Chapter Ten
James

Groaning I turned my alarm off, but soon started to smile. It was my first date ever with Lily, and it has to be special. I've been on other dates, but none exactly special. All those other girls, just distractions, heck I didn't even kiss them. The rumours about me sleeping around, that spread so much that even if I deny it I'll be called a liar.

I pulled my hangings open to see that Sirius had passed out on the floor with chocolate frogs around him, with a laugh I got up and kicked him in the side to wake him up.

"Oi! What was that for?" Sirius yelped scrambling to sit up.

"It's 9, Hogsmead in an hour." I said simply.

"Shit, almost forgot. Think I'll get lucky with Darcy?" He asked with a wink.

Ignoring him I said morning to Remus as he passed me leaving the bathroom, and me entering to have a shower.

Getting out Sirius was pounding on the door saying, "If you don't get out of there my hair won't be dry before we go!" He always was a drama queen, we had magic to do that but that apparently made his hair frizzy or took away the "natural shine".

Quickly brushing my teeth I got out, Sirius running past me for the shower.

"So Pete, what are you doing today?" I asked him as he was sitting on his bed all ready wearing unusually nice clothing and had a heart shaped box.

"I've got a date with Stacy Jenkins, she's in Hufflepuff."

"Wow, good for you Wormtail." I said trying to remember if I knew anyone with the name.

"Yeah, and I better go meet with her now or I'll lose my chance completely! Bye guys!" And Peter rushed out the door.

I pulled on my black jeans that I got for my birthday and grabbed the only clean shirt that I had, which turned out to be white. I decided to go downstairs and wait for Lily, my nerves getting the best of me. I quickly grabbed my new brown jacket before leaving.

As soon as I sat down near the fireplace beside Frank who was waiting for Alice with flowers. He has to be the most romantic guy in all over Hogwarts. Remus and Sirius came down only a few minutes later, Remus leaving to meet up with his Ravenclaw date, Amber.

Sirius opened his mouth to say something as Marlene and Alice came down the stairs, both looking pretty good. I looked for Lily to come up behind them, but I couldn't see red hair anywhere.

"She said for you to wait here, she has to get something." Alice said before I could ask where my date was.

"Okay, thanks. We'll meet up with you guys at the Three Broomsticks." I waved them out the portrait hole, and made my way back to the stairs as I saw the most beautiful women walk down them.

Lily was wearing the skinny jeans with the rips in them that I knew she got before school, and a nice white tank with a grey scarf wrapped around her neck. I noticed that she followed Alice in wearing appropriate shoes, unlike Marlene who wore too high heels. I felt a smile take up my face at the sight of her.

"You look amazing, and that even isn't a good enough word to describe you." I said, leaning in and gave a quick kiss on the cheek, making her blush.

"You look pretty darn good yourself," Her eyes ran up and down my body, with a small smile on her lips. I took her hand and together we made our way to Hogsmead.

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We walked into the Three Broomsticks where we saw Marlene, Sirius, Remus and Amber sitting at a booth. Together we went over and sat with them, but on opposite sides.

"You guys match," Sirius said with a bark like laugh.

Looking across the table to Lily and then down at myself, I realized that we did match.

"I didn't even notice." I said, giving Lily's leg a little squeeze under the table.

"Yeah right," Sirius said reaching across the table in an attempt to hit me, but I easily moved out of the way.

"You really gotta work on your aim there Pad," I said laughing, again squeezing Lily's leg.

Before Sirius could say anything more Darcy grabbed the neck of his shirt and started to pretty much suck his face off. That certainly shut him up, and I know it will for a while.

"Anyways, how did Jamsie here get you to go on a date with him?" Remus asked Lily, putting his arm around Amber.

"Well..." both Lily and I said but I let her take over wanting to know how she thought of it, "He and I were just hanging out and having a great time, laughing and all that. Then he asked me, I obviously thought as friends but then I thought I kinda hoped it was a date. So I asked him if it could, and so. We're on a date." She said with a huge smile on her face, grabbing my hand and squeezed it.

When she started to pull her hand away, without thinking I quickly grabbed it and held it. Her hand was still as warm and smooth as it was yesterday, and thinking of yesterday made me think what the rest of her body would feel like...

"Wow," Marlene said totally forgetting about Sirius.

"So it was Miss. Lilyflower over here who wanted a date?" Sirius said bringing his arm around Lily who gave him such a look he moved his arm away fast.

"More like both." I said, looking down at our hands on the table.

"I agree," she said smiling. "James what do you say we go for a walk?"

"Sounds good, see you back at Hogwarts!" I said before we left.

I kept looking over at Lily; she surprised me a lot yesterday, and even today. She let me hold her hand; she even admitted that she wanted to go on a date with me. Our hands kept brushing each other, but neither of us would just do it.

"So you really wanted to go on a date with me?" I asked.

"Yes, I have for a while you know." She said, taking my hand in hers.

"You have?" I asked shock and hope spread through my entire body.

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