Chapter Thirty Three
"Hey there, Lily flower!"
Lily looked up with a smile at the sound of James melodious greeting as he bounded up to her loudly. Still wearing is quidditch uniform, he looked around the corner of the bookshelf in the library, and Lily 'Shhh'ed him sternly.
"James, what are you doing here?" she whispered, though she was so happy to see him she didn't really care. "Aren't you supposed to be practicing with the team?"
"Nah, we just finished, and I wanted to see you." he said grinning at her.
"Well, that was nice of you," she said with a blush. "Are you ready for the last game tomorrow?"
"Oh yeah. Forget the fact that Ravenclaw beat us pretty bad in the last game, but we've got lots of practice in since then, so it should be a good game.
"Can't wait." Lily said.
"You're going to be there?" he asked in surprise.
"Of course. I'm at all the games. And I wouldn't miss this one - the last one of our last year? No way would I miss it."
"Well, good. I thought I was going to have to convince you to come, but alas, now I don't have to."
"Like you could try." Lily said daringly.
"Of course I could. I'd just have to tickle you into submission first!" James said raising his eye brows suggestively.
"Don't you dare!" Lily shrieked, putting up her hands in defense of his hands, but failing terribly. He began tickling her sides, her laughter filling the library. He finally pulled her out of the chair, wriggling and giggling.
Then he suddenly ducked underneath the table she was sitting at as the librarian walked around the corner again with hands on her hips, looking at Lily crossly.
"Be quiet, you're in the library!" she whispered fiercely.
"Sorry." Lily whispered, the old lady disappeared around the corner again. James then stood and laughed silently, earning a smack from Lily.
"You get me in trouble like that..." she said, shaking a finger in his face.
"And you'll what?" he said quietly, looking down at her intently with a smile and pulling her closer, resting his hands on her hips. Lily felt her heart begin to pound heavily in her chest, giving her the desire to pull away. But then she thought of Remus...
"Oh, I have my ways of torture." Lily said in a giggle, as she subtly ran her tongue over her lips.
"Yes, you do." James said in a chuckle, squeezing her sides once more, making her wiggle. "Well, I'm sure I'm smelly enough right now, so I'm off to take a shower. I'll see you around, Lily flower." then he turned to leave.
"James," she said, catching his hand and pulling him back. "Wait." He looked back at her curiously, squeezing her hand.
"Come here." she whispered with a smile and leaning closer to him. Gathering all the courage she had, she gently placed a hand on his jaw, stood on her tip-toes, and kissed him.
It was longer than she had intended, giving into more desire and passion than she had planned, but it thrilled her, as he returned her kiss fervently, so much that she didn't want it to end. When she did finally pull away, his hazel eyes were sparkling. She had no voice because her heart was still pounding madly.
"Um, well... I just..." she stammered. Then she looked up at him with a shy smile. "Good luck tomorrow, James." she said.
James couldn't help the grin that grew on his face. "Well, I appreciate that, Lily. I really do." Then he winked and ran out of the library.
"Breathe, Lily." came a voice from behind her. True, she was having a hard time breathing. But as she sat in her chair again, she smiled at Remus who came around the corner of bookshelf.
"I'm very proud of you, Lily." Remus said.
"Good, because that took a lot of guts I didn't think I had." Lily told him.
"Come on. I'll buy you a drink. For a job well done." Remus chuckled.
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Jenny was sitting alone in the library, watching Lily and Remus walk out. Her pulse increased as Lily suddenly looked back over her shoulder at her. Jenny gave a friendly smile and waved. To her surprise, Lily smiled and waved before leaving the library deep in conversation with Remus.
Jenny went back to her book, pretending to study and preparing for the N.E.W.T.S. though no test could dampen her moods now. She was well on her way to having her best friend back. Of course, she had Alice, but she was too busy scheming to get Frank to fall in love with her. And Jenny knew that she deserved the cold shoulder she was getting from Lily. She had completely explained to both Jenny and Alice exactly why she could not go out with James and then... what a royal mess that turned out to be. Friendships breaking and jealous men... even though Jenny was grateful that her friendship was soon on the mend, but there was only one jealous man and that was James. The one that Jenny had tried to interest was her best friend and he was in no way jealous. She had failed.
"Jen!"
Speak of the devil, she thought.
"Hey, Travis." Jenny said without looking up. After he raced up and sat down next to her he looked at her peculiarly.
She then looked back at him and her breath caught in her throat. His sandy hair was damp and dis-shelved, his face and arms glistening with sweat, Travis was still donned in his quidditch uniform, which shaped his tan and toned body perfectly. She looked into his crystal blue eyes and felt her heart melt. If only she could belong to him...
"How did you know it was me?" he asked quizzically.
"I could smell you coming." she giggled, as he raised one massive arm and sniffed.
"Is it really that bad?" he said with a crooked smile, making Jenny laugh.
"No, Travis. I just know your voice. We've been best friends forever, it seems."
Then why did it take me forever to realize what an amazing person you are? Travis thought.
"I know you're voice. I know you." she said simply.
Travis smiled and scooted closer to her, kissing her sweetly on the cheek. "That you do, my friend. You are the only who knows me."
With her heart beating furiously in her chest at such close proximity to him, she pulled back and looked up at him curiously. He was acting so strange - like he didn't care if people saw him acting like a normal person, instead of the facade of 'Travis King' that they all saw.
"So tell me, dear wife, why is it that you claim to know me so well, and yet, I cannot say the same thing about you?"
"What are you talking about?" she asked. "You're my best friend - you know everything about me."
"I don't know why you went out with Potter." he said pointedly.
"James?" she asked with a funny smile. "Travis, that was so long ago, why are you bringing that up?"
"Because I'm just curious about that aspect of your life." he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
He's interested in who I date? Jenny wondered.
Of course not. Just answer his stupid question.
"Well, guys don't normally ask out girls like me. So when James asked me, I was flattered and readily accepted." Jenny said.
And that would have been the total truth under different circumstances. she thought.
"What do you mean, 'girls like me?'" Travis asked, looking at her intently. "Guys don't normally ask out beautiful, smart, spunky girls like you? That doesn't sounds right to me, Jen." Travis said, tucking a stray strand of her blond hair from her face behind her ear.
"Well," Jenny said in a shaky voice, "believe what you want, but I'm not exactly a guy magnet, Travis. I'm the kind of girl you can study with or play quidditch with, not the girl you hold affectionately and snog in a dark corner." Jenny turned away from Travis, trying to swallow the tears in her eyes. This was hitting way too close to home for her, especially talking directly to him about how she felt about him. Too bad he's too stupid to realize it...
"That's not totally true." Travis said.
"Yes, it is, Travis." Jenny said with a forced smile.
"Alright. That's enough. I refuse to let you talk about my wife like that." Travis said as he stood.
"Come on, Travis. You know it's true. Even you - you are totally un-charmed by me, as you are my best friend, and not my boy friend." she said pointedly.
"No worries, Jen. All of that will soon be remedied." Travis said with a mischievous smile. Including that little part about me not being your boyfriend. he didn't say.
"What are you talking about?" Jenny asked with a exasperated sigh.
"Well, let's just say I know a guy who would love to hold you affectionately and snog you senseless in a dark corner."
Jenny suddenly dropped the book she was holding and looked up at him unbelievingly. "Who?" she demanded.
"No, no, dear wife, all will soon be revealed. I need to pull a few strings, but I think I can make it work."
Jenny stood and, shaking her head with a smile, picked up her book. Then she kissed Travis on the cheek, but lingered closely in his face as she looked up into his bright blue eyes.
"Thanks for caring so much, Travis." she whispered with a smile. "Now go take a shower. You smell." Then she left the library with a giggle.
"Yup," Travis grinned. "I can definitely make it work." Then he turned and headed for the common room, to the dorms where he would take a shower. A very cold shower.
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A/N: Aw! Such cuteness!
Gah, I know ya'll hate Travis, but I think that Jenny and Travis make the cutest couple!
Review please! -huggles all-
PS - I think I've become obsessed with all this fan fiction writing, because over the past few days, I 've gotten like 4 different story ideas, some like one shot things (which I will be posting on my one shot fic thread thing) and a few others I might just start randomly. So keep checking up on my name cause they're coming soon! -grin-
-is very excited-
