Entrapment

Lily stood, shifting her weight from one sore foot to another, tears flowing down her cheeks, fingers trembling as she clasped her wand and tried for the hundredth time to uncharm the stupid mistletoe.

'Relashio!' She brandished her wand, but nothing happened. Stupid spell that doesn't work on the stupid mistletoe.

If someone was with her they would have comforted her,that the spell would work when she would study it properly. Probably sometime in third year, but Lily wasn't in third year, she was only in first. And for the first time she was stuck, out of curfew.

Lily sank to the floor and properly cried, she had been there for an hour and no one would think to look for her as she was the only girl in her dorm that stayed at the castle for Christmas, and if a teacher (or worse Filch) found her, she would be in a world of trouble – she had never had a detention before and she was guaranteed one if she was found.

It was a lose-lose situation. And things only got worse.

'Evans? Is that you crying? Are you alright?'

Lily swore under her breath and wiped at her face to clear it of tears. 'Go away, Potter, I'm fine.'

'Uh, you do realise it's past curfew. That's not like you to forget.'

'You realise you're out here too.' She glared at him as he stood in front of her.

He frowned at her, taking in her dishevelled appearance, her green eyes shining with tears stood out against the red of her freckled face. Obviously something was up, but she wasn't going to say anything to him.

The scruffy haired boy shrugged at her. 'Well if you're alright then you don't need me, I'm going to bed.'

Lily watched him as he went, the feeling of dread feeling heavier as he took each step away – he was her only chance. 'Wait! Potter!' She called, hating how desperate she sounded.

James turned to her, eyebrows raised. 'Mmm?'

'I-I'm stuck.'

'Stuck?'

Lily pointed upwards at the mistletoe.

'Oh.' Realisation crossed James' face before it became wrinkled with disgust. 'You want me to kiss you?'

'I don't want you to, but I can't charm it away, and if you don't I'll hang you by your toes in the dungeons.'

'Whoa, Evans, you been talking to the caretaker? Alright fine, I'll kiss you...' he swaggered up to her in what he clearly thought was a suave manner. 'You ready for this?'

Lily grumbled and fumbled around in her pocket for her lip balm and with shaky hands moistened her lips. 'Okay.'

'Okay.'

For a moment, neither was quite sure what to do with their hands. Lily pushed her suddenly sweaty palms into her pockets. 'Okay?' she said nervously, rocking on her heels.

Hesitatingly, James seized her by the shoulders to stop her movement – how could he be expected to kiss a moving target? 'Okay.' He said, more to himself than to Lily, and slowly leant in.

Lily's eyes rammed shut, her lips trembling in anticipation.

The kiss was chaste and soft. Not clumsy as Lily was anticipating. She found herself leaning into the kiss when suddenly it was all over.

She opened her eyes to see James looking slightly pleased with himself. 'That wasn't too bad, was it?'

'Okay, Potter, you tell anyone and I'll break both your legs just before Quidditch tryouts next year.'

'Oh, come on.' James scoffed, 'It was just a little kiss...'

'Would you prefer tibia or femur? Or should I just go for your kneecaps?'

'All right! All right, fine, I won't breathe a word – but you owe me.'

'I owe you nothing.'

The two argued all the way up to common room, only stopping at the foot of the girls' stair case.

Suddenly there was an awkward silence.

'Anyway... thanks.' Lily blushed at the sound of her own voice and quickly scuttled up the stairs to escape him.

'Anytime, Evans!' Came the voice, rather loudly in the empty room.

Blushing furiously, Lily crawled into bed, trying to make sense of the overwhelming and confusing thought she had that perhaps she wanted him to kiss her again, but at the same time wondering what will become of it. She hoped desperately that he never said anything – what would Sev say? He would surely be disappointed with her. But the kiss didn't mean anything, did it?

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AN: Short chapter is short, but awkward first kiss has a spark.

More to come :D