Ok, ok I know this chapter is a little short and I have many reasons but you don't want to hear them all. I'd like to thank my beta Nikki Gryffin for her help.
So last time…
I shouldn't be doing this, I mean I did say that I didn't want to take advantage of her…but she doesn't seem to want to stop. I mean she did pull me into the kiss. I'll ask her, if she wants to, not if she's just doing this to repay me. I don't want to do that to her, he decided. James suddenly forgets about asking Lily as she starts to unbutton his shirt. He can't think about anything but Lily. He shrugs off the shirt, Lily takes off her shirt at the same time.
On with the show…
His thought pops back into his head.
"Lily do you really want to do this?" he asks her. She nods her head yes as she fumbles with the button on his jeans. "Why don't we take this slow Lils? I mean have you ever…well…gods why is it so hard for me to talk to you about this?"
"James it's alright, I want to do this" Lily tells him. Suddenly the door to the room flies open and in walks Remus and Sirius. Shocked at the site, they turn around. Lily grabs at the pillow behind her head to cover herself with. She hugs the pillow to her upper body; James does up his pants and throws Lily her shirt. She puts it back on.
"What do you want guys?" James asks them annoyed at how they just ran in. "You can turn around." Remus and Sirius turn around with red faces. They just stand there. "So, what do you guys want?"
"Umm…I don't remember now…do you Remus?"
"Sirius, you said you had something important to tell James. I have no idea what it could be." Remus replies. His face is still very, very red compared to Sirius'. They hear noises coming from the hall.
"James? Boy, where are you?" a man asks. Remus and Sirius hop on the bed with Lily and James.
"Oh yeah, your parents are home Prongs." Sirius says as the man walks into the room.
"Thanks for telling me Padfoot." He says to Sirius. "Hey dad, what's up?"
"Your mother and I decided to come back early as well. I have to head off to work, so take care of your mother son." The man says. He turns and walks off. James stares at the spot his father had been.
"James you ok, mate?" Remus asks. James nods. Remus notices that James is a little off. "Sirius, why don't we go and study?"
"Study? Moony, me study, are you crazy?" he says. As is something hit him, Sirius realizes what's going on. "Oh wait, there's that paper I need your help with. Maybe we better go. Bye guys."
"Bye." Lily says as they leave the room. She turns to James. "Are you really ok James? Why does your father want you to keep an eye on your mum?"
"What do you think?" James replies nastily.
"Get out James." Lily says coldly. James looks at her shocked. "What, if you are going to act nasty towards me then I don't want to be around you. I think you should leave. And don't expect me to help you with anything."
"Lils…"
"No Potter, don't Lils me. I'm sick of this, one minute you act like you care for me then the next you act like I'm the worst person alive. Which is it so I know if I should leave or not?"
"Don't leave Lily, I'm sorry. You saw before how I had to take care of my mum, well my dad's gone again as you heard. I just want this vacation to be over. I really think my mum should be put into rehab. She drinks way too much."
"James I'm the sorry one. Why doesn't your dad do it?"
"He doesn't know. He's never home. But it's no big deal." James tells her. Lily crawls across the bed to him and holds him in a hug. She whispers into his ear.
"I'll help you James, I really will. Just say the word."
Over the next few days that is exactly what Lily did. Lily helped James with his mother, around the house, and in any other way she could. Sirius and Remus went off to visit Eloise and Jenna went over to see her too, her parents not knowing Remus would be there. They thought it better to leave Lily and James alone for a bit, well as alone as they could be with his mother in the house. Lily and James had decided to take the day and go to muggle London.
"Hurry up Lils; you'll look great no matter what you wear." James calls through her door. He had been ready and waiting for almost 10 minutes and was getting impatient.
"Just a second." She calls out. She bustles through the door, almost knocking James off his feet. "Ready" she announces. They go out the front door and walk down the street. "Where should we go?"
"I don't know. Why don't we head to Trafalgar Square? We can grab some food on the way, and eat there." James suggests.
"Sounds good." Lily smiles at him. She grabs his hand as they continue walking. They stop at a small sandwich shop and pick up sandwiches. They walk the rest of the way and find it is crowded with people as usual. Lily spots that there is no one on one of the lions. She drags James over. "Hurry up James, I found a spot to sit." He runs with her and they get there before anyone else has a chance. Lily tries to get up by her self but can't, she's too short to hop up with out help. James reaches up and sets the sandwiches on the lion's back.
"Here I'll give you a boost." James offers. He bends down and puts his hands together. Lily puts her foot into the stirrup he made with his hands. Lily had made the unfortunate decision to wear a skirt. James, being the hot-blooded male he is, couldn't help but look while giving the boost. Look at these long legs, he thinks, oh and those creamy white thighs, and…no James, we can't go any farther up. He looks down at his feet embarrassed. Lily is up and James hops up behind her. Gods why did I look at her? She's just so gorgeous. We fit together perfectly, sitting up here like this…
"James? Earth to James." Lily says. She's holding the sandwiches in her hands, and trying to pass him one.
"Huh?" He snaps out of his trance. He notices the food. "Oh thanks, sorry bout that." He takes the sandwich from her and they both eat. After their done, they people watch. Lily leans back into James and he unconsciously wraps her arms around her waist. They stay like this for hours, just looking around. Finally, Lily starts to get bored. James lets go of her and she turns around to face him. James looks into her eyes, his hazel eyes connect with her emerald green ones. He looks away startling her.
"James, I'm getting bored. Let's go get ice cream or something." Lily says. James helps her down and they walk around for a bit until they find an ice cream parlour.
"So Lils, what would you like to get?" he asks her. She looks up at the menu on the wall.
"I'm not sure, umm…maybe the orange sorbet." Lily says. "Yes, the orange sorbet."
"All right, why don't you go sit down and I'll get the ice cream?" he suggests. Lily goes over to a booth and sits. Soon after James joins her, handing her the sorbet. James gets lime sorbet. James watches Lily as she eats her sorbet. How does she make that look so sexy? Its eating ice cream for god's sake, he thinks. The way she's licking her cone, she can't know how that's making my body react. Just watching Lily lick her cone makes James get a little hard. Bad thoughts James, bad thoughts. Think of something else, ok umm…Snivellus wearing a dress, Snivellus is bad enough. Oh thank god. James felt himself soften.
"Can I try yours?" she asks innocently, looking at him intently with her emerald orbs. He nods, Lily leans over the table and licks James' cone, still looking at him. Can he tell that I want him, or does he think I'm too innocent, she wonders. Lily continues eating her cone erotically. Finally they finish eating; James must have had to think of Snape over a dozen times.
"So are you ready to head back?" he squeaks out as they get up. Lily nods, they walk back and in hand again. As they near the house, Lily notices something hanging above the house.
"James, what's that?" she asks. He looks away from her to the house. He recognizes the cloud of smoke, the mark left by Voldemort.
"Bloody hell!" he exclaims under his breath. He drops her hand and runs to the house, the door is open. Lily runs after him as he enters the house. She finds him standing there, in the living room, in shock. There, lying on the floor was his mother, crumpled against the wall like she had been pushed to it. James rushes over, crouches down and starts shaking her. "Mum…Mum, come on Mum. Wake up Mum."
"James" Lily says softly as she walks up behind him. She bends down, placing her hand on his shoulder. I'm not sure what to do; I mean neither of my parents has died. Just be there for him, a voice says in her head. How, she asks it. Do what he has done for you, the voice says. "James it'll be ok."
"Lily…"
"It's ok James."
"She's right Mr. Potter." A voice says from behind. They turn around, knowing it is Dumbledore. He walks over to them and helps them up. James just stood there with a blank face, Lily stood beside him holding his hand. Dumbledore spots this and smiles.
"Professor Dumbledore…" James starts. Dumbledore puts up his hand.
"You two will be coming with me to Hogwarts, this home is no longer safe for you."
"Professor Dumbledore, what about Sirius and Remus? They're staying here too."
"Nothing to worry about, Miss. Evans. They have already been contacted and are at the school, along with Miss. Chine from next door." Dumbledore tells them. He transfigures a scrap of material left on the ground into a portkey. They all touch it and within seconds they are at Hogwarts in Dumbledore's office.