*Back Rubs

Sirius and Lily had been staying at James' house for 18 days now. There were only two days left until they went back to school. They had just finished dinner and were all up in their rooms under the covers. Mrs. Potter had made them go to sleep early because they were getting up early to go to diagon alley early the next day. Lily had almost fallen asleep when she heard a soft knocking coming from her wall. She then heard James' voice.

"Lily? Can you hear me?"

"I can hear you James. Where are you?" she responded.

"There's a door that connects our rooms. I need you to open it up for me. Place your hand along the southeast corner and feel for a knob." James waited for Lily.

"Found it!" Lily said triumphantly and opened it.

"Thanks. I'm really bored." James said to Lily.

"I'm tired." Lily said matter-of-factly.

"I can change that." James said with an evil grin. He began tickling Lily behind her knees.

"Stop..James!" She was trying to hop her way over to her bed. She finally got there and made one final leap and landed softly on her bed. James had jumped after Lily. Somehow, Lily had managed to land on her back and James with his legs on either side of her. They started intensely into each others eyes for a few minutes. Lily couldn't stand the awkward silence.

"My what big blue eyes you have."

"All the better to see you with my dear." James joked. He knew all of the muggle fairy tales.

"What big ears you have." Lily replied, catching on quickly.

"All the better to hear you." Lily cut to the chase.

"What big teeth you have!"

"All the better to gobble you up!" James joked. He pinned Lily down with his legs and began tickling her senseless. Lily just laugh for a few minutes until the pain started entering her.

"Ow." James stopped immediately.

"What's wrong Lily?"

"My- my back. I haven't worn sunscreen the last couple days and I guess I got sunburn pretty bad."

"I'm sorry. Anything I can do for you?" James asked.

"Well, you could.."

"Could what?"

"You can't though, we're not allowed to use magic outside of school yet." Lily pondered for a moment. "Does your mom have any aloe vera or noxezema?"

"I think so. Why? What does that do?"

"It's a muggle thing that people put on sunburn. Do you think you could go down and get some for me?"

"Sure. No problem." James said. "I'll be right back." James walked down the two flights or stairs and found his mother.

"Hey mom?"

"What are you doing up James?"

"Lily got sunburn and she asked me to come down and get some aloe vera for her. Do we have any?"

"Poor dear. Yeah, wait here a second." Mrs. Potter came back a few seconds later with a tube of gel looking stuff. "Give this to her, it should help."

"Thanks," James said before heading back to Lily's room. "Here you go Lily." James started to walk back to his room when Lily stopped him.

"Don't leave James." Lily said. "I mean, you can if you want. But now that I'm up, I'd appreciate the company." James would love to stay with Lily a little longer. James walked back to Lily' bed and sat next to her, closing the door behind him. James and Lily talked about a few odds and ends until Lily suddenly stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" James asked.

"I can't reach my back." Lily stated.

"Want me to help?" James offered.

"Sure. Can you help me take my shirt off?" James gave Lily a confused look. "I've got a bra on, don't worry. It covers me up just as much as my bikini does. I don't want it to stick to my shirt." James nodded his head in agreement. It felt very weird to be pulling Lily's shirt over her head. He didn't even want to know what Sirius would think, or even worse his mother, if they were to walk in on them.

"Thanks James." James took the aloe vera and began to rub it onto Lily's back. "Can you lay down Tiger?" Lily responded by laying on her stomach. James sat next to her and continued rubbing.

"You'd be good at giving back rubs, you know that James?"

"I'll consider that as a career option." James joked.

"Your hands are so gentle." Lily was comforted greatly my James' soft hands. She always felt comfortable in his presence. Lily never thought she would actually ask a guy, besides her husband, to take her shirt off. Yet here she was sitting casually with James while he gave her a rub down.

"There. Better?"

"Much." Lily sat up while James was still sitting on her bed. Their noses were almost touching. James couldn't resist the urge to kiss her anymore. James and Lily simultaneously leaned in and their lips touched and felt true love's first kiss.