Following the Natural Curve: Part One

Lily Evans believes her life is over when she finds out during the summer before her seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that none other than James Potter, a.k.a. the king of arrogant, bullying toe rags, will be starring opposite her as Head Boy in the upcoming school year. She leaves home prepared to endure it all: the jokes, the incessent teasing, the over-inflated ego. Well, maybe not prepared for all of it - like the falling in love bit. Oops.

In this chapter: Things heat up between Lily and James as Lily accepts a date from the should-be (or at least, in Lily's opinion) Head Boy, Christopher Miller. Wait a minute, is that jealousy we see on James's face? Hmm....

In which Christmas happens, disaster strikes, and Lily gets...flustered?

In this chapter: Lily and James find themselves too close for comfort; Lily tries flying again (with help from Our Hero, of course!); and.... Gwen's in love with James??

In this chapter: Lily meets Aunt Marge and her bridesmaid's gown, Sirius kisses Gwen, and - wait, is that Lily and James I see sneaking off into the Room of Requirement?

In this chapter: Lily and the gang get a very strange invitation, Sirius apologizes, and Lily starts to realize that perhaps this Lord Voldemort person is a more serious threat than she previously figured....

In this chapter: Our Heroine turns eighteen and is in for a birthday surprise (along with another, non-birthday related surprise), Regulus Black storms onto the scene, and a Quidditch Cup may be won....

The last installment in Part One finds Our Heroine with an increasingly short temper that leads to a fight with James. Can they get over their stubbornness and make up before the end of Part One?