Date Posted: 7th May 2010

Disclaimer: I don't own HP.

*Omph*

"Watch where you're going Mr. Potter."

I looked up and saw the perpetually stern face of McGonagall.

"Yeah. Sorry McGonagall. I was err…distracted by my thoughts."

"Well, let there be no next time. Now that you are no longer daydreaming about…whatever teenage boys daydream about, I seem to recall you having an overdue essay due, and assignment, and assessment and not to mention they day you accidentally tripped and had to go to the Hospital Wing just before the test and took an entire period to return." She listed, (insert sceptical eyebrow, god that creeps me out)

"Well, there were a lot of people in line for Madame Pomfrey…" I tried explaining.

"Really? Well, the excuse I seem to recall you gaving me yesterday was, and I quote, "I was heading to the Grand Staircase when, I saw these poor lost first years, being the good kind-hearted and handsome fifth year I am, I helped them to their class. (A/N I don't really know the structure of Hogwarts. Just go with it) Imagine my surprise when they were going to the DADA Towers, all the way on the other side and up past the seven floors of Hogwarts. After kindly guiding them to DADA, they thanked me and asked for autographs ('cause I was so dashingly good-looking). I was about to head to the Hospital Wing when I saw poor Mrs. Norris with a scorched tail. Taking pity on her, I immediately rushed to Hagrid's. Obviously, with him living near the Forbidden Forest, It took a while. Finally after all that was accomplished, I thought I could finally get to the Hospital Wing, however, fate decided not to give me a break today and lead me to a lost Potions Book. Once again, my conscience and kindness (and not to mention my devilishly good-looks) would not let me just leave it there. So I went on a grand crusade to find the poor owner the book." She quoted with the last of her breath.

"…"

"Well? Is that not what you said?"

"Yes? Er, I mean yes! I did guide a bunch of first years to the Astronomy Tower-

"DADA Tower Mr. Potter."

"…yeah…"

"Right Mr. Potter, I expect to see you at Transfiguration on time. No exceptions!"

"Sir Yes Sir! I mean yes McGonagall." I nervously tried to get away before she could reprimand me. Too late.

"Oh, and Mr. Potter, you missed out on learning how to transfigure water into butterbeer."

"Damn!"

"What was that Mr. Potter?"

"Nothing. I…err…said…grand! I said how grand!"

"Good to hear. Now run along before you run into another bunch of 'poor' lost first years."

I didn't need another invitation.

"May Prohngz! Wut doog sho lonk? Oll te bood iz hery kon!" stumbled Sirius, speedily gulping down another plate of bacon and eggs.

"He means, "Hey Prongs! What took so long? All the food is nearly gone!" Maybe the food wouldn't be all gone if you'd stop inhaling it!" translated Moony, whacking Sirius upside in the head.

"I admire your ability to understand Sirius-Gobblinggook. You haven't eaten all the chocolate muffins have you? You know I love the muffins the best!" I complained.

"Don't worry mate, I saved you one from the gluttonous monster over there," consoled Moony.

"Moony! I knew I like you the best!"

"Hey! What about me? I thought I was your bestfriend!"

"Go back to stuffing your mouth blubber-face!"

"Fine. Don't be my bestfriend. Don't come running back to me begging when you realize just what a sad lonely person you are. See if I, the great, sexy, hot, handsome, smexy, attractive, divine, sexy, godly, uber-sexy, beau-"

"He's not listening," said a stupid rat.

James was too busy talking to Remus.

"Damn!" cursed Sirus.

JamesPOV

"Moony."

"Yes mate?"

"You know the day I missed the Transfiguration test?"

"If you mean the day you jigged the Transfiguration test then yes, I know of it."

"Could you please lend me your notes on changing water to beerbutter? Please?" I begged.

"Huh? What notes? You can't conjure or transfigure food. Have you forgotten Gamp's Law of Transfiguration?"

"Gramps' Law of Transfiguration? Wow! I didn't know your grandfather made a law of transfiguration! Good brains must run in the family huh?"

"Oh I give up!"

"So can I have your notes or not?"

"Ugh!" *bang* *bang* *bang*

"Remus, would you stop banging your head on the table. You nearly spilt my milk."

"Lily flower! Have I told you how beautiful you are today? Not that you're not usually not beautiful. But you're just mor-"

*splash*

"Wow. Me, soaked in Lily's drunken milk. I guess this makes it an indirect kiss huh? Lily-flower! I always knew you loved me! How about a direct kis-"

*splat*

And that ladies and gentleman, is how James ended up having a whole plate of scrambled eggs in his face.

"Mmmm. Pass the pepper would you Peter? I taste good."

"Ugh! You are such a prat Potter! I give up! Shouting at you makes my throat sore." Screamed Lily.

"Do you want me to kiss it better?"

*squelch*

"Yum. Baked beans."

"Argh! I hate you Potter! Go to hell and frickn' die!"

"You know what Moony? I recon she likes me."

"Yes, Prongs. There's nothing more romantic than throwing a plate of food at your lover's face."

Suddenly, a snowy white owl flew in with a letter, landing write in front of Lily.

Her frown turned upside down, leading to a smile growing on my face too. If Lily was happy, then I was happy too.

LilyPOV

That owl, it's a letter from Jasper. When I was explain to Jasper about Hogwarts, he surprised me, claiming his aunt was a muggleborn witch. And whilst he admitted he did not know much about the magical world, or have magical powers, he said he could still manage to owl me once or twice a week with his aunt's owl, Artemis.

Dear Lily,

I apologise for not writing sooner. The stupid teachers decided to hand us an assignment first day back at school. I have never hated Deoxyribonucleic Acid more than I have now. How was your first week back at school? It's pretty cold here, I can only imagine how much colder it is up there in Scotland, rainy too.

So is James still trying to catch your attention? Why don't you give him a chance? If he's been going after you since first year and never looked at a girl since, doesn't that prove he really does love you? If not, at least it'll shut him up for a while. You have nothing to lose.

I have always told you, "Look underneath, the underneath." Things may not always be what they first appear to be. First impressions can be misleading. Have you ever thought why James acts the way he does? Have you ever tried to look past his faults? Look past what you see; look deeper; look underneath, the underneath.

I am sorry for going off like that, but what I think you need to do is reconsider some of your perceptions of him. But enough's enough.

Are you happy at Hogwarts? Nobody is bullying or calling you names are they? Cause I swear, if anyone dare lays a hand on you, I'll beat them so hard, their grandchildren will feel it (if they can have them in the first place. If.) How are Alice and Euphemia? One day, I really have to meet them and thank them for looking after you; I'm so glad you have two such delightful ladies as bestfriends. Treat them well; such loyalty is hard to come by.

I am always looking over you, whether you know it or not. If you ever need help, just call for me, and I will always come for you. Always. I am always, always thinking of you.

Missing you dearly,

Jasper Hartwell

Maybe Jasper was right. Maybe James wasn't that bad. Sure he was annoying, but at least he's not a playboy. I craned my neck to get a look at Potter…to see him trying to lick baked-beans on the tip of his nose with his tongue. Disgusting! What was I thinking? Urgh!

"What a sweet boyfriend, though, he's the only one I've ever seen to suggest to their girlfriend to date another guy," said Euphemia Flint, my pureblooded bestfriend. She had three older siblings anyway, so they didn't mind as much, she'd never be the heir.

"He's not my boyfriend. He's just a normal friend." I blushed, though the thought did disappoint me a bit, but quickly hid it. Too late.

"So you DO want him to be your boyfriend. I knew it! No other straight woman could reject someone as hot as Potter without batting an eyelash, even the ones already taken. Either you already had a boyfriend, or swing the other way," theorized Euphie. Euphemia was just too long and too formal.

"OR she just hates James," Alice added her two cents.

"I always knew I loved you Alice." I praised with gratitude.

"Sorry Lils, I'm straight," I scowled at her, "Don't look at me like that. I still don't get why you hate him. I would kill to have a boyfriend that hot and so into me. He's obviously over the moon for you. You could even just date him and dump him if you wanted to. I don't think he'll hold even the slightest resentment towards you, judging by the way he worships you."

"Alice! What would Frank say if he heard that?" I admonished.

"You go tiger!" cheered Euphie, "Rawrr!"

"No bad influence!" I reprimanded.

"Hey, Lily."

I turned around and saw my longtime bestfriend Sev, (a girl can have more than one bestfriend can't she?)

"Hi Sev!" I greeted.

"I told you not to call me that in public. It ruins my image you know," he muttered under his breath.

"Sorry Mr. Snape."

He just rolled his eyes.

"C'mon. Slughorn told us to get to the potions lab earlier today to help prepare," he reminded.

"Yeah, thanks Sev," I smiled.

He just scowled at the familiarity, but said nothing. He really is just a big softy inside, no matter the perpetual frown carved to his face.

JamesPOV

"Right class, today, we are brewing Amortentia, better known as Love Potion. Now, can anyone tell me what a person under Amortentia looks like or how they tend to act?" asked Slughorn, "Yes Miss Evans."

"One under the influence of Amortentia appears pale and sickly. They also tend to show exceeding obsession with the object of their affections, as if they were an angel on earth or something. Many become extremely excited or dangerous towards others."

As expected from my beautiful Lily; so intelligent.

"Perfect. Five points to Gryffindor, Miss Evans," acclaimed Slughorn.

"Know-it-all mudblood," snarled some slimy Slytherin. How dare he say that about my Liliy-kins. That wanker!

I turned back to Lily, slightly concerned. She just ignored the pea-brains and pretended she didn't hear it. I knew she wouldn't be affected, she was used to it and she had never really cared about what other's thought of her. I smile just a little, alleviated of my worries.

I still remember the day me and Lily went to the movies for her 10th birthday.

Flashback JamesPOV

Lily and I had just finished watching an action comedy film, when we bumped into Tod Willis, our school bully.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A pimp and his whore, why am I not surprised?" he

I was about to pound him in the face, but Lily placed a hand on my arm and simply walked away, ignoring the stupid bastard.

"What are you? Yellow-bellied cowards? Just walking away are you?" he continued to provoke.

Lily just continued to leave, dragging me along with her. My respect for Lily grew.

End Flashback

"What are you staring at, Potter?" snapped Lily.

"Sorry, just thinking about you." I didn't even realise I was staring at her.

"More like undressing me with your eyes," she scoffed. She really doesn't like me, does she? I was a bit disheartened, but this was nothing new, it doesn't mean it felt any better though. Thinking the worst of me, how things were so much different as Jasper. Makes me wish I could tell her right now, but I can't, she would hate me for lying to her. Sometimes I wish I could just get over this guilt. Well, who said life was easy?

"Yes Love," I simply said.

She glared, "You sicken me." Somehow, I just didn't feel the energy to retort, and went back to my potion.

"Prongs, what's up? You look like someone's told you prank stores were banned for life!" Padfoot said, "Speaking of pranking, we need to do one. How about dying the entire school's robes, underwear and all in fluro pink? We can even do a special tribute to Snivellus and hang him in the middle of the Great Hall in nothing but pink lingerie!" He giggled to himself, no doubt thinking about going through girls' lingerie. That pervert.

"Whatever Pads, let's just finish this potion for now shall we?"

"You're no fun," he sulked.

Just then, I saw a bunch of sodding Slytherins throw something in Lily's cauldron. I reached for my wand in attempt to stop it, but it was too late, and the cauldron exploded.

Lily looked around and saw the wand in my hand pointing towards her cauldron.

"JAMES HAROLD POTTER! YOU SODDING WANKER! HOW DARE YOU RUIN MY POTION! YOU CLAIM YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS, BUT YOU'RE ONE SICK BASTARD, EXPLODING OTHER'S HARD WORK, BULLING OTHERS! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"Mr. Potter! 30 points from Gryffindor for sabotaging another's potion! Now put that wand away before I snap it," demanded Slughorn.

All the Gryffindors glowered at me for losing them points.

"But-" I stopped half-way, broken by Lily's glare – such hatred. It made me want to crawl under a rock and die.

"No buts." It was final. I didn't even want to explain. It wouldn't change anything. Lily would still hate me. There was just no point.

I heard the Slytherins snicker in the background.

No point at all…

RemusPOV

I saw the whole scene play out. I looked at James. He looked like he wanted to jump off the Astronomy Tower when Lily accused him.

When Potions ended, I confronted him.

"Why didn't you say anything? I asked James, "You were innocent!"

"It wouldn't have changed anything. Lily would have still hated me. There's no point," he looked down.

"Yes there is. How do you know Lily would still hate you? You didn't do anything!" I exclaimed.

"Of course she would hate me! I'm James Bloody Potter! Lily will always hate me!"

"Why does everything evolve around Lily with you? Can't you just simply explain because you want to be proven innocent? What does that have to do with Lily?" by this stage, I was nearly shouting.

"You don't get it, Remus. To me, Lily is everything."

"Then prove it to her!"

"I already tried Remus! I tried!"

"Well, obviously not in the right way since you're at the other end of her wand every sodding second of your life."

"I don't know how to befriend her! Everything is wrong. Everything I say, everything I do – it's all wrong!"

"Do it like Jasper then!"

James flinched at the mention of Jasper.

I continued, "I don't get, how Lily can love Jasper and hate you more than soggy toast at the same time, when you're the same- mmph!"

"Do you want the whole school to know?" he whispered, "How did you know in the first place? I haven't told anyone!"

"Yeah, 'cause it's so hard to hear fifty million parchments of draft love letters being scrunched up every night for the past five years." I rolled my eyes sarcastically.

"But how do you know they weren't simply charms essays?"

I gave him "The Look".

"Well…maybe that is a ridiculous suggestion wasn't it?"

(insert "The Look")

"Right…"

(still "The Look'-ing)

"…"

"The Look"

"…"

"The Look"

"Are you gonna just stare at me all day?"

"The Look"

"Quit it Remus!"

*Whack*

"Oww! You didn't have to whack me at the back of the head!"

"Well you wouldn't stop "The Look"-ing at me!"

"Geez, so picky. Ow! Alright! Alright mate! That hurt!"

"You deserved it."

"Stupid lover-boy." I mumbled at the bottom of my breath.

"I heard that."

"I know."

"…so, since you know, does that mean Sirius and Peter know too?"

"Would Sirius and Peter wake up with a marching band in their dorm?"

"…No."

"Would Sirius and Peter wake up if a herd of dragons decided to break in and wreck havoc at Hogwarts?"

"…No."

"Would Sirius and Peter wake up if you got the Fat Lady to sing with a Sonorus right next to their ear?"

"…No."

"Then do you think they would wake up at the sound of scrunching paper?"

"…that was a stupid question wasn't it?"

"Oh, I've heard worse coming from you and Sirius. I swear you guys have less IQ points than a flobberworm."

"Do flobberworms have high IQ or low IQ?"

"I rest my case."

I watched as James left for the next period.

Well, at least our conversation seemed to cheer him up a bit.

LilyPOV

I can't believe him! How dare he? That no-brained, suck-up, hog-breathed Potter exploded my cauldron! MY cauldron! My PERFECT potion! That JERK!

"Wow Lily. What's got your lacey knickers in a twist?"

"Shut up Alice. I'm not in the mood for it today."

"Someone's moody today. You're not PMS-ing are you? Cause if you are there's this potion I know that can stop severe, temperamental mood-swings."

"No. I'm not PMS-ing." I snapped.

"You sure? 'Cause you sure see-"

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"…"

"…"

"…Lily?"

"Yeah Alice?"

"Remind me never to get on your bad side will you?" (Great minds think alike :P)

"Err…yeah…sure…"

A/N - This was a bit longer than previous chapters. How was it? R&R please!