Author's Note: Thank you so kindly for all the lovely and wonderful reviews. I really liked writing this chapter and I hope you like it to. But if you don't...well, I guess that's cool too. Be a sweet lamb and review when you're done.
Also, the other question that I asked earlier, you know, the one about whether or not I should have Lily and Remus have a kissing lesson or not...well...I decided on that, but I'm not going to tell you...so, you'll have to keep reading won't you?
Chapter Title: Lesson # 2
DISCLAIMER: THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT MINE, BESIDES TORRANCE.
***JAMES' POV***
It was early December and James had a very important quidditch match coming up. He practiced throughout the entire day (it was a weekend) and he was very tired. His team had already been out in the cold mist for about two hours and were ready to head back up to the castle to get a hot shower.
While he was hovering on his broom above everyone, he took in the scenery around him. There, unfortunately, was his fan club of giggling girls below. He saw Sirius wave to Torrance while she waved back from the top of the stands then he saw Lily head their direction. His heart jumped. She sat down in the stands with Torrance.
"Hey Remus!" Lily yelled up as she waved at Remus.
James' spirit lowered as Remus stopped his drill and waved back at Lily.
James sped the other way after the snitch. As the snitch made a dive he to went into a deep dive, caught the snitch and pulled out of the dive gracefully. James quickly turned around on his broom hoping that Lily saw his wonderful catch but was highly disappointed when he saw Remus talking to her instead.
"Okay team! Good practice! Hit the showers!" James yelled to everyone. He landed on the frosted field and headed away from Lily and Remus.
***LILY'S POV***
Lily saw James pull out of his dive as he grabbed the snitch. Remus was saying something to her but it was hard to pay attention to what he was saying.
'I have to admit' Lily thought, 'He is a good seeker...' Lily noticed how graceful James looked on his broom and how he looked quite impressive as his robes whipped out behind him...
"Why don't you go over there and talk to him. You know you want to." Remus said pointing at James.
"What? I don't know what you're talking about..." Lily said but she couldn't look him in the eye.
"Fine...if you won't do it, I will. I'll just go over there and tell him how madly in love you are with--"
Lily glared at him shortly then a small grin creeped on her face.
"No, you won't..." Lily said cooly
"And why wouldn't I?"
"Oh, I don't know. How about I'll tell everyone about your wonderful dancing abilities and how you like--"
"You wouldn't!" Lily, of course, wouldn't because she had promised but there was no harm in bluffing, was there?
"Torrance! Would you come over here please?" Lily yelled over her shoulder at Torrance.
Remus' face went pale. Before Torrace walked over he whispered "evil" under his breath so Lily could hear. Lily smirked at him.
"What is it Lily?" Torrance asked as she glanced at Remus. Remus went red.
"Oh, nothing. Remus here needs to talk to you..." she said trying not to burst out laughing at Remus' face. She turned around and ran in the direction of James but not before whispering to Remus,"Now do you want to tell James?"
***JAMES' POV***
James felt like his world was falling apart. He was going out with some girl he didn't even like or know, Lily still didn't notice him (and why should she?) and it seemed that Remus was getting all of her attention with out even trying. James gave a huge sigh and kept walking until he heard a familiar voice behind him yell his name.
"Potter! Wait!"
He turned around....it was Lily. He felt his blood boil in his veins as she came nearer with her beautiful auburn hair blowing in the wind. She stopped in front of him. James noticed the slight shade of pink in her cheeks from the cold to the dark, startling color of her emerald eyes as she stood there before him.
"Evans...what a nice surprise." said James as he tried to sound calm.
"I just wanted to wish you good luck in tomorrow's game." Lily said
James was indeed very surprised. He thought he had made her angry at him somehow.
"Erm...thanks." James didn't know what else to say. He kicked himself mentally for the sudden loss for words. He just stood there, gazing at Lily as she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"James?"
His heart felt like it would burst. It was the first time ever Lily had said his first name.
"Hmm?" His voice seemed to be frozen inside his throat.
"Call me Lily...you stupid git." Lily said as she smiled at him. She then turned around and headed in the opposite direction.
I'm going to marry that girl...he thought to himself as he watched her walk away. He headed back towards the castle feeling as if he would fly into the clouds.
***REMUS' POV***
Remus was heading towards the Quidditch field for his second lesson. It was already dark and he could hear crickets humming in the Forbidden Forrest. He looked up at the moon...one more week until his transformation, he thought miserably. When he entered the field Lily was already there waiting.
"You're late." Lily said
"I had to avoid Sirius. He was trying to follow me." Remus replied as he took his robes off and laid them on the stand. Lily turned on her stereo and walked up to him with her arms outstretched.
"Let's review." Lily said as Remus put his hands on her waist. They began dancing and Remus thought he was doing really well considering the fact that he learned how to dance only a couple of days ago.
"I can't believe you did that to me earlier." Remus said as he spun her around.
"What did I do?"
"Made me talk to Torrance...I was so stupid! She was talking to me and all I did was stare and studder." Remus' face went red with embarrassment. Lily chuckled.
"Well, serves you right, now you know not to tell James things."
"Tell him what exactly? You hate him...or you think you do." Remus said the last part slowly. Lily changed the subject.
"Well, it was Torrance's idea to come to the field. She wanted to watch you practice." Remus grinned broadly as he dipped Lily in his arms.
"Okay, I think you have the dancing thing down." Lily went over to her robes and pulled out scizzors.
Remus groaned. "Okay let's get this over with." Remus marched over to the stands and sat on the lowest one.
"Umm...you might want to take your shirt off...we don't want to get hair on it." Lily said quickly.
Remus hesitated for a second deciding if this was such a good idea but decided she was right. 'It's just for the hair cut.' Remus thought. He took his shirt off and laid it by his robes. He shivered slightly as the autumn air made contact with his pale stomach. He noticed Lily didn't look directly at him and she tried little as possible to touch his bare chest. She stepped behind him and he saw his blonde hair fall to the ground.
"Are you ever going to tell me what you do when you sneak out?" Remus asked trying to break the silence.
Lily didn't answer right away. Remus could tell she was thinking about if she should tell him or not.
"Promise not to get angry?" Lily asked as more of his hair hit the ground.
"Angry? Why would I get angry?"
Lily gave out a sigh. "Because sometimes I come out by the lake and look at the sky and I see you guys...transform."
Remus was shocked. He didn't say anything.
"Your angry...arent you?"
Remus finally found his words."Not angry, just surprised and ...relieved."
"Relieved?"
"I wanted to tell you that I'm a werewolf but I was afraid I might lose you as a friend. Plus James, Sirius, and Peter became Animagus illegally..."
Lily stopped cutting his hair. She turned him around and cupped his face with her hands.
"Remus, you could tell me anything and I would still be your friend, don't ever think otherwise." Lily said seriously
Remus couldn't believe how loyal and caring Lily was. He felt a rush of appreciation towards her. He looked into her green, green eyes and knew that she meant what she said and that she wouldn't tell a soul.
She went back to cutting his hair. He started to get panicky when he finally looked down and saw how much of his hair was actually on the ground.
"You're not going to cut it all off are you? Do you have the faintest idea in what you are doing?" Remus asked as more of his blonde hair hit the ground.
"Okay, I'm done!" Lily said happily as she dug through her robes and pulled out a mirror. She handed it to him.
He couldn't believe how much difference a haircut could change your appearance. He was almost as handsome as Sirius.
Well, almost. His hair wasn't fuzzy and bushy anymore, it lied across his forehead and accented his eyes.
"Oh, I can't wait until Torrance sees you!" Lily grinned with pride.
Remus stood up and brushed the access hair off his head. He ran his hand through his newly cut hair. It automatically spiked up and held on its own. He looked at his watch, it was only midnight.
"Remus?" Lily asked
"Huh?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would go to the ball with me...since we don't have dates...it would be fun."
"I thought you planned on asking some other guy out."
"I was...it was you." Lily said
Remus thought about it. James wouldn't be to happy about it...but they were going to the ball just as friends and to have a good time...there's nothing wrong with that.
"Yeah sure. I would love to take you Miss Evans." Remus said as he stuck out his arm. Lily laughed and took his arm. They began dancing again.
"Remus...don't tell anyone yet...I want it to be a surprise. This is perfect too, because we can show off our dance skills in front of everyone."
Remus' thoughts wandered to James again and he felt guilty.
"Lily? What did you say to James earlier today?"
Lily blushed. "Nothing, I just wished him good luck on the upcoming match."
'Well, that's a start.' He thought. He knew that those two were practically meant for each other even if they didn't see it. It would just take time.
Remus felt Lily break the hold between them.
"I know another way you could get Torrance to fall in love with you." Lily said
"Really? How?"
She smiled. "You could sing to her..."
"That's funny, I could have sworn you said sing."
"I did." An expression of amusement was on her face.
"Okay, dancing is one thing. But singing? I don't even do that when people aren't around! Are you completely off your rocker?"
"Oh, come on and be a sport! Girls like it, and I would die if a good looking guy like you sang to me!"
"I don't think so." Remus said firmly.
Lily frowned a little but knew that she wasn't getting anywhere by arguing.
Remus however knew exactly what to do for Lily's birthday the next day...
A/N: Be a sweetie and review.
Also, the other question that I asked earlier, you know, the one about whether or not I should have Lily and Remus have a kissing lesson or not...well...I decided on that, but I'm not going to tell you...so, you'll have to keep reading won't you?
Chapter Title: Lesson # 2
DISCLAIMER: THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT MINE, BESIDES TORRANCE.
***JAMES' POV***
It was early December and James had a very important quidditch match coming up. He practiced throughout the entire day (it was a weekend) and he was very tired. His team had already been out in the cold mist for about two hours and were ready to head back up to the castle to get a hot shower.
While he was hovering on his broom above everyone, he took in the scenery around him. There, unfortunately, was his fan club of giggling girls below. He saw Sirius wave to Torrance while she waved back from the top of the stands then he saw Lily head their direction. His heart jumped. She sat down in the stands with Torrance.
"Hey Remus!" Lily yelled up as she waved at Remus.
James' spirit lowered as Remus stopped his drill and waved back at Lily.
James sped the other way after the snitch. As the snitch made a dive he to went into a deep dive, caught the snitch and pulled out of the dive gracefully. James quickly turned around on his broom hoping that Lily saw his wonderful catch but was highly disappointed when he saw Remus talking to her instead.
"Okay team! Good practice! Hit the showers!" James yelled to everyone. He landed on the frosted field and headed away from Lily and Remus.
***LILY'S POV***
Lily saw James pull out of his dive as he grabbed the snitch. Remus was saying something to her but it was hard to pay attention to what he was saying.
'I have to admit' Lily thought, 'He is a good seeker...' Lily noticed how graceful James looked on his broom and how he looked quite impressive as his robes whipped out behind him...
"Why don't you go over there and talk to him. You know you want to." Remus said pointing at James.
"What? I don't know what you're talking about..." Lily said but she couldn't look him in the eye.
"Fine...if you won't do it, I will. I'll just go over there and tell him how madly in love you are with--"
Lily glared at him shortly then a small grin creeped on her face.
"No, you won't..." Lily said cooly
"And why wouldn't I?"
"Oh, I don't know. How about I'll tell everyone about your wonderful dancing abilities and how you like--"
"You wouldn't!" Lily, of course, wouldn't because she had promised but there was no harm in bluffing, was there?
"Torrance! Would you come over here please?" Lily yelled over her shoulder at Torrance.
Remus' face went pale. Before Torrace walked over he whispered "evil" under his breath so Lily could hear. Lily smirked at him.
"What is it Lily?" Torrance asked as she glanced at Remus. Remus went red.
"Oh, nothing. Remus here needs to talk to you..." she said trying not to burst out laughing at Remus' face. She turned around and ran in the direction of James but not before whispering to Remus,"Now do you want to tell James?"
***JAMES' POV***
James felt like his world was falling apart. He was going out with some girl he didn't even like or know, Lily still didn't notice him (and why should she?) and it seemed that Remus was getting all of her attention with out even trying. James gave a huge sigh and kept walking until he heard a familiar voice behind him yell his name.
"Potter! Wait!"
He turned around....it was Lily. He felt his blood boil in his veins as she came nearer with her beautiful auburn hair blowing in the wind. She stopped in front of him. James noticed the slight shade of pink in her cheeks from the cold to the dark, startling color of her emerald eyes as she stood there before him.
"Evans...what a nice surprise." said James as he tried to sound calm.
"I just wanted to wish you good luck in tomorrow's game." Lily said
James was indeed very surprised. He thought he had made her angry at him somehow.
"Erm...thanks." James didn't know what else to say. He kicked himself mentally for the sudden loss for words. He just stood there, gazing at Lily as she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"James?"
His heart felt like it would burst. It was the first time ever Lily had said his first name.
"Hmm?" His voice seemed to be frozen inside his throat.
"Call me Lily...you stupid git." Lily said as she smiled at him. She then turned around and headed in the opposite direction.
I'm going to marry that girl...he thought to himself as he watched her walk away. He headed back towards the castle feeling as if he would fly into the clouds.
***REMUS' POV***
Remus was heading towards the Quidditch field for his second lesson. It was already dark and he could hear crickets humming in the Forbidden Forrest. He looked up at the moon...one more week until his transformation, he thought miserably. When he entered the field Lily was already there waiting.
"You're late." Lily said
"I had to avoid Sirius. He was trying to follow me." Remus replied as he took his robes off and laid them on the stand. Lily turned on her stereo and walked up to him with her arms outstretched.
"Let's review." Lily said as Remus put his hands on her waist. They began dancing and Remus thought he was doing really well considering the fact that he learned how to dance only a couple of days ago.
"I can't believe you did that to me earlier." Remus said as he spun her around.
"What did I do?"
"Made me talk to Torrance...I was so stupid! She was talking to me and all I did was stare and studder." Remus' face went red with embarrassment. Lily chuckled.
"Well, serves you right, now you know not to tell James things."
"Tell him what exactly? You hate him...or you think you do." Remus said the last part slowly. Lily changed the subject.
"Well, it was Torrance's idea to come to the field. She wanted to watch you practice." Remus grinned broadly as he dipped Lily in his arms.
"Okay, I think you have the dancing thing down." Lily went over to her robes and pulled out scizzors.
Remus groaned. "Okay let's get this over with." Remus marched over to the stands and sat on the lowest one.
"Umm...you might want to take your shirt off...we don't want to get hair on it." Lily said quickly.
Remus hesitated for a second deciding if this was such a good idea but decided she was right. 'It's just for the hair cut.' Remus thought. He took his shirt off and laid it by his robes. He shivered slightly as the autumn air made contact with his pale stomach. He noticed Lily didn't look directly at him and she tried little as possible to touch his bare chest. She stepped behind him and he saw his blonde hair fall to the ground.
"Are you ever going to tell me what you do when you sneak out?" Remus asked trying to break the silence.
Lily didn't answer right away. Remus could tell she was thinking about if she should tell him or not.
"Promise not to get angry?" Lily asked as more of his hair hit the ground.
"Angry? Why would I get angry?"
Lily gave out a sigh. "Because sometimes I come out by the lake and look at the sky and I see you guys...transform."
Remus was shocked. He didn't say anything.
"Your angry...arent you?"
Remus finally found his words."Not angry, just surprised and ...relieved."
"Relieved?"
"I wanted to tell you that I'm a werewolf but I was afraid I might lose you as a friend. Plus James, Sirius, and Peter became Animagus illegally..."
Lily stopped cutting his hair. She turned him around and cupped his face with her hands.
"Remus, you could tell me anything and I would still be your friend, don't ever think otherwise." Lily said seriously
Remus couldn't believe how loyal and caring Lily was. He felt a rush of appreciation towards her. He looked into her green, green eyes and knew that she meant what she said and that she wouldn't tell a soul.
She went back to cutting his hair. He started to get panicky when he finally looked down and saw how much of his hair was actually on the ground.
"You're not going to cut it all off are you? Do you have the faintest idea in what you are doing?" Remus asked as more of his blonde hair hit the ground.
"Okay, I'm done!" Lily said happily as she dug through her robes and pulled out a mirror. She handed it to him.
He couldn't believe how much difference a haircut could change your appearance. He was almost as handsome as Sirius.
Well, almost. His hair wasn't fuzzy and bushy anymore, it lied across his forehead and accented his eyes.
"Oh, I can't wait until Torrance sees you!" Lily grinned with pride.
Remus stood up and brushed the access hair off his head. He ran his hand through his newly cut hair. It automatically spiked up and held on its own. He looked at his watch, it was only midnight.
"Remus?" Lily asked
"Huh?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would go to the ball with me...since we don't have dates...it would be fun."
"I thought you planned on asking some other guy out."
"I was...it was you." Lily said
Remus thought about it. James wouldn't be to happy about it...but they were going to the ball just as friends and to have a good time...there's nothing wrong with that.
"Yeah sure. I would love to take you Miss Evans." Remus said as he stuck out his arm. Lily laughed and took his arm. They began dancing again.
"Remus...don't tell anyone yet...I want it to be a surprise. This is perfect too, because we can show off our dance skills in front of everyone."
Remus' thoughts wandered to James again and he felt guilty.
"Lily? What did you say to James earlier today?"
Lily blushed. "Nothing, I just wished him good luck on the upcoming match."
'Well, that's a start.' He thought. He knew that those two were practically meant for each other even if they didn't see it. It would just take time.
Remus felt Lily break the hold between them.
"I know another way you could get Torrance to fall in love with you." Lily said
"Really? How?"
She smiled. "You could sing to her..."
"That's funny, I could have sworn you said sing."
"I did." An expression of amusement was on her face.
"Okay, dancing is one thing. But singing? I don't even do that when people aren't around! Are you completely off your rocker?"
"Oh, come on and be a sport! Girls like it, and I would die if a good looking guy like you sang to me!"
"I don't think so." Remus said firmly.
Lily frowned a little but knew that she wasn't getting anywhere by arguing.
Remus however knew exactly what to do for Lily's birthday the next day...
A/N: Be a sweetie and review.