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Lily and James walked out, of the closet, James grinning, Lily scowling.
"Don't we have to go see Sirius?" she asked, hoping for a distraction.
"Oh, yeah" James mumbled "I guess we can stop over there first"
She was happy to be going to see Sirius he has been her best friend (besides Severus) since she met him on the Hogwarts express. She smiled widely and tried to hide her happiness, but it was a bit difficult
James looked sideways at her "Okay" he mumbled and walked across the hall to find Sirius, Remus, and Peter waiting for him, smiling as he came into view.
"SIRIUS! " she shouted, running over and jumping into a hug "How are you buddy?"
"Good" He grinned "and how are you little twerp?" he joked, but when he saw James face, he pulled out of the hug.
"I've been better" she whispered smiling but then said aloud ''I'm great!''
"He's not that bad" he whispered back, but aloud replied "that's awesome" then turned his attention to the others "I just wanted to let you guys know, I'm not gonna be at Hogsmead this weekend and I was hoping we could meet up at..." He stopped and looked at Lily "I'll tell you guys later" he cut off
Weird.. she thought time for some investigating.. "Well potter." she asked cheerily " Where to next? "
James smiled, as she seemed enthusiastic and gave Sirius a look, who subtly looked back "I don't know, it's nice out, we should go outside" but then added "If you want"
"Alright, let's go" She played along, holding his hand
He looked surprised for a moment as he looked as his hand, but got back his composure quickly, then led Lily to a hill near the castle overlooking the Quidditch pitch as well as the forest.
She was actually impressed, she thought he would just take her to the castle for some snogging "Wow, it's so beautiful." she breathed, looking up at him.
"Yeah" he sighed, and looked into the distance "I come here to think sometimes" he sighed and sat down, then motioned for her to do the same
She sat next to him and put her head on his shoulder, a little unsure if he meant it or was just trying to impress her.
He looked down at her and smiled "Lily," he started "I'm sorry if I ever offended you with any of my practical jokes, they were just for laughs" he sighed
She was getting pretty tired and snuggling closer to him she replied "I know..It's alright."
"Are- are you alright?" he questioned
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's a little cold though" She was actually really tired, and she didn't know why.
"But, you seem so, I don't know, but you're getting really close to me when before you wouldn't give me the time of day" He mumbled "not that I don't like it" he added softly
"Well, we're on a date aren't we? If I didn't want to be here i would have gone with Severus"
Her plan was working so far, and pretty soon she could get him to tell her why they're meeting after Hogsmeade.
"This is a... date?" he asked "And I thought you were only here to get rid of me for a week" he bit his lip
He's falling for it!
She looked up at him and smiled "You believed that?"
"Wha- whaddaya mean?" he sputtered
"Honestly potter, if I wanted to be rid of you for a week, i wouldn't have to go on a date to do it"
she smiled brightly at him, and slyly added "I've always fancied you Potter"
James looked at the girl and smiled "I've really liked you for a long time too" he turned bright red
"Well that's a bit obvious" she laughed, it was all going as planned "So are we going anywhere else today?"
"Hmm" He bit his lip "We can go to the lake if you want, or if you have any ideas"
"The lake sounds fine with me" she got up and took his hand again.
They strode over to the lake, hands intertwined, Lily actually considering liking James a bit.
James smiled widely and walked over to a tree by the lake, then proceeded to climb it.
"Show off!" She called up to him
"Why don't you come up?!" He laughed and yelled down
"Oh fine!" she was chuckling to herself "I feel ridiculous!" She laughed
"You look like a monkey" He laughed as she was almost at the branch he was on
"Just what every girl wants to hear!" when she was right below to the branch he was on, she spotted Severus walking down the pathway, he was coming down for their potions study session great. She thought. Now what?
James grabbed Lily's hand and helped her onto the branch he was on "I really like hanging out with you"
"I like hanging out with you too, potter " she smiled nervously. what was she going to do when Severus showed up?
"Is something wrong?"
"No, not a thing." She looked up to him, noticing how close their faces were. This was going to be a stupid choice. But she had to, unless he kissed her first..Which she doubted would happen.
James was utterly surprised at this one, but kissed her back anyway.
They stayed kissing until she opened one of eyes and saw Severus looking up at her. He looked disgusted, and Lily felt terrible
James pulled away "Lily, I'm not sure you know what you're" he then spotted Severus
Alright, the game is up. "James..I-" but he cut her off
"I don't know what you're playing at, but I don't like it" He turned away from her "and you call me insensitive"
"Look, i..i really enjoy spending time with you James" she looked down " I just didn't want Severus to ruin it."
"You would've just said that" he mumbled, still not looking at her "Instead of kissing me" he chuckled "I never thought I'd get mad at you for doing that"
she frowned "i didn't kiss you just because of se-" She yawned "verus"
James looked to see if she was lying, he couldn't tell
"james?" she said quietly
"Mmmhmm" he pursed his lips together, looking into the distance
She kept the same empty vague tone "Why do you guys have those nicknames for each other?" lily looked up innocently "you know, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs"
"I don't know" he chuckled "Just something that developed" he looked down "You're real boyfriend is still waiting for you" he said
She looked down "He's not my boyfriend. and I don't believe you.."
"Well, it's the truth, and he's still waiting for you" he mumbled
"I don't care about Severus right now..But james, you're lying about the nicknames" and then whispered "why can't you just tell me the truth"
"Why do you think I'm lying!?" he was almost yelling now
"Do you think im an idiot?" She yelled matching his tone "You don't think i notice you guys sneaking out every time there's a full moon? or how Remus is always 'sick'? Or what about when Severus tries to tell me Remus is a werewolf?" She didn't mean to say the last part. She knew it would make James mad.
"THAT. LITTLE. PRAT!" James roared "He thinks he's sooo smart, thinks that he's better than anyone else, a werewolf, yeah right, he's an idiot, Remus, a werewolf!?"
"All right James." she started to climb back down "Maybe I'll just go see Sirius. At least he never yells at me."
"Go back to him and tell him what you just told me" he lowered his voice "and I'm not yelling at you, I'm about to go beat up your boyfriend though"
"He's not my boyfriend" she was getting frustrated and lost her footing, But before she hit the ground a very angry Severus caught her. "How could you lily?" Severus asked
James jumped down "Lily are you" but got distracted as he saw Severus "You just think you're soooo clever don't you?!"
"Well obviously I am."
Lily was frightened, Severus didn't know what he was getting himself into . "Shut up Sev.."
"Severus put her down, so i can give you a clever punch in the face" James growled
Lily stood up and pushed James towards the castle
"What was that for?"
"I don't know. If you want to fight him go ahead. But don't blame me when you get expelled!"
"Don't be like that Lily, I know you're just defending your boyfriend!"
"If you like me, you have a funny way of showing it."
"I'm not sure what I think about you anymore, with your lying and playing with my heart" James mumbled
"Where's Sirius. I want to see him" said lily tears in her eyes she mumbled, "Just when I started to like you.."
James started to walk away "Whatever, I'm sorry if you're telling the truth Lily, but after today, I don't know." tears filled his eyes, but he tried not to show it.
Lily ran towards the castle, choking back sobs.
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