Jily oneshots

Just Friends

by do i need a pen name

"There you are!" Sirius exclaimed as James walked into the marauders' compartment on the Hogwarts Express. "We thought you decided not to come back for seventh year."

James rose his eyebrows at his best friend. "Padfoot, you and I came to the station together. I told you that I had to go to the head's compartment."

"And I just told you five minutes ago, when I came back from the Prefect's meeting, that Prongs would be back soon." Remus added.

Sirius frowned momentarily, but it was quickly replaced with his usual grin. "Never mind all of that. I have the best idea for a new prank."

"I'm pretty sure we covered the pranking thing, too." Remus told him. "James is Head Boy now, he can't get any more detentions."

"Aww, come on Moony." James pleaded. "It's seventh year. It's our last chance for us to leave a lasting mark on Hogwarts. One little prank isn't going to hurt me."

"What if it hurts Lily's opinion of you?" Remus asked.

James was silent for a moment. Finally, after six years, he had just convinced Lily to give him a chance. So now Lily and James were friends. But if he messed up, even just a little bit, all of his hard work would be for nothing. Maybe it was because they were legally adults now, but James found Lily's friendship much more important than pulling some prank on an unsuspecting student. As he was thinking about all of this this, he gazed through the glass of the compartment door.

Just as he was about to turn back to face Sirius, he saw Lily walking past, laughing with her friends. Right before she was all the way past the compartment, and out of his view, she turned and saw him looking at her. She paused for a moment, and then gave him a small smile before resuming walking back to her compartment.

It was at that moment that James knew he wouldn't do anything to jeopardize his friendship with the girl he had chased after for six years; she was too important to him.

"No pranks." James agreed quietly, his gaze transfixed on the place where Lily had just been.

There she goes again

The girl I'm in love with

It's cool we're just friends

Later that night, James and Lily were doing their first patrol together. So far, neither of them had said anything, and James was starting to feel really stupid. For the past six years he had done anything and everything he could to ask Lily out on a date. And now he couldn't even have one little conversation with her. How was that even possible?

"I was kind of surprised when I found out you were the head boy." Lily said suddenly, without looking at James.

"Me too." He replied with a small smile. "I thought Dumbledore had finally lost it."

"Nah, Dumbledore lost it a long time ago," Lily contradicted, returning his smile, "When he sent you an acceptance letter for Hogwarts."

"But wouldn't you just die if I didn't go to school with you?" James said, sticking out his lower lip and giving Lily his best puppy-dog eyes.

Lily had barely glanced at him when he said this, before she burst out laughing.

"You know you look ridiculous like that, right?" She replied.

"You just don't want to admit that you know your life just wouldn't be the same if you had never met me." James retaliated.

"That's very true…" Lily said thoughtfully, with a small nod of her head, "If you and I had never met, I would be much saner."