Singing Prankster| James Potter

Sore loser

(Oct. 6, 1974, Sunday)

Finally, the boys finish getting everything on and we leave to go to the quidditch pitch. Once we were outside I shivered a little. It was much colder outside than I thought. But I did not mind one bit. I loved the cold and knew I would warm up once we played quidditch. James had other ideas though.

"Hey, are you cold? You can borrow my jersey if you are too cold," a concerned James asked. I just giggle and shake my head. "Oh, I'm good! I love the cold. No need to worry about me, and plus I'll warm up more once we start to play," 

"Ok boys, what are the teams," I yell out to the rest of the guys here.

"I want to stay out, the last time I tried playing quidditch, it ended badly," Peter says and stands to the side.

"Okay, so Peters out so that means it's 2v2, how fun," I say. "Well, I claim to be partners with James," Sirius and James both high five each other. "We going to destroy you guys" James grinned. Clearly very excited about this Quidditch game. I just shrug my shoulders. 

"Okay Rem, we're teammates" I grin up at him. "And we'll totally win against those losers," I whispered to Remus. He laughs and agrees with me.

"So how are we doing this?" Remus asked. "Hmm, I think we should just have the positions of seeker and chaser," I say. "That sounds good?" Everyone agrees. Which makes Sirius and Remus the chasers and Ellie and James the seekers. 

*Time skip by Remus and Ellie getting the snitch and winning the game*

"This is so not fair, you totally cheated" James yells out. Clearly not very happy with the outcome of the game.

"There is no way for me to have cheated," I just shake my head, amused by James' outburst. "There is no way that you won so fast, we were winning in the beginning," James stomps his foot childishly.

 "As you can see my dear readers, James is a sore loser" I speak out to no one. James looks at me confused, "What?"

"What" I look at James with faux confusion. 

"You said something" James accuses me.

 "I definitely did not, you must be hearing things" I casually shrug my shoulders. Being as normal and not suspicious as possible. "You definitely did, I heard my name" James accuses me once again.

 "Well, I didn't say anything" I respond back. 

James doesn't say anything and just stares at me. Noticing his stare, I immediately knew what he was thinking and before he can act on it. I run away giggling. James immediately ran after me. I'm a fast runner, but James has longer legs, so he catches up to me. Suddenly I'm on his shoulder and he is making his way back to the castle. I start hitting his back hoping for him to let me go. All of a sudden I feel James let go of me. And I quickly grab onto him so that I don't fall only to realize that James wasn't going to let me fall in the first place. And that he only pretended to drop me to get me scared. "You are so mean" I hit him again on the back for scaring me like that. He just chuckles and holds on to me tighter. 

"Can you just put me down now" I frail around, hoping to loosen his hold on me. Which does not work. Finally, I relax a little in his hold in hopes of him letting his guard down. "Have you finally given up?" James questioned. Not once did he loosen his hold on me. I don't answer his question, but now I realize I won't have to tire my legs walking back to the castle. So I just let him carry me back like a good little servant. This is great, I completely relax in his hold now just letting him carry me. 

"Are you having fun there" I look over at Remus who is walking behind James to see him looking at me amused. I just smile while shaking my head. "Of course not, I can't even walk back to the castle and tire myself out because a tosser is carrying me" I sarcastically roll my eyes while I dramatically flop myself down on James' shoulder. Remus chuckles at my theatrical performance. Maybe I should become an actor, I seem to have a talent for it. 

James gasps all of a sudden pulling me out of my thoughts. "Are you using me so that you don't have to back to the castle" "I mean... You are the one who picked me up first. So I wasn't purposely using you, I'm just taking advantage of my situation" I shrug my shoulders. James immediately puts me down after that. I guess it didn't want to carry me all the way back. 

"Wow, what a prince you are. I thought you were supposed to be this prince charming that every lady wants to have" I look at James with disappointment. This is not how you treat a lady. I just shake my head and start to walk the rest of the way to the castle. 

"Wait who said that I was a Prince Charming," I notice that James has a smile on his face. I can't believe that I basically just boosted his ego by accident. "All your fan girls," I keep quiet after that. James has this pep in his step now and with a giant grin on his face. I start thinking of a way to bring his ego down. "but I guess I shouldn't have listened to them since they lick the ground you walk on, maybe I should have gone with what Lily calls you," James springs up on Lily's name. 

"What does she say," he starts to bounce on his toes excitedly. Obviously wanting to know. I pretend to think about what she called him. "Hmmm, I believe she called you an arrogant toerag, I kind of think it's fitting now" Sirius burst out laughing, sounding like he was barking. James' ego was definitely bruised after that. Remus just rubs James' back but doesn't say anything because he is trying to hide the smile on his face. While Peter starts to comfort James. "Don't worry James, Evans would fall in love with you." James just has this defeated look on his face. Then all of a sudden he starts a very dramatic performance. 

"How can this happen to me," he drops to his knees looking up at the sky, "Not only have I lost a quidditch game today, I just heard that my Lily pads calls me an arrogant toerag," James jumps up to just feet. "But just you wait, Evans would fall in love with me soon!"James starts to run to the castle. Peter cheers on James, trying to keep up with him.

"Hm, maybe James should become an actor, he is very dramatic," I think out loud. Remus and Sirius both laugh at me. Probably agreeing with me. We continue to calmly walk back to the castle to eat dinner. The three of us make it to the Great Hall just in time to see James yell out to Lily.

"My beautiful Lily Pad, would you do the honors of accompanying me on a date to Hogsmeade," James presented to Lily and the whole Great Hall. Lily clearly looked annoyed about all the attention being on her. I get a slight impression that she doesn't like having so much attention on her. Poor Lily."No way Potter, leave me alone" Lily said. I watched as James' face fell, his ego taking another hit. But then, to my surprise, he stood up straight and put on a confident smirk.

"Suit yourself, Evans. But just remember, one day you'll regret not going on a date with me," he said, winking at her before turning and walking away, his head held high. 

I couldn't help but feel a strange mix of annoyance and admiration for James. He could be so arrogant and annoying, but at the same time, he had this unwavering confidence that was almost admirable.

"Well, that was entertaining," Sirius said, breaking the silence.

"Definitely," Remus added with a chuckle. 

I rolled my eyes at their amusement, but couldn't help the small smile that tugged at the corner of my lips. It was moments like this that made me realize how happy I was to have them as friends.

 As we sat down to eat, I couldn't help but let my mind wander I did feel a little sorry for James. It was obvious that he really liked Lily, and it must have been hard for him to be constantly rejected. But at the same time, I couldn't help but think that he was going about it all wrong. Lily was a smart, independent young woman, and she wasn't going to fall for someone just because they persisted. Maybe James needed to try a different approach if he really wanted to win her over. 

But as the conversation flowed between myself, Sirius, and Remus, my thoughts began to drift away from James and Lily. Instead, my mind started to imagine what it would be like to be in a relationship like theirs. A small smile crept onto my face as I thought about what it would be like to have someone who was always there for you, who knew you better than anyone else, and who never failed to make you laugh. But then, just as quickly as the smile had appeared, it faded away. The reality was that I didn't have anyone like that in my life, and I wasn't sure if I ever would. 

Shaking off the melancholy thoughts, I focused on the food in front of me and the company of my friends.