Author's Note: I'm posting chapter 1 of a completed novel-length fic on April 26th, after which point I'll pick one of my current, unfinished stories and hammer away at it. But until then, here's another drabble for Lenne and Mai. I'd like to thank Gossip Girl, Riverdale and The OC (although that's technically a Fox show, it was made by Josh Schwartz so it still counts) for inspiring this.

Lily and James are in a CW teen drama

James Potter sat in the diner with his friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They all had milkshakes and burgers – none of which they touched at any point, and yet, they never went hungry.

"Things are so bad with my parents," said Sirius moodily. His father was the cold and unloving head of Black Industries Inc. and his mother drank away her pain.

"My mom and dad are driving me crazy," said Remus, whose parents were pushy overachievers. "No wonder I'm so snappy and neurotic."

Peter, whose parents had died in a massive explosion, said nothing. He picked up his burger, remembered that he wasn't supposed to eat it, and put it back down again.

James said nothing. He had a Supportive Single Dad, but he was still full of angst.

A bell rang, signalling that someone had walked into the diner. All four boys immediately turned to look at the door even though it was a busy diner and the bell rang all the time.

A girl with red hair walked through the door in slow motion, and James noticed her immediately. His eyes widened as she moved gracefully to the counter and ordered a coffee to-go. She looked over at him and smiled enigmatically.

"Who is she?" he said to his friends.

"Lily Evans," said Remus, who knew everything on account of his mother being the mayor of Hogwartsville. "She just moved here from the city after her father lost everything in a class-action lawsuit and her parents got divorced. Now she lives with her mom and her cruel sister. They have nothing to their name."

Peter wondered why, if Lily had nothing to her name, she was wearing designer clothes and carrying a $3,000 handbag, but he said nothing. He was a tertiary character on account of his lack of hotness, and barely had any lines.

James Potter's Supportive Single Dad was hard at work at the art gallery he owned when an old friend stopped by.

"Hello, James' Dad," she said, with a wry smile.

"Lily's Mom," said James' Dad. "What a surprise to see you. It's been years."

"Yes," said Lily's Mom, tossing her long red hair. "Years since our fleeting romance, which ultimately ended in us marrying other people and having children with them."

"But the flame remains," said James' Dad.

"Yet, we're from Different Worlds," said Lily's Mom.

"That's so true, Lily's Mom," said James' Dad flirtatiously. "Let's make-out, date, break up and remain close friends. It has to be this way."

"Of course," said Lily's Mom. "Because my daughter and your son are Endgame."

The next day, at school, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter sat on comfortable couches with cups of coffee. Nobody else ever sat in those couches, though there were a lot of other students milling around. That was pretty much all they did during the day – nobody ever went to class.

Some jocks walked by and made fun of Remus by calling him things like, "Freak!" and "Nerd!"

"You know, you might want to refrain from tossing insults around when you're working as an oppressed, suburban fry-cook in rough neighbourhood," said Remus pithily.

The jocks lunged for him but James rose up in outraged majesty and punched one of them in the face.

Peter looked down at his notepad and crossed Fist fight within the first two episodes off his list.

"James," said James' Supportive Single Dad. "You can't punch people at school. You're captain of the water polo team. Think how this will look on your college application."

"I can't help it, Dad," said James, in an angsty way. "I'm just trying to figure out who I am."

"Who you are is my son. I need you to talk to me. How can I help if I don't know what's going on with you?"

"You just don't understand."

"You're grounded," said his father, knowing that this meant nothing, and that James could come and go as he pleased. "Go to your room."

"Fine," said James. He walked sadly away. It was so difficult to be attractive, wealthy, talented and intelligent. He had too many opportunities and too many girls wanted him.

James was in his room, being grounded, when he saw her, Lily Evans. As it happened, she was his neighbour. His window handily looked into her window. As she slipped a camisole over her lithe body, she saw him watching. An unspoken agreement passed between them.

Five minutes later, James met her in his yard.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey," she said.

They smiled shyly at one another.

"So," said James.

"So," said Lily.

"Wanna go to a movie?"

"I'd love to, but I can't," said Lily, twisting her diamond bracelet around her wrist. "I'm kinda broke. I got a job at the record store to help my Mom but…" She shrugged. "It's hard without Dad here."

"That's cool," said James. "Want to go to the Quarter-Moon-Winter-Semi-Formal-Formal Dance at school?" Hogwarts High never needed an excuse for a dance.

"Sure," said Lily. "But let's stare intensely at each other first."

They started making out.

The moody, mysterious Sirius Black stood on his porch and looked across the land. He had just come from another fight with his father, who wanted him to do things like Grow Up and Take More Responsibility, yet he knew that his father was involved in dodgy deals, so it was a tough situation.

"I hate living on the wrong side of the tracks," he said, and it was true. He did live on the wrong side of the tracks. His school, the mall and the diner were all on the other side, and Sirius had to cross them every day to go anywhere. It was really annoying.

Just then, a train went by and a body was flung from it. It landed at Sirius' feet. It was the body of a secondary character Sirius knew!

"Well, that was convenient," said Sirius.

End