How did Lily Evans and James Potter come to be James and Lily Potter? This is my version of their story. To see how Marlene McKinnon and Sirius Black became Blackinnon (mostly following the storyline of this fanfic), check out their own story I wrote named Violet Hill. All rights go to J.K. Rowling.

It's their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, which means it's James Potter's last year to try and win over Lily Evans. Through a chaotic whirlwind of emotions, plots, hexes and the rising threat of Voldemort, can James convince Lily Evans he's changed? Who knows - sometimes love is a long time coming.

[EDITING] "Evans!" James grinned, strutting towards her. "Fancy seeing you here, and I'm here too, with you-not with you-but both of us... at Hogsmeade." "Bloody hell," she muttered, withdrawing from her hiding place. The loud thwack of her head colliding with the wood of the table cut through the bubbly pub. James let out a snort, flung his cloak lazily onto a chair across from her and sank down into it, sipping happily at his butterbeer. "Whatever were you doing down there, Evans?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively. "Shove off, Potter..." James Potter was an intolerable prick. A dim-witted, egotistical toerag who wasn't worth Lily's time. Well, unless, in the case of a good telling-off, that was very much worth it. This was true right up until the last few weeks of fifth year when her whole life was flipped on her head, and she was left to work out what in Merlin's name to do with it. ▸ Beta-reader @lemondotboy ▸ Chapters: 17 (plus introductory chapter and prologue) ▸ Words: +60k THIS WORK IS CURRENTLY BEING TRANSFERRED TO AO3 "This story is really good and perfectly portrays James and Lily's relationship..." @Of_Rains_and_Storms [ONGOING] [HIGHEST RANKS] #1 - jily #1 - lilyandjames #1 - jilyfanfiction #1 - maraudersfanfic #1 - jamesandlily #1 - lilyandjamespotter Enjoy!

PLEASE NO NEW READERS TO THIS BOOK! IM REWRITING THE WHOLE THING - GO ON MY PROFILE AND READ 'Not Him' INSTEAD!!! IT HAS THE SAME PLOT!!! I WILL NOT BE FINISHING THIS VERSION!! James Potter knows he should give up - Lily Evans would never love him - but he can't. After accidentally hearing a heated argument between Lily and Marlene about him, he concludes that he definitely has no chance with Lily. That is until the war starts hitting too close for comfort and everything starts to change... Set in sixth year, continuing into seventh. Slow burn. #1 in lames #1 in jilyfanfic #1 in jilyfanfiction #1 in lilypotter #1 in 7thyear #1 in lilyandjames #1 in jamesxlily #2 in themarauders #3 in jamesxlily #5 in jamesandlily #11 in jily #13 in maraudersfanfiction DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to JK Rowling except a few. (i don't claim her though. it's amazing how the books wrote themselves)