A Passion

Chapter 6 That was YOU?

James, watched her, she eyed him back. She's gorgeous, no stop what are you saying get a hold of your self-man! James thought to himself. "James!" Lily interrupted his thinking. "James can you move so I can get some clothes on?" She was trying to get by, but James was blocking the exit.

"Wh-what?" James faltered. "Could you move?" Lily put a hand on his chest, motioning to move. James backed away, watching her move gracefully. Lily walked into the fascinating powder room, she closed the door behind her and walked out 10 minutes later.

Lily walked out brushing her long flowing auburn curls. Something is different about her James thought. And he was right she was definitely different. She still had her long auburn curly hair that flowed to the middle of her back in loose curls, but her hair was a dark auburn with gold specks that glittered in the sun. She had lost all of her baby fat and was skinny with a nice body that was shaped with lots of exercise. She had perfect curves in the right places. She had sun-kissed skin and a light beauty mark by her left eye. She was the perfect height of a fifteen year old, but too bad, cause she was sixteen. But the things that shocked him the most, was her eyes. They weren't sea blue green anymore, they were darker, much darker, like a forest green. But they weren't they were dazzling emerald. She was gorgeous.

"You look, erm, nice." James said searching for words. Lily grinned and raised her eyebrows. " Your mother told you to say that didn't she?" James had a flash back of his ball when he was eight. They had said those words to each other when they were dancing. "No really, you do." James said confidently.

"Thanks." Lily gazed in to his eyes. He was different. And James was different. He didn't look like the same tall lanky boy at eight. He was tall and muscular at sixteen. He had dark brown hair with natural light brown streaks. He had his warm chocolate caramel swirled eyes and natural tan skin with no trace of baby fat. He had no more freckles, they seemed to vanish, and again, he was a bit taller that average. She was amazed.

" You look handsome yourself." Lily said, walking over to him. James sat down on the bed watching her. What was she going to do? Lily walked right over to his face and got really close like she did to the guy at the show and stopped. James started breathing heavy. Was she going to kiss him?

Lily looked into his eyes, moved in closer, then flopped to the side of the bed when he started moving in for the kiss. James stood there, defeated. She was a cruel, guy-leading gal. She smiled as she had just won, she made James feel stupid. James laughed at himself, and got into bed. Lily got under the covers and started writing in a small purple-laced black diary. James, just to get her mad, turned off the light on his bedside table. It was dark, then light. Lily turned her light on, on her bedside table. She turned to James and glared.

James flashed her his cocky smile and turned off the light. It went straight back on again. "JAMES!" Lily yelled at him. "Leave this god damn light on!" She went back to her writing. James turned the light off once again and he heard Lily throw her book down and the next thing he knew she was tackling him on the bed.

"LILY!" James was screaming. "LILY! I SWEAR IF YOU DON'T GET OFF OF ME, IM GOING TO HAVE TICKLE YOU TO DEATH!" James warned her. There was no response, she kept shaking him to the bed. James laughed, she was going to get it. He picked her up, and carried her out of bed. She was on his shoulder, "James let me down this instant!" Lily was kicking madly in his stomach, and slapping back. He took around the bed and threw her on it again. She was about to get up, but James jumped on top of her. " J-am-es! James get off of me! You are not letting me breathe!" A struggling Lily tried to say. " Whooooooo!" Lily tried breathing on him, but couldn't because she was laughing to hard.

James was done, he was laughing too hard. He rolled off of her, holding his aching stomach. Lily flew up and took in a long relieving breath for air. She looked at the disgusting man who had almost just killed her, laughing like a maniac. Her feet flew to his side and she pushed him off the bed. James hand flew to the sheets automatically, clenching on to the sheets, but they just went down with him. Causing Lily to go along with them. She fell on James with a soft thump. She was inches away from his face. They leaned in closer, then, "Ahem."

Remus and Sirius were at the door, in their pajamas, with their arms crossed. "Jeez, some people here would like to sleep. Could ya get busy some other time?" Sirius asked them.

"All right, not exactly polite Sirius." Remus turned to Sirius. "All we're trying to say is, keep it down please." Remus raised an eyebrow. " And Lily, no funny business, your father warned you."

" I know Remus." Lily got off of him. " I wasn't going to do anything with him anyway, Its not like I love him." Lily turned to the balcony and crossed her arms, gazing at the moon and ocean.

"James, and you too. Not until your married." Sirius grinned. James got up and rolled his eyes. "We aren't doing anything, and we won't do anything. So could you guys please leave so I could get to sleep?" James started picking up the sheets that were on the floor and putting them on the bed.

"Yeah yeah." Remus and Sirius said before leaving. Sirius, before shutting the door, turned to James, "Good night." He looked and Lily then James and raised his eyebrows up and down and held two thumbs up. He shut the door and went to bed.

Lily went to the balcony ledge and placed her elbows on it. She gazed out into the sea, but she wasn't watching the sea, it was blurry. She was deep in to thought.

James walked up to her, and went beside her. He stared at her, waiting for her to talk. "James," Lily said to him looking down. " James have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly? Just fly away from the royalties golden wall?" Lily looked up at him with glistening tears glossing her eyes.

James looked at her with pure anguish. He had never seen her cry. She always looked like a snobby little girl who got whatever she wanted. But there he saw her, as a misunderstood woman forced into entity that she never wanted. She was never that little girl who got whatever she wanted. She may have gotten somethings, but not the supreme one she wanted. All she wanted was to be free, free from the difficulties of being a significant princess.

She was still looking at him, when she realized that he wasn't going to answer she turned back to the ocean. James thought about what she said for a few minutes longer. She turned towards the room and went inside. "All I want to do is get away." Lily got into bed and fell asleep almost instantly. James thought a while. I can't believe myself. Stupid James, stupid. We were so close, so close. I'm so confused, am I falling head over heels in love with Lily Evans? She's different. I wonder if she loves me..

"James, come to bed. We have a long day tomorrow." Lily called. James walked to the bed and crawled in. "Good night Lily." He whispered. He then fell into a confusing sleep.