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Summary: As Lily Evans sits down to eat breakfast, at her usual morning café, she expects it to be a normal, uneventful day. But, just as things just couldn't get worse, she bumps into an old friend' who ends up bringing back everything that she had once pushed away.
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Bounce Chapter 6.
Things were going great, in James' opinion. He had finally gotten her to open up to him a little bit. Sure when she said that she had the perfect boyfriend, it did hurt, but he got over it. If he wanted her back he'd have to listen to her, and not hurt her emotionally. The broom ride had gone quite well. Plus talking her into going to Hogsmeade with him tomorrow was a bonus! Wait, no, she was going with Moony, Padfoot, and himself. Not just myself! Maybe, just maybe, things were going to turn out good!
Lily and James were making their way up the steps in the Main Entrance, and were making great conversation.
"So then you became an Auror?" Lily asked as they walked past the old Charms classroom.
"Yea, I think it was probably one of the greatest but second stupidest things I've ever done."
"Why was it the stupid thing to do?" She asked taking off her sweater, this part of the school was rather hot, even for the time of the year.
"Because I'm putting my future family, if I ever have one, at risk. I mean if I'm an Auror when I start a family and something happens to me; I'm leaving them completely alone." James admitted. "But I swear I love my job more then anything."
"Oh," was all Lily could say. "If you being an Auror was the second most stupidest thing you've ever done, what was the most stupidest thing? I mean, if you want to tell me."
James looked over at Lily before answering her question.
"Not coming after you after you left." James said looking straight ahead; trying not to look at her. "I really loved you."
Lily came to a sudden halt. "Why do you have to make me feel guilty?" She said as she dropped her sweater that she had taken off moments before.
James turned around and walked to where she had stopped. "I wasn't trying to make you feel guilty! I was just answering your question!"
"No you weren't!" Lily muttered. "Your trying to make me feel bad, so then it would make it easier for us to get back together! Which will never happen! I'm happily in love with Derrick!"
"God, Lily! Why do you take everything I say and make it something it's not!" James said with furry, but he tried to remain calm! Why the hell did she do this? "Do you take everything Derrick says and turn it into something he didn't mean!?"
"Damn it, James! Don't bring Derrick into this!"
"I didn't bring it up! You did!" James shot back! This argument reminded him of the ones they used to have when they were younger. He hated to admit it with the situation they were in, but she looked rather cute when she was mad.
"I don't know why you are changing this to a 'who did what' kind of thing, because this is not what the conversation started out to be! I also don't know why." Lily rambled on and on.
"Lily! Shut up for a minute!" James finally said. He moved closer to her and stared down at her.
"Why the hell should I?" Lily asked in a annoyance.
"So I can do this." In a fluid motion James brought his lips to hers. Lily hesitated for a second but returned the kiss fully. James wrapped his arms around her the small of her waist, as Lily rested her arms on his shoulders.
Lily lost herself in this kiss. Her mind was screaming at her for being so stupid as to kiss him back! The kiss was bordering on the lines of deepening when she mustered up enough strength to stop. She forcefully pulled away from him, and tried to regain her composure.
" James, I'm sorry." Lily said regretfully. She wasn't going to let her red- headed temper get the best of her in this situation. "I can't do this, and use you. I don't want to hurt you!"
"Lily, wait!" James said grabbing her arm and trying to pull her back as she started to walk away.
"No, James! Please!" Lily's eyes pleaded with him, and he let her go.
She ran down the corridor as fast as she could ignoring everything around her. She just ran. Her mind flooded with so many thoughts. Why did she kiss him back? Though most of all she wondered, why the hell she enjoyed it so incredibly much?
Back down the corridor James stood there going through the events that just take place. Why did he kiss her? Well, he just had this urge in him to do it, that's why! Though what did she mean by 'using him' and hurting him later? God, she was so confusing.
James kneeled down and picked up her sweater that she had left on the ground. Then he laughed at himself. How did he go from on top of the list, to where he started out?
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"So you kissed him back?" Kate asked sitting on her bed.
"Yes, that's the bad thing about it!" Lily complained as she spun around to look at Kate.
"Well, did you enjoy it?" Jacqueline asked leaning up against her bed post.
" Enjoy it? Of course I did! Half of me wishes it would've gone on for longer! But I have a boyfriend! A boyfriend whom I love to death!" Lily snapped rather defensively.
"Love to death, eh?" Jacqueline asked smiling. "Sure doesn't sound like it Lils!"
"Guys.please don't worry about me! You guys have your own lives to worry about! We should stop acting like we're seventeen! We're almost twenty- two!" Lily said as she pulled her hair into a pony-tail and crawled into bed. "Jacqueline you have your little girl, Calli! Kate, you have a wonderful boyfriend! I'm fine, but I'm just having a small problem at the moment, ok?"
"Ok, whatever you say, Lils." Kate answered as she shut one of the curtains around her bed. "Are you still going to Hogsmeade with him, Sirius, and Remus tomorrow?"
"Of course! I'm not going to stop a promise with my other good friends just because of the incident!" Lily said confidently. Although inside she didn't feel so confident.
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James Potter woke up the next afternoon with his heavy blanket strung over his face. He nonchalantly threw it off, when he felt someone shaking his arm and he could hear their voice faintly.
"James! Wake up!"
"Go the bloody hell away, Sirius! Stop being such a twit, and let a man sleep!" James mumbled.
"James it's NOT Sirius!" the voice hissed.
James' eyes opened in a flash, threw off his blanket, and looked up. There he saw Lily standing by the bed looking appalled.
"Lily! I-um-what are you doing in here?" James asked as his cheeks turned a shade of crimson.
"Well, before I start, do you mind putting your blanket back on? I think it would be more appropriate!" Lily said not taking her eyes off him.
That's when James realized that all he had on was a pair of boxers. He quickly threw the blanket back on.
"I thought we were still on for today, and it's noon if you didn't know. Sirius said that it would be positively fine if I came and woke you up. Remus and Sirius are down in the Great Hall eating lunch before we go to Hogsmeade. I'm already dressed, and.your still coming aren't you?" Lily asked avoiding eye contact with him. God, she thought, this is probably the most awkward moment in my life.
James looked her over for the first time he had that afternoon. She had on a long-sleeved dark green shirt, with a skirt that came just above her knee. She looked gorgeous with her hair flowing freely down the back of her shoulders.
"Sure I'm coming!" He answered as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'll leave you then to get showered and dressed. We'll be waiting for you down in the Main Entrance!" Lily replied as she headed towards the door. She turned around and smiled at him before leaving.
James jumped out of bed as quick as he could and ran into the bathroom to get a quick shower.
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Remus, Sirius, and Lily were waiting down in the Main Entrance when James decided to finally show himself for the first time that afternoon.
"Ah, James, you finally dare to grace us with your presence!" Sirius said as James made his way down the steps.
"Come of it, Sirius!" James replied when he finally reached his three friends. " Good afternoon, Moony, Pad-foot, and Lily."
"Good morning," Lily murmured trying not to look at him. He looked hot, in Lily's opinion. He wore khaki pants, with a navy blue shirt. It was simple, but it looked great on him.
"Lily are you all right?" Remus asked grinning at the dazed expression Lily had planted on her face.
"I-um-yea. I'm fine. I just sort of dazed off." Lily responded, blushing at the fool she made of herself.
"Well, let's be going!" Sirius said gleefully.
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The four made there way through the wide streets of Hogsmeade. Lily peered around to see things that wouldn't have shocked her five years ago, but surely shocked her now. She had forgotten what the feeling she got while she was in Hogsmeade with her closest friends. She remembered though what it was like to drink hot Butter Beer on a cold Hogsmeade trip around Christmas time. Lily turned her head to see Three Broomsticks. She sighed as she looked at the large window in the front of the shop. That's where they used to always sit.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" James whispered in her ear. All she could do was nod because memories of their kiss had rushed into her mind.
James' mind was also recalling yesterdays event. He heard a loud 'Omph!" and he looked quickly over at Lily who was in Sirius' arms. A surge of jealousy filled James' body.
"Whoa! Lily! Your already a little bit tipsy and you haven't even had one bottle of butter beer yet! Or have you?" Sirius said laughing as Lily regained her poise. Lily smacked him in the arm.
"I haven't had a thing to drink yet! I tripped over that crack in the road!" Lily protested crossing her arm across her chest.
"Suuureee." Remus said playing along. "I hate to see you tonight after you've actually HAD some butter beer!"
"I'm not going to going to get drunk, Remus and Sirius! I'm not that kind of person!" Lily retorted.
"Oh, and your saying we are?" James piped in.
"No, I wasn't saying that! I was just pointing out." Lily replied to James' comment. "Wait. What is this? Three against one?"
"Of course!" Remus, Sirius, and James replied all at once.
"You guys are." Lily started but stopped when she looked through on of the glass showcases in the window of Madam Boswell's Jewelry. There was a small necklace made of gold, with a charm on it. Lily squinted at it and saw that the charm was a lillie. Her favorite flower. Which coincidentally was her name.
The three men kept walking until they realized that Lily was missing. They all turned around to see Lily stopped in front of a window looking at something.
"LILS! Are you OK?" Remus yelled walking back towards her, with Sirius and James following.
"I'm fine, guys!" Lily said nonchalantly, but kept her eyes on the necklace.
"Wow, that's beautiful!" Sirius admitted as he looked at the necklace too. "I mean.well coming from a guys point of view!"
After they had all looked at the necklace, and all agreed that it was indeed pretty, they went off to look at the other stores.
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The five of them sat at their classic booth right by the window inside Three Broomsticks. Lily looked around the table as Remus went on about some story he was telling. She saw Sirius sitting there drinking his butter beer happily, and James sitting there looking down at the table from time to time. They had bumped into Peter Pettigrew on there way down the street after dinner and asked him to come join them for a round at Three Broomsticks.
Lily realized when she first took her sip of butter beer how much she actually missed being in the wizard world. She looked over at James, who was sitting across from her, and he looked up and smiled at her. They hadn't talked about the kiss all day, but you can be sure that it ran threw each of their minds about a zillion times.
Twenty butter beers and two hours later.
Remus, Sirius, and Lily had all drunk five butter beers each, James had only drank two, and Peter had three. Now, since Lily hadn't drank Butter Beer in five years her body really didn't know how to control it. Sirius and Remus who had as much a Lily were completely fine, and so were Peter and James. Though Lily who wasn't drunk, she was just a bit rather giggly.
So much for Lily saying she wasn't going to be tipsy.
After Peter left, Remus and Sirius decided it was best to leave because Sirius was getting tired and had promised his girlfriend he'd be back at he castle before ten, and it was already eleven at night. So there was stuck Lily and James.
"So." Lily started. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yea, Um, Lily are you sure your all right?" James asked smiling as Lily giggled and replied with a nod.
They made their way back up to the castle with Lily tripping twice. The moonlight cast a beautiful reflection across the lake. It reminded them both of the times they used to sneak out of the castle late at night to talk.
"I had fun tonight! I don't think I've had that much fun since.I can't remember." Lily said. "Remus is still caring and sweet, and Sirius is still as funny as he used to be."
"Yea, a twenty-one year old man, going on six." James replied and they both laughed.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you yesterday about making me feel guilty. I thought about it, and it wasn't right for me to assume. Sometimes my temper just gets in the way." Lily said honestly as they stood in front of the lake. They both stopped.
"I understand where you were coming from." James started and then smiled. "I'll forgive you.if you smile."
"You used to tell me that all the time when we were in school." Lily said turning to look at him, smiled at him, and then let out a small fit of giggles.
"Oh, do you think this situation is funny?"
"Yes, I think everything is funny at the moment!"
"OK then! Let's see if you think this is funny!" James took his hands and tickled her sides. Lily left out a squeal of giggles, and James tickled her more.
Lily lost her balance from the fits of giggles she was having, and grabbed onto James' shirt, and accidentally pulled them both down on the grass. James fell on top of Lily, and tickled her once more before he stopped.
"Don't you dare ever tickle me again, James Potter!" Lily said trying to catch her breath.
James looked down at her, and he knew he was the luckiest man in the world at the moment. He gently moved a piece of hair that lay across her face, and moved it behind her ear. Then James got enough courage to actually look her in the eyes, but he was a bit apprehensive because he didn't feel like having her have a sudden urge to smack him. He was going through all the reason's why he shouldn't look her in the eyes, when she finally said something.
"Kiss me, James."
James looked down at her quizzically and wondered if he had heard her correctly. "I-um-what did you say?"
"I said kiss me, you twit!" Lily said seriously.
"I think that's the butter beer talking for you, Lils." James said laughing at the very idea that Lily would actually want him to kiss her. "I think you've gone mad."
Lily wasn't going to wait for him to kiss her. She grabbed his shirt, and pulled him down closer to her, and kissed him. James didn't hesitate to kiss her back. The kiss deepened, and time stood still for the two. Both of the two were wondering what in the world they were doing, but knew that it felt right.
James broke away first, and caught his breath.
"James, I think there is s-s" Lily started.
"Can it wait until tomorrow?" James asked pulling her up from off the ground. "Because I'm a little confused at the moment."
"I-I guess so." Lily said dusting off her skirt, which had gathered dirt on it.
"I'll walk you up to your Guest Dormitory, ok?" James asked, and Lily nodded.
They didn't talk about the kiss at all on their way through the school. Both were a little apprehensive about it. When they reached the painting that opened up to be the dormitory Lily let out cry of frustration.
"Oh shit! I can't remember the password!" Lily cried.
"Are you sure you don't remember it?" James asked.
"I'm positive! I can't remember! I shouldn't have drank all that butter beer." Lily looked at her watch and panicked. "Oh my god, James! It's 12:30 A.M! No one is up at this time of night!"
"Lily! Calm down!" James said trying to calm her down. "You can sleep in the dormitory I'm staying in."
Lily rose her eyebrow and folder her arms across her chest.
"Oh come on! I won't do anything to you! We're both adults, and we can handle it!" James said trying to convince her. "I'll sleep on the floor if you want me too!"
"Oh all right! I'll do it! Though you don't have to sleep on the floor, as you said before we're both adults! The bed is surely big enough to give us both our space."
They made their way up two flights of staircases until James found the portrait he was looking for. He said the password and the piece of artwork swung open. The two climbed in quietly. James motioned her towards where his bed was at, and they both quietly got into bed.
"I can't believe I'm doing this! I mean, what if we get caught!" Lily asked James as she got underneath the blankets.
"Lily! Come off it! We're both twenty-one! We're adults! Even if we do get caught, it's not like we're in school anymore!" James said as he fluffed his pillow. "It's not like we're going to start making-out right here!"
Lily left out a small giggle.
"Good night, James."
"G'night Lily!"
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End of Chapter Six! I can't begin to thank you all again for all the reviews! Plus for the fact that I reached 100! I didn't really expect it at all! I tried to make the kissing scenes real as I could. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, as much as I enjoyed writing it. If this chapter got boring in some parts.then I'm sorry. I just have to move it along.for what happens in the next chapter. I want at least want 15 reviews for this chapter. If that isn't too much! Also, all those great reviews DID motivate me to write. It's not an ego boast, it's just the fact that people actually are reading your story.and I'm not wasting my time.
Special thanks also too: Just Call Me Banana - Thank you sooo much for putting me on your favorites! It made me ecstatic! I about fell off my chair when I saw that I was on someone's favorites!
PLEASE READ THIS: Ok, I just want to straighten this out before I get flamed for it! First of all, I finally got L/J action! I've been dying to put some in! Plus, I needed something to happen in this chapter, because of what happens in the next chapter. (You'll See!). Now, James was NOT taking advantage of Lily! I just wanted to get that straight! Lily is just giggly from the butter beer not full fledge drunk! As to WHY Lily kissed James at the end.is because she wanted too of course! (Ok.so maybe the Butter beer did effect it a little.but oh well!) Just because she claimed to not want to be with him.doesn't mean she can't act on what she's feeling inside!
READ THIS TOO: About Lily and James sleeping in the same bed.I mean, come on.they're both adults.and I'm sure even if Lily wouldn't normally do it.she was a bit giggly.so.yea.you get my point.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything in this story.except for the people whom you don't recognize! The rest belongs to the wonderfully, creative, J.K Rowling.
Summary: As Lily Evans sits down to eat breakfast, at her usual morning café, she expects it to be a normal, uneventful day. But, just as things just couldn't get worse, she bumps into an old friend' who ends up bringing back everything that she had once pushed away.
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Bounce Chapter 6.
Things were going great, in James' opinion. He had finally gotten her to open up to him a little bit. Sure when she said that she had the perfect boyfriend, it did hurt, but he got over it. If he wanted her back he'd have to listen to her, and not hurt her emotionally. The broom ride had gone quite well. Plus talking her into going to Hogsmeade with him tomorrow was a bonus! Wait, no, she was going with Moony, Padfoot, and himself. Not just myself! Maybe, just maybe, things were going to turn out good!
Lily and James were making their way up the steps in the Main Entrance, and were making great conversation.
"So then you became an Auror?" Lily asked as they walked past the old Charms classroom.
"Yea, I think it was probably one of the greatest but second stupidest things I've ever done."
"Why was it the stupid thing to do?" She asked taking off her sweater, this part of the school was rather hot, even for the time of the year.
"Because I'm putting my future family, if I ever have one, at risk. I mean if I'm an Auror when I start a family and something happens to me; I'm leaving them completely alone." James admitted. "But I swear I love my job more then anything."
"Oh," was all Lily could say. "If you being an Auror was the second most stupidest thing you've ever done, what was the most stupidest thing? I mean, if you want to tell me."
James looked over at Lily before answering her question.
"Not coming after you after you left." James said looking straight ahead; trying not to look at her. "I really loved you."
Lily came to a sudden halt. "Why do you have to make me feel guilty?" She said as she dropped her sweater that she had taken off moments before.
James turned around and walked to where she had stopped. "I wasn't trying to make you feel guilty! I was just answering your question!"
"No you weren't!" Lily muttered. "Your trying to make me feel bad, so then it would make it easier for us to get back together! Which will never happen! I'm happily in love with Derrick!"
"God, Lily! Why do you take everything I say and make it something it's not!" James said with furry, but he tried to remain calm! Why the hell did she do this? "Do you take everything Derrick says and turn it into something he didn't mean!?"
"Damn it, James! Don't bring Derrick into this!"
"I didn't bring it up! You did!" James shot back! This argument reminded him of the ones they used to have when they were younger. He hated to admit it with the situation they were in, but she looked rather cute when she was mad.
"I don't know why you are changing this to a 'who did what' kind of thing, because this is not what the conversation started out to be! I also don't know why." Lily rambled on and on.
"Lily! Shut up for a minute!" James finally said. He moved closer to her and stared down at her.
"Why the hell should I?" Lily asked in a annoyance.
"So I can do this." In a fluid motion James brought his lips to hers. Lily hesitated for a second but returned the kiss fully. James wrapped his arms around her the small of her waist, as Lily rested her arms on his shoulders.
Lily lost herself in this kiss. Her mind was screaming at her for being so stupid as to kiss him back! The kiss was bordering on the lines of deepening when she mustered up enough strength to stop. She forcefully pulled away from him, and tried to regain her composure.
" James, I'm sorry." Lily said regretfully. She wasn't going to let her red- headed temper get the best of her in this situation. "I can't do this, and use you. I don't want to hurt you!"
"Lily, wait!" James said grabbing her arm and trying to pull her back as she started to walk away.
"No, James! Please!" Lily's eyes pleaded with him, and he let her go.
She ran down the corridor as fast as she could ignoring everything around her. She just ran. Her mind flooded with so many thoughts. Why did she kiss him back? Though most of all she wondered, why the hell she enjoyed it so incredibly much?
Back down the corridor James stood there going through the events that just take place. Why did he kiss her? Well, he just had this urge in him to do it, that's why! Though what did she mean by 'using him' and hurting him later? God, she was so confusing.
James kneeled down and picked up her sweater that she had left on the ground. Then he laughed at himself. How did he go from on top of the list, to where he started out?
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"So you kissed him back?" Kate asked sitting on her bed.
"Yes, that's the bad thing about it!" Lily complained as she spun around to look at Kate.
"Well, did you enjoy it?" Jacqueline asked leaning up against her bed post.
" Enjoy it? Of course I did! Half of me wishes it would've gone on for longer! But I have a boyfriend! A boyfriend whom I love to death!" Lily snapped rather defensively.
"Love to death, eh?" Jacqueline asked smiling. "Sure doesn't sound like it Lils!"
"Guys.please don't worry about me! You guys have your own lives to worry about! We should stop acting like we're seventeen! We're almost twenty- two!" Lily said as she pulled her hair into a pony-tail and crawled into bed. "Jacqueline you have your little girl, Calli! Kate, you have a wonderful boyfriend! I'm fine, but I'm just having a small problem at the moment, ok?"
"Ok, whatever you say, Lils." Kate answered as she shut one of the curtains around her bed. "Are you still going to Hogsmeade with him, Sirius, and Remus tomorrow?"
"Of course! I'm not going to stop a promise with my other good friends just because of the incident!" Lily said confidently. Although inside she didn't feel so confident.
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James Potter woke up the next afternoon with his heavy blanket strung over his face. He nonchalantly threw it off, when he felt someone shaking his arm and he could hear their voice faintly.
"James! Wake up!"
"Go the bloody hell away, Sirius! Stop being such a twit, and let a man sleep!" James mumbled.
"James it's NOT Sirius!" the voice hissed.
James' eyes opened in a flash, threw off his blanket, and looked up. There he saw Lily standing by the bed looking appalled.
"Lily! I-um-what are you doing in here?" James asked as his cheeks turned a shade of crimson.
"Well, before I start, do you mind putting your blanket back on? I think it would be more appropriate!" Lily said not taking her eyes off him.
That's when James realized that all he had on was a pair of boxers. He quickly threw the blanket back on.
"I thought we were still on for today, and it's noon if you didn't know. Sirius said that it would be positively fine if I came and woke you up. Remus and Sirius are down in the Great Hall eating lunch before we go to Hogsmeade. I'm already dressed, and.your still coming aren't you?" Lily asked avoiding eye contact with him. God, she thought, this is probably the most awkward moment in my life.
James looked her over for the first time he had that afternoon. She had on a long-sleeved dark green shirt, with a skirt that came just above her knee. She looked gorgeous with her hair flowing freely down the back of her shoulders.
"Sure I'm coming!" He answered as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'll leave you then to get showered and dressed. We'll be waiting for you down in the Main Entrance!" Lily replied as she headed towards the door. She turned around and smiled at him before leaving.
James jumped out of bed as quick as he could and ran into the bathroom to get a quick shower.
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Remus, Sirius, and Lily were waiting down in the Main Entrance when James decided to finally show himself for the first time that afternoon.
"Ah, James, you finally dare to grace us with your presence!" Sirius said as James made his way down the steps.
"Come of it, Sirius!" James replied when he finally reached his three friends. " Good afternoon, Moony, Pad-foot, and Lily."
"Good morning," Lily murmured trying not to look at him. He looked hot, in Lily's opinion. He wore khaki pants, with a navy blue shirt. It was simple, but it looked great on him.
"Lily are you all right?" Remus asked grinning at the dazed expression Lily had planted on her face.
"I-um-yea. I'm fine. I just sort of dazed off." Lily responded, blushing at the fool she made of herself.
"Well, let's be going!" Sirius said gleefully.
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The four made there way through the wide streets of Hogsmeade. Lily peered around to see things that wouldn't have shocked her five years ago, but surely shocked her now. She had forgotten what the feeling she got while she was in Hogsmeade with her closest friends. She remembered though what it was like to drink hot Butter Beer on a cold Hogsmeade trip around Christmas time. Lily turned her head to see Three Broomsticks. She sighed as she looked at the large window in the front of the shop. That's where they used to always sit.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" James whispered in her ear. All she could do was nod because memories of their kiss had rushed into her mind.
James' mind was also recalling yesterdays event. He heard a loud 'Omph!" and he looked quickly over at Lily who was in Sirius' arms. A surge of jealousy filled James' body.
"Whoa! Lily! Your already a little bit tipsy and you haven't even had one bottle of butter beer yet! Or have you?" Sirius said laughing as Lily regained her poise. Lily smacked him in the arm.
"I haven't had a thing to drink yet! I tripped over that crack in the road!" Lily protested crossing her arm across her chest.
"Suuureee." Remus said playing along. "I hate to see you tonight after you've actually HAD some butter beer!"
"I'm not going to going to get drunk, Remus and Sirius! I'm not that kind of person!" Lily retorted.
"Oh, and your saying we are?" James piped in.
"No, I wasn't saying that! I was just pointing out." Lily replied to James' comment. "Wait. What is this? Three against one?"
"Of course!" Remus, Sirius, and James replied all at once.
"You guys are." Lily started but stopped when she looked through on of the glass showcases in the window of Madam Boswell's Jewelry. There was a small necklace made of gold, with a charm on it. Lily squinted at it and saw that the charm was a lillie. Her favorite flower. Which coincidentally was her name.
The three men kept walking until they realized that Lily was missing. They all turned around to see Lily stopped in front of a window looking at something.
"LILS! Are you OK?" Remus yelled walking back towards her, with Sirius and James following.
"I'm fine, guys!" Lily said nonchalantly, but kept her eyes on the necklace.
"Wow, that's beautiful!" Sirius admitted as he looked at the necklace too. "I mean.well coming from a guys point of view!"
After they had all looked at the necklace, and all agreed that it was indeed pretty, they went off to look at the other stores.
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The five of them sat at their classic booth right by the window inside Three Broomsticks. Lily looked around the table as Remus went on about some story he was telling. She saw Sirius sitting there drinking his butter beer happily, and James sitting there looking down at the table from time to time. They had bumped into Peter Pettigrew on there way down the street after dinner and asked him to come join them for a round at Three Broomsticks.
Lily realized when she first took her sip of butter beer how much she actually missed being in the wizard world. She looked over at James, who was sitting across from her, and he looked up and smiled at her. They hadn't talked about the kiss all day, but you can be sure that it ran threw each of their minds about a zillion times.
Twenty butter beers and two hours later.
Remus, Sirius, and Lily had all drunk five butter beers each, James had only drank two, and Peter had three. Now, since Lily hadn't drank Butter Beer in five years her body really didn't know how to control it. Sirius and Remus who had as much a Lily were completely fine, and so were Peter and James. Though Lily who wasn't drunk, she was just a bit rather giggly.
So much for Lily saying she wasn't going to be tipsy.
After Peter left, Remus and Sirius decided it was best to leave because Sirius was getting tired and had promised his girlfriend he'd be back at he castle before ten, and it was already eleven at night. So there was stuck Lily and James.
"So." Lily started. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yea, Um, Lily are you sure your all right?" James asked smiling as Lily giggled and replied with a nod.
They made their way back up to the castle with Lily tripping twice. The moonlight cast a beautiful reflection across the lake. It reminded them both of the times they used to sneak out of the castle late at night to talk.
"I had fun tonight! I don't think I've had that much fun since.I can't remember." Lily said. "Remus is still caring and sweet, and Sirius is still as funny as he used to be."
"Yea, a twenty-one year old man, going on six." James replied and they both laughed.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you yesterday about making me feel guilty. I thought about it, and it wasn't right for me to assume. Sometimes my temper just gets in the way." Lily said honestly as they stood in front of the lake. They both stopped.
"I understand where you were coming from." James started and then smiled. "I'll forgive you.if you smile."
"You used to tell me that all the time when we were in school." Lily said turning to look at him, smiled at him, and then let out a small fit of giggles.
"Oh, do you think this situation is funny?"
"Yes, I think everything is funny at the moment!"
"OK then! Let's see if you think this is funny!" James took his hands and tickled her sides. Lily left out a squeal of giggles, and James tickled her more.
Lily lost her balance from the fits of giggles she was having, and grabbed onto James' shirt, and accidentally pulled them both down on the grass. James fell on top of Lily, and tickled her once more before he stopped.
"Don't you dare ever tickle me again, James Potter!" Lily said trying to catch her breath.
James looked down at her, and he knew he was the luckiest man in the world at the moment. He gently moved a piece of hair that lay across her face, and moved it behind her ear. Then James got enough courage to actually look her in the eyes, but he was a bit apprehensive because he didn't feel like having her have a sudden urge to smack him. He was going through all the reason's why he shouldn't look her in the eyes, when she finally said something.
"Kiss me, James."
James looked down at her quizzically and wondered if he had heard her correctly. "I-um-what did you say?"
"I said kiss me, you twit!" Lily said seriously.
"I think that's the butter beer talking for you, Lils." James said laughing at the very idea that Lily would actually want him to kiss her. "I think you've gone mad."
Lily wasn't going to wait for him to kiss her. She grabbed his shirt, and pulled him down closer to her, and kissed him. James didn't hesitate to kiss her back. The kiss deepened, and time stood still for the two. Both of the two were wondering what in the world they were doing, but knew that it felt right.
James broke away first, and caught his breath.
"James, I think there is s-s" Lily started.
"Can it wait until tomorrow?" James asked pulling her up from off the ground. "Because I'm a little confused at the moment."
"I-I guess so." Lily said dusting off her skirt, which had gathered dirt on it.
"I'll walk you up to your Guest Dormitory, ok?" James asked, and Lily nodded.
They didn't talk about the kiss at all on their way through the school. Both were a little apprehensive about it. When they reached the painting that opened up to be the dormitory Lily let out cry of frustration.
"Oh shit! I can't remember the password!" Lily cried.
"Are you sure you don't remember it?" James asked.
"I'm positive! I can't remember! I shouldn't have drank all that butter beer." Lily looked at her watch and panicked. "Oh my god, James! It's 12:30 A.M! No one is up at this time of night!"
"Lily! Calm down!" James said trying to calm her down. "You can sleep in the dormitory I'm staying in."
Lily rose her eyebrow and folder her arms across her chest.
"Oh come on! I won't do anything to you! We're both adults, and we can handle it!" James said trying to convince her. "I'll sleep on the floor if you want me too!"
"Oh all right! I'll do it! Though you don't have to sleep on the floor, as you said before we're both adults! The bed is surely big enough to give us both our space."
They made their way up two flights of staircases until James found the portrait he was looking for. He said the password and the piece of artwork swung open. The two climbed in quietly. James motioned her towards where his bed was at, and they both quietly got into bed.
"I can't believe I'm doing this! I mean, what if we get caught!" Lily asked James as she got underneath the blankets.
"Lily! Come off it! We're both twenty-one! We're adults! Even if we do get caught, it's not like we're in school anymore!" James said as he fluffed his pillow. "It's not like we're going to start making-out right here!"
Lily left out a small giggle.
"Good night, James."
"G'night Lily!"
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End of Chapter Six! I can't begin to thank you all again for all the reviews! Plus for the fact that I reached 100! I didn't really expect it at all! I tried to make the kissing scenes real as I could. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, as much as I enjoyed writing it. If this chapter got boring in some parts.then I'm sorry. I just have to move it along.for what happens in the next chapter. I want at least want 15 reviews for this chapter. If that isn't too much! Also, all those great reviews DID motivate me to write. It's not an ego boast, it's just the fact that people actually are reading your story.and I'm not wasting my time.
Special thanks also too: Just Call Me Banana - Thank you sooo much for putting me on your favorites! It made me ecstatic! I about fell off my chair when I saw that I was on someone's favorites!
PLEASE READ THIS: Ok, I just want to straighten this out before I get flamed for it! First of all, I finally got L/J action! I've been dying to put some in! Plus, I needed something to happen in this chapter, because of what happens in the next chapter. (You'll See!). Now, James was NOT taking advantage of Lily! I just wanted to get that straight! Lily is just giggly from the butter beer not full fledge drunk! As to WHY Lily kissed James at the end.is because she wanted too of course! (Ok.so maybe the Butter beer did effect it a little.but oh well!) Just because she claimed to not want to be with him.doesn't mean she can't act on what she's feeling inside!
READ THIS TOO: About Lily and James sleeping in the same bed.I mean, come on.they're both adults.and I'm sure even if Lily wouldn't normally do it.she was a bit giggly.so.yea.you get my point.