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D – dare

He wasn't exactly sure how he ended up like this.

Currently, he was engaged in half-carrying, half-dragging a very, very drunk Lily Evans back to Hogwarts through one of the Marauder's secret passages.

It was supposed to be an enjoyable evening sneaking into Hogsmeade with the rest of the Marauders. He didn't expect Lily Evans and her friends to also be at the Three Broomsticks, sipping at their jugs of Firewhisky.

What he really didn't expect was Lily to accept Sirius' dare and drink him under the table.

Honestly, what is she made of? No one has ever beaten Sirius at this before.

He made another attempt at carrying her. Unfortunately for him, Lily Evans was not only very stubborn, she was also a lot stronger than she appeared. Her flailing hands hit him square on the nose. "OW!" he yelped, clutching his bloody nose.

"Tol' ya not to carry m..." she slurred, struggling to open her eyes. "I ca' walk on m' own." She took a few steps forward unsteadily.

He sighed as he watched her wobbly walk. I wonder if I'll get out of this with my nose intact. He strode forward and scooped her up, bridal-style, deftly avoiding her thrashing arms.

She seemed to give up after a while, burrowing closer towards him. "James? I'm drunk, righ'?"

"Yeah, I think so. Why?"

She considered this for a while. Then she started giggling. "You're carrying me like my dad used to! But you know," she snuggled closer up to him. "You're a lot more..." she trailed off.

"A lot more...?" He stopped, looking at her curiously. She murmured something unintelligible. "...cute..."

He raised an eyebrow, a smirk on his lips. "You think I'm cute? Come on, Evans, out with it." He started walking again, his eyes firmly trained on her face.

"You smell good," she finally said, matter-of-factly. "And I'm really, really drunk because I don't think I would have told you that, or that I really, really like you, otherwise."

She cuddled up to him, and dozed off, cosily cloistered in his arms.

James, on the other hand, was fervently blessing Sirius, dares and Firewhisky.

I won't update for a couple of days because I'll be on holiday (yay for Easter hols!). Please review! That might give me motivation to throw off my holiday-induced lethargy and update sooner... *wink wink nudge nudge*