Summary: 'King' follows the story of Lily and James coming together in their final year at school. The story also follows the stories of their closest friends, and rotates narration based on the story being told.
Rated M because of language and sexual content, nothing graphic, but not for young eyes.
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JAMES
It was early on Saturday morning, too early for James to actually want to be having breakfast in the Great Hall. However, later in the day would be the first Quidditch match, and as the Gryffindor captain, James figured it would be best if he were at least awake. Quidditch had always been something that he had loved, since before he was even old enough to attend Hogwarts. There was only one other thing that James had the same trace of passion for, and she just walked through the large doors leading into the Great Hall.
In James' opinion, Lily was the most beautiful, intelligent and desirable woman in the universe. Everything from her long, firery red hair and smooth porcelain skin to her quick wit and amazing sense of humor. James would do anything to get her attention, even if it required him to make an ass out of himself and regardless of if it required him to make an ass out of someone else. However, she never seemed to look at James in the way that he had hoped for. It appeared that she found him to be immature and conceited and she wanted nothing to do with him. James could not understand why, his antics usually charmed girls, leaving him with plenty of friendly females to spare, but never the one that he wanted.
He watched her graceful and subtle footsteps that led her straight to the Ravenclaw table, despite the fact she was Gryffindor, like James. He knew why she was headed to the dining table before she got there. Andrew Maldhorn. James despised Andrew long before Lily had fallen in love with the Ravenclaw boy. The two boys had known each other since they were toddlers, and at no point did the two boys get along. Mostly it had to do with the clashing of two 'alpha' personalities, but James liked to explain it as Andrew was simply a jackass. The reason that Lily had chosen Andrew instead of him was beyond James. However, there she was, slipping in next to where Andrew was already seated, planting one sweet morning kiss on his lips. James couldn't tear his eyes away. He couldn't help himself from being captivated by her.
"Get over it," Sirius Black, James' best friend in the world had very little tolerance for James' obsession.
"You need to eat and focus. We're going to kill Hufflepuff during today's game. Tobes isn't going to know what hit him," Sirius had the amazing quality of being able to be 100 percent involved and attentive for anything that he wanted, no matter what time of the day or night it was. James knew that Sirius' tolerance for "Lily-nonsense" was extremely low, and that Sirius actively worked to get James attached to another girl.
"I know, I'm focused. I'm eating. Chill," James tried playing cool, but his friends knew the unfortunate path that his mind had run down.
"It's too early in the morning for you to already be killing yourself over her," Remus, the voice of reason in James' life, chimed in.
"It's too early to not be in bed. Can't I sit this one out?" James was starting to feel miserable from watching Lily stare at Andrew like he was the greatest man that ever lived.
"Are you insane? I'm about to take away your status as captain. Your aren't allowed to sit on that side of the table anymore, no more facing Ravenclaw for you," Sirius was already over James' moping.
"I just need a shower and once I'm dressed I'll be able to get pumped for this. Its gonna be an easy win anyway, Jack Tobes is a mess of a captain and preaches that its about having fun, not winning. He deserves to lose," James was started to sound like his self.
"Hells yeah!" Sirius was glad to see his friend resurfacing out of the "Lily-coma".
James was alone in his private room, one of the bonuses to being crowned, as Sirius referred to it, Head Boy. James was surprised when he received the letter over the summer with the news and the badge. However, he had the suspicion that it was probably a result from his slightly above average grades combined with his extraordinary powerful leadership skills, which also earned him his Quidditch captain status, along with the influence from the large amount of "donations" that his parents contributed to the school.
Unfortunately, this suspicion didn't escape the Head Girl either and the Head Girl was, in James' opinion, the biggest bonus to the title. Lily Evans had been appointed Head Girl, but unlike in James' case, everyone knew that Lily's perfect grades, attitude, extra curriculars and near perfect attendance had earned her the title.
James thought about possible 'encounters' he would hope for in the upcoming year between Lily and himself in their private common room. He was also focused on getting prepared for the game, so he blared some of the Twisted Broomsticks' newest music to get him pumped up while he threw his broom and equipment into his Quidditch bag.
There was a knock on the door. 'Could it be her?' James knew that there was a very slim chance that Lily had decided to pay James a quick visit early on Saturday morning, but he still let himself hope. James ran his hand through his hair, giving it his trademark 'I don't care' look, just incase she was, in fact, on the other side of his door. However, when James opened his door, he found the realistic source to the knocking, Sirius had stopped by.
"I was not honestly expecting you to actually be getting ready, props," Sirius laughed as he walked past James and sat on the bed.
"Of course I'm getting ready, I've been waiting all summer for my first game as captain."
"Thats not the attitude you were giving off this morning," Sirius knew he had to whip his friend into shape, he just was not too sure how he was going to do it yet.
"Yeah, well it was early. Its a weekend for Merlin's sake, I think my first public act as Head Boy should be to get breakfast catered to all athletes on the morning on Quidditch games. Well, catering for all Gryffindor athletes at least," James proposed.
"You work on that," Sirius humored him, "I doubt that one is going to go through, but its definitely worth the shot. By the way, I love this song, we need see a Twisted Broomstick show over the Christmas holiday,"
"Agreed, Gerard Thatcher's voice gets me amped, I love it. But we have to head down to the pitch, I'm supposed to be there a little early now."
"Sure, I'm all ready. Mooney will be down there in a little, he had to run to the library or something or else he would have just come with me," Sirius explained.
"Alright, let's go," James ushered Sirius out of his room, "I wonder if Lily's coming to the game," he added.
"I doubt it, your fantasy girlfriend had her loyalties all screwed up," Sirius said referencing her blatant support for her Ravenclaw even though she was a Gryffindor, "Now stop thinking about her or I will hit you in the head."
LILY
Lily couldn't help herself from just staring at Andrew. He was the most perfect person she could have ever imagined herself with. She had just joined him at breakfast, and he was dominating the group conversation with a story about one of his classes from earlier in the week. Andrew was a very strong personality, so strong that Lily, someone who was naturally independent, felt weak when she was with him. Lily liked depending on him for his leadership and support, so she didn't mind being the recessive voice of the relationship while he dominated.
"I'm done, let's get out of here," Andrew turned to Lily, she had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she hadn't realized that his story was over.
"Alright, let's go," Lily quickly agreed. She wasn't actually finished quite yet, but she didn't want to disagree with him.
The two of them left with his arm around her. She loved how protected she felt when she was with him, he was her everything. They went back to her private room that came with her Head Girl achievement, they usually went back to her room for better privacy.
"You look so sexy this morning," Andrew whispered into her ear as soon as they were alone in her room. He began to put his hands on her. She always felt uncomfortable when he began to act like this. She had never been intimate with him, she had never been intimate with anyone for that matter, and after being in a relationship with him for five months, he wanted her to sleep with him. She did not really want to, she felt stupid admitting it to him, but she only wanted to ever be with one man. Lily did feel a really strong connection with Andrew though, and occasionally she thought that maybe he was the one, in which case, it wouldn't matter if she had sex with him now or later.
"Baby, please," she tried to shrug him off of her, she felt stupidly awkward. All she could do was stand there and feel somewhat violated by him, it made her stomach churn.
"No, Babe, c'mon. Why do you resist this? Don't you love me?" He started questioning her as he kissed her forehead.
"Of course, but I just don't know about doing this yet, I want it to be special," Lily explained for the millionth time.
"I'll make it special," he whispered into her ear, "candles, music, the works," he promised her.
"Maybe," Lily could feel herself melting inside from the combination of his kisses and rubbing.
"Not maybe, say yes," he pressured her.
"I... I... well," Lily stammered with her answer, she wanted to make him happy and please him, but was she actually ready?
"I guess so," she heard herself say. His face lit up, she regretted letting those word slip out, but it was too late.
"Baby, tonight. It'll be the best night of your life," he pulled her closer to him and kissed her more passionately. Lily loved this attention from him and the amount of love that he was showing her, but she did not know if she loved the cost that it came at.