.chapter eleven.
Lily spent much of the next day sleeping, and when she did wake up, her stomach churned at the mere thought of food, and her head pounded and her eyes hurt. Jackie and Jena were sympathetic, of course, as it had not been her fault that she had gotten so smashed - it was the wanker Ben Corner's fault - and she had every right to be moaning about her pain. It was around dinner time when Remus raced up the girls' dormitory staircase, causing many first years to shriek and run to their rooms. He reached the girls' room and caught his breath while they stared at him, indredulous.
"What's going on?" asked Jena, looking concerned.
"Ben was asking how Lily was doing, and James got really mad.... You should have seen his face, it got all red and you know how he sometimes gets so mad the muscle in his jaw starts twitching?" he directed the question at Lily, who nodded. "Well it was all twitching, and then... he just belted the kid right across the face, and you should have seen the look on the wanker's face..." Remus raked a hand through his sandy brown hair and sighed heavily.
"Oh," said Lily dumbly, not knowing what to think really.
"Yeah," said Remus. "I think you'd better go talk to James, he's rather angry right now and he won't listen to anyone. He's just pacing around the room, in a circle and everything... He's very angry."
"Yeah, okay." Lily pushed back the blankets on her bed and Jena pulled Remus away to discuss something while Lily pulled on some flannel pajama pants and a baggy T-shirt, along with some well worn slippers she only wore when she was feeling very lazy. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and headed out of the room, yawning loudly. The Head Girl wasn't supposed to be hung over, she wasn't supposed to be wandering around the tower in her pajamas, and yet, it felt so good to just be Lazy Lily and careless.
"Hullo," said Sirius, once he spotted Lily on her way across the common room, over to the boys' staircase. "Going to talk to James?"
"Mmhmm," she mumbled absently, ascending the staircase. Once she reached the Marauders room, she found James Potter pacing the stone floor very angrily. He was rubbing his chin, one arm tucked behind his back, rather like an old man would do. She cleared her throat but he didn't hear her; he was too deep in thought. "James."
He glanced up finally, his hair falling in his face. "Oh. Hi, Lily." He stopped pacing and Lily trudged in the room, James giving her outfit a confused look then shook his head. "I suppose you heard about the fiasco earler?"
"Yes," she said, sitting on the edge of a bed, which she noted was made neatly and she knew it had to be Frank Longbottum's, as none of the Marauders were very tidy. Except for Remus, that is. "I found it rather amusing, but when I laugh my head begins to pound. Do stop pacing, it's making me dizzy."
"Sorry," he mumbled. He couldn't stop thinking about last night, when Lily kissed him. He thought she was looking cuter now than he had ever seen her before, perched on the bed in her pajamas and her hair all messy. He had never seen Lily looking quite so unorganized or messy. "It's just, well. I was rather angry about last night."
"About last night," started Lily, but James cut her off.
"I know the kiss didn't mean anything -"
"The kiss? Who kissed?" she asked, furrowing her brows together. "I don't remember very much from last night."
"Oh. Well, you kissed me when we were dancing - you were rather pissed, no offense - so I pulled away and you got very angry at me. And then you raced off." James sighed and sat on the bed across from her, which was unmade and Lily decided it was James because it had a load of Quidditch magazines strewn over the bedspread.
"Oh. I guess I had a right to be mad at you, huh?" she asked.
"What? Why?"
"Well, I obviously wanted to kiss you in my intoxicated state... and you turned me away in front of everyone. I was probably embarrassed." Lily shrugged and slid off the bed, standing in front of James. "It was very nice of you, punching Ben for my honor." She sat beside him on the bed, and he didn't want to push his luck, so he stayed still.
Lily didn't quite know what she was doing. But she knew that she really wanted James to snog her right there on his bed, and she couldn't understand why. Perhaps it was the fact that she could vaguely remember a pair of soft lips on her own, and she liked that feeling last night... or that she wanted to kiss him again, to see if he would pull away when she was sober. She wasn't quite sure.
"It was nothing," he said, grinning at her, his hands folded in his lap. He licked his lips nervously, feeling very awkward. Lily scooted closer.
"James..?"
"Yes?" he asked, turning towards her. She gazed at his lips, then closed her eyes and leaned forward, pressing her lips against his, and they felt just as soft now as they had last night. Lily's hand came up to rest on James' shoulder, and her other hand pulled off his glasses. She felt something pressing against his lips, and she realized it was his tongue. She opened her mouth the let him in, and they kissed for a long time. It was when James felt Lily's hand snake around his waist and delve up his shirt, when he felt something was wrong, they were moving too fast. He broke off, standing up.
"What's wrong?" she asked, poutily.
"We can't do this, Lily. Not now. We're not even dating, we can't just be snogging on my bed." James shook his head and Lily licked her lips angrily. "I'm not saying I don't want to -"
"Then why did you stop?" she asked. "I wasn't going to have bloody sex with you, James." She stood up and then added, "How easy do you think I am?"
"Lily, that's not what I was saying -"
"Well, you can kiss whatever just happened between us goodbye," said Lily, already halfway out the door. "I will never kiss you, ever again, James Potter."
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"What'd'you think they're doing up there?" asked Jackie as she, Jena, Sirius, Peter, and Remus sat around the common room on Sunday evening. "Do you think they're quarrelling?"
"No. I think they're probably snogging," said Sirius, gazing up their staircase, waiting to see either or both of them coming down. "I bet he's gotten to second base by now -"
"Sirius!" exclaimed Jackie, slapping him gentley on the arm. "Lily would never let James get to second base. Not before they were dating for at least a month and a half." She nodded knowingly, and Sirius gave her a horrified look.
"Do you plan these things out? Like, is there a seminar you take where you plan on when and how you're supposed to lose your virginity and all of that?" he asked, sounding terrified.
"Yeah, don't they have them for guys?" asked Jena, keeping her face perfectly straight. She pulled a face then burst out laughing. She shook her head and snuggled into Remus' chest slowly, and he pulled his arm tighter around her and kissed the crown of her head. Ever since last night, they had been feeling a bit coupley and acting like it.
"All I know is -"
But Sirius was cut off by Lily, stalking down the staircase with a murderous look on her face. She turned to the group of them, sprawled on the couches casually, and said very darkly, "James Potter is the worst human being on the entire Earth." With that, the headed up the girls' staircase very slowly and deliberately.
"Oh great. What did he do this time, I wodner?" asked Jackie as she and Jena got up to go comfort their friend, while the three boys stood up as well to go console James.
"What he normally does. Screw up."
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Bob-chan you are sooooo adorable!!! LOL. As many of you might not know, I wrote this story a while ago, so I have all of the chapters finished, and I'm going to go back and edit over them, because I've decided the ending isn't really good (someone dies and I really don't want them to). So I've decided that I'm going to write a sequal to this (ala Tropical Fishy's The Flower and the Stag) when they are graduated from Hogwarts. The character won't die until that part, because I realized that only one student died at Hogwarts (ala Chamber of Secrets) so I'l re write and edit and the person will have an extended lifetime. Yay!! And also, there is another part after that about Jena and Remus' kid. Wow, said too much already!!! [insert evil laughter] Well I have to run, lots of things to see and people to do!
Disclaimer: I don't own it.
Dedication: BRIGHT EYES! I LOVE YOU CONNOR OBERST! YOU ROCK MY FRICKIN' SOCKS OFF!!! And Bob-chan for the fun reviews!
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Lily spent much of the next day sleeping, and when she did wake up, her stomach churned at the mere thought of food, and her head pounded and her eyes hurt. Jackie and Jena were sympathetic, of course, as it had not been her fault that she had gotten so smashed - it was the wanker Ben Corner's fault - and she had every right to be moaning about her pain. It was around dinner time when Remus raced up the girls' dormitory staircase, causing many first years to shriek and run to their rooms. He reached the girls' room and caught his breath while they stared at him, indredulous.
"What's going on?" asked Jena, looking concerned.
"Ben was asking how Lily was doing, and James got really mad.... You should have seen his face, it got all red and you know how he sometimes gets so mad the muscle in his jaw starts twitching?" he directed the question at Lily, who nodded. "Well it was all twitching, and then... he just belted the kid right across the face, and you should have seen the look on the wanker's face..." Remus raked a hand through his sandy brown hair and sighed heavily.
"Oh," said Lily dumbly, not knowing what to think really.
"Yeah," said Remus. "I think you'd better go talk to James, he's rather angry right now and he won't listen to anyone. He's just pacing around the room, in a circle and everything... He's very angry."
"Yeah, okay." Lily pushed back the blankets on her bed and Jena pulled Remus away to discuss something while Lily pulled on some flannel pajama pants and a baggy T-shirt, along with some well worn slippers she only wore when she was feeling very lazy. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and headed out of the room, yawning loudly. The Head Girl wasn't supposed to be hung over, she wasn't supposed to be wandering around the tower in her pajamas, and yet, it felt so good to just be Lazy Lily and careless.
"Hullo," said Sirius, once he spotted Lily on her way across the common room, over to the boys' staircase. "Going to talk to James?"
"Mmhmm," she mumbled absently, ascending the staircase. Once she reached the Marauders room, she found James Potter pacing the stone floor very angrily. He was rubbing his chin, one arm tucked behind his back, rather like an old man would do. She cleared her throat but he didn't hear her; he was too deep in thought. "James."
He glanced up finally, his hair falling in his face. "Oh. Hi, Lily." He stopped pacing and Lily trudged in the room, James giving her outfit a confused look then shook his head. "I suppose you heard about the fiasco earler?"
"Yes," she said, sitting on the edge of a bed, which she noted was made neatly and she knew it had to be Frank Longbottum's, as none of the Marauders were very tidy. Except for Remus, that is. "I found it rather amusing, but when I laugh my head begins to pound. Do stop pacing, it's making me dizzy."
"Sorry," he mumbled. He couldn't stop thinking about last night, when Lily kissed him. He thought she was looking cuter now than he had ever seen her before, perched on the bed in her pajamas and her hair all messy. He had never seen Lily looking quite so unorganized or messy. "It's just, well. I was rather angry about last night."
"About last night," started Lily, but James cut her off.
"I know the kiss didn't mean anything -"
"The kiss? Who kissed?" she asked, furrowing her brows together. "I don't remember very much from last night."
"Oh. Well, you kissed me when we were dancing - you were rather pissed, no offense - so I pulled away and you got very angry at me. And then you raced off." James sighed and sat on the bed across from her, which was unmade and Lily decided it was James because it had a load of Quidditch magazines strewn over the bedspread.
"Oh. I guess I had a right to be mad at you, huh?" she asked.
"What? Why?"
"Well, I obviously wanted to kiss you in my intoxicated state... and you turned me away in front of everyone. I was probably embarrassed." Lily shrugged and slid off the bed, standing in front of James. "It was very nice of you, punching Ben for my honor." She sat beside him on the bed, and he didn't want to push his luck, so he stayed still.
Lily didn't quite know what she was doing. But she knew that she really wanted James to snog her right there on his bed, and she couldn't understand why. Perhaps it was the fact that she could vaguely remember a pair of soft lips on her own, and she liked that feeling last night... or that she wanted to kiss him again, to see if he would pull away when she was sober. She wasn't quite sure.
"It was nothing," he said, grinning at her, his hands folded in his lap. He licked his lips nervously, feeling very awkward. Lily scooted closer.
"James..?"
"Yes?" he asked, turning towards her. She gazed at his lips, then closed her eyes and leaned forward, pressing her lips against his, and they felt just as soft now as they had last night. Lily's hand came up to rest on James' shoulder, and her other hand pulled off his glasses. She felt something pressing against his lips, and she realized it was his tongue. She opened her mouth the let him in, and they kissed for a long time. It was when James felt Lily's hand snake around his waist and delve up his shirt, when he felt something was wrong, they were moving too fast. He broke off, standing up.
"What's wrong?" she asked, poutily.
"We can't do this, Lily. Not now. We're not even dating, we can't just be snogging on my bed." James shook his head and Lily licked her lips angrily. "I'm not saying I don't want to -"
"Then why did you stop?" she asked. "I wasn't going to have bloody sex with you, James." She stood up and then added, "How easy do you think I am?"
"Lily, that's not what I was saying -"
"Well, you can kiss whatever just happened between us goodbye," said Lily, already halfway out the door. "I will never kiss you, ever again, James Potter."
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"What'd'you think they're doing up there?" asked Jackie as she, Jena, Sirius, Peter, and Remus sat around the common room on Sunday evening. "Do you think they're quarrelling?"
"No. I think they're probably snogging," said Sirius, gazing up their staircase, waiting to see either or both of them coming down. "I bet he's gotten to second base by now -"
"Sirius!" exclaimed Jackie, slapping him gentley on the arm. "Lily would never let James get to second base. Not before they were dating for at least a month and a half." She nodded knowingly, and Sirius gave her a horrified look.
"Do you plan these things out? Like, is there a seminar you take where you plan on when and how you're supposed to lose your virginity and all of that?" he asked, sounding terrified.
"Yeah, don't they have them for guys?" asked Jena, keeping her face perfectly straight. She pulled a face then burst out laughing. She shook her head and snuggled into Remus' chest slowly, and he pulled his arm tighter around her and kissed the crown of her head. Ever since last night, they had been feeling a bit coupley and acting like it.
"All I know is -"
But Sirius was cut off by Lily, stalking down the staircase with a murderous look on her face. She turned to the group of them, sprawled on the couches casually, and said very darkly, "James Potter is the worst human being on the entire Earth." With that, the headed up the girls' staircase very slowly and deliberately.
"Oh great. What did he do this time, I wodner?" asked Jackie as she and Jena got up to go comfort their friend, while the three boys stood up as well to go console James.
"What he normally does. Screw up."
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Bob-chan you are sooooo adorable!!! LOL. As many of you might not know, I wrote this story a while ago, so I have all of the chapters finished, and I'm going to go back and edit over them, because I've decided the ending isn't really good (someone dies and I really don't want them to). So I've decided that I'm going to write a sequal to this (ala Tropical Fishy's The Flower and the Stag) when they are graduated from Hogwarts. The character won't die until that part, because I realized that only one student died at Hogwarts (ala Chamber of Secrets) so I'l re write and edit and the person will have an extended lifetime. Yay!! And also, there is another part after that about Jena and Remus' kid. Wow, said too much already!!! [insert evil laughter] Well I have to run, lots of things to see and people to do!
Disclaimer: I don't own it.
Dedication: BRIGHT EYES! I LOVE YOU CONNOR OBERST! YOU ROCK MY FRICKIN' SOCKS OFF!!! And Bob-chan for the fun reviews!
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