"Will you be my girlfriend, Lily?" James asked, resting his forehead against hers. They were on the Astronomy Tower, on a warm September night, at 12:00 midnight.
I couldn't do that to him, thought Lily. It definitely wouldn't be fair to either of us. But I like him so much. It probably wouldn't last too long anyway. I'll call it quits before he can figure out my secret.
"Yes," she breathed, bridging the gap between their lips. As they kissed, Lily felt warmth spread throughout her body. She wrapped her arms around his neck, melting into the kiss. Lily half expected dolphins to spring from the glimmering lake any minute.
James had planned this perfectly. First, he had asked her on their second date. He told her to wear something semi formal that she was comfortable in, and to meet him outside the Common Room at 8:00 sharp. With help from her best friends, Miley and Carolyn, she had picked out a cute mini dress, and made her hair and makeup look sexy as hell. As soon as she stepped out through the portrait hole, she saw James' eyes widen and darken with lust.
She was wearing a black, strapless mini dress that ended at her knees. It was tight on top and flowed out, starting at right underneath her bust. It had white silk hems and a white silk ribbon right underneath her bust that tied in a small bow. She had black stilettos on, and a black clutch. Her highlighted auburn hair was in its natural loose curls, with a couple pieces pinned back from her face. She looked absolutely beautiful.
James had mentioned how gorgeous she looked, and kissed her politely on the cheek. Then he had led her up to the Astronomy Tower, where a beautiful dinner was waiting for them, candlelit and all.
"James!" she had gasped. He has smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips, before leading her to her chair. They had spent the rest of the night eating, talking and laughing.
"Lily!" James said loudly, shaking her shoulder slightly. Lily snapped back to the present. She had been gazing out over the lake, reliving the night in her mind. It had been almost, well magical. She hadn't expected anything like that.
"I'm just thinking," she mused to him.
"About what?" he asked, pulling her closer as a wind suddenly swept through the little tower.
"I was just wondering why I hated you so much. I honestly can't remember why I did, besides a few pranks you pulled on Miley, Carolyn and me," she replied with a little laugh.
"I can," said James. "It was in Third Year. We were in potions class, and Sirius and I were working at the same bench as you and Miley. Sirius pretended to drop his wand underneath the bench so that he could look under your skirts. I unfortunately did drop my wand, and stupidly enough, I went under the table to get it. You felt Sirius' head brush your knee, and you got mad. REALLY mad. Sirius and I popped up from underneath the workbench at the same time, and Sirius, being Sirius, pointed his finger at me. You believed him and thought I was looking under your skirts, so from then on you hated me because you thought I was a thirteen year old pervert."
"Really?" laughed Lily.
"Yep," replied James. Then: "Oh, and Sirius said you were wearing cute little lacy, red undergarments." James doubled over laughing while Lily blushed and giggled.
The whole situation was pretty hilarious. The rest of the night was romantic and comfortable. When they got back to Gryffindor Tower later that night, no one was awake.
"I had a really great time tonight, James," Lily said, smiling widely. James grinned.
"Me too, Lils," he answered. He leaned down towards her, and their lips gently touched, and they bid one another goodnight.
Lily climbed the stairs to the Seventh Year girls dormitory, and made her way to a door marked Head Dorms. She muttered the password ("Falafel") and entered. You see, in every house where the Head Girl and the Head Boy lived, a door popped up in each of their dorms, leading to the Head Dorms. It was like a bunch of Rooms of Requirement. Since Lily and James were in the same house, they shared the dorms. Since they also had unusually strong bonds with their friends, Headmaster Dumbledore allowed Sirius, Remus, Miley and Carolyn to move in with them.
The dorms consisted of a kitchen, round dining room, two giant bedrooms, a study with large worktables, and a Common Room. Miley, Lily and Carolyn shared one of the bedrooms, and James, Remus and Sirius shared the other. Peter was still living in the Gryffindor boys dorms.
Lily opened the door to her shared bedroom and was immediately bombarded with questions from Miley and Carolyn.
"How was it?"
"Where'd you guys go?"
"Did he look hot?"
"What did you guys talk about?"
"Whoa, whoa, WHOA!" exclaimed Lily, holding her arms up in front of her. She led them downstairs so as not to wake the boys up. Their room was right next-door. She set her purse down and kicked her shoes off, thinking-
I need a cup of tea.
One suddenly appeared on a table next to one of the black leather couches. She slumped down onto the couch and looked up at her two best friends.
Miley "Mi" Smith was around 5'6 ½'' tall, with long, layered, gorgeous blonde hair, with natural shades of blonde mixed in. It was layered and straight, and beautiful. She was athletic, playing chaser on the Gryffindor House Quidditch Team. She had a body that was o die for, and deep blue eyes that turned dark gray when she was upset or angry. She was strong- willed and loved sneaking around after hours. Miley was spontaneous, and a rebel. She had two piercings in each ear, and a stud in one, as well as a belly button ring and a tattoo of a star and a moon on the bottom of her heel. She was also amazingly loyal.
Carolyn "Carrie" Blasdell was around 5'4'', with chestnut brown curls that fell to just below her shoulders. She had brown eyes and a pretty smile, though she wasn't quite as stunning as Miley and Lily. She was quiet and reserved, though she would always stick by her friends. Carrie was going out with Remus Lupin, and therefore was friends with James and Sirius. Carolyn didn't feel threatened by the fact that Remus was a werewolf. In fact, she seemed to like him even more for it.
"Well," said Lily tiredly. 'He asked me to be his girlfriend.
"Really?!?!?!?!" exclaimed Miley. "Oh Lae, I'm so happy for you!" Miley called Lily, "Lae".
"Me too," piped in Carolyn.
"Well, how was it?" asked Miley immediately.
Lily went into a long explanation of the wonderful time James had provided her. By the time she was finished explaining every minor detail, it was nearly 3:30 in the morning. The three girls trouped up the stairs, giggling tiredly all the way. They each had giant beds, but they decided to crash on Lily's bed because it was closest to the door. Miley took out her wand and magicked them into their pajamas; their teeth were magically brushed, their faces magically washed, and their hair was up in various "dos".
THE NEXT MORNING 10:30 AM
Lily groaned and rolled over, only to find two bodies on the other side of her, groaning and waking as well.
"What the hell time is it?" muttered Miley. She wasn't a very big morning person.
"It's 10:30 am," said and amused voice from the doorway.
The three girls jumped and spun around facing the doorway. James, Sirius and Remus were standing there, watching them.
"James, Sirius, Remus! What are you doing?" exclaimed Carolyn.
Lily and Miley, on the other hand, jumped right out of bed in their pajama shorts and tank tops, and pulled on their slippers. James was wearing pajama bottoms and a muscle shirt, with a zippy over the top, and Sirius and Remus were wearing similar things.
"Hey Lils," said James, grinning at her. Lily walked over to him, and he drew her into a hug. She sighed contentedly and leaned up to give him a quick kiss. This soon turned into a rather large make out session. The other four just waited until they were done, Miley tapping her foot impatiently.
APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES LATER
Lily finally broke away, blushing, but smiling widely nonetheless. James was just sitting there grinning like a rather heavily medicated patient in a hospital.
"Great, you're finally done! Sirius made us stand and watch you trying to eat each other's tongues. He said it was a sacred act or something," muttered Miley.
"Hey, hey!" exclaimed Sirius. "You cannot interrupt their first make out session! That is a punishable sin! God, don't you know anything?!"
Lily blushed and stepped away from James. James, too happy to care what Sirius had to say, grinned and pulled her back to him, so that her back was against his front. Their friends smirked at them, and there was a comfortable silence. The six of them trouped down the stairs to the Common Room. As soon as they all settled down on the comfortable furniture, Sirius whined, "I'm hungry!"
"So go get yourself some breakfast," said Carolyn, who was sitting next to Remus reading a book.
"But I suck at cooking!" exclaimed Sirius. "Lily, come help me!"
"Not now Sirius," muttered James, who was already in another lip lock with Lily. When Sirius asked again, James just waved his arms around wildly, not even surfacing.
"Oh Jesus, can't you do anything for yourself?" grumbled Bridget, slapping Sirius upside the head. She pulled herself up from the couch, and together they walked into the kitchen. Bridget began coking by magic, while Sirius poured out orange juice, and sang to himself. Very badly. When they finally finished, and had everything on plates, they dragged Lily and James away from one another, and pulled everyone into the kitchen.
Lily's breakfast was a blueberry scone with strawberry yogurt to dip it in. In other words, it was the ultimate healthy breakfast.
Sirius looked up from his plate of sausage, bacon and eggs, and looked at James, saying,
"James, you picked one weird girl."