Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters do not belong to me. Pretty obvious.
Also, the last part of this chapter is based on an extract from Adele Geras' Troy, I hereby disclaim the credit for the idea.
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Chapter 10 : Is she a good kisser?
James stood alone in the middle of the pitch. He knew that everyone was watching to see what he would do next, but he didn't know what he was going to do. He looked up to Remus, Sirius and Peter for advice. They pointed and nodded their heads towards the school. James knew exactly what they were trying to say.
"Get off the pitch. Now."
He strode purposefully towards the edge of the stadium. His friends were right, he had to get out of here, before anything worse happened.
Worse? What was he thinking? Lily Evans had just kissed him, he'd been dreaming of this day ever since he met her! And it wasn't as if he was going to get into trouble, he hadn't asked her to do it.
But then he remembered Matthew Goldstein, Lily's boyfriend. Everyone said he absolutely adored her. If that was true, then he was in serious danger of getting two black eyes.
He jogged for the last few paces of the pitch. Nobody tried to stop him, not even the hordes of girls who constantly followed him around. They just watched him silently as he passed.
His friends were waiting for him in the Entrance Hall.
"Prongs?" Said Sirius cautiously. "Prongs, are you OK?"
"James opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. Lily had just kissed him in front of everyone.
"It's OK," continued Sirius, "no-one's going to blame you-"
James just shrugged. Remus stepped in.
"You needn't worry about Evans, she'll be all right. You know how popular she is, she'll have loads of friends with her."
"I should be with her," James said hoarsely.
"Sorry mate, but you're the last person she'll want to see right now," Sirius advised. "Well - except Goldstein."
"Goldstein wouldn't dare go near James. Forget about him, he's not going to cause any trouble," said Remus.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah... So come on then Prongs, tell us... Is Evans a good kisser?"
James grinned. Typical of Padfoot.
"To be honest," he admitted, "I didn't realise what was happening until it was over."
"You're supposed to say that she's the most sexy, seductive creature in the history of the universe and you can't wait to kiss her again."
"Maybe I won't ever kiss her again. She probably thinks she's blown it and won't even talk to me. Oh! What kind of person am I? Here we are talking, and Lily could be anywhere, alone. Come on, we've got to go and find her!"
"He can't be too upset then," whispered Remus in Sirius' ear. "Good old Prongs, always playing the hero - even in total shock."
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Sorry if you found the last bit difficult to read, it was very very hard to type it without the spaces. I saw this style in Troy by Adele Geras (a different version to the film that's just been made (with Orli as Paris!!!!!!!!)) And I thought it was fantastic for showing how we think and how our thoughts link in, especially for someone who is in deep shock and probably isn't thinking quite right. It was also the easiest part of the story to write because I wrote it as I was thinking it myself, the words just flowed across the page...................
Enough now. Thanks to all my reviewers, and especially big thanks to my two most loyal readers, one is my best friend Rose and the other has been secretly reading my stuff again and again which I only found out about yesterday...
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