A/N: JamesxLily. Rated PG. Prompt: Jellybeans
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"Those are disgusting."
James blinked at her, popping a dark green candy from the box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Jelly Beans into his mouth. He wrinkled his nose. "Eugh. Parsley. What's disgusting?"
Lily pursed her lips. "Those horrid candies. How can you eat those?" she snatched the box from his fist and squinted at the writing on the back. "You could be eating anything."
"That," James smirked, folding his arms over his chest, "Is all part of the adventure."
"Hmm." Lily surveyed him critically, then the box, then him again, before turning swiftly and tossing it into the nearby rubbish bin.
"Hey!" James leapt to his feet, indignant. "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?"
"James Potter, you eat far too much junk food."
James, who had been in the process of retrieving a chocolate frog from his pocket, pulled it possessively to his chest. "She doesn't mean it," he stage-whispered to the frog. "No idea what she's talking about."
"One day, not too far in the future, your scrawny little body-"
"-Which you love, might I add-"
"-won't be able to withstand the force of all that sugar and all those chemicals and-"
"As my girlfriend, you do not have the right to dictate what I eat. Or when. Or why."
"Oh, Jamie. I don't need your permission." She moved in closer to him, running one thin forefinger over the hand clutching the chocolate frog. "One day, when you least expect it, expect it," she cooed. "I'll pounce. Don't think I don't know where your secret stash is."
James' eyes widened, then formed thin slits. "You, madam, go too far."
Laughing, Lily turned away, long hair flipping over her shoulder. "You just wait and see. Just wait…" James gaped at her as she swept out of the common room.
"Mate? What's wrong?" Sirius was standing several feet behind him, one eyebrow raised in confusion.
James turned solemnly, his face grave. "Padfoot," he uttered in a low voice, "Secure the premises. This is war."
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