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Summary- James has always been in love with Lily, and Lily has always though that James was a bigheaded toe rag. It is there last year at Hogwarts, and James knows that it is now or never to finally get Lily. James even has the advantage of being head boy and Lily being head girl. Well we all know that he gets her in the end…but here is how he did it.
Chapter 37- The Morning After
It was around 12:30 pm, and everyone was still sleeping.
James' parents had gotten back around 3 am, so they were obviously sleeping, and Sirius had gotten back shortly after that.
James awoke grinning. It took him only a second to remember why. He turned to his left and saw Lily sleeping soundly. James scooted over to her, and put his arm around her. She slightly stirred, and then turned her head to look at him. She smiled, and then turned back.
"What time is it?" She asked sleepily.
"Uh…" James said. He then turned over and looked at the clock on his nightstand. "12:35." He said.
Lily jolted. "Are you serious?" She asked.
James resisted from saying, 'No, I'm James.' "Yeah why?"
Lily immediately jumped up and started gathering her clothes. "I have to get back home, or else my mom will start going crazy!" Lily said, putting her clothes on.
"Aw Lils please don't go." James said, sitting up.
"I have to." She said. "I'll come back later for the rest of my stuff."
She then kneeled one knee on the bed, leaned over and gave James a quick kiss, and then stood back up.
"Bye!" She said with a smile. "I'll be back later."
And with that she aparated off.
James ad a look of disappointment on his face, he wish that she could have stayed longer.
'At least she's coming back later.' He thought. And with that, and thinking about the previous night, he quickly put some boxers on, and headed downstairs for some breakfast…well lunch really.
James went to the kitchen, and made himself a sandwich. Soon after James went down, Sirius came down, and he too wandered into the kitchen.
"Hey Prongs." Sirius said as he came into the kitchen.
"'Ello Padfoot." James said, still wearing a huge grin. "You want a sandwich?"
"You slept with Lily!" Sirius exclaimed.
James' grin faded a bit, and he gave Sirius a fake puzzled look, but he knew he couldn't deny it to his friend.
"I thought you were joking when you told me why you weren't going to have firewhisky!" Sirius said.
"Well now you know that I wasn't joking. Lily made me promise that I wouldn't get drunk." James said.
Sirius laughed. "Well good for you mate, good for you." Sirius said patting him on the back.
James continued to grin, and then took a bite of his sandwich.
"So is that some kind of early birthday present, or something?" Sirius said joking.
"Blimey! I almost forgot! Lily's birthday is next week!" James said.
"How is it that even I know that Lily's birthday is next week, and you, her boyfriend, and new shag partner, have almost forgotten?" Sirius asked.
James hit Sirius upside the head.
"I guess I've just been a bit…preoccupied…with other things." James said.
"Ah, of course." Sirius said.
James just glared at him, a habit he picked up from Lily.
"What should I do for her birthday?" James asked.
"Don't ask me loverboy, she is your girlfriend." Sirius said.
"Alright and how was your evening? I didn't hear you come in last night." James said.
"That is because I didn't come in last night." Sirius said. "I came in this morning."
James let out a small laugh. "Right, well did you have a…er…nice time." James said with much hinting.
"As a matter a fact I did." Sirius said. "She may have just been a one nighter, but she was a good one nighter." Sirius said raising his eyebrows.
"Too much information mate." James said. "Glad to see your back to your old self."
"Feels good. You know, without this 'commitment' rubbish." Sirius said.
"Well, even though I think that you are off your bloody rocker, at least you aren't sulking." James said.
"Too true." Sirius said. "Now what was it you were saying about a sandwich?"
Lily arrived in her driveway, and quickly let herself inside.
"Hey mum, I'm back." Lily said.
"Oh hello dear." Mrs. Evans said. "I was beginning to worry."
"I know, that's why I came back. I didn't have time to finish getting my things packed, so I'll have to go back to get them." Lily said.
Mrs. Evans eyed her suspiciously.
"I slept late, I'm sorry." Lily said defending herself.
"Well alright." Mrs. Evans said. "Why don't you sit down for some lunch, and then you can go back."
"Alright, thanks mum." Lily said. "Do you need me back home at any specific time?"
"Well." Mrs. Evans said, serving Lily her lunch. "You can stay the rest of the day, but please don't be back too late."
"Okay, thanks mum." Lily said.
Around 2 pm Lily headed back to the Potter Estate.
She aparated into the front lawn, and then went up to the door and knocked.
She heard a crash from inside the house, and then James appeared at the door, still in his boxers.
"Why hello love!" James said, and he leaned down to kiss Lily.
When he finally broke away, Lily asked, "What was that crash?"
"Oh that was just Sirius in the kitchen. He said something…er…rude, and I punched him in the shoulder, and he dropped his plate." James said scratching the back of his head.
Lily let out a half sigh, half laugh. "Alright then, well I came to get the rest of my things." She said.
"Okay." James said rather glumly, as Lily stepped the rest of the way inside, and he closed the door behind her.
She then turned to him. "And if it's okay, I'm allowed to stay a bit longer." She said.
James immediately brightened. "Okay!" He said.
Lily laughed at his excitement.
"I'll go get dressed then." He said.
They both headed for the stairs. Sirius then came out of the kitchen, heading for the front door.
"Why hello Lilykins! Have a good time last night?" He asked.
Lily didn't respond.
"Where are you off to?" James asked.
"Off to play a bit of quidditch in the yard." Sirius said.
With that he went outside, leaving Lily and James inside.
Lily slapped James' arm. "You told him?" She hissed.
"He's my best mate! He just knew!" James said defending himself.
Lily just glared at him. "Oh alright." She finally said.
They both headed upstairs.
James went into his room to get changed, and Lily went into the room she was staying in to get her things.
Once she packed them, she went back over to James' room, and knocked on his door.
"Come in." James said.
Lily walked in, and saw that James was sitting on his bed, getting his shoes on.
Lily sat down next to him.
"So what do you want to do?" He asked her.
"Oh I dunno." Lily said. "Anything really."
After she said that, they heard a knock on James' window.
"Hello in there!" Sirius said from outside the window on his broom. "Don't do anything rash, I shall know." He said, and then flew off laughing.
"Why don't we go flying? You said that you've never been before, well besides that one flying lesson." James said.
"Uh…I don't know if I could stomach being on a broom. Let alone in the air on a broom." Lily said.
"Oh come on! It will be fun, I promise." James said.
Lily still looked hesitant.
"You know I won't let anything happen to you." He said matter-o-factly.
"Oh I suppose." Lily said, still hesitant.
"Brilliant!" James said. "Accio broom!" James said, and his broom came flying out of his closet and into his hand. He then grabbed Lily's hand with his other hand, and then started off. "Come on then." He said.
They then headed outside.
Once they were outside, Lily still seemed afraid.
"Don't worry, you will be fine." James said.
He then got Lily to mount it, and he sat on the broom behind her. He put his arms around her, so he could hold onto the broom in front of her.
He then kicked off, and they started going up.
Lily had her eyes closed the whole time, still very afraid.
"Come on Lils, you have to open you eyes." James said.
Lily shook her head. "No I don't." She said.
"Come on, it's not that bad! I won't anything happen to you. You can't fully experience flying if you don't open you eyes." James said.
"Oh alright." Lily said. And with that, she let out a deep breath, and opened her eyes.
She didn't think that they were that high up, but she sure was wrong.
Lily widened her eyes, and then leaned back a little into James.
"It's not so bad, right?" He asked her, completely puzzled how anyone could not like flying.
"Uh." Lily said. She gulped. "We are uh…definitely high up."
James laughed. "That we are." He said.
Suddenly Sirius zoomed past them, and Lily let out a little scream.
"Padfoot! What the bloody hell was that for?" James yelled over to Sirius.
"Thought I'd keep you on the alert." Sirius yelled back.
"You are impossible." James yelled back.
"Well, maybe so, but I'm also faster then you!" Sirius yelled back, and soared off.
"Come on lets go after him." James said to Lily.
"Um…" Lily said.
But before she could say anything else, they had zoomed off, chasing Sirius.
Lily closed her eyes again, but then finally worked up the courage to open them.
When she did, they were flying full speed, catching up to Sirius.
"We've almost got 'em." James said.
They then picked up speed, and zoomed past Sirius. James then slowly came to a halt, and turned the broom around facing Sirius.
"Got you mate!" James yelled to Sirius.
Sirius just mumbled under his breath, and flew in the other direction.
"James…can we go down now?" Lily asked.
"Sure." James said, and he lowered the broom down.
When James' feet were back on the ground, Lily quickly got off of the broom, and then collapsed to the ground, her legs feeling a bit shaky.
"That was definitely a different feeling then one would usually have." Lily said quite exasperated.
James sat down next to her. "Yeah, it's great isn't it?" James said.
"Um…from a certain point of view…" Lily said.
James laughed. "Well did you at least have a tiny bit of fun?" He asked.
Lily smiled and turned towards him. "Yes I did." She said.
James couldn't do anything but smile and lean over and kiss her.
Sirius then landed near them.
"Oh get a bloody room will you two?" He asked. They completely ignored him. "Or better yet, James' room. Second floor. Fifth door on the right. I'm sure you're familiar of its whereabouts." Sirius said.
Realizing that he was getting no response, he walked back into the house, leaving James and Lily alone in the backyard.
(A/N: So much thanks for all of the reviews! I have to let you guys know that my oh so wonderful cousins how have been helping me with this fic are coming tomorrow, and they will be here for a while. I probably won't be able to update for a week or two. If I have time during the week that they are here, I might be able to get another chapter up, but I can't guarantee it. Just to let you know I will get another chapter up as soon as possible. Thanks! Oh and in a weird way, 37 chapters was my goal when I started this, so this is a very good thing. Thanksto everyone reading fan fic! I'll update ASAP!)