"She's never going to go out with you, Prongs. It's a lost cause." Remus rolls his eyes into his book.

I gaze after Lily as her red hair swishes against her retreating back.

"No matter what you say, Moony, our boy won't give up," Sirius says as he pats my back.

"I'm gonna go talk to her." I decide aloud.

"You'll need Merlin's luck to make it to the end of this year alive if you keep doing this." Sirius shoves me forward.

"Evans!" I shout after her as I start running.

"Go away, Potter." She replies simply.

"Will you go to Hogsmeade with me?"

"No."

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"No."

"Will you..."

She cuts me off. "Potter, I will not say yes to anything you ask me. The answer will always be no. So stop trying."

I pause and think for a second as she starts to walk away again.

"Will you not go to Hogsmeade with me?" I grin at her back.

"No. Wait..." She turns. "I mean yes, uh.."

I smirk. "So you are going with me?"

She stutters for an answer. "No, yes, no, uh."

"I'll meet you in the common room on Sunday morning at ten." I wink and leave her confused in the hallway.