something or did something.

For example, Peter was bullied a lot in fourth year. At least at the start of fourth year, but being a close friend to James meant that James was a big part of his life, and also took on Peter's enemies as his own enemies.

(In fourth year) The day after Mulciber burned Peter in potions, Mulciber was found with boils and upside down in Myrtle's toilet. The culprit was never caught, but the pure look of grim satisfaction on James' face was evidence enough for me, and also warning enough for Mulciber to leave Peter alone.

Effective, yes, but in a very unorthodox way. I don't like arguing with him anymore, heck I'm too scared to now.

Sin #6: Greed

James is made of money. He does not flaunt it as such, but he uses it when it's completely uneccessary. He bought himself new Quidditch gloves the other day. Top of the line, leather, charmed to grip well, you get the picture. That's fine and all, until I ask him what was wrong with the old gloves.

'Nothing' He told me 'I just wanted new ones.'

I was horrified. I was waiting until my school shoes literately fall apart before I buy new ones and James has just wasted a good pair of gloves.

To be fair, he had given the old ones to Sirius, but Sirius already has good gloves. A complete waste and just because he wants new ones. Makes me wonder if he's like that with other things. Like girlfriends for example…

Sin #7: Sloth

To say James is lazy is not true. He just appears lazy, but I found that he'll stay up until one the next morning to finish an essay. He'll get up at six the next morning to run around the Quidditch pitch cause he feels like he's intaking more than he's working off (which is actually quite possible if you see Sin #3)

However, there are moments where he cannot be bothered. Not stirring a potion properly in Potions, writing notes on Halbatha's Hexes, passing the butter at the table even when it's right in front of him, do I need to go on?

The other thing that bothers me that fits in this category. The state of his room. I have been up to the boy's dormitory for multiple purposes, most of them to remind James of patrol, and then they invite me in. Although, in James' defense, not all that mess is his.

Remus. Quiet, tidy, rule-abiding Remus is surprisingly the worst. No wonder his clothes are so shabby, he doesn't look after them.

Sirius. Loud, disorganised, dirty Sirius is unsurprisingly messy as well. Although he has numerously told me that it's 'an organised mess'. Lies.

Peter. Little Peter, is the tidiest. It was confusing for me the first time I walked in, Peter's bed is always the one that's made properly, clothes and crap away… Although I don't think he has all that much crap to put away.

James. What can I say? At a glance one would think his area's reasonably clean. But I know he shoves all his crap under the bed, save for his pyjamas which are on the (messily) made bed. He could care, but he chooses not to.

A/N: Thank you to the two people who reviewed! This part goes out to you! Next bit might take a bit longer cause I forgot to write it x_X but after that it should be right until the end. Many thanks! Review, please!