*James' POV*
I woke to a great black dog licking my face,
"Padfoot! Get off!" I looked around to see Moony and Pete laughing at me as I pushed Sirius off me. He changed back to his human form and started laughing with them.
"What time is it?" I said groggily, rubbing my eyes.
"8"
I groaned and pulled the covers back over my head, "You twats. Wake me up in 4 hours."
Sirius jumped on me again. "Sorry mate no can do. Now, we're going down to breakfast, coming?"
"Now that I'm awake, I guess I will."
I got ready and the four of us started to make our way to the Great Hall when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to find a gorgeous, red-haired beauty.
Okay James. Remember what Moony said. Don't be a douchebag. Her name is Lily. She hates your smirk and she despises it when you mess with your hair. Smile and be nice.
"Hi Lily," I said with a smile. Nice one, keep it up.
"Um hey James. Can I speak to you about something please?" She asked me, while looking at Sirius and Remus, pleading with them to go away.
"Sure, erm bye lads. I'll be down in a second."
Sirius and Remus smirked and walked away, having to drag Peter with them.
Lily and I started walking slowly towards the grounds. We had been walking for a couple of minutes in silence and it was getting kind of awkward. "So. you wanted to talk to me," I stopped and looked into Lily's stunning emerald eyes.
She blushed and averted her eyes, "Yeah, er I just wanted to thank you for yesterday, for cheering me up and all. I never knew you could be so, you know, nice."
"Oh! What do you know? James Potter's actually nice! Maybe, you would've realised that sooner if you weren't so set on hating me!"
Lily grabbed my hand to stop me from walking away, "Look I'm sorry. I should've not been so stuck-up and given you a chance. So that's what I'm going to do now. Can we please just be friends?"
I lit up like a light-bulb, "Friends? Yeah! I would love to be friends! That's probably what I've wanted the most in the past 6 years, just to be your friend."
Me and Lily both smiled,"We need to go quickly before Sirius eats all the breakfast food," and I started running towards the castle again, pulling my new friend behind me, laughing and screaming at me to slow down.
We dropped our hands as we entered the Great Hall and everything suddenly went quiet. We both walked towards the Gryffindor table and I heard people whispering to each other about us, stuff like "I thought she hated him," and "I never thought they would get together in a million years," and my personal favourite "I'm sure I saw her throw her DADA book at him last week for just talking to her". We walked past the Slytherin table and Snivellus gave me a glare while Avery muttered to him, "Why is James Potter with that filthy little Mudblood?" Keep it calm James. Don't blow it by punching someone.
It was still quiet when I sat down next to Sirius who whispered to me, "You aren't together, are you?" to which I replied, "Not yet mate." He then decided to stand on the table and shout,
"IT'S ALRIGHT GUYS! THEY ARE NOT DATING! SO GET BACK TO YOUR KNITTING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING!"
I pulled him back down, "Padfoot shut up," while McGonagall shook her head, Remus rolled her eyes and Lily laughed, who I just realised was sitting opposite me.
"Thank you Sirius," she said with a fond smile.
Sirius, like the cocky prick he is, bowed and replied, "Your welcome my lady, anything else Your Highness requires?"
Instead of hitting him like I expected her to do, Lily giggled, "Yes, I require food. Now can you be quiet while I eat? I need some sort of release from this madness."
AU: I haven't uploaded for ages. I really liked writing today, I felt like it was kind of a release from all the stress I've had this week. This was a shorter chapter but the next one will be longer and will include Lily's POV. Please keep voting and commenting, it brightens up my day to see one. When I have the time I'll answer a few I guess. So thanks guys!
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