I Swear, I am Getting Sick of This!: I make no profit from this story. J.K. Rowling owns everything except Ariel, Jonathan, the plot, and some spells.

I love you all (those of you who have reviewed)--- Quack Quack 88, quitesirius (cute penname lol), mariel, Bella, .up.to.no.good., JunJun, and Angel Solo, and all the bunch of people who didn't sign their name. Chapters coming up, and please keep reviewing. You all make me cry ::tears of happiness::, thanx so much. It's my first hp fanfic whatsoever, so I want to know what you think.

Ok, ok, I'm shutting up. Read!

**Sry to disappoint you, .up.to.no.good., but this isn't the classic snogging session. Snogging is fun to write (lol), but hey, it just didn't fit in the plot.**

Chapter 7: Empty Classrooms

       Lily was starting to panic when a familiar voice whispered seductively in her ear, "Trying to stand me up, Lily honey?"

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       "What do you think you're doing, scaring the hell out of me in the middle of the night?" Lily whispered angrily.

       James's voice hardened and his eyes became as cold as an Alaskan night. "And what the hell do you think you're doing, backing out on me?"

       "How did you--- No, wait." Her eyes narrowed and she spun around to face him. "Don't tell me you've taken to following me around under that damned Invisibility Cloak of yours."

       "Damned right I have!" James was almost shouting by now. He took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and continued. "Otherwise I'd have no idea you were being chicken and backing out on me, and I'd be standing there alone the entire night waiting for you!"

       Lily felt a stab of guilt, but fought to keep it out of her voice and off her face. "I am not chicken, damn you!"

       "Then why were you going to back out on me?"

       "Because I---" Lily's voice faltered. She turned her head away and focused on the floor behind him.

       "Because what?" He gathered her into his arms again, and tipped her chin up gently so he could look into her eyes. Lily tried to turn her head away, but he was too quick for her. James was startled quite a bit when he found her eyes bright with unshed tears.

       His voice softened and roughened with raw emotion--- mainly guilt, but something else too. "Because what, Lily?"

       She remained silent. A tear slid out of the corner of her eye, and he brushed it away gently with his thumb.

       "Oh, hell," he muttered under his breath. He stooped down and scooped Lily up into his arms. She uttered a soft, startled sound, but made no move to fight him. If anything, she relaxed against him more and closed her eyes.

       He carried her to the nearest empty classroom, kicked open the door, and sat down on a comfy chair with Lily still cradled in his arms.

       Tears were streaming silently down Lily's face, yet she uttered nary a sound. That sight alone tugged at James's gut more than anything else he had ever seen. "Shhhh…" he whispered gently. "Don't cry. I'm sorry for whatever I did, Lily honey. Forgive me?"

       She nodded silently and buried her face in his cloak. He slowly rubbed her back and stroked her face, whispering apologies and anything else that came to mind.

       James lowered his head slightly, hesitated, then planted a soft kiss on Lily's forehead. A moment later he was asleep, Lily still cradled in his arms.

       Lily cracked her eyes open, saw that James was asleep, and whispered softly (perhaps more to herself than to him), You wouldn't break my heart too, would you James?

       Then she too fell asleep, still cradled in his arms. 

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That was my first attempt at sweet-and-sappy-ness. Tell me what you think, so in the next bunch of chapters I can either take out or leave all the little sweet parts.

I didn't fell like putting in snogging, because then it would be somewhat like the other J/L stories, and it's really not. It's--- different. You'll see what I mean in the next chapter or two, because things, well, change. Please review.

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Also, a little tribute to my fellow author and freak--- bunny chan!!! Thanx for helping me figure out this mess, and for telling me how to use bold and italics. I'm celebrating!! (Look below--- duh. It's bold and in italics, right?)

JAMES AND LILY FICS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!