Title: Serenade
Words: 596, NOT including lyrics
Characters/Pairings: James/Lily
Challenge: Music(8)
Rating: G, it's very clean pointless fluff
A.N.— the song is "Hooked on a Feeling" originally by B.J. Thomas. The version I have, and was thinking of when writing this, is the '70's cover by Blue Swede.
James struggled to keep his balance as a great gust of wind came almost knocked him off his broom. He urged the broom higher and higher until it was just below level and a few yards away from the dark windowsill.
Sirius is going to pay, James thought irritably. It wasn't that James didn't very much enjoy declaring his love and affection for Lily Evans, but this was just ridiculous.
And that was saying something, coming from James.
Sirius had somehow convinced James to do a grand gesture of serenading Lily with a romantic song from the window, as a guarantee that this would finally break Lily of the immunity she had towards the Potter charm.
Sirius had somehow got the idea fixed into his head that this would be the night when Lily would agree to go out with James.
She'll probably just end up flat out saying no, or throwing something at me, or yelling, or telling a professor…or all of the above.
James knew that even if she threw a full-grown mountain troll at him, armed with a large bat to bash him to his death, nothing would hurt him more than her saying 'No, Potter!' in that disgusted voice.
The first time James Potter had asked Lily Evans to go out on a date, way back in first year, it had been a game, purely for his amusement. He hardly even liked girls then, being pretty much still set on that cooties phenomena.
Now, by the beginning of seventh year, it was different.
Her refusals hadn't hurt him at all until just recently.
Must be real love, he thought ironically.
James took a deep breath, staring at the Head Girl's private window.
"Please don't kill me, Lily," James muttered under his breath.
James' tenor voice started out soft, but rapidly grew with confidence and volume.
I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me
Girl, you just don't realize
What you do to me
When you hold me
In your arms so tight,
You let me know,
Everything's all right
The messy-haired Gryffindor stopped singing (and dancing a bit) as he saw the curtains on the window start to move. A disgruntled face peeked out at him.
Lily glared at the sight in front of her. James Potter, in the middle of the night, outside her dorm, on a broom…singing to her?
"What in Merlin's name do you think you're doing, Potter?!" Lily screamed.
James grinned. "Being romantic!" he answered simply. Then he continued.
I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me
"This isn't romantic, Potter, it's disturbing. And I'm NOT in love with you, git!" Lily interrupted him, "I'm going to go tell Professor McGonagall before you wake up the entire castle." She closed the curtains.
"Lily! Wait! No!" James called out desperately. He skipped over to the next verse, singing louder yet to make sure she heard.
I got it bad for you girl,
But I don't need a cure,
I'll just stay addicted,
If I can endure
All the good love, when we're all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on
I'm hooked on a feeling
I'm high on believing that you're in love with me
All the good love, when we're all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on
I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me.
James trailed off as his performance ended. He was so into it that he didn't even notice numerous other people looking out their windows at him.
He smirked and mock bowed at them.
She was staring at him.
Her eyes were suspiciously shiny and a slight smile graced her features.
That was all the encouragement James needed.
"LILY JOSEPHINE EVANS, I LOVE YOU. WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?" he yelled.
"I'll…I'll think about it," she answered timidly, much to even her own surprise. Lily's hopeless romantic girlish heart was overweighing her desire to strangle James Potter.
Even if he wasn't the greatest singer.
And besides, he must really like her; otherwise he wouldn't have been THIS persistent for SEVEN years…
She hadn't COMPLETELY lost her rationality…
James' eyes widened.
"Maybe? Is that a maybe?!" he said in disbelief.
"Maybe," Lily confirmed.
James slowly floated back to the ground in a happy daze under the moonlight.