Chapter 9 "Attached To My Enemy" by marauderyears
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Lily's POV
I opened my eyes and had to immediately close them again at the bright light that shot through the window. I groaned when I realized I had a splitting headache.
Feeling a hand wrapped around my waist, I flipped over to see James still asleep with his mouth hanging open. I was about to start panicking over the fact that I was in his bed, but than I realized that we had been doing that for the last couple of nights because of the blasted handcuffs.
I was about to wake James up, but feeling a sudden wave of nausea, I had to run to the bathroom. Momentarily forgetting that my arm was stuck to James, I ended up ripping him off the bed causing him to wake up with a yell. I made it into the bathroom just in time to rid myself of my last meal.
"Merlin Lily, why'd you have to do that? I almost hit my head..." He stopped and his face turned slightly green and before I knew it, he pushed me away from the toilet to dispose of his own most recent meal.
All of the sudden, I remembered that last night there had been a Gryffindor Victory Party because we won the Quidditch Game... Did I drink something I shouldn't have?
I turned to James. "James, did I drink last night?"
Wiping his mouth with his hand, he nodded. "Yeah, so did I... I think we had a little too much Butterbeer, which I didn't think had any alcohol... probably Padfoot and Wormtail's doing."
"Yeah, at least I didn't do anything that...I'm going...to...regr- Oh shit! Did we do something last night?" I said, slowly remembering last night's events. I can only remember bits and pieces of it... I felt myself turn red at the thought of it.
James' eyes widened and he smacked himself on the forehead. He nodded. He opened his mouth, closed it, than opened it again. He leaned against the wall of the bathroom and sighed. "Look Lily...I'm really sorry...I didn't know...I wasn't aware of anything...and I'm sorry about...taking advantage of you last night..."
I nodded, accepting his apology, but I felt myself pale. "Did we...?" I left the embarrassing question to hang in the air as James thought about it.
He shook his head. "No. We didn't do it. I passed out shortly after you did. Plus I would know if we had...done anything that we shouldn't have." He said, his confidence making me feel better.
We sat there in quiet silence for a few minutes, as I tried to calm myself down. I took a deep breath, slowing letting the air out. "You know, as surprising as it may seem, I've always wanted to stay a virgin until I get married."
I looked at James to see his face completely blank of emotion. He nodded slowly. "I respect that. And...I hope you do because it's very special to lose it to the person you love. Whoever you marry is going to be one lucky man..."
I blushed and nervously chewed on my tongue. He surprised me by talking again. "You know, I wish I was a virgin. I wish that I had morals like you. I'm trying to change... But when I was 15, I was really stupid and immature, so I can't change what I did back then."
I moved closer to him, and took his hand in mine, squeezing it gently. "No one will hold it against you for being a prat when you were 15..." I said smiling softly.
"You do."
I bit back a sigh of guilt. "Yes. But you've changed...and I see that now. I mean, not counting last night of course because we were both pissed."
He laughed. "Yes, and I'm still truly sorry about that."
I waved off his apology. "There's no need to be sorry, I was equally at fault."
"Yes but you're the innocent one in this case."
I frowned. "What do you mean?"
His face changed from blank to apologetic. "No, I didn't mean that how it sounded. What I meant to say is that you're a virgin and if you do it than you lose it, but I've already lost it, so it doesn't matter for me if I do it again."
I shrugged. We sat in silence again. "Who'd you lose it to?"
I saw him blush as he avoided my eye. "Bridgett Minx."
I felt something drop in my stomach. My best friend... Bridgett Minx. Of course considering that she's in Ravenclaw, I don't get to see her that often. I knew that James and her had gone out for a little bit at the end of 4th year and beginning of 5th year... Bridgett never told me that they had...you know. I guess I don't blame them for doing it, they had gotten along pretty well. But James had dumped her for reasons I don't know of. I still feel a little left out that she hadn't told me that she and James had... you know.
I noticed James watching my face, probably looking for a reaction. Thinking about it made be nauseous- or maybe it was the alcohol- but I had to lean back over the toilet to throw up again. I felt my hair get pulled back from my face. I smiled at James as he held my hair for me.
Once I came back up for air, he had a really serious expression on his face. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah... I mean I still feel sick, but the headache is going away-"
"No, about me and Bridgett having sex."
I winced. When he said it like that, it sounded so much...worse. He noticed me wince, and he took my hand in his. "If it makes you feel any better, I have no feelings for her anymore whatsoever."
I let a small smile grace my lips. "Wait a second. What makes you think that I need to be 'cheered up'?"
He frowned. "Well, you don't, but don't you feel weird that you're best friend and I-"
I held up my hands to stop him. "Okay, okay. So it does bother me a little, but only because I can't imagine how horrible it must have been for poor Bridgett-"
He laughed. We were both quiet for a second. "Damn Sirius for spiking the Butterbeer. Leave it to him to do something like that."
"Well we better start getting ready." I said, standing up and helping him to his feet.
Later during History of Magic, I decided to ask Bridgett about her and James. Considering we were in History of Magic, it'd be easy to write notes back and forth without anyone noticing. I just had to cover my notes so that James (who's sitting right next to me) won't see them.
Hey Bridgett.
Hey Lily!
Do you remember when you went out with James?
Yeah, of course. Why?
Er...This is going to sound really awkward... But, did you ever sleep with him?
I could tell that she was embarrassed because it took awhile for her to write back. Meanwhile I watched as James and Sirius flicked balled up pieces of parchment at each other. I watched as James brushed some of his messy hair out of his face. I could see his face perfectly now. There's no denying the fact that he's quite attractive.
Suddenly feeling my stare, James looked up at me and winked. I felt my face heat up and I quickly looked back down to see that Bridgett had written back.
Umm, yeah I did. Only a couple of times, though. He's wonderful... Why do you want to know?
Oh no reason.
I was saved from further explanation by the bell ringing. I'm not sure why, but for some reason the fact that James and Bridgett had...done it, bothered me quite a bit.
James' POV
Lily and I were sitting together in the Common Room later that night when I finally mentioned what was on my mind.
"Umm, so... Christmas Break is coming up very soon."
She smiled and nodded. "Yes it is."
"Well... considering we're stuck together... do you want to come to my house for Christmas?"
She looked surprised. "I'd love to. I just have to ask my parents."
"They won't mind that you're not going to be spending Christmas with them?"
She hesitated for a moment. "Well, they'll be a bit put out, but that's okay because they're flying to Scotland to visit our relatives so they'll have other things on their mind."
I grinned. "I knew you had some Scottish in you with that beautiful red hair of yours."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but I'm actually one of the few people in my family who has red hair. My mum obviously does and my grandma, but that's it. Well, that I know of at least."
A/N: Alright. I realize that this was a short chapter and that it was a really long wait for such a waste of a chapter and I'm sorry. But now we've found out a little bit of information about James' past. And a little bit about Lily's red headness, lol.