Welcome everyone to chapter 7. Things here are going good. Sorry that this
chapter took a while longer to pump out. Not much happens in this chapter,
but there is some L/J action, but I haven't been very excited to write it.
I like chapters with more action, but that is just my style. Sorry again
that this took so long.
I saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban again, 3rd time, and it was awesome as always. This time I know that I was annoying the people around me because when Sirius and Harry go off and are talking while looking at Hogwarts, I muttered to myself 'damn Bellatrix Lestrange for killing him in book 5' and this old couple turned around and gave me looks of utter hatred, and it only added when my cell phone went off. ;;; yep, I am not person you want to sit next to in a movie theatre, ESPECIALLY when the movie is based off of a book that I have read, I spend most of the time criticizing the movie and saying that the book is better. And again, Lupin's mustache scares me.
One another note; for those of you who like Peter Pettigrew be warned that I utterly loath Peter and he is hardly mentioned at all in my story. The only times he his mentioned is when Remus transforms, or when he is doing an evil deed for Voldemort. That is ALL mention I will give him. I hate the little bastard with the rage of a thousand suns.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did, I would kill Peter and Bellatrix very slowly and painfully. All is property of J.K. Rowling.
One last thing, the dream sequences are marked by .
Warning: In this chapter, the rating should be around PG-15 but nothing too bad. Nothing too sour. If you are offended by that kind of material, don't read. No one is forcing you, besides this chapter is mainly Lily/James action. Another warning for you; FLUFF is not my specialty, as a matter of fact I am somewhat new at writing anything fluff like, so you will have to excuse that. Please? Thank you.
Enjoy
XVIX
(Lily's dream)
Lily was slowing walking through the darkened corridors of Hogwarts. It was clearly after hours and Lily knew that she shouldn't be out of bed at that hour, but some force seemed to be pulling her forward. At first Lily questioned it, but as time went on the force had proven itself to be positive, and she didn't fight it. For Lily to along with something that cannot be seen or heard in any sense was a rare thing, but Lily felt as if some invisible force, or feeling, was guiding her.
Eventually Lily had found herself in the Room of Requirement and waiting there was Dorcas, Amberle, Sirius, and Remus. It didn't really occur to Lily that Peter was no where to be found, but because she didn't know much about Peter, Lily didn't care. The Room of Requirement was all draped out in Gryffindor colors, scarlet and gold, and there was a cozy little fire that was emitting bright embers as it crackled in the night. All would be considered normal except what Lily was seeing four eternal rivals doing.
Sirius and Amberle were in the middle of a heated snog session while sitting on a scarlet chair near the fire. Next to them was Remus and Dorcas, they weren't in the middle of snog session but it seemed that the two of them were flirting with each other quite openly, and neither cared about the fact that they were doing it in front of everyone. That for both Dorcas and Remus was a rare thing, because they both liked to keep their composure in front of other people. Sitting alone was James, who was starring to the crackling fire; it seemed that no one had noticed Lily's presence.
Lily cleared her throat expecting to get the attention of everyone, but only James turned his head. Lily felt somewhat grateful for that, because she didn't want to be the one to interrupt Sirius and Amberle, or even Remus and Dorcas. However it almost seemed that the pair of couples didn't even notice each other, and they seemed to be so caught up that when James approached Lily nothing happened.
In a way Lily felt as if she was supposed to be with James alone, and her heart was guiding her that way. It was strange, even for Lily. As James crept closer Lily took a step forward to meet him. James gazed into Lily's piercing green eyes, and for a second the couple seemed to understand each other. Lily felt her heart beat a mile a minute as she gazed up into his warm hazel eyes. A slight blush has crept across Lily's face and James smiled. He seemed to know the affect he was having on her. Lily's heart was literally in her throat, and she was excited at the new sensations that were taking affect on her body.
"Hey James," Lily muttered slyly. She didn't know why that she decided not to use his surname, but at the moment if felt like the right thing to say.
"Hello Lily," James said. It wasn't his normal boyish, goof off voice but instead it was a much more mature and a somewhat huskier tone. Just the line of 'hello Lily' sent chills up her spine, and a wave of a new sensation that Lily had never felt before, lust.
Lily wanted him; there was no way around it. Lily Evans, the perfect model student, Head Girl, arch enemy of the Marauders wanted James Potter. Because she was still a virgin, Lily had never felt that before and it scared her, so she hid her feelings as much as possible.
James grabbed Lily's hand and the two slowly walked out the Room of Requirement, leaving the two couples to do as the pleased. The thought hadn't crossed Lily's mind that James was holding her hand, nor did the thought to pull her hand away. Things seemed 'right' somehow, and it was something that Lily couldn't explain, for one in her life. She just followed the feeling that was in her heart, after all the heart could never lead someone the wrong way, could it?
The couple walked down the dark corridor and to the nearest staircase where they found Snape stuck in one of the trap steps. Snape seemed oblivious to Lily and James' presence, and the pair got a very good chuckle from seeing Snape struggle to get out of the trap stair.
Along the way, they saw several other of the Snape's group in a rather rough predicament, which included Bellatrix being told off by Professor McGonagall and given detention which included scrubbing pond scum of the dungeon floors. The pair continued to walk the halls of Hogwarts until they were outside on the grounds and the stars were sparkling like diamonds in the sky. Throughout the course of walking through Hogwarts the pair had been talking about many things, but most of them Lily could not make out or recollect.
Once Lily and James were outside in the starlight it seemed as if everything was forming itself for the young couple. The moon was full (A/N: this is a dream, so Remus isn't a werewolf) and shined down directly onto the pair. The entire time, Lily's heart had been pounding furiously beneath her breast. It was the most exciting feeling she had ever had in her life. For the first time that night, Lily got a good look at James and his body. It was then that Lily understood why every girl in Hogwarts desired him. He had a slim body, not too lanky but not bulging muscles either, he was built just right, and his messy jet black hair seemed to almost glow in the moonlight, as it reflected off of his head.
Lily's train of thought was interrupted when James was walking closer and closer to Lily. Instead of pulling away as she would normally do, Lily remained her in spot waiting for James to come towards her, and it was the most erotic feeling Lily had ever had. When it seemed that James was practically on top of her, he stopped and in a flash claimed Lily's lips. The whole thing was so quick that it took several seconds for Lily to realize what was happening. He was kissing her, James Potter, was kissing Lily Evans. For a split second Lily considered pulling away, but the thought was immediately discharged as Lily began to kiss back with all her might. She let out a light moan, and dared to open her eyes. When she did, Lily was surprised, and somewhat amused, to see James staring right back at her with his hazel eyes. The pair broke the kiss, and stared at each other. James seemed somewhat taken aback at his daring boldness for kissing Lily Evans, and Lily felt the same way because she returned his kiss ten-fold. But then suddenly the pair broke out laughing and this time Lily made the first move and leaned in to kiss James, a gesture which he was glad to comply.
Lily and James kissed passionately under the full moon. Lily emitted another moan when she felt James' tongue invade her mouth. Happy to comply, Lily's tongue met his and together their tongues danced around in a fit of wild passion. Lily felt herself throb and tingle in a place that she had never felt it before. But it was a feeling that felt good, and that was all Lily needed to know. She felt James' begin to descend onto her full breasts, and Lily seemed to heave forward to answer his request. The pair broke the kiss once again, and Lily said the three little words that she never felt she would say to James Potter "I love you".
James looked like had been expecting Lily to say it, but was surprised that she would say it so soon. James lowered his head to her earlobe and whispered, "I love you, my Lily-flower". Again Lily blushed and let out a girlish giggle, which caused James to chuckle. Again, the pair went back to claiming the other's mouth. Lily moaned again as James' had gone into her shirt and began to fumble with her bra strap. Silently smirking, she went about to feeling his firm chest hidden beneath his black robes. It was warm with desire, and well defined for someone as skinny as him. She seemed to fit against him like a glove, as if the pair of them had been meant for each other since the beginning of time.
Once James had finished with Lily's bra strap it fell out from Lily's robes onto the ground. James had broken the kiss to lift off her shirt. Lily obediently lifted up her arms to allow it to come off easier, which left her chest bare. James quickly tossed it to the ground, and began making hot trails of kisses down her neck. Lily tossed and turned her head at the sensation, it was pure bliss. Eventually through all the pleasure, Lily somehow managed to get his shirt off and was enjoying the feeling of his bare flesh against hers. James soon found Lily's right breast and began to play around and toy with it, causing Lily to moan out his name.
All feelings of conflict that she used to have for James were gone and all she could think about was him until...
(END DREAM) ((A/N: I told you that it wasn't too bad)
Lily sprung out her bed and awoke with a slight scream. Quickly glancing around, Lily was relieved that she hadn't woken anyone up in her dormitory. But then a sudden rush of anger swept through Lily! That bastard said he hadn't put any chocolate in to the potion! If it is the last thing I do I swear that I will have my revenge, Lily thought angrily. She glanced over at her watch which was lying on the floor; it read 4:57 AM. Lily sighed, she knew that she wouldn't get back to sleep, not after the dream she had about James Potter. But what scared her most of all that Lily actually liked the dream, and hadn't awoken the minute that bastard had kissed her. Lily mentally growled again, and slowly got up and went to the common room. Outside the window, a feint orange glow was rising over the mountains that surrounded the Forbidden Forest. She had enough sleep to get along for the rest of the day, though still groggy Lily got dressed and went into the Common Room.
The fire was still crackling, but on the verge of dying out. Lily glanced at a large oak table, and she found that she had left her book on the table from the previous day. Lily gave a slight smile, picked up her book and began to read where she had left off.
Around an hour latter a sudden rustle of cloths could be heard, and Lily lifted her head up and saw the strangest creature she had seen at Hogwarts scurrying across the floor. Lily gawked at it for a second before the creature noticed Lily. That has to a House Elf, Lily thought excitedly. She knew that Hogwarts housed a large quantity of House-Elves but she had never seen one. The Elf, which looked to be more male than female but was hard to tell the difference, glanced up at Lily and gave her a large smile. Lily laughed softly and went said, "Are you a House-Elf?".
"Me miss? Why yes miss, Slinker tis a House-Elf miss (A/N: I have never written in House-Elf before, so you have to excuse me if I get anything wrong)," he said in a high pitched voice.
"Are you always up here cleaning before the sun rises?" Lily questioned.
"Slinker is most sorry to disturb you miss, but must excuse Slinker, for Slinker is doing his job miss," the little creature said. His tennis ball sized eyes looked up at Lily again and asked, "You miss, if Slinker may be permitted to say, are you Lily Evans?" he said.
"How did you know my name?" Lily asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Young master, James Potter, whishes Slinker to ask miss a question," Slinker asked with an almost fearful voice, like Lily would jump up and begin beating the crap out of him.
"Uh, yeah sure, go ahead," Lily said, having a feeling like she knew exactly what Slinker would ask.
"Young master would like to know if miss would go out with him," the Elf asked.
"Tell Potter that I said, no and if he asks me again I will throttle him," Lily said cheerfully.
"Yes miss, I will tell young master what you said," Slinker answered, and with a pop he was gone.
Lily sighed and went back to her book. When would Potter ever get the hint that she did not want to go out with him? On the other hand, Lily did give him credit for persistence. Normally after being smacked just once any other guy would give it up, but not the tenacious James Potter. Lily chuckled
XIX (James' P.O.V I am not going to be writing his dream, it is basically the same thing that Lily had, only through his P.O.V so I don't see the point of writing the whole thing over again)
Up in the Boy's Dormitory James was sweating in bed. That dream, he thought to himself. It was true that James had fanaticized about doing that very thing to his Lily-flower, but to actually see it was too much for him. For a fleeting second James wondered if Lily had the exact same dream, but the thought was discarded because if she did have the same dream, Lily would have literarily burst into his dorm and beat the living shit out of him, accusing him of putting chocolate in the potion. James laughed, oh how he was tempted to add some chocolate to the potion, but he had refrained, mostly because he would have to describe his dream to Professor Lantis and the other because he would have to answer to Lily. It was true that night that James had eaten a Chocolate Éclair for dessert, but he didn't think that it would have any affect to his dream.
It shouldn't have any affect; if it did shouldn't Professor Lantis have mentioned it? Knowing that bastard he wouldn't, James thought savagely to himself. Unable to get the idea out of his head, James picked up his bag and began rummaging around it for his Potions book, An Advanced Guide to Potions. James plucked the book from his bag and placed it on his lap, and began turning pages to find the pages on the potion. Once he found it James read out loud, "Once the drinker has consumed the potion he/she must not eat anything for another hour, thus affecting the potion. Anything in the food that is on the list of ingredients will have an effect on the drinker's dream..." James trailed on.
Well that explained that, James thought as he threw done his book, which landed on the floor with a plunk. James began to settle back down into bed when he noticed a House-Elf cleaning the carpet in the dormitory. James glanced at the Elf, and he turned around and said to James, "Is there something Slinker can get the young master," in his squeaky voice.
James smirked and thought to himself, this should be the perfect way to wake up Lily. James turned to Slinker and said, "Yes actually. Could you tell a girl, Lily Evans, if she would go out with me, James Potter?" James said with a large grin on his face.
"Yes sir, Slinker can. Anything else Slinker can get you?" he questioned.
"No that is it, thanks a lot Slinker," James said. Slinker disappeared in a pop of smoke, and James went back to sleep.
VIV (after lessons)
Lily sighed moodily. She had forgotten that she had detention for that git, Professor Lantis. Even the teacher's pet, Lily Evans, had to admit that Professor Lantis was nothing but a no good lout. He treated all of his students like scum, as was the opinions of the students. That morning at lunch, Lily had run into Professor McGonagall who had given her a warning that if she got another detention, her badge would be at stake. Lily apologized for her behavior during potions, and left the Great Hall in a thoroughly bad mood. The rest of her day hadn't gotten any better either. During Defense against Dark Arts one of the Slytherins had cursed her from across the room, and her eye brows became so bushy that Lily had to go see the school nurse. When she had gotten back, Lily had the named 'mudblood' thrown at her more times than she could count. Lunch was the only part of her day that didn't suck; as a matter of fact she enjoyed an hour of talking with Dorcas, Anthy and Amberle. But it all went down hill from there; once the Lunch Bell had rung Lily made her way down to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Professor Kettleburn assigned everyone a two foot essay on why the fairy had become such a large part of muggle fiction. Once Care of Magical Creatures was done, Ancient Runes was no better. Professor Vector gave everyone a pop quiz, which Lily was sure she passed but it wasn't without sufficient help from Anthy, who was sitting across from her. Then at dinner Lily had received an Owl from Lantis saying that she and James were to meet him in the library, after their Head Duties. Their Head Duties consisted of extracting Peeves from six different suites of armor, and rescuing Mrs. Norris from being hanged off of a chandelier (A/N: Sorry, I love Peeves). With only fifteen minutes till her detention began, Lily was beginning to lose her patience.
"Hey Lils," came the voice of Anthy.
"'lo Anthy," Lily responded. "By the way, thanks for Ancient Runes, you save my life".
"Anything to help out a friend. Besides it could have been worse, you could have been Peter," Anthy joked. During the course of the quiz, Peter had been caught cheating for sneaking notes up his sleeve.
Lily grinned. She checked her watch, and said 'farewell' to Anthy and made her way down to the Library. Lily knew that she would be the first one there because James most likely didn't know the way to the library. Must be a new record; James and Sirius both in the library during the same school year, Lily thought to herself in a pathetic attempt to cheer herself up. She had a shrewd idea of what she and James would be doing in detention. Earlier that day, Lily had heard Madam Prince screaming at a group of first years for knocking down several shelves of books. It would take hours to clean up, and put back into order.
Lily groaned as she reached the library, and to no surprise the shelves of books that the first years had knocked down had not been cleared, and standing in the middle of the library was Professor Lantis. Lily approached him, and he was the first one to speak, "I take it that you know what to do here Evans? And once you are done with those, you will shelf all of the returned books that have been checked in," he said with slight amusement in his voice. "I have not the patience to wait for Potter, you will begin immediately and when he shows up you will repeat my instructions. I will check in on you periodically. When you are done, the both of you are free to go," he added. With a sweep of his black cloak, Professor Lantis walked away clearly in the directions of the dungeons.
Lily gazed at the stacks of books, and the fallen shelves. "This is going to take all night," she muttered. "Might as well do the easiest part first". Lily lifted her wand and muttered, "Wingardium Leviosa". The shelves that were knocked over floated in mid air, and fell back on the ground standing up-right. As Lily began to walk towards the endless amounts of books, she heard behind her, "You're going to start the fun without me?"
"Potter," Lily growled as James' figure came into full view. "You're late," she muttered.
"Actually I am on time, you are the one who is early," James said.
Lily could feel her blood boil. No matter the fact that she and James were on better terms with each other, Lily could still feel her temperature rising and a mask of red coming onto her face out of sheer anger.
"There now, there is no reason to get mad. So what do we have to do," James asked.
"Isn't it a bit obvious?" Lily said, pointing to the stacks and stacks and stacks of books. "And once we are done with those we have to put the new ones that have been checked in today in their proper place. Professor Lantis said once we are done with that we are free to go," she finished.
"Well then let's get to it," James said pulling up his sleeve. He marched over to the books and began stacking them up to make sorting them a bit more easy.
Despite her anger, Lily let out a laugh at James' eagerness at doing the work set on them. "Oi Evans! I can't do all this on my own," he called.
"Coming," Lily said.
Around two and a half hours later, James and Lily had managed to stack up all the books and arrange them in alphabetical order. The time was around 11:45 and Lily let out a sigh of relief. She and James grinned at each other and began placing the books in their proper places on the shelves, according to the alphabet. Because the shelves were around six to eight feet taller than James and Lily the both found a ladder and began placing the books in their proper place. There was only one ladder so they took half hour shits of who was passing the books up, and who was on top of the latter. For the first hour and a half the pair worked in silence until James broke it by exclaiming that Professor Lantis had his head stuck up his ass.
"I can agree with you there, Potter," Lily said.
"You mean the studious Lily Evans thinks that a Professor has his head stuck up his ass," James remarked with his voice full of sarcasm. "Now I have seen everything".
"Not only dose he have his head stuck up his arse, it is so far up there that he can see out his mouth," Lily added. Lily was on the verge of asking James if he had the same dream she had, but decided against it. When waiting for Dorcas, Anthy and Amberle to arrive during lunch, Lily was reading up about the potion, to find out if Potter had indeed put in some chocolate without her consent. But then it hit Lily like a ton of bricks that the éclair she had eaten during the previous night must have had an affect on the potions, so she wasn't so inclined to rip of Potter's gentiles and shove them down his throat. Lily was currently on top of the ladder, and somewhat shaken up about being more than six inches off the ground. She hated heights, which was why she hated being on a broom so much. During her first year at broomstick practice, someone, James no doubt, had jinxed her broom to buck her off when it rose into the air. Lily ended up breaking her leg and arm, so since then she had always hated being up high.
"Hey Evans, are you purposely being slow so that we stay here all night," James teased.
"Up yours Potter. For your information I happen to despise being more than six inches off the ground," Lily said.
"Such language," mocked James.
"Oh...shut up!" exclaimed Lily, throwing a book at his head.
James laughed and said, "Lily, your aim is terrible as always. You wouldn't stand a chance if you were a Chaser".
"How about this then...," Lily threatened. She reached for the thickest book she could find which happened to be An Eclyopedia of Toadstools and aimed it directly for James' head. She turned around slightly and threw it at him with all her might, but the book landed six feet away from James. However in the process Lily had lost her balance on the ladder, and began to wobble around. In a panic, Lily shifted her weight too quickly and lost her balance completely and she found herself falling to the ground. Lily let out a high pitched scream, but when she landed Lily found whatever she landed on was soft. With a thud, Lily looked around and noticed it wasn't what she landed on, but who she landed on. "James," she exclaimed.
"You think you could get off me...now," James stuttered out. Lily quickly removed herself form him, and stood up. James sat up, let out a cough and said, "Now that was a close one. You alright Lily?"
"Err...yes. Now that is exactly why I hate heights," Lily said. She had trouble explaining to herself the blush that had come across her face, and the fast beating of her heart.
James stood up and said, "Good point Lily," with his famous grin, that stretched from one ear to the other
Lily couldn't help but laugh. She laughed so hard that her ribs began to hurt, and James also joined in.
James couldn't help but notice how beautiful Lily Evans was when she was happy and laughing. Her magnificent eyes seemed to shimmer with sparkles, and her smile made her face glow.
Three hours later Lily and James successfully managed to complete their detention. They were placing the last book on the shelf when Professor Lantis walked in, and inspected them. "Well I suspect that a third year could have done the same task in a faction of the time, but this will do. You may go".
"Thank you Professor," the two said in unison. Lily and James practically ran out of the library and back up to the Gryffindor Common Room. The time was around two thirty in the morning. As Lily was marching up the stairs to go to her dormitory she remembered that she had left her wand in the library. Mentally smacking herself Lily turned around and took off towards the Library.
James saw Lily double back, he figured that she must have left something behind. But as he reached the 7th year boy's dormitory, his gut told him that something wasn't right. Grudgingly, James also doubled back after Lily. His gut feeling was never wrong, and something was about to happen to Lily.
XVIX (END CHAPTER)
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love cliffies. Sorry this chapter is a little late. I hope I got the romanceticnes right, I know that isn't a word. Although I bet some of you were expecting me to write a fully fledged lemon. Well, SURPRISE! Lol. You all know the drill, the more reviews = the faster I will have the next chapter out. All flames will be laughed at and deleted.
Just because I felt like saying this, I took a quiz the other day, "Which Lord of the Rings character flaw do you have", or something to that nature and I got Elrond and his PMS. I have to laugh at that. My friend got Aragorn and his Hydrophobia. Well anyone who has been reading my captions they will know that I Elrond's character flaw is exactly like me. When I get in a bitchy mood I stay in a bitchy mood.
And finally a piece of advice to live by, never watch the entire series of Shoujo Kakumei Utena in one day. That will give you one hell of a headache. I would know.
That is it for now
Sayonara Narya of the fire
I saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban again, 3rd time, and it was awesome as always. This time I know that I was annoying the people around me because when Sirius and Harry go off and are talking while looking at Hogwarts, I muttered to myself 'damn Bellatrix Lestrange for killing him in book 5' and this old couple turned around and gave me looks of utter hatred, and it only added when my cell phone went off. ;;; yep, I am not person you want to sit next to in a movie theatre, ESPECIALLY when the movie is based off of a book that I have read, I spend most of the time criticizing the movie and saying that the book is better. And again, Lupin's mustache scares me.
One another note; for those of you who like Peter Pettigrew be warned that I utterly loath Peter and he is hardly mentioned at all in my story. The only times he his mentioned is when Remus transforms, or when he is doing an evil deed for Voldemort. That is ALL mention I will give him. I hate the little bastard with the rage of a thousand suns.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did, I would kill Peter and Bellatrix very slowly and painfully. All is property of J.K. Rowling.
One last thing, the dream sequences are marked by .
Warning: In this chapter, the rating should be around PG-15 but nothing too bad. Nothing too sour. If you are offended by that kind of material, don't read. No one is forcing you, besides this chapter is mainly Lily/James action. Another warning for you; FLUFF is not my specialty, as a matter of fact I am somewhat new at writing anything fluff like, so you will have to excuse that. Please? Thank you.
Enjoy
XVIX
(Lily's dream)
Lily was slowing walking through the darkened corridors of Hogwarts. It was clearly after hours and Lily knew that she shouldn't be out of bed at that hour, but some force seemed to be pulling her forward. At first Lily questioned it, but as time went on the force had proven itself to be positive, and she didn't fight it. For Lily to along with something that cannot be seen or heard in any sense was a rare thing, but Lily felt as if some invisible force, or feeling, was guiding her.
Eventually Lily had found herself in the Room of Requirement and waiting there was Dorcas, Amberle, Sirius, and Remus. It didn't really occur to Lily that Peter was no where to be found, but because she didn't know much about Peter, Lily didn't care. The Room of Requirement was all draped out in Gryffindor colors, scarlet and gold, and there was a cozy little fire that was emitting bright embers as it crackled in the night. All would be considered normal except what Lily was seeing four eternal rivals doing.
Sirius and Amberle were in the middle of a heated snog session while sitting on a scarlet chair near the fire. Next to them was Remus and Dorcas, they weren't in the middle of snog session but it seemed that the two of them were flirting with each other quite openly, and neither cared about the fact that they were doing it in front of everyone. That for both Dorcas and Remus was a rare thing, because they both liked to keep their composure in front of other people. Sitting alone was James, who was starring to the crackling fire; it seemed that no one had noticed Lily's presence.
Lily cleared her throat expecting to get the attention of everyone, but only James turned his head. Lily felt somewhat grateful for that, because she didn't want to be the one to interrupt Sirius and Amberle, or even Remus and Dorcas. However it almost seemed that the pair of couples didn't even notice each other, and they seemed to be so caught up that when James approached Lily nothing happened.
In a way Lily felt as if she was supposed to be with James alone, and her heart was guiding her that way. It was strange, even for Lily. As James crept closer Lily took a step forward to meet him. James gazed into Lily's piercing green eyes, and for a second the couple seemed to understand each other. Lily felt her heart beat a mile a minute as she gazed up into his warm hazel eyes. A slight blush has crept across Lily's face and James smiled. He seemed to know the affect he was having on her. Lily's heart was literally in her throat, and she was excited at the new sensations that were taking affect on her body.
"Hey James," Lily muttered slyly. She didn't know why that she decided not to use his surname, but at the moment if felt like the right thing to say.
"Hello Lily," James said. It wasn't his normal boyish, goof off voice but instead it was a much more mature and a somewhat huskier tone. Just the line of 'hello Lily' sent chills up her spine, and a wave of a new sensation that Lily had never felt before, lust.
Lily wanted him; there was no way around it. Lily Evans, the perfect model student, Head Girl, arch enemy of the Marauders wanted James Potter. Because she was still a virgin, Lily had never felt that before and it scared her, so she hid her feelings as much as possible.
James grabbed Lily's hand and the two slowly walked out the Room of Requirement, leaving the two couples to do as the pleased. The thought hadn't crossed Lily's mind that James was holding her hand, nor did the thought to pull her hand away. Things seemed 'right' somehow, and it was something that Lily couldn't explain, for one in her life. She just followed the feeling that was in her heart, after all the heart could never lead someone the wrong way, could it?
The couple walked down the dark corridor and to the nearest staircase where they found Snape stuck in one of the trap steps. Snape seemed oblivious to Lily and James' presence, and the pair got a very good chuckle from seeing Snape struggle to get out of the trap stair.
Along the way, they saw several other of the Snape's group in a rather rough predicament, which included Bellatrix being told off by Professor McGonagall and given detention which included scrubbing pond scum of the dungeon floors. The pair continued to walk the halls of Hogwarts until they were outside on the grounds and the stars were sparkling like diamonds in the sky. Throughout the course of walking through Hogwarts the pair had been talking about many things, but most of them Lily could not make out or recollect.
Once Lily and James were outside in the starlight it seemed as if everything was forming itself for the young couple. The moon was full (A/N: this is a dream, so Remus isn't a werewolf) and shined down directly onto the pair. The entire time, Lily's heart had been pounding furiously beneath her breast. It was the most exciting feeling she had ever had in her life. For the first time that night, Lily got a good look at James and his body. It was then that Lily understood why every girl in Hogwarts desired him. He had a slim body, not too lanky but not bulging muscles either, he was built just right, and his messy jet black hair seemed to almost glow in the moonlight, as it reflected off of his head.
Lily's train of thought was interrupted when James was walking closer and closer to Lily. Instead of pulling away as she would normally do, Lily remained her in spot waiting for James to come towards her, and it was the most erotic feeling Lily had ever had. When it seemed that James was practically on top of her, he stopped and in a flash claimed Lily's lips. The whole thing was so quick that it took several seconds for Lily to realize what was happening. He was kissing her, James Potter, was kissing Lily Evans. For a split second Lily considered pulling away, but the thought was immediately discharged as Lily began to kiss back with all her might. She let out a light moan, and dared to open her eyes. When she did, Lily was surprised, and somewhat amused, to see James staring right back at her with his hazel eyes. The pair broke the kiss, and stared at each other. James seemed somewhat taken aback at his daring boldness for kissing Lily Evans, and Lily felt the same way because she returned his kiss ten-fold. But then suddenly the pair broke out laughing and this time Lily made the first move and leaned in to kiss James, a gesture which he was glad to comply.
Lily and James kissed passionately under the full moon. Lily emitted another moan when she felt James' tongue invade her mouth. Happy to comply, Lily's tongue met his and together their tongues danced around in a fit of wild passion. Lily felt herself throb and tingle in a place that she had never felt it before. But it was a feeling that felt good, and that was all Lily needed to know. She felt James' begin to descend onto her full breasts, and Lily seemed to heave forward to answer his request. The pair broke the kiss once again, and Lily said the three little words that she never felt she would say to James Potter "I love you".
James looked like had been expecting Lily to say it, but was surprised that she would say it so soon. James lowered his head to her earlobe and whispered, "I love you, my Lily-flower". Again Lily blushed and let out a girlish giggle, which caused James to chuckle. Again, the pair went back to claiming the other's mouth. Lily moaned again as James' had gone into her shirt and began to fumble with her bra strap. Silently smirking, she went about to feeling his firm chest hidden beneath his black robes. It was warm with desire, and well defined for someone as skinny as him. She seemed to fit against him like a glove, as if the pair of them had been meant for each other since the beginning of time.
Once James had finished with Lily's bra strap it fell out from Lily's robes onto the ground. James had broken the kiss to lift off her shirt. Lily obediently lifted up her arms to allow it to come off easier, which left her chest bare. James quickly tossed it to the ground, and began making hot trails of kisses down her neck. Lily tossed and turned her head at the sensation, it was pure bliss. Eventually through all the pleasure, Lily somehow managed to get his shirt off and was enjoying the feeling of his bare flesh against hers. James soon found Lily's right breast and began to play around and toy with it, causing Lily to moan out his name.
All feelings of conflict that she used to have for James were gone and all she could think about was him until...
(END DREAM) ((A/N: I told you that it wasn't too bad)
Lily sprung out her bed and awoke with a slight scream. Quickly glancing around, Lily was relieved that she hadn't woken anyone up in her dormitory. But then a sudden rush of anger swept through Lily! That bastard said he hadn't put any chocolate in to the potion! If it is the last thing I do I swear that I will have my revenge, Lily thought angrily. She glanced over at her watch which was lying on the floor; it read 4:57 AM. Lily sighed, she knew that she wouldn't get back to sleep, not after the dream she had about James Potter. But what scared her most of all that Lily actually liked the dream, and hadn't awoken the minute that bastard had kissed her. Lily mentally growled again, and slowly got up and went to the common room. Outside the window, a feint orange glow was rising over the mountains that surrounded the Forbidden Forest. She had enough sleep to get along for the rest of the day, though still groggy Lily got dressed and went into the Common Room.
The fire was still crackling, but on the verge of dying out. Lily glanced at a large oak table, and she found that she had left her book on the table from the previous day. Lily gave a slight smile, picked up her book and began to read where she had left off.
Around an hour latter a sudden rustle of cloths could be heard, and Lily lifted her head up and saw the strangest creature she had seen at Hogwarts scurrying across the floor. Lily gawked at it for a second before the creature noticed Lily. That has to a House Elf, Lily thought excitedly. She knew that Hogwarts housed a large quantity of House-Elves but she had never seen one. The Elf, which looked to be more male than female but was hard to tell the difference, glanced up at Lily and gave her a large smile. Lily laughed softly and went said, "Are you a House-Elf?".
"Me miss? Why yes miss, Slinker tis a House-Elf miss (A/N: I have never written in House-Elf before, so you have to excuse me if I get anything wrong)," he said in a high pitched voice.
"Are you always up here cleaning before the sun rises?" Lily questioned.
"Slinker is most sorry to disturb you miss, but must excuse Slinker, for Slinker is doing his job miss," the little creature said. His tennis ball sized eyes looked up at Lily again and asked, "You miss, if Slinker may be permitted to say, are you Lily Evans?" he said.
"How did you know my name?" Lily asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Young master, James Potter, whishes Slinker to ask miss a question," Slinker asked with an almost fearful voice, like Lily would jump up and begin beating the crap out of him.
"Uh, yeah sure, go ahead," Lily said, having a feeling like she knew exactly what Slinker would ask.
"Young master would like to know if miss would go out with him," the Elf asked.
"Tell Potter that I said, no and if he asks me again I will throttle him," Lily said cheerfully.
"Yes miss, I will tell young master what you said," Slinker answered, and with a pop he was gone.
Lily sighed and went back to her book. When would Potter ever get the hint that she did not want to go out with him? On the other hand, Lily did give him credit for persistence. Normally after being smacked just once any other guy would give it up, but not the tenacious James Potter. Lily chuckled
XIX (James' P.O.V I am not going to be writing his dream, it is basically the same thing that Lily had, only through his P.O.V so I don't see the point of writing the whole thing over again)
Up in the Boy's Dormitory James was sweating in bed. That dream, he thought to himself. It was true that James had fanaticized about doing that very thing to his Lily-flower, but to actually see it was too much for him. For a fleeting second James wondered if Lily had the exact same dream, but the thought was discarded because if she did have the same dream, Lily would have literarily burst into his dorm and beat the living shit out of him, accusing him of putting chocolate in the potion. James laughed, oh how he was tempted to add some chocolate to the potion, but he had refrained, mostly because he would have to describe his dream to Professor Lantis and the other because he would have to answer to Lily. It was true that night that James had eaten a Chocolate Éclair for dessert, but he didn't think that it would have any affect to his dream.
It shouldn't have any affect; if it did shouldn't Professor Lantis have mentioned it? Knowing that bastard he wouldn't, James thought savagely to himself. Unable to get the idea out of his head, James picked up his bag and began rummaging around it for his Potions book, An Advanced Guide to Potions. James plucked the book from his bag and placed it on his lap, and began turning pages to find the pages on the potion. Once he found it James read out loud, "Once the drinker has consumed the potion he/she must not eat anything for another hour, thus affecting the potion. Anything in the food that is on the list of ingredients will have an effect on the drinker's dream..." James trailed on.
Well that explained that, James thought as he threw done his book, which landed on the floor with a plunk. James began to settle back down into bed when he noticed a House-Elf cleaning the carpet in the dormitory. James glanced at the Elf, and he turned around and said to James, "Is there something Slinker can get the young master," in his squeaky voice.
James smirked and thought to himself, this should be the perfect way to wake up Lily. James turned to Slinker and said, "Yes actually. Could you tell a girl, Lily Evans, if she would go out with me, James Potter?" James said with a large grin on his face.
"Yes sir, Slinker can. Anything else Slinker can get you?" he questioned.
"No that is it, thanks a lot Slinker," James said. Slinker disappeared in a pop of smoke, and James went back to sleep.
VIV (after lessons)
Lily sighed moodily. She had forgotten that she had detention for that git, Professor Lantis. Even the teacher's pet, Lily Evans, had to admit that Professor Lantis was nothing but a no good lout. He treated all of his students like scum, as was the opinions of the students. That morning at lunch, Lily had run into Professor McGonagall who had given her a warning that if she got another detention, her badge would be at stake. Lily apologized for her behavior during potions, and left the Great Hall in a thoroughly bad mood. The rest of her day hadn't gotten any better either. During Defense against Dark Arts one of the Slytherins had cursed her from across the room, and her eye brows became so bushy that Lily had to go see the school nurse. When she had gotten back, Lily had the named 'mudblood' thrown at her more times than she could count. Lunch was the only part of her day that didn't suck; as a matter of fact she enjoyed an hour of talking with Dorcas, Anthy and Amberle. But it all went down hill from there; once the Lunch Bell had rung Lily made her way down to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where Professor Kettleburn assigned everyone a two foot essay on why the fairy had become such a large part of muggle fiction. Once Care of Magical Creatures was done, Ancient Runes was no better. Professor Vector gave everyone a pop quiz, which Lily was sure she passed but it wasn't without sufficient help from Anthy, who was sitting across from her. Then at dinner Lily had received an Owl from Lantis saying that she and James were to meet him in the library, after their Head Duties. Their Head Duties consisted of extracting Peeves from six different suites of armor, and rescuing Mrs. Norris from being hanged off of a chandelier (A/N: Sorry, I love Peeves). With only fifteen minutes till her detention began, Lily was beginning to lose her patience.
"Hey Lils," came the voice of Anthy.
"'lo Anthy," Lily responded. "By the way, thanks for Ancient Runes, you save my life".
"Anything to help out a friend. Besides it could have been worse, you could have been Peter," Anthy joked. During the course of the quiz, Peter had been caught cheating for sneaking notes up his sleeve.
Lily grinned. She checked her watch, and said 'farewell' to Anthy and made her way down to the Library. Lily knew that she would be the first one there because James most likely didn't know the way to the library. Must be a new record; James and Sirius both in the library during the same school year, Lily thought to herself in a pathetic attempt to cheer herself up. She had a shrewd idea of what she and James would be doing in detention. Earlier that day, Lily had heard Madam Prince screaming at a group of first years for knocking down several shelves of books. It would take hours to clean up, and put back into order.
Lily groaned as she reached the library, and to no surprise the shelves of books that the first years had knocked down had not been cleared, and standing in the middle of the library was Professor Lantis. Lily approached him, and he was the first one to speak, "I take it that you know what to do here Evans? And once you are done with those, you will shelf all of the returned books that have been checked in," he said with slight amusement in his voice. "I have not the patience to wait for Potter, you will begin immediately and when he shows up you will repeat my instructions. I will check in on you periodically. When you are done, the both of you are free to go," he added. With a sweep of his black cloak, Professor Lantis walked away clearly in the directions of the dungeons.
Lily gazed at the stacks of books, and the fallen shelves. "This is going to take all night," she muttered. "Might as well do the easiest part first". Lily lifted her wand and muttered, "Wingardium Leviosa". The shelves that were knocked over floated in mid air, and fell back on the ground standing up-right. As Lily began to walk towards the endless amounts of books, she heard behind her, "You're going to start the fun without me?"
"Potter," Lily growled as James' figure came into full view. "You're late," she muttered.
"Actually I am on time, you are the one who is early," James said.
Lily could feel her blood boil. No matter the fact that she and James were on better terms with each other, Lily could still feel her temperature rising and a mask of red coming onto her face out of sheer anger.
"There now, there is no reason to get mad. So what do we have to do," James asked.
"Isn't it a bit obvious?" Lily said, pointing to the stacks and stacks and stacks of books. "And once we are done with those we have to put the new ones that have been checked in today in their proper place. Professor Lantis said once we are done with that we are free to go," she finished.
"Well then let's get to it," James said pulling up his sleeve. He marched over to the books and began stacking them up to make sorting them a bit more easy.
Despite her anger, Lily let out a laugh at James' eagerness at doing the work set on them. "Oi Evans! I can't do all this on my own," he called.
"Coming," Lily said.
Around two and a half hours later, James and Lily had managed to stack up all the books and arrange them in alphabetical order. The time was around 11:45 and Lily let out a sigh of relief. She and James grinned at each other and began placing the books in their proper places on the shelves, according to the alphabet. Because the shelves were around six to eight feet taller than James and Lily the both found a ladder and began placing the books in their proper place. There was only one ladder so they took half hour shits of who was passing the books up, and who was on top of the latter. For the first hour and a half the pair worked in silence until James broke it by exclaiming that Professor Lantis had his head stuck up his ass.
"I can agree with you there, Potter," Lily said.
"You mean the studious Lily Evans thinks that a Professor has his head stuck up his ass," James remarked with his voice full of sarcasm. "Now I have seen everything".
"Not only dose he have his head stuck up his arse, it is so far up there that he can see out his mouth," Lily added. Lily was on the verge of asking James if he had the same dream she had, but decided against it. When waiting for Dorcas, Anthy and Amberle to arrive during lunch, Lily was reading up about the potion, to find out if Potter had indeed put in some chocolate without her consent. But then it hit Lily like a ton of bricks that the éclair she had eaten during the previous night must have had an affect on the potions, so she wasn't so inclined to rip of Potter's gentiles and shove them down his throat. Lily was currently on top of the ladder, and somewhat shaken up about being more than six inches off the ground. She hated heights, which was why she hated being on a broom so much. During her first year at broomstick practice, someone, James no doubt, had jinxed her broom to buck her off when it rose into the air. Lily ended up breaking her leg and arm, so since then she had always hated being up high.
"Hey Evans, are you purposely being slow so that we stay here all night," James teased.
"Up yours Potter. For your information I happen to despise being more than six inches off the ground," Lily said.
"Such language," mocked James.
"Oh...shut up!" exclaimed Lily, throwing a book at his head.
James laughed and said, "Lily, your aim is terrible as always. You wouldn't stand a chance if you were a Chaser".
"How about this then...," Lily threatened. She reached for the thickest book she could find which happened to be An Eclyopedia of Toadstools and aimed it directly for James' head. She turned around slightly and threw it at him with all her might, but the book landed six feet away from James. However in the process Lily had lost her balance on the ladder, and began to wobble around. In a panic, Lily shifted her weight too quickly and lost her balance completely and she found herself falling to the ground. Lily let out a high pitched scream, but when she landed Lily found whatever she landed on was soft. With a thud, Lily looked around and noticed it wasn't what she landed on, but who she landed on. "James," she exclaimed.
"You think you could get off me...now," James stuttered out. Lily quickly removed herself form him, and stood up. James sat up, let out a cough and said, "Now that was a close one. You alright Lily?"
"Err...yes. Now that is exactly why I hate heights," Lily said. She had trouble explaining to herself the blush that had come across her face, and the fast beating of her heart.
James stood up and said, "Good point Lily," with his famous grin, that stretched from one ear to the other
Lily couldn't help but laugh. She laughed so hard that her ribs began to hurt, and James also joined in.
James couldn't help but notice how beautiful Lily Evans was when she was happy and laughing. Her magnificent eyes seemed to shimmer with sparkles, and her smile made her face glow.
Three hours later Lily and James successfully managed to complete their detention. They were placing the last book on the shelf when Professor Lantis walked in, and inspected them. "Well I suspect that a third year could have done the same task in a faction of the time, but this will do. You may go".
"Thank you Professor," the two said in unison. Lily and James practically ran out of the library and back up to the Gryffindor Common Room. The time was around two thirty in the morning. As Lily was marching up the stairs to go to her dormitory she remembered that she had left her wand in the library. Mentally smacking herself Lily turned around and took off towards the Library.
James saw Lily double back, he figured that she must have left something behind. But as he reached the 7th year boy's dormitory, his gut told him that something wasn't right. Grudgingly, James also doubled back after Lily. His gut feeling was never wrong, and something was about to happen to Lily.
XVIX (END CHAPTER)
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love cliffies. Sorry this chapter is a little late. I hope I got the romanceticnes right, I know that isn't a word. Although I bet some of you were expecting me to write a fully fledged lemon. Well, SURPRISE! Lol. You all know the drill, the more reviews = the faster I will have the next chapter out. All flames will be laughed at and deleted.
Just because I felt like saying this, I took a quiz the other day, "Which Lord of the Rings character flaw do you have", or something to that nature and I got Elrond and his PMS. I have to laugh at that. My friend got Aragorn and his Hydrophobia. Well anyone who has been reading my captions they will know that I Elrond's character flaw is exactly like me. When I get in a bitchy mood I stay in a bitchy mood.
And finally a piece of advice to live by, never watch the entire series of Shoujo Kakumei Utena in one day. That will give you one hell of a headache. I would know.
That is it for now
Sayonara Narya of the fire