A/N: Hey hey ^_^ Another update, heheh. I'm sorry I left all of you on a cliffy – But no fear, the next chapter is here!! … Okay. How gay was that? Hahah, okay, have fun enjoying the next chapter and leave a review! ^_-
After All These Years
Chapter Four – An Innocent Game of Strip Truth or Dare…
Sirius rubbed his hands in excitement. This is going to be good! "Okay, Lily. Truth or Dare?" Sirius asked.
Lily paused for a second and thought wisely. She'd be insane if she said dare, especially with Sirius asking the question, so she stuck with the safe choice.. . "Truth." Lily grinned.
Sirius did a little huddle with James.
"Okay," James grinned. "Have you ever had sex?"
"No comment," Lily said and took off her shoes.
"Aw, come on, don't be such a wuss," Sirius moaned sadly. "Taking off your shoes? Psh!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Okay, erm… Sirius! Truth or Dare?" She asked devilishly with a twinkle in her eye. Choose Dare…
"Dare," Sirius replied automatically. Lily wouldn't make him do something that bad… would she?
"Okay," Lily said. "I've thought about this long and hard, and now I can finally watch you perform it. Take off all your clothes, stick your head in the toilet, slush it around, run around the hotel naked yelling 'Monkeys steal my underwear when I sleep!'! Easy, huh?" Lily grinned and folded her arms across her chest.
Sirius's mouth dropped open. "Oh puh-leez! That is child's work. This is easy!" Sirius exclaimed. "This is why I'm the king of Truth or Dare. Well, actually the Dare part."
"Oh yes," Lily added. "I forgot something – you have to sneak into the room next to ours and steal Mrs. Bounder's bra or the helpdesk clerk's." Mrs. Bounder was a rather large lady that disapproved of James and Sirius's pranks and had tagged along with them during the trip. Only recently had she revealed herself to them.
"Okay, now, that is just … mean," Sirius said. "It's Mrs. Bounder, dammit."
"Either that… or remove your boxers," Lily winked. "Either way, you're going to be naked."
Sirius sighed. "Fine, I'll do it."
"Do us a favor and please remove your clothes outside, okay?" James said, shuddering at the thought of his best friend naked. "I don't really want to see you naked, no offense."
"Well, then, if Sirius does that, how will we know he's naked?" Lily asked. "We need some proof. It's not like I want to see him naked, I just want to make him suffer. That's the point of a dare."
"Haha, Lily, I know you want to see my naked. You don't have to make up those silly excuses. It's all right though, just make sure you don't faint from all the sex waves my ass gives off, okay?" Sirius asked. They laughed.
Sirius faced the door and removed his boxers. "Happy now?"
Lily nodded and grinned. This was going to be way too good! Sirius covered his… parts and went to the bathroom. Everyone heard a deep breath and sounds of clothes being removed. He came out, still covering his… parts, and his hair wet, with drops of water that's been who knows where, dripping down his drenched, black hair. He grinned and raced out the door.
"He seriously has problems," Lily said, shaking her head as Sirius slammed the door shut. Shouts of 'Monkeys steal my underwear when I'm sleeping!' echoed throughout the hall while everyone just bursts into peals of laughter.
"That's Sirius," James said, chuckling. "He's always up for a dare."
"Yeah," Lily agreed, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Gotta love that. Hm, should we have asked Remus and Arabella to come and play with us?"
"Nah, they're probably having fun themselves," James grinned.
Lily grimaced. "Pervert."
"Thank you, thank you," James said, bowing.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I really don't think that's something you should be proud of?"
"Why not?" James protested. "I've worked very hard all of my life just for that kind of recognition from girls, you know. And all sorts of other kinds of recognition, too, if you know what I mean." He winked.
Lily grimaced and rolled her eyes. "Anyways, I believe it's your turn. I'll ask for Sirius," Lily said, changing the subject.
James thought about this hard. Would Lily give him a dare like she gave Sirius? Damn, this was confusing. "Truth," James replied. He did not want to dip his perfect hair into a toilet.
"Okay…" Lily pursed her lips. "Are you a virgin?"
James grinned. "I don't kiss and tell, Lily," He replied and took off his shirt. Lily's mouth dropped to the floor. His chest was chiseled so beautifully. He had abs and a great six-pack going. Lily practically drooled, but stopped herself. This was James… James Potter! Her best friend's boyfriend's best friend. (What a chain!) She couldn't like him. Lily started wondering if James was really a virgin or not…
"Lily, are you okay?" James asked, laughing a little. "You look like you want to eat me. Is my body really that banging?"
Lily glared and closed her wide-open mouth. "Shut up, Potter," She glared at him.
James laughed heartily, making his dimples show and Lily to melt inside. "All right, truth or dare?"
Lily thought for a while. She was feeling a little adventurous… "Dare," She grinned.
"Hmm, too bad I just thought of another inappropriate question to ask you," James said, grinning then thinking hard. A sparkle in his eye formed. "Kiss me, Lily."
"What?" Lily said, looking at James as if he'd gone mad.
"Kiss me," James replied simply. "Put your lips on mine and then maybe we can-"
"I know what it means," Lily interrupted, stating the obvious. "Why would you want me to kiss you?"
"Because it's funny watching your freak out," James laughed and pointed at Lily. He knew it wasn't the truth, he just wanted to see how it'd feel like. Would there be a spark or no? It was driving him crazy. "So, you chickened out and I guess you have to take off one piece of your clothing now." He rubbed his hands in excitement. "Ooh, this is going to get interesting."
"Shut up," Lily glared, taking off her socks. "There, my socks are gone." She smiled smugly to herself.
"Oh, gosh darn it!" James said, snapping his fingers. "You are such a daredevil, Lily! Taking off both your socks. Wow!"
Lily laughed. "I know I am; no need to be jealous, Mr. Potter."
"Anyways, since you rejected my dare, let's just kiss anyways… for the fun of it," James grinned, his eyes twinkling.
"No, that'd be so weird," Lily replied. She wanted to kiss him too. He looked so irresistible.
"Would it?" James murmured.
"Yes," Lily replied shakily.
"Oh god, that was amazing!" Sirius yelled as he entered the room, wearing Mrs. Bounder's bra over his masculine chest. "I've never felt so vigorous in my life!"
"You also didn't smell this bad since that one time where you didn't shower for a week," James replied, holding a nose.
Thank god for Sirius's dramatic entrance, or else the tension between Lily and James would've been so awkward. "Ew, Sirius, that's gross," Lily said.
"Not really," he shrugged. "Now, excuse me, because thanks to a certain someone," and at this point he looked at Lily with a twitching eye, "I have who-knows-what gunk from the toilet drenched all over me and I must shower. Good day."
Lily laughed. Sirius was so delightfully weird, yet funny at the same time.
"Bye Padfoot," James replied, grinning. His best friend… he could be such a kook sometimes.
"Padfoot?" Lily asked curiously. "What an interesting nickname! Are you two lovers, or what?"
James laughed. "Oh, Gods no! It's just our nicknames for each other from when we were little. I called him Padfoot since he liked dogs so much… and with that shaggy hair, he kind of resembles a dog, don't you think?" James tilted his head sideways, waiting for Lily's answer.
"Yeah, he does, kind of," Lily agreed. "How interesting."
"Yeah," James said. Damn.. the conversation was dying out. "Well, it's your turn."
"Truth or Dare?" Lily asked, looking bored.
"Dare!" James replied. "Give me your best, Evans."
"Now I dare you to kiss me," Lily grinned triumphantly, folding her arms over her chest.
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Aah, sorry for this short chapter!! Lily and James had some sort of… connection there, huh? J Well please review… I think I'll be finishing this story in another chapter or two... and whatever happened to Sirius?!
Sorry for this delayed chapter, but I couldn't log into my fanfiction.net account! :( The URL was… broken, I guess.