Chapter 28 "Underneath it all" by marauderyears
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Lily's POV
"Lily!" I heard James' voice call me as I wandered aimlessly through the halls.
I turned around and smiled at James. "Yes?"
He stopped running and walked next to me. After his breathing had returned to normal, he said, "I was looking everywhere for you to remind you that we have rounds tonight."
"Oh, I had almost forgotten..."
"Are you alright Lily?" I cringed at the concern in his voice.
Swallowing my guilt, I managed to say, "Yeah, why?"
"Because I can tell when you're not alright and right now...well, you're not alright."
I smiled a little at this. My mouth opened, getting ready to say a big whopper of a lie. "Of course I'm alright."
He stopped and looked me in the eye. I squirmed a bit under his look that made me feel like he was looking into my very soul...but of course that's impossible....right?
He placed his hands on my shoulders making me look him in the eye. "Lily, you can lie to a lot of people, but you can't lie to me."
I shrugged and looked up and down the hall. I glanced down at my watch. "It's time to start our rounds."
James let out a huge sigh and started walking ahead of me. I had to jog to keep up with his pace.
"Lily...I wish that you felt like you could tell me anything."
I didn't know what to say, so I didn't say anything.
"It's not like I'm going to tell anyone anything you tell me...you know that right?"
I nodded mutely. "I've got to go to Hogsmeade to look for a red dress."
I noticed a small smile playing on James' lips. "We could go right now if you'd like, Jessica."
I let out a small laugh. "It's not a Hogsmeade weekend, silly."
He glanced at me. "Since when has that ever stopped me before?"
"Well, I'd love to go, but we are supposed to be doing rounds right now...and it's kind of late..."
"Aw come one Lily. You seem so stressed; you should just come with me on a nice relaxing trip to Hogsmeade..."
I sighed. "All right..."
He grinned and grabbed me by my hand and led me through a series of halls. After going through many corridors, I started to doubt James.
"James, are we lost?"
He laughed and didn't answer. This didn't help my concerns. After a while we arrived at a statue.
I stared at James for a second and he just grinned back. "Umm...this is an...err wonderful statue and all, but why are we-"
James muttered something and an opening behind the statue opened.
"Ohhhh."
James smiled and took my hand again and led me down into a dark room. I started to get nervous. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am VERY insecure in dark rooms. I'm...not necessarily afraid of the dark...I just really don't like it...
I unconsciously grabbed at James. I ended up grabbing the back of his shirt. He took my hand in his and squeezed it.
"I'm sorry, are you afraid of the dark?"
"No!" I squeaked.
"Lumos." James' wand illuminated a small circle of light. I noticed that this wasn't any dark room, it was a passageway of some sort.
"Does this lead somewhere?"
"Right to Hogsmeade."
I gasped. "Really?" How did I not know about this? After a few minutes of silence, James and I stopped. He shined his light on a ladder that led up to a trapdoor...??
"Normally I'd be a gentleman and say 'ladies first', but I think its best if I check to make sure the coast is clear above the trapdoor..."
James' POV
It's true. I did need to check out to make sure the coast is clear, but the real reason is because if Lily goes up that ladder first...I might get a little urge to...uhh...look under her skirt, and that is very disrespectful. So I'm going to avoid this predicament by not letting myself get into the situation in the first place...
I climbed the ladder, peaked above the trapdoor and listened for a minute before deciding that the coast was clear. I went through the door and turned around to pull Lily up.
"Are we in a storage room?" She asked curiously.
"The storage room of Honeydukes." I said smiling at her.
Her jaw dropped. "No way!"
We walked to the front of the store, unnoticed by the few other customers that were in the store, this late in the evening.
"Would you like anything?" I asked, motioning to the entire room.
She shook her head. "No thanks."
I raised my eyebrows. "Oh come, on I know you like chocolate."
She smiled. A few minutes later we walked out of the store with quite a few bags of chocolates.
"Do you realize this is the second time I've been to Hogsmeade with you?" She said, chewing on some chocolate.
I nodded, grinning. "Yes, I am very lucky to have made it this far."
She laughed, shaking her head. "I still need a red dress."
She led me into a dress store and I followed her around while she looked through a bunch of red dresses. I suddenly remembered how I had once shopped with Lena Tenyck, but for some reason shopping with Lily was different. I'd do anything to spend time with her.
"It's perfect!"
I looked up as she held up a really pretty red dress. I'm no girl, so I can't really explain it well, but it definitely looked like Jessica Rabbit's dress.
I sat down in a seat next to the dressing rooms for a few minutes while Lily changed into the dress. I tried to ignore the fact that she was taking off her clothes so close to me.
"How do I look?" She came out, smiling and looking...
I felt my pants get suddenly tight as I scanned the pretty dress on her perfectly shaped body. Woah! That dress is revealing. It's exactly what Jessica Rabbit would wear. I gave her the thumbs up, unable to say anything.
Lily frowned at me. "You don't like it, do you?"
I shook my head and said in a strangled voice. "No, I like it alright. It looks exactly like Jessica Rabbit...it's just..."
"Provocative?"
I nodded, trying not to stare at her chest or her legs that were shown because of the slits up the side of the dress.
She shook her head. "I don't think I'll get it."
"No! You should get it! It's just I was worried that..." I felt my cheeks heat up a bit, "...that other guys might stare at you..."
She shrugged. "You're right, though." She looked down at the price tag and it was her turn for her to blush. "Umm actually I think I should look for another dress anyway."
I frowned. "Why, it's fine."
She blushed. "No, it's too expensive and I'd rather not empty my entire account at Gringotts to get this dress that I'm only going to wear once."
I laughed. "It's perfectly fine, I'll pay for it."
She shook her head. "No, please I don't want you to pay for it."
I motioned for her to go into the dressing rooms. She rolled her eyes and came back out a few minutes later in her old clothes. I took the dress from her, ignoring her protests, and I paid at the counter for it.
The lady at the counter raised her eyebrows at me. "This dress is really not your color, deary."
I turned pink. "No, it's not for me, it's for someone else." I still think that the old lady thought I was buying it for myself. Oh well, whatever.
Lily's POV
"I'm really embarrassed that you had to pay for it. I'm sorry, you didn't have to."
"But I wanted to; it looked really...nice on you."
I was quiet. The dress was really expensive...I guess James can afford it though. Sirius and Remus had once told me that he is really well off.
James stopped and turned around. "Umm, Lily?"
"Huh?"
"You're just going to wear this dress for Halloween right?"
"Of course!" I said, shocked that he would think I'd walk around with my boobs hanging out any other time but Halloween.
"Good, because will be staring at you, and I don't want them to try anything on you."
I rolled my eyes. "James, I'm not a damsel in distress, I'll be perfectly fine."
"I know. You're quite capable on your own."
I nodded. There were a few minutes of silence.
"I'm not going to walk around any other time of the year with my chest hanging out like that."
He smiled. "'Hanging out' is quite an understatement."
When we walked back to the Head Commons Room, our patrolling hours were over.
"I feel dreadful that we didn't patrol more than we did. The Headmaster is counting on us."
James smiled. "Don't worry about it, he'll get over it if he ever even finds out. We'll patrol tomorrow more than we did tonight."
I nodded. "Thanks for taking me out again, I had a wonderful time."
"Anytime, anywhere Lily, I'm available. Except when Zonko's gets in a new shipment..." He smiled, teasingly.
I rolled my eyes. "You're such a-" But what James is, we'll never know because at that moment James had leaned forward and placed his lips on mine. I was surprised at first, but than I realized that this is exactly what I needed...
He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer (So cliché, but it felt so good!). His hot lips on mine made me feel like I was going to melt. I wrapped my arms around his head, resting them on his shoulders as I grabbed a fist full of his black hair and I unconsciously tugged on it.
I know that he liked that because he let out a low moan that made me smile against his mouth. After a few seconds of heavy snoggging and moans, I found myself pushed up against the wall with his pelvis shoved up against mine while James' hands roamed my body. I can't say I didn't like it...
His hands somehow had gotten themselves underneath my shirt. I shuddered as his warm hands came in contact with my sides. James seemed to have stopped his roaming hands from going any higher. Instead, he stroked my sides up and down, making me let out an involuntary moan at the pleasure that resulted.
I could feel him grin against my mouth. So that's how he likes it, huh? I removed my hands from around his head and un-tucked his shirt that had previously been tucked into his trousers. I slowly moved my cold hands up his warm body, feeling every muscle in his side. I felt his hard abs, and moved my hands up to his equally hard chest where I lightly ran my finger in circles, massaging him. He let out a loud groan and pulled away from me, making me let out an annoyed grunt.
He pulled my hands out from under his shirt and said in a husky voice. "You can't do that to me Lily...it turns me on way too much... And I won't be able to stop myself..."
We stood there, panting from the intenseness of it all. James was still pushed up against me, but we had our hands off of each other. It took a lot of self control for me not to yell at him to touch me again.
We let out heart rates slow down and James finally spoke. "Lily..." I looked up at him and noticed his eyes were darker than they usually were.
"We better go to bed....separate beds." I emphasized at the look on his face.
He nodded. "It's late...and I'm sorry that I sort of took advantage of you...after I was kissing you and I noticed that you didn't seem like you were going to slap me, I couldn't stop myself."
I nodded. "No, it's fine. I'm at equal fault."
"But Lily... I don't regret it."
I blushed and looked into his dark, beautiful eyes. I smiled. "Neither do I." I waved him goodnight and walked up to my room, feeling his eyes on my back the entire time.
A/N: Don't kill me! I thought it was about time that they snogged. I hope that no one thought that it was too soon, but let's face it, it was a spontaneous moment. Can I have more cookies? This chapter is almost 9 pages long...
Next Chapter: The Halloween Dance.