Sorry if there are errors in this. I'm kinda in a hurry tonight i have to meet some friends at 10. Were coming to the point when i need your guys intake. what do you want to happen to these characters?!? LOL. i hope you like this chapter.
Happy Reading, Redbird07

Kisses

I'm going to tell her. She has a right to know and it is better that she finds out from me than someone else. Right? James thought about this and all the other scenarios that could happen when he told Lily about the bet as he walked up to the East Wing to meet her. When he got to the door though...all he could do was just stare at it. He wanted to run the other way. But he had to do it. He had to go in there and tell her.

Come on James. Where are you? Lily thought. She was so nervous and excited to see him. She needed to tell him something very important. Was he evening going to come? Of course he would. She only put the envelope in blind sight. She loved him. And she was going to tell him so. The door opened than. And James Potter stepped through. All of a sudden her heart caught in her throat and she knew he was going to be hers. She ran to him and gave him a huge hug and whispered in his ear. "You were amazing today, Potter" she then kissed him and he kissed her back. It was their first kiss and it was wonderful. It was a kiss of promise of what was yet to come. She then ended the kiss and walked back to where she was originally standing. "Here this is for you." She then took out her wand and created a simple perfect lily in midair. She then gave it to him. She was so nervous when she did this because, besides kissing her back, James hadn't made any other reaction to her when he entered the room. "I love flowers." She said unsure now of his feelings, "And this flower represents my..." he then grabbed her and kissed her again.

"I love you." He said in a low aching whisper and hugged her tight to him. With tears in her eyes Lily whispered back to him "I love you too."

He didn't know how long they were in there kissing each other and telling each other secrets and talking about the game. All he knew was that he couldn't tell her. He loved her to much to hurt her like this and in all actuality...it wasn't such a horrible bet. It was ok if she didn't know about it...wasn't it? She loved him and he loved her. What else was there to worry about. She had giving him a lily. A lily to represent her giving him her whole heart and he was going to keep it, and her safe... for the rest of their lives together.

::Remus Thinking::

He couldn't believe that he asked Rachael to go to Hogsmede with him this weekend. Right after he did it he could feel that he was going to regret it...but he didn't know why. He just had this feeling that something was going to go...wrong. It was probably just his imagination. What could go wrong? When he got back to the common room no one was in there. He went in his room and was going to get ready for bed. But, then decided to go out by the fire and read some of him Charms lesson instead. When he left his dormitory though; she was out there reading....Bella. Turn around Lupin, Go back in the room and just go to bed instead, he said to himself. But he couldn't. He then continued to walk down to the common room to join her.

She couldn't sleep. After seeing Rachael and Remus all over each other at the quidditch game...she shook her head...she just couldn't sleep. So she decided to come out to the common room and read. Reading was one of her favorite things to do in the entire world. And many didn't know about her passion for it. She always pictured herself as the heroine and ending up with the prince at the end of the story. Just though when she was about to get to her favorite part in the book...she felt someone else in the room with her. And it was a presence she knew very well. She lifted her reading glasses off her nose and perched them on top of her head...and looked directly into the eyes of Remus Lupin. When ever he looked at her in the eyes, her heart always seemed to skip a beat now. She just smiled at him though and returned to her book, pretending like nothing had transpired between them through their stares. He then continued to walk down the stairs to join her by the fire.

"Why are you still up?" He asked in a quite voice and sat in a couch across from her.

"Oh." She thought about saying for a minute 'Because I think I'm falling in love with you, but you have a girlfriend and I can't have you. So now I just stay up and think about you all the time.' But thought better of it and instead said, "Just couldn't sleep. So, I just decided to grab a book instead and read."

"Oh." Then they were quite for awhile and just stared at each other. He then broke the stare and grabbed his charms book and started to flip through the pages until he reached his lesson. Then Bella asked, "What are you still doing up?"

"I just got back from taking Rachael back to her room. And was going to go to bed but decided to work on some homework instead."

"Oh." They were quite then again. Bella, deciding to break the silence, she didn't look him in the eye when she said; "Rachael seems like a very nice girl." It took a lot for her to say the rest with out crying "I'm happy for both of you." She could feel tears coming so she decided to end her torture and just go to bed instead of embarrassing herself by crying in front of him. "Well...ummm...I'm gonna get to bed. I will let you study....Good night Remus." She picked up her book and stood up and started to walk up the staircase to the girl's dormitory.

"Good night Bell. Sweet dreams." He called after her watching her retreating form. She then all of a sudden stopped at the top of the stairs, turned around and walked back down them. She then sat down right next to him and turned her body to face him and he faced her too. She then put both hands on either side of his face and kissed him. Kissed him with everything she had in her, with all the feelings she had been keeping hidden. And he returned it. It was a kiss filled with passion, promise, and wanting. Remus then abruptly pulled away and stood up quickly, "Jesus Bella we can't do this." He said in a raw voice, "I have a girl friend and I can't..." she then also stood up and they were again face to face. "Shhh...I know I'm sorry I shouldn't have done what I did...I just...I think I'm falling in love with you..." she had tears rolling down her cheeks and she half laughed "I'm sorry...I just..."

"You love me." Everything was quite. "God dammit Bella! You just think you can come over her and throw yourself at me and get me to say the same thing to you. I have a girl friend. And SHE loves me." He said in an angry voice. He then walked around her to put some space between him and continued, "You just want me because you can't have me Bell. Admit it. I'm a challenge and you want to win me. Well you aren't." She felt as if she had just been slapped and more tears had begun to run down her face. Remus then said, "Come on Bell cut the crap. I'm not falling for it. Ok ok you're 'in love with me'. Well then get over it." He said this with a cocky grin and sat back down on the couch.

She then gathered all the strength she had left in her and said, "Right, just like you got over me Remus." Her words cut like a whip. She then brushed past him and ran back up to the girl's dormitory. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she got up there. What did she expect for him...to admit his love for her? He never would do that especially since he had a girl friend. But she saw the look in his eye and felt his feelings through his kiss. It was a look of wanting and of love. She knew it. And if there was one thing for sure...it was that Remus still had feelings for her...and she was going to get him to admit it.