LILY

Lily Evans glanced back nervously. That James Potter wouldn't possibly follow her here, would he? Here she was, in her second Hogsmeade trip.... Ever since the first, James Potter had taken a possible liking towards her.

"Stop worrying, Lily," said Marlene McKinnon brightly. "It's going to be great! Where do you want to go first, guys?"

Alice Prewett (*I know it's not official but I had to give Alice Longbottom a maiden name*) shrugged. "Zonko's?" she suggested.

Mary Macdonald shook her head aggressively. "No way, Alice!" she said. "We went to Zonko's the last time, and spent the day there. Why not Honeydukes? I want chocolate!" she started chanting "I want chocolate" until Marlene coughed and said, "Okay, Honeydukes it is. What do you think, Lily?"

"I have a sweet tooth," smiled Lily, and the four friends went.



Marlene was gathering as much sweets as she could. Alice was gathering as much Chocolate Frogs as she could carry. When Mary pointed it out, she said defensively, "I like chocolate!"

"Do your defence, Alice," giggled Mary. "I'm not doing..." her eyes shone. "Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans!" she gasped.

"Not doing offence? Of course you won't," said Alice, carrying her chocolate to the lady. "I'll be doing offence, and you will be doing defence."

"Aw!" said Mary, scooping up Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.

"Lils?" said Marlene. "Aren't you getting anything?"

"Of course I will!" said Lily absently, and picked up anything.

Marlene wrinkled her face. "Seriously? Cockroach Clusters? Ew!"

"Oh, oh!" said Lily, and scooped up a handful of something else.

Marlene sighed and rolled her eyes. "Jeez, Lily," she said. "You hate Peppermint Toads."

Lily's eyes widened. She searched for a decent sweet, and picked Sugar Quills. "This. Isn't this the greatest sweet ever?" she miled.

"Anything else? We're all emptying the shop except for you, you know." Marlene said.

Lily scooped up something.

"Ew, Lily, honestly! Blood-favoured lollipops? You're not a vampire!"

Lily coughed. "Fizzing Whizbees, then."

Marlene grinned. "I love them. Can I sneak a few?"

"Sure."

Then Lily saw it. The brown eyes. Peeking through the window. She could see the messy black hair too... "James Potter!" she snarled.

"Potter?" asked Marlene. "No one's there, Lily."

"There was!"

Marlene gave an evil laugh. "Maybe you like him, so his image pops in your head at random tim-"

"Shut up, Marlene."


JAMES

Lily's beautiful, almond shaped green eyes pierced his brown eyes.

"Whoa, Prongs, she noticed you?"

"Yup! Moony, do you mind? Step over - oh, she's gone. Wormtail, can you see where she is?"

"Yes, she's with Marlene McKinnon," responded Wormtail, a. k. a. Peter Pettigrew.

"Oh, darn, McKinnon is SO annoying." muttered Prongs, a. k. a. James Potter.

"Don't blame her," said Moony, a. k. a. Remus Lupin sternly. "She's a human being too."

Padfoot, a. k. a. Sirius Black rolled his eyes. "Too much a goody-two-shoes, Moony!" he said.

"Come on, let's go to Zonko's." said Wormtail nervously.

Padfoot shrugged, and Moony followed. Prongs was about to follow to when he felt somebody tap his shoulder. He turned, and gaped. Lily Evans!

"Look, Potter," she said roughly. "You're an arrogant toerag."

Prong's face fell. Had she come this way to tell him THAT?

"But I think you can change. But I'm calling you an arrogant toerag until you stop bullying people. Especially Sev," she said sternly.

Prongs hated Snape. "Why do you call him Sev?"

"He's my friend," said Lily. "Don't bully him, you arrogant toerag." James thought he saw a faint smile.

"If I stop bullying him, you'll go out with me?" he called.

Lily stopped. "Maybe," she replied.

Prongs grinned with relish. It was the closest he had ever gone to going out with Lily Evans.

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