You, personally, have never had a problem with the Potters being "blood traitors". James had always been gentle and courteous, and you cared why - considering you were a pureblood wizard and a Slytherin

You didn't go against your pureblood family directly, you'd probably even say a word here and there about the mudbloods. But your relationship with him just... was. It was as if even the other Marauders weren't particularly keen on messing with you

You tried not to lie to yourself in the end - you liked James. And you almost had a plan in your head! Yeah, maybe your father wouldn't like him, but he was still a pureblood. You lived in this beautiful and sweet dream while James himself could give you at best at least one friendly nod a day.

In your grey and samey life, even a little bit of his attention was a downright ray of hope

Then you got the dark mark. All dreams ended and you started avoiding him