Sunday came and went rather quickly, as the last day of the weekend always seems to do, and Monday, and Tuesday. To Sheila, James and Lily seemed rather inseparable the entire time they were awake, which she took as a good thing, though it bugged Gabby and Sirius to no end. "Zey hardly even know each ozzer." Gabriella complained as they sat down to lunch on Wednesday (Arthur was busy studying, so therefore no where to be found).
"They've known each other since we started here." Sheila argued back. She really wanted to see the two together.
"You just want to win your bet wiz Sirius, zat iz all." Gabriella said as Lily sat down by them.
She raised an eyebrow in Sirius's and Sheila's direction. "What bet? You mean there's another Potter bet?"
"Ah, no... um..." Sirius searched trying to find a good lie.
"We were betting on who would get a better grade on our Potions exam, that's all." Sheila quickly wove out a lie, shooting a sharp glance at Gabby to keep her mouth quiet.
Sirius nodded. "Yeah, and Gabby thought that Sheila cheated to win the bet."
Lily laughed, "Well, I thought it was..." the rest didn't need to be said. "Sheila wouldn't have to cheat to get a better grade in Potions." She teased. "Well, I'm going to go back a join James. Do you think he'll like going around Hogsmeade with me this next week end?" She might as well give him a shot. Shelia did have a good point, Lily did actually like James, as much as she tried to deny it.
"Not at all, go ask him." Sirius said, remembering it was the last Hogsmeade weekend before Christmas Holidays.
"Thanks." She disappeared down to join James.
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James was seated a little ways away from his friends, who now seemed to be mingling more and more with Lily's friends. He liked that, if anything would ever happen between him and Lily, which right now looked very possible, he wouldn't really be blowing off his friends if they were with hers. Oh! She did look so pretty! He watched her walk back to her seat.
"You're back I see." He said as she sat down. "What our fine friends at the other end of the table have to say?"
"Sheila and Sirius were betting on who would get a better Potions grade."
"That explains where all his money went..."
"And um," Lily looked at him, perfectly happy, perfectly fluffy, for a moment, "I was wondering if you would like to wander around Hogsmeade with me this weekend, that is, if you aren't doing anything with your"
"Sure, I'd love to." James didn't let her finish the rest of what she was saying. Lily had basically asked him what he never had the courage to ask her. "I was planning on asking you, but, I um, chickened out." Lily laughed at that, more out of relief then anything. James relaxed a little bit more, knowing Lily did truly like him back.
THE END.
Well... sort of...
As we all know, they lived happily ever after until the Potters managed to get themselves blown up. Or, well, before that even... it wasn't yet February when James started acting a tad too cocky for Lily's tastes and she got rid of him rather quickly in favor of a very handsome Hufflepuff.
