A.N. This is another one-shot in James's POV. I hope you all liked the last one! It was SO much fun to write. Just so you know, I'm a very sappy person and I like sappy romance stories. They make me feel all warm and fluffy on the inside!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Summary: Lily and James get paired together for a Transfiguration project, but little does James know that something as un-romantic as Transfiguration can bring out the feelings of a certain Lily Evans.

So That's What It's Supposed to Feel Like

"Mr. Potter and Miss Evans." I here Minnie say loudly at the end of one of the dreaded Transfiguration classes. YEAH! WOOHOOO!! I'm paired with Lily for our project! Did I luck out, or what?!

Oh. What's this tiny piece of parchment doing in front of me? Prongsie, you look like you just orgasmed. Happy about being paired with Miss Lily, are you? Padfoot

Wow. I must look really happy. Usually Sirius just sleeps during Transfiguration. Psh. No. I'm totally over her .Prongs

That's a filthy lie and we both know it. I know what you keep in that special "Journal" of yours. Padfoot. Damnit. How'd he figure that out?! I keep that marginally well-hidden! And besides, if I want to keep a picture of a friend in a notebook I have the liberty to do so.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Yeah. Like he'll believe that.

He's raising his eyebrows while he reads it. I knew he wouldn't believe me. Fortunately for me, the bell rang and while I'm throwing my books half hazardly into my bag, I see the love of my life walking over to me. Look at the way her auburn ringlets just fall across her shoulders! Oh, and those eyes! The eyes that haunt my dreams: Big and bright green usually sparkling with mischief or laughter; unless she's fighting with me, and then they are glaring at me.

"James, do you want to meet in the library tonight?" Her sweet, lovely voice says to me. Wait. She wants to me meet her in the library?! "You know, for our project." Oh. I'm jumping to conclusions again. That's one of my character flaws. Reading into things too much is another.

It's time for me to respond. Come on, mouth! Say something witty! "Uh…Okay. After dinner?" Yeah. That was great. I don't think she's heard one like that since second year.

"Okay. See you then!" She's smiling at me! Look at how pretty her smile is! Her teeth are all white and strait and it just lights up her whole face. She leaves me standing there, presumably going to her next class.

"It's finally time for our daily hour and a half nap!" Sirius says to my right. Huzzah! History of Magic is next. Thank god. I thought I was going to fall asleep just standing here.

"You guys! We have N.E.W.Ts this year! You need to take notes! Just because you don't need a pass in History of Magic to be an Auror doesn't mean that you can just ignore it!" Thanks, Moony. Like I need a second mom.

"Yeah, yeah." Sirius says. We all walk to History of Magic and I get the best hour and a half of sleep I've ever had.

Its dinner time and I couldn't be more nervous about starting me and Lily's project. I don't even know what it is on, for crying out loud! I heard Minnie saying something about human transfiguration. Well, I'll just have to admit to Lily that I have no idea what we're supposed to do.

I can't eat anymore of this shepard's pie. Getting up from the table, I murmur something about getting a jump start on my homework to the rest of the Marauders. Luckily, the Head dorm is rather close to the Great Hall and the library, so I go there to get my books, parchment, quills and ink. The portrait of Godric Gryffendor is giving me a hard time. He says that I should be studying and not wandering the halls. N.E.W.Ts are mentioned and I just tell him to sod off and give him the password.

I wonder what Lily is going to be wear – AHHHH!! What the hell was that?! Is that really a…a… bra on the couch?! What the hell is THAT doing there?! Maybe I should just pretend I never saw it. Yeah. That sounds best. Maybe Lily was doing her laundry and something fell out of her laundry basket? I hope that's it. I haven't even brought a girl to this room! I've been single all year! I know I shouldn't pine for her, but I can't help it! I love her and I'd rather die than be with another girl. I can't believe how much of a player I was last year. I hate this. I hate not being able to hold her hand and eat meals with her and kiss her. God, do I want to kiss her. It wouldn't even matter if she wasn't an experienced kisser, because it would be her. And I don't want anything but her. I want to be with her so bad it physically hurts.

I walk into the library and find Lily trying to reach a book from a tall shelf from her mere 5'2" height. How cute.

I reach up and get it for her. Being 6'2" is always a plus.

"Thanks." She says

"No problem." We both go over to an empty table and sit down. "I have a potentially daft question to ask you."

"What is it?" She sounds so curious.

"What is this project on?" That came out so sheepish it was scary.

She laughed a pretty laugh. "Human transfiguration. We're supposed to write about how valuable it can be. And then we have to do an oral report as well as a written one."

"That's easy! How long do we have on it?"

"A month."

"I look forward to working with you." That came out more flirty than business-like. I was intending it to sound more professional.

We smiled at each other and then started a brainstorm. This is going to be one hell of a month!

Well, let me tell you, those two hours in the library went like ten seconds. As we walk back to our dorms, I brush my arm up against hers and smirk. It seems like an innocent thing, I know, but after doing it twice already I see her smiling.

I'm surprised at how comfortable this silence is. Maybe I am starting to grow on her. She gives Godric the password and we climb through the portrait hole. She looks over at the couch where her …unmentionable is and her eyes widen and she blushes, but she otherwise ignores it. This is odd. Why didn't she go get it? Maybe she was hoping I didn't notice. Alright, I won't make her anymore uncomfortable than she already is.

"I'm off to bed. It's been a long day." I wave to her and start walking to my bedroom.

"You know, if you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do is ask." ….Was it my imagination, or did she really say that? Stupid stomach butterflies. Clear off, all of you!

I turn around to see her smiling playfully at me. I return the same sort of grin and say, "Next time, I will be sure to." Thank god something smooth came out. I go into my bedroom and close the door.

OH MY GOD! SHE INITIATED THE FLIRTING! THAT NEVER HAPPENS! There must be a stupid, goofy grin on my face, and sure enough, when I look into the mirror, there it is. Next time I see Minnie, I'll be sure to thank her profusely for putting me and Lily together!

Two weeks after the first time she flirted with me, we were walking back from the library, having just finished the project. I think we did a good job, if I do say so myself.

"We make an alright pair, don't we?" Just after we get out of the library, she says this.

"I reckon we do." Of COURSE we do!

"Do we have rounds tonight?" She's asking me?! How in hell would I know? I don't pay attention!

"Uh…"

"Never mind. You wouldn't know anyway. Do you ever pay attention in class?" She turned to me, looking serious. Uh-oh. There is something unreadable in her eyes, but whatever it was, it made them an even deeper shade of emerald.

"Yeah…" I bite my bottom lip. A truthful answer would be "No," but I'm not saying that!

"I'm sure." She says sarcastically. Apparently, I didn't fool her.

I don't know what came over me. Maybe it was we were standing, stationary, if front of a window and snow was piling up romantically or maybe it was because we were standing so close to each other. I suddenly get a rush of lust filling me and I lean down and kiss her firmly on the lips. Before she gets a chance to respond, I pull away. I look at her and she looks surprised. Great job, James! You just earned yourself a slap. Here it comes. There's her hand, coming up.

But, instead of slapping me, she puts her hand on the side of my face, and brings my head down to hers and kisses me. I'm talking, really kissing me. Tongue and everything. It was like there was no other girl in the world. Cliché as it sounds, it was true. Sparks swirling around us, I take her waist and pull her closely. She ran her hand through my hair, connecting on a spiritual level.

After a few minutes of the most sensational kiss I'd ever experienced, we break away. I feel light-headed and my lips are numb.

She opens her mouth to say something. "So that's what a kiss is supposed to feel like." I couldn't agree more.

Yes? No? Too much like the last one? Too short? I've tried to make them longer, but it's hard! Review!