(A/N Thanks for all the reviews! And yes, they will be coming out of the closet soon!)
"I'm beginning to feel bad about locking Lily in that closet, I mean, she IS claustrophobic after all." Kaleb said, as the chocolate frog her wand was pointed at spun through the air.
"So should we let them out?" Sirius asked, sprawled across a couch in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Nah. I just hope she hasn't bloodied him up too much." Kaleb mused.
(Meanwhile)
"So what about you, Don Juan. Any little witches, or hey, wizards running around that get your knickers in a twist?" Lily asked, grinning wickedly.
"You know you sound exactly like a girl when you do that?" James said in a high pitched voice.
"Well I'd better, I mean, I have to balance it out with all those other times that I sound like a man." Lily laughed.
James grinned a moment, as if considering. "Yeah, I suppose."
"Well, if you really want to know…sort of. I mean, like you said, some people here are very physically attractive, but honestly…they tend to have the brain capacity of a banana. And that's sort of a turn-off." James shrugged.
"Oh really? I wouldn't have thought that having above a double-digit IQ mattered to you in a girl. Hey, the less bright she is the easier to bed, right?" Lily said bitterly.
Lily caught a flash of pain in James' eyes, before he had the chance to mask it.
"Is that really what you think of me?" James' voice was supposed to sound steely, but wavered slightly at the end.
Lily tossed her head back. "I've seen it too many times. Some guy flirts with a girl, she thinks it's love, so she gives him the most precious thing that she can. Not just her body, Potter, because it isn't just a shag to a girl like it is to a guy. It's…making love. By giving her body she's giving her soul. And I've heard stories about you Mr. Potter, so don't think I think you're innocent."
"You, of all people, should know not to listen to rumors. I've never 'shagged' anyone. I've only ever been with one person like that, and she played me, not the other way around. Girls aren't just victims." James said, narrowing his eyes, as if he were trying to set the wall on fire.
"I'm sorry." Lily said quietly. She looked down at the floor, trying to imagine what that would feel like.
James sighed and touched Lily's hand. "Don't worry about it, Lily. I understand why you would think that about me. I just hope that you believe me when I tell you it isn't true."
Lily smiled. "I know it isn't true. But man, Jamie, why aren't you like this when people are around? I wasted a lot of time hating you."
James gave her a lop-sided grin that, to her utter shame, made butterflies appear in her stomach. "If it makes you feel any better, I hated you too. But I'm not like this around people because most people aren't like you. I can't be me around them because…because it just wouldn't work. There are a lot of expectations I have to meet, one of which is to be Popular and Quidditch Captain and become Head Boy some day."
Lily shrugged, she really didn't want to get into it with him. "No one should dictate to you, who you have to be. Be who you feel like being."
James shook his head, and wracked his mind for a different topic. "So, when do you think they'll remember us and let us out?"
Lily smiled wryly. "About a year after we've been haunting Hogwarts as ghosts."
"Ugh, its boring around here without Lils. Let's just let them out before I go insane from exposure to you three idiots." Kaleb drawled.
"You wound me, madam!" Sirius said, pressing his hand to his chest in mock offense.
Kaleb rolled her eyes. "I'm certain that I do. But come on, give me her wand, I'll keep it from her for a while so she won't kill you." She held out her hand and then tucked the wand into her boot.
"Oh alright. Come along." He whistled at Remus as one would a dog.
Remus arched one perfectly shaped brow. "Shouldn't I be doing that to you?"
Inside the closet Lily and James were having a staring contest.
"Ha! You blinked, and I win!" Lily shouted triumphantly.
"I did not! And how on earth would you be able to tell if I did? Its bloody dark in here!" James protested.
"You're just a sore loser, you know you could not challenge the prowess of the great Lily Evans." She grinned, haughtily.
James groaned and began to hit his head against the wall.
"It was this one, right down this hall. We're only 50 meters away you git!" Remus exclaimed to Sirius, gesturing to the Marauder's Map.
"I knew that! Come on, we'll have them out in a jiff." Sirius redeemed himself.
"Jamie, stop that, when you get a concussion I won't be able to do anything for it, you prat!" Lily laughed and slipped her hand around back of his head to stop him from hurting himself. In doing so she was forced to lean forward.
James stopped the movement, entranced by the emerald eyes in front of him.
Slowly, agonizingly slowly, they moved forward, until their eyes were half-lidded and their lips were a hair's breadth away…
Kaleb swung the door open, to the sight of Lily and James about to kiss, then throwing themselves backwards, away from each other. "Ooh, shall we leave you two to it, then?"
"I'm beginning to feel bad about locking Lily in that closet, I mean, she IS claustrophobic after all." Kaleb said, as the chocolate frog her wand was pointed at spun through the air.
"So should we let them out?" Sirius asked, sprawled across a couch in the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Nah. I just hope she hasn't bloodied him up too much." Kaleb mused.
(Meanwhile)
"So what about you, Don Juan. Any little witches, or hey, wizards running around that get your knickers in a twist?" Lily asked, grinning wickedly.
"You know you sound exactly like a girl when you do that?" James said in a high pitched voice.
"Well I'd better, I mean, I have to balance it out with all those other times that I sound like a man." Lily laughed.
James grinned a moment, as if considering. "Yeah, I suppose."
"Well, if you really want to know…sort of. I mean, like you said, some people here are very physically attractive, but honestly…they tend to have the brain capacity of a banana. And that's sort of a turn-off." James shrugged.
"Oh really? I wouldn't have thought that having above a double-digit IQ mattered to you in a girl. Hey, the less bright she is the easier to bed, right?" Lily said bitterly.
Lily caught a flash of pain in James' eyes, before he had the chance to mask it.
"Is that really what you think of me?" James' voice was supposed to sound steely, but wavered slightly at the end.
Lily tossed her head back. "I've seen it too many times. Some guy flirts with a girl, she thinks it's love, so she gives him the most precious thing that she can. Not just her body, Potter, because it isn't just a shag to a girl like it is to a guy. It's…making love. By giving her body she's giving her soul. And I've heard stories about you Mr. Potter, so don't think I think you're innocent."
"You, of all people, should know not to listen to rumors. I've never 'shagged' anyone. I've only ever been with one person like that, and she played me, not the other way around. Girls aren't just victims." James said, narrowing his eyes, as if he were trying to set the wall on fire.
"I'm sorry." Lily said quietly. She looked down at the floor, trying to imagine what that would feel like.
James sighed and touched Lily's hand. "Don't worry about it, Lily. I understand why you would think that about me. I just hope that you believe me when I tell you it isn't true."
Lily smiled. "I know it isn't true. But man, Jamie, why aren't you like this when people are around? I wasted a lot of time hating you."
James gave her a lop-sided grin that, to her utter shame, made butterflies appear in her stomach. "If it makes you feel any better, I hated you too. But I'm not like this around people because most people aren't like you. I can't be me around them because…because it just wouldn't work. There are a lot of expectations I have to meet, one of which is to be Popular and Quidditch Captain and become Head Boy some day."
Lily shrugged, she really didn't want to get into it with him. "No one should dictate to you, who you have to be. Be who you feel like being."
James shook his head, and wracked his mind for a different topic. "So, when do you think they'll remember us and let us out?"
Lily smiled wryly. "About a year after we've been haunting Hogwarts as ghosts."
"Ugh, its boring around here without Lils. Let's just let them out before I go insane from exposure to you three idiots." Kaleb drawled.
"You wound me, madam!" Sirius said, pressing his hand to his chest in mock offense.
Kaleb rolled her eyes. "I'm certain that I do. But come on, give me her wand, I'll keep it from her for a while so she won't kill you." She held out her hand and then tucked the wand into her boot.
"Oh alright. Come along." He whistled at Remus as one would a dog.
Remus arched one perfectly shaped brow. "Shouldn't I be doing that to you?"
Inside the closet Lily and James were having a staring contest.
"Ha! You blinked, and I win!" Lily shouted triumphantly.
"I did not! And how on earth would you be able to tell if I did? Its bloody dark in here!" James protested.
"You're just a sore loser, you know you could not challenge the prowess of the great Lily Evans." She grinned, haughtily.
James groaned and began to hit his head against the wall.
"It was this one, right down this hall. We're only 50 meters away you git!" Remus exclaimed to Sirius, gesturing to the Marauder's Map.
"I knew that! Come on, we'll have them out in a jiff." Sirius redeemed himself.
"Jamie, stop that, when you get a concussion I won't be able to do anything for it, you prat!" Lily laughed and slipped her hand around back of his head to stop him from hurting himself. In doing so she was forced to lean forward.
James stopped the movement, entranced by the emerald eyes in front of him.
Slowly, agonizingly slowly, they moved forward, until their eyes were half-lidded and their lips were a hair's breadth away…
Kaleb swung the door open, to the sight of Lily and James about to kiss, then throwing themselves backwards, away from each other. "Ooh, shall we leave you two to it, then?"