Author: WhtChoc
Title: Runaway Love
Chapter Title: About Voices and Relationships
Chapter Began: Sunday, June 10, 2007
Chapter Finished: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Chapter Published: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Rating: R…
Disclaimer: None of the HP characters are mine.
Summary: AU. At the prestigious private University of Percy Academy, James Potter is a rich, second year grad student who has no time and patience to deal with lowlife rejects like Lily Evans.
Warning: Very mature. You've been warned.
Author's Note: First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who's read, reviewed, and supported this story. It wouldn't be as fun or exciting without all of you. Secondly, apologies on the timing of this next chapter are deserved. I had computer problems again and I had to have everything fixed. Everything seems to be okay right now but who knows. Next, I want to address a few questions and comments that I've received in reviews.
The biggest question that seems to be out there is the topic of Chelsea Kiaz. I understand wholeheartedly everyone's confusion on who he is, if he is in fact a guy, and why would I name a guy a girl's name. I apologize to any girls whose name is Chelsea. I have a younger cousin whose name is Chelsea and it took me many days and will powers to name this character by that name and have it still remain a man.
The fact of the matter is, is that the name Chelsea Kiaz fit the characterization of his personality perfectly. When I thought of who this character was and what his name should be, I thought a girly sounding name would be completely admissible and fitting. Although Chelsea is a pretty name and everyone associates the name with a girl, I chose what I chose for reasons everyone will see in later chapters. Because I'm very proud of the ground work that I've laid out in this story, I will not revoke my decision on this character's name and hope that you will not retreat and no longer read this story. I promise things will be explained in due time but I can't say too much as that would ruin certain plots for people not as concerned with knowing everything right up front. Note: if you're wondering who Chelsea Kiaz is, go to "About Curiosities and New Players." At the very beginning of Lily's dream, he's in there
Another thing I want to address is the kindness and consideration (and thought) put into the reviews you all send me. I'm very thankful that everyone is so nice even when it's hard to tell the writer that what he or she is writing confuses them or the grammar is off. Thank you all for the honesty and thought put into the reviews. It's much appreciated.
And last but not least, if the ideas keep coming and my pen continues to go crazy, I'm planning on having twenty-nine chapters plus the prologue. So the number that fanfiction shows… the ending of my story would end at the number thirty. So about sixteen chapters left.
Chapter Thirteen: About Voices and Relationships
"A voice in my head, greater than mine or his or anyone else's, keeps telling me to take this moment, Lily… take this moment and run."
"Now, I think you're supposed to add that mixture to the---"
"No, I'm pretty sure---"
"Trust me on this one, Bella. I think he said---"
"I don't care what he said! It's quicker this way."
Lily fixed the brunette with an incredulous stare. They'd been working on their partner lab that was worth a good 30 of their overall grade for two and a half hours now and they'd only managed to get to step eight. Her goal was to surpass Procedure C by noon but they'd had yet to complete the task they set out to do because Bella was always trying to find shortcuts and Lily wanted to do as instructed on the papers given to them when assigned the lab. They had only one month left before the due date and if they couldn't complete it, she thought that at least they would get points added for doing as much as possible correctly. However, Bella didn't seem to care much one way or another.
Bella ran a hand through her messily put hair and sighed. "Why does this lab have to be worth so much of our grade? Can't we just get graded for our effort?"
Lily turned from the table, bringing beakers and measurements with her. She rolled her eyes, muttering under her breath, "If that were the case, I think we'd fail."
Bella turned to the redhead. "Excuse me?"
Lily set down the objects in the sink and turned to the other girl. "I said that I don't think we'd do so well on effort."
Bella scoffed, folding her arms. "And you think it's because of me, do you?"
Lily frowned at Bella. "What?"
"You heard me." Bella stepped closer to her. "Listen, I've been taking this class all semester unlike some people. I have a solid B+ in the class and I don't intend for that grade to drop so don't act like you're the smart one of the two of us."
Lily opened her mouth to say something but they both heard the front door open and James call to them from the living room. She watched Bella give her a small smile before turning and walking to greet her older brother. Lily stood there, motionless for a couple of minutes before turning back to the sink to rinse out the objects.
Every time she thought the two girls had gotten past their differences, Bella managed to surprise her and bring them up without any warning. They'd been working on the lab for weeks now and only once in a while, when Bella came over really stressed, did she bring up their differences or throw Lily's past in her face. And every time that the brunette did so, Lily built it up in herself to speak out for herself, to defend herself but when she opened her mouth to say something, either nothing came out or they were interrupted and it seemed as though Bella had won again.
Irritated, Lily set the cleaned beakers on the counter beside the sink. Once she rinsed the glass measurement cups out and set them beside the beakers, she turned and gasped. James had somehow managed to get into the kitchen behind her without making a sound. She walked into the hard wall of his chest and scared herself. When she looked up and saw the mischievous grin on his face, she raised her hand to smack him on the chest. However, he caught her wrist and placed a finger over her mouth to silence whatever protests she might have. He walked her back until he was pressing her back into the edge of the counter and sink.
"James---" She managed to whisper before his lips descended on hers.
It felt too good for her to stop him right away. Their lips sliding mindlessly over each other's drove her crazy sometimes and with the added so called "danger" of Bella discovering them, made it so that it was a given that he'd drive her crazy with this kiss. His lips were cool and when his tongue darted out, she immediately opened her mouth for him. His tongue slipped between her lips like a cool wave and she fought back a moan that threatened to come out from the back of her throat.
Her hands splayed across his chest and worked their way up to his neck and into his dark messy hair. Her fingers massaged their way on his scalp and he let out what sounded like a small growl or purr. She felt his erection pressing into her stomach and she leaned up on her tiptoes and rubbed her body against his. She felt him groan against her mouth and she smiled, satisfied.
He pressed her harder against the counter and instinctively she parted her legs. He stepped between them and the part of her mind that remembered that his sister was still out in the living room kept her from throwing a leg on his hip and grinding into him more wantonly. She wanted to so very badly but she doubted they'd be able to stop at just the grinding part. She'd been down this avenue with James before and knew, for a fact, that he wouldn't be satisfied with the outcome unless one or both of them enjoyed the benefits of an orgasm.
Sense started to tickle at her brain and her desires urgently shushed it away. She wanted this, even needed it sometimes. Some mornings, she craved James's touch so much so that when his arms weren't wrapped around her the mornings he had to get to a class early enough, she felt cold and horribly alone. She'd begun to feel emotionally attached to James and it really all stemmed from her sharing more and more of her past with him. Although he shared less with her than she did with him, she could tell he knew that what they had was more than physical. They never talked about it but somehow, they understood each other in ways only people emotionally connected could understand one another.
Of course when things really had just begun to heat up in an important way such as achieving completion with the one she was very attached to, things began to go entirely wrong. Sensing something was not right, Lily slowly shook herself from the daze of kissing James and managed to pull back slowly. When he tried to recapture her lips again with his, she placed a finger on his lips and swallowed. When her breathing finally labored, she hesitantly looked up into James's eyes. Another pair of eyes, shocked brown eyes, looked back at her along with James's.
She knew then that Bella had witnessed her brother making out with the reject of the school.
…
"---A-a-and they were groping each other like they were… just… ugh! It was obscene!" Bella managed to get out, staring at Sirius and Remus who sat on her dorm room bed. Both had the same sort of expression on their faces and it irritated Bella. "So?" She eyed them expectantly.
"So… what?" Remus raised an eyebrow.
Bella motioned helplessly with her arms. "So, what are we going to do about it?"
Remus gave a shrug. "There's nothing really we can do, is there? They're in a… thing that nobody really saw coming---"
Sirius raised his hand. "I did!"
Bella shot him an incredulous look. "I thought you said that you knew James and that he wouldn't ever. Evans, on the other hand---"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Of course I knew what was going to happen."
Bella glared at him but Sirius chose to continue.
"They're in a beautiful apartment all by themselves with nothing to do but twiddle their thumbs 'till they figure out that one's a boy and one's a---"
Remus waved Sirius's comment away. "Anyway, the point is that when I talked to Lily about what's going on---"
"You talked to her about it? You knew about it?" Bella narrowed her eyes at the sandy blonde haired guy sitting in front of her. "And you didn't tell us?"
Remus shook his head. "It was none of my business---"
Sirius looked at his best friend incredulously. "Like it was none of your business when you and Bella started talking about our relationship behind my back?"
Bella frowned. "Huh?"
Remus swallowed. "We didn't talk about your relationship behind your back. She wanted someone to talk to and---"
"Is that how it went with Evans?" Bella glared at Remus. "Did she want someone to talk to and you were right there?"
Sirius folded his arms and looked at Remus too. "Yeah, mate, you're the one that knows a bit of everyone's relationships. Tell us about Evans's with Prongs."
Remus sent the other man a cold stare. "It's not my place to tell you anything."
"Are you sure?" Sirius challenged. "Or are you still trying to have a go at her?"
Bella frowned again. "Wait, who's having a go at who?"
"Nobody!" Remus raised his voice and stood up, turning away from Sirius and Bella. "Nobody, okay? Everyone is nicely paired with the one they think they'll be with for the rest of their lives."
"Everyone except you, mate." Sirius concluded quietly.
"Wait," Bella was still very confused. "Evans thinks she's paired with James for the rest of her life?" The brunette snorted. "That's a joke, if I ever heard one."
"Why not?" Remus turned to face them again.
"So you're not denying she thinks that then?" Sirius frowned and then looked away. "Someone has to tell James---"
"She doesn't think she'll be with him for the rest of her life." Remus said, his voice clearly showing his exasperation. The two brunettes closed their mouths and listened. "Jeez, you guys need to listen. What I'm saying is that they're not in a relationship and they're not planning on spending the rest of their lives together. What they have, they don't even know yet. And if we continue to sit here and scrutinize whatever they have, we could possibly be destroying the only way out for Lily."
"Who cares about Evans?" Bella scrunched her nose in dislike.
"I do." Remus said simply. "I do a lot and I think she has a real chance at doing something amazing here. And James, our best friend, the one who, although we respect him in the highest ways possible, could never be persuaded to once step into a soup kitchen or the Shelter without expecting something in return. He, of all people, might be the reason she turns her whole life around and although the three of us sit here and think they won't work? What does it matter what we think or they think about their relationship? Their lives could be bettered because of this whole experience.
"And so I'm asking you to just let it alone. No matter how much you dislike Lily or think that James is making a mistake as far his reputation goes, just let it alone. See what happens and if there's blood and gory and heartbreak involved, the both of them will be better off for themselves in the long run, is all I'm saying."
When Remus finished, the two brunettes stared at him for many minutes. He breathed in and out fiercely and with a wonder, thought about the fact that he'd been giving speeches for a while now and seriously considered taking a class on it some day in the future. However, he really wanted to see his friends' reaction on what he'd just said.
Sirius was the first to speak. "I still knew it would happen."
Bella nodded and looked at her boyfriend. "And after all the times I told you that I thought it was happening, you denied it. You're such a liar."
Sirius shrugged. "I can't help it. Makes me feel sexy."
Bella whacked him on the shoulder. "Really? Because I can't tell the difference."
Sirius managed to give her a look of indignity. "I don't know whether to be offended or---"
"Guys---" Remus tried to cut into their conversation but they remained focused on each other.
"Oh, be offended. You look cuter that way." Bella climbed on his lap and pecked him on the cheek.
"Guys---"
"But you didn't let me finish." Sirius whined and wrapped his arms around her casually.
"Oh, you weren't done?"
"You two are ridiculous." Remus muttered, folding his arms.
"Absolutely not. I still was going to say---"
"Does this mean you agree with me?" Remus asked, raising his voice over Sirius's.
Bella laughed and hugged Sirius closer to her. "You were going to say what? I couldn't hear you."
"Oh, just that---"
"You know what? Forget it. Why do I even bother?" Remus turned away and started to walk out of the dorm room.
Bella laughed from behind him and climbed out of Sirius's lap to chase after Remus. She pulled him back and turned him around. She grinned up at him. "Of course we agree with you, Remus."
"How was I supposed to know? You just completely disregarded---"
"That long and intense speech that gave me the shivers?" Sirius finished for his best friend with a smirk. "Jeez, mate, write a long book, will you? That speech was long."
"Well, I wanted you guys to understand---" Remus tried but Bella interrupted him.
"Look, it wasn't that freaky to see James lip-locking with Evans." When Sirius coughed, Bella amended, "Okay, it was a little but that was just because it was so unexpected, so out there that no matter how or what anyone said, I would've still gotten the heebie-jeebies. And even though you think Evans is really trying to turn her life around, part of me is still very protective of my brother. I don't want to see him get hurt or mixed up in the wrong crowd. But, if it makes you feel better, I'll go down to James's apartment and make with the friendly with Evans so there'll be no hard feelings."
Remus regarded her with a stern look. "I only want you to reconcile your differences with Lily only if that's what you want to do."
"Well, then, I'll work up to that point." Bella said and Remus pursed his lips together. She cracked a smirk and waved her comment off. "I'm just kidding. I'll still go down tomorrow to make nice."
Remus smiled and wrapped his arms around Bella. They hugged.
Sirius stared at the two hugging each other and stood up, stretching. "Okay so now that we've hugged and kissed and made up, how's about we go get some food?"
Remus and Bella pulled away from each other.
"How come every time we decide to go out, you always want food?" Bella wondered.
"I have to keep my appetite up for you-know-what." He winked at Bella, causing her to blush.
Remus rolled his eyes. "I'd prefer you two keep those sort of comments to yourself. Or else I might just start to get friendly with the idea of telling James about the two of you."
Sirius laughed. "Yeah, right. He still doesn't know?" He continued to laugh but upon the silence of Remus and Bella, his smile vanished immediately. "You're kidding me right?"
Remus and Bella walked out of the dorm room leaving Sirius there in silence.
"He still doesn't know? Nobody slipped it to him casually?" No answer. "Guys?"
…
Lily frowned, looking out the window of the second floor of the Shelter. The window was cracked open and she could feel a light breeze caress the hand placed on the windowsill. She closed her eyes and pretended that it was some spirit placing their hand over hers and comforting her, telling her that it was alright to feel the way she was feeling right then. The gentle caress told her that it was all right to think she deserved the thing she wanted.
Lily Evans simply wanted James Potter to choose her.
After Lily had pulled away from James and their embrace, they'd watched Bella sputter out words of shock and surprise. All the brunette could utter out was why? Why, indeed. When James wanted to speak to Bella, he asked Lily to leave the apartment for a few hours so that he could spend some time with his sister, to try and calm her down. When he asked her if she was okay and if she understood, she lied and put on a strong front before walking out of his apartment.
This was it. This was the end. Lily had seen it coming from day one even before they began sleeping with each other. She knew it would have to end soon, the happiness she'd felt with James. She'd almost kidded herself into thinking that it could last a little bit. But James was only a temporary gift and looking back at all the good she'd accomplished while she'd been with him, she knew she couldn't give it all away to drugs and the Underground again. She couldn't do it. So, she decided right then that she would continue on with this life she'd started to lead and reconciled within herself that James was only the appetizer, he was only a small gift in her new world compared to the biggest gift her new world could offer her some day.
Still, though, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was losing a part of herself by suddenly being separated from the one guy she'd truly felt connected to for the first time in her life. Fear flooded through her when she realized that she might never find another guy like James again, that he might be the one for her.
Thinking back to the way he'd surprised her earlier that day with that kiss, just the simplicity that even though his sister was in the next room, that he couldn't wait, turned her stomach over in happiness. What they had, what they shared for just a second in time, she would cherish that and some day when they met each other again, Lily would be able to smile upon James in happiness and gratitude that he showed her life.
"Lily, what are you doing up here?"
Lily turned to see Annette walk into the room and she shrugged. "I was just thinking."
"Ooh," Annette stood beside the redhead, staring out of the window to across the street. "About what?"
"Honestly?"
The older woman looked at Lily, surprised. "Well, I would assume anything you'd choose to tell me was honest so… of course. Honestly."
Lily looked out of the window again and said so softly that Annette had to strain to hear, "James."
"Hmm." Annette placed her hands on the windowsill and widened her stance. "Are you and my son having relationship problems?"
The redhead quickly looked at Annette who raised an eyebrow at the younger woman.
"Do you really think my son could have a relationship without me having some idea?" She laughed. "I'd changed his diapers for too long not to know my son and when he was trying to hide something from everyone."
Lily bit her lower lip, fighting back tears. "Well, lucky for you, we're not in any sort of relationship. It's just a thing."
"Well, shame on the both of you." Annette said simply and nudged Lily casually. She pointed with her other hand to outside across the street. "Do you see the dark green jeep behind the red Durango?"
Lily looked and nodded when she saw the jeep parked behind the red car. There looked like there was a man sitting inside, reading a magazine or a newspaper because he had his glasses on and he looked like he'd been sitting there for a long time. "What is he---?"
Annette smiled and nudged Lily again, pointing to the other side of the street. "Do you see that other man leaning against the tree, trying to look casual?"
Lily looked and sure enough, there was a man dressed casually, leaning against one of the trees on Shelter property. He looked too old to be a student here at PAU. "What are they doing here?"
Annette laughed, shaking her head. "It's what I have to deal with every day until my husband decides it's okay for me to travel without private investigators following me."
"They're here for you?" Lily looked at Annette to see the older woman nod her head. For a second, Lily was going to ask her why she had all sorts of cops following her but then it hit her. "Because of the drive-by?"
Annette nodded. "Yeah, since that whole ordeal, my husband refuses to give up on finding the person responsible for endangering us both."
Lily's eyes averted to the floor and she felt guilt wrap itself around her. "About that, I'm so---"
"Hey, don't apologize." Annette interrupted her. "It's actually done a lot for me. Nicholas decided to put me through this defense class that I'm actually rather enjoying. Gives me something of a break to this place."
Lily nodded, closing her mouth.
"But I apologize for interrupting you." The older woman smiled kindly. "You were talking about what's been on your mind. Please continue."
"No, I'll---" Lily started to decline but Annette interrupted her.
"Please."
Lily breathed in deeply before exhaling slowly. "I don't know where to start."
"You'd just begun with James." Annette offered.
The redhead shook her head and scratched her eyebrow before looking down. "James and I are---were in a relationship. Of some type. A thing. To spare you the details, no one knew about it until Remus but he didn't say anything to anyone. Then Bella was over today and she found out and James asked me to leave so here I am."
Lily hesitantly looked at Annette, waiting for some kind of response but the older woman just looked at her in silence. She wondered if Annette would want to smack her for sleeping with her son who was going places and could have any woman he desired. She wondered what could possibly be going through Annette's mind and she tried to figure it out through Annette's eyes but the woman held no visible emotions that were strong enough for Lily to recognize. The silence soon became too much.
"Okay, are you upset or… do you want to, I don't know, strangle me or something?" Lily asked blandly. She'd already lost James so whatever anger Annette harbored could quickly dissipate in seconds once Lily revealed the rest of the story.
Annette laughed and stood up taller. "Strangle you?"
Lily gave a half-hearted shrug. "I don't know. I'm kind of… or I was kind of with your son."
"Honey, if I wanted to strangle every girl that was in a relationship with my son, I'd be a pretty crazy old lady, don't you think? And I consider myself rather sane and rational, hmm?" Annette shook her head. "I don't, in the least bit, want to strangle you and am not at all upset that you were kind of with my son."
"You don't?" Lily asked in a little voice. She loved this woman so, so much.
"Of course not." Annette said with a kind smile. "And am not."
Relief washed over Lily. She couldn't describe the feelings that she felt.
"What is this thing you describe with James, though?"
Lily's smile wore off and she shrugged. "Just a thing. It wasn't a relationship. Just… you know, a thing."
"Sweetheart, if you never define your situation, you'll always be in a constant state of disappointment. No matter how happy you see yourself becoming in the future." Annette said softly. "Try to define it."
"Right now?" Lily asked surprised. She sniffled and knew she wouldn't cry here but they were so close, those tears.
Annette shrugged. "Good a time as any."
Lily thought for a moment. "I don't know, really. I guess I don't know what it is we have or why we have it. I'm not pretty, or strong, or smart. I don't have any guarantees of this lasting forever. I guess all I really do have are his arms wrapped around me every morning when I wake up and his lips kissing me every night that I come home. It's not something that'll last forever but it is something that I'll cherish long after it's done. And every time I get sad or down about it, about him, there's always a voice in my head, louder than mine or his or anyone else's, that keeps telling me to take this moment, Lily… take this moment and run."
The tears fell then and she had no control of them. She felt the warm liquid slide down her face and she only helplessly brought her hands up to wipe them away. Annette gathered the younger woman into her arms and Lily allowed herself to cry tears she'd been holding back ever since she began this thing with James. Now that the truth was out on the table for James's family and friends, the situation seemed more real and it was breaking her heart.
When she felt Annette pull back, she didn't look up or try to wipe her tears away. Part of her wondered why the older woman pulled back but when she felt those familiar strong arms wrap around her shoulders, she just let go. Her arms encircled his neck and she clung to him as she cried and cried. Her body shook with tears as he held her close against him. She felt him press a kiss to her forehead on her hairline. She pulled back and they slowly met eyes. She was only barely aware that Annette had left the room so that they could have some privacy.
"I looked all over my neighborhood for you. And then all over campus." James said, using his hands to wipe her tears away.
She smiled shakily. "I was here."
James smirked. "I can see that."
She half-heartedly whacked him on the chest and he laughed. She continued to lean on him for support though. "Why are you here? I thought you were talking to Bella and you asked me to leave."
"Well, when I finished, I thought you might be waiting across the street or…" When she glanced down, he stopped and she could see, when she looked up, realization hit him. "When I asked you to leave, you thought I meant for good."
Frustration rose quickly within her and she glared at him. "Well, what I was supposed to think when you ask me to leave like that and what we have is already shaky."
James finished wiping her tears away and he stepped back from her after making sure she was okay standing on her own. "I don't know. I didn't think you'd---"
"That's right. Because you don't think, do you?" Lily raised her voice, staring coldly at James.
"Whoa, okay. I came here, looking for you---"
"And you found me. Now what?" Lily asked, knowing she was walking a fine line here between having James and not having him. She was taking a risk and it was fucking scary. No thrills whatsoever involved. "You take me back to your apartment so that you can fuck me anytime you want but completely disregard the fact that I'm human and I have emotional needs and expectations? Because if that's what you came here for, you're sadly mistaken. I'm not going to be whisked off back to your apartment to resume being your fuck doll."
James stared at the redhead shocked.
Quietly to herself, she muttered, "Although I enjoyed it a little bit."
It was then that he smiled. "So, is this you asking if we have a thing?"
"No," Lily surprised him and his smile wore off. "This is me asking if we have a relationship."
Her last statement was met with silence and she shifted on her feet. The truth was that she was hoping for a miracle but expecting another heartbreak in the series that she'd developed with James. Of course she wanted him to say that they would have a relationship but what were, honestly, the odds of that occurring? He'd been in relationships with people like Shauna for fuck's sake!
His silence was bothering her and she suddenly started to wonder if this was really it. When she took a chance and looked up to see his expression, she saw that he really seemed to be weighing his options, pros and cons altogether. She started to think, though, that a man really sure of whether he wanted to be in a relationship, would have made a quicker decision and a man, either too guilty or too kind, would prolong the making of his decision to let the woman make it for him. She tried to ignore the pain twisting in her gut as she realized that he was probably doing just that and she opened her mouth to speak but he interrupted her.
"I'm not really the type of guy who looks for commitment and romance." He started to say and a voice in the back of her head told her to turn away right then. Just turn and walk away because she was about to get her heart shattered into a million pieces and the only thing she could possibly save was her dignity. But she couldn't. "I'm not good at that kind of stuff." He shrugged.
She stared at him and it seemed as though he'd finished. She nodded slowly and felt the tears sting at her eyes again. Damn it, it seemed as though she'd been crying all the time lately. She blinked forcefully a few times as she turned and walked away from James. She made it out into the hallway of the upstairs before she felt James whirl her around. She tried to push away from him but he backed her into the opposite wall and pressed himself into her.
"You didn't let me finish." James said, gritting his teeth as she tried to wiggle out of his hold. She barely recognized that her wiggling had side effects. She quickly felt his erection pressing into her stomach. "If you would just stop."
"Stop what?" She banged her fists against his chest as a way to try and escape his body but he only pressed more insistently against her. "I already know what you're going to say."
"No, you don't. Because if you did, you wouldn't walk away from me." He swallowed harshly and glared into her emerald eyes. "If you don't stop doing that against me, you and I are going to quickly become acquainted sexually up against the wall of a Shelter. I have no shame but my mother might not like the idea too much."
She blushed crimson red and slowed her attempts to a stop.
"Look, before you start trying to walk away from me like a crazy woman, let me at least finish what I started to say." James said, annoyed.
"Yes, let's hear you tell me that you don't want a relationship with me." Lily hissed through her teeth.
He frowned deeply. "No, what I was going to say was that as long as you don't expect me to remember dates and to be amazing at this whole boyfriend thing 'cause I wasn't with Shauna and I'm not ever, then I do want a relationship with you. That is, if you want one with me." He closed his eyes and shook his head. "And I can't stand being all sappy so if you could just cut to---"
Lily didn't think twice and immediately pressed her lips to his. They breathed as one and opened their mouths to each other for an intense kiss. Her legs parted and he pressed himself between her thighs and the two, for a couple of minutes, forgot that they were in a Shelter. His tongue explored her neck as she leaned her head back against the wall before she tapped him on the shoulder.
He looked up at her. "Hmm?"
"If you don't stop that, you and I are going to get acquainted with having sex up against your mother's favorite painting." She nodded to the painting that Annette pointed out from time to time as being her favorite.
James murmured something incoherent against her neck before stepping away from her.
"What was that?" Lily fixed her clothes and looked at James.
"I said then let's take this back to my apartment where you will not be my secret fuck doll."
She couldn't help it. She allowed herself to smile mischievously. "I don't know. I kind of like the idea."
He grinned.
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A/N: All right, so that was pretty difficult to write. In a big way. One important thing I'd definitely like to point out is that the story isn't over yet. Although this ended on a good note, there are still problems lurking about. I just wanted to really move the story along so that we weren't dealing with the same issues when the next chapter comes along where James and Lily are secret lovers and blah blah blah. It was getting very old and they need to progress in order to attain some kind of love that they're supposed to have by the time this story ends. There's still a long way to go and I hope I haven't made anyone fall asleep while reading my story. LOL.
But, anyways, please tell me what you thought and please, don't hesitate to ask questions or make comments on anything to do with the story.