Chapter Six

After the walk and the prank meeting, it was time for dinner. Sirius, Remus, and Peter met the girls downstairs.

"Where's James?" Elise asked Sirius.

"He's still upstairs in the common room. I don't know what he's doing," Sirius said winking at the other three boys. Lily was the only one not to catch this.

"Does he know that he's going to be late for dinner?" Gwen asked while giving Remus a hug.

"Probably not," said Peter. "He's been in a bit of a daze today. Something's wrong with him."

"Lily, why don't you run upstairs and get James? We'll meet you down in the hall," Sarah said. Lily started to object but Gwen cut her off.

"Look Lils, just run up there, knock on the door and say 'dinner's ready'. You can do that, can't you?" Lily glared at her friends and ran up the boys stairs.

"The plan is slowly working," Remus said.

"Remus, this is a side of you I've never seen before," Gwen said mock shocked.

"You like it, don't you?" he said as he kissed her neck. Everyone else rolled their eyes.

"Get a room," Elise cried. "C'mon, let's go." They all stepped through the portrait when Gwen's voice could be heard asking, "What was James doing anyway?" The Marauders just laughed.

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Lily went up the stairs quite slowly. She was so embarrassed. What if someone saw her? She could just say it was Head Girl business and she needed to talk to the Head Boy. Yeah, that's a good story. People will believe that, she encouraged herself.

She walked up to the door that had '7th Year Boys' written on it. It also had, 'Prongs, Mooney, Padfoot, and Wormtail are cooler then Merlin'. She rolled her eyes. Boys, she thought.

She knocked on the door. There was no answer. She knocked again. Still no answer. She knocked yet again and called "James?" Silence met her ears. She began to worry. Sirius, Remus, and Peter said he was up here. What if he was hurt or something? She opened the door and stepped inside.

"James?" she called softly. She looked around the room and saw no signs of life. She heard something in the bathroom and turned to look. When she turned around she gasped and stared. OH MY GOD, she thought.

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Sirius, Remus, and Peter left for the common room. James decided to take a shower before dinner. He was always taught to be presentable for dinner by his parents. As he took his shower he thought of how he was going to talk to Lily. He wanted to make her comfortable enough to express her love for him as he wanted to do to her.

But as he was thinking of that, a picture of Lily popped into his mind. She was perfect to him. She was everything that he wanted. Her red hair and green eyes that never lost their sparkle, her full lips that he longed to kiss. Merlin, he loved that girl. Just as he was towel drying off, he heard someone enter the room.

Someone softly called "James?" He thought it was Peter. Forgetting to put a towel on he stood in the doorway to ask Peter why he wasn't at dinner. It wasn't Peter. It was Lily.

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Merlin, he's naked. Look away, Lily, look away, a voice in her head told her. I can't, another one said. God, he looks good. STOP IT LILY EVANS! TURN AWAY! While she was having this ongoing battle in her head, James was dumbfounded.

Merlin, I'm naked. Well, there goes the plan for making things comfortable right out the window. Why doesn't she look away? Why don't I put on a towel? I should do that. OH MY GOD! I'M NAKED IN FRONT OF LILY! James turned with all his dignity and strolled over to his towel. He picked it up and out it in as Lily snapped out of it and turned away.

He has a nice butt. "J-James, Sirius wanted me to come up and tell you dinner was ready and they would be waiting for you down at the Great Hall." She said this with her eyes at the floor fiddling with her hands. She couldn't stop blushing.

James was mortified. Sirius did this?! He'd kill him for embarrassing the both of them. "Alright, I'll be right down." She nodded and walked out of the room slowly. Once she was out, James sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands. He'd just let the girl of his dreams see him naked for more then was necessary. Merlin, how would he face her now?

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Lily walked down the boy's staircase. She sat at one of the desks and buried her head in her arms. She'd just saw the guy of her dreams naked for more than a minute. They just stood there like fools. What does he think of her now? Merlin, how would she face him now?

A/N: sorry for not updating. I've just finished swimming districts and did very well. Now I have a week before track starts so I should have more updates during this week. Please review people, I feel unloved because no one reviews.

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