Chapter Three: Kiss With a Fist
Lily walked up to the Gryffindor tower - in a few minutes they would be back in the most dreaded place of all. Right in-front of the gossip-queen Portrait the Pink Lady. The woman could never keep anything to herself as a portrait - how horrid would she have been as a real life person? Lily wondered as they walked closer to the area he grabbed her hands.
"Now, these are her spies" he whispered into her ear, she laughed pretending he had said something funny - really the whisper had just tickled her neck, her ear, and made her hair move tickling her shoulder in general.
As they walked the corner and the Pink Lady saw them Lily could tell instantly that she was engrossed with the little-bit of attention they were giving each other. "Now, now I didn't expect to see this happening!" The portrait exclaimed her jaw obviously slacked with her utter look of shock on her face - she at-least couldn't sing right now Lily mused with a smile.
"I know, neither did I" she cooed happily as if she were really in love. Another face playing in her mind as she thought of love. One her entire self would deny when asked, or even confronted by herself. "He's just, too kind...he's the one who saved me" Lily smiled leaning in she kissed Sirius who kissed her back a little too passionately - boy did she just want to punch him in the face.
"Be convincing" he whispered.
She smiled leaning her head on his shoulder "i don't do that" she breathed, making it look as if she were romantically sighing. This would be harder than she thought it would - or even had to be.
"Thats just precious and you found true love with him," The Portrait smiled - Lily could see a quick quotes quill behind her scribing away. She couldn't help but chuckle - she was going to tell all the portraits in no time and soon their stupid picture frames would be filled with people, and painted people watching them.
"Bezoar" Lily said the rather odd password as it was a rather rare potions ingredient. The portrait swung open the Pink Lady looking rather tetched that she couldn't get more information on them right now.
"Alright, ready?" Sirius asked Ready? Ready for what Lily wondered as he helped her through the portrait hole and then it dawned on her she would have to act in love and later scrub herself down until her entire body, her mind even, everything of her was squeaky clean and rubbed raw.
"Sirius where have you ruddy been?" Potter's voice boomed as Sirius walked into the room - the look of shock that played on Potter's face suddenly when he noticed that Sirius wasn't trying to yell at Lily about something made Lily laugh. Boy did he have something else coming his way. "Hey Evans, we have rounds later right?" James asked raising an eyebrow he would obviously inquire about this and that wasn't something she wanted to do.
"Oh darn I completely forgot, oi Sirius can you give me a minute please Head boy head girl stuff thanks b-" She was about to say thanks babe or something with a big relationship oomph when James Potter suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her quite roughly out to the corner of the room.
"Ow! That ruddy hurts James Potter! Let my arm go this instant or else" she threatened, as he let her arm go she was almost shocked - he usually asked what the or else was if or else was her kissing him he would never let her arm go that she had been sure of.
"Sorry didn't mean to hurt you" he was acting rather off.
"What do you want Potter?" She asked huffing slightly.
"Is it true?" James asked, his eyes rather large and confused looking.
"Is what true Potter? You've got to learn to elaborate" she snapped back at him quite coarsely.
"Oh damn it must be true" he muttered. "You and Sirius Black - my best mate? Are you kidding me?" He almost looked mad, upset, and then it dawned on her the Portrait of Godric Gryffindor in the common room must have announced the news early before they even got into the room. That was fast - too fast.
"What about Sirius and me?" Lily asked raising an eyebrow.
"The fact that he took claim for saving you - and you, you are dating him." James asked he looked even more mad now it was probably because she didn't answer all she did was cross her arms and make to move away.
"Please Potter, whats it to you?" Lily asked her tone calmer, cooler even.
"Whats it to me?" He asked she watched as his adams apple quivered - oh god he was beautiful when mad, his chest heaved - he was like oh her perfect man wait what was she thinking? This was James 'The Toe Rag' Potter she was thinking of he wasn't beautiful sure he might be attractive in a purely un-love way he had a good body, and loads of muscles in all the right places...but sometimes he didn't think and he wasn't always nice... Lily thought glancing him cooly in the eyes as if egging him on to answer the question - it was obvious he was holding his answer back. "Whats it to me," he repeated this time much clamber his tone softer even almost loving - no not loving but relaxed. "This, Lily is what it's to me" he leaned in - she was already stuck pressed up against a wall with his arms barring her leaving on both sides. She felt herself squeak slightly as he leaned in and kissed her quite passionately on the lips her entire body going all tingly, warm, and her heart aching as he did so. Oh he was a beautiful kisser. Still he was dating her friend her best girlfriend and kissing her despite how much she liked it - despite the fact that she for a minute there had kissed him back pulled away and pulling her arm from under his let her balled up fist collide with his chin.
The action causing him to back off. "Now, James I'd like to leave so please do not try and stop me...also, have fun on rounds alright? I'm not going tonight not after this" she snapped her tone cold almost ice. She made to leave and then in a cold hushed tone - one that had a feint bit of hope in it she spoke one last parting word to him.
"Maybe next time when you like someone don't date their best mate and try and kiss them alright? Especially when they are dating your best mate unless you want to hurt two people at once."
"But he didn't save you Lily," James pleaded as she started to walk off.
"I don't care James, go bugger off alright?" She snapped and walked faster off over to the fire place taking a seat imbetween Sirius and Remus - James Potter's usual spot.
"Have fun on rounds Prongs" Remus, and Sirius both chirped after their friend - Sirius stopped mid-sentence as Lily plopped down next to him.
"Lily why are you crying?" He asked his tone soft almost caressing like he actually gave a damn about his fake-girlfriend.
"I-its nothing" she lied as she tried to wipe the tears from her cheek. These, at least, they were silent tears. Not the load wailing tears she had been crying the day before.
"What did Potter do?" Sirius asked his tone defensive, and kind at the same time.
"He" she sighed, and leaning in whispered softly into his ear, "k-kissed me...but he's with Mary and I-I don't want her to hate me, or me to be the reason they split" Lily whimpered not knowing that Remus could hear her the entire time.
"I'm so Sorry about James - sometimes he doesn't think" Remus pet Lily's back in a friendly manor. "Padfoot told me about your little plan," he whispered over to them, chuckling softly. "Good idea - maybe it'll work faster than you think especially with the aid of the portraits...if Gryffindor had seen that little Potter-moment you wouldn't be the cause of the break-off...it would be him...I saw you punch him" Remus chuckled smiling over to her. He was a far better friend than she had ever even noticed.
"I know, but I don't want the portraits to tell her - I think he should tell her."
"Well he never will unless he thinks he has a chance with you..." Remus chuckled.
"And how does one show that someone has a chance when you said some total bull line of 'dont hurt your friend' you know...because of Sirius and me...its just if I were Sirius or Mary I'd want to learn first hand" Lily huffed wiping a stray tear off of her cheek.
"If I were you I'd go off and find an empty room - he's probably in the room of requirement" Remus whispered as he had told Lily about the room he would sometimes hide in the expanse of wall that had a secret room that only showed what the person wanted to find.
"Well?" Sirius chuckled, "Aren't you going to go after him" Sirius laughed.
"Why do you want me to?" Lily asked coarsely.
"Yes. Because our little escapade won't have to be that long lived if you do" he explained with a chuckle. And wit that - with the hopes of not having to fake-love Sirius for too longs she ran off to the seventh floor Corridor.
She heard a loud crash from behind an expanse of wall and jumped slightly. Whoever it was - was really, very mad right now. She walked up to the wall every bit of her wanting to find James. Looking up, she saw a door appear in the wall.
The shock of the door materializing nearly stunned her - what stunned her even more was that the door opened as if someone had opened it, a hand grabbed onto her and suddenly, quite suddenly she was in a darkly lit and very red colored room. Red like the gryffindor common room in fact it was the Gryffindor Common room but with no one in it.
She looked up and gulped swallowing nothing. He was shaking right now, boy did he look mad.
"Are you an idiot you could have gotten hurt" his voice was soft, too soft for such an angry looking man.
"J-James," Lily stammered out her tone soft almost inaudible. "I wasn't following you" Lily whispered looking down at the ground.
"I saw you, Lily I saw you outside the room alright?" James huffed, a piece of parchment in his hand.
"How on earth could you have seen me? Or known I was out there?" Lily asked suddenly feeling more brave as he was confronting her - she was always brave when it came to confrontations. "Was it that piece of parchment you've always seemed to walk around with?" Lily asked as she took a step closer to him, trying to grab the parchment from him she failed.
"Now why on earth would I let you know Evans?" He asked, his tone almost teasing - but it was obvious that he was hurt still from earlier his eyes gave it away. The fact that there were a few tears streaming down his cheek made her own jaw slack slightly.
"James, I'm so sorry" she muttered as she dropped her hand back to her hips.
"Sorry about what? Punching me? Kissing me, and pushing me away?" He asked almost acting like none of it hurt. "Or dating my best mate when I was trying to get you to notice me, to give me the time of day for years?" He asked his chest heaving the same way it had been earlier.
"All of it," Lily whispered.
"All of it," he echoed his words ones of awe and joy. "Lily? Does this mean you might like me?" he asked taking a step forward he lifted her into his arms - his arms were so soft, so strong, so powerful. And he was so tall, beautiful, almost lanky but strong.
"James" she laughed as he spun around in a circle - with her trapped in his arms and unable to touch her feet to the ground.
"Lily" he smiled, leaning her back on the ground he smiled. "I'll try not and show any emotion around you when you are with Sirius alright? I'm not going to stand in your way" he muttered almost feeling resolve.
"James," she spoke firmly as he began to walk away towards the door, this time she grabbed his arm pulling him over to her - the look on his face was that of shock, bewilderment, and utter joy. "Don't, please just stay here for a bit okay I need to tell you something." She sighed.
He nodded, and stood there.
"I don't know who really saved me...this, Sirius and me, its not real alright?" The look he gave when she said this said it all that he was relieved, happy, and confused all at once.
"Then why are you with him?" He asked, huffing slightly.
"Ask him alright - he, he likes Mary alright..." Lily slipped the detail out raising an eyebrow she glanced up at him maybe just maybe James could help after all Lily knew Mary liked Sirius more than James.
"So this was all a ploy for him to get with Mary?" James asked chuckling "and why did you subject yourself to this?" He asked laughing still.
"Because, James...it was a two part thing alright - he thought that me thinking he saved me would make whoever saved me want to admit it..." Lily huffed slightly sighing.
"He's right it would do that - I have to go attack my friend now will you let me go so that I can?" He asked his tone playful.
"No."
"Alright then." He chuckled.
"James, stop it" She gasped as James had spun behind her wrapping his arms around her body holding her from behind as only one who truly loved you usually did.
"Stop what?" He asked, whispering against the back of her neck the feeling utterly enticing in itself. "Stop kissing the edge of your jaw, your neck, your shoulder and making you want to snog me."
"Y-yes" she gulped. Boy he was good at this stuff. "Stop because your with Mary." Lily huffed she didn't know how long she could resist snogging him.
The next thing he said would break her resistance for sure.
"We broke up last week - after the quidditch game Lily...after someone left the quidditch game and saved your life" He chuckled, kissing her neck one more time causing her to gasp at what he had said.
"Why didn't she tell me?" Lily asked shocked.
"Because I asked her not to, I didn't want you to think that you were going to get you know pestered so soon after being so close to being so hurt." He chuckled.
"It was you wasn't it?" Lily asked turning around a feeling of absolute realization humming throughout her entire self.
"It was me who did what?" He asked chuckling.
"Saved me," Lily thought she had it all figured out.
"Well, I won't tell you that - that is something for you to figure out." He smirked - of course he knew he was torturing her especially with how good of a kisser he was. She wouldn't be able to sleep all night - all she would remember was how good of a kisser James was. "We should do this again - you know...snog in private - because the entire school thinks you and Sirius are dating we'd have to keep us, a secret" he smirked.
"Oh you would like that wouldn't you? Lily on the side?" She snapped, glaring slightly.
"I would love to be able to run down the halls yelling I finally snogged Lily Evans the girl of my dreams - but I don't want you to be viewed as a slag or as a boyfriend stealer." Potter smirked.
"Thanks, I think" Lily chuckled.
"So, I'll help you."
"Help me what?"
"Get Marry with Sirius - and with some good Snogging - I've heard from the girls Sirius snogged that he's bad"
The last comment made her cheeks flush brightly. Yes, Sirius's kiss wasn't that great in her point of view but that was partly because she wasn't attracted to him and also because his breath smelled of dog food, or dogs breath. Brilliantly disgusting. "So it is true then?" James laughed. "Bad breath?" James smirked.
"Dog" She answered simply looking up to him.
"Ah, not good...well then, let me leave you with this" he smirked as he once again pulled her up against him, and sat down on one of the many sofa's in the room. He slowly began to kiss her once again causing every bit of her body to sing in harmony after all it seemed her body knew before her heart realized that she had found the love of her life. Or was it the Snog of her life? Because after all, the snog did feel like it was a secret guilty hidden snog even if it were completely allowable with a fake-boyfriend and everything.
Song:: Kiss with a Fist :: Florence + The Machine