Thanks again for all your reviews, I'm sorry I'm being a bit slow, I just have so much to do with University and sorting myself out to go back to England… leaving sunny south of France behind in a memory… one that I will definitely return to!! Answers will come over the next few chapters. By the way, I am looking for a plot helper if you're interested please drop me an email!
Morning Glory, the wrong side of bed
"I still can't believe he's head boy!" Siobhan muttered as she and Miki sat down opposite Lily for Breakfast in the Great Hall a few days later.
"Don't remind me and good morning to you too!" Lily snapped as she vigorously buttered her slice of toast, as if she wished it were James' face she was scraping a knife on.
"Got out the wrong side of bed, Evans?" The familiar mocking voice of James Potter came from above her.
"Any concern of yours how I sleep, Potter?" Lily sneered throwing her knife down on her plate and hurling the slice of toast in frustration at James, who ducked, and stared after the toast which landed on Vincenzo's head who spun around.
"Oh shit!" Lily exclaimed, "Vincenzo, I'm so sorry!" she gasped.
Vincenzo chuckled and said in French, "Don't worry about it, how are you this morning, Lily?"
Lily rolled her eyes and shot a nasty glance at James pointedly before rapidly replying in French, "Shitty morning, the devil himself is on my tail and I am contemplating suicide! How's your morning?"
Vincenzo grinned, "Better than yours by the looks of it, let me save you from the jaws of hell to a little seat beside me in heaven, Come" He joked in French and moved over on the bench.
Lily crawled under the Gryffindor table and sat herself down next to Vincenzo without a word to either Miki or Siobhan nor even a glance at James.
James sat himself down next to Siobhan irritated, "What is her problem?" he groaned.
Siobhan gave James a death look, "Obviously you are, you twit!" she spat and got up and sat down at the Ravenclaw table.
Miki shrugged, "Don't look at me James." And followed Siobhan, leaving James bewildered in his seat until Remus' voice snapped him out of his little trance.
"What was that all about, Prongs'?" Remus sighed somewhat defeated as he sat down next to his best friend.
"If you saw, then why bother asking? I only asked Evans if she got out the wrong side of bed, she was in a foul mood." James grunted, nodding to Sirius and Peter who sat down opposite him and Remus at the Gryffindor table and immediately started eating.
"Ever considered rephrasing your questions when it concerns Lily, James?" Remus muttered as he grabbed a chocolate croissant.
"What is wrong with asking someone if they got out of the wrong side of bed?" James said heatedly, "Oi! Grail!" James yelled down the table at Gryffindor's Prefect who looked up from her breakfast, "Did you get out the wrong side of bed this morning?"
Amelia Grail grinned, "I always get out the wrong side of bed, I have to get out of it."
James turned back to Remus, "There, nothing wrong with the question at all!" he said indignantly, proving his point.
Remus groaned and carried on eating his chocolate croissant, it was pointless trying to get a point across to James, James saw a point when James wanted to see one.
Actually, James did see Remus' point, he saw it very clearly the bigger point was that he couldn't help himself, Merlin knew he'd tried, but Lily seemed to pull out the worst in him. Well, actually she deserved to be teased, she had to be teased. He wanted to make her angry, to give him a reason… her anger seemed to keep him going. Provoking her seemed to satisfy him, but then why did he feel so guilty afterwards? James groaned at himself, this dilemma was doing his head in.
"James, you have a meeting today, don't you?" Remus grunted as they headed towards their defence against the dark arts class.
Sirius chuckled, "Aah another forced encounter with Icy Evans… Have fun, mate."
James shrugged, "She's an immature little twat to be honest, I can't be fucked with her ways anymore."
Remus sighed and Sirius chuckled, "Yeah alright mate, for someone you cant be fucked with you seem to pay her a lot of attention."
James frowned, "Lily Evans is a stuck up prude who wear shoes two sizes too big for her!"
"And you are an arrogant fat headed git, Potter!" Lily hissed behind him.
James spun around and came face to face with Lily, smirking and ruffling his hair he replied, "That one's getting a bit old Evans, considering your outstanding abilities in classes I'm surprised you cant find new insults in the dictionary."
Lily raised her eyebrows, "Well Potter, that's because despite my repetitive insults you still persist on being the same arrogant prick. One would think to look at ones self when someone's view point of them doesn't change after six and a half years."
"Perhaps because that someone's view point doesn't count and I don't give a damn what you think of me because you're insignificant." James said icily then suddenly he grinned, "On that note, Evans, will you go out with me?"
Lily laughed, "I think I am quite significant to you actually Potter, you never can help yourself saying something to me… obviously I have an effect on you. So please, spare me, prove my insignificance and keep your big fat mouth to yourself in my presence. And no, I wont go out with you, even if you were the last man on earth!" And stormed passed James with Miki and Siobhan following close behind her, leaving James in a cold fury.
Sirius chuckled, "I think she got you there mate, I rest my case."
"What is your problem with him, honestly Lily" Siobhan whispered as they waited outside the Transfiguration classroom.
"He annoys me, he can't keep his god damn mouth shut! He invades my space, he's a rude insolent pig, he's cocky, he always bitches and badmouths me at every opportunity even if there isn't one! He just pisses me the fuck off!" Lily snapped, "Anyway you know! Why are you asking me this, you've always been around when he's had his fun insulting me! And honestly I don't want to ever have to hear his name ever again!"