L'Amoureuse
Lazy Days
Summary: A series of L/J centered one-shot/drabbles, each of which will be based upon a quote. There will be fifty total. A response to my own challenge, 50 Phrases.
Disclaimer: No, I am not JKR. If I was, there would be a Marauder novel, Harry would have stopped whining, and Snape would not be dead. If that just spoiled DH for you, too bad.
Based off of quote number 23, He/she turned around and saw him/her kissing (insert best friend here).
Chapter 2- Time To Pretend
It was New Years Eve, and the Gryffindor was packed with tipsy (and drunk) students, all rowdy and looking for someone to kiss.
11:27.
Lily hated it. She hated the crowd, the fuss, the spilled and sticky alcohol, and the smell of smoke.
11:30.
James was having the time of his life; even managing to forget about the row he and Evans (he noted that they were back to surnames- it had been a bad week) had had that morning over a rubber duck and a Transfiguration spell.
11:32.
Lily smiled vaguely at Sirius, with whom she had become good friends in the past few months. He beckoned her over for a chat, and she complied, grabbing her Firewhisky from where it was perched on a sofa.
11:34.
James smiled alluringly at Marlene McKinnon, the bird that was friends with Lily (Evans, he corrected himself- Evans).
11:36.
Lily was becoming slightly drunk as she downed drink after drink- this night had always depressed her, because she had always been alone.
11:38.
James tried- and failed- to pretend that he didn't mind Lily talking and drinking with Sirius. He made himself pay attention to what Marlene was saying, but he couldn't focus, all he could think about was the spitfire redhead with the stumble in her step and the glassiness in her eyes.
11:40.
Lily rubbed her eyes and tripped over her feet, falling into the staircase. Thinking it best, she sat down for a moment and watched around her.
11:41.
God, this girl just wouldn't shut up. James had never realized how annoying her voice was.
11:42.
Lily saw Sirius dancing with a pretty brunette sixth year, Remus snogging Arabella Figg in the corner (that was a new development, she'd have to remember to tease them about it tomorrow- that is, if she could remember it at all), and James chatting with Marlene. That was strange; they had never liked each other.
11:45.
James saw Lily sitting on the steps, looking small and tired and delicate, and he felt an overwhelming urge to just go and kiss her. But he knew that if he did- well, he wouldn't open his eyes tomorrow.
11:45.
Lily saw James look at her with concern and a flash of- was that romance? She ducked her head. Because honestly, Lily had never understood why James Potter liked her. All she knew was that he was starting to win her over- but of course, it was only in her drunken state that she would admit that.
11:47.
God, James just wanted Lily. All he had wanted since the age of thirteen was Lily Evans. Not even in a sexual way; he hated that girls always made everything sexual. He just wanted her- well her entire being. A surge of anger ran through him- anger at himself for not doing things her way and anger at her for not seeing past his angry and pricky wall.
11:50.
Lily knew that now everything would speed up. Ten minutes until the kissing apocalypse, a moment where she knew she would be alone. Sirius had moved on to snogging the girl, and Remus and Arabella were hard to see in the gloom of the corner. James had his hand on Marlene's shoulder- wait what?
11:53.
Yes, we know that we are going to snog. James thought that this entire situation was so cliché and predictable, yet he found himself going through it every year.
11:55.
Mass pandemonium as people swirled around Lily, trying to find someone to engage in liplock with at that moment where things were supposed to magically change. Lily snorted and splashed her drink all over herself. What a load of bullshit.
11:57.
He could see Lily sitting alone, surrounded by swirling people and kissing couples and people desperately seeking love- or at least a good kiss. She looked alone- Marlene pulled him back to the present with a seductive tone and a smile.
12:00.
Lily had been going up the stairs. She turned around to see him kissing Marlene, and at once, she felt a rage pound through her. That was unexpected.
12:00.
He was kissing Marlene when he saw Lily looking at him, shooting daggers with her eyes. What on earth was he doing?
12:03.
Lily had been walking in the corridor when he caught up with her.
12:05.
He smiled at her after looking at her for two solid minutes. 'I shouldn't have kissed her. To be perfectly honest, you are the only girl I want to kiss.'
12:06.
To his and her surprise- 'Then kiss me. Maybe I don't want you kissing anyone else, either.'
12:10.
They were happy.
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Author's Note: So clichéd, I know, but I had to do it!
And… as a side note. Every chapter is named after a song. If you can tell me who sang that song, you'll get a teaser from next chapter… or at least know which quote I'm using.
Please don't cheat, it takes the fun out of it!
Thanks so much!