Disclaimer: Yep, you guessed it! This isn't mine. Harry Potter belongs to the marvelous JK Rowling. :]
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who reviewed it seriously made my day! Please continue to do so!! Plus since I usually get a ton of homework and I have softball, I'll try to update once or twice on the weekends. Although I might now next weekend, cuz I'm going out with some friends on the weekend for my birthday on the 18th! Sweet 16! Anyhoo, on with the chapter!!
Chapter Two: Dinner, Kisses, and Mental Struggles
Lily ended up asking "Jason" out to dinner the next night. James was thrilled because now he could get his plan in action. He knew just how to absolutely humiliate Lily in front of everyone at Hogwarts. He'd somehow learn her deepest secrets and then possibly even lure her into bed. Oh yes. Revenge was ever so sweet. James may not have gone out with many girls at Hogwarts, but he had had his fair share of muggle girls on his summers off in many different countries. I guess Sirius was rubbing off on him more than he thought.
James knew just what to do. They'd have a nice, candle lit dinner for two. Then they'd walk along the beach as the sunset. Girls were crazy about that walking along the beach thing. If he wanted to get on the good side of Lily he had to be charming, sexy, and most of all un-James like. None of the messing up the hair thing, nothing that at all would be something he would normally do. But James could handle this. James Harold Potter was never afraid of a challenge.
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Lily couldn't believe her luck. What girl wouldn't want to be saved by a man who looked like a sex god and then get a dinner date with him. It seemed to Lily that her hope of meeting prince-charming might be coming true. Life was good for Lily Evans.
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Lily met "Jason" at seven in the lobby. She noticed that he was dressed in a sexy, button-up shirt with khaki pants. IN her opinion, he was the sexiest man alive. Lily also looked gorgeous. Her auburn hair lay in curls surrounding her perfect face. She wore a simple lavender dress. It brought out her figure quite well in her opinion. James seemed to think so as well due to the fact that he was checking her out.
"You look absolutely stunning." James said once out of his scanning mode.
"You don't look too bad yourself." Lily replied. "Shall we go, Sir Knight?"
James, deciding to play along, said, "After you sweet damsel."
And they were off.
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They arrived at the restaurant and ordered their meals. The silence was becoming too unbearable for James, so he decided to break it.
"So, Lily. Where is it that you go to school?" James asked, fully aware of where she went.
"Oh! I go to a boarding school in Scotland." Was her reply.
"Is this an only girls boarding school?" James figured this was a good time to try to get to know about her dating life...if she even had one.
"Nope, but it has some of the worst boys imaginable. But don't get me wrong, not all of them are bad. Just this one boy, who is nothing like you. James Potter! I can't stand him and his cockiness. He's so conceited. I just---Oh, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't be complaining about him to you." Lily replied.
"I don't mind, but what makes you hate this James Potter guy so much?" James said, not believing how much she really hated him.
"Well, the first time we ever met, he teased me about my hair. It was just so immature. He STILL hasn't stopped the teasing and pranking. It's like he's still the immature, annoying, little eleven-year-old he was when I met him on the train. I mean, he might be tolerable if he just grew up!"
"So you obviously don't do the pranking back?" James asked.
"Well…"
"So you're accusing this guy, James of being immature because he pranks, and then you, yourself, prank him back?" James inquired.
"It's not like that though! I mean, I can't just sit back and let him keep degrading me like that." Lily replied.
"Maybe it might be that James isn't the only one who still needs to grow up." James said.
"Possibly. It's just that my sister is already hard enough on me."
Why is your sister so hard on? What does she have against you?" James asked, truly curious as to what was going on in Lily's life.
"Petunia hates me because I'm a wi---just because of something that happened between us when we were younger." Lily replies. Whoa. That was close. I almost let it slip that I'm a witch. Hmmm…what if he turned out to be a wizard? Nah, forget it Lily, that one's not gonna happen.
"What happened between you guys?" James asked.
"I'd rather not say. Oh, look, here's our food."
The food did come and they ate. Having just casual conversation, all the while James kept thinking that there was more to Lily Evans than he thought there was.
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After they had their fill of food and desert James suggested they take a walk along the beach. Maybe he could get some more insight into the life of Lily Evans.
"So have you dated anyone at this boarding school of yours?" James asked.
"Nah. There really aren't that many guys out there that have seemed like they'd want to be in for the long run. I'm not one of those girls who will do anything for a guy. The guy has to like me for me and not just want to get me in bed. Things shouldn't work that way." Lily replied.
"Whoa. I never said you were one of those girls. And just so you know I really am starting to like you for you. You're a beautiful and amazing person, Lily Evans. I know I just met you yesterday and I've had one dinner with you, but I would really like to kiss you. Have you ever been kissed before?" James asked, not believing that he was about to kiss Lily Evans, his worst enemy.
Lily shook her head no. She was in shock that this guy actually liked her. Not many guys had liked her, at least that's what she thought.
James slowly leaned in and their faces were just centimeters apart. James could smell her perfume; it smelled of strawberries and cream. He was getting lost in the scent of her. He was just staring and her scrumptious lips and it was then that he noticed how truly beautiful Lily Evans was. Finally their lips touched and they both felt the spark that came from it. It was a short, yet romantic kiss. They broke apart and Lily couldn't help but smile. This guy was definitely a keeper. He was able to bring out the best in her, unlike Potter.
James noticed her smile. And he began to think how much he liked that kiss. Reality check! James, this is Evans! Lily Evans. Enemy of James Potter. Remember why you're doing this. You wanna break her! NOT fall in love with her. Don't forget Project-Love!!
"Not bad for a first kiss, eh?" James asked.
"Not bad at all." Lily replied, still smiling. I'm definitely starting to like this guy. She thought. "I wouldn't mind stealing a second one"
With that being said, Lily pressed her lips against his. This kiss was indeed better than the first. So many emotions were taking place. Lily was happy and love struck. James was having a mental struggle with himself. He was beginning to like Lily Evans, but reality struck him again only to remind him that she was kissing Jason, not James.
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Lily came back to her hotel that night in total bliss. Nothing was going to wipe the smile off her face. She walked into her room and found herself being interrogated by Lynn.
"Lils! You're back! And I'm guessing by the smile on our face that there was a whole lot of loving going on!" Lynn squealed with delight.
Lily blushed. "Come on, Lynn. You know we didn't do anything."
"Don't you dare try to lie to my, Lily Evans. No one would come home with that look and goofy smile on their face if nothing happened." Lynn replied.
"Ah, ok! So we kissed twice but nothing more!" Lily said.
"You see! Now we're getting somewhere! Was there any tongue?" Lynn asked.
"LYNN!!" Lily whined.
The rest of their night was full of stories, giggles, and Lily's occasional whining of Lynn's name.
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Things weren't much different for James. He returned to his hotel and was also caught up in a storm of questions from Sirius.
"So mate, how did it go?" Sirius asked.
"It was great! I've got her exactly where I want her. By the end of the summer I'll have her completely in love with me." James answered.
"Way to go, Prongs! So you get any action tonight?" Sirius asked.
"We only kissed twice." James replied.
"Prongs, that's more than any guy at Hogwarts has gotten from her! You've got to be proud after that!" exclaimed Sirius.
Although, for some reason this saddened James. Lily would love Jason. Not him. Why was he beginning to feel like this? He wasn't supposed to feel like this. He was supposed to hate Lily Evans, right? But it seemed that fate was against him.
Sirius spoke once more, "Was there any tongue?"
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Author's Notes: So I hoped you all liked that Chapter. I again want to thank all the reviewers.
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