*I don't know if anyone has noticed this or not but sometimes I use the
name Sam and sometimes I use the name Beth. They're the same person. I'm an
idiot and started out with Sam and then for some reason switched to Beth.
Sam is the correct name so I'm going to try and fix it so bare with me.
Thanx*
~Jo and Sam first~
"What if he says no?" Cat asked later that night as they all lay in bed.
"Then he's an ass hole and we can torture him." Anna said smiling.
"How?" Lily asked cautiously. She wasn't sure she wanted to know.
"Well, all guys have a certain appendage that's very fragile right?" Anna said smiling evilly.
"What are you going to do?" Sam almost exclaimed.
"Well, I did read a book about different forms of torture that muggles used in medieval times and one of them was-" Anna started to explain.
"Oh my god! I don't want to know." Lily said covering her ears with her pillow.
"Ok well you get the picture." Anna laughed.
"Who's going to go first?" Jo asked.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked.
"Who's going to ask first?" Jo repeated the question.
"You." Cat said.
"Me? Why Me?" Jo asked horrified.
"Because you've like Remus for the longest time. Even longer than Sam has liked... what's his name again?" Anna asked.
"Dan." Sam reminded her.
"Right." Anna said.
"What if he says no?" Jo ask scared.
"Kiss him before you ask him." Lily said. "If he's the right one it should be magical. And if it is magical then there's no way that he could turn you down now is there?"
"Now, Lily, we are trying to help Jo not hear what you're going to do to James." Anna said and everyone but Lily laughed.
"Who said that I was talking about James?" Lily asked.
"You were. I could see the dreamy expression on your face." Cat said.
"I was not." Lily defended.
"Are you telling us that you have never thought about kissing James?" Sam asked.
"Well..." Lily had no idea how to respond.
"Oh My God!!!!! You have!!!" Sam screamed.
"Shut up!" Lily yelled and chucked a pillow that gracefully hit Sam in the head.
"So is James a good kisser when you imagine kissing him?" Cat asked a few minutes later after everyone had settled down.
"No comment." Was all Lily said.
"I cannot believe you just said that." Jo laughed and all the girls giggled. It was a while before they all fell asleep but it eventually happened.
~Next Morning~
"Oh my God!" Sam said sitting down next to Anna at the Gryffindor table for breakfast. Everyone was already there. "Frank Longbottom and Alice Jansen are going out!"
"You mean Frank Longbottom, our Frank Longbottom. Gryffindor 7th year Frank Longbottom?" Anna asked.
"How many people do you know with the last name Longbottom?" Cat asked sarcastically.
"Alice is that 6th year Ravenclaw right?" Lily asked.
"Yeah" Jo said.
"Yep. The cute blonde one." Sam said.
"Hmm... they'll be cute together." Lily said.
"Hey Best!" James called across the table.
"What!?!" Anna answered tearing herself away from the conversation.
"Practice tonight." James said. "6:30"
"Crap." Anna Groaned. "I'll be there!" She called back to James.
"Lily can I kill your future boyfriend?" Anna asked politely.
"Well, he is the quidditch captain." Lily said. "Isn't he supposed to make practices?"
"Yes. But I don't want to go." Anna whined.
"You can't kill him cause then Lily will never get her magical kiss." Cat said.
"Anyway" Lily sent Cat a death Glare and changed the subject. "When are you going to ask him, Jo?"
"I don't have time right now." Jo said. "Breakfast is almost over."
"Fine Lunch." Sam said. "But I'm going to ask my guy right now." And she got up and walked over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Is she crazy?" Anna asked.
"I cannot believe she just did that." Jo said shocked.
"She probably just wants to get it over with." Cat said.
All four girls watched Sam make her way over to Hufflepuff table, tap a guy with brown hair on the shoulder, and start talking to him. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter saw Lily, Cat, Jo, and Anna watching something very closely. All four boys turned in their chairs to see what the four girls were looking at. All the boys saw was Sam talking to some loser at the Hufflepuff table.
"Lily, what are you looking at?" James asked down the table.
"Sam is asking him out." Lily explained.
"A Hufflepuff?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, do you have a problem with Hufflepuffs?" Cat shot at Sirius.
"No." Sirius said and shut up.
"Didn't think so," Cat smiled and continued watching Sam.
"He isn't bad looking." Lily said when she saw him turn around to look at Sam.
"I'd have to agree with you on that one." Jo giggle.
"No argument here." Cat smiled just as the bell rang. It signaled that breakfast was over.
Everyone got up and the 7th year Gryffindors made their way outside to Herbology. They had it with Ravenclaw.
"Oh great! Autumn weather is kicking in." Lily said sarcastically once they got outside. She pulled her robe around her body tighter, silently cursing herself for not bringing her cloak.
"Here." James said and Lily felt James place his cloak over her shoulders. It was so long it touched the ground.
"Thanks" Lily blushed and James smiled.
"I wonder if he said yes." Anna said curiously.
"He didn't" Sam said coming up behind the group.
"Oh that sucks." Cat said frowning. "Should I go kill him for you?"
"No that's ok." Sam smiled.
"You sure?" Jo asked. "Cat can hit really hard." Everyone smiled at this.
"I have proof." Sirius said. "I still have a bruise."
"Shut up." Cat said pushing Sirius.
"I wonder why he said no." Lily thought out loud.
"Maybe he wanted to ask her out and not the other way around." James suggested.
"Then maybe he should have asked earlier." Lily suggested. The whole group was watching these two carefully.
"Maybe he was scared she would say no." James said.
"But she wouldn't have. And a girl can't wait forever." Lily said as the entered the green house. They separated and the girls crowded around one end of the table while the boys crowed around the other end.
"Well, someone just totally told James she likes him." Cat said.
"Maybe if I'm lucky I won't have to ask him." Lily smiled and sat down on a stool.
"Yeah right." Anna said.
"She's right." Sam agreed with Anna.
"About what?" Lily asked taking out her notebook.
"You're still going to have to ask him." Anna said.
"Yeah, he's a guy. They're naturally thick." Sam explained.
"He's head boy, he can't be that bad." Lily said looking over at James.
"I believe it was on the Train ride here when we were having this discussion only the other way around." Jo commented taking the seat on Lily's right and Cat took the seat on her left while Sam and Anna sat on Cat's left.
"And your point?" Lily asked.
"My point is someone has changed and we don't think its James." Cat said for Jo.
"You're saying I've changed." Lily said astonished.
"Yeah." Cat said simply just as a very young Professor sprout walked into the greenhouse. This was her second year teaching. She couldn't be more than 20 years old.
"What do you mean I've changed?" Lily whispered to Cat.
"How much do you honestly think James has changed this year? Considering that it's only the second week of school." Cat told her logically.
"I think he's changed considerably." Lily said sharply but still in a whisper.
"Shhh." Sam shot a glare at them.
"Like how?" Jo asked if seriously interested.
"He... well he takes responsibility, you know being head boy and all. And that whole thing at Hogsmeade." Lily said.
"Do you honestly think he wouldn't do those things last year?" Cat asked. "He takes responsibility yes but he would have done that last year to impress you. James still snuck out to Hogsmeade and him fighting the death eaters is just another side of him that you've never seen before."
"Well, I'm certainly not the one who's changed." Lily defended.
"You let him take you to Hogsmeade. You could have easily stayed." Jo pointed out.
"I have not changed!" Lily exclaimed a little louder.
"Miss Evans! Do you have something to say?" Professor Sprout snapped at Lily.
"No professor" Lily blushed.
"People change Lily." Cat said.
~Marauder's point of view~
"Miss Evans! Do you have something to say?" Professor Sprout snapped at Lily. James saw Lily turn slightly pink as she looked down at her hands that were sitting in her lap. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Frank were sitting across the table from the girls. The 7th year boys tended to stay together in classes.
"Lily actually got in trouble." Sirius whispered and chuckled.
"Shut up Sirius." James snapped.
"Someone's in love." Frank observed.
"He's been like that since 5th year." Peter told Frank.
"We all know." Remus reminded Peter. "What we didn't all know was that Lily liked James back." Remus smiled.
"How did you come to that conclusion?" James asked while hoping that Remus was right.
"She practically told you to ask her out or she was going to ask you." Remus answered.
"She was talking about Sam and that Dan kid in Hufflepuff." Sirius said.
"No she wasn't." Remus said. "She wants James to ask her out so she doesn't have to work up the courage to ask him."
"Why don't you take your own advice and ask Jo." Sirius suggested. "And how do you know all this? Is there some book you read that we haven't?"
"No, there is no book. If you paid attention once in a while then you'd have noticed. And Jo and I are in a totally different situation." Remus pointed out.
"No you really aren't. Jo really, really, likes you. James and I heard Cat and Lily trying to convince her to ask you out. She's so scared you'll say no." Sirius said.
"And don't even use your... condition as an excuse." James whispered a little quieter. "Jo already knows and she still really likes you." At this Remus paled.
"She knows?" He asked barely being able to speak.
"Jo is one of the smartest girls in the school. Did you really think she wouldn't notice?" James asked.
"This isn't about me. It's about you, remember?" Remus said wanting to get out of the spot light.
"Please if I asked Lily out she's probably slap me and call me a git." James said. 'Like she did last year' he thought.
"No, she wouldn't." Frank piped up. "Look, she's still wearing your cloak." As Frank pointed this out all five boys looked over at Lily who had the cloak pulled tight around her body even though it was pretty warm inside the greenhouse.
"And did you see how she blushed when you put it on her?" Sirius asked turning back to James.
"You couldn't miss it." Peter said.
"Yeah, she was as red as tomato soup." Sirius commented.
"I say you ask her out." Remus said.
"Yeah, and I say you ask Cat out." James said to Sirius. "And I say you ask Jo out." He said to Remus.
"Fine." They answered at the same time and shook hands as the bell rang.
"Shit!" James said. He forgot to take notes.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"I didn't take notes." James replied. "Did you Moony?" He asked Remus.
"I guess we'll have to ask the girls." Remus said shaking his head. The marauders and Frank reached the door at the same time as the 7th year Gryffindor girls.
"After you." James smiled at Lily. Lily walked in front of him out the greenhouse. "Ladies first." As soon as Lily was out the door James slipped out after her.
"Hey! What are we? Dogs?" Cat shouted at James as she walked out of the door after him. Lily just giggled.
"No you're a Kitty Cat, remember silly?" Sirius said playfully slapping Cat on the shoulder.
"You really have a death wish don't you?" Cat shot at Sirius.
"As long as you're the one who kills me." Sirius smiled sweetly. 'Don't smile like that. Don't smile like that.' Cat thought as she felt her knees go weak.
"Jo, did you take notes?" Remus asked Jo as they made their way to the paddock next to the forbidden forest for Care of Magical Creatures with professor Kettleburn.
"No I'm sorry I was going to ask to borrow yours." Jo laughed.
"I was a little busy in herbology." Remus chucked.
"Yeah me too." Jo said. "Um... Remus?" Jo asked shyly as they reached the paddock and waited for class to begin.
"Yeah?" He answered looking into Jo's eyes, which just made Jo even more nervous.
"Can I talk to you... alone after class before we go to lunch?" Jo finally got out.
"Yeah. Of course." Remus smiled.
"Oh good." Jo sighed and turned to Professor Kettleburn who had just arrived and was lecturing about centaurs. Jo and Remus were huddled together to try to keep warm while James and Lily stood closer together than usual, same with Cat and Sirius. Peter and Frank stood talking about quidditch the entire time not paying attention in class.
The second that class what over everyone ran inside. The majority of the group wouldn't feel their toes or fingers. Besides that Lily was pretty warm from James' cloak. She did get the bottom wet from it dragging on the ground.
"Oh James. I'm so sorry." Lily said looking down at the wet muddy hem of the cloak once they got inside of the castle. Lily was considerably shorter than James so the cloak dragged on the ground.
"Don't worry about it." James smiled looking at the bottom of his cloak.
"Hey where are Remus and Jo?" Sirius asked as the group, minus Remus and Jo, walked into great hall for lunch.
"Jo had to talk to Remus about something or other." Cat said sitting down.
"Care to expand on that?" Sirius asked sitting down next to her. Lily and James sat across the table from them and Anna and Sam sat next to Lily while Frank and Peter sat next to Sirius.
"No not really." Cat said pouring herself a bowl of soup.
~Remus and Jo~
"OK what did you want to talk about?" Remus asked after he and Jo found an empty classroom near the great hall.
"Ok well... you see... I kind of... well, for a while I've..." Jo stuttered blushing very red for someone with chocolate colored skin.
"Jo?" Remus asked.
"Yeah." Jo jerked her head up from looking at her hands to look at Remus in the eyes. "You can ask me anything. You know that right?" Jo nodded.
"Well, I've really liked you for a long time and I was wondering if you'd want to go out or something. I mean it's fine if you don't. I'd understand and everything. I just thought I'd asked." Jo said so fast it took Remus a minute to fully understand what she said.
Remus looked Jo in the eyes and smiled. He put his hand under her chin and tilted her head up. He slowly moved his face closer to hers till they were less than an inch apart. "I'd love too." He whispered and then closed the little space between their lips. Remus' right hand stroked Jo's cheek while his other arm made his way around her waist and pulled her closer. Jo's arms made their way around Remus' neck as she unconsciously ran her fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck.
They stood there enjoying the sweetness of the kiss. It was unlike anything they'd ever felt before. It was like one of the kisses you read about in those corny romance novels where you feel like you're flying and there are fireworks going off in your head, while still feeling safer there than you'd ever felt in your life.
Finally, they pulled apart and both blushed and smiled.
"So I guess we should get to lunch." Remus finally broke the silence.
"Yep probably." Jo said and started walking towards the door. She was startled when Remus walked up next to here and grabbed her hand entwining their fingers. They walked into the great hall like that and were met with smiles from their friends.
"Well, I think I know where they were now." Sirius said as Remus and Jo sat down next to James. Both Remus and Jo felt as if they would never stop smiling or blushing.
***
~Ok kids that's wrap. I hoped you liked that chapter. I'm over writers block and this chapter was sooooo much fun to write. Luv Ya, Sarah~
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~Jo and Sam first~
"What if he says no?" Cat asked later that night as they all lay in bed.
"Then he's an ass hole and we can torture him." Anna said smiling.
"How?" Lily asked cautiously. She wasn't sure she wanted to know.
"Well, all guys have a certain appendage that's very fragile right?" Anna said smiling evilly.
"What are you going to do?" Sam almost exclaimed.
"Well, I did read a book about different forms of torture that muggles used in medieval times and one of them was-" Anna started to explain.
"Oh my god! I don't want to know." Lily said covering her ears with her pillow.
"Ok well you get the picture." Anna laughed.
"Who's going to go first?" Jo asked.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked.
"Who's going to ask first?" Jo repeated the question.
"You." Cat said.
"Me? Why Me?" Jo asked horrified.
"Because you've like Remus for the longest time. Even longer than Sam has liked... what's his name again?" Anna asked.
"Dan." Sam reminded her.
"Right." Anna said.
"What if he says no?" Jo ask scared.
"Kiss him before you ask him." Lily said. "If he's the right one it should be magical. And if it is magical then there's no way that he could turn you down now is there?"
"Now, Lily, we are trying to help Jo not hear what you're going to do to James." Anna said and everyone but Lily laughed.
"Who said that I was talking about James?" Lily asked.
"You were. I could see the dreamy expression on your face." Cat said.
"I was not." Lily defended.
"Are you telling us that you have never thought about kissing James?" Sam asked.
"Well..." Lily had no idea how to respond.
"Oh My God!!!!! You have!!!" Sam screamed.
"Shut up!" Lily yelled and chucked a pillow that gracefully hit Sam in the head.
"So is James a good kisser when you imagine kissing him?" Cat asked a few minutes later after everyone had settled down.
"No comment." Was all Lily said.
"I cannot believe you just said that." Jo laughed and all the girls giggled. It was a while before they all fell asleep but it eventually happened.
~Next Morning~
"Oh my God!" Sam said sitting down next to Anna at the Gryffindor table for breakfast. Everyone was already there. "Frank Longbottom and Alice Jansen are going out!"
"You mean Frank Longbottom, our Frank Longbottom. Gryffindor 7th year Frank Longbottom?" Anna asked.
"How many people do you know with the last name Longbottom?" Cat asked sarcastically.
"Alice is that 6th year Ravenclaw right?" Lily asked.
"Yeah" Jo said.
"Yep. The cute blonde one." Sam said.
"Hmm... they'll be cute together." Lily said.
"Hey Best!" James called across the table.
"What!?!" Anna answered tearing herself away from the conversation.
"Practice tonight." James said. "6:30"
"Crap." Anna Groaned. "I'll be there!" She called back to James.
"Lily can I kill your future boyfriend?" Anna asked politely.
"Well, he is the quidditch captain." Lily said. "Isn't he supposed to make practices?"
"Yes. But I don't want to go." Anna whined.
"You can't kill him cause then Lily will never get her magical kiss." Cat said.
"Anyway" Lily sent Cat a death Glare and changed the subject. "When are you going to ask him, Jo?"
"I don't have time right now." Jo said. "Breakfast is almost over."
"Fine Lunch." Sam said. "But I'm going to ask my guy right now." And she got up and walked over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Is she crazy?" Anna asked.
"I cannot believe she just did that." Jo said shocked.
"She probably just wants to get it over with." Cat said.
All four girls watched Sam make her way over to Hufflepuff table, tap a guy with brown hair on the shoulder, and start talking to him. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter saw Lily, Cat, Jo, and Anna watching something very closely. All four boys turned in their chairs to see what the four girls were looking at. All the boys saw was Sam talking to some loser at the Hufflepuff table.
"Lily, what are you looking at?" James asked down the table.
"Sam is asking him out." Lily explained.
"A Hufflepuff?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, do you have a problem with Hufflepuffs?" Cat shot at Sirius.
"No." Sirius said and shut up.
"Didn't think so," Cat smiled and continued watching Sam.
"He isn't bad looking." Lily said when she saw him turn around to look at Sam.
"I'd have to agree with you on that one." Jo giggle.
"No argument here." Cat smiled just as the bell rang. It signaled that breakfast was over.
Everyone got up and the 7th year Gryffindors made their way outside to Herbology. They had it with Ravenclaw.
"Oh great! Autumn weather is kicking in." Lily said sarcastically once they got outside. She pulled her robe around her body tighter, silently cursing herself for not bringing her cloak.
"Here." James said and Lily felt James place his cloak over her shoulders. It was so long it touched the ground.
"Thanks" Lily blushed and James smiled.
"I wonder if he said yes." Anna said curiously.
"He didn't" Sam said coming up behind the group.
"Oh that sucks." Cat said frowning. "Should I go kill him for you?"
"No that's ok." Sam smiled.
"You sure?" Jo asked. "Cat can hit really hard." Everyone smiled at this.
"I have proof." Sirius said. "I still have a bruise."
"Shut up." Cat said pushing Sirius.
"I wonder why he said no." Lily thought out loud.
"Maybe he wanted to ask her out and not the other way around." James suggested.
"Then maybe he should have asked earlier." Lily suggested. The whole group was watching these two carefully.
"Maybe he was scared she would say no." James said.
"But she wouldn't have. And a girl can't wait forever." Lily said as the entered the green house. They separated and the girls crowded around one end of the table while the boys crowed around the other end.
"Well, someone just totally told James she likes him." Cat said.
"Maybe if I'm lucky I won't have to ask him." Lily smiled and sat down on a stool.
"Yeah right." Anna said.
"She's right." Sam agreed with Anna.
"About what?" Lily asked taking out her notebook.
"You're still going to have to ask him." Anna said.
"Yeah, he's a guy. They're naturally thick." Sam explained.
"He's head boy, he can't be that bad." Lily said looking over at James.
"I believe it was on the Train ride here when we were having this discussion only the other way around." Jo commented taking the seat on Lily's right and Cat took the seat on her left while Sam and Anna sat on Cat's left.
"And your point?" Lily asked.
"My point is someone has changed and we don't think its James." Cat said for Jo.
"You're saying I've changed." Lily said astonished.
"Yeah." Cat said simply just as a very young Professor sprout walked into the greenhouse. This was her second year teaching. She couldn't be more than 20 years old.
"What do you mean I've changed?" Lily whispered to Cat.
"How much do you honestly think James has changed this year? Considering that it's only the second week of school." Cat told her logically.
"I think he's changed considerably." Lily said sharply but still in a whisper.
"Shhh." Sam shot a glare at them.
"Like how?" Jo asked if seriously interested.
"He... well he takes responsibility, you know being head boy and all. And that whole thing at Hogsmeade." Lily said.
"Do you honestly think he wouldn't do those things last year?" Cat asked. "He takes responsibility yes but he would have done that last year to impress you. James still snuck out to Hogsmeade and him fighting the death eaters is just another side of him that you've never seen before."
"Well, I'm certainly not the one who's changed." Lily defended.
"You let him take you to Hogsmeade. You could have easily stayed." Jo pointed out.
"I have not changed!" Lily exclaimed a little louder.
"Miss Evans! Do you have something to say?" Professor Sprout snapped at Lily.
"No professor" Lily blushed.
"People change Lily." Cat said.
~Marauder's point of view~
"Miss Evans! Do you have something to say?" Professor Sprout snapped at Lily. James saw Lily turn slightly pink as she looked down at her hands that were sitting in her lap. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Frank were sitting across the table from the girls. The 7th year boys tended to stay together in classes.
"Lily actually got in trouble." Sirius whispered and chuckled.
"Shut up Sirius." James snapped.
"Someone's in love." Frank observed.
"He's been like that since 5th year." Peter told Frank.
"We all know." Remus reminded Peter. "What we didn't all know was that Lily liked James back." Remus smiled.
"How did you come to that conclusion?" James asked while hoping that Remus was right.
"She practically told you to ask her out or she was going to ask you." Remus answered.
"She was talking about Sam and that Dan kid in Hufflepuff." Sirius said.
"No she wasn't." Remus said. "She wants James to ask her out so she doesn't have to work up the courage to ask him."
"Why don't you take your own advice and ask Jo." Sirius suggested. "And how do you know all this? Is there some book you read that we haven't?"
"No, there is no book. If you paid attention once in a while then you'd have noticed. And Jo and I are in a totally different situation." Remus pointed out.
"No you really aren't. Jo really, really, likes you. James and I heard Cat and Lily trying to convince her to ask you out. She's so scared you'll say no." Sirius said.
"And don't even use your... condition as an excuse." James whispered a little quieter. "Jo already knows and she still really likes you." At this Remus paled.
"She knows?" He asked barely being able to speak.
"Jo is one of the smartest girls in the school. Did you really think she wouldn't notice?" James asked.
"This isn't about me. It's about you, remember?" Remus said wanting to get out of the spot light.
"Please if I asked Lily out she's probably slap me and call me a git." James said. 'Like she did last year' he thought.
"No, she wouldn't." Frank piped up. "Look, she's still wearing your cloak." As Frank pointed this out all five boys looked over at Lily who had the cloak pulled tight around her body even though it was pretty warm inside the greenhouse.
"And did you see how she blushed when you put it on her?" Sirius asked turning back to James.
"You couldn't miss it." Peter said.
"Yeah, she was as red as tomato soup." Sirius commented.
"I say you ask her out." Remus said.
"Yeah, and I say you ask Cat out." James said to Sirius. "And I say you ask Jo out." He said to Remus.
"Fine." They answered at the same time and shook hands as the bell rang.
"Shit!" James said. He forgot to take notes.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"I didn't take notes." James replied. "Did you Moony?" He asked Remus.
"I guess we'll have to ask the girls." Remus said shaking his head. The marauders and Frank reached the door at the same time as the 7th year Gryffindor girls.
"After you." James smiled at Lily. Lily walked in front of him out the greenhouse. "Ladies first." As soon as Lily was out the door James slipped out after her.
"Hey! What are we? Dogs?" Cat shouted at James as she walked out of the door after him. Lily just giggled.
"No you're a Kitty Cat, remember silly?" Sirius said playfully slapping Cat on the shoulder.
"You really have a death wish don't you?" Cat shot at Sirius.
"As long as you're the one who kills me." Sirius smiled sweetly. 'Don't smile like that. Don't smile like that.' Cat thought as she felt her knees go weak.
"Jo, did you take notes?" Remus asked Jo as they made their way to the paddock next to the forbidden forest for Care of Magical Creatures with professor Kettleburn.
"No I'm sorry I was going to ask to borrow yours." Jo laughed.
"I was a little busy in herbology." Remus chucked.
"Yeah me too." Jo said. "Um... Remus?" Jo asked shyly as they reached the paddock and waited for class to begin.
"Yeah?" He answered looking into Jo's eyes, which just made Jo even more nervous.
"Can I talk to you... alone after class before we go to lunch?" Jo finally got out.
"Yeah. Of course." Remus smiled.
"Oh good." Jo sighed and turned to Professor Kettleburn who had just arrived and was lecturing about centaurs. Jo and Remus were huddled together to try to keep warm while James and Lily stood closer together than usual, same with Cat and Sirius. Peter and Frank stood talking about quidditch the entire time not paying attention in class.
The second that class what over everyone ran inside. The majority of the group wouldn't feel their toes or fingers. Besides that Lily was pretty warm from James' cloak. She did get the bottom wet from it dragging on the ground.
"Oh James. I'm so sorry." Lily said looking down at the wet muddy hem of the cloak once they got inside of the castle. Lily was considerably shorter than James so the cloak dragged on the ground.
"Don't worry about it." James smiled looking at the bottom of his cloak.
"Hey where are Remus and Jo?" Sirius asked as the group, minus Remus and Jo, walked into great hall for lunch.
"Jo had to talk to Remus about something or other." Cat said sitting down.
"Care to expand on that?" Sirius asked sitting down next to her. Lily and James sat across the table from them and Anna and Sam sat next to Lily while Frank and Peter sat next to Sirius.
"No not really." Cat said pouring herself a bowl of soup.
~Remus and Jo~
"OK what did you want to talk about?" Remus asked after he and Jo found an empty classroom near the great hall.
"Ok well... you see... I kind of... well, for a while I've..." Jo stuttered blushing very red for someone with chocolate colored skin.
"Jo?" Remus asked.
"Yeah." Jo jerked her head up from looking at her hands to look at Remus in the eyes. "You can ask me anything. You know that right?" Jo nodded.
"Well, I've really liked you for a long time and I was wondering if you'd want to go out or something. I mean it's fine if you don't. I'd understand and everything. I just thought I'd asked." Jo said so fast it took Remus a minute to fully understand what she said.
Remus looked Jo in the eyes and smiled. He put his hand under her chin and tilted her head up. He slowly moved his face closer to hers till they were less than an inch apart. "I'd love too." He whispered and then closed the little space between their lips. Remus' right hand stroked Jo's cheek while his other arm made his way around her waist and pulled her closer. Jo's arms made their way around Remus' neck as she unconsciously ran her fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck.
They stood there enjoying the sweetness of the kiss. It was unlike anything they'd ever felt before. It was like one of the kisses you read about in those corny romance novels where you feel like you're flying and there are fireworks going off in your head, while still feeling safer there than you'd ever felt in your life.
Finally, they pulled apart and both blushed and smiled.
"So I guess we should get to lunch." Remus finally broke the silence.
"Yep probably." Jo said and started walking towards the door. She was startled when Remus walked up next to here and grabbed her hand entwining their fingers. They walked into the great hall like that and were met with smiles from their friends.
"Well, I think I know where they were now." Sirius said as Remus and Jo sat down next to James. Both Remus and Jo felt as if they would never stop smiling or blushing.
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~Ok kids that's wrap. I hoped you liked that chapter. I'm over writers block and this chapter was sooooo much fun to write. Luv Ya, Sarah~
Greek Witch: Yep people in denial are always funny to read.
Lizzard: I'm glad you liked my idea. I hope it's original. Here's the next chapter. How did you like it?
DOJ: I'm glad you still love my story. I hope this chapter was a great as you hoped it would be.
Marauderbabe289: Love your pen name! Glad you like this fic. I hope you liked this chapter.
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