A/N: After several requests "not to kill it," Out of Reach is back! All
right. maybe it was only one. but it was enough to get me writing again.
^_^ Also, I temporarily chapter naming block, so excuse my slightly lame
chapter titles. =D
~ Anna
Disclaimer: I don't own anything JK Rowling does. I'm just landscaping some of her world. The Santa socks are still in my possession and I would make a comment about them, but I won't. you never know who's out there. ^_^
Out of Reach By: The HYPER band geek
Chapter Two ~ Her.
Always reaching for something just out of my grasp, aren't I. Out of all the girls in this school that I could have liked it had to be the one least impressed popularity and flying skills didn't it? The sad part is I don't care. It just makes her more appealing to me. It just makes me want to try harder to impress her. But I'm sure that's what every other boy in the school, fourth year & above, and even some of the Slytherins, wants to do too.
The scrawny little fourth years aren't a problem, judging by the looks of the whole lot, they'd be too scared to ask someone in their own year out, let alone someone a year above them.
And the Slytherins? Ha! They would never do anything to approach a muggle born in a friendly way, those self-absorbed gits. Well, maybe, Severus Snape, that slimy prefect who's always bend over a cauldron, I'm surprised he has died from the fumes yet. That would be the day. But back to the point, I haven't heard a word bad about muggle borns fall from that pathetic little mouth of his. So either he's finally getting some decent ideas knocked into his head or he's actually fallen for one. And he has been staring over to the Gryffindor table more and more without a scowl on his face in her direction. She'd never actually date him though, the boy whose face is a perfect contrast to his robes, even if he is a prefect.
The only other one who would possibly get the guts to ask her is the Head Boy, a Hufflepuff named Amos Diggory, a chaser on their quidditch team. Highly unlikely though, the boy couldn't even get a quaffle if it slammed right into his gut.
"Hey, Jimmy, why so glum chum?" Sirius asks, bringing back to reality.
"Huh?"
"You look kinda out of it."
"Ah, but Padfoot, my old friend, didn't you see where he was directing that glazed look?" Remus cheerfully adds.
Sirius looks over in the direction of Lily Evans, sitting on a couch reading a book and looking back at me chirps, "Why Prongs, I sense your infatuation over Miss Lily Evans growing stronger and I must say, I am quite offended you haven't shared anything with me."
"So you tell the whole school?"
"Ah, my dear Prongsie, you have no faith me I see. Of course I wouldn't tell the whole school, I would only tell that seventh year, Bertha Jorkins." He says, grinning.
"Oh, and like that wouldn't accomplish the same thing?"
"Yeah, but I wouldn't be directly responsible then."
"But I'd still have to kill you."
"Ha, you couldn't even kill Snape. But in hopes of you not making my life a living hell, I propose a trip to the kitchen."
Remus, who had been the unusually quiet observer till this point, decided to jump back in, "Sirius, is that all you ever think about? I could have sworn I heard you calling out about chicken in your sleep last night."
"Hey, Sirius just happens to have very one-track mind. Although I think we need to stop giving him chocolate, it keeps him wired." I state, then add in a quiet voice, "Besides, chocolate isn't good for dogs."
Sirius just gives me a resentful glare and says, "Well, at any rate, I'm going to get the map to make sure we don't have any run-ins with Filch, any of you gits coming with me?"
"I think I'll just wait down here." I reply, glancing over in Lily's direction.
Remus looks at me curiously, but quickly realization dawns on his face and he follows Sirius upstairs, dragging a confused Peter along with him.
I take a deep breath and stand up, walking over to where Lily sits looking lost in her thoughts.
As she doesn't notice me, I walk around behind the couch and say, "You know, if you keep your nose in that book any longer, you might just fall in."
Her head tilts backward in response, and after a moment questions a little harshly, "What do you want?"
I jump over the back of the couch and land next to her, and my leg gently brushes against hers.
"Why Lily Evans, you don't seem at all pleased to see me, and I must admit, it stings." I pout in response to this.
"I was just so heavily enthralled in my book when I was so rudely interrupted." she says cheekily and glances back down at her book, which lay open on her lap.
Not about to let her get away with this, I cup her chin with my hand; my action causing her to sigh as I push her face so our eyes meet once again.
"Don't get smart with me young lady." I scold teasingly, my hand still on her chin, it just like my leg, tingling with the contact.
"I'm terribly sorry sir, I'll see to it that it doesn't happen again," she breathes softly and my faces edges closer to hers.
"You do that," I reply equally as soft, gazing into her piercing emerald eyes.
Our faces inch closer together and both of our eyes' flutter shut, I can almost feel her lips brushing against mine, and her sweet breath fills my senses.
"Oy, Jamsie!" booms a loud voice from the dormitories entrance.
'Damn Sirius!' I think as we jump apart, she looks toward the floor, and I sigh, my gaze lingering for one brief moment until I tear it away from her angelic face to look in Sirius's direction.
"Things to do!" Sirius quips annoyingly as he bounces toward us, Remus and Peter on his tail, "Haven't got all night."
"You sure about that?" Lily asks, bringing her face up to look at him.
That's my girl. wait. my girl?!
"Why, Lily Evans, I thought I sensed a heavenly presence in here." He says innocently, ever the flirt, the git.
She just smiles and shakes her head in response, causing me to smile. That's right Lily just ignore him.
"James, you ready? I want to go see if there's any of that treacle fudge left from dinner."
"Yeah, I'll be right there." I tell him, wishing he could just forget his damn stomach for once.
I turn to Lily once more and say, "You know Sirius, always thinking about his stomach."
"Oh, go on, Sirius'll never forgive me if I keep his best friend from a kitchen trip." she tell me sternly, holding back a smile.
"Yes ma'am." I say, standing up.
She smiles up at him, and feeling like I could float on air, I lean down to whisper "Bye Lily Evans" in her ear and deliver a kiss to her soft cheek before turning and sprinting after my friends.
As I push open the portrait and walk out of the common room, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all jump up around me, ready to tease me mercilessly, but I don't care, I almost just kissed the girl of my dreams.
And chances of my becoming her boyfriend just shot through the roof, I'd say.
*********************************************************** A/N: Well, there ya go. hehe. a nice little piece of fluffy goodness. ^_^ no thanx to my crappy pc of course =D ~ Anna
And a thank you to all my kind, kind reviewers, who thought I did I good just on the first chappie. I sure hope I did. ^_^
The following people freaking rock!
MegHarts ~ Wellz, I hope hearing it from James's POV was fun. ^_^
Darcel Lucia ~ I know, don't you just love fluffy stuff. I do =D
Ariana ~ Well, I hoped you loved reading this one, and to be honest I didn't expect the turn of events either. and I'm the writer! But you knew that. k, Anna's gonna shut up now. ;)
Tigra and Loup ~ well. he noticed her before. but Lily didn't know. nope, I don't think I would ever have James be playing her unless I was in a really bad mood. I mean, I even make Snape look nicer than most ppl do. but ya never know. he might be somewhat nice. I dunno. ;D
sirius' lover ~ thanx. ;)
EMerald QUeen ~ thanx & on the Snape factor. ya never know about ppl, but still Lily was thinking about other options. ^_^
Xela ~ thanx =D
Dief Kattekop ~ No worries. it lives! ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own anything JK Rowling does. I'm just landscaping some of her world. The Santa socks are still in my possession and I would make a comment about them, but I won't. you never know who's out there. ^_^
Out of Reach By: The HYPER band geek
Chapter Two ~ Her.
Always reaching for something just out of my grasp, aren't I. Out of all the girls in this school that I could have liked it had to be the one least impressed popularity and flying skills didn't it? The sad part is I don't care. It just makes her more appealing to me. It just makes me want to try harder to impress her. But I'm sure that's what every other boy in the school, fourth year & above, and even some of the Slytherins, wants to do too.
The scrawny little fourth years aren't a problem, judging by the looks of the whole lot, they'd be too scared to ask someone in their own year out, let alone someone a year above them.
And the Slytherins? Ha! They would never do anything to approach a muggle born in a friendly way, those self-absorbed gits. Well, maybe, Severus Snape, that slimy prefect who's always bend over a cauldron, I'm surprised he has died from the fumes yet. That would be the day. But back to the point, I haven't heard a word bad about muggle borns fall from that pathetic little mouth of his. So either he's finally getting some decent ideas knocked into his head or he's actually fallen for one. And he has been staring over to the Gryffindor table more and more without a scowl on his face in her direction. She'd never actually date him though, the boy whose face is a perfect contrast to his robes, even if he is a prefect.
The only other one who would possibly get the guts to ask her is the Head Boy, a Hufflepuff named Amos Diggory, a chaser on their quidditch team. Highly unlikely though, the boy couldn't even get a quaffle if it slammed right into his gut.
"Hey, Jimmy, why so glum chum?" Sirius asks, bringing back to reality.
"Huh?"
"You look kinda out of it."
"Ah, but Padfoot, my old friend, didn't you see where he was directing that glazed look?" Remus cheerfully adds.
Sirius looks over in the direction of Lily Evans, sitting on a couch reading a book and looking back at me chirps, "Why Prongs, I sense your infatuation over Miss Lily Evans growing stronger and I must say, I am quite offended you haven't shared anything with me."
"So you tell the whole school?"
"Ah, my dear Prongsie, you have no faith me I see. Of course I wouldn't tell the whole school, I would only tell that seventh year, Bertha Jorkins." He says, grinning.
"Oh, and like that wouldn't accomplish the same thing?"
"Yeah, but I wouldn't be directly responsible then."
"But I'd still have to kill you."
"Ha, you couldn't even kill Snape. But in hopes of you not making my life a living hell, I propose a trip to the kitchen."
Remus, who had been the unusually quiet observer till this point, decided to jump back in, "Sirius, is that all you ever think about? I could have sworn I heard you calling out about chicken in your sleep last night."
"Hey, Sirius just happens to have very one-track mind. Although I think we need to stop giving him chocolate, it keeps him wired." I state, then add in a quiet voice, "Besides, chocolate isn't good for dogs."
Sirius just gives me a resentful glare and says, "Well, at any rate, I'm going to get the map to make sure we don't have any run-ins with Filch, any of you gits coming with me?"
"I think I'll just wait down here." I reply, glancing over in Lily's direction.
Remus looks at me curiously, but quickly realization dawns on his face and he follows Sirius upstairs, dragging a confused Peter along with him.
I take a deep breath and stand up, walking over to where Lily sits looking lost in her thoughts.
As she doesn't notice me, I walk around behind the couch and say, "You know, if you keep your nose in that book any longer, you might just fall in."
Her head tilts backward in response, and after a moment questions a little harshly, "What do you want?"
I jump over the back of the couch and land next to her, and my leg gently brushes against hers.
"Why Lily Evans, you don't seem at all pleased to see me, and I must admit, it stings." I pout in response to this.
"I was just so heavily enthralled in my book when I was so rudely interrupted." she says cheekily and glances back down at her book, which lay open on her lap.
Not about to let her get away with this, I cup her chin with my hand; my action causing her to sigh as I push her face so our eyes meet once again.
"Don't get smart with me young lady." I scold teasingly, my hand still on her chin, it just like my leg, tingling with the contact.
"I'm terribly sorry sir, I'll see to it that it doesn't happen again," she breathes softly and my faces edges closer to hers.
"You do that," I reply equally as soft, gazing into her piercing emerald eyes.
Our faces inch closer together and both of our eyes' flutter shut, I can almost feel her lips brushing against mine, and her sweet breath fills my senses.
"Oy, Jamsie!" booms a loud voice from the dormitories entrance.
'Damn Sirius!' I think as we jump apart, she looks toward the floor, and I sigh, my gaze lingering for one brief moment until I tear it away from her angelic face to look in Sirius's direction.
"Things to do!" Sirius quips annoyingly as he bounces toward us, Remus and Peter on his tail, "Haven't got all night."
"You sure about that?" Lily asks, bringing her face up to look at him.
That's my girl. wait. my girl?!
"Why, Lily Evans, I thought I sensed a heavenly presence in here." He says innocently, ever the flirt, the git.
She just smiles and shakes her head in response, causing me to smile. That's right Lily just ignore him.
"James, you ready? I want to go see if there's any of that treacle fudge left from dinner."
"Yeah, I'll be right there." I tell him, wishing he could just forget his damn stomach for once.
I turn to Lily once more and say, "You know Sirius, always thinking about his stomach."
"Oh, go on, Sirius'll never forgive me if I keep his best friend from a kitchen trip." she tell me sternly, holding back a smile.
"Yes ma'am." I say, standing up.
She smiles up at him, and feeling like I could float on air, I lean down to whisper "Bye Lily Evans" in her ear and deliver a kiss to her soft cheek before turning and sprinting after my friends.
As I push open the portrait and walk out of the common room, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all jump up around me, ready to tease me mercilessly, but I don't care, I almost just kissed the girl of my dreams.
And chances of my becoming her boyfriend just shot through the roof, I'd say.
*********************************************************** A/N: Well, there ya go. hehe. a nice little piece of fluffy goodness. ^_^ no thanx to my crappy pc of course =D ~ Anna
And a thank you to all my kind, kind reviewers, who thought I did I good just on the first chappie. I sure hope I did. ^_^
The following people freaking rock!
MegHarts ~ Wellz, I hope hearing it from James's POV was fun. ^_^
Darcel Lucia ~ I know, don't you just love fluffy stuff. I do =D
Ariana ~ Well, I hoped you loved reading this one, and to be honest I didn't expect the turn of events either. and I'm the writer! But you knew that. k, Anna's gonna shut up now. ;)
Tigra and Loup ~ well. he noticed her before. but Lily didn't know. nope, I don't think I would ever have James be playing her unless I was in a really bad mood. I mean, I even make Snape look nicer than most ppl do. but ya never know. he might be somewhat nice. I dunno. ;D
sirius' lover ~ thanx. ;)
EMerald QUeen ~ thanx & on the Snape factor. ya never know about ppl, but still Lily was thinking about other options. ^_^
Xela ~ thanx =D
Dief Kattekop ~ No worries. it lives! ^_^