Hey Guys. So the question you probably have it, why did you take so freakin' long to post another chapter? Well here's why. My beta scored the lead in the musical and so she couldn't edit this chapter, which I finished the night it was due, I was going to miss the deadline by minutes, no joke. So she was just able to give me this edited story and now she's reading March's chapter and then that will be up as well. And before you know it, April will be up to! YEAH! Does clap So I hope you enjoy this chapter and review! So many of you are subscribed, but only three reviewed...tear Thanks for the reviews you three!
Chapter 2: Day 1
Lily's mind slipped in and out of consciousness. There were loud voices all around her. She groaned and tried to sink her head farther into the pillows.
"Gah! Would you two stop talking about that? Please? It's disgusting," James' voice snapped.
Lily knew exactly who James was talking to. Lily's roommates and friends, Karen Rozema and Ronnie Finch liked to be very open in everything they did. So if Karen was having bad stomach and back cramps, she made sure everyone else was aware of it.
"Kissing Zach was like kissing a sex god. It was amazing," Karen said, drawing out words like "sex god" and "amazing."
"Yeah, well, I don't want to hear it. Keep that stuff to yourself."
"Aw, is wittle Potter upset because he isn't getting any?" Karen joked.
"I am too!"
"Would you stop talking so loud? My head hurts," Lily groaned.
"Lily! Are you alright?" James asked, peering down on her.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up into James' shinning hazel eyes.
Then it hit her. The last thing she remembered about last night was Keith and James' ex-girlfriend snogging at the victory party. But now she was here…in her bed…with James staring at her.
She instinctively pulled the covers closer to her body.
James moved away slightly.
"Um…would you like a hangover draught?" he asked her.
"What!? I do not have a hangover," she said, sitting up quickly.
Bad idea. A rush of blood went flowing from her head; Lily had never experienced this feeling before.
"Yeah, ya do. Lay down before you hurt yourself," James said pushing on her shoulder slightly.
"Ok, Potter. You be the man and take care of our friend Lily. Make sure she doesn't die and she gets better soon. Be good you two!" Karen called and the two girls left Lily and James alone.
"How the hell did I get hung over? I wasn't even drinking last night," Lily groaned as James fished around for a hangover draught by Lily's nightstand.
"Yeah. That's because the butterbeer was spiked with firewiskey," James said as he handed her the glass.
Lily took a sip and then cringed with dislike.
"How come you weren't affected?" she asked.
"No, I was affected. Just not as much as you. I've had a lot of firewiskey, so, I'm used to it," James responded.
"Damn, my head hurts," Lily groaned, putting her hand on her forehead. "What happened?"
"You…drank too much?"
"No, I mean after…after the party. After our…agreement," Lily said, waving her hands around.
"Um…you threw-up…in the hallway."
Lily groaned again.
"Like…6 times, and then you passed out."
Lily rolled her eyes in disgust. "I'm so embarrassed…"
"Yeah, well…anyway, I brought you back here."
"How did you do that? The stairs should have changed when you where on them. And why are you still here! You shouldn't be in the girl's dorm!" Lily cried.
"I have my ways. Besides, I couldn't leave you by yourself. What if you got sick again and died? Then it would be my entire fault. Your roommates didn't mind, so I slept on that chair," he said, pointing to the wooden chair that was situated behind where James now stood.
"I think that the draught is kicking in," Lily said as she sat up slowly. She stretched her arms above her head and then straightened out her clothes.
James stepped back as she slowly got out of bed.
"Um…I'm gonna go take a shower, alright?" Lily said awkwardly.
"Yeah. Ok, Cool."
Lily moved around James as she picked out her clothes. She entered the bathroom and slowly closed the door behind her.
When Lily walked into the dorm after her shower, James was no longer there. She slowly got dressed and walked to her trunk.
Long ago, she had decided that she wouldn't be one of those girls who would mope in self-pity. She was going to move on in her life. To start that, she needed to get rid of all evidence of Keith.
She pulled out her trunk from under her bed and started pulling everything out of it.
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An hour later James walked into the girls dorm with two bagel's in his hand. He looked at the pile of junk surrounding Lily. He stepped over a pile of books and sat down next to her.
"Whatcha' doing?" he asked her.
She slowly turned her head towards him and grabbed the offered bagel. She took a bite and chewed it slowly, as if in thought. She swallowed and answered.
"Cleaning out my trunk. I haven't cleaned it out since 3rd year. That's 4 years of…crap…just collecting."
"Like this?" James asked her while holding out a broken quill.
"Yes. Exactly like that," Lily said pointedly.
James chuckled at her comment. Together the two started sorting through the crap and keep able items she would keep.
"You've got to be kidding me!" James cried.
"What? What are you looking at?" Lily asked trying to peer at what James was holding.
"A rubber duck? You own a rubber duck!" James cried.
"Not just a rubber duck. I own rubber duckies. It's Keith's and my rubber duckie family," Lily said sheepishly.
"You and Keith have…a rubber duckie family?" he asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes! Can we please move on?" she asked.
"Yeah sure. Whatever," James said as he tossed the duck into the garbage can.
"Wait! Don't throw them out!" Lily cried.
"Why? You want to keep your sick, twisted duck family that you started with your ex-boyfriend? As your current boyfriend, I don't think I'm too fond of that."
"Alright, alright. Good-bye Claire," Lily said sadly as she tossed a duck with a pink bow on its head, into the trash.
"What's this one?" James asked. He held a duck with green glasses in his right hand.
"Steve."
"So long and good night Steve!" James cried. James picked up another duck.
"Good lord! Is this Keith?" He questioned. This yellow duck had a spiky Mohawk.
Lily gave a snort of laughter. "Yes. Toss it!"
James sent her a mysterious grin. He then pulled out his wand, tossed the duck in the air, swished his wand and the duck exploded right before Lily's eyes.
She gasped, but then let her laughter fill the room.
"What else have you got here?" James asked as he moved some old spell books out of the way.
"I don't know. I found clothes that belonged to Karen from like three years ago!" Lily said with a smile.
"I'm not surprised. No offense, but you're a bit of a pack rat," James said as he shuffled through other things.
"Ah, look what we've got here," James said with a smile as he picked up a paint brush.
Lily's eyes widened.
"Ah, so this does have some sort of importance," James said with a sly smile.
"Nothing. Can I have that please?" Lily said her face turning red.
"Nothing eh? So…you won't mind if I…" James tossed the brush in the air, causing Lily to screech.
He snatched the brush out of the air and let out a snicker.
"What's the love story behind this?" he asked her.
"Just give it to me please," Lily begged.
"Not until you tell me the story," James demanded.
"You'll think it's stupid."
"No, I won't."
"You'll laugh at me."
"I would never laugh at you," James promised.
"I…um…I once told Keith that I would love to paint my house when I was older and then Keith had to say, "So you're going to paint our house?" and I told him yes and then a couple of weeks later he bought me this pain brush for our house."
James pursed his lips together to keeping from smiling.
"Shut up."
"…"
"I hate you!"
"…"
"James Potter!"
"I didn't say anything!"
"That's the point!" Lily cried.
"I…I think that's disgusting." James said.
"I knew it."
"Lily," James said seriously as he put his hand on top of hers, "it's time to let go."
Lily sighed and handed him the brush. She slowly pulled out her wand. James flung the brush in the air, Lily swished her wand in the same manor James had done before, and the brush exploded into pieces.
The two started laughing again. For an hour they sat there going through Lily's things. They found old spell books, embarrassing pictures and corny gifts from Keith. As James carried some books over to Lily's desk, he noticed a snow globe on the ground. He bent down, set the books down and picked it up. The globe of the item sat on a silver colored base. Inside the globe was a little town. Colorful houses surrounded the rim along with pine trees. In the center was a pond with a couple of people skating with a miniature bridge in the center. He turned it over a little bit and noticed an inscription at the bottom.
"To the only one who brings me true happiness. The love of my life, Lily. From Keith."
James scoffed at the inscription.
"What are you…?" Lily's face faltered. "Did you read it?"
"What is this?" James shot back.
"Did you read it?" Lily pressed.
"Love? He told you that he loved you?" James asked his eyes wide.
"What does it matter to you?" she snapped.
"Well, love is a pretty strong word, don't you think?" James asked.
"No."
"So, you could just meet a guy and you'd let him tell you that he loved you?"
"Well…no, but-"
"Lily, I love you," James said.
"Shut up. That's not true."
"But I do. Really, I love you."
"Stop it. Ok. Whatever! You win!"
"Aren't you gonna say it back?" James pressed.
"Damn it, James! Just…give me my snow globe!" Lily cried flailing about her outstretched hands.
"Aren't you going to say it back?" James asked again, holding the globe out of her reach.
Lily closed her eyes and sighed.
"Why does this mean so much to you?" he asked her. "Is it because he said that he loved you?"
"No! I…" she sighed again and sat down. James walked over to her and sat cross-legged across from her.
"I collect snow globes. This one just happened to be my favorite one and not because it said love on it," she explained.
James looked at it again. He turned it upside down, then right side up again and watched the fake snow drift towards the ground.
"I just get lost while watching them," Lily explained, her eyes glued to the action taking place inside the globe. "It's so beautiful and so…so simple."
"Yeah. You're right," James said while turning his head and looking at her. "Here," he said as he handed over her snow globe.
"Thanks," she murmured. She slowly got up and placed the snow globe on her dresser.
"Let's get out of here. I want to meet your friends," Lily said, her mood changing into a happy one.
"You already know my friends, though," James said. His face looked puzzled, but he stood up slowly anyway.
"The only one that I really know is Remus because of prefect stuff. Hell! I barely know you!" Lily cried as she exited the dorm.
James sighed, rolled his eyes and followed her out the door.
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The two trailed down the stairs and found the remaining Marauders sitting by a roaring fire in the middle of the Common Room.
Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew were playing a game of Wizard's Chess on the ground while Remus Lupin was leaned up against an arm chair, his book held open, but not being read.
"Hey guys!" James said as he sat down next to Remus. Lily sat down next to James and stretched her long legs out. Remus glanced at the two.
"Hey, Prongs. Hello, Lily," Remus replied with a friendly smile.
"Hey Remus," she greeted back. "Who's winning?"
"Well, we don't know that but I could tell you who's loosing," Sirius said with a smirk.
"Shut up," Peter grumbled.
"So, Miss Evans, why have you decided to hang out with the illustrious marauders on this wonderful Saturday?" Sirius asked, stealing a glance at her.
"She's my girlfriend, that's why," James snapped.
"Rebound? Nice," Sirius said with a grin.
"She is not rebound." James said with a snarl. "It's an agreement we've set up. We'll be dating for the next couple of weeks."
"So, she's part of the clan?"
"Yes."
"Welcome, then!" Sirius cried, throwing his hands in the air.
"Pawn to H9," Peter said.
"You still have pawns out?" Lily asked
"Just one…." Peter murmured.
"You know anything about chess?" James asked her.
"Actually, I do. My dad and I used to play a lot when I was younger," she explained.
"Cool. So, after I beat Wormtail over here, I'll play you next Evans," Sirius said as he made another move.
"As long as we play muggle chess," Lily said with a smirk. She looked over at the book that Remus was holding.
"What are you reading?" she asked him.
"Oh…As the Planet Rotates. It's pretty good. It's about these two kids who are twins and didn't even know they were related. Their dad is a secret agent who is being pursued by all these other agents, so he split up the kids and he himself went into hiding. Now they are all meeting up again 15 years later," Remus explained, absorbed in the novel.
"That sounds interesting. By who?" Lily asked.
"Shawna Everwood. I highly recommend it," Remus said while nodding his head.
After the expected win of Sirius, Lily set up her old chess set.
"You can go first," she offered, turning the white pieces towards Sirius.
"Lady's first," he replied with a grin, turning the board again.
"You're gonna need it. I used to whoop Keith's ass all the time and he's the best in his house," Lily said with a chuckle.
"Why'd he break-up with you anyway?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius!" Remus cried.
"No, it's alright. He broke up with me because he liked James' girlfriend better I guess," Lily said, the sarcasm in her voice was evident.
"Ouch. We should send him a howler!" Sirius said with excitement. "I've never sent one of those before."
"We aren't sending anyone anything." Lily said.
"Dear Lizard-Breath…" Sirius said with a smile.
"Lizard-Breath?" Remus asked with a smirk.
"What? It's not offensive, he's in Slytherin…"Sirius trialed off.
Lily rolled her eyes and moved one of her pieces.
"I hate moving these things," Sirius complained.
"Because it's oh-so-difficult," her words were dripping with sarcasm.
James sat there silently while observing Lily. She was right; they really didn't know that much about each other. All James knew about Lily was that she was muggle born, very smart and skilled in charms, her and Remus were prefects and that she and her ex-boyfriend had been dating for a while. If he remembered correctly, Lily had also dated Sean Cole her 5th year (he was a 7th year) and then Darrel Myns sometime between 5th and 6th year before Keith. Just watching her now though, really gave him an in-sight of who she really was.
He noticed that before each move she'd make, she would tuck her perfect red hair behind her ear (whether there was a piece out of place or not, and lick her bottom lip.
She captured another one of Sirius' knights.
"Damn you!" Sirius cried. He ran his hands through his shiny, sleek black hair. "This is bull! You're cheating."
Lily laughed…and boy, did James like her laugh…and her smile…
"I'm not cheating. I told you that I was good," she said.
"Whatever, I'm letting you win, anyway," he scoffed.
Lily laughed again and moved another one of her pieces.
James also noticed that Lily was fidgety when she was sitting. Every ten minutes or so she would shift positions.
Lily licked her lips again and then her eyes shown.
"Check!" she said with a smirk.
"Argh! Damn, shit! Fu-"
"You swear a lot," Lily said innocently.
Sirius glared at her and reluctantly moved his piece so Lily could capture it.
"Check mate! Great game. Play again?" she asked with a bright smile.
"Rub it in why don't you? Your ex-girlfriend kicks ass at chess," Sirius mumbled.
"Would you stop calling him that?" Lily asked.
"Want to go to Hogsmeade?" James interjected.
"What? Where did that come from?" Lily asked the shock in her voice evident.
"Just…answer the question."
"No because it's not a Hogsmeade weekend. We can't go," Lily said.
"Ah, but that can be arranged," James replied with a wink.
"You're not breaking any rules are you?" Lily asked.
"No, of course not. I don't recall a rule against visiting Hogsmeade on a non-planned visit weekend," James answered.
"James…"
"Come on! It's what boyfriends and girlfriends do. The only place we can go here is the library because everything outside is frozen," James explained
"James…what if we get caught?"
"Please? Puh-lease? Please, please, please, please, please, please," James stressed.
"If we get in trouble-"
"Let's go! Come on!" James cried pulling on her hand.
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After sneaking through the one-eyed hump witch ("so that's how you get butter beer for the parties!"), they ventured thought the streets of Hogsmeade.
They didn't have any plans, so the two aimlessly walked down the street, letting everyone move around them. James let Lily ramble on about how she thought that there should be more Hogsmeade trips. He watched her closely, like before. She would flick her right hand when stressing a point and she kept flexing and unflexing her fingers as if there was an invisible tennis ball there. James kept brushing his hand against hers, not quite wanting to grab it yet.
"If you want to hold my hand just grab it," Lily said suddenly, turning to look at James with mock sternness.
"What? I was just…flirting with you."
Lily stifled a laugh.
"You…call that flirting?" she asked.
"Well, I don't know…teasing sort of, like footsie with hands," he replied with a shrug.
"Handsie?" Lily asked with a laugh.
"Sure. I wanna hold your hand!" James sang, looking Lily in the eye.
Lily laughed again.
"What? Did I sing it right?" James asked.
"Yeah, you just don't seem like the type who'd know Beatles songs," Lily said, giggling.
"Oh. I know a little bit about muggles,"" James said while taking Lily's hand into his for real.
"So where do you want to go?" James asked.
"Not sure. What's the time?"
"Um…almost 5."
"It doesn't matter. Wherever you want to go."
"Um…would you mind it if we went into Honeydukes?" James questioned, his eyes pleading.
"Yeah, I don't care," Lily said.
So the two turned around and headed towards the sweets shop. Lily found it odd, being at Hogsmeade with no other Hogwarts students around.
Lily enjoyed the silence that surrounded the two of them. A light snow sprinkled around them. The snow brought a low wind. The win ruffled James' hair and mixed the snow into his dark locks. Lily hadn't noticed until now that James' hazel eyes had a glow to them, especially when he was talking. His cheeks were flushed red from the wind and his lips were quite dry. He was an animated talker. His eyes held expression and his voice would change pitches depending on what person he was imitating. His body moved in fluid movements and he would add and release pressure on her hand.
These natural behaviors of James' were interesting to Lily and made her smile.
"What?" James asked, laughing nervously. Lily didn't say anything, though, she just kept smiling.
"What? Is there something on my face?" James asked, running his right hand all across his face.
"Nothing. You just look so…flawless and carefree," Lily said.
"Ha! As if. Shaken like a banshee on the inside," James responded.
"Oh…well…I see Honeydukes up ahead," Lily said, pointing to the colorful shop.
As the couple entered the store a little bell rang over their heads. Since the usual crowds of Hogwarts students weren't present, it made it easier for Lily and James to move through the store more quickly.
"We need to remember to pick up chocolate," James said as he led her to the west side of the sweets shop.
"For Black? Does he need any more caffeine?" Lily commented, the humor in her voice was evident.
"Actually, it's for Remus. He's a bit of a chocoholic," James answered.
"Ah, I see. Hey, I'm gonna go check out their Christmas display real quick," Lily said pointing to the front of the store.
"Ok. I'll meet you in the check-out line," James answered, heading towards the other side of the store.
Lily met up with James a little later. He was carrying two bags, a small one and a long one.
"I see that you're set. Ready?" Lily asked.
"Let's get out of here."
They walked back into the streets. The wind had picked up immensely and the sun was done setting.
"You hungry?" James asked.
"Actually, I am. But I can wait until we get back to Hogwarts," Lily answered.
"I have money, let's go out," he suggested.
"No…you sure? Really, I'm sure you know how to get into the kitchens…"
"Ha! Yeah I can get into the kitchens, but lets go you for dinner, like couples do," James said his eyes glowing even in the darkness. "I'll even take you to that...Madame Pudfoot's place. Right? Girl's like to go there."
"To be honest, I've never been there before. I've heard that it's girly. You sure you want to go there?" Lily asked.
"Yeah. Come on, "he said, grabbing her hand and leading her towards the small little restaurant.
The two walked in and Lily was surprised at what she saw… almost. The place was small with tables littering the area. The maximum amount of chairs around a table was six. The tables were a light blue glass with red heart-shaped chairs. Kissing cupids and little heart butterfly's were flying around the room sprinkling red, white and pink dust of some sort. A sign to Lily's right read, "A place where you'll find love."
"It feels like Valentine's day," she said with mild disgust.
"May I help you?" a petite woman of about the age of 20 asked. She was wearing jeans and a tight short-sleeved v-neck red shirt. "For two?" she said, answered her own question. "Follow me."
The woman led the couple towards the left side of the room.
"Your waiters will be with you soon," the woman said. James thanked her. He then pulled out Lily's chair for her.
"Thank you," Lily said with a smile.
"Your welcome."
She opened the menu in front of her and started scanning for something delicious to eat.
"Hello. My name is Marta. I will be your server today. Can I get you something to drink?" she politely asked.
This girl was also wearing a red shirt with jeans. Her hair was blond and fell past her shoulders in ringlets.
"Um…Lils?" James asked.
"I'll have a butterbeer please." She shot a glance as James. "Actually, let's make it a cherry fizz."
"I'll have the same thing," James said, smiling.
"Ok. I'll be right back with those," Marta replied with a smile.
Lily looked back at her menu. It was hard for her to really decide what she wanted because everything was stuff like, "oodles of love noodles" or "kiss kiss bang bang steak."
"Yeah, there's nothing normal on this thing," Lily said while closing her menu.
"The burgers are really good here," James said, looking up from what he was doing.
"Do they even serve burgers?" Lily asked.
"Yeah. 100 Pure Love!" James said with a wink.
"Are you ready to order?" Marta asked, popping up out of nowhere.
James and Lily both ordered burgers which would come out in twenty minutes. Until then, James decided to play a game.
"Really? Alright would you like to start?" she asked him.
"Ok, we'll start off simple. Favorite color?"
"Um…definitely orange."
"Really?! I never would have guessed," James said.
"Yeah. Well, it is. So...what's your favorite color?" she rebounded.
"Um…oddly enough, it would have to be green," James said with a nod.
"Really?! That's a shock. How did this happen?" Lily asked, incredulously.
"Well, actually the shade of emerald would be the type of green that I like," James said. He looked Lily straight in the eyes.
James could tell that she felt a little uncomfortable, so he cleared his throat and straightened up his back.
"Um, ok next. Favorite place to go."
"That's different," Lily commented. "Um…but I guess it would have to be Diagon Ally. Most people would think that I'd like a place like Hogwarts, which I do like. I do love Hogwarts, just Diagon Ally is so much more fascinating to me I guess," Lily explained, not that she needed to.
"Nice. Diagon Ally is pretty wicked," James replied with a grin.
"Um…ok so favorite class?"
"Ha, no thought there. Defense," he replied instantly.
"Really? Well, actually I guess that doesn't surprise me," Lily said as she thought about it.
"Ok, Lily," James said with a grin. "Most embarrassing moment?" he said with a wicked smile.
"Um…ok…so there was this time when me and Karen were passing notes and we were saying really mean things about the Defense teacher at the time…it was Professor Yale," Lily explained. James shuddered. "And um…she found the note and read it out loud to the group. It was really embarrassing."
"That's hilarious! What did you say?" James asked.
"Doesn't matter. Ok, it's my turn lets see, how about…favorite song, muggle or wizard," Lily asked him as Marta came by with their plates.
"Um…yeah well if I was to tell you my current favorite, you would laugh at me," James said while turning red.
"Aw, no, I wouldn't laugh at you," Lily said in all earnestly.
"No, I don't care. It's embarrassing."
"Hey! It was your idea to play this game. Plus, I just told you my most embarrassing moment." Lily said while lightly slapping his hands.
"Alright. Um…my favorite song would be Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting," James answered sheepishly.
Lily couldn't help the snort that slipped out of her mouth.
"I knew you would laugh!" James cried.
Lily took a large bite of the hamburger to keep from giggling. She swallowed and then spoke to James.
"I don't think it's stupid, just weird, for like…someone like you. That's all. Elton John?" Lily said with a snicker. "But, at least it's better than this crap that's playing in the background here," Lily said, motioning outward to signal to the music playing in the background of the restaurant.
Some sort of love song played by a strings quintet was going on. Lily assumed that it was dance night since couples of all sorts were slowly dancing with each other in the middle of the room on a dance floor that wasn't there when Lily and James had entered half an hour before. Just then one of the flying cupids came by James and Lily's table and started sprinkling candy hearts all around and on their table.
"Ugh…why is everything so…romantic here? It's like nothing is normal," Lily said, the frustration rising up in her. She pushed her chair back and got up.
"Lily…Lily what are you doing?" James asked.
"Why is everyone so caught up in love? Why are you slow dancing? You don't need to be sexual all the time!" Lily cried walking out on the dance floor. The couples all around stopped dancing and looked at her.
"I mean, don't you ever do anything fun or weird or crazy?" she asked with wide eyes.
Lily looked around the group. Everyone was looking at her like she was crazy, which James was starting to believe.
"You put your…right hand in…you pull your…right hand out…" Lily started singing. Everyone just kept looking at her while she did the absurd motions. "You put your right hand in…and you…shake it all about. You do the hokey-pokey," Lily kept singing while turning in a circle, "and you turn yourself around…that's what it's all about," Lily said clapping on the last beat. She looked at the group of people surrounding her. She now realized that what she did was pretty embaressing. Doing the hokey-pokey in front of a group of people who were a.) older than her and b.) Too loved up to do the hokey-pokey, was a pretty stupid thing. But then in the background, she heard it. "You put your left hand in, you pull your left hand out," a female voice started singing. "You put your left hand in and you shake it all about." "You do the hokey-pokey and your turn yourself about," the rest of the group started singing. "That's what it's all about!" All the couples on the dance floor started dancing this new muggle dance. Lily was smack dab in the middle of the group. She was laughing and moving, shaking her head and body, matching the words in the song. James watched her from their table laughing to himself. Lily was very different from any other girl he had ever dated. She was fun and bubbly and she really didn't care what others thought about her. If something was bothering her, she made sure everyone knew about it. There was something about Lily that made him want to behave just like she did. In fact, right now he wanted to go take a swim in the lake. It didn't matter that it was probably in the negatives and they would both get sick, as long as it was Lily and James in that frozen pond doing something spontaneous that mattered to him. So, he got up and walked over to Lily and joined her in the dance. She was smiling and laughing and helping him shake his hips in a crazy way. Just being around Lily was enough for James at the moment.
After the situation at Madam Pudfoots, the couple went back to the school. They snuck back in though the secret passage and up through the stone witch. Quickly and quietly, they crept back to Gryffindor tower.
"See you tomorrow, James," Lily whispered with a smile.
"Yeah. Tomorrow. Sleep…well," James said, falling into her smile.
He watched her hop up the stairs until he heard the click of her door closing. Then James bounded up the stairs, only falling twice, and slamming shut the boys' dorm door.
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