Disclaimer: Yeah, cos you know, JK Rowling actually has a mental disability, which makes her write fanfic online, instead of getting on with her seventh book! Yeah…..right.
"You make me SICK!" and with that passionate outburst, Lily Evans turned away from James Potter, and hurried off, breathing rather fast.
"Hey, Lily! Lily!"
Please don't let it be Jam – I mean Potter, please don't let it be-
"For goodness sake Lily!"
Oh. Not Potter.
"Enjoyed the drama?" Lily asked of her three best friends. "There may not be soap operas in the wizarding world, but at least-"
Her friends interrupted her. "So he makes you sick, huh?" asked Sara, a pretty Asian girl with dark, longish hair cut in choppy layers, and a thick side-swept fringe.
"Sick, my butt!" exclaimed Kayla, the "blonde of the group", both in looks and personality. She swept her long, stick straight hair out of her face. "Sick, no. Love-sick…perhaps!"
Lily frowned. "Love-sick?" she burst out. "I'm not love-sick! I just-"
"You have to admit," said Michelle, "that you like him more than you let on."
"Yes, but that doesn't mean I love him. I do like him, but I'm a prefect, and someone needs to put him in his place! Why is he so mean to Snape?"
"Why is Snape so mean to you?"
"True, but still…" Lily trailed off. She always acted unwilling to talk about James, and most people took that as a sign of dislike, or, like her friends, of a passionate love. In truth, it was neither. Lily liked James; she was fond all the Marauders, unlike most girls who pretended that immaturity was a sin, and that boys shouldn't exist, Lily found them funny. But torturing someone? It was moments like now, when James was bullying someone, and then embarrassing her by asking her out, it was moments like these which made her ashamed of him. Ashamed and angry.
"Hey, Evans!"
Oh, crap, now it was Potter.
"Hey Evans!" He bounced to her side, along with his three best friends. She glared at him rather frostily. "Finished with Snape?"
"Oh, yeah, the general population decided that to see Snivellus's pants would warp their memories. So I decided to be compassionate." He flashed a grin, and ruffled up his hair.
"Why did you do it, James?" he asked him in a low voice, still staring ahead. The six other teenagers glanced at each other, and began fall behind. "Give them some privacy," Kayla muttered, dragging on the back of Sirius's robes.
James looked down at her. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you stupid prat, that there was no reason to attack him like that. It was you being cruel. Then you ask me out. What do you expect me to say?"
"'Yes' would be good," but then looking down at Lily's serious expression, James became more sombre. He may tease and prank the living daylights out of Lily, and sometimes pretend she was of little importance in his care-free life, but James truly respected Lily. "Because, Miss Evans, he called you a Mudblood. And I refuse to-"
"He didn't call me a Mudblood until after you started your torments." Lily sighed and looked up at the handsome boy walking beside her, looking deep in thought. "You know James, I don't hate you, I don't hate any of you. Even Sirius," she said with a slight laugh.
"Seriously?" James quipped, winking.
Lily shook her head smiling, and then become solemn once more. "But," she said, pushing James into the nearest tree, "you make it so hard for me to like you as a friend. How can you ever expect me to love you?"
James felt slightly hot, and saw that Lily was flushing pink too. She truly was beautiful, the scarlet hair, waving softly around her shoulders, the thick lashes framing her eyes, her full dusky pink lips, her white teeth, and the earnest emerald eyes staring up into his own hazel ones. He knew why she was blushing. Lily had never really addressed the issue of his love to her, preferring to side step it, and speak of something else. This was the first time they were talking about it. It was enough to make anyone embarrassed.
"And it's not only our friendship at stake…" she continued. Friendship? What Friendship? His relationship with Lily was split into periods of her shouting at him, her not speaking to him, her glaring angrily at him, and about maybe once a week, her having a civil conversation with him, and chuckling at the Marauders' boyish acts. He never knew that she liked these conversations as much as him. That she wanted a friendship. But if she does, I'm not one to decline it…
"It's the rest of the school. I'm a prefect, and you're not, so perhaps I grasp the concept of responsibility more than you…" He cocked an eyebrow at her, and she grinned. "OK, I sounded like a smart cow just now, but you know what I mean. The school, mainly Slytherins, do not need you to always…agonize them. I would give anything if you would just behave yourself, and be more the sort of guy I would lo- I mean, be friends with." Lily was blushing extremely hard at this. James grinned down at her. Sneaking looks up at him her eyelashes, she realised he truly was extremely handsome. You've got the looks James, and the potential personality. Now go make it permanent!
Looking down at the red-faced girl in front of him, he thought of what she had just said. I would give anything if you would just behave yourself… I would give anything… anything… and at that moment it hit him. "Go out with me, Lily." She stared u at him, shocked. And she thought he had been listening, taking it to heart. "Potter! This is exactly what-"
"No, not like that!" James said hastily. "Well, yes like that, but, just go out with me, and I'll behave. I'll be the kind of guy you can be friends with!"
"Why go out with you then?" Lily asked, head to one side, scrutinizing him carefully.
Because being your boyfriend means I can hug you, kiss you, hold you when your upset, laugh with you, care for you, and know that your mine. "Because it'll encourage me to deserve you!" he exclaimed, then realised how rather silly he sounded. "Look, you said you'd give me anything, just….just give me your heart." Lily stared at him, feeling herself go pink. Did he just say that? OK, he just said that! Oh my gosh! What do I say? Well, don't say no! Hang on, this is Potter, why am I even considering this? She opened hr mouth to say no, and, entirely by mistake, looked into his warm hazel eyes. Big mistake. Suddenly, Lily felt the most powerful urge to push him hard against the tree and kiss him. She had to grab the bush behind her to stop herself, the urge was so large. Gasping slightly, she looked away. What was that? James stared at her, slightly concerned. "Lily? Lily! If you want to say no, say it, just don't stand there looking like you've seen the Devil!" Or an angel, she thought. And before she could regain the common sense she had lost when she looked into his eyes., she whispered, "Yes, James, deal, I'll go out with you."
Just her luck that her common sense came flooding back that second. LILY MARIA EVANS! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO! I can't say no, not now I've said yes! His feelings! They'll be hurt! Well, set some boundary lines. NOW!
"Of course," Lily stammered into the shocked silence, leaning up into James's face, to take him out of his shock. "This is just a bargain, right? Just a bargain. I'll go out with you, you leave the general school population alone. Deal?" She held a small white hand out. James stared at it. He was feeling absolutely shocked, of course, entirely elated, obviously, but, rather hurt. Did she have to make it so clear that it was just a bargain? But he wasn't feeling too picky at the moment.
"And…" Lily said, hurriedly carrying on, "No sex."
Just the word coming from Lily's lips concerning the two of them was enough to make him blush. Seeing that, Lily started going red too. Neither of them knew of the sudden feeling of lust at the sound of the last word. They glanced at each other, and quickly looked away. "And no snogging!" she carried on, frightened by the jump of desire in her stomach, and wanting to squash it down flat. James stared at her in shock. "No snogging? But, you're my girlfriend! I want to-"
"No snogging! You can however, kiss me on the cheek." He stared down her, slightly put out, then leant down, and kissed her cheek lightly, then left a trail of feathery kisses down to her jaw line. If he hadn't been holding onto her arms so tightly, she would have collapsed. James stopped and stared into her eyes. To her slight annoyance, there was a small mischievous smirk playing on his lips. "Like that?" he enquired innocently.
"Like that is fine," she managed to gasp, again struggling to resist the temptation to ignore her own rules, and kiss him on the lips. "Well, since this is purely business, I think we should shake on it." She again held out her hand, and James took the slender fingers, and pressed them lightly. "Deal," he said.
A/N: Well, this was my first fanfic! Do you like it? Grrrrr….lol, if there was anything wrong with it, it went to fast, it didn't show enough emotion, tell me! I would much rather have a review saying everything is wrong with it, than a review that says, good story, update! However, if it is perfect, tell me to update, and I will! Thank you in advance! Now, go review!