And Lily, of course, soon agreed to go out with him.
Much to the dismay of Danny, who found out within the next few hours.
"I'll. . . I'll kick the shit out of him, I really will," Noonan stated, as he came to a halt in front of Matt, who was lazily flicking through a Charms textbook in the Common Room.
"No you won't," Matt replied boredly, not even looking up.
"Do you even know who I'm talking about?" Danny growled.
"No. . ." he replied flatly, still failing to look up from the book.
Danny narrowed his eyes. "Potter," he muttered, taking a seat opposite Matt.
"Well THAT'S a surprise. What's he done this time? Looked at Lily for longer than two seconds? Lent her a quill? Gave her an answer to the Potions homewo-?"
"They're going out with each other," he interrupted, darkly.
Matt raised his eyebrows, finally looking up. "Really? Well, I guessed that would happen, but. . ."
"We only broke up yesterday!" Danny exclaimed indignantly, drawing him the attention of some nearby second years.
~*~
Lily lay on her stomach on her bed, trying to do her Transfiguration essay that was due the next day. She had several textbooks lay out in front of her, and was at the moment staring at the wall in front of her and messing around with her quill, as she tried to figure what to write.
Then she jumped as a weight fell to the left of her, joining her on the bed.
James grinned happily at her.
Lily tried to hide a smile. "God. I'm never gunna get away from you now, am I?"
"Nope."
She rolled her eyes. "How do you manage to get up to the girls dorms, by the way? I never asked."
James shrugged, making himself more comfortable on the bed. "Simple stunning spell," he answered. "Me and Padfoot figured it out ages ago."
"I should have guessed," she murmured. She turned back to her transfiguration books, trying again to focus on her work. "Which one's 'Padfoot' again?" she asked, distractedly.
"Sirius."
"Ah."
There was a silence, as Lily became involved with her essay.
James simply smiled, as he watched her contentedly.
Finally, aware that his eyes were on her, Lily raised her eyebrows at him. "What?" she asked, sounding amused.
"Nothing, nothing. . ."
"I can't really talk now, James. I've gotta work. . ." she sighed.
"Yeah, I know. Can I WATCH you work?"
Lily smirked. "If that fulfils any weird and twisted fantasies of yours, then sure. . ." she replied, sounding doubtful.
James laughed, rolling over onto his back.
Then he smiled up at her. "You're absolutely gorgeous, you know."
"Uh huh. . ." she said vaguely, hurriedly jotting down some fact on her parchment.
Again, he grinned, just staring at her.
He was. . . HAPPY. Really, really happy. Which he found quite strange, actually.
He'd never been so pleased to have someone as his girlfriend, before. And it wasn't as if he and Lily had even slept with each other, or anything, which was really the only thing he thought he could DO, to be happy with a girl. . .
But he was happy. Just to be with her, to be around her.
Content.
~*~
"So-o. . ." Courtney grinned, as she entered the dorm later that night.
James had since left to find his own friends, and Lily had given up on her essay and was flicking through a magazine.
"So. . . what?" Lily hid a smile, already knowing what her friend was going to start talking about.
"I can not believe you're already going out with James."
"You can't believe it in a good way, or a bad way?"
"Oh, a good way. I like Potter. Well. . . I like him compared to Danny, now I've seen what an insufferable bastard he can be," Courtney replied.
Lily sighed, sitting up and tucking her legs under her. "I feel weird about Danny," she said quietly.
"What do you mean?"
"Because we were just together so long, you know? It's strange. . . No matter how much I hate him now, I did love him," she admitted.
Courtney nodded with understanding, flinging herself onto the bed beside Lily.
"Do you love James?" she asked, with interest.
Lily looked surprised at that question. "LOVE James?" she repeated. Courtney nodded, propping her chin up with her hands. Lily shook her head, though she looked thoughtful. "Nah. I've only been going out with him for a few hours, for Christ's sake."
Courtney giggled. "No 'love at first sight' thing going on with you two, then?"
"Nope," Lily laughed.
"Okay," she grinned. "So are you going to tell me how else you feel towards Daniel?"
Lily raised her eyebrows. "How do you mean?"
"What do you think of him sleeping with that girl, whoever she was?" she asked, sympathetically.
Lily immediately screwed up her face with disgust. "I will never in a million years forgive him for that," she muttered.
"I know!" Courtney exclaimed. "I'm so glad you had a go at him in the Common Room, though. . . The look on his face! Ooooo. . . Well HE won't be dating anyone for awhile," she snickered.
~*~
Courtney was wrong. By the next morning Danny somehow ended up with some bimbo hanging off his arm, though it was obvious he was doing it to prove a point - whichever point that was - and not because he actually liked her.
Sirius snorted when he caught sight of the pair.
Setting down the piece of toast and jam he had been eating, he raised his eyebrows at James, who was sat opposite him at the breakfast table.
"I think Noonan's trying to make you JEALOUS, or something to that effect," Sirius laughed, as Danny continued shooting glances in James's direction.
James followed Sirius's gaze, and smirked. "Yeah," he said sarcastically. "I'm unbelievably jealous that he picked up the first girl he found on the way to Great Hall, and managed to get her to go out with him."
"I dunno how he managed to get her to like him," Peter spoke up.
"Yeah," Remus agreed. "Pretty much all of the female population hates him, right now. Lily's popular, you know. They're not happy he treated her like that."
"Well you know Noonan," Peter grinned. "He'll have just used a memory charm on her. . ."
Sirius laughed loudly. "Too right! And then he'll have told her that she was his girlfriend, or something. . ." he carried on laughing.
James raised his eyebrows in amusement as he watched his best friend. "It wasn't that funny, Padfoot."
"I know, I know," Sirius was still laughing. "I just can't believe that he was so STUPID. . ." He shook his head. "But anyway. I'm bored of talking about him. Tell us how it's going with Evans, since it took you long enough to get with her."
"Bored of her yet?" Peter questioned.
James frowned at him, and shook his head. "No," he spat. "Why would I be 'bored' of her?"
Expecting Peter to flinch, or look slightly ashamed, James was quite surprised when the boy started to laugh.
"Wow," Peter said. "Touchy, touchy. You really DO like her."
~*~
Hey! I intended this to be the last chapter, but I seriously couldn't think of anything to write. Thanks for all the reviews! Next chapter will probably be the last. Aww. Oh yeah, and the animal testing speech. That was a disaster if there ever was one. LoL. I hope you all had a great Christmas, and have a wonderful New Year, if I don't update before. A 'pulling partner' if someone you go on the pull with. LoL. You know, say you were going to a club or something with a mate, but you were looking for a girl/guy. . . Yeah. A pulling partner. Please review!
Much to the dismay of Danny, who found out within the next few hours.
"I'll. . . I'll kick the shit out of him, I really will," Noonan stated, as he came to a halt in front of Matt, who was lazily flicking through a Charms textbook in the Common Room.
"No you won't," Matt replied boredly, not even looking up.
"Do you even know who I'm talking about?" Danny growled.
"No. . ." he replied flatly, still failing to look up from the book.
Danny narrowed his eyes. "Potter," he muttered, taking a seat opposite Matt.
"Well THAT'S a surprise. What's he done this time? Looked at Lily for longer than two seconds? Lent her a quill? Gave her an answer to the Potions homewo-?"
"They're going out with each other," he interrupted, darkly.
Matt raised his eyebrows, finally looking up. "Really? Well, I guessed that would happen, but. . ."
"We only broke up yesterday!" Danny exclaimed indignantly, drawing him the attention of some nearby second years.
~*~
Lily lay on her stomach on her bed, trying to do her Transfiguration essay that was due the next day. She had several textbooks lay out in front of her, and was at the moment staring at the wall in front of her and messing around with her quill, as she tried to figure what to write.
Then she jumped as a weight fell to the left of her, joining her on the bed.
James grinned happily at her.
Lily tried to hide a smile. "God. I'm never gunna get away from you now, am I?"
"Nope."
She rolled her eyes. "How do you manage to get up to the girls dorms, by the way? I never asked."
James shrugged, making himself more comfortable on the bed. "Simple stunning spell," he answered. "Me and Padfoot figured it out ages ago."
"I should have guessed," she murmured. She turned back to her transfiguration books, trying again to focus on her work. "Which one's 'Padfoot' again?" she asked, distractedly.
"Sirius."
"Ah."
There was a silence, as Lily became involved with her essay.
James simply smiled, as he watched her contentedly.
Finally, aware that his eyes were on her, Lily raised her eyebrows at him. "What?" she asked, sounding amused.
"Nothing, nothing. . ."
"I can't really talk now, James. I've gotta work. . ." she sighed.
"Yeah, I know. Can I WATCH you work?"
Lily smirked. "If that fulfils any weird and twisted fantasies of yours, then sure. . ." she replied, sounding doubtful.
James laughed, rolling over onto his back.
Then he smiled up at her. "You're absolutely gorgeous, you know."
"Uh huh. . ." she said vaguely, hurriedly jotting down some fact on her parchment.
Again, he grinned, just staring at her.
He was. . . HAPPY. Really, really happy. Which he found quite strange, actually.
He'd never been so pleased to have someone as his girlfriend, before. And it wasn't as if he and Lily had even slept with each other, or anything, which was really the only thing he thought he could DO, to be happy with a girl. . .
But he was happy. Just to be with her, to be around her.
Content.
~*~
"So-o. . ." Courtney grinned, as she entered the dorm later that night.
James had since left to find his own friends, and Lily had given up on her essay and was flicking through a magazine.
"So. . . what?" Lily hid a smile, already knowing what her friend was going to start talking about.
"I can not believe you're already going out with James."
"You can't believe it in a good way, or a bad way?"
"Oh, a good way. I like Potter. Well. . . I like him compared to Danny, now I've seen what an insufferable bastard he can be," Courtney replied.
Lily sighed, sitting up and tucking her legs under her. "I feel weird about Danny," she said quietly.
"What do you mean?"
"Because we were just together so long, you know? It's strange. . . No matter how much I hate him now, I did love him," she admitted.
Courtney nodded with understanding, flinging herself onto the bed beside Lily.
"Do you love James?" she asked, with interest.
Lily looked surprised at that question. "LOVE James?" she repeated. Courtney nodded, propping her chin up with her hands. Lily shook her head, though she looked thoughtful. "Nah. I've only been going out with him for a few hours, for Christ's sake."
Courtney giggled. "No 'love at first sight' thing going on with you two, then?"
"Nope," Lily laughed.
"Okay," she grinned. "So are you going to tell me how else you feel towards Daniel?"
Lily raised her eyebrows. "How do you mean?"
"What do you think of him sleeping with that girl, whoever she was?" she asked, sympathetically.
Lily immediately screwed up her face with disgust. "I will never in a million years forgive him for that," she muttered.
"I know!" Courtney exclaimed. "I'm so glad you had a go at him in the Common Room, though. . . The look on his face! Ooooo. . . Well HE won't be dating anyone for awhile," she snickered.
~*~
Courtney was wrong. By the next morning Danny somehow ended up with some bimbo hanging off his arm, though it was obvious he was doing it to prove a point - whichever point that was - and not because he actually liked her.
Sirius snorted when he caught sight of the pair.
Setting down the piece of toast and jam he had been eating, he raised his eyebrows at James, who was sat opposite him at the breakfast table.
"I think Noonan's trying to make you JEALOUS, or something to that effect," Sirius laughed, as Danny continued shooting glances in James's direction.
James followed Sirius's gaze, and smirked. "Yeah," he said sarcastically. "I'm unbelievably jealous that he picked up the first girl he found on the way to Great Hall, and managed to get her to go out with him."
"I dunno how he managed to get her to like him," Peter spoke up.
"Yeah," Remus agreed. "Pretty much all of the female population hates him, right now. Lily's popular, you know. They're not happy he treated her like that."
"Well you know Noonan," Peter grinned. "He'll have just used a memory charm on her. . ."
Sirius laughed loudly. "Too right! And then he'll have told her that she was his girlfriend, or something. . ." he carried on laughing.
James raised his eyebrows in amusement as he watched his best friend. "It wasn't that funny, Padfoot."
"I know, I know," Sirius was still laughing. "I just can't believe that he was so STUPID. . ." He shook his head. "But anyway. I'm bored of talking about him. Tell us how it's going with Evans, since it took you long enough to get with her."
"Bored of her yet?" Peter questioned.
James frowned at him, and shook his head. "No," he spat. "Why would I be 'bored' of her?"
Expecting Peter to flinch, or look slightly ashamed, James was quite surprised when the boy started to laugh.
"Wow," Peter said. "Touchy, touchy. You really DO like her."
~*~
Hey! I intended this to be the last chapter, but I seriously couldn't think of anything to write. Thanks for all the reviews! Next chapter will probably be the last. Aww. Oh yeah, and the animal testing speech. That was a disaster if there ever was one. LoL. I hope you all had a great Christmas, and have a wonderful New Year, if I don't update before. A 'pulling partner' if someone you go on the pull with. LoL. You know, say you were going to a club or something with a mate, but you were looking for a girl/guy. . . Yeah. A pulling partner. Please review!