Harry potter headcannons and one shots

Sirius' Stupid Idea - PART ONE

a/n: I love this story so much, so it's obviously not written by me. I found this on fanfiction.net by bookwyrms. It will either be in 2 or 3 parts. What other oneshots would you like to see in this book? 

Lily Evans sighed for the fifth time in the last half hour, staring blankly at the parchment in front of her. It was supposed to be her Transfiguration essay, but she had yet to write more than a few words. She flipped idly through the textbook in front of her, but soon sighed again. She couldn't even concentrate well enough to write a full sentence. She was in the library, for goodness' sake! It's not like there was a host of distractions, other than the occasional rustling of pages and the scratching of a quill. For the first time in her life, Lily felt genuinely stupid. She couldn't even properly string together a good sentence!

James Potter ruined everything.

Remus, Lily's study partner, hadn't failed to notice Lily's irritation and, after this sixth sigh, he raised his head from his essay. Lily noticed resentfully that it was nearly finished. "Lily...? Are you okay? If you don't want to work right now, you don't have to stay. I'll finish mine tonight, and then you can work on yours tomorrow and help me revise mine."

"No, it's not that. Besides, I need to get this done. I still have a Potions essay to do, and I really need to practice for Transfiguration. My turtle somehow had rabbit ears by the time I was finished with it, and it looked nothing like the jumper it was supposed to be. And James had turned his owl into a whole bloody outfit. Why are we supposed to turn animals into clothing anyway? It's ridiculous. Why would anyone want to wear a turtle?" Remus tried not to laugh at the irritated look on Lily's face.

"So you do want to keep working on the essay?"

"Yes. I'm just... having a hard time concentrating."

"What's on your mind?"

"Nothing," Lily said, blushing and letting her hair fall forward to hide her face. There was no way she would admit to being distracted by a boy. Especially when that boy happened to be James Potter. She twiddled idly with her quill, refusing to meet Remus' eyes.

"C'mon, Lily. You know you can trust me, right? It always helps me to talk about it whenever something's bothering me."

"You promise you won't tell anyone?"

"Not a soul."

"Not even your best mates?"

"Of course. I might tell them all of my secrets, but I can keep a secret that isn't mine to give away." He smiled sweetly.

"I think I'm... fallinginlovewithJames." The words came out in a rush and Remus had to strain to distinguish them. When he did, he wasn't sure he had heard her right. Sure, he'd noticed that Lily looked at James more frequently than she used to, and they certainly spent plenty of time together now, but he'd attributed it to their blooming friendship. A few times he had wondered if Lily might be developing feelings for James, but in love with him? It wasn't even Christmas yet, and before the start of the school year, they had barely been able to have a civil conversation with each other. That was faster than even Remus was expecting.

"You're... falling in love with him?" For a second, Remus worried that he had heard wrong, and was certain that Lily would rip his throat out for even suggesting such a thing. Instead, she nodded and buried her head in her arms.

"I don't know what to do," she said, voice muffled by layers of hair and arm. "I finally fall for him just as he stops liking me."

"How do you know he doesn't like you?" Remus scrunched his eyebrows. He was sure that James was far from over Lily. While he no longer talked about it like he used to and had ceased asking her out, Remus could still see the way he looked at her. James had only given up his slightly more annoying wooing habits in pursuit of their friendship. Besides, James had been hopelessly in love with Lily for years. Remus could still hear James' frantic questions and worrying. "What if she never likes me back, Moony?" James had asked a million times in past years. "What if we graduate and I never see her again and she goes off and marries some stupid bloke who isn't me? What will I do then?" Remus nearly laughed at the drastic change in scenarios. In under a year he'd gone from dealing with a lonely and lovesick James to a lonely and lovesick Lily. He'd never thought he'd see the day.