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hmmm me writing Harry Potter, never going to happen. Oh well we can all
dream. Hope you like it.
Chapter 2
"Devil's Snare," said James and the portrait hole to Gryffindor Common Room swung open. James walked in to see his friends, Sirius, Remus and Peter sitting around a table with books all over it. "What you up to?" asked James.
"Not a lot really just catching up on work," replied Remus.
"Sirius doing work, since when?" laughed James
"Well since I couldn't find you. Now you're here I'm going to stop." Said Sirius getting up from his chair.
"One second I need to ask you all something in private." Whispered James he down in Sirius' seat.
"Oh I was sitting there," he said.
"Yeah WAS, you aren't no more." Said James with a big grin on his face. Sirius waved his wand and a seat appeared.
"How did you do that?" asked Peter starring at the seat Sirius had just sat on.
"There's no time for that Wormtail ask him in your own time. I need to ask you all something." Said James.
"Go on then," said Remus putting his quill down.
"Well is it obvious to you that I.like..err Lily?" whispered James.
"He finally admits it. OK getting back to the question you asked it was to me James, who noticed it not to these. They had to ask me what was wrong with you and they were totally shocked to hear it." Said Remus.
"You mean you didn't know?" he said turning to Sirius.
"No course I didn't, you expect me to know something like that, well we know Peter wouldn't that's for sure but I thought it was just school or home problems."
"So you've admitted it to yourself then?" asked Remus.
"Yeah I have I know now that I do like Lily," he said in a whisper so no one in the room could hear. "I had a flashback kind of thing in the entrance hall where you lot left me. It was of our first train journey."
"Oh the classic moment you tipped flour on Evan's head," Sirius said while acting it out.
"Yeah with my flour," said Remus picking up his quill and returning to his work.
At that moment Lily walked through the portrait hole with her friends Angel and Alice. Alice smiled at them and walked over leaving Lily and Angel by the fire talking.
"Hello everyone. How are you all?" she asked.
Remus closed his books. "Well I'm not going to get any work done anymore. Yeah we're fine Alice, how are you?"
"Yeah I'm great. I just wanted to know if you all fancied a game of Spin the Bottle."
"A game of what?" asked Remus.
"Spin the Bottle it's a muggle game. One person spins the bottle and the person it lands on spins the bottle and then whomever it lands on again has to kiss the person. Then someone has to pick out a piece of paper from the hat stating how long for. The time goes from 10 seconds to 2 minutes."
James looked over at Lily and Angel. "Are they playing as well?" he asked.
"Yeah, you didn't expect to play with just us five." She said. She walked back over to Lily and Angel and whispered something. Lily looked over at James and rolled her eyes. He heard her say, "Do I have to?" Alice persuaded her and all the girls walked back over.
"Hey we never agreed to it," said Peter.
"So what we're playing it now." James replied
"I'm not, I'll just watch," said Peter. He sat down on the seat Sirius had appeared and moved out of the circle.
"OK, new rules. We have to sit boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl or else it may be a little unfair." Said Alice. Sirius moved in between Alice and Angel. Remus moved in between Alice and Lily and James moved in between Angel and to his delight Lily. Lily at that point moved a little more towards Remus than was necessary. James felt hurt.
"We'll spin this first to see who has to spin it first, if you get what I mean." Alice piped up. She took the empty bottle of Butterbeer and spun it in the middle of them all. The bottle landed on Remus.
Remus took the bottle and spun it once again, the bottle landed on Sirius, Sirius spun the bottle and it landed on Alice. James picked out the paper and it read it aloud, "30 seconds." In the air appeared a small clock. Sirius looked around, since it was a warm day most people were outside. Sirius got up and so did Alice. They both moved closer to one another and kissed. After 30 seconds a bell went, telling them it was time to stop.
"The person to Sirius' right spins it." Said Alice "Which is me." Taking the bottle and spinning it. It landed on Angel. Angel reached over to the bottle and spun it. This time it landed on James. Lily placed her hand into the hat and pulled out the paper with- "10 seconds" on it. James and Angel turned towards each other and kissed. In next to no time the bell rang and they parted.
Since it was the person to Angel's right who had to spin the bottle it was James' turn. He really wanted it to land on himself or Lily. So that either one could spin it and then if it landed on James he could spin it and hope it landed on Lily or if it landed on Lily James could hope her spin landed on him. He took to the bottle and spun it. It landed on Lily.
Sirius caught James' eye. James smiled and Sirius could tell exactly what James was thinking. Lily took the bottle in her hand and it landed on.Remus. James' mouth fell open and he starred at Remus. Remus went slightly red. Angel took out a piece of paper and read "A minute and a half." James had to clench his fists. He couldn't stand watching one of his best friends, kissing the girl he liked, the girl he liked a lot. Remus and Lily got up. The clock re-set and they started to kiss. A minute and a half lasted a lifetime to James. He watched at first but then had to turn away, he couldn't bare seeing it. In what seemed forever the bell rang and Remus and Lily broke away and sat back down.
After so many combinations of people kissing, still James and Lily hadn't kissed. Alice called, "I think that's enough for one day I'm really tired." The light outside had disappeared and was replaced with darkness.
James sighed. He knew it would have never happened. He knew that he would never get to kiss Lily. James got up, he said bye to everyone even Lily but she never returned it, she looked away.
James climbed the stairs up to the boy's dormitory and sat down on the bed, Amos was already asleep, James didn't speak to Amos in the dormitory since by the time James went to bed he was asleep and by the time James woke up he was already awake and in the Great Hall. James put his wand on the bedside table and started to take his robes off. Sirius walked into the room, closely followed by Remus and Peter.
"James we knew you only agreed to play the game because you were hoping that you would get to kiss Lily," said Remus.
"Can you read minds?" he asked sarcastically.
"James we're sorry that every other combination apart from you and Lily came up, maybe it isn't meant to be." Remus said quietly.
"ISN'T MEANT TO BE? I'LL PROVE YOU WRONG JUST YOU WAIT, LILY EVANS WILL GO OUT WITH ME IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" James shouted. At that James got on the bed and closed the curtains to get changed in private.
James lay awake for ages thinking about what Remus had said and then he heard Sirius' voice "I think you and Lily are meant to be."
James felt relieved to hear his best friend say those words to him. James said "Why?" but he never got an answer. Sirius only wanted to make it quick and that was all he wanted to say.
AN: Told you Love Didn't Start With A Kiss. Oh well. That's where I got my name from anyway but now the story continues. Finally James has admitted to himself and his friends he likes Lily, but Lily hates him and a harmless game of Spin The Bottle didn't go like James wanted it. Ahh poor James!!
Chapter 2
"Devil's Snare," said James and the portrait hole to Gryffindor Common Room swung open. James walked in to see his friends, Sirius, Remus and Peter sitting around a table with books all over it. "What you up to?" asked James.
"Not a lot really just catching up on work," replied Remus.
"Sirius doing work, since when?" laughed James
"Well since I couldn't find you. Now you're here I'm going to stop." Said Sirius getting up from his chair.
"One second I need to ask you all something in private." Whispered James he down in Sirius' seat.
"Oh I was sitting there," he said.
"Yeah WAS, you aren't no more." Said James with a big grin on his face. Sirius waved his wand and a seat appeared.
"How did you do that?" asked Peter starring at the seat Sirius had just sat on.
"There's no time for that Wormtail ask him in your own time. I need to ask you all something." Said James.
"Go on then," said Remus putting his quill down.
"Well is it obvious to you that I.like..err Lily?" whispered James.
"He finally admits it. OK getting back to the question you asked it was to me James, who noticed it not to these. They had to ask me what was wrong with you and they were totally shocked to hear it." Said Remus.
"You mean you didn't know?" he said turning to Sirius.
"No course I didn't, you expect me to know something like that, well we know Peter wouldn't that's for sure but I thought it was just school or home problems."
"So you've admitted it to yourself then?" asked Remus.
"Yeah I have I know now that I do like Lily," he said in a whisper so no one in the room could hear. "I had a flashback kind of thing in the entrance hall where you lot left me. It was of our first train journey."
"Oh the classic moment you tipped flour on Evan's head," Sirius said while acting it out.
"Yeah with my flour," said Remus picking up his quill and returning to his work.
At that moment Lily walked through the portrait hole with her friends Angel and Alice. Alice smiled at them and walked over leaving Lily and Angel by the fire talking.
"Hello everyone. How are you all?" she asked.
Remus closed his books. "Well I'm not going to get any work done anymore. Yeah we're fine Alice, how are you?"
"Yeah I'm great. I just wanted to know if you all fancied a game of Spin the Bottle."
"A game of what?" asked Remus.
"Spin the Bottle it's a muggle game. One person spins the bottle and the person it lands on spins the bottle and then whomever it lands on again has to kiss the person. Then someone has to pick out a piece of paper from the hat stating how long for. The time goes from 10 seconds to 2 minutes."
James looked over at Lily and Angel. "Are they playing as well?" he asked.
"Yeah, you didn't expect to play with just us five." She said. She walked back over to Lily and Angel and whispered something. Lily looked over at James and rolled her eyes. He heard her say, "Do I have to?" Alice persuaded her and all the girls walked back over.
"Hey we never agreed to it," said Peter.
"So what we're playing it now." James replied
"I'm not, I'll just watch," said Peter. He sat down on the seat Sirius had appeared and moved out of the circle.
"OK, new rules. We have to sit boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl or else it may be a little unfair." Said Alice. Sirius moved in between Alice and Angel. Remus moved in between Alice and Lily and James moved in between Angel and to his delight Lily. Lily at that point moved a little more towards Remus than was necessary. James felt hurt.
"We'll spin this first to see who has to spin it first, if you get what I mean." Alice piped up. She took the empty bottle of Butterbeer and spun it in the middle of them all. The bottle landed on Remus.
Remus took the bottle and spun it once again, the bottle landed on Sirius, Sirius spun the bottle and it landed on Alice. James picked out the paper and it read it aloud, "30 seconds." In the air appeared a small clock. Sirius looked around, since it was a warm day most people were outside. Sirius got up and so did Alice. They both moved closer to one another and kissed. After 30 seconds a bell went, telling them it was time to stop.
"The person to Sirius' right spins it." Said Alice "Which is me." Taking the bottle and spinning it. It landed on Angel. Angel reached over to the bottle and spun it. This time it landed on James. Lily placed her hand into the hat and pulled out the paper with- "10 seconds" on it. James and Angel turned towards each other and kissed. In next to no time the bell rang and they parted.
Since it was the person to Angel's right who had to spin the bottle it was James' turn. He really wanted it to land on himself or Lily. So that either one could spin it and then if it landed on James he could spin it and hope it landed on Lily or if it landed on Lily James could hope her spin landed on him. He took to the bottle and spun it. It landed on Lily.
Sirius caught James' eye. James smiled and Sirius could tell exactly what James was thinking. Lily took the bottle in her hand and it landed on.Remus. James' mouth fell open and he starred at Remus. Remus went slightly red. Angel took out a piece of paper and read "A minute and a half." James had to clench his fists. He couldn't stand watching one of his best friends, kissing the girl he liked, the girl he liked a lot. Remus and Lily got up. The clock re-set and they started to kiss. A minute and a half lasted a lifetime to James. He watched at first but then had to turn away, he couldn't bare seeing it. In what seemed forever the bell rang and Remus and Lily broke away and sat back down.
After so many combinations of people kissing, still James and Lily hadn't kissed. Alice called, "I think that's enough for one day I'm really tired." The light outside had disappeared and was replaced with darkness.
James sighed. He knew it would have never happened. He knew that he would never get to kiss Lily. James got up, he said bye to everyone even Lily but she never returned it, she looked away.
James climbed the stairs up to the boy's dormitory and sat down on the bed, Amos was already asleep, James didn't speak to Amos in the dormitory since by the time James went to bed he was asleep and by the time James woke up he was already awake and in the Great Hall. James put his wand on the bedside table and started to take his robes off. Sirius walked into the room, closely followed by Remus and Peter.
"James we knew you only agreed to play the game because you were hoping that you would get to kiss Lily," said Remus.
"Can you read minds?" he asked sarcastically.
"James we're sorry that every other combination apart from you and Lily came up, maybe it isn't meant to be." Remus said quietly.
"ISN'T MEANT TO BE? I'LL PROVE YOU WRONG JUST YOU WAIT, LILY EVANS WILL GO OUT WITH ME IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" James shouted. At that James got on the bed and closed the curtains to get changed in private.
James lay awake for ages thinking about what Remus had said and then he heard Sirius' voice "I think you and Lily are meant to be."
James felt relieved to hear his best friend say those words to him. James said "Why?" but he never got an answer. Sirius only wanted to make it quick and that was all he wanted to say.
AN: Told you Love Didn't Start With A Kiss. Oh well. That's where I got my name from anyway but now the story continues. Finally James has admitted to himself and his friends he likes Lily, but Lily hates him and a harmless game of Spin The Bottle didn't go like James wanted it. Ahh poor James!!