James Potter was sitting with his friends under their tree, relaxing in the sun. Sirius and Remus were playing chess, and Peter was cheering for both of them in turn.
There you see her
Sitting there across the way
James glanced across the lake and saw, there, lying relaxed as can be, floating on the lake, a book in her hand, was Lily Evens, the girl of his dreams. She was reclined on a raft with her friends. The raft had been a recent school addition because of the heat.
She don't got a lot to say
She was just sitting there, too relaxed to say anything
But there's something about her
And you don't know why
He didn't know why Lily was the girl of his dreams, she just was.
But you're dying to try
You wanna kiss the girl
Her pink lips were the worst temptation; he watched her put lip-gloss on them every afternoon, just after lunch. She even wore lipgloss from a tube with Gryffindor colors on his birthday. She didn't know it was his birthday though.
Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
"I'm going to marry Lily Marie Evens"
His determined speech got no reaction out his friends except a distracted 'Sure James' from Remus
He hesitated "She broke up with Corner right?"
"Mmmmm…" Sirius said, not listening
"I'll take that as a yes" he said, smirking
It's possible she wants you, too
"Come on, mate, of course she'll say yes next time, she's just…" Sirius trailed off, searching for words to reassure his friend, while crossing his fingers and staring desperately at the chessboard
"Playing hard to get?" Remus offered, as he checkmated Sirius
"Exactly Moony" he cried in relief, then "Hey!!"
There is one way to ask her
"Veronica?" Sirius repeated the name of his latest girlfriend "Prongs, I didn't even know her name until I kissed her"
It don't take a word
"James, don't bother using pickups, Lily thinks that only idiots do that"
Not a single word
Go on and kiss the girl
There was nothing James wanted to do more, but what if Lily didn't want to kiss him…no he wouldn't even think about that
Sing with me now
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
My, oh, my
Look at the boy too shy
He takes a step toward the raft, then stops and takes two steps backward
He ain't gonna kiss the girl
What was he talking about? Lily hated him! She would hex him into the next century if he got with in six inches of her
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Ain't that sad
Ain't it shame, too bad
Everyone said that once James got his act together and Lily looked farther than his messy hair and immaturity they would be the perfect couple
You gonna miss the girl
"Ain't never gonna happen now" he sighed wistfully
Now's your moment
Wait, did he really just see her smile at him? Admittedly, she was wearing sunglasses so her eyes might be closed for all he knew, but still
Floating in a blue lagoon
He was glad it was a Sunday. Lily was sunbathing in a cute bikini top and board-shorts
Boy, you better do it soon
It was near the end of sixth year, not much time left at Hogwarts
No time will be better
He had seen the sun sparkle off her lip-gloss, that had to be a sign
She don't say a word
And she won't say a word
Until you kiss the girl
She would never talk to him until she truly knew him.
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Don't be scared
He was a Gryffindor for crying out loud, why couldn't he kiss a girl?
You got the mood prepared
The lake and hot sun were practically screaming, 'Summer Love'
Go on and kiss the girl
"Come on James" he muttered, standing up
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Don't stop now
There was no way he could let himself stop now
Don't try to hide it how
Everyone knew how much he loved Lily
You wanna kiss the girl
He was James Potter, he could have any other girl he wanted, but not her. She was different, and the only girl he could ever love
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Float along
He eased into the water and slowly swam out to meet her
Listen to the song
The idea of kissing her drummed against his skull, not letting him think about anything else
The song say kiss the girl
Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Music play
Do what the music say
You wanna kiss the girl
He was close now
You've got to kiss the girl
Closer
Why don't you kiss the girl
Closer
You gotta kiss the girl
He knew he had to
Go on and kiss the girl
He climbed onto the raft and leaned over her, touching her face with one hand, he gently touched her lips with his thumb before leaning in and kissing her full on the lips
Lily broke away slowly and gently "I love you too John Corner" she said, leaning back
"Corner?" He was going to kill Sirius "No, it's me Evens"
She sat up and screamed "POTTER!"
He jumped up in shock and flipped the raft, dumping Lily and her friends in the water