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Chapter 2: Taking a Walk with James Potter
By FreiMe
A/N: I was just wondering if anyone would like to be my beta reader for this. If you want to just email me at FreiMe12@yahoo.com and tell me. Also, if you could sort of explain to me how the beta reader thing works I'd appreciate it!
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"Ouch! Stop stepping on my foot!" I whispered ten minutes later as we were heading towards the Entrance Hall out onto the grounds. "Sorry, I have big feet I can't help it!" James said. I couldn't help but laugh yet again.
All of the sudden, James grabbed my arm and backed me into a corner of the corridor. "James what are you d–,"
James cut me off.
"Ssssshhhh!" he whispered urgently.
The caretaker, Argus Filch, was walking by with his cat, Mrs. Norris. I held my breath. If we got caught…
Filch looked around suspiciously for quite some time. Mrs. Norris kept heading over to James and I. "There's no one here, my sweet. They must have gone that way," Filch said pointing down another corridor. He motioned for his cat to follow him and I breathed a sigh of relief. After they left, James and I noticed our awkward positions.
I was against the wall where James had pushed me. He was in front of me, facing me, and his arms where up against the wall on either side of me. I gulped and blushed. James laughed an embarrassed sort of laugh.
"Er – sorry," he said as he got out of the awkward position and we began walking again.
"It's fine."
"Are you still up to talking a walk out onto the grounds?" he asked.
Absolutely!! "I guess so."
James smiled. "Great!"
It was ten o'clock when we started walking across the grounds. When we got back, it was twelve thirty in the morning. I had actually enjoyed myself! I guess it was because James was so easy to talk to. It was amazing. He was actually kind of…sweet? Some of the things we had talked about were so stupid.
Quidditch. (Actually it wasn't such a stupid topic in James's opinion).
Muggles.
Animagi. (For some reason when I told James how intelligent I thought someone must be to become an Animagus, he beamed).
Petunia. (James found her amusing).
Candy and sweets. (I informed James how much I loved chocolate frogs. He disagreed. He said Pumpkin Pasties were a lot better).
Somehow, these immature topics kept us going for two and a half hours.
Once we got back to our dorm (without getting caught, mind you) James and I stood there in tongue-tied silence. "I – er – James I – thanks, I had fun," I said turning red. "Me, too. Good night…Lils," James said grinning at me and rushing into his bedroom before I could say anything. I just laughed and walked into my room and collapsed on the bed. I stayed up for a while thinking about James (don't ask me why).
And the next day, tired though I was, I walked down to the Great Hall in a very giddy mood. That morning when I had woken up, I had found a box of chocolate frogs lying at the foot of my bed. There was a note attached to it.
It was from James.
Lils,
I had a lot of fun last night. I'm glad we took a walk together. Last night I couldn't sleep because I couldn't figure out why you like chocolate frogs more than Pumpkin Pasties. (I laughed to myself). I got up and ate a chocolate frog. They are pretty good, but Pumpkin Pasties are still better. Anyways, I thought you'd appreciate a nice box of chocolate frogs. Enjoy!
James.
Ps: You owe me some Pumpkin Pasties!
As soon as I arrived in the Great Hall, I walked right up to James. As I slipped something into his pocket, I whispered in his ear, "I guess I'm debt-free now." I grinned to myself at the confused face of James as I walked over to Becca and took a seat.
As I was cutting my pancakes I noticed Becca staring at me. "What?" I said with a mouthful of pancakes. Becca took the time to make a sour face at the sight before she remarked, "Don't think I didn't see you walk up to James just a moment ago. What were you doing anyway?"
"Er – nothing. I was just telling him about er – a prefect meeting we were planning." Two raised eyebrows informed me that Becca hadn't believed a word that I said.
"So what did you slip in his pocket then?" Becca asked suspiciously.
A Pumpkin Pasty. "I didn't slip anything into his pocket! Are you hallucinating or something?" I asked innocently, pretending to feel her forehead as though she had a fever. . Thankfully, Becca dropped the subject.
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"Well what a lovely schedule today?" I said sarcastically as we were walking to our first class, Potions. "Typical," said Becca, "the worst classes ever all in one day!"
"The good thing is," said a familiar voice from behind us, "you have all those horrible classes with us." I turned around and saw James, Sirius, and Remus walking behind us. "Joy," I said trying to hide my enthusiasm.
"Wow Becca," said Sirius putting an arm around her shoulder, "you are looking particularly ravishing today." Becca rolled her eyes and threw his arm off her, but I saw a small smile spread across her face.
"Ah, Potions double Potions, with the lovely Professor Mechant," James said sardonically as the five of us stopped outside the Potions classroom. "You know what would make this class a lot better?" James said to me. "What?" I asked raising my eyebrows. "If you sit next to me…Lils," James answered grinning at me.
Sure! "No."
"I'll give you a chocolate frog," James suggested as though it was an incredibly tempting offer. I laughed. "You've got yourself a deal Potter," I said coolly as I grinned at him and walked inside the door. "Yeah!" James said as he threw a triumphant fist in the air and followed me inside.
We left Sirius, Becca, and Remus still out there, standing in stunned silence.
~*~*Narrator's P.O.V.*~*~
"Woah," was all Remus had to say to sum up what had just happened. James Potter and Lily Evans – arch enemies – had just flirted with each other. "What the bloody hell is going on with those two?" Sirius said stupidly. Becca rolled her eyes for real this time. "Honestly, how thick can you get?! They like each other, Sirius," she said as though this was incredibly obvious. Well, it sort of was incredibly obvious.
"Oh!" said Sirius grinning. "I saw Lily slip something into James pocket this morning, but I couldn't see what it was," Becca remarked. "Oh that? It was a Pumpkin Pasty. I saw Lily putting something into James's pocket too, and I just had to find out what it was. While he was talking to Moony I took it out of his pocket. It was a little warm, but it tasted good all the same," Sirius stated.
"You ate it?!?" Becca said trying not to laugh. "Only half," Sirius said defensively, "I still left some of it in the wrapper for James. Gosh, Becca, I'm not that inconsiderate."
~*~*Back to Lily's P.O.V.*~*~
For some reason as I sat next to James in Potions, I was quite nervous. He kept glancing over at me and smiling. I didn't know how to take it. Was he smiling because he had played some prank on me and I hadn't noticed? Or was he just…smiling at me for no reason at all? It had to be the first reason. He wouldn't just smile at me…for no reason at all.
"Mr. Potter," said a cold drawling voice that belonged to Professor Mechant. "Yes Professor," James said innocently turning his head away from me to face the teacher.
"I would appreciate it if you would stop staring at Miss Evans and pay attention," Professor Mechant drawled. I blushed furiously. Several people had turned in their seats to stare at me. I looked down at my parchment and acted as if I didn't notice this.
Oddly enough, James smiled at Professor Mechant.
"As you wish, Professor," he said grinning.
I hid my laughter by turning it into a coughing fit.
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After Potions finally ended Becca and I headed to the Great Hall for lunch. We sat down and began digging into our lunch when James and the rest of the Marauders came up and sat down across from us.
"Hello ladies," Sirius said smirking at us. Becca and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes. "What's that you've got Prongs?" Remus asked nodding at something James was pulling out of his pocket. "Er – a half eaten Pumpkin Pasty," James said. He looked up to me and mouthed Thanks and smiled. I mouthed back You're welcome and grinned at him.
Thankfully no one noticed this or James and I wouldn't have heard the end of it…
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