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Hello, everyone. I decided to update before the holidays, and I want to thank all of you for your reviews I love them. And now I will stop rambling and let you read chapter 7.

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Chapter 7:

Lily had just come out of Honeydukes. She had bought a little of everything. It had been a while since she had been there and when she had walked in Lily felt like it was her first time. She wanted to taste everything. Although you wouldn't be able to tell by her size she had a sweet tooth. A very big sweet tooth. Lily had a very good appetite just a very fast metabolism.

Lily was walking down to the carriages that would take her back to Hogwarts. She had found her other friends Jane, Danielle, Sherrie, and Jackie but she was too late by the time she had reached their carriage it was full. Lily walked on down the long line of carriages looking for an empty one. She found one. It had one occupant already. Lily didn't recognize this person due to it being so dark out. She slipped in silently sitting in the far corner away from the stranger. The ride started off at a blistering pace. Lily could hear the thunder starting outside. She suddenly wished she had gone back to the castle earlier with Remus but it was to late now. So she decided to sit in the silence being interrupted every now and then by rapid thunder strikes. When suddenly she felt the carriage hit a huge bump in the rode and she went flying into the stranger. She felt his strong arms hold her up from falling to the floor of the compartment as the carriage kept going at its steady pace. Lily looked up at the stranger to thank him when the next flash of lightning hit. And in that brief moment when the sky was brightened with the seemingly magically burst of light Lily saw the face of her rescuer. It was James.

"Thank you," Lily said now blushing for the first time in front of him.

"It's alright," James, said a sad look to him as he turned his head back to face the window looking out at the cloudy sky.

Lily recovered from her fall and sat cross from James looking at his features in the dark. He was quite handsome she thought to herself. The darkness made him look mystified and beautiful the way the flashes illuminated his features. His blue eyes glittering in the dark with every flash that went by.

James knew she was looking at him. He couldn't bear to look at her. He knew if he did he wouldn't be able to look away from those magnificent emerald eyes. Large in their majesty. James knew he couldn't look at her after what he had asked the other night. He wished he could tell her that he wanted her to hold her but he couldn't. He knew she would reject him. He chanced it he looked at her. She was beautiful and her round eyes penetrating him.

For a moment Lily could read his every thought and in that moment she knew what Remus had said was true. He did like her a lot. Maybe even love. He made her feel weak as if all her strength drained. The world around her was fading leaving only her and James. Just then a huge thunderbolt struck across the sky. She jumped off her seat and into James' lap. This situation should have been uncomfortable but to her surprise it felt right. Like she had always been there.

James was staring at her. She had jumped right out of her seat and landed on his lap. She was not heavy at all she was like a feather. James didn't expect her to feel heavy but he didn't expect her to feel this light either. They sat their silent each aware of the others presence. This felt so, so right thought James. Her eyes locked on him. And his on her. He saw something in her eyes, which was not there before. 'Could it be?' he thought. Did he see what he knew was filling his own eyes at this very moment. Was it love he detected in her eyes?

Lily hadn't been aware of James' hands on her waist till this point. His muscular arms tightened their grip on her. Almost as if scared to let go. She felt her own grip tighten as her arms encircled his neck holding tightly. James leaned down his own face inches away from hers. Something in Lily's head screamed a warning out. It screamed to remember Danielle. But her heart encouraged her at the same time also screaming to go on. Lily knew if she would have only one kiss in her life she wanted James to give it to her at this very moment.

James slowly closed the gap between them and their lips locked. It was a soft and sweet kiss yet it had all the passion and fire they could muster into that tiny amount of time. Their lips touched briefly James could taste Lily's sweetness on her mouth hanging on her lips as he let his meet hers. He had kissed others before but he had never felt such a spark as he did when he kissed Lily. When they parted after the first kiss they didn't even look at each other before attempting another. This time the kiss was longer and the two could feel the heat of the moment when they couldn't stand going without breath anymore they both broke and took great gasps of air. They looked at one another the whole of five minutes before James finally spoke.

"Lily, I … I …. I think that I .."

"Yes, James" she said softly longing to hear the words come out of his mouth.

"Lily I lo-"

"All righ' ou' you go," came the voice of Hagrid as the two jumped apart. Lily quickly hurried out of the carriage. James was running up to catch her.

"Lily," he said grabbing her by the shoulder and turning her to face him, "meet me in the astronomy tower at midnight we need to talk." and then he was gone.

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Well, what did you think. As usual I will beg an plead for reviews so here it goes. Please, Please, Please!!!!!!!! Reviews I need them and you know you want to. And by the way the next chapter won't be up until after Christmas. When I do not know but it will be up after the holiday. So Merry Christmas!