Disclaimer: I do not own the wonderful world of Harry Potter, JK Rowling does.

A/N: Hey! So I'm back with another story (I know I should be working on my others but I'm no inspired by them, but at least here's something new!) I'm on winter break for a month with nothing to do but relax so I plan to write a lot (let's see if I do...) Also, did anyone else listen to the Pottercast podcast today? They interviewed JK Rowling, it was awesome! Anyway, enjoy, and leave a review!
Kristin

Prince Potter

Chapter 1

The bar maid was wiping down the bar when the tall, dark haired man entered. He was a customer she was accustomed to seeing, seemed he liked to have a drink with his friends here, but today he was alone, she noted.

"Where are your friends?" The bar maid asked as the man sat down. She missed them, they were all very attractive, and when drunk gave her a large tip.

"Not here tonight." The man replied, giving her a small smile.

She smiled back. "What will you be drinking tonight?"

"What have you got on tap?" He requested.

"Heineken, Sam Adams, Miller, and Budweiser." She answered with a smile.

"I guess I'll have a Heineken." He told her.

"Coming right up" she replied as she filled the mug to the top, making sure to give him the least foam possible. She slid the glass down to him and went to take the order of another person at the other end of the bar.

The man drank his beer and scanned the crowd of dancing bodies. His eyes were immediately drawn to a young red head who was dancing with a blonde man. He watched as she ground against the man, moving to the beat of the song. Turning back to the bar, he finished his drink and signaled the bar maid that he wanted another. She poured him another beer, handed it to him with a smile, clearly trying to flirt with him. He smiled back and began drinking this beer a little faster than his previous one.

"Thirsty?" The bar maid asked with a flirty smile.

The man smiled and said, "You could say that." Then, winked at her. She was pretty, he decided, with curly brown hair and light blue eyes. "So, you been doing this long?" He questioned.

"Bar tending? A couple months, I do it at night; I'm at university during the day"

The man nodded in response and was about to say something when he noticed that the red headed girl he had been admiring from afar was storming over the bar. She plopped down on the stool next to him. Her face was red and he noted that she had startling green eyes; eyes which were blazing with anger.

"Give me six shots of vodka please" The red head requested. Her glare was quite intimidating and the bar maid quickly poured her the vodka, she didn't want any trouble.

"Drinking alone? That's one of the signs of an alcoholic" The man next to the red head said quietly. It was a daring move on his part to speak to this girl at all, she looked fierce, mean and ready for a fight.

Her eyes darted over him, taking in his messy black hair, hazel eyes and crisp clothes before landing on his two empty beer glasses before replying coolly. "I could say the same thing to you."

He grinned at her and whispered "touché. You okay?"

"Just peachy, that's why I'm trying to get drunk off my arse!"

The man laughed, "I'm James, you want to talk about it?"

"No, not particularly, James" the red head answered.

"Fine. So, do you have a name?"

"yes"

"Would you be willing to tell me it?"

"Why? It's not something you need to know" She replied

"Because I like being able to put a name to a face, otherwise I'm going to refer to you as the hot red head who likes to get drunk" He told her with a wink.

"Works for me." She said with a shrug. James chuckled and shook his head. He signaled the bar maid that he wanted another beer, chugged it quickly and ordered another.

After James' 6th beer and the redhead's fourth shot, she was much more talkative.

"See that blonde guy over there?" She asked, pointing to the dance floor to the guy James had seen her dancing with earlier that night.

"Yeah" James responded.

"He's a dick. Tried to have sex with me up against a wall. We were just dancing! I didn't even know his name, the nerve, to think I'd have sex with because I asked him to dance, do I look like a whore? We were dancing!" She passionately explained, her cheeks becoming red and her eyes lighting up with excitement. "I mean, why do guys think that if we're dancing it means sex? Why are guys such pigs?" She demanded of James.

"You know, not all guys are like that. We've been talking for at least twenty minutes and I haven't put the moves on you yet." He told her.

"Yeah, why is that? She demanded.

"Well, it's mainly because you haven't told me your name yet, otherwise I would've asked you to dance ages ago, and dance only, don't worry I'm not some dick that'll try to have sex with you against a wall." James said with a winning grin.

The girl took another shot before answering.

"Maybe I want you to."

"Want me to what?" James inquired with a questioning look on his face.

She gave him a flirtatious look before putting her hand on his thigh and said, "Why, push me up against a wall and have your wicked way with me of course!"

James' eyes went wide. "Lovely as that sounds, that's not really my thing, I still don't know your name"

"Lily" She breathed in his ear. Her breath sent tickles down his spine and he felt himself harden slightly.

"How about a dance then, Lily?" She smiled before hopping off the stool leaving him to follow her to the dance floor.

James put his hands on Lily's hips and she moved her ass so it was touching his crotch and the two ground to the song blasting around them. James kissed her neck, nipping slightly at her ear, letting his tongue dart in quickly until he heard her breathy moan. Suddenly, she turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. He deepened the kiss, pushing his tongue into her mouth, caressing her tongue with his. Her hands were in his hair, pulling him closer and his hands were running up and down her sides.

He felt dizzy. His mind was fuzzy from the alcohol and from the intoxicating kiss Lily was giving him.

They broke apart a few moments later, both breathing rapidly.

"You want to take this back to my place?" Lily breathed.

"I thought this was just about dancing" James huskily answered.

"Who are you? What kind of guy doesn't jump at the chance to have sex, more importantly, why aren't there more of you in this world?" Lily asked with a smirk.

James grinned back at her. "You're drunk; I'm not going to take advantage of you like that. How about I walk you home and I'll call you sometime so we can go out on a proper date?" It took a lot of self restraint for James not to jump at her offer, he hadn't had sex in a while, not since his last relationship ended a couple months earlier.

"Seriously, where did you come from? Okay, let's go. I live on 13 Hunter square, do you know where that is?" She questioned.

"Yeah, only a few blocks from here, we can walk it, right?" She nodded in agreement and the two exited the bar.

When they reached Lily's flat, James said, "Do you think I could get your phone number? I mean I do know where you live now but it'd be easier for me just to call about our date."

Lily looked at him in surprise, he actually wanted to take her on a date? Well she wouldn't say no to that! He was a handsome bloke and it had been a while since Lily had been on a date.

"sure" She answered, writing her phone number on a spare bit of paper she had in her purse and handed it to James.

"Good night then." James said with a smile, sweeping in to place a soft kiss on her cheek. Lily turned her head at the last second so he got her lips instead. He groaned into her mouth as her tongue massaged his lips until he parted them.

When they pulled apart Lily asked, "you sure you don't want to come in?" An evil gleam in her eyes.

James groaned. "I've never wanted to go inside more, but really we can't. Go up, sleep, I'll call you tomorrow!"

She walked into her flat and James walked a little ways until he was in a concealed alley before apparating to his large flat.

"Well well well! Look what the cat dragged in." Sirius Black drawled when James entered the flat.

"Yeah, yeah." James replied tiredly, running his hands through his hair until it was standing upright.

"So, was your 'alone' time good?" Sirius asked sarcastically.

"Actually, without you around stealing all the birds, I was able to hook up with one." James declared proudly.

"Then what the hell are you doing here?" Sirius demanded.

"I live here…" James reminded him.

"No, you do? Since when?" Sirius replied sarcastically. "What I mean is why aren't you with this bird you hooked up with?"

"I took her home, she offered to have me stay over but she was drunk, I didn't want to take advantage of her." James replied as he sat down on the couch across from the one that Sirius was sprawled out on.

"Let me get this straight Prongs, you hook up with a girl at the bar, she offers you to come home with her to have hot sex all night long and you walk away?" Sirius asked seriously, his eyes boring into James' waiting on bated breath for James to correct him.

"Pretty much, though the sex would've been hot and kinky" James smirked.

Sirius' eyes bulged. "You poofer! You dumbass, some girl throws herself at you and you turn her down? What the hell kind of prince are you?" He demanded.

"The kind that doesn't want to be in the limelight for his sexscapades like you are…" James said with a grin.

"Prongs, did you not sleep with her because you're afraid she only wants you because you're a prince? I know you went through that phase, and honestly, you need to get over that if you ever want to have a sex life." Sirius explained.

"Padfoot! I don't think that all birds who like me want me because of my princelyness, and definitely not her, we were at a muggle club and she lives in a muggle area of town, plus when I told her my name she didn't find it significant. "

"Whatever man, I still can't believe you turned down sex!" Sirius replied, shaking his head in disbelief. "I'm going to bed before you decide to take an oath of celibacy."

"Ha ha ha very funny, you're so clever "James called after him while making an annoyed face at Sirius. Sirius gave James the finger before closing the door and James muttered, "dumbarse" before getting off the sofa and going into his room.

Lily stumbled up the stairs until she reached her apartment. She struggled to get the key into the key hole but finally succeeded. She then went to her room, knocking into the kitchen table and tripping over the couch on her way.

Lily woke when the sunlight came streaming through her window. She opened her eyes and groaned. She had a pounding headache and wished the sun would go behind a cloud so she could go back to sleep.

Lily got out of bed, and went into the bathroom. She rummaged around in their cabinets for a hangover potion. There was the birth control potion, the pepperup potion, even skelegrow, but where the hell was the hangover potion?

"Lily? What are you looking for?" Marlene, Lily's best friend and roommate asked as she walked by the bathroom.

"Marley! Not so loud. Where the fuck is the hangover potion?" Lily demanded.

"First of all I'm not being loud, second of all what the hell did you do last night, and third, it's in the kitchen, I needed it today too." She grinned at Lily before going into the sitting room and looking through the latest Witch Weekly.

Lily trudged into the kitchen, found the potion and poured herself a tablespoon. After swallowing it, her headache went away and she was able to think clearly again. She poured herself a cup of coffee and went to join Marlene in the living room.

"Oh man, I feel so much better now!" Lily said, with a giggle of relief.

"I heard you come in last night, I think you knocked over the end table, when I came out here this morning it was on it's side." Marlene told Lily.

"That would explain the very large bruise on my shin I guess." Lily replied with a small smile.

"So, what the hell did you do last night and why was Lily Evans so drunk?" Marlene questioned with a gleam of mirth in her eyes.

"God, I don't even remember! I remember dancing with a blonde and yelling at him, then I remember drinking a lot and chatting with this really good looking bloke, wish I could remember his name, I think I kissed him. Ah well, I'll probably never see him again, it was a muggle club after all." Lily finished with a contented sigh.

Marlene laughed. "Sounds like you had an eventful night."

"I suppose. So tell me, how was the ball?"

"Extravagant. It would've been a lot less fun if I didn't get drunk off champagne right away!" Marley replied with a laugh

Lily laughed too. "I hope you didn't make a fool of yourself in front of the Minister!" Marlene was the secretary for the Minister of Magic so she was invited to all of the extravagant ministry balls.

"Don't worry, I didn't. I kept my wits about me when I was around him. I'm good at handling my drunkenness; remember that time 6th year when McGonagall found us after we'd been drinking and I was pissed? She didn't even notice I'm good at hiding it." Marlene answered with a shrug.

"Yeah, yeah. I think I'm going to go for a jog, what are your plans for today?" Lily questioned.

"I'll probably just bum around, maybe go shopping later."

"Sounds good."

After Lily changed into shorts, a t-shirt and running shoes, she made her way outside. It was a beautiful spring day, unusual for London's weather but Lily was inclined to take advantage of it. The sun was shining, birds were chirping and people were out and about. Lily began jogging, running past the local fruits and vegetables market, past the post office, through the park, and past a long strip of restaurants and stores.

As she was rounding a corner, she heard her name being called.

"Lily, hey Lily!" She slowed down and looked around. A tall, dark haired man was coming towards her with a smile. Lily was confused. Who was this man and how did he know her?

"Hi…" Lily said questionably when the man was within talking distance.

"So, I didn't know what time to call you, but I guess I don't have to now, we can figure out a time in person." The man said with a bright smile.

"Sure, sounds good!" Lily replied with enthusiasm, though she couldn't for the life of her place this man. His voice sounded familiar, deep and soothing, but from where?

"So when's good for you Lily? He asked.

"I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about or who you are. And now I feel really stupid for telling you that!" Lily said, nervously.

"Oh, um I'm James Potter, we met last night at the bar, I walked you home?" He answered her looking a little crestfallen.

"Oh! God okay, you're the guy I hooked up with! I'm so sorry I was really drunk last night. What are we making plans for?" Lily asked, her usual upbeat happy ways back now that she knew what was going on.

"Well, yesterday I told you I'd take you out on a date. You were complaining about how all guys only want women for sex and I told you that wasn't true…" James answered.

"Ohhh! Oh my God, its all coming back to me! Oh, oh, oh, oh. " Lily groaned, cradling her head in her hands, she shook her head. "Shit shit shit. James, would you mind if I asked you exactly what I said last night?" Lily asked him, the danger he had noticed in her eyes when he first met her seemed to be right behind her beautiful emerald orbs and James had a feeling he'd be feeling her wrath if he didn't start talking soon.

"Sure, you want to sit on that bench over there?" He asked, gesturing towards a park bench situated about ten feet from them.

"Yeah." Lily replied as the two walked towards the bench and plopped down next to each other.

"So, what do you want to know?" James asked.

"Well, I can remember flashed of certain things, like dancing with a blonde guy, ordering a load of shots, talking to you and then it sort of goes fuzzy, I've got a whirlwind of pictures and they go bye so quickly I can't quite make them out." Lily explained.

"Well, you were dancing with a blonde guy, he pissed you off, I think he was trying to take adavantage of you. You sat in the seat next to me, we talked, but only after you had a few shots, we danced, and then I walked you home."

"That's it? I didn't do anything embarrassing?"

"No, nothing, that's all that happened." James said, lying a bit.

"Oh, good." Lily answered in relief. "For some reason I thought I'd invited you to shag me in the club." Lily answered with a laugh.

James gave her a guilty look. "Well, you did, but really, it wasn't a big deal you were drunk and upset. It's not a big deal."

"I thought you said I didn't do anything embarrassing!" Lily burst out with a groan. Her whole face turned red with embarrassment.

"It wasn't embarrassing, believe me, every guy wants to be asked to shag a girl, it was flattering if anything." James replied, placing a comforting hand on Lily's back.

"Well, I want to thank you for not taking me up on that offer, I know I would've regretted it in the morning, not that you aren't good looking and probably a good shag, I'm just not into the one night stand/sleeping with a guy on the first date kind of thing. And just so you know, I've never been that drunk in my life I don't know what I was thinking!"

"It's fine, really, I'm okay with it. I agree with you on the one night stand thing, it's not really for me. My best friend, he's the master of one night stands, couldn't believe that I didn't bring you home with me last night. He'd have killed me if he knew you were a red head." James said with a laugh.

Lily released her face from her hands and grinned up at him. Why a red head?" She questioned.

"He says they're the sexiest, and I'll agree with him on that, you are very sexy." James replied with a smirk.

Lily laughed. "Thanks, that's very flattering."

"So, would you like to get dinner tomorrow?" James asked.

"Sure, that sounds good. Does seven work for you?" Lily questioned.

"Seven sounds good. I walked you home so I know where you live, should I pick you up from your flat?"

"Yeah. I'm going to finish my run, so I'll be seeing you tomorrow. Bye James! It was nice to re-meet you" Lily called with a smile as she began running again.

James waved after her and walked to a hidden spot and apparated back to his apartment.