A bit of a longer Chapter this time.
The first month flew by, she spent a lot of time with the Maunders and Lily who had also joined the group. Although she'd spent almost every day since coming here catching up on her studies up until she had comfortably caught up.
James grinned at Mia as she flopped down next to him "Finally put the books down huh? I was worried you were going to your nose stuck in them until we finish for the year and miss out in the last of our adventures"
Mia poked him playfully in the side "Hey I have joined in on some of your escapades! But I had a lot of catching up to do though maybe you should pick up a book as I am certain that I am now ahead of you" She smiled confidently. It was odd that she felt so comfortable around James and the others although she felt guilty that she had encouraged Lily to follow her heart to Remus, she knew this meant Harry would not be born, she'd never have him as a friend or go on any adventures with him – But perhaps this needed to happen, maybe no Harry meant no prophecy and the future was now safer.
Turning her head she glanced at Lily and Remus who seemed deep in conversation and sitting rather close, she thought about Lily had told her following her conversation with James.
'You were right Mia, I just sat and spoke with him, I explained that I do not share any feelings and that I really liked Remus however knew he wouldn't return my feelings especially if his best friend was telling the whole school that I would be his… I thought he would be hurt but he was fine with it and I think that's because of you'
Turning back to James "So what's next on the great agenda that you and Sirius are wanting to do before you finish Hogwarts?" Mia asked leaning back on the sofa.
Sirius who was sat in the chair lifted his head "Oh so now you are interested in our plots, I seem to recall you giving us a lecture in being childish idiots who have nothing better to do with our time" He looked at her, he'd gotten a little jealous that his best friend had ditched him a couple of times.
Mia rolled her eye "Ok I was a little harsh. But you two knew fine well I had a lot to do and your childish pestering was annoying" she said with a shrug "But if you do not wish for me to join in your plans, me and Lily will find something to do ourselves" she grinned standing up not noticing James glare to Sirius.
Sirius huffed "We don't want any part of what you two are cooking up, whatever it is will probably be girly and boring" he said, a childish twang in his voice. In reality, he was very curious about what they were going to do although he wasn't going to admit it.
Lily turned to face Mia "Whatever your planning sounds good to me" she tells her friend standing up and walking over and leaning close "What is it I am agreeing to by the way?" she asked watching as Mia's eyes thinned staring at Sirius.
Mia crossed her arms, Sirius was like a brother who brought out her 'bratty' side "Well that's good because we don't want you joining in either!" she snapped before turning to Lily, she was now on the spot and had to think of something exciting that they could do that would, in fact, make the Maunders jealous "We're going skinny dipping in the lake" She smiled with an innocent shrug before taking Lily's hand and leading her now silent friend out of the Common Room, "I'm sorry. He just infuriates me"
Lily let out a laugh "Oh don't worry about it, skinny dipping is fairly common where I am from, this will not be my first rodeo at stripping off and swimming" she said with the usual wave of confidence about he.
Mia looked at her in awe, she had not expected the reaction from her friend "Well I have to admit I am surprised, at least it's a warm night" she laughed as they headed out of the castle and into the grounds "You know what the funny thing is, James has been on at Sirius for them to plan a midnight swim, telling him how much fun it would be with us girls"
Lily laughed in return "Oh James is going to be fuming! And maybe Remus will be too, I bet neither would have refused a swim with us" She said grinning wickedly.
Mia nodded in agreement but didn't say anything as they walked, this was just so odd she never thought that she would be in this position, she is going swimming with Lily. Her school days were mostly filled with learning how to fight and defend herself, battles, adventures and always having to look over her shoulder, but this… It was what normal teenagers do and though she would never forget her friendship with Harry and Ron she was enjoying being a teenager.
The guilt weighed heavy in the pit of her stomach, she knew this path would never lead to Harry being born, she would never have the friendship or life that she knew, that each moment she spent her was selfish, but she'd never really been selfish like this before it had always been about Harry.
Her thoughts were disturbed as Lily nudged her playfully "Sorry, lost in thought," Mia said with a laugh realising that they had reached the lake "Ok so you're the pro here" She said as a blush ran over her checks "Do we just strip off and jump in?"
Lily was surprised that Mia had never done this before "Yup, though we'll put our clothes over here out the way, we wouldn't want a certain someone taking revenge by hiding our clothes" She told Mia and wasted no time in stripping off her clothes then running and jumping into the lake with a laugh.
Mia paused watching Lily… Who was now naked, shaking her head she followed suit stripping off her clothes and adding them to the pile of Lily's and ran to jump into the water. The lake was colder then she thought it would be but after a few moments, she got a little more used to the temperature.
Lily swam over to Mia "I can't believe you have never done this before "What did you use to do? She asked curiously "I mean you do spend an awful lot of time studying even though you seem to know more advanced stuff than any of us know"
Mia bit her lip as she paddled by Lily "To be honest it was mostly just studying, I had two best friends Harry and Ron, but our lives were… Complicated, we always had to watch over our shoulders and keep ourselves safe. It's been a long time since I have been so carefree"
Lily listened "Wait so no girly sleepovers? Midnight makeovers or sneaking into the kitchen for munchies?" She was surprised but at the same time it explained a lot about Mia in a way especially how comfortable she was around the Maunders "Well I feel as though it is my mission to teach you the ways of hanging around with girls" She grinned.
Mia joined in with the laughter "Oh why do I feel as though this is going to get me into some kind of trouble?" She shook her head before starting a splashing war with Lily.
After being in the water for a while the girls decided to get out, transfiguring their clothes into towels and a blanket they both laid looking up at the stars. For Mia this was relaxing but she also felt on edge, not because she was worried they would be attacked but because she'd never laid this close to another girl before while just being in a towel.
While she wasn't attracted to girls, or hadn't been before, but she was mesmerised by Lily, she wasn't sure if it was because it Lily or because they were almost naked next to each other.
"You're lost in thought again," Lily said turning onto her side as she looked at Mia "Ok, I want to get to know about you. Have you ever kissed a guy before?"
Mia laughed turning to face Lily "Yes Lily that I have done, I was in 4th year when I had my first kiss and it was a student from Durmstrang… He was older"
Lily grinned "Ok so not completely innocent then. Have you ever kissed a girl?" Though the look on Mia's face said it all, no, she definitely hadn't "You know the wizardly world is much different from the Muggle world. The Wizarding world is a lot more accepting and I have also found a lot open"
Mia frowned slightly a little confused on where Lily was going with this "So does that mean you've kissed a girl?" she asked as a small gulp.
Lily smiled "Yes Mia. I have and on more than one occasion" She said and pursed her lips slightly wondering how open to be with Mia not wanting to frighten her off but there was a hint of curiosity playing on the other girls face "Sometimes it's fun just to… Play around with each other, never anything more then what it is… If you know what I mean" She paused lightly "You don't need to be in love with someone in order to be able to have some fun. Things with boys can sometimes get complicated but with girls if you only doing it just for fun that's all it has to be"
Mia listened in silence, had Lily been able to read her mind when she was thinking about lying on the blanket next to her or noticed her starring when she had stripped off before getting into the lake? Mia was curious, her cheeks once again covered with a blush "So it's something most girls do?" She asked, her mind thought back to the times when Lavender and Partvi used to share a bed on the odd occasion, at the time she hadn't thought anything about it.
Lily nodded and smiled "Yes a lot do it, some just kiss when they have had a drink or two and others do a little more" deciding to test the water Lily leaned forward kissing Mia lightly on the lips, for the first second or two, Mia was frozen but Lily knew the unsure feeling soon went away as Mia responded back to the kiss. The hesitance that was there at first, was quickly gone as Lily felt Mia pulling her closer.
Mia didn't even know what had come over her but what started as a somewhat slightly awkward kiss now had her wanting more, it was as though her insides were tingling. Moving her hand to the back of Lily's neck she pulled her even closer but pulled her lips away ever so slightly "What else do you do?" she whispered a little shakily.
Lily wasn't expecting the response but it excited her, in truth she had been so turned on the last couple of weeks because of spending so much time with Remus and pleasuring herself was only so much fun "Tell me when to stop" she whispered back to Mia as she undid the other girls towel and then her own before she started kissing down the other girls neck and continued down to her nipple taking it in her mouth and rolling her tongue around it. Part of her knew she should be slowly but my god she was horny.
Wasting no time Lily slid her hand down between Mia's already open legs, she smiled into the kiss as she felt the wetness between her fold as she slowly started playing with her clit. Mia's moan was intoxicating. First, she slides a single delicate finger inside Mia, moving it at a slow pace before adding a second.
The feeling of having Lily's fingers inside her was overwhelming, she couldn't stop as her hips bucked against the other girl's movements, she couldn't remember it being anything like this when she explored with herself.
Lily moved her lips to Mia's other nipple while increasing the speed of her fingers against Mia's hips that meet her every movement. Her eyes opened and she looked at Mia's face, the other girl's eyes were closed and her mouth opens mid moan. She never expected the night to take this turn but she was glad it had. It wasn't long before she felt Mia's tightening around her fingers, she moved her lips up and kissed Mia sliding her tongue into waiting mouth.
Mia had no control but at this moment she didn't want it and as Lily's tongue danced against her own she felt her body take over and meet its release. She arched her back, moaning as the waves of heat raced through her body until she reached her peak and completely let go. She breathed deeply for a few seconds and looked at Lily as the girl slowly pulled her fingers away "That was… Amazing" she said and then suddenly felt embarrassed "I don't know how to do it for you."
Lily smiled down at Mia as she lifted herself away "You're right it was" though seeing the blush come back over the girls checks "Please don't be embarrassed, you honestly don't need to be, I didn't need the release as you did" well that was half true, Lily was still very turned on but she didn't expect anything of Mia.
Mia nodded "Sorry, it's just all taken me by surprise… Although I feel like I am floating on clouds so I don't regret it. I am however going to cool down in the lake" She laughed before getting up and running into the lake followed by Lily.
The girls splashed around for a little longer, laughing and having fun before cleaning up and going back to the Common rooms. It was completely empty when they got back so they both went straight up to their dorm and to bed.