After breakfast on Saturday morning Lily and James went to the library.

If Lily was going...wherever that night with James, Sirius, and Khloe she told James she was getting her homework done early.

"Why can't you just do the homework tomorrow?" James asked.

Lily sighed. "I don't like doing homework on Sundays. Sundays are my day to relax."

"Fine." For the first half an hour James sat quietly while Lily did her work. However an hour later he couldn't take it anymore. He was beyond bored.

"I have an Aunt Clarissa who always pinches my cheeks when she sees me. I think she fancies Sirius," he said randomly.

Lily looked up from her work. "Pardon?"

"My aunt Clarissa," James repeated. "She's always walking up to me and pinching my cheeks until they turn red and bruise purple."

Lily laughed. "What does that have to do with anything?"

James shrugged. "Nothing, I'm just bored is all."

"Okay," Lily said slowly before returning to her work.

"There was this one time over the Christmas hols," James continued. "It was me and Sirius and then a bunch of my cousins came over. Most of them are girls. My aunt Clarissa decided she was going to teach us all how to ballroom dance. Sirius and I picked up on it pretty quickly even though we were only twelve. But my cousin Hayley kept crushing my toes."

Lily nodded at his story. "Mhm."

James began to hum to himself.

You say yes.

I say no

You say stop.

I say go go go.

Oh no.

"You say goodbye and I say hello," Lily sang with a smile and a glance up at James.

James continued to hum.

Hello hello.

I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello.

"You know the Beatles?" Lily asked. James nodded. "I didn't know you listened to muggle music."

"Wizarding World music is crap," James stated bluntly.

Well alright then.

Lily went back to her work the song still playing through her head.

"Are you lonesome tonight

Do you miss me tonight

Are you sorry we drifted apart

Does your memory stray to the bright sunny day

When I kissed you and called you sweetheart

Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare

To you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again

Tell me Lily, are you lonesome tonight?" James finished the verse of the song with a smile at Lily and Lily looked up and shook her head at him but smiled back.

After lunch and a couple hours after that Lily and James finally left the library.

"Well what do we do now?" Lily asked.

"Now we get you ready for our date," James grinned.

They went into the head's dormitory and James opened the drawer he had put the package in the night before.

"Here," he held it out for Lily to take and she did. She opened the box and pulled out the dress that was tucked into it.

"Oh my Merlin," Lily gasped. "It's beautiful."

"And it's yours," James told her. Lily held it up against her robes.

"Are you serious?"

No, I'm James.

"Yeah. Now come on, you have a date to get ready for."

James turned so Lily could change. "James?" Lily asked. "Can I get ready in my room. All my stuff's in there."

"Right," James remembered. "Sure."

They both left and went into Lily's room. James let Lily change.

"Lils? Are you done yet?" he asked. He had had his back to her for at least ten minutes now.

"Oh, sorry, hold on." While James was turned away from her Lily did her makeup and hair as well as changed. A few minutes later she told James he could turn around.

James turned.

Oh my Merlin Lily.

He stopped aand just stared at her.

"Okay," she said blushing and looking down slightly, like she couldn't decide where to look. "Can you not do that? It makes me really uncomfortable."

James shook his head in attempt to get his thoughts straight. "You look gorgeous."

Lily smiled shyly. "Thanks. Do you need to get ready too then?"

James nodded and Lily waited. After a moment of James just standing there she decided to lead the way to his room herself.

James just watched Lily walk in front of him.

The dress fit her perfectly. It was cream chiffon with a pearly belt around the waist. It came down to just above her knees, was strapless, and light. And Lily looked breath-taking in it.

James got ready quickly changing into his black suit and then began to make an attempt at his tie.

"Can I turn around now?" Lily asked.

James nodded before he realized she couldn't see him nod and spoke up, "Er, yeah."

Lily turned and laughed.

"What?" James looked insulted. "That bad?"

"No," Lily went over and moved his hands from his tie. "You look great... except for your tie. That needs some work." She fixed it herself and smiled as the thin black tie fell perfectly into place. "There. Now I see why you always leave it loose around your neck."

He grinned. "Are you ready for the perfect date?"

"I thought I was going on a date with you," Lily teased.

"That hurts Lily," James put a hand on his chest pretending to be wounded.

"Yes, ready." Lily tucked her wand into her clutch and they headed out the door. James grabbed his broom on the way out and Lily watched carefully.

"What's that for?"

"Our date," James replied simply.

"Oookaay," Lily said uneasily.

We're going flying? I can't fly. I am not getting on a broom.

James led Lily out of the castle and to the quidditch pitch.

"We're playing quidditch?" Lily asked incredulously. "I'm wearing a dress and you're wearing a suit to play quidditch?"

"No, but you're going to have to repeat all that to Sirius," James told her. "He really doesn't seem to get it."

"Get what?" Lily questioned confusedly.

"Never mind." James mounted his broom and held onto it with one hand. "Come on. Get on."

"What?" Lily exclaimed. "No. No I'm not flying."

"All you have to do is hold on," James tugged on her hand until she was standing right next to him. "Get on."

Lily eyed the broom nervously. James hovered and tugged on her hand again. "Hurry before we spring back together," he warned. "Just sit on it like you would a bench."

Lily nodded and using her free hand pushed herself up and onto the broom. She sat sideways, seeing as she was wearing a dress, and wrapped one arm around James' torso and the other gripped the broomstick tightly, giving James two free hands. "There you go," James grinned and turned to look at her. "Now was that so hard?"

We're barely off the ground yet.

That thought didn't last long as James shot up into the air and flew for a minute before they landed in one of the spectators towers.

Except instead of bleachers it was one solid platform and there was a table set up for four with a small shallow dish of water with a floating candle and bloom of a rose in it. It was beautiful.

"Who set this up?" Lily turned to James and James smiled.

"Sirius, and I got Remus to help him."

Looking at the other two place settings Lily looked down at the pitch. "Where is Sirius?"

"He went to pick up Khloe they should be here in a minute." James responded.

Sure enough Sirius and Khloe did show up and they all sat down. James and Lily sat on one side of the table and just connected themselves by their hands. It was definitely more comfortable then having to squish beside each other, like in the Great Hall.

"I have to say you guys, I'm impressed," Lily commented. "This is nice."

"Isn't it?" Khloe said. "Sirius you really are romantic."

Sirius looked at Lily. "I just did the legwork. This was all Prongs' idea."

James grinned. "And you two haven't even seen the whole purpose of being out here yet. Look."

James pointed and Lily followed his gaze. It was the sunset. You could see it just above the hills setting the sky ablaze. It was a beautiful orange turning the clouds pink and purple all around it. The sun was huge from their view and you could practically point to each exact ray and beam of light.

It's magnificent. Lily thought to herself.

James read her expression clearly, and smiled to himself.

Pop!

They all turned to see a house elf standing beside them on the other side of the table.

"Hello," Khloe greeted.

"Hey Rosie," Sirius and James said in unison.

"Nice to see you again," Lily smiled at the little elf who beamed back at the group.

"Rosie'll be serving Miss this evening," she squeaked. Rosie snapped her fingers and four glasses of water appeared on the table. And then salad, and then pasta.

It's a good thing Sirius and I chose pasta. Eating with my left hand is difficult as hell.

Merlin, Alice is going to be peeved when I tell her how great this is.

I hope Lily's enjoying herself.

James is actually being really sweet.

Lily doesn't seem upset at all.

It's kind of getting cold out here.

Lily looks cold.

He can't give me his jacket. He's going to be cold!

Why can't she just let me be the gentleman and take the jacket!

Well that was really sweet of him.

Lily looks adorable. The suit is way too big for her.

It smells like him. Like pine with a hint of cologne.

Well here goes the end of it. My first date with Lily.

"That was great," Lily complimented on their way back to the head's dormitories. "I guess I got you and Sirius wrong. Or, well at least you wrong. Sirius is..."

"Just the way he seems," James finished. "But thanks. That was a compliment right?"

"Yeah, it was." Lily told him.

They reach the head's portrait and Lily was about to give the password when James stopped her. Lily looked at him questioningly.

"Perfect date," he said. "Perfect goodnight."

Lily smiled. "Okay, well I had a great time. Thank you for the lovely evening."

James smiled as well. "You're welcome. I had a great time too."

"Well..." Lily trailed off uncomfortably.

James touched Lily's cheek and at the contact was able to bring his other hand to rest on her waist. He bent down and kissed her slowly.

Lily's eyes fluttered closed. And she was hesitant at first but gradually responded to the kiss and put her hands on James' shoulders. James slowly pulled away and whispered a soft 'goodnight' in Lily's ear. Lily heard herself say it back but wasn't quite sure if it was really her. She was still slightly dizzy from kissing him.

James brought the hand that was against her cheek back down to hold her hand and he led her inside the common room.

After that it was over.

The perfect date. Even though the ending was a bit of a blur from jumbled thoughts and tingling lips, it was perfect.

A/N: Thanks for reading!

If you'd like to get a better idea of Lily's dress there are instructions on how to find it on my profile along with instructions to see Khloe's even though she wasn't really mentioned tht much. Songs mentioned in this chapter belong to The Beatles and the other one belongs to Elvis Presley. Props to you if you already knew that.

Please review, it would mean the world to me. And just want to say that LadyFelix is awesome not only for the fact that she reviewed but for what her review said.

Um, let's see what can the weird-ones guess today? What's my favourite candy?

And guess what? I updated each day for three days straight and now I think I'll take a break. So let this sink in for you. They kissed and they went on a date-ish thing since we're not sure about Lily yet.

Anyways,

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