British history class. Senior year.
"Oi! Lily! Lils! Idiot!" Eliza called.
That, is my best friend, Eliza Prewett. Shiny blonde, super curly hair, and stunning blue eyes. She always seems to have an untamable daring to her. Which is probably why she's taking pleasure in calling me an idiot really loudly.
"We know you hear us, bitch-ass"
I snorted.
That's my best other friend, Felicity Dearborn. Fliss. Indian. Has jet-black, straight hair, that's not unlike James's. It's certainly quite messy. Today it was thrown up in a sloppy ponytail. She has dark brown eyes, which she seems to think make her look boring, but she's absolutely gorgeous. Her eyes are so warm and welcoming.
"Leave her alone, she stopped walking so fast, didn't she?" James chided. I felt my stomach flutter.
"Well, she's still walking pretty damn fast" Sirius, James's best mate, said.
"Shut up, Sirius" Remus, another one of James's close mates said exasperatedly.
I finally stopped walking, turned around, and waited for them to catch up. "Thank you, Rem. Where are you all coming from? I feel like a black sheep here, walking by myself"
"You are a Black sheep"
"Ha. Ha. Sirius Black, you are the funniest person I've ever met" I replied scathingly.
It may seem weird that 6 friends, best friends, all are in the same class. But, no, it really isn't. We all go to a rather small, private college. There are four schools within our larger school.
We happen to be in Gryffindor, as we're all Social Studies majors. I hope to be a political advisor, or a politician. Maybe a judge. I'm certainly taking enough credits for all of them.
Back to the conversation, I heard Sirius say, "Damn, the only reason I keep that name is to piss off my, what was it, Fliss? Oh yeah, my 'bitch-ass' family"
Her eyes shone with mirth. "Just a little phrase I thought up. I think it's clever"
"I agree"
"Glad you do"
I rolled my eyes. It's so obvious they like each other.
"If you're done flirting there, Siri and Fliss, I believe McGonagall is going to have all of our heads if we don't get into the classroom. Let's go" I said.
They both wore identical scandalous expressions.
"W-we DONT like each other" Fliss hissed in my ears.
"Yeah, okay."
James and I sat next to each other, with Felicity and Sirius on my right and Remus and Jenna on his left.
"Potter, Black, I'm surprised to see you are sitting where you should be. Well done," McGonagall said jokingly "Today, we're assigning partners for your in class project."
The class groaned. Professor McGonagall never let us pick our groups.
"Black, partner Lupin" Sirius and Remus high fived, I rolled my eyes. Lucky bastards.
"Dearborn and Bulstrode" I heard Fliss groan next to me. Melinda Bulstrode was a racist, brutal, pig. She was domineering and just plain annoying.
"Prewett partner Evans" yessss. I felt bad for Felicity, but there's nothing I could do. Heh, that makes me sound like a bitch. Whoops.
"Potter and Chang" Damn. James was partnering Ciara Chang, an absolute bitch. Okay, well, no she isn't. But she's completely and utterly infatuated with James. Well, it's going to be a rough month.
Shit luck, James I wrote on a paper and passed to him. He looked at me oddly. I wasn't at a loss for why, she pulled her weight and was a great student. Damn. And she's also gorgeous, with her meticulously curled hair.
"Hurry up and get with your partners!"
The class awoke from their trance and moved to sit with there partners. I sighed, watched James and Ciara high five, as if they were old chums.
It's gonna be a rough month.
James's POV:
I read Lily's note and frowned. I didn't understand, why would I be glad to work with Ciara? She was kind and I wouldn't have to do her portion; so Lily's notes befuddled me.
I sighed. Was it too much to hope Lily was jealous? I'm not a fool, I know that Ciara likes me. I'm not completely oblivious.
I walked over to her and high-fived her; might as well start out on the right foot.
A month passed, and I had genuinely grown to enjoy Ciara's company.
Lily hadn't made any more comments on our partnership, so I figure she might've just had a bad day.
It might be time to get over my obsession with Lily Evans. Our friendship is the one thing I will not risk.
After class, Ciara asks me to stay back. I know what's coming, and my new resolution prevents me from making an excuse.
"Hey, James"
"Hey, Ciara"
She asks me out, we work out details.
"Great! I'll see you then" She shoots me a dazzling smile, but it doesn't cause that same butterfly feelings Lily's smile causes.
A/N: So, usually, I'm going to make Lily's and James's POV's into different chapters, but James's was too short. Also, I introduced most of the main characters, albeit briefly. And before anyone gets mad about the Ciara subplot, this is a Lily/James fic, and they do get married. Remember that. That said, this fic will go up until their graduation, maybe a little longer, so there is going to be a lot of their relationship. Don't forget to review!
