Author's Note: Hey, I have another chapter. though I did neglect homework
because I didn't know what the heck I was going to write for Journalism,
but yeah. So you've got another chapter, and I think it's a little bit
longer. So I hope you like it. And the thank yous:
Everblue3- Heh, guess what happens in this one. a little change occurs. I hope you like it!
Oh and here's a disclaimer since I haven't done one for a while. I own nothing you recognize! It's all J.K. Rowling's, so please don't sue me and please don't flame me!
~Frankie~
Chapter Fourteen: A Release of Tension
The next morning James was coming to consciousness and was finding that he didn't want to wake up at all. This was unusual for James who always enjoyed the start of a new day. Wary James opened his eyes slowly and found himself in a very interesting situation. He was holding Lily on her bed, wearing only boxers. He slowly remembered Lily's nightmare and sighed in relief. He began to try and untangle himself from Lily's arms even though he didn't want to. It took him 10 minutes but he got out of bed without waking Lily who slept on peacefully.
James jumped into the shower quickly even though would have liked to smell like Lily all day, Sirius would probably pick up on it and ask never-ending and awkward questions, blowing any possible chance Lily would ever go to a nice dinner with him. "Whoa! Where did that come from?" James asked himself aloud. *A/N: My mind you crazy child, now stop interrupting and play nice!* James shook off his thoughts of wanting to date Lily and finished his shower.
~Back in Lily's Room~
Two seconds after James had stepped out of the room Lily's eyes popped open. "That had to be the strangest dream I've ever had," she said thinking that 'dreaming' of James holding her gently was weird. The more she thought about it she wasn't sure if it was just a dream. Her pillows and blankets smelled like him and her bed was warm where it shouldn't have been. Lily shook off the feeling, climbed out of bed and took a shower quickly just barely beating James to the kitchen.
"How do you do that?" James asked extremely surprised to find Lily showered, dressed and already in the kitchen.
"I wake up when I feel like I need to, other then that I have no idea," Lily said and smiled at James causing him to inhale sharply as he noticed he was slightly - er - excited.
"Really?' James asked not really sure was to say before he gained function of his brain again and asked, "Do you need help with anything?"
"Not really, but you could go wake Sirius," Lily said as she pulled a skillet from a shelf.
"Alright," James said and went upstairs to murder - er - wake Sirius. He entered the room to find Sirius spread eagle on passed out on the bed. "Wake up you loud mouthed buffoon before I murder you," James said loudly.
"Huh?" Sirius mumbled his eyes opening just a crack.
"Wake up before I kill you Sirius," James said his voice sounding just mildly annoyed.
"Why would you want to kill me?" Sirius asked before yawning loudly and stretching.
"For putting these thoughts in my head you annoying bastard," James said, his chocolate brown eyes glinting in a rather red hue behind his glasses.
"What thoughts would those be?" Sirius said grinning maniacally.
"The one's that kept me up last night you bloody ass," James said fingering his wand in his pocket.
"I'm just trying to give you a push in the right direction," Sirius said and grinned propping himself up on his elbow.
"She's 17!" James said in a high pitched and frustrated voice.
"For two months James, after that it doesn't matter," Sirius said persuasively and winked meaningfully at him.
"Black, I'm going to kill you for getting these thoughts into my head," James said in an annoyed voice.
"What you have no self control? Besides, you have to get her to fall for you before you can court her," Sirius said and grinned when James grabbed his hair in frustration.
"Get dressed, Lily is cooking breakfast. It should be ready soon," James said and left Sirius' room heading down to the kitchen.
"You get Sirius up?" Lily asked hearing James' footsteps coming into the kitchen.
"Yeah," he said and muttered quietly, "But I wish I'd have murdered him in his sleep."
Lily turned towards James quickly, "What?" she asked her eyes wide.
"Huh? Oh a fleeting thought I've had for years, no seriousness to it really," James said truthfully.
"What did he do?" Lily asked as she flipped an omelet onto a plate and set it on the table. "Eat as you explain," she said at his look.
James looked up at Lily, her red hair catching the rays of morning sunlight; her green eyes were warm and bright with what James assumed was happiness, or belonging. "He's trying to set you and me up," James replied bluntly and watched Lily blink.
"What?" Lily asked.
"He wants me to court you," James said again bluntly.
Lily shook her head, "That's crazy," she said quietly not sure why that caused a strange flutter to jump into her stomach.
"My opinion exactly," James said strongly.
Lily looked up and James saw a somewhat familiar glint in her eyes. "What do you mean?" she asked him and he unconsciously swallowed as if he was circling a bull in a rodeo.
"Well, you're 17 and it's not really legal," James said a slight tremor coming to his voice.
"So if I was 18 you would court me?" Lily asked curiously.
"I - uh - I don't know," James lied through his teeth.
Lily glared at him, "What is it that makes me so unappealing to you James Potter?" she asked angrily.
"I didn't say no!" James protested passionately.
"And you didn't say yes either," Lily said her eyes seeming to glow slightly red.
"You're 17!" James exclaimed again.
"That's not the bloody point!" Lily said stepping towards him so that he stood up to face her.
"Then what is the point Lily?" James asked looking down at her, his own eyes flashing.
"I want to know if you find me attractive!" Lily exclaimed fairly loudly standing on her toes to look evenly into his eyes.
James stood there feeling Lily's breath warm on his face and he lost his self control. He pulled her closer to him and crushed his mouth to hers. James watched her eyes widen with shock as all the blood ran out of his brain and into other parts of his body. He pulled away, still holding her and asked slightly breathless, "Does that answer your question?"
"Yes," Lily managed to say and James let her go gently.
"I'll be upstairs, let me know when you're ready to go," James said quietly his self control returning slowly and he turned to walk from the room.
Lily stood shocked and motionless in the kitchen and just barely remembered to finish cooking Sirius' breakfast. Sirius entered moments later and asked, "What's wrong with James?"
"It's your fault!" Lily exclaimed remembering what James had told her of Sirius' plotting.
"What's my fault?" Sirius asked perplexed.
"It's your fault that James is moody. Now eat," Lily said shoving a ham and cheese omelet on to the table and rushing out of the room. She bolted up the stairs and was just about to knock when James called, "Come in Lily."
Lily walked in and asked, "How'd you know it was me?"
"I just did, and Sirius wouldn't have paused as he got to the door but just barged right in," James said from the chair by the fire.
"I'm sorry," Lily said quietly not able to see James' entire face.
"You're sorry for me kissing you?" James asked sarcastically turning to face her.
"No, uh, for pushing you. What I asked was entirely unfair as I barely know you. I just feel close to you and I can't explain it," Lily said looking down at the floor unable to meet James' eyes.
"As do I, and the question wasn't unfair as I imagine you haven't had many compliments in the past few years," James said quietly walking over to Lily.
"Not really, mostly put downs," Lily muttered barely meeting James' glance.
"Then your sister but not have much sense," James said and Lily's head snapped up to look at him. "You're beautiful Lily, and it was one of the first things that I noticed about you. If you were slightly older I would have taken you out as soon as I knew your name, and that's the honest truth," James said quietly before looking into Lily's eyes again.
"That's the nicest think anyone has said to me," Lily said quietly.
"Come over here," James said as he stood there, holding out his hand to her.
"Okay," Lily said tentatively taking his hand.
James pulled her to him and said, "I want to dance with you," and he held her a little away from him. "You're beautiful and I'm sorry if I embarrassed you," James said referring to their kiss.
"You didn't and the only reason I acted like I did was shock," Lily said as he spun her out and back in causing her to laugh. "Where did you learn to dance?" she asked as all the tension between them disappeared.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it! Please, please review! I am having some misgivings about this chapter! Whether it's too soon for there to have them kiss or whatever! Please tell me if it's okay! ~Frankie~
Everblue3- Heh, guess what happens in this one. a little change occurs. I hope you like it!
Oh and here's a disclaimer since I haven't done one for a while. I own nothing you recognize! It's all J.K. Rowling's, so please don't sue me and please don't flame me!
~Frankie~
Chapter Fourteen: A Release of Tension
The next morning James was coming to consciousness and was finding that he didn't want to wake up at all. This was unusual for James who always enjoyed the start of a new day. Wary James opened his eyes slowly and found himself in a very interesting situation. He was holding Lily on her bed, wearing only boxers. He slowly remembered Lily's nightmare and sighed in relief. He began to try and untangle himself from Lily's arms even though he didn't want to. It took him 10 minutes but he got out of bed without waking Lily who slept on peacefully.
James jumped into the shower quickly even though would have liked to smell like Lily all day, Sirius would probably pick up on it and ask never-ending and awkward questions, blowing any possible chance Lily would ever go to a nice dinner with him. "Whoa! Where did that come from?" James asked himself aloud. *A/N: My mind you crazy child, now stop interrupting and play nice!* James shook off his thoughts of wanting to date Lily and finished his shower.
~Back in Lily's Room~
Two seconds after James had stepped out of the room Lily's eyes popped open. "That had to be the strangest dream I've ever had," she said thinking that 'dreaming' of James holding her gently was weird. The more she thought about it she wasn't sure if it was just a dream. Her pillows and blankets smelled like him and her bed was warm where it shouldn't have been. Lily shook off the feeling, climbed out of bed and took a shower quickly just barely beating James to the kitchen.
"How do you do that?" James asked extremely surprised to find Lily showered, dressed and already in the kitchen.
"I wake up when I feel like I need to, other then that I have no idea," Lily said and smiled at James causing him to inhale sharply as he noticed he was slightly - er - excited.
"Really?' James asked not really sure was to say before he gained function of his brain again and asked, "Do you need help with anything?"
"Not really, but you could go wake Sirius," Lily said as she pulled a skillet from a shelf.
"Alright," James said and went upstairs to murder - er - wake Sirius. He entered the room to find Sirius spread eagle on passed out on the bed. "Wake up you loud mouthed buffoon before I murder you," James said loudly.
"Huh?" Sirius mumbled his eyes opening just a crack.
"Wake up before I kill you Sirius," James said his voice sounding just mildly annoyed.
"Why would you want to kill me?" Sirius asked before yawning loudly and stretching.
"For putting these thoughts in my head you annoying bastard," James said, his chocolate brown eyes glinting in a rather red hue behind his glasses.
"What thoughts would those be?" Sirius said grinning maniacally.
"The one's that kept me up last night you bloody ass," James said fingering his wand in his pocket.
"I'm just trying to give you a push in the right direction," Sirius said and grinned propping himself up on his elbow.
"She's 17!" James said in a high pitched and frustrated voice.
"For two months James, after that it doesn't matter," Sirius said persuasively and winked meaningfully at him.
"Black, I'm going to kill you for getting these thoughts into my head," James said in an annoyed voice.
"What you have no self control? Besides, you have to get her to fall for you before you can court her," Sirius said and grinned when James grabbed his hair in frustration.
"Get dressed, Lily is cooking breakfast. It should be ready soon," James said and left Sirius' room heading down to the kitchen.
"You get Sirius up?" Lily asked hearing James' footsteps coming into the kitchen.
"Yeah," he said and muttered quietly, "But I wish I'd have murdered him in his sleep."
Lily turned towards James quickly, "What?" she asked her eyes wide.
"Huh? Oh a fleeting thought I've had for years, no seriousness to it really," James said truthfully.
"What did he do?" Lily asked as she flipped an omelet onto a plate and set it on the table. "Eat as you explain," she said at his look.
James looked up at Lily, her red hair catching the rays of morning sunlight; her green eyes were warm and bright with what James assumed was happiness, or belonging. "He's trying to set you and me up," James replied bluntly and watched Lily blink.
"What?" Lily asked.
"He wants me to court you," James said again bluntly.
Lily shook her head, "That's crazy," she said quietly not sure why that caused a strange flutter to jump into her stomach.
"My opinion exactly," James said strongly.
Lily looked up and James saw a somewhat familiar glint in her eyes. "What do you mean?" she asked him and he unconsciously swallowed as if he was circling a bull in a rodeo.
"Well, you're 17 and it's not really legal," James said a slight tremor coming to his voice.
"So if I was 18 you would court me?" Lily asked curiously.
"I - uh - I don't know," James lied through his teeth.
Lily glared at him, "What is it that makes me so unappealing to you James Potter?" she asked angrily.
"I didn't say no!" James protested passionately.
"And you didn't say yes either," Lily said her eyes seeming to glow slightly red.
"You're 17!" James exclaimed again.
"That's not the bloody point!" Lily said stepping towards him so that he stood up to face her.
"Then what is the point Lily?" James asked looking down at her, his own eyes flashing.
"I want to know if you find me attractive!" Lily exclaimed fairly loudly standing on her toes to look evenly into his eyes.
James stood there feeling Lily's breath warm on his face and he lost his self control. He pulled her closer to him and crushed his mouth to hers. James watched her eyes widen with shock as all the blood ran out of his brain and into other parts of his body. He pulled away, still holding her and asked slightly breathless, "Does that answer your question?"
"Yes," Lily managed to say and James let her go gently.
"I'll be upstairs, let me know when you're ready to go," James said quietly his self control returning slowly and he turned to walk from the room.
Lily stood shocked and motionless in the kitchen and just barely remembered to finish cooking Sirius' breakfast. Sirius entered moments later and asked, "What's wrong with James?"
"It's your fault!" Lily exclaimed remembering what James had told her of Sirius' plotting.
"What's my fault?" Sirius asked perplexed.
"It's your fault that James is moody. Now eat," Lily said shoving a ham and cheese omelet on to the table and rushing out of the room. She bolted up the stairs and was just about to knock when James called, "Come in Lily."
Lily walked in and asked, "How'd you know it was me?"
"I just did, and Sirius wouldn't have paused as he got to the door but just barged right in," James said from the chair by the fire.
"I'm sorry," Lily said quietly not able to see James' entire face.
"You're sorry for me kissing you?" James asked sarcastically turning to face her.
"No, uh, for pushing you. What I asked was entirely unfair as I barely know you. I just feel close to you and I can't explain it," Lily said looking down at the floor unable to meet James' eyes.
"As do I, and the question wasn't unfair as I imagine you haven't had many compliments in the past few years," James said quietly walking over to Lily.
"Not really, mostly put downs," Lily muttered barely meeting James' glance.
"Then your sister but not have much sense," James said and Lily's head snapped up to look at him. "You're beautiful Lily, and it was one of the first things that I noticed about you. If you were slightly older I would have taken you out as soon as I knew your name, and that's the honest truth," James said quietly before looking into Lily's eyes again.
"That's the nicest think anyone has said to me," Lily said quietly.
"Come over here," James said as he stood there, holding out his hand to her.
"Okay," Lily said tentatively taking his hand.
James pulled her to him and said, "I want to dance with you," and he held her a little away from him. "You're beautiful and I'm sorry if I embarrassed you," James said referring to their kiss.
"You didn't and the only reason I acted like I did was shock," Lily said as he spun her out and back in causing her to laugh. "Where did you learn to dance?" she asked as all the tension between them disappeared.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it! Please, please review! I am having some misgivings about this chapter! Whether it's too soon for there to have them kiss or whatever! Please tell me if it's okay! ~Frankie~