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Feelings Revealed
Chapter 3
She panicked, should she, she didn't want to give him false hope about becoming his girlfriend, but perhaps it was Head Student Business, maybe McGonnagal had come in when she and Sirius were in the bathroom. As they continued to walk she searched for James but saw no sign of him, she reached the Great Hall and stayed back... 'Where is he? I really don't want to miss the opening speeches...'
"Lily?" she twirled around to see James standing right behind her, she looked at him confused as to why they were meeting alone,
"Look, I'm not daft, I know you don't have the same feelings for me as I do for you, but could you do me just one favor, this one time," he looked desperate, and scared like a puppy in need of water
"Please go to the ball with me, you don't have to answer now in fact I think we should have a date first before you make a decision so you can see who I really am. The first trip to Hogsmeade, that's all you don't even have to spend the whole time with me, and if you don't feel anything then you don't have to go to the ball with me, I understand, I just don't think I could go the rest of this year, in meetings with you and seeing you in classes, and everything that goes with it knowing I didn't have a shot with the most amazing person and well the only person who has ever been in my dreams"
Lily stood speechless, bewildered... but broke into a smile
"Alright" she finally responded.
James' face lit up and he swung his arms around her for a rather large hug, then retreated and smiled at her with that glint in his eyes again.
"Well I guess we should head to the feast" he smiled at her
"Yah I guess," she said as she kissed him quickly on the cheek. They walked side by side heading to the dining area.
The rest of the meal Lily could barely concentrate 'why had he said all those things? Was he really dreaming about her?' she looked over at him occasionally he sill had that goofy grin on his face and was scanning the students carefully. While walking up to the Gryffindor tower, Sirius came up behind Lily and gave her a huge hug his arms around the front of her waist as he spun her around,
"IM SO PROUD!!!"
Lily looked at him little more confused than she would have liked "What are you talking about to who what did I say to what and... oooh that..." Sirius stared at her looking rather annoyed
"YOU DID IT YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOGSMEADE WITH JAMES!!!" Lily stared at him, how could he have known? it just didn't make any sense.
"I had been tryin to talk James into doing it, and I doubted James would do it, he was getting tired of always getting put down, but after you put your arms around him tonight he must have thought to try again...then you being late to dinner, PLUS you had this dazed and confused look on your face throughout all of dinner, and James was grinning like a mindless idiot!"
"I RESENT THAT" said a deep booming voice behind them, it was James and the rest of his Marauders.
"Oh my, Oh no" groaned Lily, she may have excepted Potter's invitation but she was still unsure about him and with how confused she was right now she just didn't feel like being more bewildered than what was quite necessary. She felt the arm on her shoulder hug her tighter.
"Now Lily, I want you to be good to my Jamesy boy while you two are in Hogsmeade, don't go getting him into any trouble, now if its the other way arou-"
"SHUT UP YOU GIT" James barked, he looked truly annoyed with his best friend, or embarrassed, that was probably more so the case, he glanced at Lily his eyes drenched with worry.
"Listen Sirius," she said in the most suggestive tone her voice could manage "I'll behave if he does" she walked off feeling quite pleased with her selection of words.
James stood in the Great hall, confused but more confident, he knew he would have to watch himself when he was around her, but he seemed to have broken the ice, or at any rate Sirius had. Sirius looked at him and smiled,
"Hey James! Come back to us, back to Hogwarts... So you are probably going to the ball with Lily right? She will probably want a friend to go with her for trips to the bathroom, you know how girls are. Anybody care to go with go with one of her friends?" without even giving Peter or Remus time to respond;
"Bloody hell that sucks for you guys, I'll take them all if you don't want them" he smiled to himself and almost skipped to the Gryffindor Tower.
James followed him not even feeling the rock that had so conveniently lodged it self in his foot. To be quite honest he never thought that Lily would go with him to Hogsmeade in the first place and now that she was he had no idea what to do with her. He was almost positive she wanted to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies and look at the latest and most up to date broomsticks. He had figured he would simply ask Sirius, even though James was not too bad looking, brilliant, and a star on the Quidditch field, he hadn't really ever dated around to much, and in fact he was almost positive that more girls had been going after Sirius in there years at Hogwarts.
"Padfoot" James yelled "Yes?" Sirius had just turned around looking surprisingly anxious
"Now that I've asked Lily to Hogsmeade I have absolutely no clue where to take her! This my one shot and I really do not feel like blowing it"
Sirius looked at him and smirked, "I don't know what to tell you Prongs old buddy Lily is a hard case, your not going to be bale to Romance her because she will just think you are being thick. She is going to be wanting the "real" James whatever that is or maybe, so do what you can just don't be a prat..."
He patted James mockingly on his back and continued walking to the Common Room. James followed slowly racking his brain for anything that might be remotely interesting for her. He knew it needed to be a private, yet public place... relaxing and enjoyable, that meant that Zonkos, Three broomsticks, and Hogs Head were out, and then it struck him 'Florean Forescuues Ice Cream Parlor', a pleasant place with small semi private tables.
Feelings Revealed
Chapter 3
She panicked, should she, she didn't want to give him false hope about becoming his girlfriend, but perhaps it was Head Student Business, maybe McGonnagal had come in when she and Sirius were in the bathroom. As they continued to walk she searched for James but saw no sign of him, she reached the Great Hall and stayed back... 'Where is he? I really don't want to miss the opening speeches...'
"Lily?" she twirled around to see James standing right behind her, she looked at him confused as to why they were meeting alone,
"Look, I'm not daft, I know you don't have the same feelings for me as I do for you, but could you do me just one favor, this one time," he looked desperate, and scared like a puppy in need of water
"Please go to the ball with me, you don't have to answer now in fact I think we should have a date first before you make a decision so you can see who I really am. The first trip to Hogsmeade, that's all you don't even have to spend the whole time with me, and if you don't feel anything then you don't have to go to the ball with me, I understand, I just don't think I could go the rest of this year, in meetings with you and seeing you in classes, and everything that goes with it knowing I didn't have a shot with the most amazing person and well the only person who has ever been in my dreams"
Lily stood speechless, bewildered... but broke into a smile
"Alright" she finally responded.
James' face lit up and he swung his arms around her for a rather large hug, then retreated and smiled at her with that glint in his eyes again.
"Well I guess we should head to the feast" he smiled at her
"Yah I guess," she said as she kissed him quickly on the cheek. They walked side by side heading to the dining area.
The rest of the meal Lily could barely concentrate 'why had he said all those things? Was he really dreaming about her?' she looked over at him occasionally he sill had that goofy grin on his face and was scanning the students carefully. While walking up to the Gryffindor tower, Sirius came up behind Lily and gave her a huge hug his arms around the front of her waist as he spun her around,
"IM SO PROUD!!!"
Lily looked at him little more confused than she would have liked "What are you talking about to who what did I say to what and... oooh that..." Sirius stared at her looking rather annoyed
"YOU DID IT YOU ARE GOING TO THE HOGSMEADE WITH JAMES!!!" Lily stared at him, how could he have known? it just didn't make any sense.
"I had been tryin to talk James into doing it, and I doubted James would do it, he was getting tired of always getting put down, but after you put your arms around him tonight he must have thought to try again...then you being late to dinner, PLUS you had this dazed and confused look on your face throughout all of dinner, and James was grinning like a mindless idiot!"
"I RESENT THAT" said a deep booming voice behind them, it was James and the rest of his Marauders.
"Oh my, Oh no" groaned Lily, she may have excepted Potter's invitation but she was still unsure about him and with how confused she was right now she just didn't feel like being more bewildered than what was quite necessary. She felt the arm on her shoulder hug her tighter.
"Now Lily, I want you to be good to my Jamesy boy while you two are in Hogsmeade, don't go getting him into any trouble, now if its the other way arou-"
"SHUT UP YOU GIT" James barked, he looked truly annoyed with his best friend, or embarrassed, that was probably more so the case, he glanced at Lily his eyes drenched with worry.
"Listen Sirius," she said in the most suggestive tone her voice could manage "I'll behave if he does" she walked off feeling quite pleased with her selection of words.
James stood in the Great hall, confused but more confident, he knew he would have to watch himself when he was around her, but he seemed to have broken the ice, or at any rate Sirius had. Sirius looked at him and smiled,
"Hey James! Come back to us, back to Hogwarts... So you are probably going to the ball with Lily right? She will probably want a friend to go with her for trips to the bathroom, you know how girls are. Anybody care to go with go with one of her friends?" without even giving Peter or Remus time to respond;
"Bloody hell that sucks for you guys, I'll take them all if you don't want them" he smiled to himself and almost skipped to the Gryffindor Tower.
James followed him not even feeling the rock that had so conveniently lodged it self in his foot. To be quite honest he never thought that Lily would go with him to Hogsmeade in the first place and now that she was he had no idea what to do with her. He was almost positive she wanted to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies and look at the latest and most up to date broomsticks. He had figured he would simply ask Sirius, even though James was not too bad looking, brilliant, and a star on the Quidditch field, he hadn't really ever dated around to much, and in fact he was almost positive that more girls had been going after Sirius in there years at Hogwarts.
"Padfoot" James yelled "Yes?" Sirius had just turned around looking surprisingly anxious
"Now that I've asked Lily to Hogsmeade I have absolutely no clue where to take her! This my one shot and I really do not feel like blowing it"
Sirius looked at him and smirked, "I don't know what to tell you Prongs old buddy Lily is a hard case, your not going to be bale to Romance her because she will just think you are being thick. She is going to be wanting the "real" James whatever that is or maybe, so do what you can just don't be a prat..."
He patted James mockingly on his back and continued walking to the Common Room. James followed slowly racking his brain for anything that might be remotely interesting for her. He knew it needed to be a private, yet public place... relaxing and enjoyable, that meant that Zonkos, Three broomsticks, and Hogs Head were out, and then it struck him 'Florean Forescuues Ice Cream Parlor', a pleasant place with small semi private tables.