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Ch. 5: Unfortunate Assignments

The crystal ball went from hand to hand, and there was no mention of any strange visions. Lori, Katie, Sirius, and Remus saw nothing. When James or Lily questioned them about it, they would look at them curiously and then begin to ask why they were asking such strange questions. I mean, nobody ever sees anything in those stupid balls, right? Lily or James would then immediately end the conversation.

The play, fortunately, was a lot less confusing. They were still a month away from the debut, but practices were already getting hectic. Professor Lockhart was slowly becoming more and more anxious. When the time came for Romeo and Juliet to meet, he thought it quite impossible that they wouldn't even touch, let alone hold each other lovingly in their arms.

Lily and James stood on the stage, each crossing their arms identically and glaring at Professor Lockhart.

"How do you expect us to show the play if you can't even have a love scene!" Lockhart asked exasperatedly.

"Look professor, I've been trying to hook up with Lily since our second year. You can't expect her to run into my arms because you said so! It's just not in her nature." James explained.

This time it was Professor Lockhart's turn to glare at them. "Do you want me to find a new Juliet? I'm sure Alexia Miller would be happy to fill in the job."

Lily sighed and said "Alright, what do you want me to do?"

Lockhart smiled, revealing large white teeth. He jumped on the stage and began positioning Lily and James. Every once in a while he would step back, look at them, shake his head, and continue moving their arms and heads to his desired angles.

Finally he jumped off the stage and sat down in his chair. Lily and James were now in a position that Lily had hoped to never be in. James' arms were rapped lightly around her waist, hers about his neck. Her head was leaning slightly back while James' face was leaning down, mere inches from hers. The light smell of aftershave filled her senses. She closed her eyes for a moment, but quickly opened them.

"Now, kiss!" Lockhart said enthusiastically.

James smiled but Lily jumped away.

"One step at a time, here, Professor," she said.

Lockhart let out a small shriek and threw his hands up into the air. "You ruined the position!"

Lily rolled her eyes and gazed at the ceiling.

Lockhart glanced at his watch. "Homework!" The class groaned and he continued, "Study your lines, of course. And a special assignment for Mr. Potter and Ms. Evans: practice your position. Yes, Evans, the one you just destroyed. And I expect it to be perfected by the next rehearsal. Goodnight!"

Lily grabbed her things and headed toward the doors. James jumped off the stage and caught up with her. "So, are we going to do this assignment?" he asked.

"Doesn't look like we have much of a choice, does it?" she replied with a sigh.

"I guess not."

"Just do me one favor," Lily stopped and turned to him.

"What's that?"

"Please don't get turned on while we're in the middle of that extremely uncomfortable position."

James smiled and laughed. "I can't make any promises."

That night James was sitting in the Common Room when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to find Lily standing directly behind him.

"Are you ready?" Lily asked.

"For what?" James questioned dumbly.

Lily rolled her eyes and replied. "For our homework. We're going to an empty classroom so anyone not in the play won't get any ideas."

"Right," James said. He stood up and told his friends he had to go do something.

"I'm so proud of you James! You finally got her!" Sirius said playfully.

Lily glared at him and turned to go out the portrait hole.

"I'll catch up with you guys later," James said to his friends and ran after Lily.

Once James caught up to her she looked at him and said "I swear, you have some of the most immature friends in the whole world, Potter."

"They're just playing around."

"Like I said."

"Well I think you're too uptight."

"What!"

"You called my friends immature so I'm going to call you uptight."

"Just because I actually do my homework it does not mean I'm uptight."

"Really? And when was the last time you had a boyfriend?"

"This is beside the point."

"And when was the last time you went to the kitchens?"

"Come on, Potter, you're the only person that does that anyways."

"What about tests? Ever fail one?"

"Of course not!"

"Exactly."

"Really Potter, you are crazy."

"You need some fun in your life. A little adventure. Because if you stay the way you are now you'll never get married."

Lily sighed and opened a door on her left. She flicked her wand and the tables and chairs were pushed to the edge of the room.

Lily stood across from James expectantly.

"Well?" she asked.

James crossed the room and put his arms around her awkwardly.

"You know, I've dreamt of this moment for years and I always imagined it would be more comfortable than this," he said.

Lily closed her eyes and laughed quietly. She opened her eyes and found James' face so close to hers that she could feel his breath. She gasped and James drew her closer. Her mind reeled as she thought of excuses to get away from this. A small voice in the back of her mind whispered that she didn't want to leave the comforting grasp of James' arms. She pushed it away and said quickly "James, this really isn't the position Lockhart told us to practice."

"Right," James said and pulled away.

He returned his arms to her waist while Lily's arms remained by her sides. When Lily continued not to move, James removed his arms and took Lily's hands in his. A shock ran through their bodies, causing them to jump apart.

"What kind of joke was that!" Lily asked.

"I was going to ask you the same thing." James replied.

They stared at each other for a few moments before Lily said, "I think that's enough practice for tonight."

James nodded his head and opened the door for Lily. They walked back to Gryffindor Tower in silence. When they entered the Common Room they found it deserted. The glowing red embers were the only remains of the fire.

"Goodnight," Lily said and headed towards the girl dormitories.

"Lily?" James called.

She turned around to look at James. "Yes?"

He looked at her and Lily felt her heart skip a beat. "Goodnight."

Oh, how sweet! Sorry this is so short but I thought this was a pretty good place to stop it. Plus I kind of got writers block. Do you know what cures writers block? You got it, reviews! So unless you want it to be another year until I update, then I suggest you push that pretty little blue button at the bottom of this page and review! It would be much appreciated. 