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Chapter 2- The beginning

"That no good cheatin-" Sirius fumes as we come back to our compartment. I have to agree, Adam Bottler is an idiot, and the way he is so obsessive Lily.. not that I care about her…

"And how he was touching her, I mean, I could go right in there and.." My anger couldn't be expressed in words, and so I mimed it with my fists, I noticed Remus give Sirius that 'look'.

"What?!" I demanded. They laughed.

"Well, you err *cough* obviously don't like her." Remus laughed as the train stopped, all 3 left in a hurry, so I was just on my own..

"I don't like her.." I say out loud, even though no one can hear me. But why bother? Those 3 have already made up their minds that I have, so am I only trying to convince myself? I refuse to like her, if I had to like a girl I would choose an intelligent one, not a dumb clumsy one. Though she is adorable… JAMES!

I can't think about this now, I'm going to school to learn, and by learning I can't have my thoughts revolving around that Lily Evans…

"I'll just have to show them how mean I can be towards her…" I say again before leaving the compartment, off the train and onto the station.

I'm not looking where I am going; my head is down, staring intently at the floor, until I bump into someone.

"James!" Lily breaths, smiling at me. I look at her before nodding slowly, she's about to say something when Sirius calls me, "Prongs! We have a carriage here! Shall we meet you at school?"

I smile at the now blushing Lily; this is a perfect opportunity to show I am not love crazy… be brave James…

"Hey!" I call to Sirius, make sure Lily is watching… all is good so far… "No it's cool, I don't want to stick around these people anyway, I may become platitudinous, plebeian, unsophisticated, feebleminded git like them!" I laugh harshly and hear Sirius and Remus laugh faintly as they get in the carriage. Lily's face is awesome! She has disbelief in her eyes and a small pout on her lips, I know that she is trying to think of a fantastic come-back but she can't think of anything.. I smile harshly and turn my back towards her..

"You're just an evil rat!" She sniffs; I laugh and look back at her. She holds her breath but I just smile cheekily and wink my eye. Boy, I am going to have fun this year.

"You had no idea what I just said then do you?!" I ask amused, turning back now to the gob-smacked Lily. She opens and closes her mouth for a few seconds.

"I did! I just…. I- I don't go around saying all those words, they are mean to dumb people like… me."

I laugh once more smiling and get into my carriage that has Sirius, Remus and Peter waiting for me.

"So, what was all of that about? James mocking the simple-minded, mentally incompetent, harebrained idiot aka Lily Evans? Tut tut, I thought you were more polite than that…" He playfully shakes his head and looks at me with that freaky professor look that only annoying disappointed teachers give.

"Yeah. I mean. I have no time for Lily Evans anyways. I stick to my work, and only my work." I say confidently, nodding my head. Sirius sighs and shakes his head mumbling "If you want Lily to notice that is not the way to go.." quietly, but loud enough for me to hear and glare at him with my piercing eyes.

"What?!" He says indignantly, smiling innocently at me.

"Honestly Pad-foot you are so not subtle. Hardly a drama queen. You would get nowhere on stage." Remus sighs, rolling his eyes.

"Erm. Ok… A.) I don't want to be a drama queen or end up on stage. I would probably kill myself before I do that. I want to become a healer. And B.) I believe that Prongs wanted to tell me something.. yes Prongs?"

"You know what?" I sigh "Just forget it. You obviously want me to beg about something and frankly I'm not concerned about Lily Evans or anything to do with Lily Evans."

"Really?!" Peter asks raising his eyebrows (I should really say 'eyebrow'…). There's a silence and each marauder is looking at me...

"Yes?" I say with a shiver, I have no idea what these 3 are up to…

"Wwweeelllll," Sirius drawls slowly, making sure he has eye contact with me. "If you want to talk about it, Padfoot the master is here!" I raise my eyebrows skeptically but before I can say anything all 3 are out of the carriage and are making their way up to Hogwarts, without me!

"Uh. Ok? You guys just go ahead…. I'll eerr.. follow from behind." I call, my voice getting quieter and quieter as my friends head off into the sunset. Ok, I'm not being dramatic at all, how can they leave me? Ever since first year it has always been a custom that we Marauders walk into school together, AND THEY JUST LEAVE ME?!

"So rude, so incompetent, so disloyal…" I mutter. Since they have left me I might as well swaddle in self-pity on my own…

"James!" I sigh, and turn to see a smiling Lily Evans, "Not now, Evans. I'm trying to imagine a world without dumb annoying people, and you're just ruining the moment." She doesn't say anything but is pushed by her friends to walk by me. I groan and look at her weakly, she clearly wants to say something, as her lips are pursed and she is lodging her hands in front of her waist.

"James, you seem to be alone. Do you want to sit with me and my friends for dinner?!" I scoff and look at her with disbelief, honestly. This girl is thicker than a sack of hammers – no idea what that muggle saying is, but it's funny =D

"NO! Err, I mean, no but thank you for the.. err, the err, offer, but I must decline…" I say hastily, as I see Adam coming over and hear Lily groan from beside me.

"Oh merlin. Hide me." She sighs when Adam doesn't come over to us, but joins his friends that are further on.

"I'm guessing you don't like him then?" Lily looks at me and nods. "You're guessing right. Ever since we broke up last year he-"

"Wow, I'm actually surprised. Someone actually likes or liked you! Who could ever like you?!" I laugh. Ok, I know that sounded harsh but I didn't want to hear the rest of what Lil- erm Evans was going to say, it would only make me hate the twat-head even more...

"Well, who could ever like you? Your… Your arrogant and.. an-"

"Devilishly handsome, IQ of 200, and you want to kiss me right?!" I smile charmingly at Lily, her face not too far away from mine, when she purses her lips I laugh and pull away. "In your dreams maybe, Evans. But that will not happen ever!" I retort.

We have entered The Great Hall and I notice Remus, Peter and Sirius smiling at me broadly. Even more so when I sit down.

"Having fun were you Prongs?!" Sirius grins. I snort lightly, "Oh shut it Pad-foot." But I can feel my face burning as Remus begins to laugh.

"Oh face it Prongs! You have a big fat crush on none other than the dumbest witch in the school- Lily Evans!"

I growl, "I am not crushing on her!" Remus whispers something in Peter's ears and then Peter whispers to Sirius, they nod together and turn back to me.

"Prongs," Peter starts, "do you want a way to make you forget Lily Evans, or make her jealous to hate you?!"

I shrug my shoulders, "I don't see why not." Sirius barks with laughter and then twitches his head to the right, my eyes follow and I see Taylor Hartley smiling flirtatiously at me, fluttering her eye-lashes.

"Oh Merlin, you guys cannot be serious, I-" But Remus cuts me off by putting his hand over my mouth.

"You don't have to like her. You just talk to her; it should be easier because you will be sat next to her in Transfiguration, right in-front of Evans. This should make Evans jealous, you both argue, throw in some insults and Walla! There you are the normal Prongs who is part of the famous Marauders! Good plan, good plan." Peter grins and looks at Remus who nods, then looking at me.

"So, are you in?" Remus asks.

I am silent for a moment. I can't believe I'm doing this… "I'm in." - was going to finish it here but I thought 'na' :)

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James found it incredibly annoying how Lily was in Gryffindor, if he was trying to ignore her then it would have been a lot more easier if she was in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff… even Slytherin. But of course she was in the same house, life is never that fair..

And so, after one restless night in the dorms the students and teachers of Hogwarts woke to their first day. James yawned widely as he let his eyes adjust to the light in the room, his roomies were just waking up, well most… Sirius and Peter (as always) were still asleep, their mouths half-open and snoring. It was amazing how both could sleep through the racket! Remus chuckled and whispered 'Levicorpus!' which suddenly made Sirius and Peter hang up in the air by one foot. This was the marauders daily routine for waking up, after everyone was awake and ready they would make their way downstairs, pass the common room and into the great hall, where they would feast on all kinds and discuss the joys of being a man...

"Prongs, stop stressing! We have Transfiguration next, everything will be perfectio!" Sirius mumbled halfway through his eggs and bacon. James grunted but continued to stare at his plate. What use will this do? I mean what if it does get Evans jealous, then what? I don't get it….

Suddenly a voice popped into James' head- It will make Lily hate you, it's what you want right?

Pad-foot, get out of my head..

How you know it's Sirius?

Because whenever you enter in my head I always get a whiff of old socks…

Fine.. but still, it's what you want, Lily to hate you?

Yeah..

So then do it… its simple

*sigh* Stop talking! People are looking, and its time for Transfiguration anyhow…

James blocked his mind from Sirius and followed in suit his friends who were making their way to Transfiguration. Taylor was walking right behind James, her skirt hitched high so her thin thighs were in view for everyone, her bleach blonde hair was straw straight, cut in lairs and her eyes were a shade darker than Lily's emerald eyes. When the Gryffindors and Slytherins were lined up McGonagall called them, and called out their seating arrangements.

"Black and Lestrange. Malfoy and Pettigrew. Weasely and Yaxely. Lupin and Pritchett. Evans and Snape. Potter and Hartley. Ticket and Bottler." Lily's 3 friends had been told to go in a group of 3 and casted Lily 'sorry' glances as Snape began to yell "I can't be paired with that.. that m-m MUDBLOOD!"

"I am sorry if it is not to your liking Mr. Snape but unfortunately I decide who goes where and so therefore you will sit next to Miss. Evans otherwise I will call the headmaster." McGonagall seethed. Snape grunted and slumped into the stool next to Lily, moving the stool right to the very end of the desk. Taylor, on the other hand, had moved her stool right next to James' and had shifted her arms so her cleavage had almost popped out of her school shirt, James pulled a revolted face at Lily who was sitting behind them and she just smirked.

The aim of the lesson was to change the colour of your partner's hair and eyes, and so while everyone began practicing James began to talk to Taylor.

"Oh, umm pink?!" James asked weakly as Taylor changed his hair to a bubblegum colour, Taylor nodded, her eyes shining.

"Oh, yeah, it makes you look well sweet." She flashed James a smile which he returned weakly again.

"So umm, Taylor, you know when the next Hogsmeade trip is?!"

"Yeah, it's round about next week."

"Who you going with?"

"…., no one yet, my friends have all got dates." Taylor casted James a pout, he laughed and pretended to rub his neck nervously whilst meekly asking, "um, you wanna go with me?!"

Taylor was silent for a moment until her face turned into a gigantic smile. "Oh my god yes! Er, I mean, yeah, that'll be cool.."

James smiled flirtatiously at her, he was about to say something when suddenly…

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING MUD-BLOOD?!"

Lily had been listening so intently to James and Taylor that she had not been focusing on Snape's hair, it now was green and pink with little stars printed into each hair, he looked like a disco star. Lily gasped.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Sev… I..I-"

"Don't call me Sev; you have no privilege with me to use my name-"

"You have no right to call me a mu-m-"

"Mud-blood?" Snape sneered, "Well that's what you are, a slimy greasy mud-blood whose blood is as filthy as the mud we purebloods walk through.."

And with that the slimy git a.k.a Snape immediately ran out with all the Slytherins, leaving a tear struck Lily behind, she had no idea that right behind her was James, he was shaking with anger, failing to hide his fury with that flea. He wanted to go up to Lily and... be nice to her.. but someone beat him to Lily, the other most annoying ape on this planet- Adam Bottler.

Umm, that leaves this chapter then :)

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