Lessons in Love

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Chapter 3 Showers and Everyone's Favorite Poltergeist

Lily groaned. She did not feel like talking to Potter again…. But she did feel like a nice, long, hot shower to cool her nerves and relax her muscles. She wasn't sure why her friends teasing had gotten to her so much, but it had, and unfortunately the shower was located in the bathroom that both heads shared, down in the common room. After taking a moment or two to weigh which she wanted more- to not see Potter anymore for the rest of the day, or a nice hot shower, she finally headed downstairs to the common room.

To her surprise, and relief, Potter appeared to be asleep on the couch. She tip-toed around him to the bath room, noting how truly cute he looked fast asleep….. wait, wait…. What! Potter? Cute? No….. no, no, no, not happening. I need new friends that's all…. aww he just made a little sound….. Lily snap out of it!

She shook her head, as if to clear it of these crazy thoughts, and walked into the bathroom. She shut the door quietly, and placed a towel next to the shower. The water was heated magically, so she needn't wait for it to warm up, and it was magically designed to turn on as you stepped under it. She stripped off her clothing, and stepped inside the shower, immediately feeling the hot water hit her.

She let the heat of the water consume her, holding her hair up so the hot spray would work out the tight knots in her shoulders and upper back. Slowly, she let her hair fall down again, wetting it thoroughly before applying her citrus-smelling shampoo. As she worked the lather into her scalp, she began to hum to herself, totally relaxed and calm. She breathed in deeply, the smell of her shampoo filling her, and making her feel even more relaxed. It made her hungry for oranges. (A/n: it's making me want one too! Anyone else? Snack Break!)

After rinsing her shampoo, applying the similar smelling conditioner, and then rinsing that out too, Lily allowed herself a few more glorious moments of just soaking up the water. Because it was magically heated, she didn't have to worry about the heat running out, and it was fabulous.

Finally satisfied, she stepped out of the shower and the water turned off magically. The mirrors in the bathroom were charmed by magic, so they would not fog up with the heat. Lily grabbed the towel, dried herself off and then set it aside, taking a moment to examine herself in the mirror.

Her long, curly red hair reached to her middle back, and a few wet strands in the front clung to her face. She had shockingly green eyes. Her skin was pale, but she had a nice complexion. She had definitely grown into her body over these past few years. She was taller, but not taller than Dorcas, and had a pretty nice figure.

Before Lily could even begin to criticize her looks, however, the door to the bathroom began to open. Lily was almost to horror filled to react as she saw a yawning James Potter enter, but grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself hastily before he had a chance to anything he shouldn't.

His tired disposition immediately left him as he noted the state she was in, and then the infamous made the most intelligent remark he could come up with at the moment.

"Whoa."

Lily blushed a deep, scarlet red as she heard his reaction.

"Don't you knock?" she said, trying to keep her voice calm.

"I didn't know you were in here." he said, not able to tear his gaze away from where her hand held the towel in place, dangerously low, revealing a teasing amount of cleavage.

"I'm up here, Potter." She said angrily, snapping her fingers at the side of her face. He reluctantly tore his gaze away from her exposed cleavage, and brought himself to look into her eyes.

Lily found she wished he would go back to staring at her chest…. She didn't like that look he was giving her.

"I'm going…. to leave…. now…." She said slowly, unable to break their eye contact.

His eyes were a gorgeous shade of brown, that reminded Lily of melted chocolate, and in them she found emotions that scared her too much to think about.

"Okay" he replied to her, but neither made a move. Then he took a step closer. She took a step back.

Then, thoroughly humiliated, she pushed pass him (careful to avoid any physical contact), and ran out of the bathroom.

Without looking back, she ran up her stairs and locked herself in her room.

After she was sure that the door was securely locked, she leaned against it and slid down till she was sitting against it, her knees bent against her chest.

What the hell was that?

After many moments of pondering the situation to death, the only logical explanation Lily could come up with was this:

James Potter was an absolute, total, utter, complete, supreme prat who was not fit to walk the face of the earth.

Lily took a deep breath. She forced herself to get up, get dressed, and get ready for dinner. She still wasn't positive about what exactly had happened down in the bathroom, but her goody-two-shoes personality thanked Merlin she hadn't stuck around to find out.

Another part of her, however, no matter how small a part it was, wondered what would be happening right now if she had.

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As Lily walked back into the common room, she was pleasantly surprised to find that Potter was no where in sight. Despite the comfortable temperature, she was now fully clothed in a turtle-neck sweater and loose fitting gap pants.

She figured she had shown off enough skin that night to last her a long while.

As Lily walked into the Great Hall, she can up with a brilliant plan: act totally normal, like nothing had happened. She immediately sauntered over to the place were her friends were seated. She plopped down next to Dorcas, and began to fill her plate with food.

As she started shoveling forkfuls of mashed potatoes, chicken and biscuit into her mouth, she noticed her friends were staring at her.

"Wha'?" she asked through a mouthful of potatoes.

"Oh Lily, that's disgusting." Marlene, who was sitting across from Lily, said.

"Sowwi."

"Swallow Lily!"

Lily gulped down her mouthful and shot her friends a smirk.

"Did something happen up in your dorms, Lils?" Dorcas asked.

Lily snapped her head toward her friend, her smile instantly vanishing. "Why?" she asked.

"Well first, James came in here looking totally lost, but still incredibly sexy, and- OW!" Marlene shouted as Lily kicked her under the table.

"What Marlene was saying," Dorcas continued as Marlene began rubbing her shine and muttering a few choice words, "is that came in here with look on his face like he had just snogged McGonagall-"

"Stunning analogy, Dorca" Marlene interrupted. Dorcas flashed a smile at her and continued.

"and then you walked in only minutes later, and dressed in enough clothes to dry up the Atlantic Ocean. What gives?"

"Nothing gives." Lily said, trying to sound convincing, and finding her plate of food suddenly very fascinating.

Dorcas and Marlene shared a knowing look.

"Okay."

"Fine"

"Don't tell us."

"But you know we'll find out."

"Sooner or later."

"You can't hide from us."

Lily swallowed hard, and forced herself to look at her friends.

"Nothing happened."

Dorcas rolled her eyes, while Marlene simply looked at Lily quizzically, hurt apparent on her face. Lily felt a stab of guilt.

"Look guys, I'm not really hungry. I'm going to go study. Classes start tomorrow!" She said, in what she hoped was a cheerful voice, and got up from her seat. As she walked out of the Great Hall, ignoring the stares her odd attire brought, she didn't notice a certain brown-eyed buy get up and follow after her.

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"Evans!"

Lily spun around when she heard her name, causing a certain James Potter to almost run into her.

"What do you want Potter?" she spat icily.

"What the hell was that in there?" he snapped in return.

After Lily was out in the hallway, she had sensed someone following her. She had hoped against hope that it had been anyone but James Potter, but nevertheless, here he was.

"What in where?"

"In the Great Hall"

"Potter, I have no idea what your talking about, so either explain yourself, or stop wasting my time!"

"What's with all the clothes, Evans?" He asked, his voice a mix of sarcasm and knowing. Lily lowered her eyes dangerously.

"Go to hell."

"Real original Evans."

"Nice comeback Potter"

"If you-"

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Both students immediately felt their stomachs drop at the voice of trouble.

"What do you want Peeves?" James asked carefully.

"The king and queen of Gryffindor, arguing in the halls? Whatever could be the problem."

"Peeves…." Lily said warningly, praying a teacher would walk past before the poltergeist could cause any real trouble.

"Evans and Potter,

like cat and rat

can't get along

and Evans looks fat

put them together and what do you get?

Fun for Peeves

But not for you!"

Before Lily could even react to walk was happening, she felt herself being hurled backwards, and right as she braced herself to hit the hard wall, a closet door swung open, and she was swept inside. She heard the door lock, a cursed loudly.

"Wow, who knew you had such a foul mouth, Evans." She turned toward the voice.

O shit.

O holy shit.

She was locked in a small, cramped closet with James Potter.

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