So Lily dear, would you like another Cherry Snap? I had Mooko order enough to have us stalked with it for years!" Mrs. Potter joyfully said laughing. The Cherry rum had seemly started to work its magic on her senses. I swirled my Cherry Snap around the cubes of the non-melting ice. Rippling like blankets over the crystal cubes, it occasionally sparked gold jets of laughing gas at the drinker. I could feel Sirius and James's eyes taking in my every move: waiting for me to get them in trouble with the parents. They tiptoed as if on broken glass around Mrs. Potter and joked like loins with her husband. It was rather fascinating how posh families acted in a normal magical society. The characteristics were all they same; however, the surrounds and lifestyle were topsy-turvy. Take for instance how I am sitting in a plush royal blue chair, with all of its woodwork obviously elfin hand craved (which is extremely expensive to just to even imagine), and sipping a widely known, top of the line, Cherry Snap. For you clueless people out there, this stuff is a famous wizard drink, which has to start brewing a few decades ahead of the time before it even reaches the drinkers lips. Yeah, not at all like the common muggle soda pop or nighttime drink. Amazingly enough, I still couldn't tell if they were trying to: impress me, display their hospitality and/or sympathize for my current state.
"Oh, no thank you, Mrs. Potter. It is quite delicious, however I do not do to well with alcohol." I said lying through my teeth. I actually had a high tolerance, but the deep volcano red was making me dizzy, as pictures of the same penetrating color once dripped the life out of a man's body.
"Are you sure? We have many other drinks too, Mooko is a wonderful little house elf, organizes everything..." Mrs. Potter blabbed on as I unawarely diverted my attention to something else.
The Potter's estate was rather large a modest person would say. It was hidden behind large rusty Iron gates past a few miles of the forest wildlife before opening to a breath taking beautiful mansion surrounded by Mrs. Potter's beloved flower gardens. The Mansion was both impressive and welcoming with its Russian domes and turrets topped with witches hats; a peculiar mixture of architecture however it all came together to create a giant masterpiece. Mrs. Potter told me how for centuries it was passed down through generations of Potters ever since the first one had built it. The founders of Hogwarts school had also offered to buy it, yet when their offers were denied, they took it's style into consideration before deciding on a castle to make birth. "I'd must admit" she had said "I really did not want to live here when I married him, it's too big, however the flower gardens made me change my mind. They are simply divine." she had said when we first caught view of the mansion, and I could see her point. The richness of their 'humble' home was astounding and without the gardens the mansion would have been very intimidating and somewhat frightful.
"Oh my! Look at the time!" Mrs. Potter's shocked voice stopped all conversation, "It is past two in the morning! Lily you must be exhausted! James, will you show your friend to her room? Mooko has set her up in the Rose tower, third floor." she said as I almost flinched when she called me James's friend, she must not have known about our history. James slowly raised, and seemed to keep on growing for a while to reach to his full height in a lazy stretch, a yawning Sirius behind him.
"Night mom, dad." he said before gesturing with his head for me to follow him, "Lily" he said simply. I followed him and Sirius out of the opened room to the hallway and up the grand staircase. "So Lil, how's it going… still thinking up an escape route?" He said lazily as we climbed.
"Hey, I never did." I lied thinking about Breanna's and my playful conversations previously and our various plans we had made in the common room at obscene times in the mornings. "Truly I just could not have waited to spend an entire two weeks with you." I said thinking of his reaction to the car joke earlier.
"Oh really? I could of planned that anytime babe... all you needed of said was where and when." James cunningly replied as I saw a smirk grow on Sirius's bored face.
"Really?" I questioned further just to see how fresh he was going to get.
"Oh yeah..." he said in a deeper voice before I cut him off.
"Hey James, why are you guys such pussies in front of your mom?" I asked which wiped the smirk right off of his face and raised a little color. He looked as if he was going to deny the entire matter, however wisely decided against it. It was way to obvious to contradict or let alone ignore.
"She's my mom," he said simply as we reached the top of the stairs and took a few turns. I decided to leave it, due to the obvious living together situation, as they dropped me off at the "Rose tower" in front of a pinkish door. Sirius who amazingly enough barely spoken that night (other then discussing cars with James's father), found the energy in his tired daze to say "good night" before wandering off in another direction leaving me and James conveniently alone.
He always seemed impressive from his height and character even when he was being an ass, however this time he seemed as God himself peering down at me in a sleepy gaze. It was rather enchanting as my body seized up in one glance, which rattled my mind as I took on a strange, complex, and entirely new outlook on him. Goodness gracious, who could blame me? Past all of that arrogance, and personality issues, he still was drop dead sexy. I hated him for it. I hated how he tormented me that moment when I lost all senses and blood flow to my brain just by his heavenly lashed eyes gazing down on my smaller figure. He was a momma's boy, it disgusted me, and at the same time was quite appealing.
He must of noticed the strange look in my eyes, and for a moment misplaced himself, nervously fidgeting like no girl has ever seen him do. I almost laughed, sadly I was so wrapped up in the liquor, exhaustion, and him I could have never of brought myself to do it. It was James who found words first, stumbling across the vocabulary and the new feeling it would have looked pathetic to anyone else. "Um... Yeah... here's where you'll stay. I'm in the next tower with Sirius..." he trailed off as I held his gaze enchanted. I softly closed my eyes, took in the comforting smell of a man, before I stepped towards the door... and towards James. I accidentally brushed up against him as he jumped slightly in surprise, before timidly closing in the distance between. I do not know why or how it happened, but all of a sudden we were so close my mouth could touch his chest as his breath sent shivers down my spine with the sporadic warmth. I raised my head to meet his gaze, suddenly excited how his eyes caressed mine, making me want to laugh, cry, and beat the air with joy all at the same time. Slowly he stooped down as I was paralyzed in the moment, numb to anything before or in the future as his lips grazed mine softly. He was testing me, himself, and the dream we wrapped ourselves carelessly in: and I loved every second of it. I gently pressed my lips against his as I used the door to hold myself up. He pressed his body against mine affecting me in a way as never before as I lost all sense of the surroundings or time. The door held us up as sweet gentle kisses danced on our lips. I never new I could feel so wonderful as I did when James kissed me. I didn't want to ever stop. Our hearts hammered together as James broke away, leaning harder on me then before, his head tucked into my hair as he inhaled deeply. Oh shit, I hope I conditioned it. What if was wiry? Or smelly? That would be HORRID! Unaware to myself I shuttered against him as his warm, deep and comforting smell took over me, I wanted to love him like he had never been loved before. "Oh Lily" He huskily whispered into my ear as I nearly trembled in delight form hearing my name grace his beautifully handsome lips.
"Excuse me, Master James, But I was sent to help Miss Evans into her room." Said a squeaky high-pitched voice out of nowhere snapping us out of our trance. James jumped back, sulkily as if he committed a crime and was caught red handed. We both were scarlet; as I burned up I saw an older house elf waiting professionally off to the side, towels floating behind her.
"Umm... Yeah.. Good Night, Lily." James said before walking away down the hall with a weird look upon his face. I closed my eyes, still trying to smell him as he left me, fighting down my scarlet blush, and the desire to trace my lips where his had whispered against my own.
The house elf took no notice to my current state, and showed me into my room what over took me with luxury as I sat in on the plush bed facing the rose gardens. "I hope you had a good journey, Miss Lily. The entire house was excited to see you come, we like to have visitors, not to mention friends of the family stay." She said as her neat uniform of red and gold ruffled around her as she bustled around the room, adding more zest to the blazing fire in an attempt to warm up the old stone walls. "Now if you need anything, call on me, Missy is my name, alright Miss Lily? Any time, any where." She smiled at me as she shut the fur capped emerald green curtains, covering the nighttime windows, and hiding the glass doors to the small balcony. "Now would you like anything to drink or snack on before you retire to your bed?" she asked as the towels, which had been following her whizzed into the bathroom off to the side.
I stifled a yawn, "No thank you, you have been very kind to me, Missy, but I am about to fall asleep just standing here." I said truthfully as the weight of the extensive day weighed down on my shoulders.
"It is an honor to serve you Miss, now a good night to you." she said before vanishing and repairing at the large semi-circle pink door, and shutting it softly behind her. The moment I changed I collapsed into the soft warmth of my bed and almost instantly feel into a deep sleep. However how I might have slept well, some others did not. James appeared the next morning with dark circles under his eyes, replicating his friends Sirius's; however, James's attitude did not mirror Sirius's obviously annoyed one.
"Good day, mum. Lily..." James said smiling and plopping down in a chair across from me.
"Yeah good fucking morning to you too." Sirius grumbled under his breath as he collapsed into a chair.
"James, you two should really learn to go to bed when you are tired. Look at you two! It is a disgrace! What type of impression is that going to leave on your friend Lily here? I would not blame her if she believed you did not honor her enough by resting yourselves to be a good host. It is a disgrace!" Mrs. Potter lectured, which I was beginning to feel she did a lot of.
"I don't think you have to worry about James not being a good host, right Lily?" Sirius said before looking me straight in the eyes, I could practically feel my reddening face. I tried to pretend I was fascinated with buttering my toast, while truly I was praying that I was not as red as my hair.
"Umm, yeah." I said trying not to squeak, I could kill that man. I bit into my toast savoring the fresh herb bread before I came to notice something sliding across my feet. Slowly I peered down, and what I saw took me by surprise.
Authors Note:
Does it seem updated? YES! Because I'm finally editing! In all truth I finally received an AWESOME professor to teach me grammar. The great thing about the internet is that you can always come back and improve your work! Thank you for either rereading or reading for the first time, I sincerely appreciate it!
Sincerely,
Kristin