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Title: How it All Began
Author: Miss Park Avenue
Rating/Couple: PG, Lily/James
Disclaimer: None belongs to me, it all belongs to the talented Miss J.K. Rowling
Chapter Four: I'd Never Thought I'd See an Evan Kiss a Potter
Lily got a sudden, unexpected urge to do something daring. She then stood up on her tiptoes and kissed him lightly on the cheek. She waited for his reaction. James stood frozen, eyes wide. He got right to his senses and yelled out loud, "YES! YES! OH MY GOD, YES!" James got down on his knees and waved his arms in the air. "LILY EVANS KISSED ME!"
"James! Shut up!" shouted Lily over James's voice. "I don't want you blabbering all over Hogwarts that I kissed you on the cheek! And besides," Lily paused, "I only kissed you because you helped me to the hospital wing."
James kept his wide grin on though. "You still kissed me, and that changes everything."
Lily suddenly groaned, noticing her mistake and was thinking it was going to go down in Hogwarts, A History. James was still screaming, and suddenly Arabella, Remus, and Sirius burst through the door. They saw James on the ground with the biggest smile anyone had ever seen. "Hey guys," James said in a happy tone. Arabella cleared her throat. "And girls," added James. Arabella returned to beaming. "The event that you have been all waiting for has happened..." James didn't happen to see Lily hide her face behind her hands. "Lily Evans kissed ME!" screamed James at the top of his lungs.
Lily flinched, Arabella gasped, and Remus and Sirius went up to James and gave high-fives. Arabella was squealing with delight. "Oh my god Lil'! You kissed him! You actually kissed him!"
"Bella, it's not a big deal...."
"Oh yeah it is!" argued Arabella. "It proves that your relationship with James is growing...intimite," she finished with a giggle.
Lily rolled her eyes, but she knew that this would not be forgotten. Sirius was laughing at the debate between Arabella and Lily. "Hey Lil'! I'd never thought I'd see the day when an Evan would kiss a Potter."
"Oh, stuff it Sirius. I'm telling you, it's not a big-"
"Oh I forgot," interrupted Remus. "It was Lucius and Narcissa! We saw them put something in your cauldron! We tried to tell you over the explosion, but I guess you and James had other plans." Remus winked at Lily.
Arabella giggled again, and Lily sighed. This is gonna be a long day.
~*~*~*~*~
During the entire day, James had an enormous never-ending grin plastered on his face. Lily had an annoyed expression on her face probably from the winks and whistles the other students kept giving after James declared his secret relationship with Lily. Sirius, Remus, and Arabella helped James with the story that was going around.
"...did you hear? Evans and Potter! What a weird couple..."
"...I thought they would never get together. They look so adorable together..."
"Yes, we will all be inviting you to the wedding. Yeah, you can be the flower girl, I guess-"
Lily cleared her throat. "Sirius, when you're done spreading rumors about me and James, I'd like a word with you! Or, you can stop and not witness my violent rampage across the school!"
The girls Sirius were talking to giggled. Sirius swallowed hard. Lily was glaring daggers at him. Sirius nodded meekly and quickly dashed down the other direction. Lily let out a huge sigh, and continued on her way to Care of Magical Creatures. She closed her eyes to relax them, until she bumped into someone. It was...
"Honey! Back so soon?"
Lily's face twisted into a fake smile. Painfully, she said, "Why yes, sweetheart! I just wanted to drop by and see that wonderful face of yours. Say, can I borrow you for a minute?"
Before James noticed, he felt a tugging pain on his ear. "Ow! What are you-O-Owww! Lily!"
Lily pulled James into the corner of the hall, still clasping on James's ear. "It hurts!" he whined.
"It hurts," mocked Lily, as sarcastically as she could. "You know what hurts? Walking down the hall, watching fingers point at you hearing the names James and Lily. Lily and James. James and Lily together," Lily enunciated enough so he could understand.
"Well, it wasn't my fault, you kissed me..."
"I was just thanking you! Then you just go ahead and put it in the Daily Prophet-"
"Okay, okay." James held his hands up. "I'll stop advertising our 'relationship', but-"
"Yes, thank-"
"But, did you forget? The little deal we made?"
Lily's thoughts froze. "James, c'mon, I gave you a kiss-"
"But you promised. You promised to hug me and say 'honey' in front of Sirius, Remus, and Arabella. And only in front of them. Not the whole house or school."
Lily thought about it again. Great, I kiss him, hug him, and call him 'honey.' What's the world coming to, honestly...
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Arabella, Sirius, and Remus were already at the dinner table when James and Lily came in. There were some whistles, but James kept his part of the deal and told everybody that the rumor wasn't real. Now it was Lily's turn. James sat down next to Remus and Lily joined James's other side. Sirius started the conversation. "Tomorrow is the Quidditch Match against Slytherin. Me and Remus got a bet going on."
"What kind of bet?" asked James.
"See, I bet Remus 10 galleons that you'd stay on your broom for no more than 20 minutes. Remus thinks you're not gonna last 10."
James laughed. "Don't worry Remus. I'm gonna be fine."
"Yeah well, make sure you stay on that broom cause if I lose this bet, then I'm out of money to buy more Zonko stuff," said Sirius, in a worried tone.
Lily made her move. "But, honey," Lily managed to say without choking, "What if you do fall off that broom?" Then, Lily hesitated, and hugged James. She parted from him and managed to say, "I just couldn't bear to lose you if you fell off that broom and hurt yourself."
Remus stared speechless at Lily. Lily glared at James. James grinned at Sirius. Arabella giggled at the scene going on. Everyone noticed the scene also, and turned back to whispering about the 'couple.' James smiled. Lily scoffed and turned back to her dinner, which was cold. "I feel tired Bella, I think I'll go to bed."
"Ok, Lil'." She yelled out, "Good night!" as Lily was leaving the table. Sirius managed to scream, "Sweet dreams! If ya know what I'm talking about!"
Lily sighed. Great. Just what I need. A dose of Sirius's sarcasm to cheer me up.
She arrived at the entrance to the Gryffindor Common Room, and mumbled the password to the Fat Lady. "Bad day honey?"
Lily stifled a laugh. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
She stepped into the deserted common room. I guess everyone's enjoying dinner. Except me.
She climbed up towards the girl's dormitories and laid on her four poster bed. She heard crinkling underneath and saw that it was a note from Daniel. She smiled widely. "At least something in my life went right today," she muttered.
She opened the letter rapidly and read it. Chuckling at some of the comments, she ran to her night stand and pulled out some parchment. She replied:
Dear Daniel,
Yeah, I've been busy with packing for school too. But the feast was okay I guess. I also admit that I was trying to look for you. I hope you don't mind. I agree with you about Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. I really don't care what we do in Transfiguration. I have so much trouble in that class, it's like I'm not taking it at all. I can't wait for Charms though. That's my best class. I guess you already knew that.
I can't believe it's our sixth year already, can you? I mean, one more year until we take our N.E.W.T.'s, one more year until we leave Hogwarts. I can't even think that thought. Have you thought about what you're going to branch into? I have no clue. My best guess is an Auror. I don't think we're supposed to worry about that until we actually reach our seventh and last year here. Ugh, I'm sorry I launched into a depressing subject just now. It's just I haven't been able to confess my true feelings to anyone in a long time. I've been so busy with school and other things, I guess I wasn't able to talk like this to anybody. I hope you don't mind being my personal diary here.
Wow, I think this letter is the longest I've ever written. I have no life.
Write back soon,
Lily
Lily grinned at the letter, but then frowned at the closing. Lily. She reluctantly erased her name so it read: Tara. She raced up to the Owlery. Hazel gave her an affectionate nip when Lily handed her the note. "It's to Daniel. It shouldn't be a big thing." She watched as her owl flew out of the window. She turned away, not wanting to cheat and see where the owl was going. She headed quickly out of the Owlery back to the Gryffindor Common Room. She bumped into Bella. "Hey Lil', where have ya been?"
"Oh, I just went for a walk. That's all."
"Hmm, tired are ya? Well, I would be if I was chased by the most popular guy at school."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Bella, seriously. You need to get a life."
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James snickered as Sirius told him his new prank on Snape. "But, in order for me to do it, you have to stay on your broom tomorrow."
"Ahh, don't worry about me Padfoot. I won't fall. I didn't last time."
"Yeah, but you forgot the 452 other times."
James chortled. "G'night Padfoot."
"G'night Prongs." Sirius replied with a yawn.
A tired James could now hear Sirius's snoring in the background. James was about to close his eyes when something dropped on his nose. He picked up the parchment and automatically knew who it was. As silently as he could, he opened the letter and took out his wand, whispering, "Lumos."
As he read the letter, different thoughts ran through his head. Hmm...I have no idea what I'm gonna be after Hogwarts. But, she's got the same idea as me. An Auror. He continued reading and smiled at the last couple of sentences. Well, neither do I. My life consists of only Quidditch.
James then quietly opened up his nightstand, snatched parchment and a quill, and went down to the common room. He suspected it was deserted by now. He went through the empty room and sat down in his favorite chair. He wrote:
Dear Tara,
Wow. Good question. I have no idea either. But, you and me have something in common. An Auror. That was the only job that crossed my mind. But, I honestly don't know either. Even though it is a depressing subject, don't be sorry about that because if you hadn't mentioned it, I probably would have asked myself, "What is my job?" at the age of thirty. But, I think you're right; waiting to decide until 7th year. Talk about last minute things.
Personal diary, eh? Well, I like being trustworthy. I won't blab your secrets to anyone. Trust me. *wink, wink* I wonder, can you be my personal diary too?
No life? Well, I wouldn't say that. I mean, even though you spend all your time writing to me and not caring about other things in life such as friends and exercise I don't think you don't have a life. Just kidding. Hey, I have no life either remember? It only consists of Quidditch and nothing else.
Write back,
Daniel
Lily laughed at the last couple of lines. She just received the letter right after she was about to go to bed. She replied back quickly:
Dear Daniel,
I got your letter pretty fast. We really don't live far from each other. Wouldn't it be so funny if you and me were writing to each other and we lived right next to each other? Oh, yeah, I forgot, we do. *peeks around* Don't worry. I won't cheat. Yet.
Oh no...you're not one of those highly obsessed, motivated, all devoted Quidditch players are you? If you are...then good luck on the game tomorrow. I really don't understand how people can play that sport. How can you not be worried about not falling off and breaking your leg or spraining your ankle. Seriously, you can never, ever, ever get me on a broom. Don't even try it. It's not a pretty experience.
You don't have to be my personal diary if you don't want to. I'll be yours if the offer still stands. I also like the feeling of being trustworthy. It makes me feel like I have a purpose in this world besides being chased by guys and doing schoolwork.
Well, good luck tomorrow!
Tara
A couple of moments later in the boys' dormitory...
Dear Tara,
Wow. You know, at the rate we're getting these letters, people might think we actually live next to each other. Funny how that is. Oh well. Thanks for wishing me good luck by the way. Hopefully, we can win tomorrow against Slytherin, so I can watch Snape humiliate himself in front of the whole school. Filthy, oily, nasty son of a...
I'll gladly be your personal diary, if you'll be mine. Boys usually don't keep diaries if you know what I'm talking about. Well, I have to go to sleep now. Quidditch tomorrow. I hope I don't fall! GRYFFINDORS RULE!
Daniel
~*~*~*~*~
The following morning was great for James Potter. It was bright out, with a slight breeze. Perfect Quidditch weather. He went down to the Great Hall with his broomstick and sat down next to his teammates, placing his Nimbus 1500 on the empty chair next to him. He placed eggs and bacon on his plate and ate silently, concentrating on the upcoming game. He didn't notice Severus Snape and two other Slytherins came over and tap him on the shoulder. "You think you Gryffindors are gonna win?" Snape scoffed. "Think again."
"Oh, yeah?" Jame shot back. "What makes you think we're gonna lose?"
"We've got something special in mind for your team Potter," said the other.
James and two of the Slytherins continued the heated argument while the third slipped behind, and took his wand out of his sleeve. He whispered a hex on the broom, and then quickly joined his two friends. Sirius was also there, defending the Gryffindors along with James. Professor McGonagall interrupted their bad-mouthing quarrel. "Boys, go back to your table."
Snape gave a sinister look at James. "We'll see you after the game. After we win." Lily saw the scene when she came into the Great Hall with Arabella. Lily rolled her eyes and sighed. "Traditional Quidditch behavoir. When will they get over it?"
Bella laughed. "No wonder you don't like Quidditch Lil'."
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Author's Note: So, how do you guys like that? Hopefully you do! Thanks to my personal dictionary/thesaurus, dummygenius! Also, personal thanks to: Crunkygurljrt and Cass for being the best beta readers!! You guys are the best!! I'll have the next chapter out soon! Remember, if you want to join the HAB Yahoo group, scroll up to the top, and you'll see the URL. Hope you join!
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