A Blueberry Muffin and a Lily
Chapter 2 – A date, a kiss and a moment in the dark…
With the sun streaming in through the window, Lily couldn't stay asleep for much longer. She rolled over to look at the clock…
"7AM!! OH MY GOD IM LATE THE FIRST DAY BACK!!!!" she screamed into her pillow. James burst in through the door and stopped abruptly with his wand out.
"James? What are you doing…?" asked a very confused Lily.
"Oh… all I heard was a muffled screaming and I thought that you were being attacked or something…" he admitted, blushing.
"Oh... it's just that I'm late for breakfast." Lily said before she realized how stupid it sounded.
"Right then." Said James with a rather confused look on his face, "I'll just leave now…" He left the room as Lily got out of bed and went to the Gryffindor tower to make sure that his friends were up. Well to make sure that Sirius was up really. He knew that Remus would have been awake early to get his books ready for term and Peter is a light sleeper. So just Padfoot to jump on then. He grinned as he thought up a novel way to wake up his best friend…
While Lily was having her shower in the Head's bathroom, she thought about the way that James had acted this morning. (Did I just call him James?!) She couldn't remember any other time that he would have come to the rescue like that… maybe he had changed…NO. What was she thinking; James Potter doesn't change for anything or anyone. Let alone for a girl. Or would he… Snap out of it. Hmmm what shall I wear tonight for my date…?
She was lost in the happy thoughts of picking an outfit when Shahn and jess burst in through the door.
"LILY! You are LATE!" Yelled Jess over the noise of the shower.
"Hmmm?" Lily said absently, still thinking of her potential outfits and not really listening.
"LATE FOR CLASS!!!!!!!!!" Screamed Shahn. That got her attention. Lily Evans had never been late for class. Ever. And she wasn't about to start now.
"OH MY GOD!!! Can you guys get my books ready for me?!" Lily said starting to get into a panic.
"It's alright Lils, you'll only be five minuets late… but sure." Jess offered. Shahn and Jess ran around trying to get Lily's things in order and find the right books for Charms and Potions, which they had in the first block this morning. Lily created a new record time for getting ready for class by being finished in less than 5 minuets.
"Okay, here are your books and here's your wand." Jess said as she handed the items to a stressed out Lily.
"And here's some toast with strawberry jam." Shahn had just run down to the kitchens to get some food for Lily seeing as she had long since missed breakfast.
"Thank-you so much guys! Now we better get going or we shall be severely late…." Lily said as they headed out the portrait hole of the Head's Dorm. "By the way, how do you guys know the password for my dorm?" Lily enquired.
"James gave it to us. He told us that you still weren't up and asked if we could go and get you so that you wouldn't be late. He was rather concerned." Jess told her pointedly.
"Oh… right then." Lily said blushing. The day passed quite quickly for Lily, even though she wasn't concentrating on any of her classes, just on the upcoming date that night. She couldn't keep her mind off it. She was very thankful that today was not one of those days that dragged on and on. Soon it was time to get ready.
Lily was talking to Jess as she was getting ready.
"So who do you like at the moment Jess?" Lily asked.
"Well that came from nowhere, but anyway, I'm not telling." Jess replied stubbornly.
"So there is someone. Give me a clue." Lily mused, smiling.
"He is, well, he. He is indescribable. Warm yet cold, rough yet gentle, available yet untouchable. He is amazing." She sighed, staring off into space dreamily.
"Wow, he must be something. Well it can't be one of the Gryffindor guys; you wouldn't talk that way about any of them, so maybe Ravenclaw?" Lily asked, hoping for a straight answer.
"I told you that I wasn't telling you who he is. You can figure it out for yourself. Have a good date." Jess said sauntering out of the room.
Lily's carefully thought out outfit consisted of a pair of black skinny leg jeans, a purple singlety top with a bow in the middle of the low neckline and a split almost the entire way up the back. She teamed these with pale yellow suede stilettos and a few strings of beads. She did her make-up with magic, as well as her hair. It had taken all of defence against the dark arts to decide on a suitable hairstyle. She had finally settled on loose beach curls and a long side fringe. Everything was perfect.
Matt met her in the entrance hall at 8pm. As she walked down the staircase, he flashed his gorgeous smile. 'I can't believe this is happening. I have dreamed about this for two years….YES! Go Lily…' she though as she made her way over to him. He lifted her hand and grazed it with those luscious lips of his.
"You look wonderful." He said, staring into her eyes.
"Thank you," She said blushing "so where are we going?"
"You'll see..." Matt grinned. He pulled her towards a classroom off to the side of the great hall. They walked across the classroom and up to a tapestry of the Founders of Hogwarts that was hanging at the back of the room. Matt grasped the right hand side and pulled it back to reveal a thin corridor. It curved off to the left, so Lily couldn't see where they were headed. They walked along hand in hand for about five minuets, the corridor twisting and turning in every direction. Finally, they came to an old wooden door. Matt smiled at Lily before he opened it to reveal a small, dimly yet romantically lit room. Against one wall there was a record player emitting soft, slow music, one of Lily's favourite songs. In the middle of the room, there sat a table set with dinner for two.
"Oh Matt, this is so gorgeous…" Lily trailed off, very happily surprised that he had gone to so much effort for their date. She had imagined that their first date would be something like this.
"Its nothing compared to you tonight." He said, flashing that smile that made her melt yet again.
"Why thank-you." She said in a seductive voice, looking up through her eye lashes and turned a pale shade of pink. He walked over to one of the chairs and pulled it out, gesturing for Lily to take a seat on it. 'He's so much more of a gentleman than Potter…' She thought.
Meanwhile, walking along he third floor corridor, were Jess and Sirius who were planning to find Shahn and Remus to put their plan into action. They searched for almost an hour before they discovered Shahn walking up to Gryffindor tower.
"Shahn!" Jess called out, making her turn around.
"Oh hey Jess, Sirius, what are you two doing here?" She asked somewhat nervously.
"Looking for you and Remus actually." Sirius said matter-of-a-factly.
"Really. Well, uh, Remus is, um, in the, uh, library. Yeah, in the library." She replied haltingly.
"Shahn? I think we need to talk. Meet you at the head's dorm in ten?" Jess said suspiciously.
"Um, alright. OK. Meet you there." She said before hurrying off. Jess and Sirius started off towards the library both thinking about the strange exchange that had just occurred.
"Hey Jess, this is a short cut." Sirius broke the silence and pulled a tapestry aside to reveal a dark corridor.
"Alright." Jess looked at him questioningly; his face giving away nothing and lead the way. They had been walking for about two minuets when she suddenly felt hands around her waist and was pulled around against the wall. She was shocked at first, but then He was breathing heavily an inch away from her face. His body pressed warm against her. His lips brushing against hers. His breath hot on her cheek.
"I've been waiting for this" She whispered and closed the distance between them.
Dinner passed quickly in a haze of conversation and laughter. Dessert arrived without her realizing, she was blissfully lost in matt's bewitchingly flirtatious eyes. He broke the piercing look with a chuckle and gestured to her plate. There was a single red rose waiting for her, along with a thin slice of chocolate cheesecake. 'This is a rather familiar situation.' She thought uneasily. She glanced up to find Matt watching her curiously.
"What's up? You look confused." He asked.
"Oh. It's nothing. Don't worry about it" She said, with a reassuring smile.
"Ok…" He acquiesced disbelievingly. They ate in silence, both deep in thought.
The night wore on and they once again found themselves in a lapse in conversation, staring into one another's eyes.
"We should probably go up now, its 11.30pm." Lily sighed, wishing that it could have gone on longer.
"Yeah, I suppose so." Matt agreed, standing up and taking Lily's hand as they both made their way to the door. They parted in the entrance hall, Matt not even making a move to kiss her. 'Potter would have tried to make a move straight away, the sleaze. Why am I thinking about him? Matt is so heavenly…' She thought as she made her way through the corridors towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
The three girls all arrived at the Head's dorm at the same time. Jess gave Lily a short explanation and she let them all in. Once they were all comfortably situated on Lily's bed, the questioning began.
"So Shahn. I know that something happened between you and Remus." Jess stated.
"How could you tell?" Shahn sighed resignedly.
"Well even I can tell by your body language that something is up. We're your best friends Shahn; you know that you can trust us!" Lily said.
"Well… alright." Shahn said, beginning to smile, "But it's still confused in my mind, so if you can't understand I word I say, then blame Remus."
"Fire away." Prompted Jess.
-----Flashback-----
Shahn and Remus are walking along an empty corridor, up ahead is a statue of Gryffindor. Remus stops walking, but Shahn doesn't notice. She continues for a few steps before turning back.
"Are you alright?" Shahn queried.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Ummm… Shahn?" Remus said nervously.
"Yeah?" Shahn said, uncertainly. All of a sudden Remus closed the distance between them. They stood close together, looking into one another's eyes.
"Remus" Shahn breathed into his neck.
"Shahn." Remus replied before capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. Shahn opened her mouth slightly to allow Remus' tongue to enter her accommodating mouth. They stayed like that for a few minuets before breaking apart, still standing close. The reality of what had just happened hit her and Shahn ran off down the corridor.
"Shahn!" Remus called after her, but only half-heatedly. She had been running the whole way back to the Gryffindor common room when Jess and Sirius found her.
"Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!! That's so romantic!!" Lily said as Shahn finished her account of the night's events.
"I agree!! So why are you so confused? It seems pretty clear to me that he likes you, a lot. And I know that you have liked him for like, three years now, so where is the problem?" Jess asked.
"Lily?" A deep, male voice floated into the room.
"Yeah?" Lily replied.
"Oh, just checking that you were back safely." James said, poking his head around the door with a small smile.
"Thanks James. Well, I'm here…" She said.
"Yeah. OK. Night." He replied nervously before leaving.
"What was that all about? You called him James!" Jess said with a grin.
"Nothing. Nothing at all. And I so didn't." Lily replied, her mind on how nice it was of James to do that. Jess and Shahn left soon after and once Lily had let them out, she turned to go back to her room to notice a tray on the table again. A single Lily, a blueberry muffin and a note. Lily smiled to herself and opened the note.
Dear Lily…
(To be continued in the next chapter.)