A/N: Okay, so thanks for even stopping to read this. NOw the bolded text are James' thoughts. And the italics are Lily's.

"Well?" Lily asked.

"What?" James still had his hands resting on Lily's waist. Lily tried to step back from him in attempt to get his hands off her but couldn't get far enough without springing back. Finally she grabbed his hands and threw them back at him and away from her. James frowned.

"Potter!" Lily barked.

"What?" he repeated.

"Well what are we going to do about this?" she gestured between them. James stayed silent, staring at the-lack of- space between them. "Never mind." Lily shook her head at him "Let's go to Professor Dumbledore."

"Do you want us to come?" Remus offered with a look at Sirius and Peter "I mean it is their fault."

Lily stopped to think about this. She'd rather be with James, Sirius, Peter and Remus than alone with James. "Yes. All of you. All of you come."

"Okay," Peter nodded quickly.

"Do I have t-" Sirius stopped at Lily's murderous glare and followed behind them obediently.

Lily had trouble trying to keep up with James' long strides as they went through the corridors and James was finding it hard to walk with the feeling of something tugging him backwards at all times. They continued to trip the whole way to the gargoyle statue, marking the headmaster's office.

"Licorice wand," Lily said clearly before the statue began to turn and reveal stairs. "Come on," she went up the first couple stairs and yanked her arm forward, yanking James along with it. Remus, Sirius and Peter followed them up on the staircase. "Professor Dumbledore?" Lily called.

"Miss Evans," Dumbledore stood up from behind his desk and walked around to stand in front of the group. "Mister Potter?"

Sirius leaned out from behind James and Lily and waved at the headmaster "Sirius Black," he announced.

"And Mister Lupin and Mister Pettigrew!" Dumbledore clapped in delight before doing a double-take of James and Lily's close proximity. "What brings you to my office?"

"We have a problem Professor," Lily gestured between her and James. "See, we're stuck. Together."

"Now how did this happen?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

James panicked. Depending on how bad the situation ended up being Sirius and Peter could get in a lot of trouble for what they did.

"Sirius convinced-" The four Marauders eyes widened and Remus opened his mouth to say something.

Before Lily or Remus could say another word James had shut his eyes and fallen to the side. Pulling Lily with him.

They both toppled over and Lily fell on top of James. "Ow," she moaned touching the back of her head where it had hit the ground.

"Sorry," James apologized with a sheepish smile "Are you okay? I'm-err- still getting used to this," he lied.

Lily rolled her eyes at his excuse.

Sirius- still afraid Lily was about to rat him out or he would be on the ground laughing right about then- went over to Lily and James with Remus. "Here Prongs," he reached out a hand and Remus did the same for Lily. They both took the help and were able to get to their feet at the same time preventing another fall.

"Thanks Remus," Lily gave him a small smile and James held back his frustration.

He spends over six years trying to get her to look at him-look not glare- and nothing. Then Remus does hardly anything- unless you count becoming a prefect- and suddenly Lily's all nice towards him.

"Thanks Padfoot," James grumbled.

"Welcome."

"Back to the subject at hand," Dumbledore said bringing their attention back to him "What happened?"

James looked from Lily to Sirius and Peter.

As Lily opened her mouth to start telling the story again James cut her off "Peter and Sirius...accidently hit us with a charm," he explained.

Lily shot him a look but just nodded along with the story.

"I really didn't mean for this to happen," Peter looked down and Sirius looked at the headmaster.

"It was a complete accident," he assured.

Dumbledore nodded slowly "Well let's see what we can do about this."

Lily looked at James, slightly scared.

"Now Miss Evans can you step this way please," Dumbledore had her shuffle to the left. She moved fairly easily...except for her wrist which stayed about six inches from James'. "Mister Potter," Dumbledore moved him over to the right but their wrists still stayed the same six inches apart. "Hmm..." he gestured for them to turn so they were facing opposite directions and they obliged. "Can either of you lift your wrists?"

James and Lily both tried lifting their wrists to bring them back towards them. This resulted in their wrists swinging together.

"Try this," Sirius grabbed Lily's shoulder and James' arm and pulled them so they were literally back to back. Lily struggled but Sirius held her in place until she relented. "Now lift your wrists," he instructed.

I can't believe I'm going to take orders from Black Lily thought as she obediently lifted her wrist without issue.

Remus walked over to where Lily, James and Sirius stood. "Mind if I try?" Dumbledore nodded and Remus tried to pry the two apart. They moved- about six inches- and then it was like some kind of invisible force wouldn't let them move any further away from each other.

"Well Merlin's beard," Remus whispered. He nudged Peter and- quietly enough that Dumbledore couldn't hear- asked "What the hell did you do?"

Sirius chuckled "You think if he knew we'd be here right now?"

"Excuse me for a moment," Dumbledore nodded at the five students and disappeared into a separate part of the office. Lily could hear a muffled conversation and was able to figure out that the headmaster was talking to the school's medi-witch, Madame Pomfrey.

Lily put her face in her hands and began to panic "Ugh. What did I do to deserve this? I can't believe I'm stuck in this mess." She suddenly turned to James "You better pray this isn't permanent."

Sirius laughed "Yeah, he's attached to the girl of his dreams and you think he's praying this isn't permanent? Evans I thought you were smart."

Lily glared at him "Don't think I've forgotten that this is really your fault."

"I didn't cast the charm," Sirius pointed out.

"Lily I'm really sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen. It really was an ac-" Peter attempted to apologize but Lily interrupted him and spun back around to face James.

She looked at the six inches between them and put her arm out so she could step back. Keeping her arm out she spoke in a frighteningly quiet voice "And you. You lied to the headmaster!"

"Technically...I didn't lie," James said carefully.

"Really? How so?" Lily put on a look of false curiosity. "Enlighten me, because frankly I really don't see how you told the truth."

"I said they accidently hit us with a charm. And they did," James replied simply.

"No," Lily shook her head "Peter was trying to hit us with the silencing charm."

"Yeah," Sirius said "he was trying to hit you with the silencing charm. Obviously that's not the charm that hit you."

James smirked "He accidently hit us with the charm that did this," he gestured between him and Lily. "See? I didn't lie."

"Fine," Lily rolled her eyes "technically you didn't lie. You deceived the headmaster."

"Well I didn't see you objecting to my version of the truth," James retorted.

Lily's arm was getting tired and she dropped it to try and get the blood to circulate again. She sprang back towards James and the force almost threw James backwards. He caught Lily around the waist and set her upright.

Dumbledore came back into the room and smiled "Mister Black, Mister Lupin, and Mister Pettigrew, you three can all go back to your common room now. And Mister Potter, Miss Evans, Madame Pomfrey and I will see you two tomorrow morning in the hospital wing. And I trust you two will be responsible while in this situation?"

"Yes Professor. Thank you," Lily smiled politely. Remus, Sirius and Peter all left the office (but not before Sirius shot James a look that said 'You're going to tell me everything.').

Lily began to leave and James stumbled trying to follow her.

"Miss Evans," Lily turned back around to face Dumbledore "Under these circumstances would I ever suggest this, but I think it may be a good idea for you to link to each other in some way seeing as you have yet to get used to this arrangement."

"Professor Dumbledore-" Lily looked slightly confused.

James grinned and picked Lily's hand up in his. "Will this do Professor?" James asked holding up their hands.

"That will do Mister Potter," Dumbledore chuckled and waved them out of the office.

On the way back to the head's dormitory Lily kept trying to drop her hand from James'. Every time she tried though, he would either tighten his grip or remind her about how it was 'Dumbledore's Orders'.

On her final attempt of getting her hand freed from the clutches of James they slammed into a wall. Great Lily thought sarcastically.

"Lily, I'm sorry about having to hold your hand," Okay, not really but if it's going to be this painful I am, James groaned inwardly at the dull pain in his arm where a bruise was about to appear. "I just want to get back to our dorms in one piece."

"Fine," Lily said irately.

After that Lily held on to his hand without complaint and they reached the head's dorm in silence.

James looked at the portrait of the field and the children playing in it and greeted them briefly before giving the password "Zonko's."

A girl in a yellow dress in the portrait giggled "That's not it Sir." Lily shared a smile with the little girl before looking a James innocently.

"Yes it is," James insisted "Zonko's. Now, let me in."

"Incorrect again Sir. The password has been changed," she informed in.

What? When did the password change? James turned to Lily "You try."

Lily hesitantly looked at the portrait and whispered "Big-headed idiot." The girl giggled again and the portrait swung open.

"You changed the password?" James asked. "When were you going to tell me?"

Never. Lily thought. But instead she smiled sweetly "Eventually."

Sure you were.

He would have never guessed it too. The big-headed idiot.

"I need to go to Gryffindor common room." Lily said suddenly.

"Why?"

"Because I need to talk to Alice about all of...this," Lily held up her wrist bringing James' arm with it.

James nodded and they went over to the Gryffindor coloured tapestry by the far wall. Dumbledore had put tapestries like this for every house in the head's dorm so they had access to every common room.

They pulled the tapestry back and stepped into the Gryffindor common room.

Lily stopped a fifth year girl and asked if she had seen Alice Prewett anywhere.

"Yeah," the girl pointed up the girls' staircase "she's in her room."

Lily thanked the girl and headed over to the stairs. They were getting weird looks from a lot of the people in the common room but Lily didn't notice. It wasn't everyday you saw Lily Evans and James Potter together. Let alone that close together.

Lily was about to go up the stairs when James stopped her "We can't go up there."

"Why not?" Lily asked in annoyance.

"We can't go up there," James gestured between them "Or actually I can't go up there, so you can't go up there."

Right. Lily thought. Well what am I supposed to do now? I can't just stand here like an idiot.

James turned and tapped a sixth year girl on the shoulder. He gave her his most charming smile and she blushed.

Perfect. James figured she must be a fan of his then. Most girls were either a fan of his or Sirius' and on the rare occasion they weren't either, they were a fan of Remus'.

"Do you know Alice Prewett?" he asked.

The girl's smile faltered but she nodded anyways.

"Great. Can you do me a favour and ask her to come down here?"

"Sure," the girl smiled at him.

"She's in her room," James added looking up the staircase.

"Okay." Lily looked at the girl in disgust. She was practically drooling over James. Lily held back the urge to roll her eyes Take a picture. It will last longer.

"Thanks," James winked at the girl before she giggled and skipped up the stairs.

Lily looked at James "That was sickening," she commented.

"Well she's going to get your friend isn't she?"

Lily gave James a look of distaste even though he was right.

"Lily!" Alice exclaimed coming down the stairs. The girl that James sent to get her came down behind her and blushed when she looked at James. Ew, Lily thought.

"Alice! I have to talk to you," Lily gave Alice a one-armed hug and pulled her- and James- over to a free couch.

"Lils what's wrong?" Alice immediately looked at her with concern.

"This is what's wrong," Lily kept her voice down and moved away from James on the couch but let her hand stay near James'.

"Hey," Alice glanced at James just realizing he was there "why's he with you?"

Lily shook her head "Just try and separate our hands."

"But they are separated," Alice pointed out in confusion.

"No," Lily said "Just pull our wrists as far apart as you can get them."

Alice held onto Lily's wrist and took James' in her other hand. James just watched for her reaction.

Alice tried to pull Lily's wrist away from James but she only got as far as the six inches apart they were to begin with. "Why isn't it working?" Alice asked calmly.

"Because his friends got us stuck together," Lily replied with slight malice in her voice.

"Oh," Alice looked at James suspiciously "How long are you two stuck together?"

"I haven't the slightest bloody clue," Lily shook her head "We're seeing Madame Pomfrey tomorrow."

"What the hell did you do?" Alice turned to James angrily.

"I didn't do anything. It was all Sirius' idea and Peter's doing," James told her. Although I'm probably going to thank them both later.

"Right," Alice agreed with sarcasm.

James opened his mouth to defend himself but Lily stopped him. "It's late. We need to go back to our dormitory," she said "I'll see you tomorrow Alice."

"Yeah," Alice agreed "Good luck." She glared at James once more before Lily and James got up and went back to their dorm.

James looked at Lily and hesitated before asking "Lily...where are we going to sleep tonight?"

"Wha-" Lily was about to yell at him when she realized why he was asking. "Oh. Shit," she swore under breath "Uh...my room. But you better not touch anything!"

"How would I touch something without you knowing?" James asked.

"I don't know. You could find a way I'm sure."

James nodded. "Let me get my pyjamas first."

He led the way into his room. It looked at lot like hers with a queen-sized bed and dark wood furnishings. It was mostly a deep red colour with a touch of gold. It was the opposite of her mostly gold with a touch of red room.

James went over to his chest of drawers and pulled out a pair of pyjama pants. He usually didn't wear a shirt to sleep but with Lily he knew he would have to. He grabbed a white t-shirt from the drawer. "Okay. Come on."

They went back into Lily's room. She went over to her drawer and looked through it. Crap! I can't wear any of these. All of her pyjamas were...tiny. They were all tank tops or camisoles with matching shorts. She glanced at James "Turn around," she ordered. James did as he was told and Lily changed quickly. Or as quickly as she could while being attached to a seventeen year old boy.

James was finding it painful to resist turning around.

"Done," Lily sighed. And James turned back around. He stared at her in shock. "It's not like I want to wear this in front of you! Don't look at me like that!" Lily said quickly. Normally she would put on a sweater but even in April she would be too warm sleep in it.

James shook his head. "Sorry. Do you-uh- want to borrow something?"

Lily closed her eyes "Err-uh-sure," she nodded and looked up at him "Thanks."

They went back into James' room and he handed her a gray cotton t-shirt that had a black design on the front left side. Lily slipped it on. It reached slightly past her mid-thigh. It was perfect-except for the fact that it belong to James Potter. She smiled at him gratefully "Thanks."

James shrugged "No problem."

Back in Lily's room Lily turned around so James could change.

"You can turn around now," James chuckled and Lily turned to see him with his shirt going over his head. She caught sight of his taut stomach and blushed. Maybe quidditch had some benefits. James chuckled again "You know, I thought you'd want me to sleep with a shirt. Was I wrong?"

Lily shook her head at him "Don't flatter yourself."

James just smirked. "Which side am I on?" he asked looking at the bed.

"You can take the left. I don't like sleeping near the door."

James nodded and they went over to the left side of the bed. He lifted the covers so Lily could slide in first.

Lily got comfortable then turned on her back. She put her hand near the middle of the bed. "You stay on that side," Lily told James. James nodded and moved his hand to the middle and closer to where hers was.

Lily fell asleep quickly, comfortable in her own bed, while James lay awake thinking over the day's events.

Suddenly his wrist jerked as Lily rolled over unconsciously and curled up on her side. James was immediately pulled over closer to her. The back of his arm was uncomfortably lying across Lily's shoulder.

Lily rolled again and he was pulled with her. He sighed and turned over. He put his arm around Lily's waist.

There. That's better.

A/N: Aw, I love James and Lily. So hope you all liked the second chapter. Sorry it took so long to update. Leave a review or PM me with any questions or comments. Thanks for reading!

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