The next day there were no classes in memory of Professor Hamish. After Lily had caught up with the work that she'd missed the previous day and after a strenuous embrace from James, April and Remus, for some reason, Lily decided that she wanted a bath, the only problem was that she couldn't get to the head's bathroom because the stupid rules that had been put in place. Lily presented this problem to James and April.
"God, it's your birthday and all you want to do is homework and have a bath?" April asked. She hadn't let go of Lily's arm since Lily had finished doing her homework. It was like she was scared Lily would get hurt again.
"Yeah, it's not like it's a happy birthday anyway." Lily said. "April, you're cutting off my blood supply to my arm." April apologised and let go of her arms.
"Sorry." She muttered. James saw his opportunity to try and talk to Lily about marriage again. James got out his wand.
"Inhibitum Pregnatus." He muttered. Lily instantly put a hand to her abdomen and looked at James. He gave her a cheeky smile and she gave him a smile. "Be back in a bit." He said running to his dorm to get his invisibility cloak. Lily knew what that spell meant. She felt her heart speed up.
"Have you done all your homework?" April asked a bit too casually.
"Yeah." Lily was still looking towards the stairs that James had gone up.
"Can I borrow it?" April asked.
"Yeah," Lily said. She felt the sofa dip and knew that James was sitting next to her, even if she couldn't see him. April jumped to her feet and ran to get Lily's work. Lily felt an arm around her and suddenly she was under the cloak with James.
"Hi, you need a way to get to the bathroom?" he asked with a smirk.
"Yes," Lily said smiling. James gave Lily a quick kiss and got up with her. He kept the cloak closed over them with one hand and kept the other around Lily. "If we get caught doing this we'll be in so much trouble." Lily whispered as they went through the halls.
"Yeah, well" James said. "It'll be worth it I think." Lily giggled silently. They soon came to the tapestry in front of the prefects common room.
"Lilium." Lily said. The tapestry moved aside and they went into the prefect common room. It was completely empty with a fire roaring in the hearth.
"That's just a waste." James said pointing to the fire. They walked in and James whipped the cloak off them. Lily smiled and took his hand and led him to the bathroom.
"I've just realised that we don't have our bath things." James whispered.
"Who cares?" Lily said smiling. She said the password to the bathroom and pulled James in after her. The door to the bathroom closed and James threw his cloak on the floor and looked at Lily. This is it he thought. He put his hand in his pocket to make sure that the ring was still in there. He sighed with relief when he found it. Lily bent over the taps and turned a few of them. She stood up and looked at James.
"You know, this kinda reminds me of a few months ago." Lily said with a smile.
"Only thing was that last time we weren't dating." James said. He went to Lily and swept her up into a kiss that was deeper and fiercer then any of their other past kisses. Lily returned the kiss hungrily, this time they didn't need to restrain themselves from going too far.
"Stop it!" Lily screamed as James splashed some water at her. Lily turned her head slightly and then after a while she dared to look at James. Their clothes lay abandoned at the side of the bath and a few towels were strewn around the room. He had gone from where he had been before. Lily frowned. "James?" she asked. She looked around. The water came to just below her shoulders and she turned slowly in the water.
"Boo!" James said popping out of the water in front of her. Lily let out a playful scream as James swept her into his arms and gave her another kiss. Lily put her arms around his body but wasn't entirely sure where she should put her hands. James' body was so well built, his muscles were toned nicely from the quidditch. He kissed her neck and let his hands wander over her body. Lily felt her skin tingle under James' touch. She felt nervous but excited. Lily brought James' face back up to kiss her and they shared another deep kiss. Lily stopped for a moment as she hit the side of the pool sized bath. James looked at her enquiringly.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Never done this before." Lily said nervously. James smiled.
"Don't worry, just do what comes naturally." James said. He pulled Lily's thin, beautiful body against his. His hand wandered down her back and over her bum. He felt Lily shiver slightly and he smiled as he kissed her shoulder. He could feel his hormones overpowering everything and taking control of his body. Lily was already in a minor state of ecstasy when she felt James inside her. She closed her eyes and let James take control. She held onto him tightly and couldn't help herself smiling. She felt James plant kisses all over her neck, shoulders and face. She could feel a very pleasant, very nice warm feeling spread all over her body at the same time her body hummed with every one of his touches. His hands still exploring her body.
"Tell me if I hurt you." James whispered in a brief pause in his kisses.
"Don't stop." Lily said to him. James grinned and was only too happy to carry out that order. He kissed Lily on the lips and she felt his tongue gently touching hers.
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About an hour later Lily was lazily teasing James to get back into the bath.
"I'm all pruny." He said.
"So am I." Lily said, "Please James." She pouted slightly. She had come to the conclusion that this birthday was the best one she'd ever had and nothing could make it better. She had just had the best hour of her life with the person she loved most in the entire world.
"James, please, for me." Lily said. She flicked some water at him and he gave her a playful, angry look. He bent down and rummaged in his robes for a few seconds before removing the towel around his waist and slipping back into the water.
"Happy?" James asked as Lily swam towards him and snaked her arms around his neck. She played with his hair a little and nodded.
"Very." She said. She kissed James lightly and gave him a smile. James gave her an uneasy smile. His stomach felt twisted and empty, he felt more nervous then he did when he played his first house quidditch match.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked, noticing James' uneasiness.
"Nothing, its just that-" James tried to think of a way to say this, he had planned it in his head so many times during the week. He had decided exactly what he was going to say but now it fled from his mind.
"Did I do something wrong?" Lily asked concerned.
"No." James said putting a hand on Lily's wet hair. "You've done nothing wrong it's just that," James floated away slightly. He kept the box under the water so that Lily couldn't see it. "We've been going out for a while haven't we?" Lily nodded. "And I love you so much, more then life itself and because of this I can't imagine a life without you at all. I don't think I could live without you." James pulled the box above water and opened it. The contents were all still dry. "Will you marry me?" he asked. Lily looked slightly shocked, she had not been expecting this. She stared at the ring with the three glittering diamonds set in the silver ring. For a moment James felt he'd done the wrong thing but Lily soon broke out in a grin.
"Yes." Lily said happily. James gave a relieved sigh.
"Thank Merlin." He said. He took the ring out and put it on Lily's finger. "I was so scared that you would say no." Lily hugged James tightly and gave him a gentle kiss.
"You should know that I will do anything for you." Lily said.
"Even let me revise from your notes for History of magic?" James said hopefully.
"Ok, so I won't do everything for you." Lily said laughing. James laughed as well and pulled Lily into another kiss.
"I think we should get going, we could be missed." James said.
"Yeah, I really hate being pruny." Lily said grinning. James laughed and gave her another kiss. James helped Lily out of the bath and she pulled a warm fluffy towel off a pile of towels and wrapped it around herself. James climbed out of the bath after her, spilling water everywhere. Lily stepped back as the water stopped by her feet and went back into the bath. James gave Lily another kiss and pulled a towel around his waist. Lily bent over and picked up her wand and pointed it at James. She said a spell, which dried him off instantly and then pointed it on herself. She felt her now dry hair tickle the skin on her back. She was about to pick up her robes when she frowned.
"You got all my clothes wet." Lily said.
"I got my own robes wet." James said picking up his wet wand. He shook it slightly and red sparks shot out the end, narrowly missing a portrait that hung across the bathroom. Lily laughed and waved her wand. She changed into a pair of hipster jeans and a baby pink tee. Her midriff was slightly revealed and James found it slightly difficult to summon his own clothes.
"Can you wait for me just outside?" James said when he realised why he couldn't summon his clothes. Lily rolled her eyes and left the bathroom. She went into the Prefect common room and lay on the sofa. She held her hand up slightly and gazed fondly at her new ring. Her hand looked just perfect with the ring on it. A few minutes later James strolled out dragging a sopping wet invisibility cloak with him. He held it up to show Lily,
"We're going to have to travel without it" James said folding it up.
"Why? Can't you dry it?" Lily said sitting up
"No, it needs to dry the Muggle way." James said. Lily got up and sighed.
"Oh well, we're the head students so we won't get into much trouble." Lily said. James smiled and gave Lily a kiss.
"We better not. I don't want to spoil a perfect day." James said.