Jily one shots

make it count

disclaimer: written by Zayz

It is first year, your first time away from home. The letter came a few months ago, and this is the day you've been waiting for. Sick to your stomach but ready to explode with tremendous keenness, step off the strange train that picked you up from a strange platform, and ride the first year boats to the castle that is soon to become your home.

Don't let the other students around you intimidate you. They're only people after all; they just do a better job of hiding the same things you're feeling now.

Talk to them as you go to ease your nerves. Find a companion in one of them, a girl who shared her train compartment with you. She's got brown hair, brown eyes, and a friendly smile. She calls herself Alice. Befriend her, and get to know a little bit about her.

Feel your heart beat madly as you enter the packed hall of first years. Notice him for the first time as you look around at this new environment.

Notice that he's shorter than you, skinny, and has glasses – an appearance sure to get him teased later. But before that, notice the light in his eyes, the animation radiating off his thin limbs, the easy, confident way with which he carries himself off.

Watch him closely during the Sorting, and find out that his name is James Potter. Tell Alice, about him; however, sit far from him at the table during the awe-inspiring feast you enjoy.

Make friends with the people sitting by you; the bubbly blonde, Marlene; the gentle boy with a large nose, Frank; the plain-looking but wickedly witty girl, Mary; the tall girl with black hair, Emmeline.

Talk to them, get to know them. Introduce yourself and eagerly learn a little more about this extraordinary world you're in. Eat abundantly, laugh even more. Enjoy the first evening and anticipate more good times ahead.

Purposefully get stuck in the traffic jam to go upstairs on the funny moving staircases next to the Potter boy. Say hello to him. Don't be disappointed when he doesn't see you, and continues to talk to the beautiful blonde girl beside him.

Months later, when you've settled in well with the surprisingly easy classes and friendly classmates and you know mostly everybody in your House, find yourself sitting in front of Potter in Charms class.

By now, after so much time, feel no interest in the boy. Despite his strange appearance, he has quickly become a favorite among the people you know and has won the attention of many. He is a notorious flirt and has already won himself a girlfriend, the blonde he met on his first night; his best friend is one of the most handsome, mysterious young men you've ever seen in your life. He no longer means anything to your studious, focused mind.

Feel stabs of annoyance at Potter when he begins the trying habit of pulling on your fiery red tresses. Eventually, stop wearing them in the low pigtails you prefer and wear it in a messy bun atop your head. The boy gives up, but not for very long.

Discover, to your horror, that there is something more annoying than Potter pulling your hair when he begins poking you with his quill next. Tell him off frequently when class is over, wondering what you could possibly have done to attract this boy's apparent interest. Long to learn a hex to threaten him with when he ignores all you say.

Try your best to ignore him when, the next year, he likes you enough to start bothering you in the common room. This doesn't work, though, so get the satisfaction of giving your entire House a few short-lived minutes of amusement when Potter steals your laboriously-written essay and you are forced to chase him around the common room for it.

Only now do people take you seriously. And you rather like it.

Grow to dislike Potter intensely, when he starts stealing your books and quills and ink bottles along with your homework. Act mildly at first, threatening him and using your middle finger to get them back with relative ease, but find that your companions sincerely enjoy your dynamics with the bothersome creature.