Chapter 29"Underneath it all" by marauderyears
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to it, J.K Rowling does.
NOTE: I sincerely apologize for not meeting my deadline, I had a party and people were over so for obvious reasons I couldn't update. I'm really sorry and I thank you for understanding...
Hpmuggle- I sent you an e-mail and I'm not sure if you got it because it says that you are not allowed to accept e-mail from me or something weird like that... So I tried sending it again and it didn't work. Do you have another e-mail address (other than the 'Hpmuggle' one)?
KMK- Oh I promise that there will be!
Katkit- I'm so glad to hear that you think that! The perfect time? That's exactly what I wanted people to think! I'm so happy!
Funnykido- I agree!
Glaz- It is about time they had their little snogging session, lol.
LunaLovegood2- An entire bag? I feel like I've won the lottery...in cookies.
lilred-07- Dude, you have to limit the cookies you offer me or else I'll eat so many that I'm too fat to walk down the stairs to my computer and than I can't update! gasp totally just kidding, although I'll still take your cookies!
Dans-girl-4ever- Cookies AND Kudos? Oh my goodness, it's like Christmas has come early. LMAO
evil-pillow- Okay, I will hurry as fast as my little fingers can type, lol.
Pranks Are So Siriusly Padfoot- Your on the inside of the joke now, though! Thou shall grant thee's request!
Hello? mary- Oh! Happy Birthday!!! Unfortunately I just had my PSAT's on your birthday! Talk about 'ew'! Lmao.
Slytherinbabe05- What's funny is that I know this popular redhead girl (she has the PRETTIEST red hair EVER! It's lightish... And you'd just have to see it) and her name is Lily, too. Except she spells her name "Lilly". I wish I had her hair, I see her hair and I get so friggin' jealous! Argh!
little-angel123452000- So that you don't have to go back and check, I'll write it right here: James is a crocodile, Lily is Jessica Rabbit, Lena is Cleopatra, Sirius is James Bond, Remus is a pirate. That's all you know so far...
GeorgieGryffindor- Yay! A cookie! My present back to you is this chapter!
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MoNiKa BaTcH- You're Australian?! Oh my goodness that's so cool! I'm going to Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii in June of 2005. I can't wait to go! Oh to clear my confusingness up: I'm not sure if you've seen the movie called, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" but it's one of those classic movies and the character 'Jessica Rabbit' is one of the main characters. She's known for having red hair and wearing this provocative red dress. And seeing as Lily has red hair, I figured that she should be Jessica Rabbit. http:gil.formosa.free.fr/galerie/Disneywarner/images/DISNEY20JESSICA20RABBIT.jpg . I don't use the word snogging, but I think it's a British word, so I use it in my fics. I'm American, so I'm not quite sure...
LupinLover922- Yes, and I'm completely sorry about that. I'm glad to hear that you don't have a complaint about my story, I'm honored!
Lily's POV
I nervously checked the mirror one last time before I decided that I was ready to go downstairs to the Head Common Room, where I'd be meeting James.
I anxiously walked out of my dorm and saw James waiting for me, patiently at the bottom of the steps. He was dressed as Roger Rabbit. I nervously smiled at him and he smiled back. He took my hand in his and kissed me lightly on the cheek.
"You look...beautiful. No, beautiful is an understatement..."
I blushed at him. "Sorry for taking so long. I hope you weren't waiting down here to long..."
"I'd wait forever for you Lily."
"Nice cheesy pick-up line."
He turned red. "Is it working?"
I allowed myself to smile. "Oh yes."
We passed a few students walking together down to the Great Hall. I tried to ignore the stares I was getting. I noticed James glare at the staring boys. He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. Was he being possessive...?? I shook my head of this ridiculous thought.
When we entered the Great Hall, I smiled at the decorations that James, I and the Prefects had put up. It looked really great. Most of the students seemed to agree...
Music was playing loudly and people were already starting to dance to the popular band that James and I had hired. I spotted some of my friends chatting in a corner and I waved to them as they waved me over to them.
"Do you mind if we stop by to say hi to my friends?"
He smiled, shaking his head. "Anything for you. Would you like a drink?"
I nodded, thanked him, and headed over to my friends as James walked to the punch table.
"Lily! You look great!" Frankie said. I noticed that he had his arm wrapped around Alice.
"Thanks! You don't look too bad yourself!" I said, motioning to his costume of a knight. Alice appeared to be his princess. I'm glad that I decided not to be a princess!
"Your costume is beautiful Alice..." I said, engaging Alice into a conversation.
"Whoa! Is that Lily?" I turned around to see a grinning Sirius with his date and Remus with his date. Sirius' date smacked him, and attempted to drag him away but Sirius appeared not to be leaving anytime soon.
"You look hot!" Sirius' date (dressed as a slutty bunny rabbit, what else?) gave me a cold glare and dragged him off to dance.
I smiled at Remus. "You make a lovely pirate, Remus."
He smiled. "Thanks...I guess."
James appeared back with our drinks. "Here's your drink, Lily..."
"Thanks!"
He smiled at me and wrapped his arm around me again. "Would you like to dance?" He said, whispering in my ear, making me tingle. I couldn't seem to talk, so I just nodded, letting him lead me onto the dance floor.
We started dancing and I realized now that I didn't take my eyes off of his the entire time we danced. It felt like it was just me and him, dancing. I couldn't keep the gigantic smile off of my face and I'm pretty sure James was having the same problem...
After a few dances, we started to get tired so we headed over to some tables to take a break. I noticed Greg Zander (yes, remember him?) looking at me and our eyes met for a brief second, and I blushed looking away.
"Zander still likes you." I glanced up at James, surprised that he had noticed our exchange.
We took a seat, James' arm still wrapped around my waist. "How do you know that?"
James took off his rabbit snout that he had been wearing. "Because of the way he was looking at you." He said, his eyes looking intently into mine.
"James, are you jea-" At that moment James had crushed his lips into mine. It took me by surprise, but not missing a beat I wrapped my arms around his neck. He placed both of his hands on my waist and pulled me so close to him that I was practically sitting on his lap.
I felt his tongue trace my lips and I eagerly opened my mouth to grant him access. His tongue pleasantly massaged mine, and I boldly fought back for control. I think I surprised James because he pulled back, grinning.
"You're quite feisty... I like it..." I grabbed the back of his head, aggressively smashing our lips back together. I felt his hand on my thigh, underneath my dress. His cold hand against my skin made me shiver, pleasurably. In a giving mood, I allowed his hand to trace my thigh and slowly make its way up to my waist. I gasped as his hand moved to my inner thigh, dangerously close to my-
I pulled back. "James..." I said warningly.
He had the decency to blush. "I'm sorry Lily..."
I had to laugh at his disarrayed appearance. His hair was much messier than normal (from me pulling at it) and his glasses were askew. I had even left a trail of lipstick across and around his mouth.
"James, red lipstick does not suit you." I said, wiping at the lipstick on his mouth with the back of my hand. He grinned and leaned forward to kiss me again, but right before our lips met we were interrupted by Remus Lupin and his date.
"Sorry to interrupt your kiss-fest but people are starting to stare at your display of public attention." Remus said, smiling.
"Oh well..." James said leaning in again but I pushed him back.
"No, Remus is right. Thank you for pointing it out Remus." I said, smiling at him.
James' POV
I glared at Remus. "Yes, thank you Remus. What would we have done without you?"
Sirius took a seat next to me and clapped me on my back. "Probably still kissing like there's no tomorrow."
I sighed loudly, wishing it were true. I noticed that Lily looked embarrassed so I changed the subject.
"So...how are your dates?"
Sirius shrugged. "Aw, Maggie's alright. She's a little too submissive. I like the feisty type."
Remus laughed. "You mean like Lily? Judging by their public display of affection, it seemed as though she were the one in control..."
Sirius and Remus burst out laughing as Lily and I blushed. Lily stood up and glared at them. "If you're quite done, I think I'll be leaving you two now..."
Sirius shook his head. "Nah, nah, I got plenty more where that came from."
There was a moment of silence as Lily silently dared Sirius to say anything more.
Silence...
"You looked like you were eating each other's faces off...almost looked like cannibals going at it like that-"
I couldn't help but smile as Lily let out a frustrated scream and walked off, with me following her. We passed a group of guys who I noticed were eyeing Lily. I gave them a cold glare that made them stop immediately. I grinned to myself, triumphantly.
A few songs later, a slow song started to play. "Lily, would you honor me with a dance?"
She smiled and let me lead her onto the dance floor. I placed my hands on her waist, pulling her closer to me as she wrapped her small arms around my neck. I smiled as she rested her head on my shoulder.
I felt her yawn against my chest. I looked down at her, stroking her hair. "You tired?"
Lily's POV
"Just a little." I tried to stifle a yawn, but failed. I felt James' chest rumble as he laughed.
"We can leave after this song."
I nodded, happy to give my sore feet a rest. Just as he promised, when the song ended, we went back to our Head Common Room.
We walked over to the couch by the fireplace and sat down. James pulled my legs onto his lap, took off my heels as he rubbed my sore feet.
I groaned as I leaned my head back onto the arm of the couch. "You read my mind."
"Opps, I forgot to mention that I was a mind reader." He joked.
"How convenient. What am I thinking now?"
"That you want to go to bed."
"Oh, that's getting creepy."
"I know. I'm also sensing that you'd like me to carry you to your bed."
"You must have read the subconscious part of my mind, because I'm not sure that I was thinking that-" I squealed in surprise as James lifted me up and walked with me to...his dorm?
"James, what are we doing?"
"Going the long way around." He said simply, carrying me through the bathroom that connected our rooms.
"Why?" I asked as he set me down on my bed.
"So that I could hold you longer."
I blushed. "These cheesy lines are actually getting you somewhere." I closed my eyes, feeling sleep come over me...
James' POV
I smiled affectionately at her and pulled the covers over her. Making sure that she was neatly tucked in, I leaned down and gave her a light kiss on the forehead. I saw a smile come across her peaceful face.
"Goodnight Lily. Sweet dreams..." I said softly before closing the door to her room.