Chapter One
There he was. The most wonderful person in the world. And she loved him. The only problem was he barely even knew she existed. To him, she was the nerdy girl that everyone called a know-it-all. But she knew who he was. He was perfect, he was a god. The star seeker on their Quidditch team, one of the biggest pranksters in the school, one of the most popular kids in school, and an annoying pain in the arse. But still she loved him. She still, to this day, didn't know why she did, but she did. He would NEVER dream of dating someone like her. He was a Pureblood, and she was a measly Muggle-born. Their kind never mixed. If you ever asked her to describe herself, it wouldn't be pretty. To herself, she was a scrawny, ugly girl of sixteen. Her hair was limp and stringy. She was to skinny, where other girls had some kind of meat on their bones, she barely had any. Her chest was too small, her hips to wide. She never found clothes that looked good on her. She was very disproportionate and ugly. If asked what her favorite feature of her body was, she would have to say her eyes. But him, he was perfect. There was nothing wrong with him, and all the girls in school knew it.
"Hey, lovebird. Snap out of it." A hand waved in front of her face and Lily Evans snapped out of her trance. She looked over at the person who snapped her out of staring at him. Kalie Samson was her best friend of six, almost seven, years.
"What? Why do you always have to do that, Kalie?" Lily snarled at one of her best friends.
"Sorry, but I thought you might want to pay attention to Professor Binns, since Remus and I are probably going to need your help with whatever assignment he gives."
"Sorry. I didn't mean to snap. You're right." Lily turned towards the front of the classroom and tried to listen to Professor Binns and not keep her attention on the guy that had her entranced since their first year.
Halfway through the class, Lily gave up on notes. She could always get them from her other best friend, Remus Lupin. She just started to daze out and daydream. Before she knew it, Kalie was shaking her.
"Huh?"
Kalie snorted. "So much for paying attention. Class is over, Lils."
"Oh. Hey, I tried to pay attention. Eh. I'll just get the notes from Remus."
"Oh, no you won't. Unless you actually want to come in contact with him."
"Shit. That's right. Remus is going to be with the others tonight. Dammit."
"I'll get them from Remus. All right, Lil?"
"All right. Thanks, Kalie." Lily and Kalie walked out of History of Magic and headed to the Great Hall for lunch. Unbeknownst to Lily, as they walked out of the room, Lily was being watched.
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All through class, he felt her watching him. If only he had the courage to actually talk to her. He knew she liked him, thanks to Remus, but she didn't know he liked her back. Remus always kept him clued in on what she said about him. He loved her so much, but was to chicken to actually admit it to anyone but Remus. Some Gryffindor courage he had. He was suppose to be so brave but he was to afraid to tell the girl of his dreams that he loved her. He knew that she thought he was a god, her along with every other girl in the school. He knew that she thought she was ugly. He thought she was the most beautiful girl to ever walk the earth. He knew she thought that he would never want to date her, since she was Muggle-born. And lastly, he knew she thought he didn't even know she existed. But he knew she existed, very knew.
James Potter was sitting in the Great Hall with his three best friends, and she was only a table down. He watched as she leaned over and said something to her friend. Her friend nodded her head and stood up. She walked over and leaned down next to Remus.
"Hey. Lil wants to know if she can borrow your notes from History of Magic. She started dazing off."
Remus looked at her. "Why didn't she ask me, Kalie?"
Kalie gave Remus a duh look. "Remus, you know why!" He saw her eyes flick in his direction. James quickly bent down and pretended to be interested in his food.
"Oh! Duh!" Remus got his notes out and gave them to Kalie. Her hand lingered on his as she took them.
"Thanks, Rem." She kissed him lightly on the cheek. She whispered something in his ear that made him laugh. "Oh, by the way," Kalie looked at James, "Lil says hi." She walked off laughing.
James' head had snapped up at that comment. "Did she really say that, Moony?"
Remus looked at him. "Sorry, Prongs, but I doubt that."
"I was just wondering," he quickly replied, for Sirius was looking at him weird. "Like I would care." He shot Remus a look saying he needed to talk to him later.
Everyone continued to eat and James listened to Sirius and Remus plan for the next full moon. Every now and then, he glanced over at Lily only to see her looking back at him. It seemed, to him, that she had a look of longing in her eyes.
After lunch, they had Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions. For the rest of the afternoon, James didn't pay attention in one class. Near the end of Potions, James made a decision. He was going to talk to Lily. If he ever wanted to be with her, then he needed to start out with becoming friends with her. But how he didn't know. He might have to recruit Remus for that job. He knew he would eventually have to tell Sirius everything, but he figured he would wait. But as he was thinking that, he realized that Sirius might be able to help him, too. He wrote Sirius a short note, since he sat right next to him in Potions. Padfoot, I need to talk to you later, -Prongs.