**Unexpected Night**

Then the phone rang.

"Answer it!" Lily cried out, and with that Michelle picked up the phone, hoping it was Remus.
"Hello" Michelle said happily.
"Hey, is Lily there?" the man said over the phone. It wasn't Remus.
"Uh, yeah, hold on." Michelle said and handed Lily the phone.
"Yes?" Lily asked
"Hey, its James. Um, I was wondering if your not doing anything tonight then maybe we could go out for... dinner!" James asked quite shyly. He felt weird speaking into a certain item that he had held up to his ear.
"Uh, hold on." Lily replied and asked her friends if she should go.
"YES!" They both whispered at the same time and Lily smiled.
"Sure, id love to." Lily said happily and she could hear his voice lightening up.
"Great! Ill pick you up at about 6! Bye!" James spoke, and then he hung up.

After the phone call, the girls were helping Lily get ready for her 'date' that was in about an hour.
"Curl your hair!" Michelle shouted; she was trying to pick out something to wear.
"No! Leave it! James has always loved your hair the way it is!" Bella said; she was trying to figure out what make-up she should wear.
"CALL HIM THEN!" Lily shouted from the bathroom, messing up her hair again and again. Michelle picked up the phone and dialed James' number. After a few minutes, she walked into the bathroom with the results.
"He says what ever. He doesn't care what you look like!" Michelle said, and with that Lily and Bella gave her 'that's-not-what-he-told-you!' look.
"Fine! He likes it the way it is." And with that, she left the room getting back to the clothes. Bella chuckled a little, realizing she was right and finished off Lily's make-up. Once they had finished, Lily put on the clothes that Michelle had picked out for her, which was a dark silk skirt and a soft light blue sweater with heel boots only rising above her ankles. She looked great.

A few minutes later James was waiting at the door. Lily was the first to answer.
"Hi." She said, staring at James who had his mouth wide open. She slowly lifted her hand and closed it. James blushed and took her hand and kissed it formally. Lily gave a small chuckle and headed out the door. James had borrowed Remus' car, which was a nice red one, with leather seats and all functions. Luckily James was a quick learner and Remus had taught him to drive really easily. James led Lily onto the driveway and over to the other side of the car. James opened the door and Lily took her seat in the passenger's side. Once she was safely inside the car, he walked over to his side and got into the drivers seat.
"Ready?" He asked her before he started up the car. She nodded and they slowly made their way down the driver way.

They soon arrived at a fancy restaurant on the edge of town near a small river that runs through. James had already made reservations, so all they had to do was to sit down. They had the best seats in the house. James had arranged it so that they had the balcony to them selves, which looked over the beautiful river that passed by beside them. As Lily followed James onto the balcony, she was so surprised at the lace tablecloth and the flower scented candles that were lit on the table. "Wow! Its beautiful!" Lily said aloud. "I know! Isn't it great?" James said, pulling out a chair for Lily to sit. She gave him a kind smile and sat down in the red, velvet seated chairs. 'I feel like royalty!' she thought to herself. 'I can't believe he planned all this!' Lily thought again. The waiter showed up, which interrupted Lily's thought. "Would you like anything to drink?" The waiter asked politely. "Ill have a small Coke." James answered politely and looked over towards Lily. "Same" she said and with that, the waiter left. "This place is wonderful!" Lily said, breaking the silence. "I knew you'd like it!" James replied, which made Lily blush. Lily looked over towards the river. She wanted to get a closer look so she got out of her seat and walked up to the railing. James got out of his chair to and followed her. "Its gorgeous" Lily spoke quietly. James smiled. "I know. It's just so peaceful." James replied, looking at Lily. She realized he was looking at her and glanced back. James took advantage of the moment and placed a soft kiss on her lips. Lily didn't hold back, nor did she break it, but they were interrupted by the waiter clambering out with their drinks. Lily walked back and took a seat. James quickly followed. James was deeply relieved that they had actually shared their first real kiss, even if it was for only a moment.

After having their dinner, and a dessert, they decided to go for a walk by the river. They followed a small path from the side of the restaurant until they found themselves right beside the river. James placed his hand softly into Lily's. Lily didn't even seem to notice, which was lucky for James. "Wow! Come over here, there's a bridge!" Lily pulled James along towards a thin bridge that crossed over the river. The river wasn't that wide, so they decided to go for a walk across it, thinking that it would only be about 20 minutes.
Lily soon noticed that James' hand was in hers and quickly removed it, not thinking twice about what she was doing. She soon regretted it.
"Sorry, I wasn't thinking." James said to Lily about placing his hand in hers. Lily just gave him a small smile. 'Why did I do that!' she thought.
"It's ok." Lily spoke quietly.
"No, I was stupid to think that I could just hold hands with you, but I can see your not ready." James said sarcastically.
"Me? Not ready? HA!" Lily shouted and gave a small laugh.
"Yeah, I can tell when someone's not ready, and I know that you aren't!" James said surely of himself.
"Excuse me mister ive-only-gone-out-with-every-girl-in-hogwarts-so- now-I-think-I-can-read-girls-minds!" Lily shouted at the top of her lungs.
"YEAH!" James shouted back. Lily felt horrible being yelled at; especially from the guy she had been crushing on the past few days. A tear rolled down her cheek and she walked a few steps away from James.
"Ah!" Lily shouted as a rat ran by her feet, which made her fall into James. Luckily James was more excepting this time.
"Sorry" Lily said quietly to James.
"Its ok, im sorry to." James replied back to her. As she stood up, he slowly kissed her on the forehead. Lily blushed and they kept walking together along the bridge.
"AH!" Lily screamed as the same mouse ran by her again. And yet again she fell into James. James stayed calm and he helped Lily get a hold of herself and took her hand. This time she didn't refuse.

"So friends can hold hands, boys and girls?" James questioned.
"Well girls can hold hands, but have you and Sirius ever held hands?" Lily asked James. James shuddered at the thought of holding hands with Sirius. Lily laughed.
"Ok well, what about hugging? Boys or just girls?" James questioned again.
"Both. I've seen you and Sirius hugging before, and I've hugged Bella more than once!" Lily said.
"I guess your right. What about kissing?" James asked suspiciously. Lily looked at him, and he gave her a crooked smile. Lily loved that smile of his; it was so 'suspicious!'
"I think kissing is strictly between couples. Unless you playing spin- the-bottle or truth or dare!" Lily replied.
"So I can kiss you then, hmm?" James asked. Lily just shook her head and didn't speak.
"Aw, come on!" James shouted out to her as she walked ahead of him. Lily saw James quickly gaining speed on her so she started running along the bridge. After a few seconds had passed, they were still running until James had finally caught up with her. Just as James came up from behind Lily, she slipped on some water that was on the bridge and pulled down James with her.
"Um James," Lily said from the ground, "Can you please remove your hand from my breasts!" Lily shouted. James instantly removed his hands and ran them through his already messed up hair. He then quickly stood up and looked over the edge. Lily felt a little bad about yelling at him, so she decided to see if he was really hurt by it all.
"James im sorry," Lily started but James just walked away.
"James, don't!" Lily shouted at him, but he just kept on walking. Lily sunk down onto he ground and began crying.
James didn't get that far once he heard Lily crying. 'Dammit James, you did it again!' James thought to himself. He then started on his way back towards Lily.
"Lily im sorry." James said appearing right in front of her. Lily quickly stood up and started to cry into his chest. James just placed his arms and around her and began to comfort her. Lily soon stopped crying and whipped her eyes. She looked up to see James looking right into her eyes. Without warning, they were both in a deep kiss.

"So I guess this makes me your boyfriend?" James asked jokingly.
"Oh shut up" Lily said lightly hitting them, and they began their way back to the car.

Wooo hooo! Wow, took me a while but I got it done! Please review, thanx! ^_^ have fun!