Lily and James
Lily Evans brushed her bushy red hair out behind her ears, and forced her eyes towards the blank parchment in front of her. It was just after midnight, and she had just come back from patrolling the halls with Potter, now of course, they were Head Boy and Girl. She had finally left Longbottom after a thoroughly non-verbal goodnight and was still reliving the pleasant feeling of being held, and loved. Getting her mind onto other thoughts, she realised the sobriety of Potter that night. She had never seen him so quiet and withdrawn before. She had been entranced by his strong silent body pacing up the corridors, then embarrassed. She was with Frank, she told herself, and yet her heart longed for him to make one of his witty comeback lines or pick up jokes with her. What was more; he had yelled at two younger students and taken points from his own house! This was not Potter; she would have to find out what was going on.
Tiredly, James made his way into the common room, his usually ruffled hair, flat and lifeless at the side of his face. He quoted the password "draconica", with as much life as a door, and sulking in, found himself face to face with a gorgeous red head. He inhaled deeply to get a control on his emotions, Lily Evans made him far too vulnerable for his liking, he had always joked about his feelings for her, so that Sirius wouldn't tease him, and also, he was kinda afraid of what he had felt for her.
"What's up Potter?" she demanded, her tone strong, but her eyes soft. Once again James had that urge to curl up and cry, hoping that her petite frame would wrap around him. He composed himself and muttered, "Look lily, I don't really want to talk about it O.k?"
"I think you do Potter, hey did you just call me Lily?"
He looked up, realising his mistake, expecting a string of fiery words and lashings from her tongue to come bearing down on him. "Look, just not tonight O.K?", and without another word, he walked into his room. He just made it to his room when he collapsed onto his bed and screamed into his pillow, as he mourned for all those he had lost. First his mother, then his father, and finally little Tania, only 5 years old.
Lily hearing him fall onto his bed, and start sobbing, decided to follow, now she was seriously worried. She came across a broken figure, huddled up against the corner of his bed clutching a photo and mumbling to himself incoherently obviously in the middle of a nightmare. Guessing his predicament, she snaked in close to him and engulfed him in a fierce hug. "It will be O.k." she muttered in his ear.
Waking early that morning, James rolled over in shock, to see an extremely gorgeous girl lying next to him. Shaking his head in disbelief he cursed himself. Hell, he didn't want her to see him like this. Still, he couldn't deny what it meant to him having her curled up there next to him. He snuggled in next to her again and fell into a contented sleep.
Waking up several hours later to an angry male voice, James opened his eyes. Shit. Longbottom was here, looking like he was ready to curse him into oblivion. "And what do you mean by sleeping with my girlfriend?" he threatened menacingly, as Lily was attempting to explain. "No Lily, don't even try, we're over, but he has to be punished for it first,", and without thinking Frank punched James square in the jaw, and he blacked out.
When he came round James saw Lily mopping his face gently and applying some ice to his tender jaw. "I mended it", she replied quietly, "but it's going to be sore". James tried to retort, but Lily cut him off again, "no James, I want to talk. I know you are probably sorry about me and Frank, but really it was going to happen anyway, it wasn't your fault. Secondly, I assume those people in the photo were your family right? Well, I just want you to know that I know how you feel. My parents were killed by him last month. I guess I just kept it more contained than you did" He looked at her in shock. He hadn't even known that her parents had died. Suddenly he felt a strong sense of longing to have her in his arms and to protect her small frame. He pulled her in close to him, and surprisingly she didn't retaliate. They lay that way for a few minutes, until James finally worked up the courage to speak, "I really like you Lily." She looked up at him, and seeing her soft eyes bent in close to the nape of her neck.
Finally their lips met. James couldn't believe it. It was like nothing else he had ever experienced with any other girl before. After several minutes of lip locked silence, the atmosphere was finally broken by Sirius. "Hi James, Whoah", he muttered as he saw Lily and James in a fierce embrace. "God you two, get a room", he retorted, before good naturedly going upstairs to warn everyone to use the other exit not passing through the common room.