Disclaimer: Not mine or else there would be a pony in my yard and a flying monkey on my lap which there is not bugger
Chapter two Ask me if you can
Lily sat under a large oak tree doing her homework. Catlyn came jogging up to her. "He coming" she whispered into Lily's ear, and Lily flipped a page of her magazine as if bored. "Lily, you're not running..."
Lily took a deep breath."Catlyn, I've decided to let him catch me."
"WAAA...oh ok, so I'll get out of here?"
"Please," Lily said shortly, and Catlyn walked off.
A few minutes later James came ruining across the field. Lily put on a big show of trying to escape, but let James catch her at the last second.
"I...I...I caught you" he stuttered and Lily nodded shyly.
'i should really go into acting' Lily thought surprised at her own ability to keep her bubbly feelings bottled up.
"So that means..." Lily nodded again. James laughed nervously, and wiped his forehead, "I never expected to catch you. I mean I wanted to definitely. I've like you, loved you for so long! You're Perfect Lily! The most wonderful person in this world! And now... wow I'm soo bloody nervous!
Lily wrinkled her eyebrows. James Potter nervous about asking me out ok not normal! I mean that this kid has been asking me out for years! and now when I want him to ask me out he's nervous! Lily thought as she watched the raven haired boy fighting some internal battle.
"Lily..." James took a deep breath trying to control his nerves, "Would you like to go to Hogsmede with me this weekend?"
Lily smirked, "I thought you would never ask!" and then on an emotional impulse she hugged him quickly and then ran back into the castle.
"So?" Catlyn asked excitedly, as Lily walked back into the common room. "What happened?"
Lily scoffed "Like you wouldn't know Catlyn! with all your telepathic powers you were probably spying on us the whole time!"
"No! Well maybe..." Catlyn admitted, "But I didn't get much from Jamsie here it was all 'i can ask her out it's part of the game
but what if she says no
she can't say no
but what if she regrets it
she won't you've had six years to prepare this date
but what if it goes horrid!'
really pathetic actually, and you wow Lily I never expected you to feel all bubbly because of James!"
Lily Flung a couch pillow at her friend. i could have said the same thing when you and Alex got together!"
"Yes but me and Alex were always friends, you missy are much easier to tease!"
&"I hate you."
"Awww...love you too!"
"CATLYN!"
"Yes..."
"You-oh never mind it's not worth it."
"That is what I thought Lily Bear, that's what I thought."
News that Lily had finally said yes to James Potter traveled faster than any other gossip story in the school. It was like every student at Hogwarts followed Lily and her friends around, holding there breath, waiting for her to say 'yes' to James, so they could all breathe and know that there would not be full-fledged war. More than ever, Lily got the finger-points, whispering behind the hands, murderous-looks from girls who were trying to get James to go out with them, hand claps as if she had done something extremely magnificent, oh yes, Lily got the whole package deal.
During Transfiguration class, in which they were copying notes on how to morph your own self into something else (they would be practicing it the rest of the week), a note landed ontop of Lily's notebook. Deciding to just read it then, since the professor had stepped out of the room for a few moments, she opened it.
Lily
Congratulations on saying yes to my best mate!!! And THANK YOU you have also made my life easier so prongsie doesn't have to keep saying "Why won't she go out with me?" junk like that. i always answer it and now i don't have 2. YAY ME!!!!
Sirius B.
pixy stix!!!!
Lily crumpled up the note. She would not yell, she would not hex him, she would simply crumple up the note. It was so stupid, and as if she hadn't gotten 5 different notes similar to these already today. She turned around in her seat, and glared at Sirius, who was sitting right behind her. He was sniggering as if he had done the funniest thing. Remus was ignoring him, Peter was looking at Sirius amazed by how good he was at...well whatever he had done. And James had his face in his hands, obviously embarassed and obviously going to hex Sirius when class was over.
About fifteen minutes later the bell rang. Lily walked out of the room to a free period where she would of had muggle studies, while walking with Catlyn and Allie down the hall, she felt someone tap her shoulder. If it was another one of those pranks where she got tapped on the shoulder and then the person behind her gave her the thumbs-up and ran away, she just might find a use for her wand during free time. But instead, James Potter was standing there. Catlyn and Allie supressed giggles behind their books.
"May I help you?", Lily asked. She had finally decided to just let her feelings take control rather than her head, for once. So it became automatically easier to be around James.
"Er...Could I have a quick word with you?",
"Yes."
"We'll see you later Lily..", Catlyn said as evenly as she could without cracking up. And quickly walked off with Allie.
Lily glared at her friends, then turned around, "So...um, what did you want to say?"
James looked at her. "Lily...now don't pretend here, ok? I noticed that you have been getting teased a lot about well...you know. And well, if you want to cancel it, because of all of that, especially because you don't deserve that type of treatment, then I understand." He said this quickly.
Lily stared back at him. He's being really sweet asking me this, it is really considerate. But all is fair in love and war, and since the school is the side against us, then I guess I have to even it out on love's side.
"James...I really think it is sweet that you are doing this for me.", Lily paused. "Close your eyes, and believe me, you'll know whether or not I am still going to Hogsmeade on Saturday with you."
James looked at her questioningly, but closed his eyes.
'This is probably going to change my entire life.', Lily thought. And then she swooped in and kissed James lightly on the cheek.
"See you on Saturday then?", she said as she walked away.
James stood with utter shock on his face.
(James POV)
"Lily just kissed me on the cheek! Lily LILY EVANS!" Her lips so soft Still warm on my cheek I think I've died. I probably have. When was the last time I saw ol' moldy shorts. not since... bloody hell it's been 2 years! Sinivelry? nah he's not smart enough. But I have to be dead I mean my heart has stopped... Lily lily...'
"PRONGS! old buddy old pal! Prongs! Prongs!" Sirius yelled in his best friends face. James had not yet moved fom the positin he had been in when Lily had left. Two fingers on the spot she had kissed shock on his face. all still there as if she had petrified him. Which in a way she had, to James she was as powerful and entrancing as any Balisk..
"AQUA ERUPTO!" Sirius cried pointing his wand in James face. Water came spraying out of it and directly into James face, startling him out of his Lily thoughts.
"YOU DUNGBOMB!YOU WASHED IT!" James yelled and stalked off down the hallway muttering to himself..
"James! what the bloody hell did I do!" Sirius yelled confused running after his friend.
"YOU WASHED IT!" James Yelled back really fuming now.
"What did I wash James! You've got me confuzzled!"
James spun arroundhis face red with anger. "don't... say...that...word...that's...Lily's...word. He said dragging the sentence out, his teeth clenched. "don't...say Lily's..word.! AND YOU WASHED IT!"
Neither boy had noticed the croud gathering around or that McGonagall had Interfeared.
"James! What did I wash?!" Sirius asked still confused.
James had already started walking off to the Gryffindor Common Room. "THE SPOT!" he called over his sholder. "YOU MADE THE WARM SPOT GO COLD!"
Professor McGonagall had watched the whole scene extremely confused. "MR. BLACK!" She called approaching Sirius "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"
Sirius looked up at his professor innocence and confusion laced around themselves in his Dark eyes. "I wish I knew Professor, I really whish I knew...
(Lily's POV again)
Lily found her friends sitting under the beech tree beside the lake. Allie was lying on her stomach, writing on a piece of parchment hastily, as if she was trying to get what she was doing done as soon as possible. Catlyn had her back up against the tree, reading something inside her potions book.
"I can't believe this! Eighteen inches of parchment on the exact purposes, uses, and faults of a metamorphmaging!", Allie cried out, "It is due tommorow, and I can only get 13 inches out of the book!"
"Have you checked your notes?", Lily asked, since it seemed neither of her friends had noticed her presence.
"Wha..Lily! Oh I didn't see you there!", Allie exclaimed.
"That would figure.", Lily said looking down upon her friend.
"Hey Lils.", Catlyn said, looking up from her book.
"Hi.", Lily sat down beside her, and pulled out her own potions book and flipped to the beginning of chapter three.
The air between the girls seemed tense. Every few seconds it seemed like either Catlyn or Allie would look up and glance at Lily, as if wanting her to say something. After quite a few minutes of this, Lily said to them, "Um, do you have a question, or do you just like to look up and see me doing homework all the time, if it is the second option, please back away."
Catlyn laughed at this. "First option, Lily Bear...what we want to know is, what did James say to you?"
Lily looked at her friends and sighed, she wished she could of told them later. She wanted to think over what she had done a little, it was that she hadn't enjoyed it, she just wanted to say it in a way so that her friends wouldn't over react. She ran the memory over in her mind, then began to open her mouth, then stopped when she saw Catlyn's jaw drop.
"Lily! Oh my gosh! Wow...I didn't know you liked him that much!", Catlyn exclaimed.
"Been doing a bit of mind reading have we?", Lily smirked. "Remind me to take up Occlumency Miss-I-Think-Since-I'm-a-Legilimens-I'll-pop-into-my-friends'-mind!"
"Well, you can't blame me, can you?", she said this innocently.
"Someone want to fill me in, please?"
Lily began to tell her of her last encounter with James.
"LILY!!!! OH LILY!!!! YOU LIKE JAMES!!!! LILY LIKES JAMES, LILY LIKES JAMES!!!!"
"Allie! You're being really immature!"
"Fine, fine. But you like him! LILY LIKES JAMES! Sorry..."
"Oh, whatever, it is a bit obvious to the school now, isn't it?" Lily asked. Allie nodded her head. "Everyone knows, being the gossip girl I am. Now, since you don't mind! LILY LIKES JAMES!!!!"
Allie picked up her stuff, and began to run. "LILY LIKES JAMES!!! LILY LIKES JAMES!!!"
"Shoot! I don't want her running around the school like that. ALLIE!", Lily yelled out. Then she began to run after her.
She chased Allie all the way up to the Gryffindor Common Room
"LILY LIKES JAMES!", Allie yelled, and ran to the top of the Girls Dormitory staircase.
"ALLIE! GET BACK HERE!", Lily yelled. But she stopped dead.
Sitting on the couch in front of the fire, James had been talking angrily to Sirius, and was now staring at her.