Unexpected

Part 1: Ghost

She had always been the quiet girl.
You know the type who just fades into the background and no one really ever remembers.

I can still remember her all throughout our first few years at Hogwarts, sitting in the middle of the class, quite as can be…a total ghost.

I remember watching her as she came out of her shell in 5th year…growing with confidence and never letting what others thought depict who she was.

Guys fell hard for her, but she never paid them any attention. She went on dates, but never got in to relationships. She was, in short, untouchable.

Now here in our 7th year, her hair had become a dark vibrant auburn color over the years, it always had the feeling that she just rolled out of bed, falling in a tangle of messy waves and curls past her shoulders to the middle of her back.
Her bright eyes were rimmed with smoky colors, causing her emerald green eyes to intensify, and her nails were always painted a dark red or a bright gold.
Her earrings never matched and she had a habit of biting her lower lip when she was thinking or nervous, which just drew your eyes to the poutiness of her bottom lip.
Skin was as pale as the moon and lightly sprinkled with freckles, she was shorter than average but not overly so and she was curvy, making you think of softness and classic women shape.
All in all, she wasn't what most would consider gorgeous, but she drew you in.
She was Lily Evans.

Lily Evans: you can look and want, but you can never touch.

That was her tagline.

Here's where the hard part comes in…that's all I wanted to do.
Here's where the other hard part comes in…I'm the one guy who she seems to detest.

I don't know why. I don't think she even knows why.
It could be because I'm the one guy that will banter with her and never really give into her ways or her wants.
Which trust me...it's hard.
What ever the reason, it just makes me want her more.
The forbidden fruit, if you get what I mean.

She had always been the quiet girl.
She still was.
Only right now she was banging on a door…screaming, very loudly I might add.

You see, her and I somehow got locked in a room together. Yes, I know, now she can realize how much she loves me and will bear my children, but I highly doubt that will ever happen.

"Lily, they are having a Gryffindor style party out there. Do you really think anyone will be able to hear you?"

She gives me her die-scumbag-glare; I tell you...she wants me.

"Well excuse me for trying to get out of here. Could you be any more useful than just standing there staring at me? I swear you have been staring at me for the past ten minutes, it is overly disturbing. Now, you…get us out of here."

She stood staring me down, her bangs falling in her eyes; she crossed her arms and waited.

"What?"

"Are you a wizard or not? Get. Me. Out. Of. Here."

"Do you expect me to have magic powers designed to get us out of a locked room without my wand? Sorry to disappoint, Sweetheart, but it's not my fault that it seems both of us didn't have it in our minds to take our wands to the party. So why don't you just relax and wait till they come looking for us."

Then she pouted…I thought I was going to lose it. She looked so innocent, with her intense emerald eyes locked on my own hazel ones, and then she bit her lip and turned away from me.

"But I don't want to be stuck in the same room as you…I don't like you."

Yep that hurt.

"Babe, you love me."

She pounced, no lie. We were both standing, her back facing me, and then she was on top of me. Her hair was all in her face and she had my hands above my head. I never saw it coming, but it's not like I would have stopped it even if I did.

"Does it look like I remotely like you? No. Therefore I cannot love you, you prat."

Oh she is forgetting I am easily seven inches taller and slightly stronger than her. I can flip her over easily, and I do so. Her eyes widen then she stared me down...well up really…as I have her pinned down with her back on the floor. This was the closest we've ever been, skin on skin for the first time, she normally won't let me within 3 feet of her, and when she has a wand, I tend to try and stay on her good side…sometimes.

"Lily, I don't believe you have really ever said my name. We've known each other for, what, seven years, we're both Heads, I think it's time you said my name. Come on say it."

Do you have any idea what she did? No...Well, she stuck her tongue out at me then after she was content with that she went, "You can't make me."

She was acting like a five year old; yes she was doing it in a way that was turning me on, but a five year old none the less. Then glaring at me she tried to push me off, I didn't budge. When that didn't work, she began to squirm.
This girl was going to be the death of me.

"Just say it, and I'll get off, Lily."

My voice was more breathy than usual, huskier, and she noticed. She had the upper hand, even though I had her pinned to the floor, she knew she was affecting me; you'd think by now she'd know she always affected me in a way that no other girl ever had. Running her tongue along her bottom lip, she bit her lip, letting her teeth tug across it till it was free. Her eyes harden and soften at the same time, she pushed her chest up to mine then in a husky whisper said, "But who says I want you to get off."

Oh shit. Lily smirked and laid back down. She did that on purpose.

"You're not nice."

Yes I know…real smooth…but you try even forming a sentence if you were in the same situation.

"I never said I was nice," closing her eyes, she paused for a moment, and then opening them I heard for the first time my name escape her lips, "James."

My heart rate sped up just because she said my name, I'm in a mild state of shock (replaying how she looked as said my name), and of course she uses that moment to flip me over. She's grinning like a Cheshire cat, "Got ya."

She made a movement to get up…I couldn't let her go. What's a guy to do, but pull her back down, and try and get back on top.
So here I am, locked in a room, wrestling with the most intriguing girl I have ever met, and let me tell you she is putting up a hell of a fight.

"Potter, you are so going down. I don't even know why you are even remotely trying. We both know I don't play fair."

"Yes, but I think you are forgetting that I've been on the Quidditch team for the past five years."

"I'll bite you." At this I had to roll my eyes, I mean does she really think…

Lily Evans bit me.
That's right she bit me.
Hard.
On the neck.
I swear she's going to be the death of me.
She got on top, smirking in triumph.

"I win, I win, I win, I win, I win."

Yes, she is so cute, but she was singing 'I win' while she was still straddling me, oh and did I forget to mention that she bouncing slightly.
I tell you…she is the devil, but I love it.

"Fine, you win."

I put my hands on her hips to stop her bouncing, and had to smile at the face she made. Although she wasn't the kind of girl who wore her heart on her sleeve or the kind of girl who was over talkative, she was the kind that her facial expressions and eyes gave everything away.
Her face showed surprise and for a moment, if I was correct, maybe lust.

"You give up way to easy Mr. Potter."

Lily pushed herself up to a standing position, and gave me a playful look. I want her to look at me like that all the time, with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

"Ms. Evans, when did you become so formal, it's not something I'd really peg you for."

"Shh…Mr. Potter, didn't you know?"

Lily bent down to where I was still on the floor and whispered in my ear, "I'm the unexpected."

I took a deep breath, her smell invaded my mind, strawberries, it was intoxicating. Pulling away she gave me an innocent look with mischievous eyes, "Now. You. Get me out of here."

"Damn, here I was thinking you might actually be enjoying that time we've spent together." Standing up I looked down at her, putting on an expression of mock hurt.

"Ha, like I'd ever enjoy my time with the great James Potter, in your dreams sweetie."

"Trust me in my dreams you are enjoying way more than time with me." I walk over to her slowly and she backs away with every step I take.

Ladies and gentlemen, Lily Evans has lost the upper hand.

"Ugh! You are such a prat! If I had my wand I'd hex you from here to kingdom come!" Mind you she is saying this with her back pressed up against a wall, staring up at me.

"My, you have such mood swings Ms. Evans; one minute you have me pegged down to the floor being all flirtatious and now you are yelling at me." I place my hands on either side of her head on the wall and bend in to whisper in her ear, "Never the expected and I love that."

Her eyes widened, "I don't like you."

"You keep saying that, so why don't I believe you." My voice grew husky, she always had this affect on me, I moved so that my forehead was almost touching hers and stared her straight in her eyes.

"Ugh, you egotistical bastard! Why don't you go fuck a hippogriff, god you are so self cent…"

What made her shut-up? The fact that I kissed her...roughly…could be the answer.
I was putting my all into.
I was expecting her to push me away or knee me in the groin, but instead she threaded her fingers in my hair and pulled me closer.
I swear to you all, I'm in heaven
Lily Evans is kissing me.
The girl I've been after for years is kissing me.
Really roughly.
We're fighting for control the whole time till we both pull away.

Her eyes are shut and she is breathing heavily, I've never wanted somebody more in my life.

"This is exactly why I don't like you." Lily spoke in a smoky voice before she pushed me down like she had done earlier and we were both on the ground. Her lips found mine and it was just as intense as before.

She let out a soft moan which caused us to break and look at each other.

"So why don't you like me?" I whispered in her ear. Lily slowly kissed my neck and then proceeded to the bite and pull softly before she answered.

"You make me lose my self control. I feel so defenseless around you."

Taking this time I flipped her over.

"The same affect you have on me."

So here I am, tasting the forbidden, becoming intoxicated by her whole being, and getting really into it when I hear the sound of the door handle jiggling.
She was up.
I have no clue how, but the moment she heard the noise she was out from under me and standing as if nothing had happen.

The door opened and Lily's best friend entered.

"Finally! Lils, I've been looking everywhere for yo…Oh, hey Potter."

"Hey Sara," I tried to sound happy to see her, but I knew there was a harshness to my words. Looking over to Lily, she was her normal self.

"We got locked in. We really need to get this door fixed; I mean we could have died from lack of oxygen."

"Well, Lily-Flower why don't we all go down stairs," Sara started to go and Lily turned her eyes on me since Sara had entered.

"Bye Mr. Potter," a small smirk danced on her lips, then without warning she gave me a simple lingering kiss.

"Unexpected," she whispered in my ear, then turned on her heel and made to leave.

I grabbed her hand, pulling her roughly to me, and whispered in her ear, "Go out with me."

She smiled and left.

She had always been the quiet girl.

You know the type who just fades into the background and no one really ever remembers.

But now, she was the quiet girl who was loud and spoke her mind.

You know the type who never fades from your memory and no one really ever forgets.

I can still remember her all throughout our first few years at Hogwarts, sitting in the middle of the class, quite as can be…a total ghost.

She is still a ghost to me, one that haunts me, her smell, her lips, her voice, her everything.

But she did do something 'unexpected.'

Nearing the end of the party she found me.

With a quill, she grabbed my hand and wrote something on it, smirked, and then tried to blend in with the crowd. I watched her; she stuck out to me, until she disappeared into another room.

On my hand was the word 'Maybe.'
Then to top it off was the word 'unexpected.'

Maybe she wasn't so forbidden after all.

A/N: So, Yay,I was reading through the stories on my fictionpress account and realized that with a few tweaks this would make a fabulous Lily and James one shot. I have a link in my profile so if you want come check out my works on fiction press, they are pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Hope you enjoyed!