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Disclaimer- I don't own any characters from the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling. I am just borrowing them for a wee little while.
(A.N) Please don't hurt me! I know I have been a while in updating but I have been sooooooo busy! AND my dad doesn't have the Internet so when I am staying with him I can't do anything. But here is another chapter. Please review; Even just a little review so I can get an idea of what everyone thinks. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Lily walked into Professor McGonagall's office appearing cool calm and collected. On the inside though she was so confused that she could hardly concentrate on what Professor McGonagall was saying.
"Miss Evans, where is Mr. Potter?" McGonagall asked as Lily sat down in a chair opposite the Professors desk.
"I am sure that he will be along soon professor," She said slowly. "Would it be too much trouble professor if you gave me my instructions now and inform Ja.. Potter of his when he arrives?" She asked. She had had enough of James too last her a very long time. Seeing Professor McGonagall's concerned look silently asking for details she continued, " I am really tired" she added a fake yawn as if to prove her point, "I just want to lie down and sleep"
"Very well Miss Evans, to get into the head dormitory you must go to the portrait of Godric Griffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin, the portrait is of them designing the school emblem. The password is 'Hogwarts, a history'; you and Mr Potter may come up with a password to better suit you if you want to. The portrait is on the second floor near the defence against the dark arts room." Lily nodded to show that she understood, "well Miss Evans, that is all you need to know until our next meeting, you shall be notified of meeting times by owl, good night."
"Good night Professor" she said trying to smile, she failed miserably. As she turned to leave she bumped into James who was walking in through the door.
"Watch it Potter!" she spat as she recoiled from his touch.
"Sorry Lil.. Evans, I didn't see you there." James said to her, sweet as pie. 'Give her some time to cool off' he thought. Lily gave James the most evil look she could manage. 'Whoa! Okay a lot of time to cool off!' James changed his mind.
"Miss Evans? Would you be able to fill Mr Potter in on what I told you? I have some business to attend to." Professor McGonagall, asked, or rather, told Lily. Lily cringed slightly before turning around and saying "Of course Professor" with the best fake smile she could muster.
'Follow me Potter." She said as she started down the hall towards the DADA room.
"Where are we going?" he asked cautiously.
"To the head common room" she answered shortly.
Silence.
As they arrived at the portrait Lily took a deep breath and said to James "This is it, the password is 'Hogwarts, a history' but we can change it if we want"
"Do you want to change it?" James asked. Lily looked thoughtful for a second.
"Yes." She answered,
"Why?"
"Because if someone was walking past and just happened to say 'Hogwarts, a history' then the portrait would open up" she explained.
"Good thinking, do you have any ideas for the password?"
"Something unusual, so there is no chance that someone would say it in a normal conversation" Lily said.
James opened his mouth to say something.
"That means nothing to do with Quidditch in case people are talking about it" Lily continued.
James shut his mouth.
"I have got it!" Lily said "we will use a muggle word that hardly any one will know. Umm.. vacuum cleaner, that is it, I can't imagine anyone talking about vacuum cleaners in the hall."
James looked at Lily with a confused stare.
"Evans, umm what is a vacuum cleaner?"
Lily looked at him and laughed at the confused look on his face, a genuine laugh. James's heart melted, Lily looked so pretty when she laughed. Her eyes shined and her hair seemed redder, she was just glowing.
Lily tried to control her laughter.
"A vacuum cleaner, is sort of like an electric broom," she started. James's eyes lit up and the word 'broom'. "Not like a quidditch broom silly!" she said starting to laugh again "you use it to clean your house, it kinda sucks up the dirt and stuff" James's face fell, what was so interesting about a vacuum cleaner? And what was ekelitricklity? He would never understand muggles.
When Lily had calmed down she walked over to the portrait of four wizards working diligently on what was definitely an outline of the Hogwarts school crest.
"Hello?" Lily said to the portrait. James noticing what she was doing stopped thinking about killer vacuum cleaners and walked over to stand next to Lily.
"Hello?" came back the voice of a female, as a rather chubby Helga Hufflepuff walked forward in the portrait. "Aha! New head students! And what houses are you two in?" James answered for them, "Griffindor" he said loudly. Helga's face fell a bit but she was still smiling out at them. "Godric will go on about this for a long time, both in Griffindor!" she sighed "It has been so long since we have had a Hufflepuff head student, oh well, do you know the password?" James started to answer but Lily beat him to it. "Yes we do know the password, but we think it is too common and we would like to change it. The password is 'Hogwarts, a history' and we would like to change it to 'vacuum cleaner' please tell the others so they can let us in as well, I don't mean to be rude but I am very tired and I would like to go in now,"
"Yes of course you do it is cold out here in the hall" Helga said in a motherly tone as she opened the portrait with ease.
"Thank you" Lily said as she climbed in through the circular hole giving James a good view of her arse. Which James took to his full advantage. 'Maybe this is why we say 'ladies first'' he thought with a smirk as he thanked Helga and crawled in after Lily.
The common room that they would be sharing for the next year was absolutely amazing. The whole room was a deep scarlet with gold trimming. Gold handles, gold tiebacks, scarlet sofa covered in soft cushions of both scarlet and gold. Lily drew in her breath. It was so beautiful. She just stood there and took in the beauty of the room.
"Ahhh!" she squealed as James tumbled out of the portrait hole on top of her.
"Hey Lil" he said "what are ya doin' on the floor?" James asked playfully giving Lily a genuine smile and hoping with all his heart that she wouldn't scream at him because a, he called her Lil instead of Evans. B, he had landed on top of her. Or c, just because she was in a kinda bad mood and seemed to like yelling at him, a lot. To his surprise she did the exact opposite. She laughed. Lily Anne Evans was rolling around on the head common room floor- laughing. James blinked, yup, it was real. Lily sat up with tears in her eyes. She smiled at him.
"Thank you James." She said still smiling.
"For what?" he asked, His heart leaping with joy that she had called him James.
"For showing me that everything doesn't have to be serious, today has been so horrible, with Nat and You and all this confusion and Petunia and . just everything." She smiled up at him with tears still in her eyes. Ever so carefully he wiped those tears away with his thumb, not knowing if they were tears of laughter or tears of sadness.
"Well I am still not quite sure about what I did but what ever it was you are quite welcome," he said making a mental note to find out who Petunia was. The tears were gone from Lily's face but his hand was still there caressing the soft skin on her cheeks. Lily smiled at him again. She felt much better, like a huge weight had been lifted from her chest.
For some reason as she pulled away from James's touch to stand up she felt reluctant to do so. James stood up and for the second time that day he offered her his hand. And for the second time that day she accepted it. And for the second time that day she felt weak and swayed on the spot. And for the second time that day he put his arms around her waist. But this time she didn't pull away in disgust.
Instead she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his lips to hers. She brushed her lips against his, running her tongue across his bottom lip. James, finally realising that Lily Evans was kissing him, responded opening his mouth and massaging her tongue with his. Lily pulled away and said, "good night James," with a smile. She then turned on her heel and ran up the three steps to the door to her room, she whispered a password and entered her room without giving him another look.
James just stood on the spot for about thirty seconds in complete awe. He had just kissed Lily Evans. No. Lily Evans had just kissed him. A short kiss, sweet, just like her. James licked his lips, the same lips that had just been kissed by Lily Evans. Lily, the most beautiful girl ever, in his eyes. 'I am never kissing another girl again' he swore. An hour ago she had hated his guts, two minutes ago she was kissing him. 'Wow' he thought 'girls and their mood swings'. He turned around and walked slowly towards his bedroom with thoughts of Lily swirling in his head.
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(A/N) Hello everyone!! Please don't hate me! *Ducks flying rotten fruit* I finally updated, I hated this chapter for so long and I still have my doubts about it. Please review. I really love reviews. Almost as much as I like Draco flavoured brownies. Mmmmm... Draco flavoured brownies. I need your opinion guyz. Should I start a Draco/Hermione story while I am still writing this one or should I just make a plan for the story and write it later. Please review. They make me so happy. *Grins* if you don't know how to review I will show you. It is this little button. Just push it and tell me something, anything. Even if you just type my favourite word. My favourite word is Murpk. *Grins evilly* Murpk Murpk Murpk!!! I am getting of the subject. Just follow the arrow and review please!! Oh! And if you wanna email me my addy is foxysoxy@optusnet.com.au With lotsa love from Steph (Goddess of Gorgeousness) total word count- 1864
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Disclaimer- I don't own any characters from the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling. I am just borrowing them for a wee little while.
(A.N) Please don't hurt me! I know I have been a while in updating but I have been sooooooo busy! AND my dad doesn't have the Internet so when I am staying with him I can't do anything. But here is another chapter. Please review; Even just a little review so I can get an idea of what everyone thinks. ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Lily walked into Professor McGonagall's office appearing cool calm and collected. On the inside though she was so confused that she could hardly concentrate on what Professor McGonagall was saying.
"Miss Evans, where is Mr. Potter?" McGonagall asked as Lily sat down in a chair opposite the Professors desk.
"I am sure that he will be along soon professor," She said slowly. "Would it be too much trouble professor if you gave me my instructions now and inform Ja.. Potter of his when he arrives?" She asked. She had had enough of James too last her a very long time. Seeing Professor McGonagall's concerned look silently asking for details she continued, " I am really tired" she added a fake yawn as if to prove her point, "I just want to lie down and sleep"
"Very well Miss Evans, to get into the head dormitory you must go to the portrait of Godric Griffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin, the portrait is of them designing the school emblem. The password is 'Hogwarts, a history'; you and Mr Potter may come up with a password to better suit you if you want to. The portrait is on the second floor near the defence against the dark arts room." Lily nodded to show that she understood, "well Miss Evans, that is all you need to know until our next meeting, you shall be notified of meeting times by owl, good night."
"Good night Professor" she said trying to smile, she failed miserably. As she turned to leave she bumped into James who was walking in through the door.
"Watch it Potter!" she spat as she recoiled from his touch.
"Sorry Lil.. Evans, I didn't see you there." James said to her, sweet as pie. 'Give her some time to cool off' he thought. Lily gave James the most evil look she could manage. 'Whoa! Okay a lot of time to cool off!' James changed his mind.
"Miss Evans? Would you be able to fill Mr Potter in on what I told you? I have some business to attend to." Professor McGonagall, asked, or rather, told Lily. Lily cringed slightly before turning around and saying "Of course Professor" with the best fake smile she could muster.
'Follow me Potter." She said as she started down the hall towards the DADA room.
"Where are we going?" he asked cautiously.
"To the head common room" she answered shortly.
Silence.
As they arrived at the portrait Lily took a deep breath and said to James "This is it, the password is 'Hogwarts, a history' but we can change it if we want"
"Do you want to change it?" James asked. Lily looked thoughtful for a second.
"Yes." She answered,
"Why?"
"Because if someone was walking past and just happened to say 'Hogwarts, a history' then the portrait would open up" she explained.
"Good thinking, do you have any ideas for the password?"
"Something unusual, so there is no chance that someone would say it in a normal conversation" Lily said.
James opened his mouth to say something.
"That means nothing to do with Quidditch in case people are talking about it" Lily continued.
James shut his mouth.
"I have got it!" Lily said "we will use a muggle word that hardly any one will know. Umm.. vacuum cleaner, that is it, I can't imagine anyone talking about vacuum cleaners in the hall."
James looked at Lily with a confused stare.
"Evans, umm what is a vacuum cleaner?"
Lily looked at him and laughed at the confused look on his face, a genuine laugh. James's heart melted, Lily looked so pretty when she laughed. Her eyes shined and her hair seemed redder, she was just glowing.
Lily tried to control her laughter.
"A vacuum cleaner, is sort of like an electric broom," she started. James's eyes lit up and the word 'broom'. "Not like a quidditch broom silly!" she said starting to laugh again "you use it to clean your house, it kinda sucks up the dirt and stuff" James's face fell, what was so interesting about a vacuum cleaner? And what was ekelitricklity? He would never understand muggles.
When Lily had calmed down she walked over to the portrait of four wizards working diligently on what was definitely an outline of the Hogwarts school crest.
"Hello?" Lily said to the portrait. James noticing what she was doing stopped thinking about killer vacuum cleaners and walked over to stand next to Lily.
"Hello?" came back the voice of a female, as a rather chubby Helga Hufflepuff walked forward in the portrait. "Aha! New head students! And what houses are you two in?" James answered for them, "Griffindor" he said loudly. Helga's face fell a bit but she was still smiling out at them. "Godric will go on about this for a long time, both in Griffindor!" she sighed "It has been so long since we have had a Hufflepuff head student, oh well, do you know the password?" James started to answer but Lily beat him to it. "Yes we do know the password, but we think it is too common and we would like to change it. The password is 'Hogwarts, a history' and we would like to change it to 'vacuum cleaner' please tell the others so they can let us in as well, I don't mean to be rude but I am very tired and I would like to go in now,"
"Yes of course you do it is cold out here in the hall" Helga said in a motherly tone as she opened the portrait with ease.
"Thank you" Lily said as she climbed in through the circular hole giving James a good view of her arse. Which James took to his full advantage. 'Maybe this is why we say 'ladies first'' he thought with a smirk as he thanked Helga and crawled in after Lily.
The common room that they would be sharing for the next year was absolutely amazing. The whole room was a deep scarlet with gold trimming. Gold handles, gold tiebacks, scarlet sofa covered in soft cushions of both scarlet and gold. Lily drew in her breath. It was so beautiful. She just stood there and took in the beauty of the room.
"Ahhh!" she squealed as James tumbled out of the portrait hole on top of her.
"Hey Lil" he said "what are ya doin' on the floor?" James asked playfully giving Lily a genuine smile and hoping with all his heart that she wouldn't scream at him because a, he called her Lil instead of Evans. B, he had landed on top of her. Or c, just because she was in a kinda bad mood and seemed to like yelling at him, a lot. To his surprise she did the exact opposite. She laughed. Lily Anne Evans was rolling around on the head common room floor- laughing. James blinked, yup, it was real. Lily sat up with tears in her eyes. She smiled at him.
"Thank you James." She said still smiling.
"For what?" he asked, His heart leaping with joy that she had called him James.
"For showing me that everything doesn't have to be serious, today has been so horrible, with Nat and You and all this confusion and Petunia and . just everything." She smiled up at him with tears still in her eyes. Ever so carefully he wiped those tears away with his thumb, not knowing if they were tears of laughter or tears of sadness.
"Well I am still not quite sure about what I did but what ever it was you are quite welcome," he said making a mental note to find out who Petunia was. The tears were gone from Lily's face but his hand was still there caressing the soft skin on her cheeks. Lily smiled at him again. She felt much better, like a huge weight had been lifted from her chest.
For some reason as she pulled away from James's touch to stand up she felt reluctant to do so. James stood up and for the second time that day he offered her his hand. And for the second time that day she accepted it. And for the second time that day she felt weak and swayed on the spot. And for the second time that day he put his arms around her waist. But this time she didn't pull away in disgust.
Instead she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his lips to hers. She brushed her lips against his, running her tongue across his bottom lip. James, finally realising that Lily Evans was kissing him, responded opening his mouth and massaging her tongue with his. Lily pulled away and said, "good night James," with a smile. She then turned on her heel and ran up the three steps to the door to her room, she whispered a password and entered her room without giving him another look.
James just stood on the spot for about thirty seconds in complete awe. He had just kissed Lily Evans. No. Lily Evans had just kissed him. A short kiss, sweet, just like her. James licked his lips, the same lips that had just been kissed by Lily Evans. Lily, the most beautiful girl ever, in his eyes. 'I am never kissing another girl again' he swore. An hour ago she had hated his guts, two minutes ago she was kissing him. 'Wow' he thought 'girls and their mood swings'. He turned around and walked slowly towards his bedroom with thoughts of Lily swirling in his head.
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(A/N) Hello everyone!! Please don't hate me! *Ducks flying rotten fruit* I finally updated, I hated this chapter for so long and I still have my doubts about it. Please review. I really love reviews. Almost as much as I like Draco flavoured brownies. Mmmmm... Draco flavoured brownies. I need your opinion guyz. Should I start a Draco/Hermione story while I am still writing this one or should I just make a plan for the story and write it later. Please review. They make me so happy. *Grins* if you don't know how to review I will show you. It is this little button. Just push it and tell me something, anything. Even if you just type my favourite word. My favourite word is Murpk. *Grins evilly* Murpk Murpk Murpk!!! I am getting of the subject. Just follow the arrow and review please!! Oh! And if you wanna email me my addy is foxysoxy@optusnet.com.au With lotsa love from Steph (Goddess of Gorgeousness) total word count- 1864
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