Noteworthy

Noteworthy Chapter one

James woke up with a start. He glanced at his grandfather clock that he had gotten from Remus for his birthday. Damn, he thought, late again. He jumped out of bed and threw his robes on. He grabbed some cheese from his refrigerator and flew down out of the Heads' dormitory and was able to slide into Charms class just before the bell rang. As he approached Lily, she drew her wand menacingly and James scurried away quickly. He sat down next Remus, the best candidate to copy answers from, as Flitwick began the lesson.

‘Welcome class! Today we shall learn the Splintering Charm, a rather difficult charm, but I’m sure after a tad of practice, you will all succeed.  The incantation is Sumiseri, are there any volunteers?’

Lily’s hand shot up, but James was already standing next to Flitwick by the time it was in the air.

He picked up and plank of wood and levitated it. Then he swished his wand and said ‘Sumiseri!’, cracking the wood in half.

‘Excellent, excellent!’ Flitwick applauded, ‘15 points to Gryffindor! Now, pair up everyone, and get to work!’

James paired up with Remus, and finished his pile of wood in a short few minutes.  As usual, Sirius began to send countless notes to James, most of which he ignored. James was currently preoccupied with his favourite activity(not that one!), wooing Lily Evans. However, just as he was making headway on blocking Sirius out of his world completely, a note came flying in front of him, hitting him in the nose before falling to the desk. After shooting a glare at a smirking Sirius, James opened it.

James! Come on, she is just another girl! Let‘s ditch this class and go fill the Great Hall with Dungbombs - Padfoot

Out of the corner of  his eye, James saw Sirius sneak out of the room with Peter, a large bag of Dungbombs in his hand. James, as always, was too busy trying to get Lily's attention.

Lily was paying attention to the professor (really, it was an interesting lesson!), who was further explaining the origin of the spell, when a piece of parchment landed in front of her. Scowling, she read,

Hey, Lils. You look bored. How about after class we go to a little place called the broom closet down the hall? - James

Lily frowned, and scribbled back,

James,

For your own good, bug off! I'm not interested in your closet triumphs. Git!

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The next day, Potions went over much the same as Charms. The Marauders were, as usual, wreaking havoc. James, staying true to form, was completely ignoring Professor Slughorn and making a potion of his own creation that likely did not work in the least, although did cause some rather bad smelling fumes. Peter, James' number one test subject, after drinking said potion, turned blue and was rushed to the Hospital Wing due to a lack of response when James asked how it tasted.

'Potter, detention! Now pay attention! The Amormentia potion is very important for your N.E.W.T.s!' Slughorn snarled.

While Lily should have expected it, considering Charms the previous day and all, she was still surprised when a slip of parchment landed in front of her. She opened it and grimaced; she's recognize that messy scrawl anywhere.

Hey, Lily! Are you a Seer? You predicted just yesterday that your beautiful looks would get me in trouble. Anyway, can we study after class? I have not even started that vampire essay! Besides, it is your fault I am too distracted during class! - Your gremlin, James

Her patience running low, Lily responded,

Okay, James. How do I say this? No! For the last time, No! We will never be anything! You want to study? Yeah, right... Wouldn't you prefer to drop some Dungbombs?