10 Things I Hate About You - Part 1/3

Petunia Evans cannot start dating the man she considers to have true love potential – a certain Vernon Dursley – until her anti-social younger sister, Lily, finds herself a partner too, which leads Petunia to take drastic measures. For surely, Head Boy James Potter – suffering from a knee injury he does not want anyone but himself and his physiotherapist to know about – should be able to charm her younger sibling, shouldn’t he? If the only thing standing between her perfect love match is blackmail, who is she not to resort to it? Are not, after all, all means justified when the end she has in mind is so very sweet? A 3-part fic written for the Jilytoberfest Rom-Com Event, inspired by the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You.

I said I was going to post all three parts of this story in one go, but for the past two days I've been struggling to find the right voice, hating everything I wrote and wanting to just delete it all.

Therefore, after giving it some thought, I decided to post the first part of 10 Things I Hate About You and to ask for your engagement/feedback. I promise to then include as much of what you said into the next chapter, making this a story for the Jily community by the Jily community if that makes sense.

Read Part 1 of 10 Things I Hate About You HERE!

After reading Part 1, I've got two main questions for you:

How do you want James Potter to woo Lily Evans in Part 2? Grand gestures or small ones? Feel free to send me specific examples through asks or by responding to this post.

Which character's POV (other than James and Lily) would you like to see included? I will go with the Top 3 from the poll below:

Stadium high school

I hate it when you make me laugh,

even worse when you make me cry

I hate it when you're not around,

And the fact that you didn't call

But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you,

Not even close,

Not even a little bit,

Not even at all…

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) dir. Gil Junger

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all. JULIA STILES & HEATH LEDGER AS KAT STRATFORD AND PATRICK VERONA 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) Dir. Gil Junger

GTKTM: FAVORITE TV SHOW/FILM PER MEMBER ↳ 10 Things I Hate About You — by Allie (@djo)

I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona 10 Things I Hate About You, 1999

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

the girlies reading

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger