Hola Chicas! Que pasa?
Muy bien I hope :)
Ok so this isn't my best chapter but it's not awful either (I hope lol). So in this chapter, Lily and James' relationship moves on quite a lot but I don't think it's too unbelievable. It's just at the rate I'm going this story is never going to be finished, but don't worry we've still got a long way to go
Disclaimer-Yup, that's me *sarcasm*
A secret, passionate affair
"No! It's onion root!" Lily laughed, jabbing at the ingredient in her book. James rubbed his glasses and pushed them back up his nose, peering suspiciously at the book.
James groaned, "But Slughorn said unicorn drool!"
"That's for Aribitta Flosum," Lily grinned, flipping forward a couple of pages and showing him the passage; he groaned in defeat.
"I've done my essay all wrong!" James moaned, "I spend years on that essay!" He flopped backwards, hiding his face in a pillow. "I hate potions!" He muttered, glaring viciously at his essay and borrowed textbook, looking very much like he wished they would burst into flames.
"Oh come on, they're not that hard." Lily encouraged him with a bright smile; James grunted some indistinguishable in response and Lily rolled her eyes playfully, getting the gist of what he was saying. Her ears pricked as she heard the unmistakable boom of Sirius' laughter and she walked to the entrance, stuck her head out and greeted Sirius.
Sirius strolled into the common room where he spent a large majority of his time, despite both Lily and James' half-hearted protest, with a scheming expression on his face and James was immediately wary. "Prongs!" He said with a devious smile which confirmed James suspicion he was planning something, "I need the map!" He bounded up the stairs to James' room without waiting for him to answer and then shouted his voice muffled by the walls, "Where is it?"
"In my trunk, I think." James winced as he heard a crash followed by a faint, 'I'm alright'. He turned to Lily whose eyes were narrowed, no doubt at Sirius' obvious scheming. She twisted casually in her seat so she could survey James, "What map?" She asked in a distrustfully calm voice which sounded only mildly interested. She smiled as she said it, completely throwing James off and putting him on edge.
"Just this...thing...Hey what was the next ingredient?" James quickly changed the subject, diverting the conversation back to Potions. Lily did not look particularly happy at James evading her question but appeared to accept that he wasn't going to tell her and go back to Potions. James heaved an internal sigh of relief as Lily dropped the subject and continued helping him with his Potions.
There was some shuffling upstairs and then a long pause, where Sirius appeared to be motionless. "Have you found it?" James bellowed up the stairs with a quick glance at Lily, standing up to go help Sirius look, when Sirius appeared at the top of the staircase, looking weird.
"Are..."
Sirius interrupted James, his voice quavering ever so slightly as he descended the stairs, his eyes locked on James'. "What's this?" Sirius demanded, stopping in front of his friend, and holding out a crumpled piece of paper. Lily recognised it as the letter from Sirius' parents and bit her lip, anticipating trouble. "Where did you get it from?" Sirius insisted when James failed to reply.
"Look mate don't get angry, but I took it off Regulus' bird when I was in the Owlery." James tried to calm Sirius, looking steadfastly into his eyes which were betraying signs of irritation. "But, you're not going back. I won't let you." James said bluntly, staring defiantly into his friend's eyes. James and Sirius appeared to be having a silent argument as Lily watched from the shadows of the common room; both had their arms crossed and were obviously challenging each other.
"You know they wouldn't ask me back if it wasn't for something...important." Sirius said emphasising the important. His features had completely hardened leaving no trace of the excited smile that was there a minute ago and were void of all emotion; at least Lily thought they were.
"I don't care," James said stubbornly, "I'm not letting you go back. Mum and dad won't let you either." James replied confidently and Lily could see that had hit a nerve with Sirius. Sirius had obviously seen the sheer determination in James eyes Lily had when he sighed in a defeated manner and fell back onto the sofa. They seemed to be silently communicating again, much to Lily's annoyance, when Sirius rolled his eyes at James and muttered, "It's not like I wanted to go."
It threw Lily off as the atmosphere suddenly lost all tension and Sirius cracked a smile, messing up James hair and beckoning to Lily who was tottering by the kitchen. "Flower! How's life as the most important girl in the school treating you?" He grinned, patting the space next to him on the sofa. Lily made her way over, as usual completely bewildered by Sirius' rapid mood swings.
"Good I guess." Lily and Sirius chattered for another couple of minutes, James interrupting ever now and then to ask random questions about the essay. James looked up after rather viciously crossing out a paragraph of his homework, "Padfoot why did you need the map anyway?"
Sirius flashed his pearly whites widely, almost as if he had been expecting the question. He winked at Lily, his grey eyes glittering with mirth, "Let's just say I think the Slytherins have gotten a little too comfortable."
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"Lily!" James grinned, running down the corridor towards her with a huge smile on his face, brandishing his Potions essay. "I got an Outstanding!"
"Congratulations!" Lily beamed, squealing with delight as James picked her up and swung her around. He set her on her feet, laughing as he had to grab her elbow to stop her from falling over. Lily's cheeks were flushed and her lips were curved into a dazzling smile that showed off her perfect teeth. James pulled her into for another hug, oblivious that all of their friends were staring at them. "I couldn't have done it without you!" James said seriously, "I've never got an Outstanding in Potions before!" Lily blushed a deeper shade of red, "I didn't do anything really." She said modestly, ducking her head and dodging James' eyes embarrassedly.
"Oh course you did!" James exclaimed, slinging his arm around Lily's shoulders and taking Lily's heavy bag off her as they walked down the corridor to their next class, leaving their friends standing in a state of shock staring after them.
James sent Lily a cheeky smile as she turned around in her seat and she responded with a small laugh and brilliant smile of her own. She went back to facing the front as Sirius slid into the seat beside James. "Hey dude." Sirius whispered, clicking his fingers in front of James face to gain his attention. James' gaze immediately flickered to Sirius, a smile playing on his lips. "Hey Pad."
Sirius leant backwards on his chair so he was rocking on the back legs of his chair. He stretched his arms; lacing his fingers together above his head and causing half the class to sigh as his t-shirt rode up a little exposing a slither of tanned skin above the waistband of his trousers. Sirius seemed unaware, or else ignored the sighs, as he smirked down at his friend. "A little birdie told me you and our favourite flower were practically making out in the hall way today."
James' jaw dropped open a little and out of the corner of his eye, Sirius could see Lily stiffen-she had obviously just heard what he said. James stared wordlessly at his friend, his eyes confused, and his cheeks pink. "We did not kiss! I hugged her!" James spluttered. Sirius just raised his eyebrows, still smirking. "Honestly! This school gossips too much, is it really so scandalous I hugged someone who I'm not dating!?" James grumbled, glaring at Sirius who was still smirking.
"Whatever you say Jamesie poo."
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"So I heard you and Lily were snogging each others' pants off in the corridor," Remus smirked, looking up from his game of chess, when a red faced James stomped through the common room door.
"We were hugging!" James shouted in agitation, throwing himself down onto the floor, his bag landing beside him with a thunk.
"I figured." Remus smiled, shrugging his shoulders. "But the rest of the school seems to think you two are in some sort of secret, passionate affair." He grinned, his eyes crinkling with laughter.
"Who's in a secret, passionate affair?" Riley asked as she bounced over to where Remus, Peter and James were sitting.
"Lily and James." Remus replied with an easy smile.
"Cool. Can I be bridesmaid?" Riley laughed, secretly high-fiving Remus when James screamed into a pillow.
"I'm glad you all think my life is a joke. I almost got killed by some third years trying to stop my affair with Lily!" James grumbled, pushing himself up and slouching off to their dorm.
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Lily ran the day's events through her mind, sighing as she remembered all the girls who had accosted her warning her to stay away from James. She shook her head and replayed the bit where James had hugged her. It had been wonderful. He was so warm and when she hugged him it felt so...right. But hugs were supposed to feel like that, right?
She was brought out of her musings by James sprinting through the corridor towards her, his black cloak flying and his broom tucked under one arm. As he halted right in front of her she realised he must have been in the shower. His hair was darker than usual-jet black-and dripping water everywhere. It appeared even a shower couldn't make it lye flat as it stuck up in its usual windswept position. Lily could smell James even though he stood a couple of feet away from her and he smelt good. Who was she kidding, he smelt fantastic! It was an odd mixture of scents that Lily couldn't quite place but it was heavenly, why had she never noticed it before?
Lily snapped back into reality and realised James' lips were moving, "...late but Michelle fell off her broom and I had to take her to the hospital wing and then I needed a shower."
Lily held up her hand with a small smile, "It's ok. Let's get going then?" James nodded and they started walking down the corridor.
"Look Lily, you haven't, nobodies been mean to you or anything have they?" James asked anxiously, trying to phrase his question in a less awkward way.
"Well your fan club did ambush me a couple of times, and I'm afraid a couple of them got a firecrackers hex." Lily tried to hide her smirk as James gave her a delighted smile.
James let out a short chuckle and surveyed Lily with an impressed air. "I'm sorry about that. I did tell them to back off."
Lily smiled at James shyly, "It isn't your fault,"
"I don't get why it's such a big deal we hugged, but now it has turned into the gossip of the week. Did you know that we're in a secret, passionate affair Lily?" James grinned, laughing as Lily's cheeks turned faintly pink. "Apparently it's so secret we didn't know about it." They both laughed; James' deep chuckle harmonising with Lily's sweet tinkle of laughter.
Done! Hope you enjoyed it :) this was quite a cute Lily and James fluffy chapter. Remember to REVIEW! Haha I'm hoping that by putting it in capitals it will stand out in your mind and you'll do it. Did it work?
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