Someone asked awhile ago if I could write another series with 

L/J and MWPP in it, while they were at school, and this was 

just a little idea that came to me so I thought I might as well 

write it. Oh, and I know this is the title of a movie- good 

movie, too- but it fits, and it'll make sense later on. 


10 Things I Hate About You 
Chapter 1 


James Potter was sixteen, tall, clever, funny and very, very 

annoying. This was how Lily Evans described him. Sirius Black, 

his best friend of six years, said he was a bit odd, if not slightly 

messed up, and most of the female population at Hogwarts 

School of Witchcraft and Wizardry described him as gorgeous. 

One witch went as far as to say he was the most beautiful 

male specimen she had ever layed eyes on, after Sirius Black. 

He did have a certain charisma about him. 


James, however, wasn't particularly worried about what 

anyone thought of him- least of all Lily Evans- and so, as he 

sat in detention folding little paper planes, which he would 

later put a spell on so they'd rocket into peoples heads, he was 

quite happy. 


Sirius was scribbling down homework that was due the next 

day, chewing his quill, not noticing it was leaking up (Remus 

Lupin had charmed it in payback) and he was completely 

unaware that his tongue was turning a rather dark shade of 

blue.


Remus Lupin, a tall, very thin, and (in Lucinda Fawcett's 

opinion) very cute sixth year, was also present in the empty 

classroom. He had been experimenting with spiders, trying to 

make them tap dance. He then noticed that his own tongue 

had turned a brilliant maroon, as he had been sucking on the 

wrong end of quill. 


Spitting out the ink, he placed down his quill, pulling a face of 

disgust and then turned to James, who was ignorant to the 

fact that both his friends were feeling rather ill. 


'Prongs?' 


James snapped out of his trance, and looked up from his fifth 

plane, on which was written a note in emerald green ink. 


'Mmm?' He finished folding with a flourish, and grinned at 

Remus, who sighed. He was quite positive he knew who this 

note was addressed to, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he 

shook his head in mock sadness. 'To think I thought I knew 

you. Flying paper planes, indeed.'


James's eyes gleamed with mischief. 'Just wait till she reads 

this one!' He exclaimed, sounding for all the world like a young 

child at Christmas, who had just opened a present with a very 

big teddy bear inside. He was practically bouncing with joy. 


'So what does it say, do enlighten us.' Sirius was now chewing 

on a chocolate frog, trying to rid the taste of ink from his 

mouth. 


'Ah, that remains to be seen.' James was looking very smug. 


'So we wait until a certain red head either gives you a black 

eye, or two, and then we find out?' 


James sniffed. 'That was a one off incident. Besides, I got her 

back.'

Remus snorted with laughter. 'After she landed you in the 

hospital wing for a week.'


'Moony, you must not remember minor details.'

'Oh, goody!' Sirius said, jumping out of his seat after glancing 

at the clock. 'We can go! Prongs, I was thinking we could make 

a little sign that'll follow Snape around, saying 'beware of the 

monster' and an arrow pointing to him...'


Remus laughed, and followed them out the room, wondering 

how long the taste of ink lingered. 



The next day, the students at Hogwarts were sitting at lunch, 

some eating innocently, others plotting revenge, others just 

very hungry. Peter Pettigrew, another of James's friends, was 

so hungry, in fact, that he almost missed the little performance 

that was provided. 


It wasn't exactly a performance. At least, it hadn't been 

planned, but most of the school enjoyed it, and, as it was kind 

of hard to tell whether or not Lily Evans had researched all the 

things she yelled at James, they took it as a play, and clapped 

profoundly at the end of it all.


It started during transfiguration, when a little plane, made out 

of parchment, came flying in her direction. James Potter, of 

course, just smiled innocently at her when she sent him 

daggers, looking like an angel sent directly from heaven. 


Lily was far smarter than the Hufflepuffs that swooned over 

him, and she narrowed her eyes and went back to trying to rip 

the blasted plane out of the air. 


She succeeded well enough. 

And while she managed to get a detention, she also managed 

to call James a number of things, which was the reason she 

got the detention. Lily sat fuming, planning to get even with 

him. For, on the plane that had so conveniently aimed itself 

directly at her head, a note had been written. 


She slowly ripped it to shreds, imagining each piece was James 

Potter. Within a few minutes, only tiny pieces of parchment lay 

on her desk. She was fully aware that James was staring at 

her, and so she pointedly ignored him, but only after giving 

him her most venomous look possible, of course. 


Unfortunately for James, she followed him to the Great Hall 

and, as soon as they entered the large room, broke loose. 


'You have got some nerve,' she hissed, coming up behind him.


He looked at her, and blinked innocently. 'I do?'


Lily stood in front of him, hands on her hips. She stood so 

close to him that their noses were almost touching, her pretty 

green eyes flashing with anger. 


'You are the most idiotic person I have ever met!' She said 

quietly, but she may as well have been shouting for all the 

anger that was present in her voice. 

'You've never met Sirius?' James looked puzzled. 'I didn't know 

that.'


And then she launched into her speech, informing James that 

among other things he was also a slug, lower on the food 

chain that a beetle, and many other things that I will not write 

because they are just far too rude for your precious eyes to 

read. 


After she slapped him furiously, she stormed out the room, 

applause and laughter ringing in her ears. James was quickly 

surrounded by many girls who were worried about him, but 

Sirius and Remus were both laughing too hard to do anything 

for their abused friend. 


James, Sirius, Remus and Peter sat in their dorm, James 

nursing a sore cheek. He hadn't gone to Madame Pomfrey- he 

knew far too much of her 'cures' to be that stupid, and he now 

had a face that was stinging. 

'I said she wouldn't be happy,' Sirius said, shaking his head 

with a knowing expression on his face. 

'Since when did I ever listen to you?' James mumbled. 

'Mmm...true.'

Peter looked up from the mess of parchment in front of him 

that was supposed to be his homework, looking interested. 

'What did it say, anyway?'

'Oh, just a few um, things, you know.'

Remus rolled his eyes, and was about to suggest a few things 

that it might have said, when there was a knock on the door. 

'It's open!' Sirius called, and then he grinned at his friends. 

'I've always wanted to say that...' His grin faded away when he 

saw who was at the door. A tall figure leaned up against the 

doorframe, looking quite sullen. 

Lily Evans glowered at all four of them, and then muttered 

something. 

'What?' Remus asked. 

'I have to talk to James.' She said, and it looked like it was an 

effort. 

'Why?' Sirius said, wondering if she was going to hex them. 

She didn't answer.

James shrugged at Sirius, and then got up and followed her 

down the stairs into the common room. 

'What?'

'McGonagall wants to see us,' she said, kicking a chair as she 

spoke. 

'What for?'

'How the hell should I know? She just said for us to meet her 

in her office later tonight.'

James looked at her blankly. 'Why?'

She sighed, exasperated. 'I don't know, Potter. So are you 

coming or not?'

'I'm coming.' He grinned, and slung him arm playfully around 

her shoulders, singing 'hi ho' from snow white and the seven 

dwarfs. How he knew that song, Lily didn't ask, she only 

groaned and put her face in her hands. 



'I'm going to sue McGonagall,' Lily announced upon entering 

her dorm. 


'Sue her?' 

'What?'

'Why?'

'That is, if I don't kill myself first.' 

'Pardon?'

'Have you eaten something weird?'

'Has James hexed you?'

Lily flopped down onto her bed. 'I have three weeks of 

detentions! With him! Every night for the next three weeks.' 

'Oh, that's not that bad though, is it?'

Lily gaped at Jo, who shrank back. 'Have you not been 

listening to me for the last six years?' 

'About what?"

She just shook her head and buried her face in her pillow. 



James smiled at her sweetly as she approached him the next 

day. 

'Get a life.' She snapped. 

'Why do you hate me?' James asked curiously, following her 

outside. 

'Because- well, I just do.'

'Well, ditto, but I would like an explanation.' 

Lily threw her hands up in the air and turned to glare at him. 

'Why the hell should I give you an explanation?'

James considered this. 'Good point.' 

'What's a good point?' Sirius asked, walking in just in time to 

see Lily storm off. 

'Oh, nothing. Hey, maybe we could turn her into an otter.' 

Sirius blinked. 'Prongs, I'm getting worried about you. This is 

becoming an obsession.'

'Nah.' James dismissed this. 'I just like getting on her nerves.'

'Because you like her,' Sirius pointed out. 

James choked. 'I don't like her! I hate her! Me, like that red 

haired freak? Are you out of your mind?' 

Sirius smirked and went off to terrorise some Slytherins.



'Oh nooooo,' Lily moaned the next evening. 'Quick, hide me.' 

'What?' Jo looked at Lily curiously, who had curled herself up 

in a ball. 

Sirius came and sat next to them, his eyes on Lily. 'Evans, 

what are you doing?'

She looked up and tried to look dignified. 'Yoga?'

James looked confused. 'What's yoga?'

'Does it have something to do with yoghurt?' Sirius asked, 

rubbing his stomach. 

'Bloody hell,' Lily muttered. To them she said 'do you only 

think of your stomachs?'

Sirius fluttered his eyelashes. 'We think of you as well, miss 

Evans.'

She rolled her eyes. 'I'm honoured. Trust me, I think of you 

too.'

'You do? Do you think of James?' 

'I think I'd like to curse James.' She said. 

'The feeling is mutual.' James assured her, and Sirius pulled a 

face. 

'Well, if you don't like James, do you like me?' 

'Yeah, sure, Sirius. I dream about you all the time.' 

'I thought you dreamt about- ouch! What'd you do that for?' Jo 

rubbed her side, and Sirius leaned closer to Lily interestedly. 


'Who do you dream about?'

'No one,' Lily muttered. 

Don't go red, don't go red, don't go red. Damn you. 

Sirius smiled evilly. 'Jamsie, eh?'

'No. I hate James.' 

'Aw, why? He's very cute, don't you think?'

'You're disturbing me now, Padfoot.' James said, backing away 

from his friend. 

'Hey, I'm trying to get lover girl here to admit that she likes 

you, you should be grateful.'

'Have you lost it completely?'

Sirius looked miffed. 'I haven't lost anything, thanks very 

much.'

Jo and Lily watched them, Jo with interest, Lily with disgust. 

'It's like- like- you liking Snape!'

'Hey!' Lily said indignantly. 

'Does Sirius like boys?' Jo asked. This was the most interesting 

time she'd had in quite awhile. 

'No. And Lily's a girl Prongs, not a boy.'

'But it's the same principle.' James said, crossing his arms 

across his chest, his hair falling into his eyes. 'I mean, they are 

kind of alike.' 

Lily opened her mouth, shut it, and then shook her head in 

disbelief. 

'If anyone else ever says that, Potter, I swear, I'll kiss you.' 

'Why?' Jo asked blankly. 

'Because,' Lily retorted, staring at James with her emerald 

eyes, 'I'm just proving that I'll never, ever kiss him.'

'You and Snape are alike, Lil.' Sirius supplied helpfully. 




If you like this, I'll make it a series. Otherwise, um, I won't. So 

do review, tell me what you like, blah, blah.